佩博戴恩大學(xué)

Meal Plan　餐費(fèi) Price　價(jià)格
Meal Plan A (575 points): $ 575
Meal Plan B (1,100 points): $ 1,210
Meal Plan C (1,350 points): $ 1,440
Meal Plan D (1,600 points): $ 1,730
Meal Plan E (1,850 points): $ 2,015
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Residence Hall　住宿樓 Price價(jià)格
Shared room　合住 $ 4,030
Private room:單人間 $ 5,060
Apartment　公寓 Price
Lovernich shared bedroom: $ 4,135
Honors Community private bedroom: $ 5,805
研究生住宿GRADUATE HOUSING:

Apartment　公寓 Price價(jià)格
Private room (Business & Management): $ 5,500
Private room (Education & Psychology): $ 5,500
Private room (Law): $ 6,335
Private room (Public Policy): $ 5,500
Private room (Seaver Graduate): $ 5,875
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Apartment Price
Fall (August - December) $ 7,962.50
Spring (January - April) $ 6,370.00
Summer (May - July) $ 4,777.50
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   費(fèi)用預(yù)算
                        本科學(xué)費(fèi)/年$32620碩士學(xué)費(fèi)$32620
                        本科總費(fèi)用/年$44540碩士總費(fèi)用/年$44540
                        
                        錄取比30.97%
            

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私立大學(xué)
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　　斯坦福大學(xué)(Stanford University)
　　南加州大學(xué)(University of Southern California)

    位于美國(guó)西部，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)最發(fā)達(dá)、人口最多的州。南鄰墨西哥，西瀕太平洋。別稱(chēng)黃金州。面積 41.1 萬(wàn)平方千米 。人口 2983.9 萬(wàn)（1990 ），城市人口占91.3％，主要集中在太平洋沿岸地區(qū) ，其中 50％ 聚居在洛杉磯和圣弗朗西斯科（舊金山）一帶。擁有全國(guó)50％以上的華裔和墨西哥裔美國(guó)人（契卡諾人）。圣弗朗西斯科的唐人街是華人最密集的居住區(qū)。首府薩克拉門(mén)托?！　?/p>

    海岸線長(zhǎng)2030千米 ，較平直 。由東部?jī)?nèi)華達(dá)山脈 、中央谷地及西部海岸山脈組成。地理?xiàng)l件相差懸殊。南部沙漠缺雨 ，北部沿海冬季因雨雪多發(fā)生水災(zāi) 。西北部降水量高達(dá)4420 毫米，東南部科羅拉多沙漠僅 50～75 毫米。在相距不到140千米的地方 ，坐落著海拔4418米的惠特尼山和－86 米的死谷，分別是美國(guó)本土的最高點(diǎn)和最低點(diǎn)。夏季，東南部科羅拉多沙漠的溫度高達(dá)54℃，冬季內(nèi)華達(dá)山巔冷似北極。　

  　原為印第安人聚居地 。1769 年為西班牙殖民地 。1822年歸屬墨西哥。1848年歸屬美國(guó)。同年發(fā)現(xiàn)金礦，持續(xù) 7 年的淘金熱使人口急增，城市迅速發(fā)展。1850年加入聯(lián)邦，成為美國(guó)第三十一州。1869年橫貫美國(guó)大陸的鐵路通車(chē)，將本州與其他州連接起來(lái)。19世紀(jì)末，洛杉磯地區(qū)石油的發(fā)現(xiàn)和開(kāi)采，使工業(yè)迅速發(fā)展。第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，新興工業(yè)興起，農(nóng)業(yè)也因北水南調(diào)工程的建成而發(fā)達(dá)，經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力及人口躍居前列。　　

    農(nóng)業(yè)最發(fā)達(dá)的州。農(nóng)業(yè)用地占全州30％。主要為灌溉農(nóng)業(yè)。農(nóng)牧產(chǎn)品多達(dá)幾百種。甘蔗、蔬菜、水果產(chǎn)量居全國(guó)突出地位，棉花產(chǎn)量第二；稻米產(chǎn)量第二；為全國(guó)重要的牛奶、蛋、肉產(chǎn)區(qū)；中央谷地是最富庶的農(nóng)業(yè)地帶。林業(yè)發(fā)達(dá)，為全國(guó)三大木材生產(chǎn)州之一。漁業(yè)產(chǎn)值全國(guó)第一，圣弗朗西斯科、圣迭戈及圣佩德羅為重要漁港?！　?/p>

    制造業(yè)發(fā)達(dá)，部門(mén)齊全，產(chǎn)品種類(lèi)繁多，產(chǎn)值及就業(yè)人數(shù)均居全國(guó)第一。主要有航天、電子等新興部門(mén)及煉油、石化、軍火、食品加工、造紙、印刷業(yè)等。礦業(yè)中石油和天然氣開(kāi)采占總產(chǎn)值的2／3。洛杉磯地區(qū)為西部最大的制造業(yè)中心，以航天及石油開(kāi)采業(yè)為主；產(chǎn)值約占全州50％；圣弗朗西斯科及圣迭戈也是重要的制造業(yè)中心。硅谷圣克拉拉谷地以電子工業(yè)發(fā)達(dá)著稱(chēng)，中央谷地為食品加工業(yè)中心。高速公路網(wǎng)絡(luò)密布，長(zhǎng)度居全國(guó)第二。為 3 條橫貫大陸鐵路干線的西部端點(diǎn)。薩克拉門(mén)托河三角洲上河網(wǎng)密布、水運(yùn)發(fā)達(dá)。洛杉磯和圣弗朗西斯科是重要的國(guó)際航空港?！　?/p>

    旅游業(yè)興旺。迷人的海灘、宜人的氣候、優(yōu)良的設(shè)施 、便捷的交通使游客云集。有多座美術(shù)館、享有國(guó)際聲譽(yù)的舊金山歌劇團(tuán)及洛杉磯交響樂(lè)隊(duì)、影都好萊塢及加州大學(xué)等文教機(jī)構(gòu)。

地理　　

    加利福尼亞州森林覆蓋情況加利福尼亞州與太平洋、俄勒岡州、內(nèi)華達(dá)州、亞利桑那州和墨西哥的下加利福尼亞州接壤。加利福尼亞擁有多樣的自然景觀，包括壯麗的峽谷、高山和干燥的沙漠。加州面積四十一萬(wàn)平方公里，是美國(guó)第三大州。大多數(shù)大城市位于太平洋沿岸較涼爽的地帶，包括了舊金山、洛杉磯和圣地亞哥。 地貌內(nèi)華達(dá)山位于加州中部和東部，其中的惠特尼峰（Mount Whitney）海拔4,418米，是美國(guó)本土最高點(diǎn)。全球著名的優(yōu)圣美地國(guó)家公園也位于該區(qū)域，此外還有一個(gè)很深的淡水湖――太浩湖。內(nèi)華達(dá)山的東部是重要的海鳥(niǎo)[FS:PAGE]棲息地歐文斯峽谷和蒙羅湖。 在南部有橫嶺和一個(gè)咸水湖沙頓海。位于中南部的一塊沙漠叫作莫哈韋沙漠。莫哈韋沙漠的東南面有死亡谷，這里有北美最低點(diǎn)。 加利福尼亞由于位于圣安德利亞斷層，因此經(jīng)常發(fā)生地震。雖然美國(guó)的地震大部分發(fā)生在阿拉斯加和密西西比河流域，加州的地震往往會(huì)造成更大損失，因?yàn)檫@里的人口密度十分高。 加州南部為熱帶沙漠氣候，氣溫變化較大，年降雨為10英寸。沿海地區(qū)則為地中海型氣候，冬濕夏燥。加州境內(nèi)的高上，包括內(nèi)華達(dá)山是高山氣候，冬天降雪，夏天并不很熱。

人口　　

    2000年加州人口為33,871,648人，占全美的12%，為美國(guó)人口第一大州。 人口普查結(jié)果顯示，加州沒(méi)有一個(gè)占多數(shù)的族群。白種人依然是最大族群，但是已經(jīng)不占多數(shù)。西班牙裔人幾乎占到總?cè)丝诘娜种?；其他族群依次是亞裔、非洲裔和印地安人。由于西班牙裔移民人口的迅速增長(zhǎng)和高生育率，西班牙裔預(yù)計(jì)將在2040年左右成為加州最大族群。

經(jīng)濟(jì)　　

    加利福尼亞GDP占到全美的14%，經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)模達(dá)到1.56萬(wàn)億美元，要比除美國(guó)、日本、德國(guó)、英國(guó)、中華人民共和國(guó)和法國(guó)之外任何國(guó)家的都大，人均GDP達(dá)四萬(wàn)六千馀美元。 加利福尼亞州電力資源圖加利福尼亞經(jīng)濟(jì)的主體是農(nóng)業(yè)（包括水果、蔬菜、牛奶制品和酒），農(nóng)業(yè)規(guī)模是第二大產(chǎn)業(yè)的兩倍多。農(nóng)業(yè)之后其他重要的產(chǎn)業(yè)包括航空、娛樂(lè)（主要是電視，雖然加州也出品很多電影）和輕工業(yè)，包括計(jì)算機(jī)硬件和軟件，以及硼砂開(kāi)采. 人均收入因地區(qū)和職業(yè)的不同而有巨大分化。在中部人均收入最懸殊，移民的農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人收入低于美國(guó)最低工資保障線，而農(nóng)民則經(jīng)常擁有上百萬(wàn)美元的私人農(nóng)場(chǎng)。大多數(shù)農(nóng)場(chǎng)經(jīng)理受過(guò)良好教育，大多數(shù)至少擁有碩士學(xué)位。雖然一些城市的人均收入是全美最高的，在一些非農(nóng)群縣卻有全美最高的貧窮人口比例。在硅谷的高科技產(chǎn)業(yè)目前正處于低谷，主要是受到網(wǎng)絡(luò)泡沫破滅的影響，但是這些地區(qū)的醫(yī)療產(chǎn)業(yè)、電子游戲產(chǎn)業(yè)和動(dòng)畫(huà)產(chǎn)業(yè)正在快速成長(zhǎng)。 加利福尼亞經(jīng)濟(jì)的一個(gè)大問(wèn)題是制造業(yè)的缺乏。7.25%的銷(xiāo)售稅使得在該州設(shè)立工廠變得很不劃算。主要的制造商，如航空業(yè)也正在計(jì)劃搬離加州。多年以來(lái)加州已經(jīng)沒(méi)有新的工廠設(shè)立，使得很多高收入的制造業(yè)工作喪失。這意味著該州的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)大多是小企業(yè)主和建筑及運(yùn)輸工人，以及小部分有知識(shí)的工人――幾乎是以服務(wù)業(yè)為主。

加利福尼亞財(cái)團(tuán)　　

    California Financial Group， 美國(guó)十大財(cái)團(tuán)之一。第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后崛起的新興大財(cái)團(tuán)，包括美洲銀行集團(tuán)、舊金山集團(tuán)及格杉磯集團(tuán)。這三個(gè)集團(tuán)的經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，隨著加利福尼亞州軍火工業(yè)的迅速發(fā)展而獲得急劇增長(zhǎng)，特別是金融資本的增長(zhǎng)速度尤為驚人，形成以美洲銀行為金融中心的大財(cái)團(tuán)。1974年擁有資產(chǎn)1671億美元，在美國(guó)十大財(cái)團(tuán)中居第三位，在美國(guó)的政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中起著主要作用。它與南部財(cái)團(tuán)組成一股新興的軍火工業(yè)集團(tuán)勢(shì)力，成為與東北部老財(cái)團(tuán)相抗衡的力量。

歷史　　

    在英國(guó)伊麗莎白時(shí)期，著名的海盜弗朗西斯?德雷克爵士占領(lǐng)了新西班牙和新墨西哥北部所有的土地，成為英國(guó)的殖民地。雖然早在17世紀(jì)英國(guó)人的殖民地已經(jīng)是“從大海到大?！?，英國(guó)人對(duì)北美西岸的土地并沒(méi)有多少興趣。到18世紀(jì)末，西班牙傳教士逐漸開(kāi)始在西屬加利福尼亞北部廣博的土地上建立起定居點(diǎn)。當(dāng)墨西哥從西班牙獨(dú)立后，這些傳教士定居點(diǎn)也成為了墨西哥政府的財(cái)產(chǎn)，但是很快就被遺棄。 西班牙帝國(guó)在北美洲西北部的領(lǐng)土被命名為“加利福尼亞”。1847年的美墨戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后，這片領(lǐng)土由美國(guó)和墨西哥分割。墨西哥所得到的那部分領(lǐng)土后來(lái)成了下加利福尼亞(Baja California)，而美國(guó)所獲得的上加利[FS:PAGE]福尼亞則在1850年正式加入聯(lián)邦，成為今天的加利福尼亞州。 1848年，上加利福尼亞的西班牙裔人口大約為4,000人。但是當(dāng)加利福尼亞發(fā)現(xiàn)黃金的消息傳開(kāi)后，無(wú)數(shù)美國(guó)人和歐洲人在淘金熱中涌向加利福尼亞，加利福尼亞共和國(guó)也隨之宣告成立。當(dāng)美國(guó)海軍將領(lǐng)約翰?斯洛特(John D. Sloat)從舊金山灣進(jìn)入加利福尼亞后，這個(gè)年輕的共和國(guó)被宣布成為美國(guó)的領(lǐng)土。1850年，加利福尼亞正式成為聯(lián)邦的第31個(gè)州。 在美國(guó)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間，加州內(nèi)部關(guān)于是加入北方軍還是南方軍發(fā)生分歧，雖然最終加州支持北方軍，很多加州人依然參加了南方志愿軍。 1870年代第一條貫穿美國(guó)的鐵路的開(kāi)通將太平洋沿岸的人們與美國(guó)其他地方連接起來(lái)。加州當(dāng)?shù)厝艘仓饾u發(fā)現(xiàn)，加州的氣候十分適合農(nóng)作物的生長(zhǎng)，特別是橘子。直到今天加州的農(nóng)業(yè)產(chǎn)量依然豐富。 1900至1965年間，加州人口從不到100萬(wàn)人發(fā)展成為美國(guó)人口最多的一個(gè)州。1965年至今人口成分已經(jīng)發(fā)生了巨大變化，今天的加州是全球人口最多樣化的一個(gè)地區(qū)。加州居民在政治上傾向自由。加州是美國(guó)的科技和文化中心，世界影視中心，以及美國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)大州。

法律與政府　　

    加利福尼亞州州長(zhǎng)(Governor)、副州長(zhǎng)(Lieutenant Governor)、州務(wù)卿(Secretary of State)、 阿諾德?施瓦辛格——加州州長(zhǎng)司法部長(zhǎng)(Attorney General)、審計(jì)長(zhǎng)(State Controller)、財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)(State Treasurer)、保險(xiǎn)局長(zhǎng)(Insurance Commissioner)、教育廳長(zhǎng)(State Superintendent of Public Instruction)、和公平委員會(huì)委員(Member of the Board of Equalization)為直接民選的州職，任期為四年而且只能連任一次。 加州的立法機(jī)構(gòu)由一個(gè)40人的加州參議院（California State Senate）和80人的加利福尼亞州議會(huì)（California State Assembly）組成。參議員任期4年，每2年改選半數(shù)參議員。議會(huì)成員任期2年。在2003-2004會(huì)期期間，議會(huì)內(nèi)共有48名民主黨議員和32名共和黨議員，參議院內(nèi)則有25名民主黨參議員和15名共和黨參議員。 目前加利福尼亞州的州府位于薩克拉門(mén)托，歷史上州府曾設(shè)在蒙特利（1775-1849）、圣荷西（1849-1851）、委利賀（1853-1853）、貝尼西亞（1854-1854）和舊金山（1862）。1894年2月25日州府正式遷移到薩克拉門(mén)托。 在全國(guó)，加利福尼亞擁有2名參議員和53名眾議員代表。在美國(guó)選舉人中，加利福尼亞擁有55張選舉人票。加利福尼亞擁有最多的眾議員和總統(tǒng)選舉人票。
 

國(guó)家公園
　　紅木林國(guó)家公園(Redwoods National Park)
　　拉森火山國(guó)家公園(Lassen Volcanic National Park)
　　優(yōu)勝美地國(guó)家公園(Yosemite National Park)
　　三王峽谷國(guó)家公園(Kings Canyon National Park)
　　紅杉國(guó)家公園(Sequoia National Park)
　　死亡谷國(guó)家公園(Death Valley National Park)
　　約書(shū)亞樹(shù)國(guó)家公園(Joshua Tree National Park)
　　海峽群島國(guó)家公園(Channel Islands National Park)
 

重要城市
　　洛杉磯(Los Angeles)
　　好萊塢(Hollywood)
　　阿罕布拉（Alhambra）
　　安那罕(Anaheim)
　　比華利山莊(Beverley Hills)
　　大熊湖Big Bear City
　　康普頓(Compton)
　　科斯塔梅薩（Costa Mesa）
　　長(zhǎng)灘(Long Beach)
　　馬利布（Malibu）
　　Marina del Rey
　　蒙特利公園(Monterey Park)
　　帕薩迪納(Pasadena)
　　波莫納（Pomona）
　　河濱市Riverside
　　柔似蜜Rosemead
　　圣貝納迪諾（San Bernardino）
　　圣費(fèi)爾南多谷（San Fernando Valley）
　　圣加夫列夫爾（San Gabriel）
　　圣安那(Santa Ana)
　　圣莫尼卡（Santa Monica）
　　托蘭斯（Torrance）
　　舊金山灣區(qū) 舊金山(San Francisco) 奧克蘭(Oakland) 紅木城(Redwood City) 佛瑞蒙(Fremont) 庫(kù)比蒂諾(Cupertino) 圣荷西(San José) 貝克斯菲爾德（Bakersfield） 尤里卡（Eureka） 佛列斯諾(Fresno) 塔霍湖（Lake Tahoe） 雷?。≧eddings） 沙加緬度(Sacramento) 圣地牙哥(San Diego) 史托克頓(Stockton) 尤凱亞（Ukiah）

   　昵稱(chēng): 黃金之州，金州（The Golden State）
　　州府：薩克拉門(mén)托 （Sacramento）
　　最大的城市： 洛杉磯 （Los Angeles）
　　州長(zhǎng)： 阿諾德?施瓦辛格（Arnold Schwarzenegger）
　　官方語(yǔ)言：英語(yǔ)
　　面積：410,000 平方公里 （排名美國(guó)第三）
　　- 陸地 404,298 平方公里
　　- 水域 20,047 平方公里 (4.7%)
　　人口總數(shù)：(2000年) 33,871,648人 （排名美國(guó)第一）
　　人口密度： 83.85 人/平方公里 （排名美國(guó)第十二）
　　聯(lián)邦的日期：1850年9月9日，第31個(gè)加入美國(guó)聯(lián)邦
　　時(shí)區(qū)： Pacific: UTC-8/-7
　　緯度： 32°30''N to 42°N
　　經(jīng)度 ：114°8''W to 124°24''W
　　寬度 ： 400公里
　　長(zhǎng)度 ： 1,240 公里
　　海拔 ： 最高 4421米，平均 884米 ，最低 -86米
　　縮寫(xiě)：- 郵政 CA ， - ISO US-CA
　　網(wǎng)站： www.state.ca.us
 

    Theology/Theological Studies神學(xué)/神學(xué)研究 
    Technology/Industrial Arts Teacher Education科技/工業(yè)工藝師范教育 
    Speech and Rhetorical Studies修辭學(xué)和演說(shuō)學(xué)                          
    Special Education and Teaching, General特殊教育教學(xué)                         
    Spanish Language and Literature西班牙語(yǔ)言文學(xué)                          
    Sociology社會(huì)學(xué)                          
    Social Sciences, General社會(huì)科學(xué)                          
    Religion/Religious Studies宗教/宗教學(xué)研究                         
    Radio and Television廣播與電視                          
    Public Relations & Organizational Commun.公共關(guān)系與共同組織 [FS:PAGE]       
    Psychology, General心理學(xué)                        
    Political Science and Government, General政治學(xué)及政府                          
    Physical Education Teaching and Coaching體育教學(xué)輔導(dǎo)                          
    Philosophy哲學(xué)                          
    Music, General音樂(lè)                          
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other多學(xué)科研究                          
    Mathematics and Computer Science數(shù)學(xué)與計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)                          
    Management Information Systems, General管理信息系統(tǒng)                          
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies自由藝術(shù)和科學(xué)   
    Law (LL.B., J.D.)法律                         
    Journalism新聞學(xué)                          
    International Relations and Affairs國(guó)際關(guān)系與國(guó)際事務(wù)                          
    International Business/Trade/Commerce國(guó)際商業(yè)/貿(mào)易/商務(wù)                         
    Industrial and Organizational Psychology工業(yè)與組織心理學(xué)                 
    Humanities/Humanistic Studies人文研究                          
    History, General歷史                         
    German Language and Literature德國(guó)語(yǔ)言文學(xué)                          
    French Language and Literature法國(guó)語(yǔ)言文學(xué)                          
    Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General食品、營(yíng)養(yǎng)與健康研究
    English Language and Literature, General英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言文學(xué)                          
    Educational Leadership & Administration, General教育管理                         
    Educational Administration and Supervision, Other教育管理和監(jiān)督                
    Education, Other教育學(xué)及相關(guān)                        
    Education, General教育學(xué)                        
    Economics, General經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)                          
    Early Childhood Education and Teaching幼兒教育                         
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General話劇、戲劇/劇場(chǎng)藝術(shù)

    Communications, Journalism, and Related Fields通訊、新聞及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域              

    Communications Studies/Speech Comm. & Rhetoric通訊研究                     

    Clinical Psychology臨床心理學(xué)                        
    Chemistry, General化學(xué)                         
    Business Admin. & Management, General工商管理                        
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General生物學(xué)/生物科學(xué)                        

    Athletic Training and Sports Medicine田徑訓(xùn)練、運(yùn)動(dòng)醫(yī)學(xué)                

    Art,   General藝術(shù)                         
    American/United States Studies/Civilization美洲/美國(guó)研究                     

    Advertising廣告學(xué)                         
    Accounting會(huì)計(jì)
優(yōu)勢(shì)專(zhuān)業(yè)：

    財(cái)經(jīng)類(lèi)、法律、紡織與服裝、管理、教育、旅游、人文藝術(shù)、社科類(lèi)、體育、新聞傳播、語(yǔ)言

History
 
George Pepperdine (1886 - 1962)
    George Pepperdine was the founder and president of the Western Auto Supply Company which the newlywed alumnus of Parsons Business College in Kansas, at the age of 23, started with an initial investment of five dollars in 1909. In the following decades Mr. Pepperdine rode the wave to phenomenal business success providing quality automotive products and services via a network of hundreds of retail stores to an American nation just beginning its love affair with the automobile. He married Lena Rose Baker and in 1916 moved the family and business to Los Angeles for health reasons. Lena died in 1930 and Mr. Pepperdine remarried in 1934 to Helen Louise Davis.
 

    It is nothing unusual that the economic expansion of the early 20th century made many American entrepreneurs wealthy, but when wealth and success came to George Pepperdine, it came to man of deep Christian faith and a lifelong member of Churches of Christ. He had always exercised a spirit of generosity and charity, and was a man who understood himself as a steward and caretaker of the assets that God had entrusted to him. That sense of stewardship matured into a call of destiny when Mr. Pepperdine observed the alarming rate at which Christian young men and women lost interest in their faith after going on to higher education. He determined that he would dedicate his fortune to creating and endowing a college that would provide the best education possible, managed by administrators and taught by professors who would support students in their Christian belief.
On September 21, 1937 (commemorated annually as Founder’s Day) George Pepperdine College was opened and dedicated, a mere seven months after Mr. Pepperdine had decided to go ahead with construction in February. In November of that same year, Mr. Pepperdine addressed the students and first set out what continues to guide Pepperdine University’s educational philosophy and policy to this day [see also Mr. Pepperdine’s dedicatory address]:
 

    There are many good colleges and universities which can give you standard academic training, but if our school does not give you more than that, it really has no reason to exist. The great difference between this college and other colleges is that we are endeavoring to place adequate emphasis and greater stress upon religious teaching and Christian character. We want to present to you, in teaching and example, the Christian way of life. We do not compel you to accept it. You are free to make your own choice, but we want you to know what it is.
 

    Mr. Pepperdine remained thoroughly involved with the college for the rest of his life, frequently being seen on campus with Mrs. Pepperdine, attending chapel, board meetings, school functions, and sporting events. He narrated his life story and his purposes for the college in his biography Faith is My Fortune (1959). Ge[FS:PAGE]orge Pepperdine died on July 31, 1962, his life an embodiment of Matthew 10:8 which has become the University’s motto: Freely ye received, freely give.
 
Pepperdine University: A Brief Institutional History
The First 50 Years (1937 - 1987)
 

George Pepperdine College
    On September 21, 1937, the new campus of George Pepperdine College hosted 2,000 attendees gathered to witness the opening of the school. Speakers that day included California governor Frank Merriam, Los Angeles mayor Frank L. Shaw, the college’s first president Batsell Baxter, and founder George Pepperdine. Among the crowd were the college’s first students, 167 young men and women from 22 states and two foreign countries. Mr. Pepperdine clearly stated his intentions for the school on that day: “Our college is dedicated to a twofold objective: First, academic training in the liberal arts . . . Secondly, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind.”
 

The Los Angeles Campus
    The campus was located in the Vermont Knolls area of Los Angeles, a few miles south of downtown; formerly it had been a 34-acre estate with an 18-room mansion that had now been converted into the president’s residence. Four buildings had quickly risen that year: Baxter Hall, the men’s dormitory; Marilyn Hall, the women’s residence; an administration building housing classrooms, offices, a library, and an auditorium; and a dining hall. The campus architecture was built in the Streamline Moderne style, and all of the new buildings were painted a light blue which was later marketed in Los Angeles paint stores as “Pepperdine Blue.”
 

Early Traditions
    Pepperdine’s school colors were adopted in 1937 after students voted to approve President Baxter’s suggestion of blue and orange; blue representing the Pacific Ocean, and orange representing California. Baxter also recommended “Waves” as the name for Pepperdine athletic teams to differentiate from other schools’ penchant for animal names. Even though the school was then miles from the ocean, it found approval and has characterized Pepperdine athletics ever since. During that first year, two students proposed Graphic as the name for the school newspaper as it contained the initials of George Pepperdine College (GPC), a name also continuing to this day.
 

    In 1937, tuition was low relative to other schools, thanks to Mr. Pepperdine’s initial endowment, with room, board, tuition, and fees amounting to $420. Those who today would be called “commuter” students were charged $135 for the year. By contrast, a hamburger and soft drink in the cafeteria cost 20 cents, a breakfast of eggs, hotcakes, and coffee, 30 cents.
 

A Good Start
    The Baxter presidency was short by design, lasting only two years until his resignation [FS:PAGE]in June 1939, but his brief tenure which took advantage of his experience in presiding over two other Christian colleges, David Lipscomb College and Abilene Christian College, was characterized by creating sound academic and administrative foundations and thoughtful traditions. During the college’s first year of operation, only seven months after opening, Pepperdine received full accreditation from the Northwest Association, the regional accrediting authority. Baxter and dean Hugh Tiner, who succeeded Baxter as president, recruited a faculty of 22, of whom three held doctorates. And on June 6, 1938, after one year of operation, Pepperdine celebrated its first commencement awarding diplomas to a graduating class of four.
 

    In Fall 1944, the college began offering its first graduate degree, the master of arts in religion. Even before the offering of the MA degree, Pepperdine had already served as a training ground for persons entering the ministry. Sixty young ministers were listed as enrollees in March 1944, and several alumni entered the foreign mission field following WWII.
Post-WWII Expansion
 

    In 1944, the 78th Congress passed the G.I. Bill subsidizing higher education and job training for returning WWII veterans, producing a profound, expansionary effect on higher education across America, in which Pepperdine College shared. Enrollments climbed from 824 enrolled in 1946, peaking at 1,830 in 1949. The following military conflict in Korea (which began in 1950) also affected American college male enrollment patterns positively due to the provision of college deferments in selective service. During this period the faculty grew from 67 (regular and adjunct) in 1946 to 116 in 1947. Number of degrees awarded annually at this time also swelled, with majors in business and education-psychology in the lead, topping out at 406 in 1950, eventually declining and stabilizing to approximately 200 a year through the mid-50s.
 

    President Tiner went on medical leave early in 1957 and shortly thereafter resigned. That July, educator and pastor M. Norvel Young, who had formerly served the college as a history professor from 1938 to 1941, was appointed third Pepperdine president. Young, in addition to an agenda to raise the academic prestige of the college, was an exceptionally gifted networker and fundraiser during whose tenure was built an infrastructure of support that would enable the growing school to move toward its developing concept of being