Scope - Volume 05, Number 02

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Loraa Linda University
Loma Linda. Calif. 92354
M& ES
Vol. 5, No. 2, February 14, 1968
Annual dental convention
begins March 7; expect 1,200
The eighth annual School of Dentistry Alumni- Student Con
vention begins March 7 on the Loma Linda campus, according to
Charles T. Smith, DDS, dean of the School of Dentistry.
Attendance of more thn 1,200 dentists, dental hygienists and
Union president to speak
for week of devotion
students of the two professions
is expected for the two- day
convention.
Keynote speech will be given
Thursday morning, March 7, by
Alonzo L. Baker, PhD, profes
sor of political science. His top
ic will be " The Role of America
in World Affairs as of 1968."
Dr. Baker, who has traveled
extensively throughout the
world, recently returned from
his third tour of the Soviet Un
ion. He is the author of a 142-
page book, Religion in Rusia
Today, which was published last
September by Southern Pub
lishing Association, Nashville,
Tennessee.
Highlighting the dental con-
The annual Loma Linda campus Spring Week of Devition will
begin Monday, February 26, and continue through Saturday,
March 2.
vention will be the student table
clinic competition. The scienti
fic exhibts, which will be judg
ed by a panel of 10 leading den
tal authorities, are originated
and prepared by dental and den
tal hygiene students. The clin
ics display advances in basic
science and research or in clini
cal application and techniques.
The previously announced
keynote speaker, Robert H.
Finch, lieutenant governor of
California, is unable to attend
the convention because of state
legislature pressures.
Reinhold R. Bietz, president
of Seventh- day Adventists, will
be the featured speaker. His
theme will be " What Can I Do
to Strengthen the Church?"
Mr. Betz, for
merly youth
leader in var
ious areas of
the U. S., is
vice - chairman
of the Univer
sity Trustees.
In 1950, he was named presi
dent of the Southern California
Conference of Seventh- day Ad
ventists, and served in this ca
pacity until his election to the
presidency of the larger Pacific
Mr. Bietz
of the Pacific Union Conference
Union Conference in 1960.
From his office in Glendale,
Mr. Bietz directs the activities
of more than 3,000 church work
ers serving over 75,000 members
of the 400 Adventist churches in
his district.
" The church is facing some
of its most critical days," Mr.
Bietz says, " and I think this
constitutes a challenge to every
member to think in terms of
making a contribution to the
objectives of the church.
" Much has been said about
the church's responsibility to
the individual, and altogether
too little has been said about
the individual's responsibility to
the church."
Services will be held by Mr.
Bietz each morning and even
ing throughout the week. Meet
ing times are 8: 10 - 9 a. m. for
the morning services, and 6: 30 -
7: 15 p. m. for the evening dis
cussion groups.
Topics for the morning ser
vices are:
Monday " Who Is the
Church?"
Tuesday " The Church and
Organization."
Wednesday " The Church
and Loyalty."
Thursday " The Church
and Integrity."
Friday " The Church and
Truth."
Heroic effort to save life
fails; two men electrocuted
A quick- thinking Loma Linda University student made a heroic
effort to save the life of an Ontario man last week by the use of
mouth- to- mouth resuscitation.
Larry Jacobsen, a 21- year- old . English major in the College of
Staff Photo
MORE THAN 60 Loma Linda University students received diplomas in winter commencement cere
monies January 28. Speaker for the graduation h eld in the La Sierra church was Walter R. Beach,
secretary of the General Conference of Seventh- day Adventists.
Over 60 LLU students receive
diplomas at winter ceremony
More than 60 Loma Linda University students received diplo
mas January 28 in winter commencement ceremonies at Riverside.
Walter R. Beach, secretary of the world organization of the
Seventh- day Adventist Church addressed the graduates on the sub-
Linda University since 1954. His
work is now centered at the
Seventh- day Adventist church
headquarters in Washington,
D. C., but much of his adminis
trative career has been in
southern Europe.
Saigon fighting
endangers alumni
Five Loma Linda University
alumni in Saigon were reported
safe amid warfare in the Asian
city.
Ruth Dysinger Harris de
scribed street fighting around
Saigon Adventist Hospital and
in the mission compound itself
in a letter mailed from there
earlier this month.
None of the mission staff had
been killed or injured in the
conflict, although a 24- hour cur
few confined them to the mission
buildings and food supplies were
virtually exhausted.
Other University graduates
known to be at the hospital are
Jess C. Holm, SM' 52; Juanita
Wagner Holm, SN' 42; Carlyle
D. Welch, SM' 65; and Lora
Wood Welch, GS' 65.
Arts and Sciences, administered
the resuscitation seconds after
12,000 volts of electricity passed
through the body of Frank E.
Dudgeon.
Another man, David Mercado
of Chino, was pronounced dead
on arrival at Riverside General
Hospital and University Medical
Center shortly after 10 a. m. last
Wednesday.
Riverside officials said the two
men, employed by the Pomona
Pump Sales and Service Com
pany, were replacing a pump in
a small irrigation booster pump
station on Pierce Street when
the 50- foot boom apparently
contacted power lines running
to a city transformer located
across the street from the River
side campus administration
building.
The electrical jolt, firemen
said, knocked Mr. Mercado sev
eral feet from the truck, appar
ently killing him instantly.
When Mr. Dudgeon became
aware of what was happening,
he alighted from the truck's
cab, presumably contacting the
ground and the steel truck run
ning board at the same time.
Mr. Jacobsen said he was
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ject, " Messenger of Wholeness."
Students from both campuses
of the University are among
those who received degrees at
the ceremony. Thirty- nine ac
cepted associate in arts diplo
mas with majors in nursing,
concluding a two- year study
program in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Other degrees in the College
of Arts and Sciences were
granted to three bachelor of
science candidates and eight
bachelor of arts graduates with
various majors.
One bachelor of science de
gree was conferred upon a
medical technology graduate in
the School of Health Related
Professions, and five upon four-year
graduates of the School of
Nursing.
Eight candidates, all majoring
in nursing fields, received mas
ter of science degrees.
Robert E. Cleveland, PhD,
vice president for academic af
fairs at the University, present
ed each candidate to University
President David J. Bieber, who
in turn conferred the degree.
Other University officials parti
cipating in the ceremony were
Geraldine M. Tupper, MD, as
sistant professor of epid-? iniol-ogy;
Ralph L. Koorenny, PhD,
dean of the Colleges of Arts and
Sciences; Maxine Atteberry,
dean of the School of Nursing;
and M. Ruth Sanders, chairman
of the department of nursing in
the College of Arts and Sci
ences.
The commencement speaker
has been a trustee of Loma
Nursing president to speak
at annual alumni homecoming
Jo Eleanor Elliott, president of the American Nurses' Associa
tion, will deliver the annual Mary Monteith Lecture, Sunday,
March 10.
Miss Elliott, who is currently the director of nursing programs
for the Western Interstate Com-mission
on Higher Education,
will arrive from Denver for the
occasion.
Invitations are being extend
ed to all nurses in the Inland
Empire to join with the School
of Nursing alumni for the lec
ture which will be given at 8
p. m. in the Dale Gentry Gym
nasium.
A one- day institute for nurses
will preceed the evening's lec
ture. The institute will feature
areas of current interest to
nurses, whether they are cur
rently involved in nursing or on
" temporary retirement" with
home duties.
School of Nursing students
are preparing table top exhibits
which will be on display in the
gymnasium prior to the Mary
Monteith Lecture. Opportunity
will be given for those in at
tendance to vote for the exhibit
they think best and cash prizes
will be awarded. Registration
fee will be $ 3.50 for the entire
day including the evening lec
ture, or $ 1 for evening attend
ance only. Registration will be
gin at 9 a. m. in Burden Hall.
Seniors are requested
to order their commence
ment announcements and
degree cards at their cam
pus registrar's office im
mediately. The deadline
for these orders is Feb
ruary 21. If you have not
been measured for your
cap and gown, this should
be done at the same time.
Displays, information,
and order forms are avail
able at the offices for your
convenience. Graduate
School students who plan
to complete their require
ments are urged to place
their orders at this time
also. In case of failure to
graduate, there is no fi
nancial obligation, provid
ed supplies are returned
promptly.