Scope - Volume 05, Number 06

              Lorna Linda University
Lama Linda. Calif. 92354
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Vol. 5, No. 6 Wednesday, May 8, 1968
HONG KON
Photo by Lester Schmellng
SENIOR ENGLISH MAJOR Deborah Butler points to the place
where she and Joan M. Hoatson, senior art major, will be teaching
next year. The Loma Linda University student missionaries will
teach at the Sam Yuk Secondary School in the British Crown Col
ony of Hong Kong.
University students chosen for
mission adventure
Two Loma Linda University
College of Arts and Sciences
seniors will leave early in Aug
ust for a year of teaching at
the Seventh- day Adventist
Hong Kong Sam Yuk Secondary
School. They are Deborah But
ler and Joan M. Hoatson.
Miss Butler and Miss Hoat
son will each be teaching En
glish and Bible in addition to
entering into extra- curricular
activities with the students.
The majority of the students
at the Sam Yuk school ( equiv
alent of grades six through 12)
are non- Adventist, with many
of these being also non- Christ
ian. Only about 20 percent of
the total enrollment of over 600
students are Seventh- day Ad-ventists.
The student missionary team
are currently writing to stu
dents in Hong Kong, getting ac
quainted in advance.
Upon completion of their
year of teaching, both Miss But
ler and Miss Hoatson plan on
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taking graduate work at the
University in preparation for
further work as teachers in
mission fields.
Physical therapy
department sponsors
discussion group
Conversations at Noon # 5,
sponsored by the department of
physical therapy, will feature
guest speakers Clarence R.
Newby, CPA, and Thomas L.
Walters, PhD, Wednesday, May
15 in the rear section of the
Campus Cafeteria. They will
speak on the Negro problem in
America.
Students, faculty, employees,
and community residents are
invited to attend the 12 noon
forum. The presentation will be
followed by a question and an
swer period.
Missions emphasis week
concludes at Pine Springs
Loma Linda University students will focus their attention on world missions dur
ing the Week of Missions Emphasis weekend retreat scheduled for this weekend at Pine
Springs Ranch.
Continuing today and tomorrow are the daily noon hour meetings in the Univer
sity Church Fellowship Hall and ________._________________________________.
evening meetings in the Campus
Chapel.
Speakers are dealing with
problems that a prospective
missionary may encounter in
foreign service, such as cultural,
Alumni homecoming
slated for May 30
The annual Loma Linda Uni
versity School of Nursing Alum
ni Homecoming will be held
Thursday, May 30, in the Cam
pus Cafeteria on the Loma Lin
da campus.
Registration and a social hour
will begin at 6 p. m. on the patio
of the cafeteria.
Scheduled events at the ban
quet will include a report on the
University's progress by Presi
dent David J. Bieber and a
musical program by the School
of Nursing class of 1968.
Special recognition is slated
for the classes of 1918 and 1943.
Tours of the University Hos
pital will be conducted for nurs
ing alumni Thursday afternoon
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Fines cancelled
Fines on all overdue
books checked out from
the Loma Linda cam
pus library will be can
celled for books returned
during the week of May
12 through May 17. The
fine cancellation does not
apply to reserve books.
Tragic accident saves lives
The tragic death of 11- year-old
Daniel M. Sochor set off a
chain of events which resulted
in a new lease on life for four
southern Californians last week.
Danny, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Sochor of Loma Linda,
died last Thursday at 2: 10 p. m.
in University Hospital after be
ing struck the previous evening
by an automobile.
He was hit and fatally in
jured as he headed home on
Barton Road directly in front
of University Hospital where ef
forts to save his life began im
mediately.
But by noon Thursday, it was
apparent he was " dead" with
no brain or other bodily func
tions operating except by arti
ficial methods.
The youth's father, a Loma
Linda plasterer, shortly before
his son's death, consented to the
removal of certain vital organs.
Quick removal of Danny's
kidneys, spleen, and skin made
possible three vital operations
and held out promise of relief
for a blood disease sufferer.
Two successful kidney trans
plants at the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles Medical
Center and the Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital, Los An
geles, were performed last
Thursday night, with the use
of Danny's organs.
The third operation, also per
formed Thursday night, involv
ed the removal of skin from
Danny's body for use on Mrs.
Janet McLane, 24, of Loma
Linda, who was burned over 70
percent of her body last March
28. The boy's skin was used to
coyer 40 percent of her body,
which, with earlier transplants,
would be enough, according to a
hospital spokesman.
Mrs. McLane is listed in ser
ious condition at the hospital
after she and her husband and
their 10- month- old son were
seriously burned in a fire in
their home.
The spleen was taken to Or
ange County General Hospital,
Orange, for treatment of a male
patient with a serious blood dis
ease. The spleen was to be pul
verized and injected into the
patient, who was not identified.
One of Danny's eight broth
ers and sisters who was accom
panying him home from Little
League ball practice said Dan
ny dropped his baseball mitt in
the street, bent over to pick it
up and was struck by the on
coming car. He never regained
consciousness.
political, and sociological differ
ences.
Featured speaker for the
wekend retreat will be Walter
R. Beach, secretary of the
General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists. Other guest
speakers will include Jack W.
Provonsha, MD, PhD, professor
of philosophy of religion and
Christian ethics; and Thomas
M. Ashlock, secretary of the
Sabbath school and public re-
LLU commencement
services scheduled
for June 2
Joint commencement services
for both University campuses
will be held in the Stadiunr of
the University of California at
Riverside, Robert E. Cleveland,
PhD, vice president for acad
emic affairs, announced recent-iy-
The University- wide com
mencement exercises will begin
with the Friday vesper service
for baccalaureate and associate
degree candidates at 8 p. m.
May 31 in the La Sierra Church.
The address will be presented
by H. M. S. Richards, program
director and speaker of the
Voice of Prophecy radio pro
gram.
The baccalaureate sermon,
preached by Ralph S. Watts,
vice president of the General
Conference of Seventh- day Ad
ventists, will be at 3 p. m., June
1, in the University Church on
the Loma Linda campus.
Tram tours of the Loma Lin
da campus will be conducted
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Dr. Webb
lations department of the North
Pacific Union Conference of
Seventh- day Adventists, and a
former missionary to India and
Africa.
Special guests will be John
K. G. Webb, MBChB, director
of the Vellore, India, Chrisjian
Medical College and Hospital,
and his wife Alison R. Webb,
MD, a pediatrician.
Dr. Webb received his medi
cal training at Oxford, where
he was a " football blue," and
represented the university in
other games as
well. He receiv
ed his medical
degree in 1942.
After serving as
regimen t-al
medical offi
cer in the Royal
Army Medical
Corps, he re
turned to Ox
ford for post
graduate training in pediatrics.
Dr. Webb has served on ad
visory committees of the Indian
Council of Medical Research,
and has been president of the
Indian Pediatric Society. Re
cently he was elected a fellow
of the Royal College of Physi
cians.
Mrs. Webb was born in Peru,
but moved to England later. She
took her early schooling in Suf
folk and college at Exeter and
Oxford and took her clinical
training at West London Hospi
tal.
At Vellore, Mrs. Webb has
made the health of the children
of the college and hospital staff
her chief concern. She has done
part- time work in various de
partments, most recently serv-
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Public relations department
wins awards in competition
Loma Linda University public
relations men drew six awards
for their work during 1967 in
annual press club competition,
it was announced April 26.
The monthly University
SCOPE and the quarterly Loma
Linda University Magazine
placed first and third in a cate
gory for general excellence
among company, trade, and in
ternal publications. The Uni
versity SCOPE also won third
place in two categories open to
all non- daily newspapers in the
inland southern California re
gion general excellence and
best front page.
First place in the category for
best story written by a public
relations man went to John
Parrish, director of public infor
mation. He also took a second
award in the category for best
feature photo, open to all daily
and non- daily newspapermen.
Richard W. Weismeyer, assis
tant director of public informa
tion, is editor of University
SCOPE. He succeeded Ben H.
Matthews in the post after the
former editor's death in mid-
1967, and produced all of the
issues entered in the competi
tion.
J. Jerry Wiley, now assistant
to the dean at University of
Southern California law school,
Los Angeles, was editor of the
University Magazine when the
issues entered in the contest
were produced. He has since
been succeeded as editor by Mr.
Parrish.
First place in the category
for women's section feature
stories went to an account of
mountain- climbing exploits of
Hulda H. Crooks, 70- year- old
research assistant in the School
of Public Health. The illustra
ted feature, including Mrs.
Crook's tips on diet and health
ful living was written by San
Bernardino Sun- Telegram re
porter lone Oliver.