Scope - Volume 07, Number 15

              Vol. 7, No. 15 Thursday, May 28,1970
University Trustees seek goal
of equitable ethnic balance
A more equitable ethnic bal
ance among the student popu
lation of Loma Linda University
is the goal of a resolution pres
ently adopted by the University
Trustees, according to an an
nouncement by University pres
ident David J. Bieber.
" In several important areas,
Loma Linda's student popula
tion does not reflect as well as
it might the church's ethnic
characteristics," the president
pointed out, " and we are begin
ning positive action to improve
the situation."
Specifically, the University
will seek to enlarge its present
programs of recruitment, coun
seling, and financial aid.
President Bieber commended
a group of black American Sev
enth- day Adventist students for
their conversations with ad
ministrators and trustees in
which they emphasized the fact
that the student roster of pro
fessional schools on the Loma
Linda campus includes only
eight- tenths of one percent of
such students.
" This may be about twice as
high as the national average,"
he observed, " but it is unac-ceptably
low when one consid
ers that black Seventh- day Ad-ventists
in North America con
stitute about 16 percent of the
church population."
The student group was also
commended for its constructive
suggestions that with adminis
trative support served as a
basis for board action.
Previously, the University's
master plan council had rec
ommended that the University
" make a concerted effort to de
velop new sources of student fi
nancial aid, with " students from
minority groups and those with
cultural backgrounds indicating
special educational needs" re
ceiving a significant portion of
this increased assistance.
The council also recommend
ed " continued development of
a counseling center capable of
meeting special developmental
needs of students on both cam
puses."
The University Trustees vot
ed to work toward an increase
in the enrollment of qualified
black American Seventh- day
Adventist students in the pro
fessional schools on the Loma
Linda campus with a target
goal of 10 percent by 1975.
" We also hope to employ by
next September a person from
the black Seventh- day Advent
ist community of North Amer
ica to serve as associate dean
of admissions and student af
fairs," President Bieber an
nounced. " His primary respon
sibility will be to recruit
students for the professional
schools on the Loma Linda
campus and assist them in
meeting special personal needs."
Also voted by the University
Trustees was the creation of a
continuing $ 100,000 fund to as
sist, on the basis of need, black
American Seventh- day Advent
ist students in the professional
schools on the Loma Linda
campus. One half of the fund
will be renewed annually to
provide scholarships for stu
dents in the freshman year and
one half will serve as a revolv
ing fund to provide loans to
such students in any year. A
substantial portion of the fund
will be available for the 1971-
72 school year.
The University Trustees also
approved a $ 50,000 addition to
the University's present sub
stantial student loan and aid
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Master plan council report
approved by LLU Trustees
A good, small university rooted in Christian values and aiming for academic excel
lence is the goal envisioned in a report of the Loma Linda University master plan
council accepted at the May meeting of the University Trustees.
The council's five- month study also set major guidelines in University program
ming and organization calling
simultaneously for more inte
gration of programs and more
freedom in organizational op
eration.
The planning process, involv
ing well over 100 persons in an
intensive five- month study of
University purpose and pro
grams, has produced a compre
hensive report which was adopt
ed at the spring meeting of the
University Trustees.
The master plan council,
composeH of trustees and as
sisted by administrators and
specialist consultants, c o n-ducted
its study with the aid
of four task forces, each study
ing in detail a major area of
University operation.
The master plan council as
a whole considered the case for
Loma Linda University, gov
ernance of the institution, and
community services.
In considering the nature of
the institution, the master plan
council at mid- point in the
study made a fundamental de
cision to base its plan on the
continuation of the Loma Lin
da- La Sierra merger and the
development of a " good, small
University." Various proposals
had been made that would have
resulted in a greater or lesser
degree of dissolution of the
merger; however, the council
recommended and the trustees
officially reaffirmed the original
purposes of the merger. Many
details of the council's report
Photo by Ronald M. Sterling, SM' 72
SECRETARY OF THE General Conference of Seventh- day Ad-ventists
Walter R. Beach ( foreground, standing), discusses recom
mendations of the master plan council with Reinhold R. Bietz,
chairman of the University Trustees and vice president of the
General Conference of Seventh- day Adventists. The report was
approved by the trustees last week.
Enzymes check growth of cancer
One way to mobilize the
body's defense mechanisms to
stop a growing cancer was sug
gested yesterday to the Inter
national Cancer Congress meet
ing in Houston, Texas, by a
team of Loma Linda University
investigators.
They were able to check the
growth of malignant tumors in
mice, they reported, by inject
ing the mice intravenously on
four successive days with cer
tain constituents of lysosomes.
Lysosomes, parts of most cells,
are packets of highly active
enzymes that break down or
digest damaged or unwanted
materials in body tissues.
It is believed these enzymes
also collaborate with the im-munologic
processes which de
fend the body against invading
viruses and other foreign or
ganisms.
Explaining the lysosomes' ef
fect on cancer, the theory of
the Loma Linda team Weldon
B. Jolley, PhD, professor of
surgery, physiology and bio
physics; V. Wilfred Stuyvesant,
MD, assistant professor of pa
thology; and two young medical
students., - Constance P. Steele,
SM' 71, and Timothy R. Smith,
, SM' 72 is that the lysosomal
enzymes,, by clearing away the
cancer cells' smooth, conceal
ing covering of sialic acid,
stirred up the mouse's own im-munological
system, which then
attacked and halted the cancer.
Their theory is based on the
fact that the immunological
system starts functioning only
when it recognizes that an in
vading cell or bacteria is for
eign by substances ( antigens)
on the foreign cell surface. Can
cer cells apparently are able
to evade the immunological
defense system because the
cancer antigens are either con
cealed or else do not differ
sufficiently from the host to
stimulate the immunologic re
sponse. Once the enzymes strip
away the concealment from the
cell surface, the Loma Linda
team theorizes, the cancer can
be recognized as foreign.
The observations of many
other investigators regarding
lysosomes suggested their new
method of fighting cancer to
the Loma Linda investigators.
Lysosomal activity has been
reported in numerous studies to
be associated with changes and
regression of some tumors. Also
it is known that lysosomal en
zymes are involved in the in
flammatory reaction. ( Inflam
mation occurs, for ex- amp'e,
when the immunological sys
tem is trying to kill off an in
fection by a foreign organism.)
To produce the effect of an
inflammatory response in the
area of the cancer, Dr. Jolley
and his associates decided to
inject lysosomal material in the
mice intravelously. They took
mouse liver cells and by cen-trifugation
and chromatography
obtained 15 lysosomal constitu
ents which they tested invidu-ally
to find the most effective
cancer- killing substance. Three
of the fractions ( which they
labeled U, D, and A) showed
anti- tumor activity, and D was
found to be the most effective.
Considerably more dead cancer
cells and infiltration of the
tumor by white blood cells was
found when D was injected
than with any of the other ly
sosomal fractions.
" It would seem, therefore,"
the Loma Linda report con
cluded, " that lysosomal constit
uents contribute to an inflam
matory state which inhibits the
tumor or possibly even causes
complete tumor remission."
Another unusual feature to
which the report calls attention
is that two of the co- authors
participating in this sophisti
cated research were medical
students.
reflect this fundamental deci
sion.
Of equal importance is a re-affirmation
that the purposes
and objectives of Loma Linda
University " are specific ex
pressions of the general pur
poses and objectives of the Sev
enth- day Adventist church,"
and that it is " more important
in the development of the Uni
versity that it hold fast to the
purposes for which it was
founded, and that it exemplify
and extend the Christian wit
ness."
The council's report calls at
tention to the need for major
decisions in defining the au
thority and responsibilities of
the University Trustees, in re
solving problems inherent in
the University's multi - level
wage scale, and developing a
more useful statement of Uni
versity purpose.
The trustees authorized the
appointment of a trustee com
mittee to consider these and
other major considerations and
to continue the work of the
master plan council.
Academic affairs
Among major recommenda
tions of the council adopted for
immediate or early implemen
tation were a six- point pro
gram for bringing the present
academic programs of Loma
Linda University together as
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LLU students receive awards
for excellence, scholarship
Over 100 honor awards were
presented to students of Loma
Linda University recently in
recognition of superior scholar
ship and active participation in
the student community.
Following is a list of this
year's awards to students in
the six schools on the Loma
Linda campus.
School of Nursing
Allstate Foundation Award:
Joyce K. Johnston, Marilyn D.
Thunquest.
Alumni Association Award:
Robyn M. Chapman, Roberta
H. Coon, Susan L. McCarthy.
Woman's Auxiliary to River
side Medical Association: San-dra
E. Maddox, Jane D. Meister,
Jean D. Meister, Barbara J.
Milliken.
Woman's Auxiliary to the
San Bernardino County Medical
Association: Elizabeth I. Atch-ison,
Frances P. Brower, Mary
J. McGregor.
The President's Award: Bren-da
C. Duerksen.
School of Dentistry
Dental Assisting Award:
Deborah A. Cantwell.
Sigma Phi Alpha Award:
Dorothy A. Kahler, Carol A.
McGuinness, Sondra B. Walker.
Dental Hygiene Award: Betty
A. Wagner.
Southern California Dental
Hygienists Association Award:
Gloria D. Cook.
The Mitchell Award: Can-dace
J. Cummings.
American Academy of Gold
Foil Operators Award: L. Clif
ford Goff.
American Academy of Roent-genology:
Warren M. Francis,
Jr.
American Association of Or-
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