Scope - Volume 05, Number 05

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda. Calif. 98354 T
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Vol. 5, No. 5 Wednesday, April 3, 1968
College of Arts and Sciences
annual homecoming slated
Alumni weekend on the La
Sierra campus of the Univer
sity is scheduled for May 3 and
4, according to Delmer L. Her-rick,
DDS, ' 53, newly elected
president of the College of Arts
and Sciences Alumni Associa
tion.
Heading various aspects of
planning for the weekend re
ligious services, the traditional
potluck meal, and Saturday
night entertainment are Gary
M. Ross, PhD,' 61; Floyd G.
Wood, ' 46; Nancy Reeder Sage,
' 45; Moses A. Chalmers, ' 51; El
mer J. Digneo, ' 45; and Barbara
Clough Larsen, ' 66.
Planning for the annual
homecoming weekend which
this year is expected to attract
about 800 former La Sierra stu
dents, is the first major project
of the newly elected association
officers. Besides Dr. Herrick,
they are Mr. Digneo, first vice
Language expert
guests at La Sierra
Mario Pei, PhD, professor of
romance philology at Columbia
VtwvCTsity, New York, will
speak on " The World's Chief
Languages," at the La Sierra
campus Speaker's Chair assem
bly next Tuesday, April 9.
Dr. Pei will also be a guest
speaker at the department of
modern languages seminar in
the evening. His topic will bs
" Cultural Aspects of Lang
uage." He will be on campus
through April 10 to meet infor
mally with students.
president; Mrs. Sage, second
vice president; and Fred Harri-man,
' 51, secretary- treasurer.
Mrs. Larsen and Dr. Ross
were seated as new board mem
bers. Now serving on the exe
cutive committee as past presi
dent is Calvin J. Hanson, ' 56.
Dedicatory services held
for University Hospital
Hundreds of alumni, students, employees, and friends of the University attended
dedicatory services for the new Loma Linda University Hospital last Sunday.
Ralph F. Waddell, SM' 36, secretary of the medical department of the General Con
ference of the Seventh- day Adventists, was the featured speaker.
__________________________________________ " The General Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists has a
deep sense of pride as it parti
cipates with this splendid com
munity of friends in the dedi
cation of this structure," Dr.
Waddell stated.
" More church money has
gone into the development of
this hospital complex than into
any building we have ever er
ected. The funding of this con
struction has been accomplish
ed through the willing sacrifice
of our membership, and through
the gifts of the University's
alumni and friends. This build
ing is a monument to an abid
ing trust and confidence in the
great principles of compassion
and involvement, the hallmarks
of realistic Christianity."
Other participants in the de
dicatory services included Mrs.
Jerry L. Pettis, wife of the
United States Congressman for
thfe 33rd district; Roy V. Jutzy,
MD, president of the School of
Medicine Alumni Association;
M. C. Theodore Mackett, SM'GS;
Howard B. Weeks, PhD, vice
president for public relations
and development; Nancy Smith,
member of the San Bernardino
County board of supervisors.
Musical selections were pro-
Staff photo
PARTICIPATING IN THE UNVEILING of the date stone at the University Hospital dedication ser
vice were ( left to right) David B". Hinshaw, MD, dean of the School of Medicine; Larry C. Havstad,
contractor; Maxine Atteberry, dean of the School of Nursing; C. Victor Way, hospital administra
tor; Robert E. Cleveland, PhD, vice president for academic affairs; Robert L. Cone, vice president for
financial affairs; Del E. Webb, contractor; and Earl T. Heitschmidt, architect. The date stone car
ries an inscription of the University motto, " To Make Man Whole."
vided by the 72nd U. S. Army
Band from Fort MacArthur un-
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Distinguished neurologist
dies in Glendale hospital
A physician described by col
leagues as the world's greatest
neuropathologist died in Glen
dale late last month.
He was Cyril B. Courville,
SM" 25, distinguished service
professor of neurology at Loma
Linda University School of
Medicine and director of the
Cajal Laboratory of Neuropath-ology
at Los Angeles County
General Hospital.
Dr. Courville, 68, a native of
Traverse City, Michigan, had
lived in Pasadena for many
years. His death from a recur
rent illness came only hours
after he was admitted to Glen
dale Adventist Hospital.
Distinguished physician
The distinguished physician
and teacher, on the University
medical faculty since 1926, held
earned and honorary degrees
from several universities in the
United States and overseas. He
was the author of 18 books and
monographs, more than 200
scientific articles, and was co
author of more than 100 more
articles.
His writings on injuries to
the brain and brain ailments
have been published in some 50
periodicals during the past 35
years. His published output has
never been less than four arti
cles a year except in 1933, when
it was two; in 1936, 24 articles
were published.
A Seventh- day Adventist and
a noncombatant, Dr. Courville
was instrumental in establish
ing the Adventists,' Medical Ca
det Corps, in which patriotic
noncombatants are trained to
serve as medics in the military
services. With other faculty
members of Loma Linda Uni
versity he organized the army's
Forty- seventh General Hospi
tal, which served in New Guin
ea and the Philippines during
World War II.
Medical research
In his medical research, Dr.
Courville pioneered many of the
currently accepted theories
about such illnesses as polio,
cerebral palsy, multiple schlero-sis,
meningitis, muscular dys
trophy, and epilepsy.
On the basis of his experience
he authored the standard text
book on neuropathology. Draw
ing from that experience in
1963, he described in accurate
detail the kind of blow which
must have come to feather
weight boxing champion Davey
Moore, inflicting a brain injury
subsequently fatal. Although
ringsiders had seen no such
blow struck in the champion's
last fight, videotapes later
showed precisely the injury Dr.
Courville had described as a
consultant on the case.
In 1965 Loma Linda Univer
sity trustees conferred on him
the title " distinguished service
professor" in the first award of
the title by the University. He
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" Outreach," a book on
the history of Loma Linda
University, written by Keld
J. Reynolds, PhD, emeritus
vice president for academic
affairs, is now available.
This historical book be
gins with Mound City, the
original structure of the
institution and follows the
development of the Univer
sity to the present. Copies
may be purchased at $ 1
from the Loma Linda Uni
versity Publications Office,
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354.
Public relations director
authors Vietnam medic book
Nutrition alumni
homecoming begins
Roslyn B. Alfin- Slater, PhD,
associate professor of nutrition
at the University of California
at Los Angeles, will be featured
speaker at the nutrition and
dietetics alumni association
homecoming this weekend.
Other scheduled events in
clude lectures by Richard C.
Nies, PhD, a Glendale clinical
psychologist, and by Rose Budd,
director of dietary service at
Glendale Adventist Hospital,
Glendale. Mervyn G. Hardinge,
MD, DrPh, dean of the School
of Public Health, will present
a progress report on the school.
Also featured will be U. D.
Register, PhD, professor of nu
trition, who will tell of his
recent trip to Afghanistan and
present a report on the depart
ment of nutrition.
C. Joan Coggin, MD, assistant
professor of medicine will be
guest speaker for the banquet
Sunday evening.
" No Guns On Their Shoul
ders," a new 144- page hard back
book about Seventh- day Ad
ventist medical soldiers serving
in Vietnam has been released
by Southern Publishing Asso
ciation, Nashville, Tennessee.
Written by Herbert Ford, di
rector of public relations for
the Pacific Union Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists, the
new book is a collection of stor
ies which give personal glimp
ses of young men who go into
combat as unarmed medics.
Some of the medics mentioned
in the book are killed in battle,
many are wounded, and several
are decorated for heroism.
Seventh- day Adventists us
ually enter the armed forces as
noncombatants and are gener-
Congressman's wife
to speak tomorrow
Mrs. Jerry L. Pettis, wife of
the U. S. congressman from the
33rd district, will speak at a
luncheon sponsored by the
Woman's Auxiliary to the
School of Dentistry Alumni As
sociation, Loma Linda chap
ter, tomorrow at 11: 30 a. m. in
the Cactus Room of the Com
mons, La Sierra campus.
Tickets for the luncheon are
on sale at the courtesy counter
of the Loma Linda Market for
$ 3.75. This meeting is open to
everyone.
ally assigned to the medical
corps. They do not carry wea
pons as do other combat med
ics.
More than 40 pictures are in
cluded in the book, many of
which show Adventist medics in
action in Vietnam.
Mr. Ford interviewed or cor
responded with dozens of en
listed men and their families in
collecting material for the man
uscript. He spent more than a
year researching and writing
the book.
Missions emphasis
week scheduled
for May 6- 11
The Week of Missions Em
phasis, inaugurated two years
ago by the University Campus
Fellowship, will be held May
6- 11, according to Carol J. Jes-se,
SM" 68, coordinator of the
project.
Speakers for the week will
deal with problems that a pros
pective missionary may encoun
ter in foreign service, such as
cultural, political, and sociologi
cal differences.
A weekend retreat at Pine
Springs will conclude the Week
of Emphasis. All Loma Linda
campus students are invited to
attend the mountain retreat.