Scope - Volume 07, Number 09

              Pettis conducts hearing tomorrow
Tentative approval given proposed Veterans' hospital
Tentative approval has been
given for construction of a
proposed $ 50 million veterans'
hospital in the Loma Linda-
San Bernardino area, according
to a San Bernardino Sun- Tele
gram news story.
Public hearings will be held
tomorrow ( Friday) morning at
8: 30 in Burden Hall, Loma Lin
da campus. Approximately 20
representatives of various vet
erans organizations will testify.
Congressman Jerry L. Pettis,
member of the United States
House of Representatives from
California's 33rd District, will
conduct the hearings. Accom
panying Mr. Pettis will be
Benjamin R. Wells, MD, chief
medical officer of the Veterans
Administration; Donald M.
Johnson, VA director; and Har
ry S. Donohue, a VA staff as
sistant.
After the hearings, Mr. Pettis
and Veterans Administration
leaders will tour University
Hospital and the surrounding
area looking for a possible con
struction site.
According to the Sun- Tele
gram, California, the- nation's
most populous state, has 11
percent of the nation's veter
ans. There are medical facilities
for veterans in Fresno, Liver-more,
Long Beach, Los Angeles,
Martinez, Palo Alto, San Fer
nando, San Francisco, and Se-pulveda.
Informed sources in Wash
ington, D. C., are quoted in the
newspaper story as privately
stating that funds are available
for a VA hospital, and that
tentative approval has been
given to build it in the Loma
Linda- San Bernardino area.
A VA spokesman is quoted
as saying the Veterans Admin
istration has a policy of build
ing new hospitals only near
existing medical schools be
cause of the mutual benefits
derived. So the proposed hos
pital would probably be built
either on or very near the
Loma Linda University campus.
" Cost of a hospital in the
Loma Linda area could range
from $ 10 million to $ 50 million.
, . . If a regional administrative
center is included in plans as
some propose, the cost would
be nearly $ 50 million. The total
facility would employ 12,000 to
13,000 people," says the news
paper.
Mr. Pettis has termed the
proposed hospital " a vital ne
cessity" due to the large num
ber of veterans who live in the
inland southern California area.
He adds that California has not
received sufficient support for
veterans' medical care.
He has asked the House Com
mittee on Veterans Affairs to
launch an investigation to de
termine if VA hospitals are
properly staffed to provide men
and women with " second- to-none"
care. Chairman of the
committee, Olin D. Teague, of
Texas, has promised " in depth"
hearings on the issue, says Mr.
Pettis.
Vol. 7, No. 9 Thursday, April 2, 1970
Black man's role is explored Guest speaker from New York
in Afro- American Club play wj || head $ • Week Q f Devotion
brinsine srood sniritual tones
I v The Afro- American Club of
Loma Linda University, La Si
erra campus, will present a
series of skits, poems, and songs
entitled " The Black Experi
ence" Saturday, April 4, at 7
pjn. in Gentry Gymnasium,
Loma Linda campus.
Attempting to communicate
the Y\ opes anfl aspirations, frus
trations and disappointments of
black Americans, the students
try to provide a Christian per
spective that will illuminate the
racial crisis, says club president
Ernest A. McDole, senior psy
chology and physical education
major.
Not intending to merely en
tertain the audience, the per
formers solicit participation in
the American dilemma. Through
dramatization, a more tangible
concrete level of understanding
between the black and the
white community is ascertained,
adds Mr. McDole.
Previously, the cast, who are
all College of Arts and Sciences
students, has staged " The Black
Experience" on the La Sierra
campus as part of " Kaleido
scope 70" and at Washington
High School, Los Angeles.
A 25- cent donation will be
taken at the door.
The Afro- American Club is
organized for the purpose of
making the college community
aware of black culture and dig
nity, helping black students be
come aware of their heritage,
bringing good spiritual and values to the club, and
making the non- college com
munity aware of what true
human dignity is, says James
H. Stirling, PhD, associate pro
fessor of anthropology, and
club sponsor.
Club members are currently
involved in community self-help
programs such as tutoring
high school students and help
ing underprivileged families.
They also provide religious pro
grams for local churches.
Medical student
wins first prize
in photo contest
Winner of the March 12
issue of University SCOPE'S
" Name these buildings" photo
page contest is Donald Lee
Anderson, SM' 71.
Mr. Anderson was the first
of five people to correctly iden
tify all ten buildings depicted
on the photo page. Other en
trants receiving perfect scores
were James L. Edwards,
SM' 73; James L. Pro cell,
SM' 73; Richard R. Hamilton,
SM' 72; and Marion E. Hugo, of
Loma Linda.
Correct answers to the quiz
are as follows: 1- M, 2- Q, 3- T,
4- E, 5- 1, 6- S, 7- D, 8- O, 9- K and
10- B.
Spring Week of Devotion for the Loma Linda campus of the University begins
Friday, April 3, with Calvin B. Rock, pastor of the Ephesus Church of Seventh- day
Adventists in New York_ City, New York, as guest speaker, according to Dalton D.
Baldwin, assistant professor of Christian Theology.
Theme for the eight- meeting
series is " This I Believe." The
first assembly starts at S; iO
Friday morning with Mr. Rock
stating " I Believe in the In
carnate Christ." At 7: 30 p. m.
Friday, the topic is " I Believe
in Righteousness By Faith."
Mr. Rock will speak at both
worship services of the Univer
sity Church of Seventh- day
Adventists, and a 3 p. m. service
on Saturday, April 4, with his
topics, respectively, " I Believe
in the True Church," and " I
Believe in the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of
Man."
" I Believe in Conversion"
and " I Believe in the Second
Coming of Christ" are the sub
jects for Sunday's meetings,
the first beginning at 8 a. m.
and the second at 6: 30 p. m.
The final Spring Week of
Devotion convocation is on
Monday, April 6, at 8: 10 a. m.
on the topic, " I Believe in Joy
in the Holy Ghost." All meet
ings will be held in the Uni
versity Church except those on
Sunday. The 8 a. m. meeting
that day is scheduled for the
campus cafeteria, and the 6: 30
p. m. assembly for Campus
Chapel.
Mr. Rock is a 1954 alumnus
of Oakwood College in Hunts-ville,
Alabama. He received his
master's degree in sociology
from the University of Detroit,
Michigan. He is currently
working toward a doctorate in
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CALVIN B. BOCK, pastor of the Ephesus Seventh- day Adventist
Church in New York City, New York, is the guest speaker for the
Spring Week of Devotion which begins tomorrow evening on the
Loma Linda campus of the University. Theme of the eight- meeting
series is " This I Believe."
Nutrition and dietetics alumni
set homecoming festivities
CAST MEMBERS of " The Black Experience" portray through a
collection of skits and poems the black man's experience in Amer
ica. " The Black Experience" will be presented on this campus
Saturday night at 7 in Gentry Gymnasium.
Photo by John M. Krell, AS' 71
' Mystery of Pain'
telecast to be aired
on Tuesday evening
The Columbia Broadcasting
System, Incorporated, televi
sion documentary, " Mystery of
Pain," originally scheduled for
March 10, will be telecast
Tuesday, April 7, at 10 p. m.
Featuring the School of
Dentistry, the film emphasizes
the dental " pain killing" tech
nique developed by Neils B.
Jorgensen, DDS, emeritus pro
fessor of oral surgery.
The Nutrition and Dietetics
Alumni Association has an
nounced plans for their annual
homecoming to the Loma Linda
campus beginning Friday, April
10, through Sunday, April 12.
Harold M. S. Richards, Jr.,
speaker for the Voice of Proph
ecy radio broadcast, will key
note the weekend, which is
scheduled for Pine Springs
Ranch, near Idyllwild, and Uni
versity Hospital. Accompanying
Mr. Richards will be King's
Heralds Quartet bass, James R.
McClintock, and organist Brad
ford O. Braley.
Speaker for the Saturday
morning worship service, start
ing at 11 a. m., is Raymond O.
West, MD, associate professor
of preventive medicine and
public health, whose topic is
" The Objective of the Objec
tive."
Saturday afternoon at 3: 30,
Agatha M. Thrash, SM' 55, path
ologist at the Medical College
of Georgia, Columbus, presents
" New Things to Tell."
For sunset vespers, Carla L.
Payne, DI' 69, tells of " Adven
tures in Guatemala." Following
vespers, the homecoming pro
ceedings move to the Loma
Linda campus.
Sunday events include talks
by Richard C. Nies, PhD, a Los
Angeles clinical psychologist;
Irvin N. Kuhn, MD, assistant
professor of medicine; Helen
Flynn of Helen Flynn Associ
ates, Food Service Consultants
in Santa Monica; and Elaine
Roentgen, consumer specialist
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