Pepperdine University - Promenade Yearbook (Malibu, CA)

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This, then, is the Promenade. n attempt to define all I lie indefinable graces w hicli are Pepperdine. wondering backward glance al a weller of things. the Promenade. Published b (lie ssociated Sluderils of (ieorge Pepperdine College in I he year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two. nd edited b Keith Mdrich. the Promenade

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A n Interview with the D e a n Doctor Pullias. I wanted to talk to you awhile. I had a few' questions about the college—the nature of it and so forth. Sit down. Keith. What did von have in mind? Just a statement of aim. Dr. Pullias. I want it to keynote the yearbook. Well—let's set—that's not so easy. now. Pepperdinc is many things, of course... I think, however, that one of the chief things we are striving for here may be contained in one word—that is. cooperation. Hut now 1 wonder if that’s the word I want—because it’s more than that. I'm talking about the wav that people at Pepperdinc just aren't contrary in working with one another. Neither instructors nor students are so inflexible about anything that they can’t get along. They seem to be willing to subordinate personal feelings to the ideal of this community. And what's the ideal? Ihe ideal? Well. I suppose the ideal is contained in the fact that those folks can get along. They have a respect for each other, you see—a resjicet which supersedes such matters as background, or station. It s based on the notion that man is worth respect—because he is somehow a holy thing. Now, that’s the notion that our Christian faith defines as love, of course and that’s the ideal. That’s the crux of our institution. Well you must realize. Dr. Pullias. that a few cynics say Pepperdinc falls short of that ideal. They say many people here don’t live up to it at all. Many? None of ns do. Keith. That is because we ha c set as our goal this idea w hich we consider to be truth. And truth is a demanding thing—demanding nothing short of perfection. But the idea is so important that we can not relinquish it. We can owe allegiance to no institution or idea but the truth. nd of course we fall short—as individuals. Then how— But consider the community as a whole. Consider a body of people made up of a wide variety of backgrounds—of a wide variety of interests. A body of football placers, and teachers, and accountants, and actors, and scientists—scores of types of people, each making his strong bid for recognition on this campus. And consider all tlu •sc people thrown together in one great, teeming, maelstrom of activity. Consider them eating together every day. and stopping together at ten to worship. nd is it not possible—that out of this great fusion together-a fermentation should begin? “Fermentation? 'A fermenting growth, started in those hectic, seemingly disorganized days of activity. It is then, we feel, that the roots an planted—the roots of this respect. The athlete sees worth in the artist. The lx v of some wealth chums lightly with a lalxirer friend. 'I he Negro lad is at home with all races. The roots go deeper-partake of the prcvalant love. Do you follow me. Keith? Yes, I think 1 do. And as I sav. not much, or no fruit may be borne while a student is here, lint the roots are there—and the fruit we feel is forthcoming. It blossoms, we hope, in time to affect all sides of our culture. You understand? I think so. yes. You mean the ideal is not in any one thing—not any one person here...” No—not at all .. . But in the overall view.” “That’s right. In a welter of things, you see. Yes-in a welter of things ... ’ -Kuril Aldrich, Editor ll

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Table of Contents In the beginning a PROLOGUE On poge 1 4 Book One: ADMINISTRATION On page 24 Book Two: STUDENT ACTIVITY On page 50 Book Three: DEPARTMENTS On page 1 48 Book Four: CLUBS AND HONORS On page 170 Book Five: CAMPUS LIVING Advertising on page 183, and on page 197, an index.