Scope - Volume 05, Number 12

              Loma Linda University
Lxima Linda. Calif. 92354
Vol. 5, No. 12 Wednesday, October 9, 1968
Professor of music named
orchestra concertmaster
Alfred Walters, professor of
music, will open the 1968- 69
concert season as concertmaster
of the Riverside Symphony Or
chestra October 20 in the Riv
erside Municipal Auditorium.
One of the highlights of the
season will be a December 8
performance featuring Jack
Benny. Mr. Benny, Mr. Wal
ters, and the Riverside Sym
phony Orchestra conducted by
James K. Guthrie, will play
Bach's " Double Concerto."
Mr. Walters says, " Contrary
to popular belief, Mr. Benny is
an accomplished violinist and
is one of the most generous
men in the entertainment
world."
Mr. Benny will donate all
proceeds of the concert to the
Riverside Symphony Orchestra.
The duties of concertmaster
include assisting in conducting
as well as occupying the first
chair position of the first violin
section.
During two and one- half
weeks in March 1967, Mr. Wal
ters performed eight solo con
certs in France, Italy, West
Germany, Switzerland, BeJ-W.
Beach, chairman of the
music department, provided his
accompaniment.
From 1947 to 1962 Mr. Wal
ters was concertmaster of the
San Bernardino Symphony Or
chestra. He has since per
formed as a guest soloist for
the Riverside Symphony Or
chestra and the Redlands Bowl
Symphony Orchestra.
Other concert dates are Jan
uary 26, with Otto Feld, vio
linist; March 9, with Miyoko
Yamane, pianist; and May 4,
with Robert McFerrin, Metro
politan Opera baritone.
Memorial services
held for men's dean
Funeral services were held
last week for Loma Linda cam
pus dean of men Max M. Wil
liams.
Mr. Williams, who died Sep
tember 26, had been dean of
men since July 1, 3% 7. Prior
to accepting the University
position he served as vice prin
cipal and assistant manager of
Loma Linda Academy, Loma
Linda. He formerly worked at
the University as community
relations officer from 1956 to
1961.
A graduate of Pacific Union
College, Angwin, Mr. Williams
earned a master's degree in
education from Texas Christian
tJniversity, Fori WorTft, eflld
took further graduate work
from the University of Califor
nia at Berkeley and at River
side.
Mr. Williams is survived by
his wife, Marilyn, and two
daughters, Mrs. Leroi Myers,
and Sharon.
Fifty- five students of nursing
capped at Sunday ceremonies
Fifty- five School of Nursing
sophomore students were
capped in ceremonies held in
the University Church last Sun
day.
James M. Mershon, associate
pastor of the University
Church, addressed the nursing
students on " Who Do You
Think You Are?"
Placing the caps on the
sophomores, who appeared for
the first time in full uniform,
were junior and senior School
of Nursing students.
Climax of the ceremony was
the taking of the Florence
Nightingale pledge by the soph
omore students.
Annual University- wide
Week of Devotion set
The annual Fall Week of Devotion slated for both University campuses will begin
Monday, October 28 and continue through Saturday, November 2.
Guest speaker for the Loma Linda campus week of devotion will be Raoul F. De-deren,
PhD, professor of theology at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Reinhold R. Bietz, vice president
Noted author, archaeologist
to lecture at University
__ Staff photo
SCHOOL OF NURSING sophomore Jane D. Meister ( center) is
capped at rehearsal by her mother Edwina S. Meister. Her twin
sister, Jean D. ( left) is also a sophomore nursing student at the
University.
Siegfried Horn, PhD, pro
fessor of archaeology and his
tory of antiquity at Andrews
University, Berrien Springs,
Michigan, will be on the La
Sierra campus October 11
through 19 as part of an aca
demic exchange program be-
Showing of award
winning film slated
for two campuses
" The Sound of Music," from
the stage musical with music
and lyrics by Richard Rodgers
and Oscar Hammerstein, will
Irtfi cHr » \ yn tHr*^^> t. imf* K this
weekend on the two tJniversity
campuses.
Two showings of the film are
scheduled for College Hall on
the La Sierra campus; the first
will be Saturday night, October
12, at 7: 30 p. m., and the second
is scheduled for Sunday after
noon at 2 p. m. The Loma Linda
campus showing of the film is
set for Sunday evening at 7: 30
p. m. in Gentry Gymnasium.
Tickets for the 174- minute
color 20th Century- Fox film
will be $ 2 for adults and $ 1.50
for students. Tickets for the
Loma Linda campus showing
will be available from the office
of the vice president for student
affairs.
Two additional showings of
the film are scheduled for No
vember 23 by the Dental Stu
dents Association and the
School of Dentistry class of
1970. The film will be shown
at Landis Auditorium on the
campus of Riverside City Col
lege, Riverside, at 5: 30 and 9
p. m. Advance tickets for this
showing may be obtained by
writing to the Dental Students
Association Benefit, School of
Dentistry, Loma Linda 92354.
Purchasers should indicate
which showing they wish to at
tend. Make checks payable to
the Dental Students Associa
tion.
Community choral
society organized
A community choral society
composed of singers from the
Riverside, Loma Linda, and sur
rounding areas is being formed
under the leadership of Patrick
H. Hicks, assistant professor of
music.
Participation in the society
may be with or without credit
through the Loma Linda Uni
versity extension program. Ad
mission is by audition arranged
by phoning University extension
3247.
Rehearsals will be Tuesday at
7: 30 p. m. in the Campus Chapel.
Full symphony programs are
planned.
tween Loma Linda and An
drews universities.
While on the Loma Linda
campus, Dr. Horn will give an
illustrated lecture on the exca
vation of Heshbon, the first
Seventh- day Adventist- directed
excavation, October 16 at 8 p. m.
in Burden Hall.
Heshbon is the ruins of an
ancient city located east of the
Jordan River and northeast of
Jericho in Jordan.
Other speaking appointments
include the convocation service
October 14 on the Loma Linda
campus; chapel, October 15, on
the La Sierra campus; and the
worship service, October 19, in
the University Church, Loma
linda.
Dr. Horn, a contributor to the
Seventh - day Adventist Bible
Commentary series, has written
such books as " Light From the
Dust Heap; Recent Discoveries
Confirm the Bible," and " The
Spade Confirms the Book."
School of Medicine
seniors plan 21- day
European trip
A 21- day European trip is
being planned for next June by
the School of Medicine class of
1969 in conjunction with the
Student Faculty Council.
The group will leave Los An
geles International Airport for
London the evening of June 1
and will return from either Am
sterdam or Paris June 23, ac
cording to Deryck R. Kent,
EdD, class member and trip
organizer. The round trip fare
will be less than $ 280.
Although organized by the
class members, the trip will be
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of the General Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists and
chairman of the Loma Linda
University Trustees, will speak
on the La Sierra campus.
Dr. Dederen, on the faculty of
Andrews Uni
versity since
1964, is a gradu
ate of the Semi-naire
Adventis-te
du Saleve in
'''• France, and of
t h e Athenne
Royal in Bel
gium. He earn
ed his doctor of
Dr. Dederen philosophy de
gree from the University of Ge
neva in Switzerland.
Before coming to the United
States in 1964, he served seven
years in the ministry of the Sev
enth- day Adventist church in
Belgium and 10 years on the
theological faculty of Seminaire
Adventiste du Saleve.
Theme for the Loma Linda
campus week of devotion will
be " That I May Know Him."
Services are scheduled at 8: 10
a. m. Monday through Friday
and at 8 a. m. and 10: 55 a. m. on
Saturday. Evening discussion
periods are scheduled for 6: 30
p. m. Monday through Thursday.
Mr. Bietz, former president
of the Pacific Union Conference
of Seventh- day Adventists, will
speak each morning and even
ing on the La Sierra campus.
In 1950, Mr. Bietz was named
president of the
Southern Cali
fornia Confer
ence of Seven
th- day Adven
tists, and served
in this capacity
until his elec
tion to the pres
idency of the
larger Pacific
Mr. Bietz Union Confer
ence in 1968. In 1968 he was
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School of Dentistry conducts
surgical assistants program
The faculty of the School of
Dentistry is currently conduct
ing a 16- week program of train
ing dental surgical assistants.
The program began September
16 at the Orange County Medi
cal Center, Orange, Edwin M.
Collins, DDS, assistant dean of
the School of Dentistry an
nounced.
The trend for more dentists
to treat some of their patients
in hospitals has produced an
urgent need for training dental
assistants in hospital and sur
gical room procedures, Dr. Col
lins says.
Under a grant from the Bu
reau of Health Manpower of
the Department of Health, Edu
cation, and Welfare, the School
of Dentistry is developing such
a course of training, together
with a system to evaluate its
effectiveness.
The curriculum is under the
direction of Archie D. Buchan-an,
DDS, instructor in oral
medicine. Cooperating with him
in the program is Shirou Kuni-hira,
PhD, assistant professor
of community dentistry.
Others participating in the
program are Orange County
Medical Center staff members
Elbert Clark, DDS, department
of oral surgery; Theodore Ediss,
chief of attending staff; Robert
Meodor, DMD, educational
chairman; S. Rucher, operating
room supervisor; and H. Lop-rest,
surgical supervisor.
Thirty- four dental assistants
have registered for the first se
mester course. Classes are held
every Monday evening from 7
to 9 p. m. The second semester
program will emphasize super
vised clinical experience in the
operating room.