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1 M.I.T.A.Y A growing GPC alumni tradition

returns to Long Beach.

1The Voice of GPC Alumni Discover a little-known band of

Waves who volunteer for the benefit of their fellow GPC alumni.

2 From the Archives Celebrating the Associated

Women for Pepperdine and over a half century of achievement.

4 Dolores Returns to Pepperdine

The much awaited reappearance of GPC’s golden girl has sparked curiosity by some of her history.

4Remember Western Day?Recollections of a popular

student tradition on the original campus.

5 GPC Photo Album This issue features personal

photographs and memories from Lester Herring (’49).

6 Zeta Kappa Sorority Alumnae

A glimpse into the past and present of a still-active GPC sorority.

7Memoirs of a First Wave GPC memories through the

words of the late Malcom Hinckley (’38), member of Pepperdine’s first graduating class.

9In Memoriam Remembering fellow alumni

recently passed.

BAck cover Upcoming Events A look ahead at opportunities for alumni to stay connected to Pepperdine.

In This Issue

We want to hear from you!The Promenade newsletter needs your stories! If you are an alumnus of George Pepper-dine College, please consider submitting an article about your personal memories of days at the original campus at 79th and Vermont. We are also interested in hearing the interest-ing stories of your activities since graduation. Share these precious memories with your fellow alumni by sending your story of anywhere between 300 and 600 words to the GPC Alumni Affairs office at the following address:

Please also send along any photos you have to compliment your story. We will gladly scan the photos and mail the originals back to you upon completion of the publication. Please include brief explanations or descriptions of each photo, including the first and last names of anyone appearing in them (if known).

Go WAves!

By e-mail: gpc@pepperdine.edu

By mail: GPC Alumni Affairs c/o: Promenade Newsletter, TAC 311 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263-4348

Promenade staffEditor • Matt Ebeling (’99)Graphic Designer • Matt MosherCover Designer • Lizabeth Waldvogel (’05)Production Manager • Jill McWilliamsCopy Editor • Vincent Way

Advisory Committee • Paul Perry (’50), John Katch (’60), Harry Nelson (’50)Contributing Writers • Lorraine (Hill) Brinton (’60), Katie Richardson, Kevin C. Miller, Marjorie “Margie” Sorenson-Lundholm (’58, MA ’75), Malcom Hinckley (’38), Matt Ebeling (’99)

on The coverCloCKWISE FRoM ToP lEFT:

Associated Girls for Pepperdine pres-ent the results of their fundraising efforts: (left to right) Linda Gardner, Marilyn Young, Sara Young (‘74), M. Norvel Young, Gwen Moore (‘74), and Susan Teague (mid-1960s).

AWP Handbook from 1958-1959.

June Clark (right) and other AWP members from District 5 gather to make crafts for an upcoming gift fair (1960s).

June Clark icing a cake for an AWP event (1960s).

Dot Moore, Joan Daykin, and Lela Lowe gather at an AWP barn party (circa 1970).

Louise Ashby (left), Anne Frashier (second from left), and Archie Huff (second from right) gather with other AWP members for a meeting.

AWP gift fair on the George Pepperdine College campus (1962).

CEnTER: Helen Pepperdine reading Sandy Moore’s fortune at an AWP barn party at Dot Moore’s house (circa 1970).

In 1990 Harry Nelson (’50), Darwin Horn (’49), Ed Hy-duke (’51), and Rich Raymond (’56) were brought back to-gether at the passing of a fellow George Pepperdine College athlete alumnus. The event prompted them to create an an-nual luncheon to celebrate their time together on the origi-nal campus and to honor GPC Waves who have passed.

The luncheon continued each year at various locations, with as many as 125 or more Waves in attendance, and came to be known as the “M.I.T.A.Y.” luncheon, which stands for “Made It Through Another Year.” After some time, many of the guys started bringing their wives along which prompted the beginnings of a separate women’s lun-cheon adjacent to the men’s. What started out as a “former jock event” attended primarily by former GPC football, baseball, and basketball players has evolved into a yearly re-union luncheon open to any Pepperdine College alumnus.

Each year, attendees can look forward to a nice meal, Pep-perdine staff and coaches’ updates on current and upcom-

ing seasons, University news, and alumni activity opportu-nities, along with great fellowship and storytelling.

The M.I.T.A.Y. Ladies Luncheon has become a time of storytelling for GPC alumnae about their own precious memories of 79th and Vermont, from their favorite aca-demic experiences to how they met the love of their life.

M.I.T.A.Y. will be held January 22, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. at the Grand Long Beach Event Center in Long Beach, Cali-fornia. The men gather in one room, and the ladies meet in an adjacent room. The price is $25 per person payable at the door by cash or check.

For more information and to register to attend, please con-tact Avesta Carrara of the GPC Alumni Affairs office at (800) 767-2586, extension 5, or gpc@pepperdine.edu.

It’s fun to see those who come from near and far. Will you be one of them? Consider yourself invited! †

Made It Through Another YearBy Lorraine Brinton (’60)

Did you know there is a group of devoted George Pepper-dine College alumni who volunteer their time to ensure the interests of GPC alumni are represented at the high-est levels of Pepperdine University? The George Pepper-dine College Alumni Advisory Committee (GPC AAC) is comprised of anywhere between 10 and 20 GPC alumni who meet at least twice annually on the Malibu campus to discuss how fellow alumni would like to be engaged by their alma mater. Representing a wide variety of class years, they correspond with alumni all over the country, elevate feedback and ideas to the alumni office, and strategize alongside Pepperdine staff for ways to continually improve service to our GPC Waves!

The current members of the GPC Alumni Advisory Committee are:

Mr. Bob Andrew (’58)Dr. Hasty Arnold (’61, EdD ’85)Mr. Don Aston (’61)Mrs. Lorraine Brinton (’60)Mr. George Forbes (’55)Mrs. Susan Giboney (’62)Mr. John Katch (’60)Ms. Jennifer McGoldrick (’67)Mr. Harry Nelson (’50)Mr. Paul Perry (’50)Mr. Ken Rice (’57)Mrs. Allie Tegner (’47, MA ’68)Bill Watkins (’62, EdD ’87)

If you are interested in serving on the GPC Alumni Advi-sory Committee the next time space is available, please con-tact the GPC Alumni Affairs office for more information at gpc@pepperdine.edu or (800) 767-2586, extension 5. †

The Voice of GPC Alumni

By Matt Ebeling (’99)

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From the ArchivesJune 8, 2012, marked the 54th anniversary of the Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP). Since the organization’s inception, AWP has given more than $4 million to the Uni-versity, mostly in the form of scholarships, and has dedi-cated thousands of hours of service in supporting Christian education at Pepperdine. In honor of its many years of ser-vice and in light of this historic occasion, it seems fitting that this edition of “From the Archives” highlight the AWP collection that is maintained within the Pepperdine Uni-versity Special Collections and University Archives.

The AWP collection comprises over 30 linear feet of materi-al and contains such documents as newsletters, handbooks, correspondence, bylaws, meeting minutes, photographs, and financial records that highlight the organization’s for-mation and evolution. Some of the most visually pleasing materials are the 36 scrapbooks assembled by the women, which cover a time span ranging from 1958 to 2004.

Originally, it was Helen Young’s (’39) idea to form AWP in the spring of 1958. Encouraged by her mother, Irene Young Mattox, and her husband, M. Norvel Young, Helen embarked on this endeavor and engaged the help of Gloria Sanders (’41), Helen Pepperdine, Thelma Allen, Marga-ret Davidson (’46), Elizabeth Randolph (’39), and Bettye Shipp. Together, these seven women formed a steering com-mittee that laid the foundation for AWP and its mission.

Their first recruitment meeting drew more than 300 women who gathered together for brunch in the garden of the president’s home on the Los Angeles campus. There 160 women actually joined and 20 pledged to be lifelong members. On August 1, 1958, officers were elected. Helen Young served as president, Elizabeth Randolph served as the program chair, Evelyn Clark as the ways and means chair, June Nichols served as the membership chair, Lena Lochridge served as the hospitality chair, Betty Ross served as the recording chair, Jane Jones (’39) as corresponding secretary, and Lynne Bruce served as treasurer.

The AWP was remarkably successful in its first year, which helped to set the tone for future expectations. Below are some of the accomplishments they achieved in just one year.

Adopted and amended bylaws.

Circulated 10 newsletters that highlighted news, events, and the group’s achievements.

Held the first gift fair on December 2, 1958, which raised $2,000.

Held a fashion show on February 7, 1959. FERN’S of Bev-erly Hills provided the clothes while women from the col-lege modeled them.

Redecorated the Marilyn Hall, which was the dormitory for young women attending Pep-perdine. This was AWP’s first project, and the parlor was redecorated with new paint, drapes, furniture, paintings, and lamps.

Contributed $1 per month per member to the scholarship fund, which raised nearly $10,000 to help 35 students with their tuition costs.

Influenced many young people to select Pep-perdine College as their university to attend.

Organized 12 districts that enrolled 1,000 members, 75 of whom became life members.

Grew to include members from other states and worldwide.AWP’s executive board meeting in the newly remodeled AWP room in the basement of

the president’s home: (left to right) Archie Huff, Millie Massey, Helen Young, Ruth Bales, and Anne Frashier (1960s).

Associated Women for Pepperdine: 54 Years of SuccessBy Katie Richardson, Archivist for Special Collections and University Archives

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Hosted the lecture “Making Your Home More Beautiful” by Barker Brothers, interior decorating specialists, on No-vember 7, 1958.

Since then, AWP has become firmly entrenched in the culture of Pepperdine and has played an instrumental role in its growth and development. Providing Pepper-dine students with scholarships to receive a Christian ed-ucation is their primary focus, but they have also helped in other areas when needed. For example, when Pepper-dine moved from the original campus to Malibu, AWP did everything from packing up library books to hosting receptions and providing trees for the new campus.

Over the years, the group worked tirelessly to create all sorts of innovative ways in which to raise money to support their mission. They hosted gift fairs, craft sales, book sales, side-walk sales, bake sales, salad luncheons, Tupperware parties, ice cream socials, bridal shows, walk-a-thons, theater out-ings, Bible lectures, pie sales, wedding receptions, estate sales, special din-ners such as the “Recycle Sunday Lun-cheon,” and developed cookbooks with homemade recipes. During the 1980s, they hosted two very popular basketball competitions called “Star Force” which spotlighted celebrities versus L.A. law enforcement personnel. On October 10, 1998, the AWP Endowment Fund ac-complished one of its most momentous achievements by reaching its $1 million goal and being able to provide hundreds of students with the means to attend Pep-perdine University.

In 1975, when Helen Young was asked to pinpoint why AWP has been so successful, she replied, “I was think-ing today that there are three reasons why so many have dedicated so much of themselves to this good cause. First, the AWP women love God and they want to en-courage others to seek first His kingdom and righteous-ness. Secondly, the AWP women love young people and want them to have the best training possible that they may be of service to God and man. Thirdly, the AWP women love each other and have found great warmth and meaning in fellowship together.”

For the opportunity to view these materials or to talk with the archivist about transferring new ma-terials to the archives, contact Katie Richardson at katie.richardson@pepperdine.edu or (310) 506-4323. †

AWP officers and members gather for a meeting (circa 1970).

During an AWP vintage fashion show, Helen Pepperdine walks the runway.

One of the AWP scrapbooks housed in the collection (1958-1964).

Dolores returns to Pepperdine!As GPC alumni well know, long before Willie the Wave, the unofficial icon of the Pepperdine community took the form of a demure two-year-old girl carved in stone and placed atop the fountain that marked the heart of the George Pep-perdine College campus in Los Angeles. Shortly after she appeared in 1941, students dubbed the statue “Dolores,” reportedly after the Frank Loesser song of the same name made a hit that spring by Frank Sinatra.

Over her 50-year history in the Pepperdine spotlight, the college grew and changed around her, and Dolores changed too. The reverence bestowed upon her by the students meant that she was the focus of rituals (decorating, dress-ing, or painting her), but also pranks (she was stolen several times and occasionally damaged). Suffering one too many abductions, the original Dolores stepped aside for a newer model in 1967; her hands now resting together on her hip,

having apparently dropped her signature towel.

After Seaver College opened in Malibu, Dolores remained on the Los Angeles campus for a decade before finally making the move to Malibu in 1982. She was given a place of honor near the center of campus, where she endured the tough love of a new gener-ation of Pepperdine students. Then, sometime in the late 1980s, she failed to return from one of her many disappear-ances. The era of Dolores appeared to have come to an end.

Until now. In honor of Pepperdine University’s 75th anniver-sary, Dolores has bravely returned to the Malibu campus! Thanks to the efforts of GPC Alumni Affairs, Construction and Campus Planning, and President Andrew K. Benton, the new Dolores revives her original 1941 form, taking her place near the Tyler Campus Center; quietly braced for the next chapter in her long history. †

rememBer WesTern DAy?

By Kevin C. Miller, Pepperdine University Archives

Student traditions at Pepperdine University have varied over the years, often reflecting the social trends of society at large. Given its relatively small size, Pepperdine has al-ways cultivated a tight student community enthusiastic about social activities, trends, and traditions. The history of student life at Pepperdine is, therefore, also a study of U.S. popular culture and the milieu from which it arose.

During its heyday on its southwestern Los Angeles cam-pus, Pepperdine College enjoyed several annual all-school events organized by the student-run social committee, in-cluding the All-School Picnic, Homecoming, the Christ-mas Party, and the Luau ( just to name a few). Between 1950 and 1969, one of the most anticipated all-school events was Western Day, for which students, faculty, and alumni would come to school dressed like frontiersmen, homesteaders, cowboys, and (yes) Indians. Classes would end early and the campus lawn would be transformed into

the Wild West. In this photo, student Zak Johnson shows off his prize-winning Native American attire during the 1968 Western Day.

Activities centered on eating, entertainment, and sport, including barbeque, cowboy singing, and donkey races. Students that showed up in “eastern” dress (say, a jacket and tie) risked ending up in a makeshift “Wave City Jail.” Celeb-rity appearances includ-ed Chuck Connors from TV’s The Rifleman. The fun of Western Day was indeed inspired by the popular Westerns of cinema and television, and, like that genre, de-clined in the late 1960s, not surviving Pepper-dine’s move to Malibu. †

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This ongoing Promenade section showcases your GPC mem-ories told through your camera lenses! This issue features the personal photos of Lester Herring (’49).

hoto AlbumPGPC“My wife and I are both Pepperdine graduates. She is Evelyn Alice Coburn (’45) and attended 1940-1945. I began in the fall of 1942 and graduated in the spring of 1949. During those years, I was in the Navy resulting in a three-year gap. Evelyn and I were married on July 1, 1944, so we have been a happily married couple for 67 years. We both have fond memories of our days at the old campus at 79th & Vermont and the many friends that we made there. We especially appreciate that the existence of Pepperdine College made it possible for the two of us to get to know each other at the beginning of a happy life together.”

now it’s your turn! Send us your favorite snapshots from student days at George Pep-perdine College to help tell your story. Candid shots are preferred. Black and white photos are sufficient. All you have to do is mail your photos to us at the following address:

Pepperdine University GPC Alumni Affairs Attn: Matt Ebeling – TAC 311 24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90263

We will then scan the photos and mail the originals back to you. You may also opt to scan the photos yourself and e-mail them to matt.ebeling@pepperdine.edu. Please ensure that you scan at a high resolution (at least 300 dpi). Be sure to include with each photo an 1-2 sentence explanation of whom or what appears in the photo and its significance to you and your personal expe-rience as a Wave! † After the first Pepperdine students were drafted into military service during World

War II, a somber moment played out as students gather to bid them farewell (1942).

“Angels Flight,” a sight familiar to Pepperdine students, was a funicular railway connecting Hill Street and Olive Street in downtown Los Angeles (1942).

Students engaging in a fierce tug of war challenge across a mud hole on campus.

Lester Herring (‘49) visiting then girlfriend (later wife) Evelyn Coburn

(‘45) on the Pepperdine campus during one of his leaves from the Navy.

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ZeTA kAPPA

sororITy ALumnAe

The Zeta Kappa sorority was founded at the George Pep-perdine College campus in 1939. Clara Marble, Coach Al Duer’s sister, was sponsor of the sorority for many years. The sorority was active on the Malibu campus until 1996 when they were colonized by the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

However, the Zeta Kappa alumnae have been very active ever since being started in 1950 by Barbara Long Booth (’50), Ann Craig Guitierrez, Lee Reagen Kinney, Dene Golden Reed, and Jacquie Dalton Dedona. Barbara con-tinued to coordinate yearly gatherings for luncheons and other activities including establishing the Golden Angel Scholarship Fund at Pepperdine for active Zeta Kappa so-rority students. Since then, donations have been given to the Barney Barnhart Bench Fund, the Chris Sangster Me-

morial Fund, the Oly Tegner Fund, and to the Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology Scholar-ship Fund.

After Barbara’s passing, Lorraine Hill Brinton and Mar-gie Sorenson-Lundholm continued her legacy. Margie has coordinated yearly luncheons since 1997 with the help of many ZK alumnae.

Ramona Hahn (’50), wife of Kenny Hahn (’42), was a Zeta Kappa and Helen Young was made an honorary Member of the Zeta Kappa alumnae.

The picture was taken at the 2008 ZK alumnae luncheon held at the Beaman Patio on the Malibu campus. †

By Marjorie Sorenson-Lundholm (’58)

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How exciting and interesting it must have been to be a student at George Pep-perdine College when it first opened its doors in 1937! That school year produced Pepperdine’s very first graduating class, consisting of but four members. Three of these “First Waves” included Rich-ard Gibson, Paul Tucker, and Carmen Landrum. Rounding out this quartet was Malcom Hinckley, previously from Harding College. As we conclude the celebration of Pepperdine’s 75th anniver-sary, we thought you might enjoy hearing about that first year through Malcom’s personal memoirs, written 65 years after his graduation. Please enjoy the following excerpts from those papers:

My plans at this point involved re-turning to Harding for my senior year. However, as the year of 1937 came, I began to hear of a new college that would commence shortly in Los Angeles. And like Harding, it would be operated by members of the church. George Pepperdine, who was also a member of the church, had founded the Western Auto company, and as a result had accumulated a fortune. He was generous with his money, and with no publicity or fanfare helped needy congregations up and down the state. Hugh Tiner1 had persuaded Pepperdine to finance a college where a Chris-

Memoirs Malcom Hinckley (’38)

of a First Wave

The Dining Hall of George Pepperdine College nearing completion in 1937.

tian education could be had. George Pepperdine respond-ed by providing the initial funds necessary for securing a site for a campus, as well as the buildings that would be required. Naturally I learned of these developments with deep interest. Now I could virtually go to school right in my own back yard!

The site chosen for this new college was 79th Street and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. In addition to a very long palm tree-lined drive leading to a mansion, there were many acres of land upon which buildings could be placed. Construction work commenced in spring, and since I now planned to go there when it opened, I applied for work in its actual construction. It is fair to say, in the most literal way possible, that I was in on the ground floor of what would be George Pepperdine College. With pick and shov-el, I joined others in digging the foundations for the two new dormitories and dining hall that were being built.2 It was a wearying way to earn money and a very useful part of my education. I also enrolled to become a student when its doors would open in September.

As that time drew closer it was apparent the dormito-ries would not be quite ready, though the Administration

George Pepperdine and California Governor Frank Merriam at the dedication of George Pepperdine College, 1937.

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Building, which also housed the first classrooms, would be finished. That posed an interesting problem as to where the boarding students could live in the interim, and nearly ev-eryone fit that category.

This situation was solved by a unique arrangement. George Pepperdine also owned the William Penn Hotel which was located at west 8th and Lake. We would stay there and each day take a chartered streetcar to and from the campus. We would also eat our meals in the hotel dining room where at first we could order whatever we wanted on the menu. It did not take long for some to abuse this privilege so limitations had to be imposed. But this was still high living of an unequaled order.

School officially opened on a memorable Tuesday3 when by 10 a.m. we had arrived on campus and received our in-structions for registration. At 4 p.m. the formal ceremonies took place outdoors in front of the Administration Build-ing where folding chairs had been set up for the crowd. There was an official welcome from the city of Los Ange-les. The governor of the state, Frank F. Merriam, spoke, as did George Pepperdine. It was his goal that students could enjoy adequate preparation for a life of usefulness in a com-petitive world; and he expressed the hope that they would here obtain “a foundation of Christian character and faith which will survive the storms of life.”

The buildings being completed were ultra-modem in archi-tecture and presented a unified appearance. Everything had moved expeditiously from concept to reality in an amazingly short time. Batsell Baxter, who had headed other Christian colleges was the first president, and Hugh Tiner became dean.

The Ad Building housed offices and classrooms in its gener-al two-story construction, and also had a small auditorium on top which constituted a third story and covered a lesser area. The chapel would seat some 300, and since this was about the size of our first student body, it was adequate for our school chapel at which daily attendance was required.

Now that school was under way, I began working as a stu-dent to help provide my support. Somehow I learned the library needed help.

Already Pepperdine had not just a collection of books, but something like 15,000 titles that had carefully been prese-lected from a basic core of recommended books. Now they were reposing in crates in the basement of the president’s home, waiting to become an organized library.

To preside over this gigantic task, Marian Wright was cho-sen. You can imagine she welcomed help. So I began my first assignment of unpacking books, accessing them, and making necessary records. Then came the point in time when we were able to load the volumes in cement buggies and push them down the palm lane4 to the first floor of the Ad Building where they began to assume the ordered air of a functioning library.

When we had left the hotel to begin living in our newly completed dormitories, I was in the suite that occupied the southwest corner of the second story in the men’s dorm.5 My roommate was Sherman Cannon, and our suite mates were Oslyn White and Hoyt Houchen. What memories these names bring back to mind! It was fun with everything being brand new.

1941 Yearbook photo of Hinckley on the job as Assistant Librarian at George Pepperdine College.

The temporary library reading room in the George Pepperdine College Administration Building that Hinckley helped to establish in 1938. This was the home of the library prior to construction of the Library building.

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We take this time to remember those Waves who have recently passed, and we celebrate the impact they made on fellow alumni and the world around them.In Memoriam

As you learn of the passing of George Pepperdine College alumni, please contact GPC Alumni Aff airs at (310) 506-4348 or gpc@pepperdine.edu.

Mr. William R. Belcher (’59)

Mr. Jack L. Boyd, Sr. (’51)

Mrs. Patti J. Byers-Winget (’47)

Mr. James R. Davis (’66)

Mr. Edwin B. Frock (’50)

Mr. Wayne A. Futak (’50)

Mr. Fred C. Hoover (’56)

Mr. Russell C. Mayfi eld (’51)

Mrs. Carlene (Clark) Moore (’49)

Mr. Barthell C. Smith (’50)

Mr. Douglas M. Spaulding (’50)

Mrs. Earla M. (Cann) Styll (’49)

Mr. William Szieff (’72)

Mr. Robert R. Wheatley (’48)

Mrs. Nema M. (Sappington) Williams (’56)

I was on the committee that chose the school emblem and motto, and recall sitting in the president’s offi ce as we worked on the project. Our school colors we decided would be blue and gold. We chose for our motto the words of Christ, “Freely ye received, freely give.” Our emblem showed the central portion of the Ad Building. Since we were close to the ocean, it was included in the foreground, and the Waves theme was chosen for our school teams. All of this was fl anked by a portrayal of the prominent palms from along the promenade.

Our school paper was named the Graphic. On the masthead it appeared as GraPhiC, which cleverly allowed it to present our school initials of G. P. C. as well as giving the name.

Dormitory life was, to say the least, interesting. On one oc-casion Sherman and Hoyt lighted some sulfur while I was studying at my desk. Th e odor was that of rotten eggs, and atrocious, but I was determined to not “let on” that any-thing was out of the ordinary. I could hear an occasional

snigger, and then wonderment that I had shown no reac-tion. Th e next day I was sick … extremely sick. Hoyt and Sherman were conscience stricken, and really thought they would go to jail because they felt they had caused my sick-ness. Personally, I never did believe there was any connec-tion between the two events, but rather pure coincidence.

With June came my graduation from G.P.C. In our se-nior class there were only four students. As we graduated we held an election and I became Pepperdine’s fi rst alum-ni president. Our graduation picture with the four of us, along with George Pepperdine, appeared on the fi rst page of a special section of the Los Angeles Times.

ln 1939 Malcom returned to George Pepperdine College as assistant librarian to work in the newly completed library cataloging their original library collection. With the coming of World War II in 1942, Malcom left Pepperdine College to begin full time preaching for the Churches of Christ. His son, John Hinckley, graduated from Pepperdine College in 1967 and daughter, Arlene Hinckley Dubas, in 1968. Malcom Hinckley passed away in 2007. †

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1. He was at that time an administrator in public education.2. Th e girls’ dormitory was named Marilyn Hall, and the men’s

simply Men’s Hall. Th e Administration Building was also under way, but I did not dig its foundations.

3. September 21,1937.4. Later named the Promenade, which then gave this name to

the fi rst yearbook.5. Average expenses for nine months of school, including board,

room, tuition, fees, and one laboratory, cost $425 then.

Hinckley poses, second from left, with the other members of Pepperdine’s 1938 graduating class: Carmen Landrum, Paul Tucker, and Richard Gibson.

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– Th e largest annual gathering of Pepperdine alumni will return this October to feature reunions, lectures, and a big Waves Weekend Concert in Alumni Park starring Eric Hutchin-son. Register at www.pepperdine.edu/wavesweekend!

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nament (Th ousand Oaks, CA) – For more than a decade, the Wave Classic at Sherwood Country Club has pro-vided support for student scholarships, academic enrichment, career prepa-ration programs, and the men’s and women’s golf teams. Be a part of it! seaver.pepperdine.edu/waveclassic

11/7 Pepperdine Student Fall Musical: Okla-homa! (Smothers Th eatre) – Join other alumni for a reception and 7:30 p.m. performance of Oklahoma! as it returns to the Malibu campus for the fi rst time in 20 years.

For additional information on these and other alumni events and opportunities, contact us at (800) 767-2586 Ext. 5 or gpc@pepperdine.edu.

11/29 Pepperdine Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony (Mullin Town Square) – Now in its fourth year, this special tradition unites the entire Pepper-dine community of students, faculty, staff , alum-ni, and friends in a celebration of Christ. Help us ring in this blessed season with fellowship, treats, scripture reading, singing, and of course, the lighting of a beautiful Christmas tree in our Town Square.

JAnuAry1/11 Oly Tegner Award Nominations Due –

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1/22 M.I.T.A.Y. (Long Beach, CA) – Annual lun-cheon for all GPC alumni, with the gentlemen and ladies gathering separately in adjacent rooms.

mAy5/3 - 5/5 Grand Pepperdine Celebration VI (Malibu

Campus) – Spread the word and make plans to attend this GPC alumni-exclusive reunion weekend. For more information, contact Chad Quiñones at (310) 506-6580 or chad.quinones@pepperdine.edu.