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Vol. 1, No. 42 Friday, July 17, 1964
THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY ' WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Public Health, Psychiatry Staffs
Launch Mental Health Study Here
A PALM STANDS AS A LANDMARK where washing machines
' and refrigerators occupied the place last month. The moving of
that business and the old business building adjacent to it on
Central Avenue near Anderson Street has opened up more land
for University development. Behind the palm and the school of
Dentistry building, the School of Medicine will raise its clover-
, leaf- designed Medical Center. Staff photo.
SN Alumni Hold Leadership
In Most Schools, Hospitals
The School of Nursing Alum
ni Association, after some re
search, recently came up with
an impressive bit of informa
tion. It found that in some 20
Seventh- day Adventist schools
of nursing and medical insti
tutions in North America, there
are 19 graduates of the Uni
versity School of Nusing, or of
the Graduate School nursing
program, holding the position
of dean or director of nursing
service.
The alumni and their present
affiliations are:
Yvetta Nelson, SN' 40, GS' 60,
director of nursing service at
Boulder ( Colorado) Memorial
Hospital.
Charlotte D. Ross, GS' 59, di
rector of - nursing service at
Castle Memorial Hospital, Kai-lua,
Oahu, Hawaii.
Louise M. Brown, GS' 58, di
rector of the School of Nursing
at Glendale ( California) Sani
tarium and Hospital.
Valrie I. Rudge, GS' 59, direc
tor of the School of Nursing at
the Hinsdale ( Illinois) Sanitar
ium and Hospital.
Maxine Atteberry, SN' 33,
dean of the School of Nursing
at Loma Linda University
Helen B. Austin, SN' 23, GS
' 63, director of nursing service
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Bakersfield Group
Installs Officers
The Bakersfield, California,
chapter of the Woman's Aux
iliary to the School of Medi
cine Alumni Association re
cently installed officers at its
last meeting of the school year.
Officers are: President, Mrs.
Donald Brody; president- elect,
Mrs. William B. Greene; secre
tary, Mrs. Edwin Nelson; and
treasurer, Mrs. Lee J. Richards.
Mrs. Paul H. Cutting in
stalled the leaders in a color
ful ceremony.
Memorial Fund for
Mrs. Duane Bietz
Reaches $ 1000
The memorial fund estab
lished at the University for the
late Mrs. Duane S. Bietz re
cently reached the $ 1000 mark.
Mrs. Bietz, the former Miss
Carlyn Peelle, was killed in an
accident December 29, 1963,
when a stray horse ran into
the side of the small foreign
car in which she and her hus
band were riding, then crashed
down on top of the car. The
accident occurred on Foothill
Boulevard in Tujunga, Califor
nia. Mr. Bietz, SM' 65, was in
jured, but recovered.
Mrs. Bietz was a junior in
the School of Nursing at the
time of her death. She was the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. D.
Peelle of Santa Ana, California.
The fund will be used for
loans to junior students in the
School of Nursing.
Jim Armstrong to
Head PT Class
The Class of 1965 in the.
School of Physical Therapy re
cently elected officers to serve
for the 1964- 65 school year.
Those elected are: President,
Jim L. Armstrong, 24456 Cen
tral Avenue, Loma Linda; vice
president, James D. Lorenz,
Shattuck, Oklahoma; secretary-treasurer,
Gail J. Thomason,
Aurora, Colorado; sports ac
tivities director, Jim E. Banta,
Morrill, Nebraska.
Social activities director,
Eileen L. Mount, Northport,
Nebraska; pastor, WendeU W.
Nelson, 25139 Palm Drive,
Loma Linda; publicity secre
tary, Donna M. Senk, Rialto,
California; and parliamentari
an, Don L. Gable, 10825 Poplar
Street, Loma Linda.
Voters Approve $ 650,000
Loma Linda Water Bond Issue
Credit Union Pays
$ 5277 Loans
For Sick Employee
The University Credit Union
last week received its third
and largest insurance claim
covering $ 5277.15 for the bal
ance of two loans to a Univer
sity employee. The employee
became permanently disabled a
year ago.
The Credit Union has insur
ance coverage for all loans for
disability and death, James E.
Yoder, treasurer, said. Previ
ously a check for some $ 200
for disability was the largest
check received by the Loma
Linda office.
Mr. Yoder added that Univer
sity employees may now share
the 4.85 per cent paid on sav
ings, a dividend that matches
the dividend of every other
credit union office.
Last month the Credit Union
office moved to new quarters in
the business building on the
corner of Anderson Street.
Freshman Student
Siegmund Teichman
Receives Award
A student who will enter the
School of Medicine in Septem
ber is among five students in
Santa Clara, California, County
receiving National Foundation-
March of Dimes Health Careers
Awards for the 1964- 65 school
year.
Mrs. Kenneth Stanger, Cu-pertino,
chairman of the pro
gram, announced that Sieg
mund Teichman of Sunnyvale,
California, will receive $ 500.
Mr. Teichman was a chemistry
major at San Jose State Col
lege.
Funds to underwrite the
study of outstanding students
come from the January March
of Dimes. The program is part
of the National Foundation-
March of Dimes attack on
birth defects and arthritis
through medical research, edu
cation and care.
Alumnus Honored at
60th Anniversary
Friends and relatives of a
University alumnus and his
wife, Dr. and Mrs. John J.
Weir, SM' 14, honored the cou
ple recently on the occasion of
their 60th wedding anniversary.
They gathered at Dr. and
Mrs. Weir's home in Covelo,
California. Slides of the life of
the couple including his gradu
ation from the School of Medi
cine were shown.
For the occasion the couple
and Pastor Warren E. Barr,
Nice, California, re- enacted the
wedding ceremony.
Loma Linda voters June 30
approved a $ 650,000 water bond
issue authorizing County Serv
ice Area Number 2 to buy and
improve the community water
system.
Initial ballot totals showed
the special election to have
carried by landslide propor
tions, with 866 " yes" votes
against only 14 " noes."
The measure called for issu
ing of bonds with which the
county tax district correspond
ing to the general boundaries
of the Loma Linda community
would buy the water system
irom Loma Linda University,
4. S present owner. The bonds
be repaid from water rev-e
and will not affect Loma
tax rates.
Strongly supporting the
measure had been the local
Chamber of Commerce, mem
bers of the County Service
Area board and Loma Linda
University officials. Chamber
of Commerce Secretary John
Parrish had actively headed an
educational campaign in sup
port of the proposal.
Expansion Foreseen
Some $ 400,000 will reportedly
be needed for outright purchase
of the water system from the
University, with the additional
authorized bonds being held un
issued until funds are needed
for future expansion for im
provement of the system. The
University completed improve
ments costing thousands of dol
lars earlier this year.
A two- thirds majority of
voters were required to favor
the sale for its approval. Had
the measure failed the Univer
sity would have been forced to
sell the system to a profit-making
private company.
Historically, the community
water system dates back to the
early days of the University,
just after the turn of the cen
tury. It was formed to dis
tribute water to the institution,
but as a favor it was extended
to homes of University employ
ees and other members of the
community.
Recently, the Public Utilities
Commission ( PUC) gave the
University until July 1 to ei
ther sell the system or reorga
nize it to function under the
control of the PUC.
No Opposition
No written opposition was
filed with the county registrar
of voters for mailing with the
sample ballot which went into
the mail June 11.
Some early dissent appeared
at a county Board of Super
visors meeting but was quickly
dispelled. Customers of a
small water company within
the service area had asked for
exclusion, but supervisors point
ed out that the bond issue
would be paid off with revenue
from water sales.
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A team of University scien
tists, after two years of prep
arations, have launched a study
of mental health among Sev
enth- day Adventists as com
pared with non- members.
Under the direction of Harold
N. Mozar, MD, professor and
chairman of the - Division of
Public Health and Tropical
Medicine, a team of research
assistants is conducting ques
tionnaire- guided interviews with
Seventh- day Adventist church
members and others.
According to Dr. Mozar, chief
investigator, " There is much
speculation as to how Adven
tists and non- Adventists com
pare in mental health. Some be
lieve that Adventists have se
vere inner conflict. Others be
lieve that their philosophy and
way of life give them an ad
vantage."
This question of mental
status of the church members
may soon be answered, says Dr.
Mozar. The Division of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine
and the School of- Medicine de
partment of psychiatry earlier
received an $ 8000 grant from
the Cedarcraft Foundation,
Maryland, for the study.
A 36- page- questionnaire, the
result of two years work and
pretesting, is being programmed
for computer analysis. It is
partially patterned after the
questionnaire used in the clas
sical Midtown Manhattan
study of Cornell University. Ex
cept for the information about
religious affiliation the data
gathered are reviewed by three
psychiatrists, and mental health
ratings are given.
Co- investigators are Harrison
S. Evans, professor and chair
man of the Department of Psy
chiatry; John R. Peters, MD,
professor of psychiatry; Saleem
A. Farag, PhD, associate pro
fessor and assistant director of
the Division of Public Health
and Tropical Medicine; Henry
E. A. Andren, MD, Maryland
psychiatrist and neurologist;
and Raymond O. West, MD,
who holds an MS in public
health.
The project initially was pro
posed and supported by Dr. An
dren ( SM' 37). George T. Hard-ing,
MD, Worthington, Ohio, a
former president of the Uni-
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