Scope - Volume 06, Number 03

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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Vol. 6, No. 3 Wednesday, March 5, 1969
Andrews University professor
to explore ' peculiar' problems
Professor of systematic and
pastoral theology Wilber Alex
ander, PhD, of Andrews Univer
sity, Berrien Springs, Michigan,
will speak at Loma Linda Uni
versity's annual Spring Week of
Devotion scheduled for both
campuses March 10- 15,
On the faculty of Andrews
University since 1963, Dr. Alex
ander received a bachelor of
arts degree from Loma Linda
University in 1950 followed by
a master of arts in 1957 from
the Seventh- day Adventist
Theological Seminary, then lo
cated in Washington, D. C.
School of Nursing
plans homecoming
Helen Nahm, PhD, dean of
the School of Nursing at Uni
versity of California at San
Francisco, will present the third
annual Mary Monteith Lecture
May 11.
The lecture
ship, sponsored
by the School
of Nursing Al
umni Associa
tion, serves as
d. ii » *_ cnk. 3 ol v, on-tinuing
educa
tion for the as
sociation mem
bers, students
of nursing
and professional
nurses in the
Inland Empire.
The homecom
ing will be dif
ferent this year, according to
Joyce W. Hopp, alumni associa
tion president. " The annual
event will no longer be held
during graduation weekend, but
a few weeks earlier, May 9- 11."
" This means that senior stu
dents of nursing and their
guests will find it easier to as
sociate with visiting alumni for
the entire weekend," Mrs. Hopp
says.
In addition to the homecom
ing banquet and the Mary Mon
teith Lecture, a cancer institute
for nurses is scheduled.
Social needs stressed
Dr. Nahm
His dissertation for the doc
tor of philosophy degree in 1962
from Michigan State University,
East Lansing, was entitled " A
Rhetorical Analysis of the Radio
Preaching of H. M. S. Richards
on the Voice of Prophecy Broad
cast of the Seventh- day Adven
tist Church."
Dr. Alexander is a member of
Phi Kappa Phi and the Speech
Association of America. He has
written many articles for Sev
enth- day Adventist publications
and has authored one book,
" The Strange Estrangement."
Theme Tor the week of devo
tion is " Problems of ' Peculiar'
People."
Individual topics scheduled
for both campuses are " The
Problem of ' Odds and Ins,'"
Monday; " The Problem of a
' Synthetic Spirit,'" Tuesday;
" The Problem of Seeing ' It' as
' It' Is,'" Wednesday; " The
Problem of the ' Regeneration
Gap,' " Thursday; and " The
Problem of ' Staring into
Space,' " Friday.
Dr. Alexander will speak at
both the 8 a. m. and the 10: 55
a. m. services of the University
Church, Saturday, March 15.
His toyic will be ' The Prob
lem of Getting Enough ' Rest.' "
Evening discussion periods
will be held by Dr. Alexander
Monday and Wednesday on the
La Sierra campus and Tuesday
and Thursday on the Loma Lin
da campus.
Top national scores
go to LLU graduates
Two graduates of the School
of Health Related Professions
medical record administration
curriculum class of 1968 re
ceived the two highest scores of
all candidates taking the
National Registration Examina
tion given by the American
Association of Medical Record
Librarians.
Karen H. Creason was the
highest national scorer and Jan-
Continued on page 10
Dental convention begins;
keynote speech tomorrow
Keynote speaker for the ninth annual Loma Linda University School of Dentis
try Alumni- Student Convention will be Carlton H. Williams, DDS, according to Charles
T. Smith, DDS, dean of the School of Dentistry.
Dr. Williams, speaker of the House of Delegates, American Dental Association,
_____________________________________________ has been a member of the
Staff photo
SCHOOL, OF NURSING students Patricia J. Hoehn, ' 70, and Gail
L. Krieger, ' 71, help clean up after the flood that swept through
Loma Linda last week. See story and photos on pages 4- 7.
Obstetrician- scientist named
SM ' Alumnus of the Year'
Edward H. Hon, MD, obstetri
cian, scientist, and inventor, has
been named " Alumnus of the
Year" by graduates of Loma
Old- fashioned kindness essential
Today's physicians should
give more attention to old- fash
ioned kindness. They must ex
plain simply and talk to their
patients willingly. So said Floyd
L. Wergeland, president of the
Alumni Association of the Loma
Linda University School of Me
dicine at the association's scien
tific assembly in Los Angeles
last month.
" As health care reaches more
and more people," explained Dr.
Wergeland, " traditional patient-doctor
relationships tend to de
teriorate. The pressure of bur
geoning practices causes many
physicians to lose sight of the
patient as a person and to think
of him mainly in terms of a
problem or procedure.
" As doctors rely more on
automated diagnostic facilities,
they will," he said, " be tempted
to neglect social and psycho'o-gical
needs of the people they
serve. Medical specialization,
which is necessary to bring
maximum benefits to the sick,
has already accelerated the de-personalization
of both physi
cian and patients."
While the new technologies
may seem impersonal, Dr. Wer
geland says, their utilization
gives the physician time to get
even better acquainted with the
patient as a person rather than
as a case.
Dr. Wergeland, who recently
completed 31 years of service in
the United States Army was
commanding general of the
Army's Walter Reed Medical
Center in Washington, D. C. As
an Army general, he directed
the medical services in several
military theaters including
China, Korea, and Europe. A
graduate of Loma Linda Uni
versity, he currently supervises
health services for Rossmoor
Leisure World communities in
the United States and is local
medical director at Laguna
Hills in California.
" Many harrassed physicians
believe that they have neither
time or energy for exerting con
scious effort to maintain sensi
tive attitudes toward their pa
tients," continued the retired
general. " Actually, an attitude
of genuine understanding and
kindness increases professional
efficiency. People who are sick
desire and need to be under
stood. The doctor who is con
cerned about the feelings of his
patients will reach accurate
diagnoses more readily and will
benefit from increased trust
and cooperation from patients."
He observed that medicine is
" an immensely rewarding pro
fession and urged doctors to
" sell" it to more promising
young men and women.
The convention, one of the
largest annual University- relat
ed professional conclaves in the
United States, draws physicians
from many states and schools.
Clinical and research special
ists from leading medical
schools report on emerging
concepts and modalities.
Linda University School of Med
icine.
The honor was announced to
alumni during a banquet at the
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles,
last month. Dr. Hon is the in
ventor of a fetal- monitoring
system which has been installed
in several hospitals across the
nation.
Born in Canton, China, Dr.
Hon received his early education
in Australia and later received
a bachelor of arts degree from
Union College, Lincoln, Nebras
ka.
He was graduated with high
est honors from Loma Linda
University as a doctor of medi
cine in 1950. His internship at
Loma Linda University Hospital
was followed by a year of pa
thology residence and a four-year
residence in obstetrics and
gynecology at Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Hon's latest work ( which
was detailed in the October 21,
1968, issue of Newsweek maga
zine) has been in developing a
fetal- monitoring system.
With the new fetal- monitor
ing system, physicians can re
cord the heartbeat of the unborn
fetus during labor by clipping a
half- inch silver electrode to the
flesh of the baby's scalp.
At the same time, a plastic
tube is placed in the uterus
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Dr. Williams
House of Delegates for 14 years
and speaker since 1966. He has
served as president of the
Southern California Dental As
sociation, the San Diego County
Dental Society, j
and the Calif or- j
nia Dental Ser- i
vice. Dr. Wil- 1
liams is also a'
member of the:
board of direc- j
tors of the
American Insti
tute of Oral
Biology, a
member of the
American Acad
emy of Periodontology, and the
American Academy of Restora
tive Dentistry. He is currently
in private general practice in
San Diego.
Attendance of more than
1,200 dentists, dental hygienists,
and students is expected at the
convention on the Loma Linda
campus.
Highlighting the convention
will be the student table clinic
competition, to be judged by a
panel of seven leading dental
authorities. The judges include
Daniel I. Coggin, DDS, presi
dent of the National Associa
tion of Seventh- day Adventist
Dentists; Edward F. Furstman,
DDS, president of the Southern
California Dental Association;
James L. Killpack, DDS, presi
dent of the Tri- County Dental
Society; Jean M. Poupard,
chairman of the division of den
tal hygiene, University of Cali
fornia School of Dentistry, Los
Angeles; Louis G. Terkla, DDS,
dean of the University of Ore
gon Dental School, Eugene; and
Roger K. Trueblood, DDS,
treasurer of the American Den
tal Association.
The scientific exhibits, orig
inated and prepared by dental
and dental hygiene students,
display advances in basic sci
ence and research and in clin
ical application and techniques.
The clinics will be on exhibit
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Social Security
benefits explained
Students under the age of 22
are now considered dependent
on both their mothers and their
fathers, and they may become
eligible for benefits when either
parent dies or becomes entitled
to retirement or disability bene
fits.
Children of deceased women
workers may now be eligible for
monthly payments, even
though a claim was turned
down before.
This applies to children up to
age 18, up to age 22 if they are
in school, or any age if they are
disabled before age 18.
Anyone who may be eligible
for these social security bene
fits should contact his nearest
social security office for further
information.
In San Bernardino, the social
security office is located at 157
West Fifth Street, phone 884-
3111, and is open weekdays
from 8: 30 a. m. to 4: 30 p. m. and
Wednesday evenings until 7: 30
p. m.