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Vol. I. GEORGE PEPERDINE COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES, CALIF., WEDNESDAY OCT. 20, 1937 No. 1.
George Pepperdine College Begins First
Session With Capacity Student Body
GPC Students
Will inspect
Lexington 8th
Announcement of an all-day
outing which will include a
visit to the U.S.S. Lexington
was made yesterday to Gra¬
phic by the faculty.
Planned for the dormitory stu¬
dents, the trip will probably be
Sunday, November 7. Students will
leave the campus after breakfast
and go in a body by interurban to
Long Beach, where the Lexington
is anchored.
They will attend church services
in Long Beach and have Sunday
dinner at the famous Jones cafe¬
teria. Inspection of the Lexington
will take place in the afternoon.
President Baxter is making ar¬
rangements with the commanding
officer of the huge ship to take
the George Pepperdine College stu¬
dents aboard.
The Lexington is an aircraft car¬
rier of the United States Navy. It
is the ship which this summer con¬
ducted the search for Amelia Ear-
hart in the southern Pacific.
Dedicates Qeorge Pepperdine College
Faculty Receives
Students Friday
The college board of trus¬
tees and faculty will formally
receive George Pepperdine
College students Friday night
from 8 :00 to 10 :00 o’clock in
the President’s Home.
The trustees and their wives and
the faculty members and their
wives will form the receiving line.
The reception parlors, the music
room, the porch, and the rear patio
will be used for the entertainment.
Miss Malone and Mr. Squire of
the fine arts department are plan¬
ning a program. Miss Middlebrooks
and Mrs. Coons are in charge of
the refreshments.
Church Broadcast
On KFVD Sundays
“Take Time To Be Holy." a radio
program sponsored by the churches
of Christ of Southern California,
may be heard each Sunday morn¬
ing from 8:30 until 9:00 o’clock over
KFVD, 1000 kilocycles. Hugh M.
Tiner, dean of George Pepperdine
College, announces this broadcast.
Visitors
On Our Campus
Mr. and Mrs. Pepperdine.
T. W. Phillips II, minister South¬
west Church of Christ.
G. G. Brewer, minister Central
Church.
Wm. S. Irvine, minister at Rich¬
mond, Calif.
A. M. Morris, minister at Long
Beach, Calif.
J. D. Tant, evangelist, now in
meeting at Bakersville Calif.
J. J. Hogan, minister, first speak¬
er in new Administration auditor¬
ium Monday.
GEORGE PEPPERDINE
FOUNDER’S ADDRESS
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 1 mean by the statement
“guided by the hand of God” is that
God’s spirit working through his Holy
Word, the Bible, shall influence and
control the lives of each and every mem¬
ber of the faculty to such an extent
that he will spread Christian influence
among the students.
America and the world need Chris¬
tianity. Yes, they need knowledge, cul¬
ture, education, but they need Christ
even more. The heart of man usually
grows to be perverse unless trained by
the influence of God’s Word. If we
educate a man’s mind and improve his
intellect with all the scientific knowl¬
edge men have discovered and do not
educate the heart by bringing it under
the influence of God’s Word, the man
is dangerous. An educated man with¬
out religion is like a ship without a
rudder or a powerful automobile with¬
out a steering gear. There 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 promise of life hereafter.
Therefore, 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
Christian character and faith which will
survive 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 administrations, Bible train¬
ing, and later, we hope, in preparing
for various professions. All instruction
is to be under conservative, fundamen¬
tal Christian supervision with stress up¬
on the importance of strict Christian
living.
To the faculty members, each and
every one of you, 1 am giving this
solemn charge before this great com¬
pany of our fellow citizens and before
God — that you shall conduct your lives
in such a manner as to be noble ex¬
amples of Christian living in the pres¬
ence of the students who are likely to
be influenced more by what you do
than by what you say.
Let us this day dedicate these build¬
ings and this institution, The George
Pepperdine College, to the cause of High
Learning under the influence of Funda¬
mental Christian leadership. And at
the same time let us, the members of
the Faculty and Board of Trustees, ded¬
icate 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 ex¬
tend his Kigdom among the children of
men. -
The above speech was the climaxing
address at the formal dedication exer¬
cises held on the campus in front of the
Administration building at 4:00 p.m.,
September 21.
Governor Merriam of California, May¬
or Shaw of Los Angeles, Founder Pep¬
perdine, 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 flowers sent by friends of the college.
Dr. Baxter acted as master of cere¬
monies. He introduced Mayor Shaw,
who extended the official welcome of
the City of Los Angeles to George Pep¬
perdine College. Mr. Pepperdine intro-
ducd the Governor, who spoke extem¬
poraneously.
Unofficial Tab
On Enrollment
Shows 160
California, Tennessee, Tex¬
as, Arkansas, Alabama, Mis¬
souri, Oklahoma, Canada,
Kansas, Mississippi, Arizona,
Colorado, District of Colum¬
bia, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky,
New Mexico, South Dakota,
Washington — that is the roll
call of the states sending stu¬
dents to the first session of
George Pepperdine College.
Unofficial statistics compiled yes¬
terday by Graphic showed 160 stu¬
dents in school, this number includ¬
ing five special students. By an odd
coincidence, 80 students are dormi¬
tory students, and 80 are day stu¬
dents.
Registrar Campbell gave the
number enrolled as 157. The regis¬
trar’s file lists 91 men and 69 wo¬
men.
The states above are listed in
the order in which they sent stu¬
dents. California sent 104 students,
and Tennessee and Texas sent 13
each. Arkansas sent 6 and Ala¬
bama, 4
FIVE SENIORS
The students are classified as fol¬
lows: freshment. 92; sophomores,
26; juniors, 32; seniors, 5; specials,
5. The seniors are Richard Gibson,
Malcom Hinkley, Nova Landrum,
Paul Tucker, and Helen Weather¬
ford.
Forty-one other colleges are rep¬
resented in the George Pepperdine
College student body. There are 19
students here from David Lipscomb
College, Nashville, Tenn., where Dr.
Baxter, Miss Middlebrooks, and
Miss Wright were on the faculty.
Los Angeles Junior College has 13
students here; Abilene Christian
College, 9; and Harding College, 6.
OTHER COLLEGES
Other colleges with students here
are U.C.L.A., U.S.C., George Pea¬
body, Loyola, Union College, Par¬
sons Junior College, Boise Junior
College, North Texas State Teach¬
ers, Pasadena Business College, Pa¬
cific, Pusiness Institute of Santa
Ana, Santa Monica Junior College,
Whittier College, Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Compton
Junior College, University of Rel-
ando, McMurry College, Bowling
Green Business University, Ft. Col¬
lins Agricultural College, Kansas
City College of Commerce, West
Tennessee State Teachers College,
Woodbury Business College, Chaf-
fey Junior College, Arkansas Poly¬
technic, University of Missouri,
Fresno State College; Oklahoma
A. & M„ Texas Tech, Santa Bar¬
bara State College, Southwestern
State Teachers College, Bucknell
University, Northwest Christian
College, Pomona College, San Diego
State College.
At the dedicatory exercises Sep¬
tember 21. President Baxter said,
“We have accomodations here this
year for 150 students, and today
we have those 150 students." Since
then the enrollment has climbed
even beyond that 150.
A complete list of students and
their homes follows:
Dormitory Students
Edward Acree _ _ Model, Tenn.
Sylvia Andersen . Oakland, Calif.
Clarence Andersen ... Oakland, Calif.
Beth Arnett . . Pasadena, Calif.
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