2 The bronze bust of Henry T. Mudd was commissioned in 1987 to honor Mudd's role as ardent supporter and chair of the HMC Board of Trustees for 23 years. The sculptor was Lewis Cohen. For many years after it was installed in the Galileo Foyer, students rubbed Henry's nose for luck before they entered Galileo Hall for an examination.

3 That caged mechanical device just north of the Garrett House is a weather station. Each day it collects information on temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, sun rays, wind pressure and rainfall. This information is sent by modem to a computer that uses the data to accumulate an evapotranspiration rate that then determines the run times of individual irrigation stations. Water is used only when and where it's needed.

4 A philanthropist and one of the most famous sailors of this century, Cornelius Shields, donated one of his "Shields-class," top-of-the-line racing sloops to HMC in 1969. Named for Mildred Mudd, the sailboat is moored in Newport Beach at the Intercollegiate Sailing and Rowing Base. Sailing enthusiasts continue to learn how to jibe, tack and sail through the ASHMC-sponsored HMC Sailing Club.

5 Is Saddle Rock a place or an event? It was and is both. Board members, faculty and staff met Jan. 18, 1958 for a college retreat at the Malibu family home of Henry T. Mudd known as Saddle Rock Ranch. The Mudd family sold the property in the late 1970s and the buildings were lost in a subsequent fire. After a hiatus of two years, meetings were held at Rancho Santa Fe Inn (1980) then at Smoke Tree Ranch, a private ranch in Palm Springs, where the meeting has been held ever since. Recently held Nov. 4-5, Saddle Rock continues to be an open and frank discussion about plans and common aspirations for the college.

6 There are now eight dormitories on campus, the newer buildings located at the eastern end of campus: Sontag (completed in 2004), Linde (1993), Case (1985) and Atwood (1981). There can be some confusion about the locations of the earliest, or quad dorms, however. East Dorm is Mildred E. Mudd Hall and South Dorm is Marks Hall, but very few students refer to them as such. The directional designations bear little resemblance to actual compass directions. The way most remember their placement is that East was constructed first and was on the eastern end of campus. West was built second and placed west of East. North was then added north of East. Naturally, the last building to complete the quad had to be called South-it's west of North and north of West.

7 Had it been left up to architect Edward Durell Stone, designer of most of the campus' early buildings, the HMC President's house would have been a two-story home with a dramatic circular staircase that took up a good portion of the square footage. The college chose instead the design of an architect specializing in residences, Henry Eggers of Los Angeles, who created a practical and aesthetically pleasing home.

8 Wally Mudd, a wart personified, was created in 1992 by College Relations graphic designer Sally Rich Arroyo and brought to life by illustrator Will Suckow. The multi-talented Wally stays active by posing for a plethora of alumni and admission publications.

9 With 789 on Sontag Residence Hall and 827 on Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons, the buildings on campus now contain more than 25,000 warts, those square, protruding cement blocks that decorate the façades. The only building without them is the F.W. Olin Science Center.

10 Unicycles gained popularity at HMC after Karl Rudnick '72 and Floyd Spencer '72 first began riding them around campus. According to the Gonzo Unicycle Madness history, "Richard (Dick) Jones, Ted Cox and David Van Vactor were other notable enthusiasts (David could simultaneously juggle, pick up dimes off the ground and do math!)." After Jones managed to acquire several unicycles for public use, the wheels really began turning, and the rest is history.

11 "Foster's Run" is really a ride (mostly on unicycle) from Claremont to Glendora for strawberry-filled donuts so big and messy that a knife and fork is recommended. Every April during the weekend of daylight-savings time, Mudders grab their unicycles and make the nine-mile journey from campus to the Donut Man. The trip is called "Foster's Run" because Donut Man was originally called Foster's Donuts when the tradition began over two decades ago.

12 A certain chemistry professor/alumnus admits to rigging a stereo speaker into the wall during the construction of North Dorm. He said that he and a certain other alumnus thought it would be fun to blast music without their dorm mates knowing where the sound was coming from. The speaker remains inside the wall, but is currently not in use.

13 Thanks to our friends in the Department of Chemistry, the chemical makeup of mud is no longer a mystery: Mg₅Al(OH)₈(AlSi₃0₁₀)

14 The airplanes used by the Batesers from 1972 to 1990 are still in use. The two Cessna 172s are now owned by alumni and are frequently flown for personal and educational missions. The planes are pictured in the mural located in the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons Aviation Room. Bateser Clay Ross '86 is shown in the 62Q (of which he is now a part owner) and Iris Critchell is in the 42Q.

15 "What is he doing?" visitors may ask, regarding the portrait of Harvey Mudd that hangs in Galileo Hall. Painted by Arthur Cahill and gifted by Robert P. Hastings, the portrait pictures Mudd juggling a miner's pick, a violin, an axe, a gavel and an academic cap. Each item symbolizes Mudd's community activities: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Southwest Museum, The Claremont Colleges. The miner's pick symbolizes his professional leadership in the Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and the gavel symbolizes his many chairmanships. It also symbolizes that juggling (work, play, relationships) is an important part of being a Mudder!

16 The college's first mace carried at the 1960 Commencement was a piece of foot-long dowling tied with ribbons in the college colors, gold and black. The mace used today was designed and handmade by Pomona College Professor of Physics Jack Miller. It features a silver head surrounded by four integral signs, which symbolize the world encompassed by mathematics. The traditional mace served in medieval times as an instrument to disperse crowds of small boys and dogs that cluttered the line of march and to maintain order in unruly gatherings.

Museum-Quality Art

17 In addition to the 4-by-35-foot painting depicting Northern California to the Mexico border that hangs in Platt Campus Center, watercolorist Milford Zornes has several other pieces around campus, including "Asilomar" and "Farm Lands of Short Creek."

18 The "Motion Shield" steel sculpture located near Platt Campus Center was created by Berry Hunnicut and donated by Trustee Emeritus Ronald Linde and his wife, Maxine.

19 The college has an engraving by Civil War portrait painter Francis Bicknell Carpenter. "Lincoln's Reading of the Proclamation of 1862 to His Cabinet" is said to be one of 25 engravings done immediately after Carpenter spent six months painting the original at the White House.

20 Seven etchings by Joseph Mugnaini, primary illustrator of Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles," are located around campus.

21 A number of art pieces created by alumni are part of HMC's collection. Artists include Stan Lok '82 ("Discipline," oil painting) and Michael Leaderbetter '80 (leaded color glass).

22 Two paper cutouts by French painter Henri Matisse hang in the Office for College Advancement.

Animal Facts

23 There are three species of squirrels on campus. The gray ones in the trees are Western Gray Squirrels (Sciurus griseus), and the tan ones that live on the ground and dig burrows (especially behind Thomas-Garrett Hall) are California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi). Biology Professor Catherine McFadden said, "In addition to our two native squirrel species, Claremont has been invaded during the past decade by the Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger. Like the native Western Gray Squirrel, Fox Squirrels live mostly in trees, but they can be identified by their rust-colored belly."

24 In 1980, Japanese koi were first added to the Venus fountain of Hixon Court by Bertrell E. Caswell of San Gabriel, Calif., the aunt of Charles Polk '83. The original fish were replaced over the years by new koi, notably one named Quicksilver who grew to be quite large, Mutant, a golden silvery-brown carp born in the fountain, and Spot, a goldfish koi. Tragically, these fish were abducted in 2003, along with most of their fountainmates. The culprits were never found. Since then, a new family of koi have made the fountain home.

25 In addition to human family members, the Garrett House has been home to a variety of Presidential pets. The Platts had a cat, Sassafras, and two large desert tortoises, Explorer and Dante. The tortoises remained after the Platts left Garrett House, and the Bakers cared for the tortoises until they died. The Bakers also had a miniature French poodle, Max. The Strauss family included dogs Rosie, a golden retriever, and Skye, an Australian Shepherd, and for a short time a cat, Chuck. The Riggses had no pets.

26 A small population of desert iguanas resides in the Olin animal physiology lab. Collected from a site near Cathedral City, California, under a California Department of Fish and Game collecting permit, the animals are fed crickets, lettuce and re-hydrated rabbit food and are heated by lamps to simulate the 90-degree temperatures of their natural habitat. Students study the lizards' metabolic rates and locomotion on a small animal treadmill located in the lab.

27 The oldest building on the Mudd campus is not actually owned by HMC. At the east end, near Sontag Hall, sits the Fair Oaks plant owned and maintained by the Golden State Water Company. The Spanish Colonial Revival pump house encloses the third domestic well facility developed in Claremont in 1930. The builders are said to be Allan Taylor and Clarence Stover, who tried to match nearby Scripps' architecture, including signature tile work. Inside the building is an 800-foot-deep well that produces about 400 acre feet of water per year for the city of Claremont, (including HMC), plus a 20,000-gallon reservoir.

28 The shortest elevator ride on campus can be found in the Frederick and Susan Sontag Residence Hall. You'll travel 2 feet 6 inches from the lounge to the first floor.

29 The college colors were chosen by the first group of ASHMC officers and approved by the college administration. Black, gold and white was the final decision, but "powder blue" was briefly in the running.

30 A display case at the courtyard entrance of the Parsons Building has a number of early measuring devices donated to the college by various friends. Some of the items include a 1914 Thacher's Calculating Instrument, an Otis King calculator, a Fowler "magnum" longscale calculator, circa 1898, and a number of concise circular slide rules from Japan. Former board Chair Henry T. Mudd donated several Curta miniature mechanical hand calculators thought to have been purchased by his father, Harvey, during the 1940s in Switzerland. A collection of slide rules, including an oversized version, was given in 1988 by William A. Wilson of Bel Aire.

Tools for Learning and Discovery

Students have access to a dizzying array of research-grade equipment for their educational use:

31 The Department of Chemistry houses a 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer (NMR), which utilizes a superconducting magnet, cryostated at four degrees Kelvin, to probe the structure of organic, organometallic and biologically important molecules.

32 The Department of Physics utilizes a pair of cryo- systems that can reach temperatures as low as 1.7 K, a thin-film deposition system that allows for the fabrication of multilayer structures, and a magnetic force microscope that can image and map both the surface and the magnetic structures of samples. Also available is an optical coherence microscope (OCM), which is shared by the departments of physics, engineering and biology and is used to study fundamental problems in developmental biology and in tissue engineering.

33 Biology students have access to modern instrumentation to support their research and learning, including equipment for biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, physiology and ecology. There are plant growth chambers, tissue culture facilities, and walk-in laboratories with chilled recirculating seawater and fresh water. There are microscopes equipped for epiillumination fluorescence, differential interference contrast, and video-imaging. Recently, the department added a top-end confocal fluorescence microscope for the visualization of cellular dynamics.

34 Many engineering students are introduced to "The Shaker." The device is an eccentric-mass vibrator used to test the structural integrity of large structures.

35 The Department of Mathematics houses a supercomputer co-owned by the computer science and mathematics departments. HMC's first supercomputer (installed in the '90s) was the first of its kind on an undergraduate campus.

36 It can get a little breezy in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory-to the tune of about 70 mph! Designed, constructed and operated by HMC students, the wind tunnel facility has a one-foot by one-foot test section that has been used to study the flows over various sports balls, and over bird and insect wings.

37 The shop equipment available to students at Mudd is unparalleled at any other undergraduate college. Students have access to machine, sheet metal and wood shops all day, every day. A popular use of the shop is for the E-8 course, which requires students to manufacture a tool tray, screwdriver and hammer. But a display case in the shop area shows many more objects that have been created using the shop equipment, including an aluminum chess set, a sushi boat, wind chimes and miniature spinner rims for RC cars. One of the MuddCams is located in the machine shop, so check out the work in progress anytime by going to www.hmc.edu/campus/camera/m-shop-1.html

38 Physics professor Gregory Lyzenga '74 acknowledges the presence of an earthquake fault nearby. He says, "The Indian Hill fault runs just north of campus, through the biological field station on the other side of Foothill Blvd. The fault is not highly active and has not produced earthquakes during the time that we have modern records, but it is like the many hundreds of known and unknown faults around California and forms part of the tectonic neighborhood."

Sprague Library is a storehouse of information and unique items, including:

39 The original copy of HMC's articles of incorporation from the State of California is located here.

40 In Summer 2004, Computer Science Department Chair Michael Erlinger transformed the second floor into Clinic and research space for the department. Entry is limited to CS faculty and authorized students.

41 Artifacts found during the operations of the Mudd family's Cyprus Mines have a special area in Sprague Library. The nearly 180 delicate artifacts include an Athenian drinking vessel from the 5th century BCE; an oil lamp from 1500 BCE; and-the oldest item-a red, ceramic Cypriot drinking bowl circa 2,300-2,000 BCE. Not only are the artifacts treasures, but the cabinet in which they are contained is also significant. Crafted by woodworker Morris J. Shephard especially to hold these artifacts, the cabinet is made of walnut to match the walnut paneling in the library.

42 An Aeronautical Library Collection and archives from the Bates Aeronautics Program, which ran from 1962-1990, are located on the fourth floor and are impeccably maintained by Instructor of Aeronautics Emerita Iris Critchell. Some of the gems of the collection, including aviation literature and photographs, can now be viewed at the Aviation Room in Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons.

43 The Sprague Library is a treasure trove of infor-mation specifically for mathematicians and engineers who will find one of the most extensive collections of mathematics and engineering books, journals and conference proceedings. Librarian Jezmynne Amergin says that Link+, a catalog of contributed holdings from libraries in California and Nevada, is one of the biggest users of this collection.

44 Northrop history is chronicled extensively in The Roy Wolford Collection, part of HMC's Aeronautical Library Collection. There are more than 1,400 photographs with negatives and documents by Roy Wolford, official photographer and personal friend of John K. Northrop for more than 50 years. Images include seven decades of in-flight test photos of each new experimental Northrop airplane.

45 The fourth floor boasts a recently-established NASA Astronauts Room, filled with photographic memorabilia from the collection of Leland Atwood, former HMC trustee, distinguished aeronautical engineer and aviation industry leader. Also displayed are images from the Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Clement Collection and personal images from HMC's own astronauts Stan Love '87 and George "Pinky" Nelson '72. Images include photos autographed by the crews of Apollo XVII, Apollo II, Apollo VIII, and by Buzz Aldrin. More of Atwood's extensive aeronautical collection and awards can also be found in a display case in Platt Campus Center as well as the Aeronautical Library Collection in Sprague.

46 Jonas Salk, Bob Dylan, Leontyne Price, Hubert H. Humphrey, Billie Jean King, Norman Rockwell, Alistair Cooke, Lady Bird Johnson, and many more well-known figures from the 1970s, all signed a handmade quilt that now hangs in the north conference room, fourth floor. The quilt was the work of Mrs. Harry R. Davis, mother of Tory Davis '74, a student who drowned in 1971. Mrs. Davis gathered signatures from well-known persons and incorporated them into commemorative quilts, one of which she donated to HMC in her son's memory. Two memorial scholarships were also established in Davis' name.

47 If you have the feeling you're being watched on campus, that just may be the case if you happen to be standing in one of six areas where live cameras are placed. MuddVision can be viewed 24-hours a day on the Web. Indoor areas on-camera currently include Linde Activities Center computer lab, Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons and the student machine shop. Live campus views can be seen looking east from Sprague Library, the Venus fountain area, and along the East Mall. Some students have used this technology as a fun way to touch base with Web-surfing parents and friends.

48 Hollywood studios aren't exactly clamoring to film on campus, but HMC has been included in several motion pictures and television episodes. Notable are the movies "The Secret Life of Girls" (1999) starring Linda Hamilton and Eugene Levy and "The Fear" (1995), both filmed on campus. The college was also mentioned in a Star Trek episode and in the season 1, episode 22 of "X-Files." Under interrogation from Fox Mulder, a "scientist" says, "Um, a quantum physics professor of mine at Harvey Mudd flunked me. He challenged the tenets of one of my theories-a theory I later published in Nature. Anyway, uh, to get back to him, (laughs) one afternoon we decided to take his car apart and put it back together again in his office and left it running." Mulder responds, "Hmmm, an egghead classic." (Text from "The X-Files Scripts Archive" Web site.)

49 On top of Sprague Library is a huge amateur radio antenna, moved from the Jacobs Building to Sprague soon after the library was built. The Amateur Radio Club was one of HMC's first chartered clubs in 1959 and was active until 1965, then again in the late-sixties and mid-seventies, according to club records. The club was revived in the early eighties but has had minimal activity since, according to current club advisor Roger Wiechman. Though, he says, the antenna does see occasional use.

50 The Harvey Mudd College Seal, created in 1960 by Thomas Jamieson, represents the various ideals of the college. The sun represents energy; the elliptical Mobius strip represents structure; the dividers represent measurement; the inner and outer ellipses can be interpreted as orbital paths, suggesting concern with space; and the globe denotes the humanities and civilization. The dividers are placed in the design to bridge the gap between the sun and the globe, symbolizing the measure of energy and matter as well as the measure of humans and civilization.