Scope - Volume 01, Number 01

              VOL. 1, NO. 1
TUESDAY
September 3, 1963
VERNIER RADCLIFFE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY
LOMA LINDA. CALIFORNIA
Special study/ Loma Linda Growth, consolidation, page 3
SCOPE'S Special Event Calendar ........ page 3
Committee to study White Memorial hospital . . page 3
Local churches to expand educational facilities, pages4, 7
University
THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
University Launches Weekly Paper
For Campuses, Community, Alumni
Administration
Names Editors
Loma Linda- The pilot issue of
University SCOPE is here after
a month of intense planning and
preparation. It will serve the
University family at both cam
puses, the surrounding com
munities, churches, alumni and
other associates and friends.
Last week the administration
named an editorial staff, which
in turn will appoint advisory and
contributing editors.
Editorial appointees are Jerry
L. Pettis, Tor Lidar, Oliver L.
Jacques and John Parrish. Pettis
Is the vice- president in charge
of development and public rela
tions and will represent the pub-
Ushers ( Loma Linda University)
as the editor- in- chief.
In charge/ of daily work on the
nev, publication will be Toi Lidar,
who has been named managing
editor. Formerly a church and
education editor with St. Paul
Suburban Newspapers Inc. in
Minnesota, Mr. Lidar began his
career in the spring of 1940 as
the assistant to Editor Leif Kr.
Tobiassen of the Church's pub
lishing house in Norway.
Associate editors are Oliver
L. Jacques, director of public re
lations for the University; and
John Parrish, public information
officer here. The staff will
eventually be joined by a
highly representative group of
communication specialists who
will serve as advisory and con
tributing editors.
Reader Opinion Wanted
The editors announced this
week that they will seek coopera
tion with writers who would want
to express their views in SCOPE
on a voluntary basis. Editor Lidar
said he would welcome letters
from readers expressing any kind
of sentiment. " SCOPE cannot be
fully appreciated unless it in
volves the daily lives of readers
and producers alike," he said.
In an earlier statement, Mr.
Pettis stated that SCOPE must
tjll all the news and that only
the truth can solve problems
created by rumors and unfound
ed criticism.
" SCOPE," Lidar said in a re
port to the General Conference
survey committee, " shouldbring
into focus the great work which
Loma Linda University and Its
alumni under the leadership of
the General Conference of Sev
enth- day Adventists are doing
throughout the world.
" The story of Loma Linda
University should be presented
so as to inform and encourage
those who hold the branch of
health and healing to be the right
arm of the everlasting gospel.
Detail, Depth Report
" The editorial staff of
SCOPE," said Lidar, " will re
port in detail and depth the work
carried on in every department.
Its reporters will spread through
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THIS GROUP SURVEYED, during a week's visit, Loma Linda University campuses. Seated are ( l. r.)
Chester L. Torrey, chairman; O. F. Blake; Miss Gladvs Miller secretary * o « i » fommUte?- Reuben R.
Figuhr, Theodore R. Flaiz; Maynard V. Campbell and John C. Shull. Standing from left to right are
Erwin E. Cossentine, Robert L. Cone, President Godfrey T. Anderson, Keld J. Reynolds and Jerry L.
Pettis. ( Staff Photo)
General Conference
Surveys University
Loma Linda, Los Angeles- The
General Conference survey com
mittee ended a coast- to- coast
tour of Seventh- day Adventist
colleges and universities with a
nod of approval of the work the
University has carried on for 58
years.
First result of last week's
committee meetings was seen
last week, when the Board of
Trustees authorized the develop
ment department to hire two more
men for the University develop
ment program.
The survey committee met with
local appointees to the committee
and department heads to study the
entire operation first at Loma
Linda and next at the Los Angeles
campus. The committee spent a
week at both campuses reading
reports and hearing the men who
plan and carry out the programs
here.
Chester L. Torrey, chairman
of the committee and General
Conference treasurer, expressed
deep satisfaction with the findings
of the survey. He said, " We have
found a very fine spirit in this
organization and are very happy
with the work that has been ac
complished on the two campuses
down through the years."
Elder Reuben R. Figuhr, the
General Conference president,
stated that " we are anxious that
the denominational viewpoint
shall be emphasized in these cen
ters of important learning."
This, he added, was done through
the close contact with the General
Conference, members of whom
are engaged in all important com
mittees and the board of trustees
which also met this week.
President Figuhr said he ap
preciates the opportunity of
spending a few days at Loma
Linda University and that the visit
on the two campuses has helped
him and the other world leaders
of the Seventh- day Adventist
church to familiarize themselves
" with the needs ... and the
development of the University."
Oliver L. Jacques, director of
the University's public relations
office, told SCOPE that " the re
cent visit of the General Confer
ence survey committee is worth
more than a passing note."
He said that heads of schools
and offices welcomed the oppor
tunity to discuss In depth insti
tutional objectives and problems.
" The charge," Mr. Jacques
pointed out, " that University
policies are made largely by men
who are relative strangers
sounds somewhat shrill in view
of the many hours of intensive
inquiry by church officers during
the survey. No office escaped
their earnest search for clear
and accurate information," Jac
ques said.
He concluded that " we should
be reassured by the fact that
those who determine policy and
vote appropriations know how to
listen and ask questions. We are
glad that these men find time to
do so."
Study Will Project
University By 1974
Loma Linda - The University
will immediately undertake a ten
year projected study to firmly
establish goals and guide lines for
the academic and physical growth
of this institution, President God
frey T. Anderson said this week.
He stated that the University
Trustees have named a commit
tee for this special study headed
by Erwin E. Cossentine, General
Conference education secretary.
Other members of the com
mittee are Lowell Rasmussen,
vice chairman; Godfrey T. An
derson, Robert L. Cone, Theo
dore R. Flaiz, Walter E. Mac-pherson,
Fabian A. Meier, John
W. Osborn, Jerry L. Pettis and
Keld J. Reynolds.
The administration notes that
consolidation plans for the School
of Medicine and matters related
to this will necessitate firm plan
ning. The plans, according to
board action, must include all de
partments and activities as they
fit into a ten year program of
growth and stabilization.
FOUR COUNCILLORS NAMED
The Trustees also named four
councillors ( subject to accept
ance) to serve on the board of
councillors to the president. This
group serves in an advisory capa
city to the president in all mat
ters brought to the councillors
by the administration. They are
Doctors Reuben Nelson of Seattle,
Wash.; Howard Gammon of Port
land, Ore.; Fred Sherman of
Lansing, Mien.; and Bernard
Graybill of Escondido, Calif.
Leaders Make
StatementsOn
Significance
Loma Linda University - The
University President's commit
tee confirmed last week a deci
sion by the administrators to pub
lish a weekly University news
paper, the University SCOPE.
Regular issues of the weekly,
according to the editorial staff,
will commence with the second
issue scheduled for September
17.
PRESIDENT GODFREY T.
ANDERSON and members of the
General Conference survey com
mittee expressed satisfaction for
the newspaper plans.
General Conference President
REUBEN R. FIGUHR said: " We
rorfcfav- e a giuai ii<= iu Ji useful
ness for this important organ...
The newspaper, we believe, will
be a real asset. It will keep not
only the alumni but all who are
interested in the development of .
this great center of medical lear
ning in touch with Its operation
and growth."
President Anderson, in a mes
sage to Loma Linda University
associates and friends, urged that
the University cooperate in
making the University SCOPE a
success. He said:
" In an institution of the com
plexity of Loma Linda Univer
sity, the problem of communica
ting with our school family, our
patrons, alumni, church leaders
and other friends assumes major
proportions. In the past various
means of communicating have
been attempted with varying de
grees of success.
" With this initial issue of Loma
Linda University SCOPE, a firm
forward step is being taken in the
matter of keeping our people in
formed with up- to- date material
in future plans, board and admin
istration decisions and news of
interest to the school family and
its friends.
" The newspaper is prof ession-ally
edited and will fill a real
need in Loma Linda University.
The cooperation of all will be ap
preciated in this new and excit
ing venture, which holds such
promise for advancing the
program of the University," Dr.
Anderson concluded.
Missionfields And SCOPE
DR. THEODORE R. FLAlZ,
General Conference medical
secretary, said in reply to the
question: How can the Loma
Linda University newspaper be
of help to you in your department?
" Actually, I see tremendous op
portunity for a service by this
news medium. It will keep fresh
before our graduates right across
the country here and in other
parts of the world the immedi
ate needs of the mission field.
" I want to say that we are very
happy for the privilege of pre
senting weekly our immediate
personnel needs." Dr. Flaiz ad-
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