Pl'LZER COLLEG bULLE'Ll J967-6 CAt:ALo pi'CZER coLLEGE 13ullE'CiN 1967-68 CA'CAlOG T.\.BL€ OF CONT€NTS Open Letter from the President 6 About Pitzer College 9 Community Life 15 Community Government Structure I? Admission 23 Expenses and Financial Aid 27 Curriculum 33 Distribution Requirements 33 Concentration Requirements 38 Courses of Study 53 Freshman Seminars 99 Physical Education I02 Academic Regulations I05 Faculty III Administration 119 Board of Trustees 121 Pitzer Support Groups 123 Student Roster 125 Calendar 132 Index 134 Map of the Colleges 137 OpeN L€TT€R FROM TH€ PR€Slb€NT If you are an intelligent, curious, and vital young woman, devoted At Pitzer College, you will be expected to take an active part in to the pursuit of knowledge, we at Pitzer College extend to you a the designing of your education through discussion, research and cordial invitation. experimentation. You will find your professors and advisors eager If you would choose learning through experience and experimen­ to work with you individually in planning a program of study to fit tation, we are interested in having you as a member of the Pitzer your interests and ambitions- whether you prefer to investigate Community. man's past through history and anthropology, explore man's pres­ Our educational emphasis is on individual development, and our ent and his potential through biology, sociology and psychology, or curricular focus is on the social and behavioral sciences within the begin to make a contribution of your own to man's creative achieve­ wide and varied field of the liberal arts. ment in art, music and literature. Continuing through all your studies at Pitzer will be a constant Ours is an enterprise of educational exchange, and you will be evaluation of your new knowledge through philosophy, religion, expected to learn from the knowledge you have gained and share it and the ideals and faiths which give man's efforts significance. with other members of the Pitzer Community. At Pitzer College you will be expected to embark upon an origi­ This process of exchange does not reside solely within the Pitzer nal intellectual enterprise, in which you do not accept passively the Community, for Pitzer is a member of The Claremont Colleges. maxims of scholars. Based on the cluster concept in the Oxford tradition, The Clare­ We believe that a liberal education in the very highest sense can mont Colleges form one of the most unusual and distinctive colle­ com e only through close co-operation of faculty and students and giate communities in the world. through individual curiosity and vitality. Our ideals are the reality Here, you will find the excitement available in a small, residen­ of our efforts. tial college, combined with the resources and facilities normally We invite you to join us. found only at a university. Together, they will help make your in­ tellectual adventure rich and meaningful. ABOUT piTZeR COLLeGe Years of Growth THE SIXTH AND NEWEST member of The Claremont Colleges, Pitzer College was founded in I963 through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Pitzer of Pomona, California. A liberal arts college for women, Pitzer places curricular emphasis on the social and behav­ ioral sciences. In the four years of intensive growth since the founding of the College, the excitement of experimentation has spread among stu­ dents, faculty and administration. This excitement is one of the unifying forces of Pitzer. The other is the sense of community, whereby student, faculty member, administrator and trustee seek together the answers to today's educational methods and problems. Educational Commitments and Goals The faculty and students are the College's greatest asset and both are keenly committed to undergraduate education. Pitzer makes every effort to provide a student body of diverse eth­ nic, cultural, geographical and socio-economic background. As a residential college, Pitzer provides a double learning experience­ undergraduates learn much from each other as well as from pro­ fessors. The context of a Pitzer education is therefore that of a vital, ever­ changing academic community in which both student and teacher participate in the learning process. The will to innovate and to ex­ periment-in college organization, in curriculum, and in the use ·, . of facilities-and the courage to abandon each innovation if it does ." not prove to be worthwhile are the dominant characteristics of the ._ .. ;; .... I ... ". .. intellectual climate of Pitzer. This concept extends to the greater • community, where students may gain experience-either as volun­ teers or in class-related projects-in the action-oriented community programs taking place in Operation Head Start, hospitals, and nur­ sery schools. These commitments and goals are enhanced because Pitzer is part of the university-type community of The Claremont Colleges. 10 The Campus The Claremont Colleges I I These buildings have been named in honor or memory of: Ina Scott Pitzer and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher; Robert J. Ber­ nard, founding chairman of the Pitzer Board of Trustees; Flora San­ born Pitzer, Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Holden, Odell S. McConnell, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Mrs. Giles W. Mead, mem­ ber of the Board of Trustees. In addition to the above facilities, Pitzer students have access to library, drama, auditorium, chapel, and infirmary facilities shared by all The Claremont Colleges and described elsewhere. The City of Claremont Claremont, California (pop. 20,000) is located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in eastern Los Angeles County, 35 miles from Los Angeles. For many years a center for citrus growers, Claremont is now predominantly residential. It is served by major freeways and limited public transportation. The Greater Los Angeles Area provides excellent offerings in music, drama, fine arts, museums of natural history, science and industry, and art. Pacific beaches, mountain and desert areas are readily accessible by automobile. The Claremont Colleges Forty years ago The Claremont Colleges began an experiment which was unique in American higher education. That experiment, the group or cluster concept, was designed to provide superior intellec­ tual resources for increasing numbers of students while maintain­ ing the personal relationships of the small college: a closely knit academic community, effective counseling, and small classes. The result today is a major educational center which has for many years The Campus combined the strengths of the small college and the university. Each The twenty-acre campus of Pitzer includes Scott Hall, the first ad­ college has its own emphasis and direction within the framework ministration and classroom building; Fletcher Hall, a hexagonal of liberal education. The student in Claremont therefore has an un­ classroom and office building; Bernard Hall, a second hexagonal precedented opportunity to share in the academic life of the larger building with offices, classrooms, and a study-library; Sanborn and community through courses offered in adjacent colleges and Holden Halls, dormitories each housing 200 students. Buildings through joint extra-curricular activities. completed in 1967-68 include the McConnell Dining Center, and The members of The Claremont Colleges, their founding dates, Mead Hall, a 230-student dormitory. and a brief description follow: The Claremont Colleges 13 Pitzer College, founded in 1963· President, John W: Atherton,. En- lment 600. It is a liberal arts college for women wIth emphasIs III ro l , ff' . the social and behavioral sciences, 0 ering concentratIOns III 19 major areas. The joint services and facilities available to members of The Clare­ mont Colleges are: Honnold Library. Named for the late William 1. Honnold, the li­ brary contains 420pOO volumes and subscribes to 3POO periodicals. It is three blocks from the Pitzer campus. Bridges Auditorium. A 2,500-seat auditorium for major lectures, con­ certs, and other events of The Claremont Colleges. It is seven blocks Claremont University Center, founded in 1925. President, Louis T. from the Pitzer campus. Benezet. This is the central coordinating institution of the group­ Baxter Medical Building and M emorial Infirmary. These buildings r) coordinates all graduate education for the colleges; 2) owns and contain doctors' offices, special treatment rooms, and infirmary is responsible for the operation of joint facilities : library, audito­ beds. They are located six and three blocks from the Pitzer campus, rium, theater, business office, health service, religious center, and respectively. centralized utilities; 3) holds adjacent undeveloped land and is re­ Faculty House. A gift of the late My. and Mrs. Harvey S. Mudd and sponsible for establishing new colleges. The Graduate School en­ the Seeley W. Mudd Foundation, the Faculty House is a dining and rolls more than IpOO students and awards Doctor's and Master's meeting place for all faculty members of The Claremont Colleges degrees. and their guests. It is four blocks from the Pitzer campus. Pomona College, founded in 1887. President, E. Wilson Lyon. En­ McAlister Center for Religious Activities. A gift of Mrs. Amilie rollment, 1,200. The founder member of The Claremont Colleges, McAlister in memory of her father, William H. McAlister, this Pomona is a coeducational liberal arts college with full offerings in building houses the Office of the Chaplain and of the Counseling the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Center of The Claremont Colleges. It is three blocks from the Pitzer Scripps College, founded in 1926. President, Mark H. Curtis. Enroll­ campus. ment, 500. A residential liberal arts college for women, Scripps is Pendleton Business Building. The gift of My. and Mrs. Morris B. noted for its emphasis in the humanities with courses of study that Pendleton, this building houses the Business and Controller's Of­ lead to concentrations in literature, the arts, social studies, philoso­ fices of The Claremont Colleges and the Print Shop.