My favorite baseball cap is emblazoned with the number 47 on it.
But it’s not what you think.
Long before Donald Trump launched his bid to return to the White House to become the nation’s 47th president, the number 47 held special meaning for me and my fellow Pomona College graduates and current students.
The number 47 is considered sacred for anyone who calls themselves a Sagehen. (Yes, that’s our college mascot. Don’t laugh.)
The number 47 has eerily appeared repeatedly in the 137-year history of this private liberal arts college, located in the tranquil, tree-shaded town of Claremont.
Examples? Exits on the 10 and 210 freeways to get to Pomona College are both number 47. The organ at the college’s music auditorium has 47 pipes in the top row. There were 47 enrolled students at the time of the first graduating class in 1894. The largest dorm on campus, officially known as Florence Carrier Blaisdell and Della Mullock Mudd…
