The Graphic reported that asphalt was due to be poured on what would be the Seaver Drive entrance to the Malibu campus.¹ The guard booth and gate now at the bottom of Seaver Drive were later developments. Before the existence of the road, Civic Center Way dead-ended into Malibu Canyon Road.

In fact, before Pepperdine began construction on the Malibu campus, Malibu Canyon Road had no intersection with the Pacific Coast Highway, terminating instead a half-mile north at Civic Center Way. It was only at Pepperdine's request that the county extended Malibu Canyon Road as far as PCH.²

During construction, many assumed that Pepperdine's main entrance would be at the new intersection of central Malibu's two main thoroughfares, but president William Banowsky and campus architect William Pereira preferred a subtler side entrance tucked away from the busy highway in Winter Canyon. The grading required for the entrance off Malibu Canyon cost an additional $300,000, which was paid for with Hydril stock donated by Blanche Seaver, after whom the road was named.²