Pepperdine Graphic 75th Anniversary Historical Edition

75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Look back to move forward

Left: This sign marked the construction site of the old campus in the Vermont Knolls area of Los Angeles. Pepperdine maintained a campus here from 1937 to 1981. It seems Pepperdine has never been too far from a Ralphs.Right: The sign marking the Malibu campus is a familiar sight to most, but the coral tree shading the sign has a unique history. See page four of this section for the storied history of this coral tree. It’s pretty valuable, actually.

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Welcome to the 75th anniversary edition of the Graphic! � ese eight pages contain original articles and images dating back to 1937, the � rst year of this school’s and this publication’s histo-ries. I’ve selected content that gives a telling if brief account of Pepperdine’s history.

I learned a few things in my research that you can’t take away from only reading these pages. George Pepperdine College, or GPC, lends its let-ters to the title of this publication: GraPhiC. At its inception, the school was a bastion of conserva-tive Christians in a then much safer South Central Los Angeles. And while the 1940s were America crazy, the 1950s girl crazy and the 1960s/1970s just plain crazy, I was deeply impressed by the faith the students displayed throughout the years. It was obvious their commitments to Christ were more important than anything else they were do-ing at Pepperdine — even more important than � nding a spouse. As the back page of this issue shows, some planned to spend their summers sell-ing Bibles or going on missions trips.

I’ve presented this 1938-summer-plans article and all the others as they originally ran. What changes I made were typographical and photoge-nic, and I wrote some new photo captions where originals did not exist.

� ese changes, however, do not alter the con-tent. You may notice a fair amount of space dedi-cated to the aforesaid “plain crazy” 1970s. � is was the most dramatic period in Pepperdine’s history, and that drama culminated in the Malibu move. � e archives are missing some issues from 1968 to 1971, but there should be enough articles in this issue to give a sense of the drama of that time.

But all of Pepperdine’s history is dramatic in some way, and you can look at it in many ways. In one sense, a small Bible college in Los Ange-les grew too big and � ed to Malibu when times got tough. In another sense, a good man’s dream � ourished beyond his imagination and continues to bear fruit.

However you view it, 75 years is high time to look back on where Pepperdine was in order to guide where it will go. Poised between parochi-alism and unprecedented excellence, Pepperdine will become what Waves — students, alumni, faculty and administrators — make it. If Waves want Pepperdine to improve, only open conver-sation amongst those parties will allow us to dis-cover what must change and what must remain the same.

None of this would’ve been possible without the help of the University’s Archives in Payson Library. Melissa Nykanen and Katie Richardson made accessing and transcribing past Graphics easy. Without them, I could not have acquired any of this content. I’m also indebted to Alexa Stoczko and Tim Nguyen for designing these pages. With-out them, all this content would just be sitting on a � ash drive.

Finally, I’m grateful to the Graphical powers that be — i.e., Elizabeth Smith et. al. — for will-ingly forsaking ad revenue to run this issue. I hope “those powers” think this issue is worth it.

By NATHAN STRINGERGRAPHIC HISTORIAN

Founder’s Address

Student Body Approves Committee’s Choice Of Blue and Orange as Pepperdine Colors

What we say here today in the dedi-cation of these buildings is of very little importance, but the work which will be done through the days and years and generations to come will be of very great importance if that work is guided by the hand of God.

What I mean by the statement “guid-ed by the hand of God” is that God’s spirit working through his Holy Word, the Bible, shall in� uence and control the lives of each and every member of the faculty to such an extent that he will spread Christian in� uence among the students.

America and the world need Christi-anity. Yes, they need knowledge, culture, education, but they need Christ even more. � e heart or man usually grows to be perverse unless trained by the in-� uence of God’s Word. If we educate a man’s mind and improve his intellect with all the scienti� c knowledge men have discovered and do not educate the heart by bringing it under

the in� uence of God’s Word, the man is dangerous. An educated man without religion is like a ship without a rudder or a powerful automobile without a steer-ing gear. � ere is no life so much worth while in this world as the Christian life because it promotes the most happiness and contentment and the greatest prom-ise of life hereafter.

� erefore, as my contribution to the well-being and happiness of this genera-tion and those to follow I am endowing this institution to help young men and women to prepare themselves for a life of usefulness in this competitive world and help them build a foundation of Chris-tian character and faith which will sur-vive the storms of life. Young men and young women in this institution will be given educational privileges equal to the

best in the liberal arts, business admin-istrations, Bible training, and later, we hope, in preparing for various profes-sions. All instruction is to be under con-servative, fundamental Christian super-vision with stress upon the importance of strict Christian living.

To the faculty members, each and ev-ery one of you, I am giving this solemn charge before this great company of our fellow citizens and before God—that you shall conduct your lives in such a man-ner as to be noble examples of Christian living in the presence of the students who are likely to be in� uenced more by what you do than by what you say.

Let us this day dedicate these build-ings and this institution, � e George Pepperdine College, to the cause of High Learning under the in� uence of Fundamental Christian leadership. And at the same time let us, the members of the Faculty and Board of Trustees, dedi-cate ourselves anew to the great cause of beautiful Christian living. In this way we shall do our small bit to glorify the name of God in the earth and extend his Kig-dom [sic] among the children of men.

� e above speech was the climaxing address at the formal dedication exercises held on the campus in front of the Ad-ministration building at 4:00 p.m., Sep-tember 21.

Governor Merriam of California, Mayor Shaw of Los Angeles, Founder Pepperdine, President Baxter, and Dean Tiner were speakers at these exercises. Two thousand people were gathered around the temporary speaker’s stand, which was covered in front by a mass of � owers sent by friends of the college.

Dr. Baxter acted as master of ceremo-nies. He introduced Mayor Shaw, who extended the o� cial welcome of the City of Los Angeles to George Pepperdine College. Mr. Pepperdine introducd [sic] the Governor, who spoke extemporane-ously.

� e Blue and Orange! Long may it wave!

� e student committee on school colors yesterday made its � nal deci-sion and recommended the blue and orange combination to the student body. A unanimous rising vote of the students in chapel, followed by long and loud applause, showed the

eagerness of the student body to fall in line with the committee’s selec-tion.

� e students were to vote on the colors last � ursday, but after Presi-dent Baxter said he would have pen-nants made tip in the various com-binations for further consideration, the committee decided to wait and see them. Accordingly, pennants in blue and orange, blue and white, blue and maroon, blue and gold, and two shades of blue were made by a Los Angeles � rm and consid-ered by the student committee.

Yesterday morning the committee brought in two pennants in blue and orange and put them on the stage, after which Dick Clark made the announcement of the committee’s choice.

Dr. Baxter in chapel commended the careful thought the committee gave to selecting the colors and ex-pressed his preference for the choice that was made. He pointed out that blue and white, while a popular combination, did not lend itself to enough variety in decorations since so many things, including table-

cloths, are already white, and the combination gets dirty so easily. He said blue and gold were already the colors of a great many colleges, and that blue and maroon and the two shades of blue did not measure up to the blue and orange for beauty.

Blue and orange are not known to be the colors of any other college in the West. Dr. Baxter called atten-tion to the fact that it is, however, a rare combination for California—the blue of the Paci� c and the or-ange of the State of California.

Rising Vote in Chapel Tues-day Gives Approval

November 24, 1937

October 20, 1937

Pepperdine Teams To Be Known As ‘Waves’

George Pepperdine College athletic teams will be known as the Waves, President Baxter has announced.

Many faculty members and students here feel that the nam-ing of athletic teams after animals has been overdone at times. For want of a suitable animal cognomen for GPC athletes, the name “Waves” has been chosen.

No other team on the West Coast has a similar name. Tulane, New Orleans, calls its team the Green Wave, and Alabama uses the Crimson Tide.

October 20, 1937

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Football Trophy Presented to GPC

Pepperdine’s sole booty “salvaged” in this, its football novicehood, was proudly exhibited before the Chapel assembly last Wednesday. The receipt of the golden trophy came in the wake of a successful season, climaxed by the glorious Will Rogers Bowl victory at Oklahoma City.

President Hugh M. Tiner, who ac-companied the victorious Wave ag-gregation, related some of the more noteworthy events experienced by all during, and after the trip.

Coach Gaer then took the floor and briefly stated how the Pepperdine spirit displayed by the entire squad had been a decisive factor in the team’s great first season gridiron performance. Presen-tation of the trophy followed, Coach Gaer presenting it to President Tiner in behalf of his grid forces.

January 15, 1947

Williams / 1947Coach Gaer, (left), Pepperdine grid mentor, at the moment he presents the Will Rogers Bowl trophy to President Hugh M. Tiner. Presented in behalf of the victorious Waves, the coveted trophy represents the first prize in the annals of Pepperdine football.

Students, Faculty Continue Work In War Conditions

The Japanese declaration of war on December 7 brought the conflict closer to home, and, judging from the number of long distance calls and letters, was nerve-raking to the parents of some Pepperdine students.

Parents of students, not realizing that there was no immediate danger to the College, hastily became over-anxious. President Tiner announced that he had received several letters from families who were fearful of friends[’] and relatives’ safety here in Pep-perdine, but that the scare had somewhat subsided. Proof of this was found in the high number of stu-dents to enroll for the winter quarter.

Letters were sent to the parents of all students by the College president during the Christmas holi-days. In that Tiner assured all patrons of the school that every precaution would be taken to insure the

safety of the students, and that in time like this a Christian education was needed more than ever.

Furthermore, it was pointed out that the news-papers and radio have a tendency to over-emphasize dramatic news, and, therefore, is natural that peo-ple away from California have been alarmed more than those who live here.

“The calm and mature way in which our student body faced tragic events which led to the United States entrance into the war was deeply gratifying. Rather than fear, hysteria, or a tendency to run away[,] there was an outpouring of inquiry from Pepperdine students (men and women, young and old) as to how they might render some constructive service in case there was need.

“This spirit of self-forgetfulness is the very heart of the Pepperdine ideal,” the letter continued, “and the manifestation in this instance is just one more proof that we have one of the finest student bodies to be found anywhere.”

January 7, 1942

Presenting The Most Powerful Wave East Of The Pacific—Roland

Well, Pepperdiners, here he is at last! The GraPhiC takes great pleasure in introducing to the Pepperdine student body, Roland, “the most powerful wave East of the Pacific.” Roland is a friendly, happy, mischevious [sic], impudent (to such things as Trojans, Bruins, Aztecs, Tigers, Engineers, etc.) little Wave who, in spite of his lack of size makes an awful lot of noise.

The pose, which you see here, shows how Roland looks at Pepperdine opponents. This picture was made for their special benefit. Watch this page this season for other poses of Roland, Pepperdine’s great little Wave.

Roland was born when the first GPC outfit took to the basketball court to stagger through Pepperdine’s first season. He has been right in the middle of all the basketball games, pushing the ball through the hoops. He has been out on the track every time Pepperdiners have run and has been behind the runners, pushing them so they could run just a little faster. He has been on the baseball diamond and on the tennis court, slowing fast pitches and straightening curves,

delaying smashes and hindering drives. He has cheered as hard as any student and played as hard as any athlete.

But Roland is young. He is, in fact, only seven years old, going on eight. And Roland is small. As GPC is small, so is Roland small. But as the spirit and enthusiasm of GPC is large, so Roland is strong and powerful.

And, you say, just what is Roland? Surely no one is foolish enough to believe that a wave lives and helps athletes. First, let’s correct an idea you may have. Roland helps any Pepperdiner who deserves help. He may help you study, or make a poster, or smile when you fall and are injured, or type a theme, or get in line at the cafeteria, or get a train ticket home, or get a job. Roland helps all Pepperdiners who need and deserve help.

But what is this thing called Roland? Pep-perdiners, Roland is you. Roland is the spirit of George Pepperdine College. Within all of us, here at GBC, there is an intangible something that makes us friendly, and makes us want to do our best in everything. Roland is all those “somethings”—from students on campus now, from students who have already left the GPC campus, and from students who will come in the future—combined and made into one single unit and is the true spirit of Pepperdine. So you see, Roland really exists. Just as surely as you and I exist and believe in GPC—just that surely, Ro-land exists.

The honor of first picturing our Wave goes to Glover Shipp, a sophomore. But, now that we have our impudent little critter pictured, we must keep him as proud and powerful as he was all the time when we weren’t sure how he looked. Good athletic teams don’t make him powerful—they help make him proud—but a sincere belief in the ideals of George Pepperdine College will keep him “the most powerful wave East of the Pacific.”

See all those people cut there, Roland? Those are Pepperdiners. Say hello to them, because you are going to know them a long time, Roland.

September 9, 1945

September 26, 1940

“It is altogether appropriate that some quarter of higher education lead a counter offensive against the eroding trends in our society. Much of our cul-ture seems now to be trying to regain something that Pepperdine has never really lost.”

In this spirit college President M. Norvel Young officially announced that Pepperdine will build a second campus in Malibu.

The multi-million dollar gift of land will enable the college to expand from its crowded and congested 35 acre ur-ban campus. But it will also allow the college to initiate new programs and

By Ron StumpOctOber 10, 1968

Fire which raced through the Malibu Canyon area of Los Angeles County for five days was officially de-clared contained on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Most of the underbrush on the campus had already been cleared away by construction workers preparing the land for buildings.

The blaze, which scorched more than 30,000 acres in the canyon, also swept across Pepperdine’s Malibu campus, burning underbrush and en-dangering several construction trailer

Flames engulf Malibu area

September 29, 1944

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“It is altogether appropriate that some quarter of higher education lead a counter offensive against the eroding trends in our society. Much of our cul-ture seems now to be trying to regain something that Pepperdine has never really lost.”

In this spirit college President M. Norvel Young officially announced that Pepperdine will build a second campus in Malibu.

The multi-million dollar gift of land will enable the college to expand from its crowded and congested 35 acre ur-ban campus. But it will also allow the college to initiate new programs and

augment existing ones in its “offensive against the eroding trends in our soci-ety.”

After several years of studying some 40 campus sites the Malibu location was chosen for its obvious beauty and the potential for the site to be a land-mark in college construction.

The land was presented by the Adamson family, descendants of the Rindge family. The Rindge family was one of the first groups of settlers on the California coast. Their land, including the Malibu property, was part of a grant from the Spanish government which controlled California.

“I feel that in making this gift of land to Pepperdine College we are helping to fulfill the destiny of this property. Our

family long has felt this prime Rancho Malibu land should be held for an out-standing and special use,” according to Merritt H. Adamson, president of the Adamson Companies. He said Pepper-dine will provide this “outstanding and special use.”

Adamson explained that the choice of Pepperdine College for this gift was prompted in part by the “conservative nature of the college.” He was, he said, impressed with the rapport between the faculty and students and with the professors’ desire to build the students’ spirit as well as knowledge.

Adamson shares President Young’s interest in developing special programs for the inner-city.

“The multi-campus concept is de-

signed to preserve and advance our tra-ditional liberal arts role while providing us, at the same time, with an opportu-nity to increase our emphasis on the ed-ucational challenges of the inner-city,” Dr. Young explained.

The programs to be instituted on the present campus “will more fully involve Pepperdine in meeting the needs of the families, businesses and institutions of the community. This opportunity for creative service in the neighborhood where we always have been at home is uniquely appropriate to Pepperdine’s program of Christian missions.”

To meet these objectives the college will enlarge existing programs for train-ing teachers to work specifically in the urban schools. Plans also call for the

establishment of a technical manage-ment center and volunteers for urban education.

One of the Malibu campus innova-tions will be a “learning Center Pro-gram” which employs the latest com-puter information retrieval techniques.

The Pepperdine campus in Malibu will be the only four-year co-education-al college operating in the area.

According to a college spokesman, construction on the campus should begin by the end of next year. There is a large amount of necessary grading to be done before construction can begin. Initial goals call for the first classes to begin in 1971.

20111968Before: This is an aerial photo of the 138 acres the Adamsons donated to Pepperdine in 1968. After: This is a Google Earth photo of Pepperdine University today. We’ve built some since 1968.

Second Campus Site Revealed Adamsons Donate 128 Valuable Acres

By Ron StumpOctOber 10, 1968

Fire which raced through the Malibu Canyon area of Los Angeles County for five days was officially de-clared contained on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Most of the underbrush on the campus had already been cleared away by construction workers preparing the land for buildings.

The blaze, which scorched more than 30,000 acres in the canyon, also swept across Pepperdine’s Malibu campus, burning underbrush and en-dangering several construction trailer

units on the 138-acre site.A Roman Catholic retreat house

located a half-mile from the campus was almost completely destroyed by the fire.

Homes of several Pepperdine fac-ulty and administration personnel were also endangered by the fire, but escaped damage. Malibu residents at Pepperdine include head varsity bas-ketball coach Gary Colson, athletic department chairman Walter Glass, and Malibu chancellor, Dr. William Banowski whose home in nearby To-panga Canyon also escaped damage. Many Pepperdine personnel were

forced to evacuate their homes, how-ever, including several who live near the Malibu Canyon Road–Ventura Freeway areas.

A near tragedy at the campus site was averted late Friday afternoon, when two construction workers found themselves in the fire’s path while attempting to move a fuel tank.

Both men escaped injury by jump-ing into a truck and driving blindly through smoke until they were out of the danger area. According to one of the men, only the oxygen contained in the truck’s cabin prevented their suffocation.

By Jackie moSSOctober 1, 1970

Flames engulf Malibu area

OctOber 1, 1970

Reports published in a na-tionally syndicated column that Frank Sinatra had been offered a teaching job at Pepperdine were termed “without foundation in fact” by University officials to-day.

Marilyn Beck, author of the nationally syndicated column “Hollywood Hotline,” claimed in her column on June 3 that Sinatra had been offered a job, but university trustees had found his image unacceptable.

She said she got her infor-mation from a Business School teacher whom she refused to identify, in the tradition of pro-tecting a news source.

Contacted by the Graphic about the validity of her infor-mation, she volunteered to call her source for confirmation. She then called the Graphic back and said the source stuck to the original story.

“He (Sinatra) became the central character in a drama pitting faculty against trustees when Pepperdine’s School of Business offered Frank a teach-

ing post....” the column said.“The students were all for

the idea, of course, as was the faculty. But the plan was finally vetoed by the board of trustees. Frank Sinatra’s ‘show biz’ image wasn’t quite acceptable or digni-fied enough for good old Pep-perdine.

Dr. Howard White, admin-istrative vice president[,] said he knew nothing of Sinatra be-ing asked to teach at Pepperdine and that the matter had never gone before the board of trust-ees.

Dean Donald Sime, of the School of Business, had no knowledge of such an offer, ei-ther, Dr. White said. Hobart Crosby, also of the School of Business, said, however, that he had attended an informal meet-ing at which the possibility of hiring Sinatra was discussed.

Columnist Beck explained Tuesday that she had intended her column to say that Pepper-dine’s School of Business had “decided to offer Frank a teach-ing post,” rather than stating that an offer had been made.

She asserted that she had no definite proof the offer was

made.Otherwise, she said, the in-

formation was just as she had received it from a faculty-level source in the business depart-ment.

“I believe it is possible the vice-president is sincere and does not speak with forked tongue, but I believe someone is passing the buck somewhere,” the columnist said after she learned of officials’ negative re-action and contacted her source again.

According to the June 3 Hol-lywood column, Sinatra has be-come “highly receptive” to the idea of teaching since his retire-ment from the entertainment industry.

Sinatra’s press’ secretary said he had no knowledge of any such offer.

University officials stressed that their reaction to the subject was for clarification in response to questions, and had nothing to do with Sinatra’s qualifica-tions as a professor.

“As far as I can tell, Mr. Sina-tra is as much an innocent by-stander in this as is the univer-sity,” Dr. White said.

Sinatra faculty offer reportedJune 24, 1971

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Pep stalks Erythina cristagalli

EUGENE LOUIE / NOVEMBER 3, 1972

What Pepperdine Malibu wants most is what Pepperdine has least—trees, preferably big trees.

But big trees with big names present big problems.

Consider the plight of the gainly Erythina cristagalli, and immense 22-foot-high, 35-foot-wide beauty marked for certain death by developers of [a] Hollywood apartment complex.

When property owner William Palmer heard of the university’s Trees for Pepperdine project he was hopeful the tree might � ourish amidst new sur-roundings.

� at’s when the problems began.Transporting a tree of such dimen-

sions is a lot like transporting a house: a large, � at-bed platform rolls it along through blockaded intersections in the pre-dawn hours when tra� c is slight. � at’s nothing new in the city of Los Angeles, which gave the project a prompt, rubber-stamp approval.

But to the State Division of High-ways the hauling seemed an ominous enterprise—too much for the Paci� c Coast Highway at any hour. And so the

cargo was destined for a legal impasse at Venice and Lincoln Boulevards in Santa Monica.

Time was wearing thin.Tuesday’s doomsday loomed ahead,

and if the tree was not uprooted before then it would be bulldozed.

Palmer says the 53-year-old giant is worth as much as $20,000 and only three of its kind survive in the city.

E. Dale Click, director of the Trees for Pepperdine Malibu Project, hastily searched for alternatives. � e tree could be lifted by helicopter and � own in, it was suggested, but o� cials could locate only one craft powerful enough to get the six-ton cargo airborne. � e service carried a price tag of $45,000.

Someone proposed the tree be hauled to Santa Monica beach and then ferried up the coast on a military barge. � e Army Reserve volunteered one of its light amphibious resupply cargo (LARC) barges[,] but the Navy said there was no pier strong enough to support the massive crane necessary to remove the cargo.

Not to be outdone, university of-� cials Saturday sent a telegram to Sac-ramento asking that the decision be overturned. Sympathetic o� cials ruled in favor of the university and just two hours before Tuesday’s deadline came the anxiously awaited go-ahead.

By VANCE SCOTTNOVEMBER 3, 1972

Transportation plagues efforts to save rare tree

(Editor’s note: Pepperdine’s Coral tree made its historic eight hour move to its new home on the Malibu campus Friday. Graphic photographers Joy Riley, Jim Youngs and Eugene Louie were on hand to record the event.)

At 11 p.m. Eugene, Joy and Jim met at the Chief ’s house for the brie� ng… the assignment—fol-low a big baby.

� e baby—a 53-year-old coral tree donated to Pepperdine Uni-versity’s Malibu campus. By mid-night we were watching the 12-ton erythina cristigalli pull away from the curb of a dark Hollywood street.

After watching the huge � atbed truck spin its wheels and attempt to get traction with no success, someone called the Auto Club.

When the two wreckers � nally arrived and pulled the tree and

truck duo from its invisible bonds, we decided to get some � lm and a quick breakfast of doughnuts before catching up with the truck moving slowly along Sunset Blvd.

We found Erythina about 3 a.m., nearing the San Diego Free-way, stopping at each power line, but slowly progressing toward its new home.

Stopping at the corner of Pacif-ic Coast Highway and Sunset, we were joined by several California Highway Patrolmen and two o� -cials from the State Department of Highways, who were to escort the tree along the highway.

At 5 a.m. things began to jump again.

Dr. M. Norvel Young, Pep-perdine University Chancellor, and Mrs. Young showed up at the wrong time. Dr. Young was stuck with the check for almost 20 cups of co� ee and a few cokes.

� e state o� cials used the time to measure the tree, making sure

it would � t under the pedestrian bridge on Highway 1. After ne-gotiations, they decided it would scrape through.

We waited at the bridge to get some good shots. � e tree did have to bend a little to go under[,] but it survived the squeeze with no vis-ible signs of damage.

Finally at 7 on the verge of exhaustion, we recorded the � nal ceremony of unloading the tree and symbolically planting it.

� e ordeal ended at 8:30 Friday morning with nine rolls of exposed � lm and an extremely baggy-eyed-trio.

NOVEMBER 10, 1972

Erythina comes home ‘A hard day’s night’

NOVEMBER 10, 1972

College o� cials are still considering a list of 11 demands by Black students in the face of a possible continued student strike today.

� e demands were issued last Monday by Black students because of what they called “overt violations of our civil rights,” and came in the wake of last Friday’s � ring of college public relations news writer Ron Ellerbe.

Five major demands included reinstatement of Ellerbe by the college, hiring of “e� cient full-time counselors and tutors” for Black students; dedication of a campus building at Vermont and Malibu to the memory of Larry Kimmons (killed two years ago on the Vermont campus); institution of two mandatory ethnic studies classes in general course requirements; and “im-mediate hiring” of a Black � nancial aid o� cer.

A student strike to generate support for the demands [was] held yesterday with limited success, following a meeting Tuesday between Black students and administrators in which stu-dents walked out because of what they felt were “unsatisfactory” responses from administrators in the meeting.

At a special meeting of the Student Senate last night, � ve senators voted by a 3-2 margin to support the major demands and to require Pep-perdine administrative Vice President Howard White to give a “verbal response” concerning them to the Senate by 3:30 tomorrow after-noon.

Contacted at home following the Senate meeting, Dr. White told the Graphic that he had no statement to make at that time regarding the � ve speci� c demands, but that he would re-spond to them within the speci� ed time period.

According to Dr. White, administrators have thus far discussed seven of the 11 demands with Black students and are willing to continue dis-cussion today.

In addition to the � ve major demands, Black students are also calling for enlargement of the ethnic studies dept., more scholarships for “needy Black students”; interchanging of Black courses for “general educational courses in related � elds”; a large room as headquarters for the Black Student Union; more books on Black-related subjects in the college library; and heading of “the Black recruitment program... by Black people under the Urban Center.”

(In an interview Tuesday morning, Dr. White indicated that the college “does not con-sciously recruit on an ethnic basis. We just re-cruit students,” he said.)

According to a report by a special Student Senate fact-� nding committee established to investigate the � ring of Ellerbe by the college’s public relations o� ce, no evidence of “overt rac-ism” was evident in the move.

According to Ron Woolfolk, who headed the committee, the main reason for Ellerbe’s � r-ing was a con� ict in job emphasis which arose between Ellerbe and public relations director Larry Lynch. E� orts by Ellerbe in community relations projects resulted in his being � red,

Woolfolk said, because Lynch preferred that he devote his time solely to the writing of news me-dia releases.

Lynch praised Ellerbe’s work several times during his meeting with the committee, Wool-folk said.

Senators present at yesterday evening’s meeting voted unanimously to accept the fact-� nding committee’s report, which called for the college to rehire Ellerbe in a community rela-tions position, or assist him in securing similar employment outside the college.

� e report also called for arbitration of the matter by an unbiased third party at the dis-cretion of both the college and Ellerbe, if his proposed rehiring does not prove an acceptable course.

Members of the special fact-� nding com-mittee besides Woolfolk included SA President Gary Wells, Jean Lowrie, and Senators Nick Smith and Craig Spencer.

Administration considering demands by student strikers

By JOHN HUETHERDECEMBER 10, 1970

DECEMBER 10, 1970CLASSROOM CONFRONTATION: Black students appear at the door of a class in session yesterday to discuss a proposed student srike [sic].

Slain youth honored

Dedication ceremonies will be conducted tomor-row morning at 10:30 for a permanent memorial to Larry Kimmons, a Black youth killed on the Pepperdine campus three years ago.

� e ceremony, in the Learning Center auditorium, will include addresses by the slain youth’s mother and University o� cials, including Dr. Jack Scott, Los Ange-les campus provost.

(� e lack of a similar program coinciding with the dedication of the Seaver Learning Center led to a BSU protest that ended with the suspension of one student and placing of eight other students on probation by the Student A� airs Committee.)

� e dedication will also include unveiling of a por-trait of young Kimmons in the main reading room of the library. � at portrait was the subject of what Dr. Jen-nings Davis, dean of students, termed a “major problem in communications” prior to the Learning Center activi-ties.

� e new picture was prepared by an artist selected by the dead boy’s family.

� e future of a portrait of Kimmons now hanging in a corridor of the Learning Center was uncertain when the Graphic contacted Dr. Davis[.]

� at work was prepared by the University as a part of its obligation to have a visible tribute to Kimmons prepared by the time of the Center’s completion.

According to Davis, the Friday morning event will ful� ll the obligation of the University to conduct an ap-propriate memorial to Kimmons.

Davis has worked closely with Mrs. Kimmons and BSU representatives in the planning of tomorrow’s event.

DECEMBER 9, 1971

Ten Black Student Union members were suspended for one week, following a disruption of Saturday’s Learn-ing Center dedication, the administration announced Monday.

According to Provost Jack Scott, the students stationed themselves on the auditorium steps and “began to chant, sing, make speeches, and speak in unison; in general, con-stituting a serious interference with the program.”

Black Student Union spokesmen contend that their ac-tions constituted a memorial for Larry Kimmons, a neigh-borhood youth shot by a Pepperdine security guard March 10, 1969.

� e “memorial service,” the BSU said, followed at-tempts by the group to secure a plaque and a place in the program for Kimmon’s [sic] remembrance.

“All negotiations and promises made in accordance with these meetings were ignored until Oct. 30,” they said.

Indicating that the University had ful� lled its prom-ise to provide a visible memorial to Kimmons, Dr. Scott pointed out that a portrait of Kimmons had been placed in the Learning Center and mention made of it during the ceremony.

Dr. Scott said that in meetings with BSU and Senate representatives last week, no demands or promises were made concerning a place in the program for a student spoksesman.

� e request that a member of the BSU be allowed to speak at the ceremony was made by the disrupting group of about 15 students shortly before the ceremony, Dr. Scott said.

After the “disturbance” had continued 15 minutes, President William Banowsky asked the group to “discon-tinue the interference.” He warned them that they would be automatically suspended if they did not do so.

Although some of the students left, 13 remained for approximately 25 minutes, Scott said.

Dr. Scott said in a recent Graphic interview that the University has been most careful to follow due process and will continue to do so in order to protect the rights of the suspended students.

In keeping with advice given by “one of the city’s outstanding legal � rms,” Dr. Banowsky’s warning to the students to desist or face suspension was part of that due process, Scott said.

� e students will be brought before the Student Af-fairs Committee today for determination of the “alleged violation.”

Protest disrupts event

By ELAINE HECKNOVEMBER 18, 1971

NOVEMBER 18, 1971

crucial � nal stages.“Students, faculty, everyone has been

very co-operative, and the University is settling down to a smooth day to day op-eration,” Dr. Hudson said.

And daily progress in landscaping and alleviating minor aggrevations [sic] has apparently shown cynical students the complexities of establishing a fully-func-tional University unit.

Begun with just a 138-acre land gift from the Adamson-Rindge family in 1968, $28.3 million has since gone into construction of the second main Pepper-dine campus.

In addition numerous hours have been spent determining the means to integrate an innovative, interdisciplinary Christian liberal arts program into a package suit-able for the new environment.

Indeed questions of whether every-thing could be put together for a full, 1972 opening persisted almost up to the moment that freshmen began moving in the primarily residential campus.

“I had people telling me as late as August that there was no way it could be done,” Hudson said. “And there’s no doubt that it was particularly hectic at the end.”

For example, the main parking lot wasn’t paved until Sept. 5. And the gas actually wasn’t turned on until 4 p.m. on Sept. 6, several hours after most frosh ar-

rived.Numerous minor problems have sur-

faced since that time, but they appear to be working themselves out, according to Hudson. Among them, parking, library lighting and intercampus communica-tions have stirred some ire.

� ere is in fact one parking space per student on campus (meeting building regulations), but this number includes spaces in the upper and lower lots and some facilities yet to be marked in the athletic complex area.

“Access to these areas will be made easier by building of stairs leading to the residence homes area,” said Hudson, indi-cating that those stairs are tentatively due to be completed within two weeks.

� e problem of library lighting should be remedied with the placement of lights on all study carels. “We realize that at this point the situation is barely adequate,” Hudson said.

To overcome problems of transfer-ring library materials and mail between the Malibu and Los Angeles campuses, a small bus has been purchased to provide ideal “same day service.”

Students who � nd themselves distract-ed by bulldozers and other heavy con-struction equipment can � nd little similar solace, however.

Construction is still in the early stages on homes for the University president

and provost, the 200-seat Stau� er chapel, and the 3,500 seat Firestone Fieldhouse, as well as two new student residence homes. Completion of all those facilities is expected in early 1973.

And there are plans in the works for additional administrative and classroom buildings and homes for students and fac-ulty that go well beyond the time when today’s 475 new freshmen will have grad-uated.

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‘Dream’ campus opens its doors Enrollment tops 850; frosh class largest ever

Protest disrupts event

By ELAINE HECKNOVEMBER 18, 1971

� e latest in a series of delib-erately set � res disrupted the Pep-perdine campus Tuesday morning while many residents of Baxter Hall slept.

Nine units of the Los Angeles City Fire Department, including two hook and ladder trucks, quickly knocked down the � ames in the sec-ond � oor 400-block of Baxter Hall above a janitorial closet.

� e � re was discovered by resi-dent assistant Dwight Spilman and his roommate Britt Anderson as they were about to enter the shower area at about 7:15 a.m.

� e building was quickly evacu-ated under the direction of resident assistants and campus security per-sonnel.

� e � re was de� nitely arson, ac-cording to Battalion Chief Daryl � ompson. Investigators found a

green quart-size soft drink bottle and remnants of crumpled newspa-per near what is to be believed to be the origin of the � re.

Upon arriving at the scene, � ompson thought they might lose the entire upper � oor, he said. � e biggest problem was being able to actually get the water to the � re. Besides the 30X30 inch entrance to the ceiling, additional holes were chopped in the adjoining ceiling area to allow � remen to extinguish � ames in the 35-year old wooden beams.

As a precautionary measure, � remen spread canvas covers over furniture in many rooms to protect them from any water damage.

� e damage estimate would be only minor, but due to the inexcess-ability [sic] of the interior ceiling area where the � re began, repairs could run as high as $20,000, ac-cording to a � re department spokes-man.

Baxter hit by arson

By PHIL COLONNELLINOVEMBER 18, 1971

NOVEMBER 18, 1971

A former Pepperdine student has been arrested and charged with arson as a result of � res discovered Sunday afternoon in the backstage area of the University auditorium.

Robert Newton, Jr., 25, was ar-raigned in Municipal Court yester-day. Bail was set at $2500. � e sus-pect had been under investigation for six weeks, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) o� cial.

He has been charged with one count of arson, one count of at-tempted arson, and one count of burglary. � e arson and burglary charges both originated from the Sunday blazes. � e attempted arson charge was � led in connection with another incident.

A preliminary hearing will be held early next week.

Pepperdine security o� cer Reg-gie Estes reported seeing the suspect leaving the Fine Arts Building at ap-proximately 4:40 p.m. Sunday.

Estes entered the building at that time and discovered two sepa-

rate � res in the backstage area. � e security o� cer extinguished both � res before calling the LAFD and arson detail investigators, who later responded to the scene.

A report � led by the Pepperdine security o� ce indicates that several persons saw the suspect leaving the campus at that time Sunday.

Arson department investiga-tors made the arrest at the suspect’s home.

Newton had been taken in for questioning Oct. 14 following a ma-jor rash of � res on campus. At that time, Estes saw the suspect leaving faculty hall and upon entering the building found a � re in a shower room.

� e suspect was released because of lack of su� cient evidence. Inves-tigation of the case remained open, according to LAFD o� cials.

Investigator Ron Hamel is cur-rently handling the case for the LAFD.

University security o� cials have said they will aid the district attor-ney’s o� ce in the prosecution of the case.

Sunday arson attempt ends in suspect arrest

By BOB EISBERGDECEMBER 2, 1971

� e opening of the new Malibu campus marks a new era for Pepperdine University. An era of change.

� e Graphic realizes a responsibility to suit the needs of the student commu-nity. In trying to meet these responsibil-ities, technical changes have been made in the Graphic.

Maintaining the spirit of these changes the Graphic will strive to meet basic professional journalistic principles to inform, to interpret, to maintain strong open lines of communication with its readers.

With the new modern setting of the Malibu campus, the Graphic has also adopted a new, innovative format. In-stead of the traditional seven-column newspaper produced at the L.A. cam-pus, the Graphic has switched to a more accommodating � ve-column look.

Many other changes have been ac-complished through the utilization of recently-purchased IBM equipment.

And Graphic policy has also taken on a new look. We will strive to inform the students not only of campus news but world news, including the Malibu community. � e Graphic will not, however, go beyond the policies and auspices of the University.

� ere is a traditional and academic precedent for acting for the greater good, and in the best interest of the commu-nity. It is this precedent we will follow.

However, the Graphic will not be abused by this precedent or any other e� ort to restrict our basic right to in-form and interpret the news. � e Graphic editorial board—editor-in-chief, managing editor, news editor and page editors—is accepting its responsi-bility to decide what is printable.

� e Graphic’s letters to the ditor col-umn has been one means for students, faculty and administration to air views and complaints. We welcome letters, but ask that they conform to limitations of time and space. Letters should be submitted no later than Tuesday, 9 a.m. and should not run over 200 words.

� e Graphic reserves the right to edit letters as necessary while maintain-ing their main essence. Letters should be signed although names will be with-held upon request.

� ese are the qualities which have made great newspapers the watchdogs of society. As journalists we are part of the academic process of this university. As citizens of this community we are in-terested in its future development.

OCTOBER 6, 1972

A new era

Classes are well underway on the nation’s newest university campus.

More than 850 students are now enrolled at Pepperdine University-Malibu, which became a reality Sept. 6 when the largest freshman class in University history—475 students—

descended on the 490-acre campus.Class, cafeteria and library services

have gone without interruption on a campus that was nothing more than a vision just four years ago.

“� ings have gone remarkably well considering the obstacles we have faced,” said Dr. Jerry Hudson, Malibu provost and the man who directed the new campus’ development through the

By BOB EISBERGOCTOBER 6, 1972

Pepperdine’s Phillips � eme Tower is now completed and the lingering contro-versy regarding its purpose and location on campus has cooled.

Made of steel and stucco, the struc-ture was built with $290,000 in funds from the Phillips Trust. � e tower’s tip is on a plane with the administrative complex. Although the tower has now gained general acceptance, the period of its controversy began in February when Malibu attorney Alvin S. Kaufer and an area homeowners’ association began voic-ing their opposition. Both cited di� erent reasons for their feelings.

Kaufer � led an appeal of the Regional Planning Commission’s decision to per-mit Pepperdine to build the 125-foot-high tower to the county board of su-pervisors in February. � e appeal was disallowed by the board, and construc-tion began a few weeks later.

Kaufer had contended that the tower was o� ensive to a “substantial” num-ber of Malibu residents because of the 50-foot-high indention in the form of a cross which looks out over the Malibu

coastline. Kaufer added Tuesday that the people who had opposed the tower want to remain in the background and not publicly state their opposition.

� e attorney also questioned the proper zoning of the tower, claiming the law states such a structure is allowed on an educational facility providing it is used for an educational purpose. Kaufer did not use this additional argument, since the issue did not go to court.

� e homeowners’ association, chaired by Marca Helfrich of Malibu, contended the tower is out of context with the sur-rounding countryside. “It was supposed to be ‘nestled in the hills,’ not jutting out from them,” Helfrich said Monday.

However, the homeowners reached an agreement with Pepperdine President William S. Banowsky to end their e� orts to stop construction when Dr. Banowsky agreed not to have the cross lighted as originally planned. � e homeowners felt night lighting would make the tower stand out even more that it already does.

Larry Hornbaker, vice president of development, said, “� e theme tower expresses the purpose of the university and is a visual expression of our Christian commitment.”

Hornbaker also said the original plan called for a 1000 seat combined auditori-um-tower, but cost was the main factor in limiting the project to just the tower.

“An auditorium is planned for the near future, and construction could begin within the next few months,” Hornbaker added.

Banowsky said that “the theme tower is a basic subtle statement of our funda-mental commitment... the cross is the single most universal symbol of Christian commitment.”

Helfrich’s group, which works closely with Banowsky as his homeowner’s advi-sory council, started because of the tower issue and has become an important liaison between area residents and the university.

“� e Malibu area is known and loved for its natural beauty, and in an era when conservation is a big issue, the Pepperdine tower does not follow an agreeable suit” Kaufer said Tuesday.

“It (the tower) is an imposition to the people who live here,” he added. “I don’t object to the symbol, I don’t mind the small cross on the hill near the Webster Elementary School, but this large one on the tower could be considered an imposi-tion on some people.”

Theme tower controversy cools By CHRIS PARKER

September 21, 1973

MARCH 30, 1973

Executive Vice President Andrew K. Benton has a reputation for being eloquent. Well-educated and poised, he has a way of beautifully wording even the simplest idea.

But on Dec. 6 when the presiden-tial search committee told Benton that it would recommend to the Board of Regents that he become Pepperdine’s seventh president, he found himself at a loss for words.

“Having worked here for 16 years, and having held David Davenport in such high esteem, the thought of fol-lowing him was a stunning notion from the very beginning,” 47-year-old Benton said. “I came back to my of-� ce, closed the door, opened the blinds, stared at the Paci� c Ocean and said a prayer.”

Benton, like many people facing dramatic change in their lives, found his thoughts � ickering between the chal-lenges and the opportunities. When he considered the idea that after June 30 he would no longer walk into Daven-port’s o� ce to discuss university issues, he felt a sense of loss because of their long-time friendship and comfortable working relationship.

But at the same time, he felt hon-ored by the decision and ready to lead from a di� erent perspective.

“I think I know the institution well, and I think I’m known well within the institution,” Benton said. “Twenty-six years into my career I just feel so blessed.”

BENTON BACKGROUNDBenton graduated from Oklahoma

Christian University in 1974 and mar-ried his wife Deborah the same year. While he attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law, Ben-ton assisted the president of Oklahoma Christian. After he obtained his degree and practiced law for � ve years, Benton joined the Pepperdine family as assis-tant to the vice president in 1984 and has moved up the ranks since then.

In addition to being an in� uential � gure in Pepperdine administration, Benton has explored many other facets

75TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION October 13, 2011 Graphic6

Pepperdine is No. 1 Volleyball team captures school’s fi rst national championship with UCLA win

Marv Dunphy received more than his usual share of phone calls late Sun-day afternoon and Monday morning. He received so many, in fact, that he didn’t even have a chance to shave.

Everybody, it seemed, wanted to talk to him, to congratulate him, to tell him what an outstanding job he had done. To thank him for an unforgettable sea-son.

In only his second year as Pepper-dine’s head volleyball coach, Dunphy had succeeded where countless oth-

ers before him had failed. He had left with an agate and returned with all the marbles.

For those who may have missed it, Pepperdine won its � rst National Col-legiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in any sport last Sat-urday night when it defeated UCLA, 15-8, 11-15, 15-7, 5-15, 15-12, in the NCAA � nals at Ohio State University.

When it was over—and he had been hoisted on his players’ shoulders for the traditional coach’s victory ride—Dun-phy, ever the level-headed philosopher, admitted to losing his head and getting slightly excited.

“When you win,” he said later, “you shouldn’t feel too good; and when you lose, you shouldn’t feel too bad. But when I was on top of the players’ shoul-ders, I honestly felt like I was on top of the world.”

� e match ended, appropriately enough, with a spike by setter Rod Wil-de that bounced crazily o� the Bruin block and into Dunphy’s lap.

Dunphy, however, refused to take much of the credit for the champion-ship, despite the fact the Waves have � nished � rst, second and third in the nation in Dunphy’s three years (includ-ing one as an assistant) at Pepperdine.

Instead, he struck a familiar chord and talked in glowing terms about one of his favorite subjects, the players.

“I really believed that these guys were not going to be denied,” Dun-phy said. “Even when we were down in a couple of matches, I always felt we would come back and pull it out. � is team was special.”

It wasn’t any surprise, then, that Dunphy was short with the Ohio re-porters following the � nal match so he

could be alone with his team one last time.

“� e players’ families, the reporters and some other people were all chomp-ing at the bit to get in there (the locker room) afterwards,” Dunphy said. “But those few moments (after a match) are special and are for the team to enjoy by itself, especially after winning a national championship.”

� e Waves were able to enjoy those moments mainly because of Wilde, ju-nior Mike Blanchard, named the tour-nament’s most valuable player, and All-American Jay Anderson, all of whom were named to the all-tournament team.

Despite the obvious contributions of these three, Dunphy felt equal credit should go to his other starters—Mark Rigg, Brian Ehlers and John Za-briskie—and reserves Scott Rigg, Tom Beard, Peter Balding and Kilo Baird.

A� ectionately dubbed “� e B Boys” by Dunphy, Beard, Balding and Baird all were on the court at the end of the � nal match.

And they had a large impact on the outcome, just as they did April 22 at Firestone Fieldhouse when Pepperdine made its almost unbelievable comeback to defeat UCLA in the � nal conference match of the season.

� at victory enabled the Waves to tie the Bruins for the Southern Califor-nia Intercollegiate Volleyball Associa-tion (SCIVA) championship and gave them their � rst victory against UCLA in three meetings.

Although they lost to UCLA three nights later in a special playo� match to determine which team would advance directly to the NCAA Champion-ships, the Waves proved to themselves

in that � nal regular-season match that they were capable of beating the No. 1-ranked Bruins.

“We knew all along we could beat UCLA,” Dunphy said this week, “but that match made us believe in ourselves that much more.”

After the playo� loss to the Bruins, however, Pepperdine had to take the long route to the national � nals.

� e Waves had to get through the Western Regionals—which they did easily, defeating San Diego State and Long Beach State in four-game match-es—and then beat a talented Ohio State team, playing before its home crowd, in the semi� nals.

Pepperdine was quietly con� dent as it � ew into Columbus, Ohio, last Wednesday to begin preparations for Friday’s showdown with the Buckeyes.

� ey knew, however, that to be overcon� dent would be foolhardy—and could be costly. Pepperdine looked past the Buckeyes last year and wound up watching from the sidelines as Ohio State lost to USC in the national � nals.

It must have come as quite a sur-prise, then, when Dunphy, who usually is as modest as his log-cabin home in Topanga Canyon, told a banquet audi-ence � ursday night, “� e Waves are here for one reason—to win it all.”

Pepperdine’s con� dence, and Dun-phy’s cockiness, were needed the next night when the Waves found them-selves down, two games to one, and trailing, 13-6, in the fourth game.

But with a partisan Buckeye crowd rooting against its every advance, Pep-perdine reeled o� six straight points to win the fourth game, 15-13. � e Waves took control late in the � nal game and won the match, 9-15, 15-1, 11-15, 15-

13, 15-12.Needless to say, the Waves had an-

other tough match in the � nals. It took them two and a half hours to dispatch UCLA, and the momentum clearly was on the Bruins’ side after they easily won the fourth game, 15-5.

� e tightly contested � fth game was tied, 12-12, before the Waves scored the � nal three points on a double hit by the Bruins, an Ehlers kill and Wilde’s match-winning hit o� the Bruin block.

� e Bruins � gured to have more left near the end since they had taken less than an hour to eliminate Rutgers-Newark Univeristy [sic] the night be-fore.

Such was not the case.“� ey couldn’t even put a ball down

near the end (of the match) because ‘� e B Boys’ were all over the place,” Dunphy said. “It comes down to train-ing when you reach the � fth game and this team had more guts than any I’ve ever been associated with.”

Dunphy thought a little more about his comments and turned philosopher again.

“� e way I see it,” he said, “we had good people on this team, we trained harder than anybody else, we were in good shape and we had fun together.

“To my way of thinking, this cham-pionship is something extra. If we hadn’t won it, we’d still be good people, we’d still be in good shape and we’d still be good friends who had had a lot of fun together.

“� e championship is just a nice re-ward.”

Monday night, Dunphy rewarded himself again with a shave.

By JERRY CROWEMAY 11, 1978

Pep takes two national titles

It is a boyhood dream shared by countless little leaguers across the nation. It is a showcase for America’s game still unspoiled by contract negotiation and in� ated egos.

It is played where it should be, in the heartland of America. It is the College World Series, and this year it belongs to Pep-perdine.

Pepperdine’s road to Omaha, Neb., began at the West Regional in Tucson, Ariz.

At the time, the Waves were ranked No. 4 in the nation, high-est among the teams represented in the regional. However, the Waves entered the regional as the No. 3 seed, behind No. 2 seeded University of Hawaii and host

University of Arizona.“I wasn’t angry, but I was

surprised at our seeding,” Head coach Andy Lopez said. “I thought because of the polls we would be seeded higher, but I never mentioned it as motivation.

“� e only thing I said was that we were good enough to win this thing with our pitching sta� and our o� ense,” Lopez added.

Pepperdine’s � rst assignment was fourth-seeded Cal State Fresno.

� e Waves came from behind to defeat the Bulldogs 5-4, saving Pepperdine from the losers brack-et and an elimination contest.

“It [the victory] was crucial,” Lopez said. “I told my sta� that they were good enough to � ght through the losers bracket, but obviously it was something we really didn’t want to do.

“We played a tight game and won a � rst round nail-biter. It may have been the biggest win in the entire postseason other than the Texas grand slam game,” Lo-pez added, referring to the team’s Omaha semi� nal.

� e Waves then proceeded to down Southeastern Louisiana University, 8-5, and the Univer-sity of Washington, 11-0, before facing Hawaii in the � nal.

Pepperdine needed one win in two chances against Hawaii to advance to Omaha. � e Rain-bows would not go quietly, tak-ing the � rst game, 6-3.

“After that � rst game I just told the team to relax,” Lopez said. “I told them we were the better team in this regional and we were as good as any team in the country in nine innings.

“Honestly I was more con-

cerned during the Fresno game than after the Hawaii loss. We were loose. We had a good feel-ing about the upcoming game.”

� at feeling was obviously warranted, as the Waves jumped all over Rainbow pitchers en route to a 9-0 victory and a trip to the CWS.

In the opening game at Oma-ha, the seventh-seeded Waves shut out the No. 2 seeded Wichi-ta State Shockers, 6-0.

In game one, the pitching of senior starter Pat Ahearne and home runs by junior � rst base-man Dan Melendez and junior second baseman Steve Rodriguez put the game out of reach. Junior reliever Steve Montgomery re-corded the � nal � ve outs.

Game two for the Waves was more of the same, as junior start-er Derek Wallace teamed with

Waves cap miracle season

By RON STEARNSAUGUST 21, 1992

Malibu Roo� ng Co. captures its fourth title

GUY REYNOLDS / AUGUST 21, 1992Tom Sorenson, junior outside hitter, spikes one at Stanford during the men’s volleyball championship game April 25.

Benton 7th President Committee selects executive vice president to fi ll Davenport’s position.

By JULIE BROADJANUARY 20, 2000

Montgomery to shut out the heavy-hitting Texas Longhorns, 7-0. Once again, Melendez uncorked a home run, this time a two-run shot in the � rst inning that would prove to be all Pepperdine needed.

“Danny struggled in Tucson, and I feel it is a tribute to this young man to show up in the � nal four of college baseball and put on a show like that,” Lopez said.

� e Waves came from behind to defeat the Longhorns, 5-4, after Rodriguez blasted a dramatic sev-enth inning grand slam that erased a 4-1 de� cit and propelled the Waves into the tournament � nal.

“I really don’t believe in super-stition,” Lopez said. “However, I remember sitting in my room alone

that night and feeling that it was re-ally going to take something special to beat us.”

In the all-California title game, Pepperdine defeated Cal State Ful-lerton, 3-2, giving the Waves their � rst College World Series crown.

� e Waves scored twice in the � rst inning on an RBI double by senior designated hitter David Main. Junior third baseman Mark Wasikowski added an RBI single to account for the other run.

Junior shortstop Eric Ekdahl belted his � rst home run of the season to provide the margin of vic-tory for the Waves.

Ahearne teamed with Mont-gomery to preserve the one-run decision.

RON STEARNS / AUGUST 21, 1992Pepperdine players mob the fi eld after defeating Hawaii, 9-0, at the West Regional at Tuscon, Ariz. The win clinched the Waves’ berth at the eight-team College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

Executive Vice President Andrew K. Benton has a reputation for being eloquent. Well-educated and poised, he has a way of beautifully wording even the simplest idea.

But on Dec. 6 when the presiden-tial search committee told Benton that it would recommend to the Board of Regents that he become Pepperdine’s seventh president, he found himself at a loss for words.

“Having worked here for 16 years, and having held David Davenport in such high esteem, the thought of fol-lowing him was a stunning notion from the very beginning,” 47-year-old Benton said. “I came back to my of-� ce, closed the door, opened the blinds, stared at the Paci� c Ocean and said a prayer.”

Benton, like many people facing dramatic change in their lives, found his thoughts � ickering between the chal-lenges and the opportunities. When he considered the idea that after June 30 he would no longer walk into Daven-port’s o� ce to discuss university issues, he felt a sense of loss because of their long-time friendship and comfortable working relationship.

But at the same time, he felt hon-ored by the decision and ready to lead from a di� erent perspective.

“I think I know the institution well, and I think I’m known well within the institution,” Benton said. “Twenty-six years into my career I just feel so blessed.”

BENTON BACKGROUNDBenton graduated from Oklahoma

Christian University in 1974 and mar-ried his wife Deborah the same year. While he attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law, Ben-ton assisted the president of Oklahoma Christian. After he obtained his degree and practiced law for � ve years, Benton joined the Pepperdine family as assis-tant to the vice president in 1984 and has moved up the ranks since then.

In addition to being an in� uential � gure in Pepperdine administration, Benton has explored many other facets

of the university.He teaches classes at the gradu-

ate schools of business and law and at Seaver College, and is a strong member of the Church of Christ, preaching at congregations in the area and through-out the state.

As executive vice president, Benton oversees the Athletic Department and rarely misses a game.

He also loves theater and music, attending as many student productions as possible. He even has made his own musical appearances, playing the guitar in Midlife Crisis a group of faculty and sta� members.

Beginning this year, Benton is expe-riencing a new aspect of Pepperdine: his daughter Hailey, 18, is a Seaver freshman. His son, Christopher, 15, attends Malibu High. Benton said his wife and children have been supportive of the appointment.

THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCHDavenport’s March 29 announce-

ment that he would step down as presi-dent after the 1999-2000 academic year launched the search for his successor.

At that point, Benton did not intend to be a candidate. He was planning to work on the other side of the selection process, helping the committee compile the research to � nd a replacement.

After several people nominated him, Benton pondered the challenges Pep-perdine would face with the transition of a new leader.

“I grew uncomfortable with the idea of someone coming from the outside and taking the university that I think is headed in the right direction and turn-ing it 20 degrees to the east or west.

“I asked myself two questions: ‘If not here, where? And if not now, when?’ I concluded that I would rather do it here than anywhere else.”

So Benton joined the pool of more than 40 candidates, including univer-sity presidents, deans and other distin-guished leaders.

� e seven-member search commit-tee, headed by Board of Regents mem-ber Edwin Biggers, convened in April and spent more than 90 hours discuss-ing criteria, reviewing applications and

interviewing candidates.

In No-vember, the c o m m i t t e e met with � ve � nal candi-dates. Groups of representa-tives from the Pe p p e r d i n e commun i t y, including fac-ulty, sta� , stu-dents, alumni, a d m i n i s t r a -tors and board m e m b e r s , par t i c ipa ted in these in-terviews and presented their notes to the search com-

mittee. After reviewing their comments, the committee recommended Benton to the Board of Regents on Dec. 7.

Biggers said this was the � rst time the university has used such an open process.

“Pepperdine is much more complex than the last time we selected a new president,” he said. “It was appropriate to include a wider group, especially the faculty. It helped the quality of the deci-sion.”

� e challenge in choosing the best match, Biggers said, was that each can-didate had speci� c strengths, such as academics, communication, adminis-trative experience or fundraising e� ec-tiveness.

“No one was strongest in all areas,” Biggers said. “Our di� cult task was evaluating what was most important for Pepperdine right now. We felt Andy would be the best choice because of

what we see Pepperdine facing in the near future.”

PLANS FOR THE FUTUREAccording to Benton, that future

looks promising.“� ere’s not a lot broken that needs

� xing,” he said. “It’s more a matter of � ring the next booster rocket.”

However, Benton knows his � rst few years as president will be intense as he adjusts to the many responsibilities of his new position.

“It’s a bit like the task of a seven-ball juggler,” Benton said. “Part of it is get-ting them all in the air, and the next step is keeping them in motion.”

Achieving this goal, he said, will mean spending much of his time out of the o� ce. � e leadership transition may concern faculty, alumni, students and other friends to Pepperdine, so Benton plans to become involved with all the constituencies on a face-to-face basis.

Fund-raising and the upper campus development will be among Benton’s immediate priorities, but he avoided making “bold pronouncements” about his future goals.

“I thoroughly enjoy the job I have now and I’m thoroughly looking for-ward to the next one,” Benton said. “But I’m going to make sure that Presi-dent Davenport accomplishes every-thing he wants to accomplish right up until midnight on June 30.”

In the meantime, Benton says he has a lot of listening to do.

“Although I am an insider and think I have an idea of most of the issues, I don’t know all the issues,” Benton said. “I need to spend time with faculty and hear more about the academic challeng-es of the university.

“Basically, I’ve been on the opera-tions and administrative, external re-lations side and I acknowledge that. I am aware of my strengths and I will use them to full advantage, and I also know where I need the help and advice of others.”

Benton said the best part of his role as president will be “selling” the univer-sity.

“(Pepperdine) has some remarkable friends,” he said. “Telling them the

good news about what goes on at this place, and how to get involved in what we do sounds like a whale of a lot of fun.”

BENTON’S TIMELINE• Graduated from Oklahoma

Christian University, B.S., Ameri-can Studies, 1974

• Assistant to Oklahoma Chris-tian University president, 1975-84

• Graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law, 1979

• Practiced law in Oklahoma, 1979-84

• Served as assistant to vice president at Pepperdine, 1984-85

• Appointed vice president, 1985

• Vice president for administra-tion, 1987

• Vice president for university a� airs, 1989

• Executive vice president, 1991

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Pepperdine is No. 1 Volleyball team captures school’s fi rst national championship with UCLA win

Pep takes two national titles

SEARCH COMMITTEE PROCESS• Davenport announces resignation,

March 29• Selection committee convenes, early

April• Committee meets monthly to discuss

potential candidates, April to June• Committee discusses criteria with mem-

bers of faculty, sta� , students, alumni, June 10• Committee reviews applications, short-

ens list of candidates, June to October• Faculty appeals to committee for more

involvement, late October• Committee interviews fi ve fi nal candi-

dates, late November

REACTIONS“I believe Andy will not only bring

a unique depth of understanding of our Christian mission, but also an impres-sive vision for continuing our ascension in stature and academic excellence.” � omas Bost, chairman of the Board of Regents

“In every assignment Dr. Benton has undertaken here, he has excelled. He continues to show new strengths and abilities. I am predicting that he has some qualities and abilities yet unseen that will cause him to � y even higher and lead Pepperdine in a very positive and productive way.” David Daven-port, university president

“I believe Dr. Benton will work well with the completion of the upper cam-pus development. I believe our commu-nity relations will improve. I foresee a university that becomes more goal cen-tered in its founding faith and its drive to provide the best possible education to all those that enroll. I wouldn’t be surprised if somewhere down the road we even received a top 50 ranking in U.S. News and World Report.” Charles McCullough, SGA president

“All of the candidates were capable leaders and strong Christians. Each had speci� c strengths. We felt Andy would be the best choice for Pepperdine at this time because of what we see Pepper-dine facing in the near future.” Edwin Biggers, chair of Presidential Search Committee

“Andy is one of the � nest adminis-trators we could ever hope to obtain. He is a man of deep integrity and Christian faith. I’ve known Andy for many years and know that he will do all that is hu-manly possible to advance the cause of Pepperdine. We will not lose ground.” Dr. David Lowry, Seaver Faculty As-sociation president-elect

Benton 7th President Committee selects executive vice president to fi ll Davenport’s position.

MELINDA BUDDE / JANUARY 20, 2000

By JULIE BROADJANUARY 20, 2000

that night and feeling that it was re-ally going to take something special to beat us.”

In the all-California title game, Pepperdine defeated Cal State Ful-lerton, 3-2, giving the Waves their � rst College World Series crown.

� e Waves scored twice in the � rst inning on an RBI double by senior designated hitter David Main. Junior third baseman Mark Wasikowski added an RBI single to account for the other run.

Junior shortstop Eric Ekdahl belted his � rst home run of the season to provide the margin of vic-tory for the Waves.

Ahearne teamed with Mont-gomery to preserve the one-run decision.

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“I have never been happier in my life than I have been this year. I appreci-ate the privilege of being a student in George Pepperdine College and being associated with so many fine people.”

Beth Arnett of Pasadena voices the sentiment of many George Pepperdine students interviewed by Graphic. Read what some of them told us about their plans for the summer and next year, about what they think of the college, and about the things they like best in G.P.C.

Louis Stivers— “I will go to Big Bear and then to U.S.C. summer school for six weeks. I’ll be back next year, for I think this is a school worth coming back to.”

Edith Upton— “I’m going home to Tennessee, but I’ll be back in Septem-ber. The experience here has been won-derful!”

Gerald Ellis— “I’ll work in Canadi-an gold mines at Schumacher, Ontario. I’ll be back next year. This has been one of my best school years. I like the excep-tional faculty and the excellent attitude of the students.”

Sue McMahan— “I’m going home to Springfield, Tennessee. I expect to be back. It would certainly be to any-one’s advantage to attend this school. I consider the entire experience the most wonderful opportunity I have ever had.”

Froggie Lovvorn— “I’ll punch cows in Texas this summer. I’ll be back. The school is a big success. I like the friendly atmosphere.”

Pauline James will do art work this summer and will be back next year. She likes the school “just swell,” the stu-dents best of all.

Harold Miramonte— “I will work this summer in Berkeley at the Califor-nia Corrugated Culvert Co. I will be back for more in September. I like these modernistic buildings.”

Alpha Duncan— “I’ll spend the summer at the beach, at Catalina, and working, before coming back in the fall. I think the school has made fine prog-ress. Especially do I like the methods and the course of study.”

Catherine Linder will work at home and will be back. She has enjoyed her year very much and likes the whole attitude that prevails here.

Dick Clark— “I’m going to Se-quoia National Park right after school is out; then I’ll work at Bullock’s. I’m coming back next year. The pretty girls are all right, and so is the school.”

Kay Lanham— “I’ll work this sum-mer as playground instructor at Santa Monica. I may be back next year, but I may take the old-fashioned fatal plunge. I’ve enjoyed the school thor-oughly, especially the inspiring speeches the professors give in chapel. I like cha-pel on the whole.”

The Justisses, Anglo and C.Y., will work on their father’s farm in Texas and will return next year. They like the envi-ronment most of all.

Doris Wilson— “I plan to remain

here and work if possible, since I’ve been here only three months, and it’s a long way back to Florida. Deffinitely [sic] yes to ‘Coming back next year?’ Words can hardly express my apprecia-tion for this opportunity of being here. In the few months I have been here I have learned to love the school. I feel that it is an answer to my prayers.”

Jane Moss will go to Wisconsin for the summer. “Of course I’ll be back. I enjoyed the school immensely, especial-ly the friendliness of everyone.”

Clarence Anderson— “I’ll work on dad’s boat in San Francisco Bay.” Doesn’t know about being back. Thinks principles of the school are fine.

Louise Babb— “I’ll work in Los Angeles this summer, and I’ll be back. I love the school, especially the small-ness.”

Anna Kelly is spending the summer in the mountains in Imperial Valley. Will be back. Appreciates the influence, environment, and attitude of the stu-dents very much.

Bob Marett will work in Los Ange-les shoe store. Doesn’t know whether he will be back. “The school is fine.”

Marilaine Frey will spend the sum-mer on the beach. Will be back. Likes the school, especially the size.

Winnie Humphrey— “I’m going home to Wasco to work. Yes, I’ll be back. I had never dreamed a Chris-tian college could be such a marvelous place.”

Ruth Dennis is going home to Santa Ana and coming back to G.P.C. in September. Says Ruth, “I like this school better than any other I have at-tended.”

Kern Copeland will work at the Ravenswood this summer and wants to come back next year.

Lena Mae Moran— “I think more of this school than any other I have ever attended. I’m going home , and I expect to be back next year.[”]

Murray Taylor— “I’ll do life guard work here this summer. I’ll come back to school, if finances hold out. I like it here, but I wish we had a swimming pool.”

Dorothy Southerland likes the school best of all she has attended. Will work this summer and come back next year.

Ethelrose Orloff— “I will teach in a private school, La Rue School for girls in Azusa. I plan to be back in school here next year, but I may go to Arizona. I never in my life heard of a school be-coming accredited the first year like this one. Students and faculty are fine.”

Hoyt Houchen will hold meetings this summer—one in Reno. Will be back. Likes school ideals and girls’ dor-mitory.

Malcom Hinckley will preach and work with Willard Battery Co. Defi-nitely will not be back! “I have en-joyed this college year more than any other.” May got to Peabody Library School, Nashville.

Sherman Cannon will spend the summer preaching and selling Bibles. Will return. Likes Christian principles.

Virginia Martin— “I will work this

summer and may possibly go to sum-mer school. I probably will return next year. I like the size of the classes here best of all.”

Claude Thurman will work on the college campus as gardener this sum-mer. Will be back. Votes for the food!

Burton Chase will work in Sac-ramento and Reno in grain elevators. Will be back. Likes friendliness of the college.

All A.G. Boaz knows is that he will be back. He’s really “carried away by it all.”

Helen Mattox begins a secretarial job in Oklahoma City, June 13. Is not positive about coming back, but thinks yes.

It’s home to San Diego to keep house for her mother for Muriel Ritchie. Mu-riel plans to go to Cal next year to learn how to be a nurse.

Hugh Shira will preach this sum-mer and will be back.

Stanley Summers will work in an oil field. Stanley likes everything about the school, including the teachers.

Everett Pruitt will work on his dad’s Texas farm and stay in shape for track next year. “There’s nothing wrong with this school,” is his comment.

Marjorie Lynch’s reply was, “I’m going home to get acquainted with my folks and settle down to a sane, sober life. Oh, yes, my daddy’s coming!” Mar-jorie will be back next year.

Leland Derrick will work at Bob Johnston’s and take correspondence courses this summer. Likes everything!

Jack Russell— “I’ll work in a Texa-co refinery in Fillmore. I’ll be back. Say that I like the great ideals of the school.”

Alice Wilson is going to Mr. Her-mon with her family for the entire sum-mer. Coming back to G.P.C. “I think,” she says, “that as each month has passed I have become more and more attached to the students, the environment, and to the school as a whole.”

Eleanor Horn will spend part of the summer with Alice Wilson at Mt. Her-mon. Says Eleanor, “I just hope that the next year of school will be as grand as this one has been.”

Alonzo Welch will preach some-where in California this summer. “This first year has been one of unprecedent-ed success in scholastic work and in gaining recognition. I like the exalted atmosphere and the appreciation for the divine that exists here.”

Wanda Roberts will spend the summer at home in Texas and says she will not be back. “I think the school is grand. It has been good to know East-erners, Southerners, and Westerners, and to learn they are all really human beings. Going to school in California—the perfect state—has been doubly edu-cational.” (If this gets to the Los Ange-les Chamber of Commerce Wanda may not get to go home.)

Enid Hinkel will work some and stay at home some. “The school has cer-tainly made a success.”

Joyce Copeland— “I am going to a summer business school and work in Prescott, Ariz. I will return. I have re-ceived a great spiritual benefit from at-

tending G.P.C.”Gloria Millay will work this sum-

mer and says she will not be back next year.

Ed Acree will work in his father’s country store in Tennessee. He thinks the school got off to a flying start. Likes the cooperation. Coming back.

Bob Davenport will work on the campus this summer. Ditto for Cory Wilson and for Lip Crothers.

Clara King— “For three weeks I am going to cook for 170 boys and girls in a 4-H camp in the Santa Barbara moun-tains. I’m going to spend a week at Mt. Herman with Alice and Eleanor attend-ing a young people’s conference. For the remainder of the summer I’m going to cook at California Polytechnic. I value very highly the associations of this year. I’ll be a student here next year.”

Thomas Scott will hold meetings all summer in Tennessee and Kentucky. He likes the association with the stu-dents here and the interest of the faculty in the students. Will be back.

Alice Peterson— “This first year of school has been the fulfillment of my desire to attend a college based on Christian principles. There is a marked contrast between the ideals of my friends here and the associates I had in the business world.”

Carmen Landrum expects not to be back—yea, verily! Carmen says, “I

will be a pleasure to watch the school grow in the years to come and to know that I had a small part in establishing the traditions of G.P.C.” George Pep-perdine’s first woman graduate plans to work in Los Angeles or in her home in Kentucky.

Leon Manley will work with his fa-ther this summer, conducting Manley Tours out of Memphis. Doesn’t know about coming back. Likes associations, and how!

Paul Tucker will go home to Bond Aqua, Tenn., then go to Toledo, O., to visit relatives, and return to Santa Rosa early in July to preach for the Church of Christ there.

Seaborn Kennamer is leaving early for summer school at the University of Alabama to get in line for graduation here next year.

Lyle Nicks is going home to Dick-son, Tenn., to rest.

Mac Rochelle and Bob King will try to make some friends and live down a year they spent on Graphic.

Little Jackie Howard is driving some ladies to Texas this week, even if he does have trouble seeing over the wheel. He will spend the summer at home in Texas and will be back next year—with his girl!

Students Tell What They Think of G.P.’s First Year

Rare Books: Church of Christ texts line the Special Collections and University Archives room in Payson Library. This room is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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It’s the water Despite the concerned (?) and concerted work of vandals, the entrance marker bordering Malibu Canyon Road assumed absolutely no increase in aesthetic value via Tuesday’s “Coors’ column.” The bottles, apparently set up during the early hours, were removed by 9:30 a.m.