Scope - Volume 06, Number 10

              LOCAL ISSUE
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Vol. 6, No. 10 Thursday. October 2, 1969
Memorial services pay tribute
to dental school's First dean
Dr. Prince
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, September 23, in the
Loma Linda University Church
for M. Webster Prince, DDS, first
dean of Loma Linda University
School of Dentistry. Dr. Prince
died September 18. He was 83.
Born in New
York in 1886,
Dr. Prince gradu
ated in 1910
from the Univer
sity of Michigan
School of Dentis
try and practiced
until early 1953
in Detroit.
Dr. Prince,
while still practi
cing in Michigan, was foremost
among those who forsaw the need
for another dental school in the
west and spearheaded the
campaign for organizing the
School of Dentistry at Loma
Linda University.
The establishment of the
school, Dr. Prince believed, would
not only help to ease the
nationwide shortage of dentists,
but could also benefit the
Seventh- day Adventist Church
with a well rounded health
Loma Linda University School
of Dentistry was opened in 1953
with Dr. Prince as the first dean.
The first graduating class of 39
members went out from the
dental school in 1957. He was
named dean emeritus of the
School of Dentistry in 1960.
During his professional career
Dr. Prince was active in a number
of dental organizations. He
founded the Northwestern Dental
Club in Detroit and served as its
first president. He was also
president of the Detroit and
Michigan state dental associations,
and a former president of the
National Association of
Seventh- day Adventist Dentists.
In addition he served for 20
years as Michigan's delegate to the
American Dental Association and
was a member of the ADA's
Council on Dental Education for
eight years.
Dr. Prince was a fellow of the
American College of Dentists, a
member of Omicron Kappa
Upsilon ( honorary dental
fraternity) and a member of Delta
Sigma Delta.
In 1952 Dr. Prince wrote that
his main and ultimate objective
was to " be permitted to live long
enough to see the School of
Dentistry attain a position in the
field of dental education that will
reflect credit upon the Adventist
Church and send a never- ending
stream of consecrated young mei »
and women into the field of
service for humanity."
Dr. Prince is survived by his
wife, Ann, of Redlands; a son,
Robert W. Prince, of Lewisville,
Texas; and a grandson, Robert.
Flying club plans increase
in pilot training instruction
The Loma Linda Flying Club is
offering instruction in all single
engine license pilot ratings, ac
cording to club president, Ellis R.
Rich.
The flying club owns two
planes, a 1967 model Cessna 150
trainer, and a 1958 Cessna 182
" Skylane" which is fully-equipped
to meet instrument
flight rule ( IFR) standards of the
Federal Aviation Agency.
Two flight instructors teach
club members at a discount, states
Mr. Rich, director of audiovisual
service for Loma Linda Univer
sity. They are Robert E. Kearbey,
SD' 72, and M. Larry Kyle, SD' 71.
Started in 1957 by University
students and members of the
community, Loma Linda Flying
Club has produced more than 50
licensed pilots.
Flying out of Redlands Munici
pal Airport, the club specializes in
flight training. However, ground
schools for private, commercial,
instrument, and instructor ratings
is available through an extension
course of San Bernardino Valley
College or a number of local flight
services. The flying club is not
affiliated with Loma Linda Uni
versity.
At present, there are 16 flying
club members. To fly the Cessna
150 trainer, members must pay a
$ 100 initiation fee, part of which
is returned if they leave the club.
Monthly dues are $ 12, and the
plane costs $ 8 an hour to fly.
Initiation fees for the Cessna
182, fully- equipped IFR " Sky-lane"
are $ 400 with dues of $ 15
per month. The " Skylane" costs
$ 14 an hour to operate.
Persons interested in joining the
flying club may call Mr. Rich
( 796- 8966) or Mr. Kearbey
( 796- 3285).
Committee ok's proposal
to incorporate Loma Linda
A special committee of Loma Linda citizens has recommended incorporation of the community's
almost 10,000 residents.
The Joint Committee on Loma Linda Community Government, composed of ten individuals
representing three organizations Loma Linda University, Loma Linda Chamber of Commerce, and the
Citizens' Committee on Incorporation concluded that incorporation would be in the best interests of all
Loma Linda residents because of
the benefits derived in having
their own local government
services.
The committee set October 7 as
the date for a public meeting on
incorporation. The session will be
held at 7: 30 p. m. in Gentry
Gymnasium.
Two specific finds of the
committee indicate that residents
of Loma Linda could enjoy the
benefits of an incoporated city at
a significant savings in property
taxes to the majority of property
owners.
One finding shows that all
residents now being served by
County Service Area 2 with
municipal type services, would
receive a greater number and
higher standard of local
governmental service-: at a savin =
of about 13 cents in the tax rate
charged to property owners. A
larger saving of 38 cents in the tax
rate would be gained if the
incorporated city included the
area north of the Redlands
Freeway.
Residents of the community
located north of the freeway,
presently receiving no municipal
REINHOLD R. BIETZ, chairman of the Loma Linda University
Trustees, makes a point during the Trustees' meeting last week where
one of the topics discussed was the incorporation of Loma Linda.
Flanking Mr. Bietz are ( left), Robert H. Pierson, president, General
Conference of Seventh- day Adventists, and Charles B. Hirsch,
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, Robert E. Kearbey, SD' 72, awaits student
pilot. Mr. Kearbey is one of two flight instructors serving the Loma
Linda Flying Club. The planes in the background are owned by the
club.
services, would also benefit from
the services provided by the new
government.
If official action to incorporate
is taken, the procedure may take
10 to 15 months, depending on
the time it takes to procure the
necessary petition signatures.
The report examining the
feasibility of incorporation was
prepared for the committee by
Griffenhagen - Kroeger, Inc. of
Los Angeles, consultants in public
administration and finance.
Howard B. Weeks, PhD, vice
president for public relations and
development, is chairman of the
ten- man Joint Committee on
Loma Linda Community
Government.
Master plan voted
in Trustees meeting
Loma Linda University Trustees
last week approved an
administration proposal for the
development of a master planning
program for the University,
according to David J. Bieber,
president of Loma Linda
University.
With its purpose to establish
University objectives and
priorities firmly for one year,
tentatively for five years, and
generally for ten years, the
planning program will involve all
major elements of the University
structure and program, Mr. Bieber
states.
" We know that we are faced
with a number of complexities,"
Mr. Bieber says. " With spiraling
costs, increased student
enrollment, and the merger with
the former La Sierra College in
Riverside, we need to redefine our
total program and being it into
sharp focus."
A team of professional
consultants which offers
nonprofit institutions consulting
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secretary, the department of education in the General Conference.
Medical- dental team conducts
Guatemala mission endeavor
A dental and medical team
from Loma Linda University
spent three weeks in Guatemala
last summer, conducting clinics in
remote areas of that country.
Objectives of the trip were ( 1)
to encourage and develop a
deeper understanding and interest
in public health and welfare, and
missionary work in the members
of the group and in the lives of
those they affect by social
contact; ( 2) to cooperate with the
educational, medical, and
missionary personnel of the local
mission and professional
community, in providing medical
and dental care for those who had
none; and ( 3) to educate the local
village people who seek help in
healthful, sanitary living.
The 21 members of the group
were led by Donald L. Peters,
DDS, assistant professor of oral
medicine and director of clinics
for the School of Dentistry. The
group was made up of personnel
from various disciplines within
the University including medicine,
dentistry, nursing, dietetics,
public health, and dental hygiene.
All were volunteers and paid $ 220
toward trip expenses. Albert S.
Whiting, MD, MPH, assistant
professor of tropical health, and
Walter H. B. Roberts, MD,
associate professor of anatomy,
led out in medical clinics held by
the group.
The Loma Linda team flew
non- stop from Los Angeles to
Guatemala City where they were
welcomed by union conference
and mission personnel and
planned their itinerary with Lynn
P. Baerg, president of the
Guatemala Mission. The group
usually stayed with mission
families or in local churches
during their tour of the country.
The group was self supporting in
all respects and purchased food
and supplies from local markets
so as not to be an additional
burden to the mission.
In Guatemala City the team
split into two groups to cover
more territory and began the
three- week tour which would
eventually produce 26 clinics. The
smaller one of seven people was
led by Dr. Peters, and the larger
group of 14 was guided by Melvin
R. Lund, DMD, professor of
restorative dentistry. The one
group was kept small so it could
be flown into the remote areas of
the country, according to Dr.
Peters.
The trip began for group I, the
larger group, down the coast
through Peublo Neuva
Concepcion, Coatepeque, El
Palmar, San Felipe, and into the
mountains to San Cristobal in the
Quetzeltanango Valley, the town
where E. Charles Hackett, SM' 66,
and his wife, Janice K. Hackett,
SM' 66, have established a medical
clinic. They hope to eventually
set up a hospital in San Cristobal.
The smaller team, Group II,
held clinics on the east coast near
Puerto Barrios the first week, and
Peten, courtesy of the
Guatemalan Air Force. Peten can
be reached only by air from
Guatemala City at the present
time; however, a government
agency, FYDEP, is in the process
of building a highway from
Guatemala City to Peten. Its
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