Earth Dome II under construction
- ... that as one of its campus traditions, Pomona College reveres the number 47, having the bell in its clock tower chime on the 47th minute of the hour?
- ... that to raise desperately needed money, the first president of Pomona College, Cyrus G. Baldwin, built the first hydroelectric power station with high-voltage transmission in California in 1892?
- ... that the first superadobe earth dome (replacement pictured) at the Pomona College Organic Farm was built by students without authorization and was demolished by the college administration?