Scope - Volume 07, Number 10

              Vol. 7, No. 10 Thursday, April 9. 1970
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY concert artists LeRoy F. Petonwn
( left), violinist, and Peter M. Mathews, pianist, will present a
sacred concert in Loma Linda on Tuesday, April 14, at 7: 30 p. m.
in the Campus Hill Church of Seventh- d_ ay Adventists. Their
spring tour, sponsored by the Andrews University Alumni Asso
ciation, includes the states of Washington, Oregon, California,
Texas, and Nebraska.
Violinist is slated to perform
sacred concert in Loma Linda
^. Two concert artists from
the faculty of Andrews Uni
versity, Berrien Springs, Mich
igan, will be presented in a
sacred program in the Campus
Hill Church of Seventh- day
Adventists, Loma Linda, on
Tuesday, April 14, at 7: 30
pan., by the Loma Linda chap
ter of the Andrews University
Alumni Association.
LeRoy F. Peterson, violinist,
who received his master's de
gree and artist's diploma from
the oldest music school in
America, the Peabody Con
servatory in Baltimore, Mary
land, will perform " Nobody
Knows de Trouble I've Seen,"
Mendelssohn's " Song Without
Words," and " Prayer" by
Schubert. The concert will also
include works by such compos
ers as Handel, Beethoven, Vi
valdi, Franck, Mozart, Ravel,
and Kabalevsky. Mr. Peterson
will be accompanied by Peter
M. Mathews, pianist.
The concert will be open to
the public without admission
charge.
Artists' reception
An artists' reception spon
sored by alumni and friends of
Andrews University will be
held in the Lindsay Hall recre
ation room at 9 p. m. It will
feature a nine- projector, three-screen
presentation of the An
drews story by Donald R.
Prior, vice president for devel
opment and public relations,
and Horace J. Shaw, PhD, di
rector of alumni affairs, both
of Andrews University.
The appearance of Mr.
Peterson and Mr. Mathews in
Loma Linda is part of their
two- week spring tour. Per
formances have also been
scheduled in Seattle, Auburn,
College Place, Spangle, and
Spokane, Washington; Port
land, Oregon; Mountain View,
Oakland, Angwin, Riverside,
Glendale, and National City,
California; Kenne, Texas; and
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Previous acclaim
Mr. Peterson has received
acclaim for his previous con
cert tours which have taken
him throughout the United
States, as well as to parts of
Europe, the Orient, Canada,
and Bermuda, with appear
ances on radio and television.
A graduate of Columbia
Union College, Takoma Park,
Maryland, Mr. Peterson also
studied at the . Geneva Con
servatory in Europe. He is the
recipient of several awards
and prizes for distinguished
performances, and has ap
peared as soloist with such or
chestras as the National Sym
phony Orchestra at the age of
16, the Baltimore Symphony,
Peabody Orchestra, Singapore
Symphony, and the Worcester
Symphony, of which he was
concertmaster.
Sigma Xi lecture
tonight features talk
on growth of cells
David R. Luck, MD, PhD,
professor of biochemistry at
Rockefeller Institute, New York,
is slated to lecture in the lobby
level amphitheatre of Univer-apy
received passing grades,
sity Hospital tonight at 7 p. m.
on " How Growing Cells Make
Mitichondria."
The lecture is sponsored by
the Society of the Sigma Xi
and its affiliated organizations,
The Scientific Research" So
ciety of America.
In the past few years, much
information has been assem
bled concerning the means by
which growing cells increase
their complement of mitochon
dria. Evidence indicates that
these membranous organelles
possess considerable autonomy.
Current research in this area
may contribute " not only to a
deeper understanding of mito
chondria biogenesis, but also
to a clearer picture of struc
ture and assembly of other bio
logical membranesj according
to Dick H. Koobs, MD, PhD,
assistant professor of path
ology.
Dr. Luck is a member of the
American Society for Cell Bi
ology, and editor of the Jour
nal of Cell Biology.
Congressman holds hearing on
proposed local VA hospital
Congressman Jerry L. Pettis, member of the United States House of Represent
atives from California's 33rd District, conducted a hearing on a proposed veterans
hospital in the Loma Linda area last Friday in Burden Hall.
Mr. Pettis heard testimony from David J. Bieber, president of Loma Linda Uni
versity; David B. Hinshaw,
MD, dean of the School of
Medicine; officials of the Vet
erans Administration includ
ing VA director Donald M.
Johnson and chief medical offi
cer Benjamin R. Wells, MD;
officers of the Inland Empire
chapter of Veterans of Foreign
Wars; and residents of the
Loma Linda community.
The proposed $ 50 million
hospital is being considered for
this area because of the close
proximity of the medical
school. The Veterans Adminis
tration has a policy of building
hospitals only near existing
medical schools because of the
mutual benefits derived.
In his hearing testimony, Dr.
Hinshaw stated that " Loma
Linda University, including all
its schools, wishes to assure
this committee and the Vet- __ _ _ . ..
erans Administration of its ? AV B' HINSHAW, MD, dean rt tt* S* opl of Medkto^ testt-full
and enthusiastic sunnort fies before Congressman Jerry L. Pettis of California's 33rf Ms- full and enthusiastic support trf ( second f? om right at tabie)> and Veterans Administration
for a veterans hospital in this officia, s at a . hearing last Friday for the proposed veterans hos-area
recognizing the many sig- pital ^ the Loma Linda area Also seate( j at the table are, ( left
mficant opportunities for coop- to right), Harry S. Donohue, a VA staff assistant; Benjamin R
eration between VA hospitals Wells, MD, chief VA medical officer; and Donald M. Johnson, VA
and universitys which result administrator.
in the highest possible level of
medical care for the veterans."
Following the' hearing, Mr.
Pettis and VA officials toured
University Hospital and the
Loma Linda- San Bernardino
Continued on page 4
" Portrait of Hawaii' music
pageant coming to University
Handwriting expert
to be featured at
Spring Festival
A Spring Festival, sponsored
by the Kalindha Club, is sched
uled for Sunday, April 12, from
5- 8 p. m. in Gentry Gymnasium.
Mexican, Chinese, and Amer
ican food as well as games and
featured guest Barbara R. Mul-lens,
a handwriting analyst,
are the highlights of the after
noon, according to Melba M.
Olmstead, dean of women on
the Loma Linda campus. Also
on the bill is a variety musical
program given by Loma Linda
University students from 6: 30-
7: 30 p. m.
Proceeds from the festival
will be donated to the building
of the Loma Linda Academy
gymnasium- classroom complex.
Oral surgeon to
serve on national
pain control panel
Chairman of the School of
Dentistry department of oral
surgery Bernard C. Byrd, DDS,
has been invited to join a plan
ning committee to study the
problems of pain control in
dentistry.
Dr. Byrd was one of 13 den
tists selected from schools of
dentistry throughout the na
tion by the National Institute
of Dental Research, Bethesda,
Maryland, to sit on the com
mittee.
The committee will convene
May 11 in Bethesda.
The Aina Aloha Singers, mak
ing their first mainland appear
ance, are slated to present " A
Portrait of Hawaii" Sunday,
April 19, in Gentry Gymnasium
at 8 p. m.
Through music and costume,
the group enacts for " main-landers"
the annual historical
gala held on Waikiki Beach on
the island of Oahu, depicting
the heritage of Hawaiian Amer
icans.
The singers, whose name
means " love of the land," gave
their first concert at Pacific
Union College, Angwin, on
April 11. Students joining the
group from the mainland for
the rest of the tour are pri
marily from that school.
" A Portrait of Hawaii" will
be shown in three scenes. The
first is an " Ancient Hawaiian
Court"; the second, the " Mis
sionaries' Arrival"; and the
third is " Hawaii Today, the
50th State." Some of the songs
familiar to mainlanders include
" Hawaii Aloha," " Aloha Oe,"
Continued on page 4
SCULPTOR ALAN F. CO1MNS and model admire Mr. Collins'
latest work. He is slated to speak tonight in Burden Hall at 8 p. m.
as part of the University Lecture Series. Mr. Collins was com
missioned to design and carve the memorial inscription to the late
President John F. Kennedy at Runnymede, Great Britain. Ad
mission to the talk on sculpture and design is free.