Scope - Volume 06, Number 07

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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Vol. 6, No. 7 Thursday, September 4, 1969
Arts and sciences alumni Medical School Welcomes
plan for silver anniversary
' Kaleidoscope 70' to honor first graduates
of four year program at La Sierra
A week- long observance com
memorating the 25th anniver
sary of the senior college pro
grams at La Sierra is planned
for February 16- 20, 1970.
According to Robert E. Lor-enz,
MD, president of the La
Sierra College Alumni Associa
tion, events during the festive
week, " Kaleidoscope 70," will
cover a wide range of academic,
social, and religious activities.
Among these are the annual
Student- Alumni Symposium, . a
Silver Anniversary Gala, and
" Anniversary Kxpo" featuring
multi- media presentations of
college achievements and plans.
Big name speakers
Guest speakers invited to par
ticipate include California Gov-enor
Ronald Reagan; United
States Congressmen John V.
Tunney and Jerry L. Pettis; S.
I. Hayakawa, PhD, president of
San Francisco State College;
Linus C. Pauling, PhD, 1954 Al
fred B. Nobel Prize winner in
chemistry; Mrs. Medgar Evers,
widow of civil rights leader; and
Thomas H. Blincoe, assistant
professor of theology at An
drews University, Berrien
Springs, Michigan.
Substantial gift
from SN alumnus
Loma Linda University has
received " a substantial gift"
from the estate of Myrtle Leora
Nelson, a 1927 graduate of the
School of Nursing, according to
Robert G. Manuel, director of
student aid and finance.
" This kind of dedication helps
the University fulfill its mis
sion," says Mr. Manuel. " Miss
Nelson's thoughtful generosity
will ease the financial burdens
of many deserving students."
Mr. Manuel adds that a
scholarship fund is being set up
in Miss Nelson's name.
110 to freshman class
A new class, the largest since the 1930' s when 115 freshmen registered in the
cooperative work- study program, has begun training in the School of Medicine.
One hundred- ten freshmen began an intensive schedule of lectures, study, and
laboratory work on August 20 in order to complete the first phase by December 18.
According to David B. Hin-shaw,
MD, dean of the School of
Medicine, the curriculum now
comprises a wide range of sub
jects. Included are gross anat
omy, histology, pathology, bio
chemistry, psychiatry, religion,
and child health. Previously,
freshmen concentrated almost
exclusively on anatomy.
G. Gordon Hadley, MD, asso
ciate dean for student affairs,
organ nears compie
Installation of the new Cas-sevant
organ on the La Sierra
campus is nearing completion,
according to Perry W. Beach,
PhD, chairman of the College
of Arts and Sciences depart
ment of music.
Dr. Beach states that the in
strument will soon be voiced af
ter which 10 sets of reed stops
will be installed.
Donald J. Vaughn, assistant
professor of music, describes
the organ as the largest in Riv
erside county and the newest
large organ east of Los Angeles.
Mr. Vaughn says that the in
strument was built specifically
for Hole Memorial Auditorium
where it is now housed. It is
unique in that all pipes are ex
posed, permiting them " to
speak directly to the audience."
This, he says, allows for
"" gentle" as weU as high volume
tonal control.
The organ, designed for con
cert and teaching purposes, is,
according to Mr. Vaughn, a
" basic, solid, instrument design
ed to play classical as well as
romantic music."
Its German classical capabili
ties are outstanding, says Mr.
Vaughn. The organ has 3,400
pipes ranging in size from 19
feet to three- eights of an inch.
These are arranged in 60 ranks
in four independent divisions:
pedal, positive, great, and small.
The organ was very complete
in design and by combining the
various ranks, a wide range of
tonal effects is possible, explains
Mr. Vaughn.
School of Medicine freshmen Victor J. Aaen and David E. Zinke
complete registration with associate registrar Herbert A. Walls.
Knowledge explosion challenges education
of his destiny, he has also in
vited destruction of traditional
bonds the family, the neigh
borhood, the congregation, and
other social alliances on a na
tional and even continental
scale," he added.
Mr. Wilson declared that
" modern man has eaten of the
fruit of knowledge which now
threatens to explode withjjp his
vitals with nuclear force."
He spoke of educational cen
ters erected to the aspirations
of man but " lacking a concern
for enduring values. Such struc
tures," he said, " are really only
caricatures without character.
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" Half of what we know now
will be obsolete in ten years,"
said Neal C. Wilson, president
of the North American Division
of Seventh- day Adventists, to
teachers meeting on the La Si
erra campus.
He also warned that change
may be too rapid for " outmoded
educational institutions to
guide, much less to halt the jug
gernaut of rapidly escalating
technology."
" As man has pried nature's
secrets into the open and as
sumed an imaginary command
says that the 110 freshmen, 99
men and 11 women, were select
ed from the largest number of
applicants ever to apply to the
School of Medicine.
Dr. Hadley reports that of
390 students now enrolled in
the school, 44 are women and
40 are citizens of other coun
tries. He states that the ratio of
foreign students is second high
est in the nation with Howard
University School of Medicine
leading in foreign student en
rollment.
Walter B. Clark, dean of ad
missions, says that School of
Medicine applicants were better
According to David B. Hin-year.
School of Education
looks at very young
A six- week " learning- can- be-fun"
pilot course for 60 children
supports the view of some edu
cators that conventional school
room teaching methods may be
unsuited for the learning needs
of younger students.
Prodded by recent California
legistlation lowering the man
datory age for entering school
from seven to five years nine
months, the University School
of Education offered a summer
early childhood seminar for the
benefit of 28 elementary teach
ers from Seventh- day Adventist
schools.
Directed by Viktor A. Chris-tensen,
PhD, chairman of the
school's department of curricu-lums
and instruction, the course
featured team teaching, flexible
scheduling, open clas'srooms
where a variety of activities are
going on at the same time, and
ungraded progression of chil
dren according to their readi
ness and ability. Teachers were
Continued on page 5
60th anniversary observance
planned for School. of Medicine
Weekend events linked to president's
annual ' State of the University Message'
Donald J. Vaughn, assistant professor of music, describes open ranks of 3,400 pipe organ now install
ed in Hole Memorial Auditorium on the La Sierra campus.
A three day observance of the
60th anniversay of the" incor
poration in the State of Califor
nia of the former College of
Medical Evangelists is sched
uled for December 5 through 7.
According to University Pres
ident David J. Bieber, com
memorative events begin with
a " Conversation About God"
presentation sponsored by the
University Campus Fellowship.
This discourse in the sanctuary
of the University Church, Loma
Linda, dealing with Christ's
command to heal, will be fol
lowed by a discussion in Fellow
ship Hall.
Saturday worship services fo
cusing on the current relevance
of the church's health emphasis
will be followed on Sunday by
a dinner honoring University
Associates.
. A reception for associates and
other donors is set for 6: 30 p. m.
in Fellowship Hall. The title,
University Associates, is con
ferred on individuals who have
made outstanding contributions
through service or gifts to the
University.
The President's Convocation
at 7: 30 p. m., Sunday, will in
clude a picture history of the
School of Medicine, a report
from the school's dean, and the
president's traditional " State of
the University" message, ac
cording to a University spokes
man.
The convocation will also in
clude the awarding of certifi
cates for gifts given to the Un
iversity and the recognition of
honored faculty.