Claremont Colleges Research Articles

The Botanic Garden Moves

In 1950, the decision was taken to relocate Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden from its original site—Mrs. Susanna Bixby Bryant's ranch in Santa Ana Canyon, northeastern Orange County—to today's Claremont location in eastern Los Angeles County. The move reflected a wish to align the founder's mandate to "foster scientific research and public welfare" by seeking affiliation with the Claremont Colleges. The change enabled it to train graduate students in botany and related fields and draw more visitors to a garden devoted to native California plants. Accounts describe how the new site was adapted to its purpose, including the construction of the administrative building, design of the plantings, and staff and faculty recruitment.

The Mathematics Clinic: An Innovative Approach to Realism Within an Academic Environment

Introduction. Recently much has been said and written about the mismatch between traditional academic training in mathematics (both at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and the current and predicted job market for mathematicians. Evidence of this mismatch is widespread. In [1] a steady decline in graduate mathematics enrollments, accompanied by a general shift of student interest toward applied mathematics, is reported. Several new MS and PhD programs are being initiated ([2], [3]) with emphasis on training for non-academic employment. Thought is being given to the special preparation needed to train mathematicians for industrial careers [4] and to the role of the industrial mathematician [5], and new courses in which industrial mathematics is simulated are being designed [6]. In this article we describe experience with a new course developed at the Claremont Colleges, in whi'ch industrial and governmental problems are addressed, studied, and solved by teams of students working under faculty supervision. This approach was pioneered within the Engineering Department at Harvey Mudd College, beginning with a pilot activity in 1964 and led to the formation of the Engineering Clinic at that College. During the current academic year, the Engineering Clinic will operate a wide variety of Clinic projects involving about 70 students each semester. The Mathematics Clinic is patterned after this highly successful model. In response to the changing national funding patterns and job markets, the Claremont Graduate School developed, in 1973, four new Master's programs aimed at training students for immediate employment in industry, government, and two-year college teaching. At the same time, joint BS and MA programs with the same objectives were developed in concert with several of the undergraduate Claremont Colleges. Three of these four concentrations involve various aspects of applied mathematics, and the notion of a Mathematics Clinic was deemed of central importance in these concentrations. A first project was operated at Harvey Mudd College during 1973-74. In 1974-75, the Mathematics Clinic was developed jointly by Claremont Graduate School and Harvey Mudd College, and during the current academic year, Clinic projects are being operated which involve an average of 20 students each semester. Reaction on the part of students, faculty, and Clinic clients is overwhelmingly positive so far. Student participation in real-world problems provides stimulation simply not achievable in a traditional classroom environment. Clients, too, feel excitement through participation in an educational venture which they judge to be more meaningful than conventional ones. In addition, relationships are formed which may very well lead to jobs for the students and to a reduction in expensive on-the-job training for the employer. Furthermore, Clinic projects produce income which not only covers average project expenses but also provides stipends for graduate students and helps to offset some overhead expenses. Income this year from the Engineering Clinic will total approximately $200,000, while income from the Mathematics Clinic will total about $50,000.

Readings on La Raza: The Twentieth Century

Journal Article Readings on La Raza: The Twentieth Century Get access Readings on La Raza: The Twentieth Century. Edited by Meier Matt S. Rivera Feliciano. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1974. xviii, 277 p. Map. $8.95, cloth; $2.95, paper.) Carlos Bakota Carlos Bakota Claremont Colleges Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages 202–203, https://doi.org/10.2307/968000 Published: 01 April 1975

The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan

The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan

The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan

The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan

Pharyngeal and Lingual Adaptations in the Beaver

Journal Article Pharyngeal and Lingual Adaptations in the Beaver Get access Richard W. Coles Richard W. Coles The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (present address: Joint Science Department, the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California 91711). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 1970, Pages 424–425, https://doi.org/10.2307/1378510 Published: 01 May 1970 Article history Accepted: 23 January 1970 Published: 01 May 1970

Some Unpublished Letters of the Italian Renaissance

The splendid collection of Italian Renaissance books and manuscripts assembled by Mr. Harold C. Bodman of Santa Barbara, California, destined to find a home in the Honold Library of the Claremont Colleges (which have had the benefit of other benefactions from Mr. Bodman), includes nine autograph letters of the Medici family and other prominent Renaissance figures. Of these letters, eight are published here for the first time. These letters range in time from 1426 to 1521 and thus cover the most important century in Medici history, a crucial period for Florence and for Italy.The first of these letters was written by Palla Strozzi in 1426. It is in the nature of a report from the scene of a sea and land skirmish on the coast near Genoa, between the forces of Florence and Venice and those of Milan and Genoa.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. By Geoffrey Crowther. (Claremont, Calif.: Claremont College. 1957. Pp. 48. $2.75.)

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. By Geoffrey Crowther. (Claremont, Calif.: Claremont College. 1957. Pp. 48. $2.75.)

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Journal Article The Wealth and Poverty of Nations Get access The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. By Geoffrey Crowther. Foreword by Homer D. Crotty. Claremont College, Calif., 1957. 48 pp. $2.75. E. Rosenbaum E. Rosenbaum Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 1958, Pages 218–219, https://doi.org/10.2307/2606732 Published: 01 April 1958

Promoting Economic Development: The United States and Southern Asia. By Edward S. Mason. (Claremont, Cal.: Claremont College. 1955. Pp. 83. $2.75.)

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Power and Politics: the Price of Security in the Atomic Age

Journal Article Power and Politics: the Price of Security in the Atomic Age Get access Power and Politics: the Price of Security in the Atomic Age. By Hanson W. Baldwin. Preface by General David P. Burrows. California, Claremont College, 1950. xv+117pp. 814′​′×534′​′$2.75. K. C. Boswell K. C. Boswell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 1951, Page 210, https://doi.org/10.2307/2606148 Published: 01 April 1951

The American System of Government. By John H. Ferguson and Dean E. McHenry. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1950. Pp. xii, 1042. $5.00.) - Readings in American National and State Government. Edited by David Fellman, Lane W. Lancaster and A. C. Breckenridge. (New York: Rinehart & Co., Inc. 1950. Pp. xi, 399; ix, 347. $2.40.) - American Government; Basic

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The Economic Reconstruction of Europe

Journal Article The Economic Reconstruction of Europe Get access The Economic Reconstruction of Europe. By Geoffrey Crowther. Foreword by Homer D. Crotty. Claremont, California, Claremont College, 1948. ix + 79 PP.814′​′×534′​′⁠. $2.75. A. J. Brown A. J. Brown Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 25, Issue 2, April 1949, Page 204, https://doi.org/10.2307/3017410 Published: 01 April 1949

The International Problem of Governing Mankind. By Philip C. Jessup. Claremont: Claremont College; 1947. x, 64 pp. $2.50.

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The International Problem of Governing Mankind

The International Problem of Governing Mankind Get access The International Problem of Governing Mankind. By Phili C. Jessup, Columbia University. Foreword by George C. S. Benson. 1947. (Claremont, California: Claremont College. 8½″ × 5¾″. ix + 63 pp. $2.50.) R. R. G. Greaves R. R. G. Greaves Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 24, Issue 2, April 1948, Pages 253–254, https://doi.org/10.2307/3017999 Published: 01 April 1948

America and Russia in the World Community. By Harold H. Fisher. (Claremont, California: Claremont College. 1946. Pp. xiv, 175. $2.50.)

America and Russia in the World Community. By Harold H. Fisher. (Claremont, California: Claremont College. 1946. Pp. xiv, 175. $2.50.)

Materials on the Pacific Area in the Oriental Library of Claremont Colleges Library and in the Libraries of Pomona College and Scripps College, Claremont, California: A Preliminary Checklist for a Union List of Materials on the Pacific Area in Selected Libraries of the Los Angeles Area. Claremont Colleges LibraryMaterials on the Pacific Area in Selected Libraries of the Los Angeles

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsMaterials on the Pacific Area in the Oriental Library of Claremont Colleges Library and in the Libraries of Pomona College and Scripps College, Claremont, California: A Preliminary Checklist for a Union List of Materials on the Pacific Area in Selected Libraries of the Los Angeles Area. Claremont Colleges Library Materials on the Pacific Area in Selected Libraries of the Los Angeles Area: A Second Checklist.K. T. WuK. T. Wu Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Library Quarterly Volume 15, Number 2Apr., 1945 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/617120 PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Regional Conference on Southwest History

PROM its Founder the Huntington Library inherited large colrElections of books and manuscripts bearing on the Pacific Southwest and has acquired many more during the last sixteen years. Possession of much of the requisite material offers the institution a fine opportunity to initiate a regional study of that area. As a preliminary step, an informal conference was held at the Library on August 2 I, I 943. The Library was represented by two of its Trustees, R. A. Millikan, chairman, and W. B. Munro, vice-chairman; by its Research Staff, C. H. Collins Baker, R. G. Cleland, Godfrey Davies, Edwin F. Gay, Dixon Wector, and L. B. Wright; and by its Librarian, L. E. Bliss. From neighboring institutions came John W. Caughey and Louis Koontz, University of California at Los Angeles; W. Henry Cooke, Claremont Colleges; Owen C. Coy and Donald W. Rowland, University of Southern California; Glenn S. Dumke, Occidental College; Phil T. Hanna, Friends of the Huntington Library and editor of Westways; Gregg Layne, president of the Historical Society of Southern California and editor of its Quarterly; and Henry R. Wagner, historian and bibliographer. Owing to the wartime difficulties of traveling, no attempt was made to secure attendance from afar. Invitations were not sent, therefore, to scholars at institutions outside southern California. An apparent exception was the attendance of Harold Bradley of Stanford University, but his presence in the vicinity explains why he was asked. General regret was expressed at a series of misfortunes which prevented William Berrien, of the Rockefeller Foundation, from completing his journey from Mexico to attend the conference. The co-operation of scholars attached to universities and colleges situated in neighboring states will be sought when the project reaches a more advanced stage. Indeed, one object of the recent conference was to suggest a program for another meeting, fully representative of the Southwest, which it is hoped will be held after the war.

Constitutional Revolution, Ltd. By Edward S. Corwin. (Claremont: Claremont Colleges. 1941. Pp. ix, 12r. $2.00.) and Federalism as a Democratic Process: Essays. By Roscoe Pound, Charles H. McIlwain, Roy F. Nichols. [Rutgers University, Publications of the One Hundred Seventy-fifth Anniversary Celebration, Number Two.] (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 1942. Pp. 90. $1.25.)

Constitutional Revolution, Ltd. By <italic>Edward S. Corwin</italic>. (Claremont: Claremont Colleges. 1941. Pp. ix, 12r. $2.00.) and Federalism as a Democratic Process: Essays. By <italic>Roscoe Pound, Charles H. McIlwain, Roy F. Nichols</italic>. [Rutgers University, Publications of the One Hundred Seventy-fifth Anniversary Celebration, Number Two.] (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 1942. Pp. 90. $1.25.)

The American Political Scene - 1.Edward S. Corwin: Constitutional Revolution, Ltd., Claremont, Calif.: Claremont Colleges, 1941. Pp. lx, 117. $2.00. - 2.Edward S. Corwin: The Constitution and What It Means Today, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 7th ed., 1941. Pp. xiv, 277. $2.50. - 3.Robert K. Carr: The Supreme Court and Judicial Review, Series on “American Government in Action,” New York:

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