The quotes on Pomona's college gates provide ongoing inspiration for students, faculty and staff.

When the gates were first built in 1914 on either side of College Avenue, just south of Sixth Street, they marked the northern boundary of the College. Since that time, the campus has expanded significantly to the north, so that all of the science precinct and many of Pomona's most beloved residential structures -- including Frary Dining Hall and all of the Clark residence halls -- now reside "outside" the College gates. And since they are historic structures, moving them now is pretty much out of the question.

The gates are best known among Pomona alumni for the quotations on the inside and outside surface of the westernmost gate. The quotes, from Pomona's fourth president, James Blaisdell, are aimed at arriving and departing students. For arriving students, the gates have a cautionary note: "Let only the eager, thoughtful, and reverent enter here." To departing graduates, they offer an exhortation: "They only are loyal to this college who, departing, bear their added riches in trust for mankind."