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Grave Disservice. Two of California's major newspapers, the Hearst Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and the Chandler-controlled Los Angeles Times (both families are represented on the board of regents), agreed editorially that Kerr's dismissal had been motivated by his longtime failure to quell student rebellion. The Times proposed that "doom criers," who talk about the university facing "a crisis from which it may not recover, do grave disservice to the university and to those who must cope with its problems." So far, at least, there was little evidence that Kerr's dismissal would have much...
...executive talent came, during the student revolt, Kerr-as the students might put it -lost his cool. Thereafter, his indecisiveness managed to alienate, at one time or another, the regents, the faculty, the administration and the students alike. Unquestionably, many Californians agreed with the judgment of Mrs. Randolph Hearst, a regent who voted to oust him, that the president "lacked administrative ability...
Seat of Empire. In its heyday, when Hearst was in residence, San Simeon's guards kept the curious miles at bay. Entrance then was by invitation only. Today, motorists are arriving from Los Angeles and San Francisco along winding, coastal Route 1 at the rate of 435,000 a year, and the crowds are growing. On Sunday, the waiting time for visitors can stretch out to three hours-but then Hearst used to keep his editors waiting for days before they were ushered into "the Chiefs" presence...
Ironically, what attracts the tourists is less the legend than the extravagant display. The name of Marion Davies, the good-natured ex-chorine who played hostess at San Simeon to a list of greats that included Winston Churchill, Calvin Coolidge, Bill Tilden and Garbo, is rarely mentioned. Hearst's private study, the seat from which he directed his empire, and the radio shack equipped with a radio-control tower and a complete switchboard through which he transmitted his orders, attract only passing interest. What delights the curiosity seekers are the same things that enthralled the Chief...
Fonder Memories. Top of the list for most camera-toting visitors is a version of the famous Brussels marble Manneken-Pis fountain statue and the spectacular 104-ft.-long Neptune Pool, kept a constant 70° while Hearst lived. The pool was last used as a set for Spartacus, and it required no added props. As laid out by Hearst's architect, Julia Morgan, it is surrounded by two Etruscan-style colonnades, backed by a Greco-Roman temple, and fronted by a marble Birth of Venus. Equally awe-inspiring is the 83-ft.-long assembly hall with an immense...