Scope - Volume 02, Number 04

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Vol. 2, No. 4 Friday, September 11, 1964
Students Return to University
Campuses; Enrollment Stable
More than a thousand stu
dents will enroll at the Univer
sity campuses this week, some
registering on Sunday, Septem
ber 13, and most other students
on Tuesday, September 15, at
the Loma Linda campus.
An estimated 727 students
Kill go through registration
procedures at Loma Linda. The
registrar's office expects that
the enrollment will be nearly
the same as last year.
New students will report to
Burden Hall at 8 a. m. for a
general orientation session, ac
cording to the registrar's office.
Returning students have
been scheduled to report to the
Frederick Griggs Hall at the
following hours, September 15:
School of Medicine and
School of Dentistry soph
omores, 1 p. m. School of Den
tistry juniors. Dental Hygiene
apy Curriculum and School of
Physical Therapy seniors at 2
p. m.
Returning students to the
Graduate School and School of
Dentistry seniors at 3 p. m.
School of Nursing seniors will
register on September 17 at 3
p. m.
Registration closes promptly
at 5 p. m. Those who have not
begun registration procedures
by that time must pay a late
registration fee of $ 5, states
the registrar.
In the School of Medicine,
about 200 freshmen, sopho
mores and a few juniors will
register at Loma Linda. An
other 204 School of Dentistry
students are expected to regis
ter here also. At the Los An
geles campus and at the River
side County Hospital, 156 will
register for the School of Med
icine senior and junior years.
Nearly 90 sophomore and
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Students to Enjoy
Registration Day
To help sweeten the harass
ment of registration proce
dures, a program of recreation
will make registration day,
September 15, a day of enjoy
ment for all students and their
families. Swimming pool and
tennis courts open at 3 and
close at 6 p. m.
The activities committee
plans to serve watermelons to
the student families at 6 p. m.
at the baseball field, a member
of the committee, Charles E.
Winter, PhD, said this week.
All faculty members are invited
to attend.
A program to include a wel
coming speech and musical se
lections has been set for 7: 30
p. m. at the quadrangle. The
registration office will hand out
numbered tickets for valuable
prizes, during registration. Lo
cal merchants have donated the
prizes, which include a new
transistor AM- FM radio as the
grand prize.
senior students in the School of
Nursing are expected to regis
ter at the Loma Linda campus,
while 53 junior and 18 senior
students will go to the Los An
geles campus.
Forty- six plan to enroll in
the Dental Hygiene Curric
ulum, 13 in the Occupational
Therapy Curriculum, 83 in the
School of Physical Therapy and
seven will study medical rec
ords administration.
Other students registering in
Los Angeles include about 30
who plan to study radiologic
technology or medical technol
ogy. The School of Nutrition
and Dietetics already has en
rolled 12 new students in its
internship program.
Test Agency Approves University as
Center for Graduate Record Exams
Educational Testing Service
has approved the University as
a testing center for the Grad
uate Record Examination, a
standardized comprehensive
test required for admission to
most graduate schools in the
United States.
Deryck R. Kent, EdD, direc
tor of the Division of General
Studies at the University, has
announced that the test will
Paul Stuuffer- Becomes New
Dean of Graduate School
The Graduate School has a
new dean. He is J. Paul Stauf-fer,
PhD, who this week suc
ceeds Thomas A. Little, PhD.
Doctor Stauffer has been
chairman of the division of
language and literature and
head of the English depart
ment at Pacific Union College,
Angwin, California, for nine
years. He holds the Doctor of
Philosophy degree from Har
vard University.
Doctor Little, whose retire
ment as dean became effective
this month, remains on the
Graduate School faculty as
professor of English. He will
teach on the Loma Linda cam
pus and at La Sierra College
during the coming school year.
The new dean, 49, was on
the Pacific Union College fac
ulty from 1942 until the close
of the 1964 summer session. He
and his wife, who had been on
Dr. Paul Stauffer
the music faculty at PUC, are
making their new home at
Loma Linda.
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Dr. Little Retires as Dean of
Graduate School; Will Teach
Thomas A. Little, PhD, re
tired from his position as dean
of the Graduate School last
week. At the age of 71, he
can look back on 47 years in
educational work. He now will
teach in the Graduate School
and at La Sierra College.
Doctor Little received his
Doctor of Philosophy degree
from the University of Nebras
ka in 1950 and did additional
graduate work at the Univer
sity of Chicago and Johns Hop-kins
University.
After his graduation with a
BA degree from Washington
Missionary College in 1917, Dr.
Little obtained a Master of
Arts degree from the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
His father was a Methodist
preacher and ran a newspaper
Dr. Thomas Little
from the time he became a
Seventh- day Adventist. Thomas
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be regularly scheduled on a
day that will not inconveni
ence Seventh- day Adventists.
Most other approved institu
tions have been offering the
test on a Saturday.
The test will be administered
on Monday, November 16, at
Frederick Griggs Hall on the
Loma Linda campus.
Those interested in taking
the Graduate Record Examina
tion on that date should re
quest further information and
registration forms from Dr.
Kent or from the dean of the
Graduate School. The forms
must be returned on or before
October 31, said Dr. Kent.
The University already had
been approved as a testing
center for the Miller Analogies
Test and the Doppelt Mathe
matical Reasoning Test. These,
like the Graduate Record Ex
amination, are often required
of prospective graduate stu
dents.
The School of Nursing gradu
ate program is also giving the
National League for Nursing's
Graduate Nurse Examination,
according to R. Maureen Max
well, EdD, director of the grad
uate program. The School of
Nursing is the only school in
Southern California that ad
ministers Plan A Test. All
other schools give Plan C.
Plan A, a more comprehen
sive test, is required at some
schools, whereas the Univer
sity requires Plan C for admit
tance to the graduate program
in nursing. Both tests are given
as a community service, stated
Dr. Maxwell. The Plan A Test
will be given on September 25
at Frederick Griggs Hall.
Unlike the Graduate Record
Examination, the Doppelt and
Miller tests may be adminis
tered at the convenience of
the student and test officer
throughout the year. Informa
tion on these tests is also avail
able from Dr. Kent at the Di
vision of General Studies.
The University is the first
education institution in the in
land area of southern Califor
nia and Nevada where all three
examinations ( other than those
for graduate nursing) are rou
tinely available to students
planning graduate education,
according to the national test
service.
Trustees Affirm
Changes in
1964 Faculty
Recommendations to the Uni
versity Trustees were recently
approved for the resignations,
appointments and ^ promotions
of faculty members in the
schools and curriculums. Eleven
resigned ( one retaining his
rank as professor), 24 were ap
pointed to various positions, five
were promoted, one reinstated,
one named dean emeritus and
one had his title changed.
Named Dean Emeritus of the
School of Nursing was Kathryn
Jensen Nelson, who now has
retired completely after she on
August 30, 1962, was made
emeritus professor and restored
to active faculty status.
Stanley R. M. Zerne, MD,
was reinstated as an associate
clinical professor of gynecology
and obstetrics in the School of
Medicine. The Graduate School
will list W. Frederick Norwood,
PhD, a lecturer in American
social and cultural history.
rig-, School of Medicine
Six members of the School of
Medicine faculty were granted
resignations. They are Fred E.
Bradford, associate clinical pro
fessor of surgery; Joseph Eiser,
assistant clinical professor of
pediatrics; Robert Q. Flynn, in
structor in gynecology and ob
stetrics; William E. Rapp, as
sistant clinical professor of
gynecology and obstetrics; and
Milena Simeckova, instructor
in gynecology and obstetrics,
all MD's.
J. Earl Thomas, MD, has re
signed as chairman of the phy
siology department but retains
his rank as professor of phy
siology.
SM Appointments
Named to new or different
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Alumni Attend
Medical Retreats
Across Country
A good many alumni of the
University School of Medicine
have attended ministerial- me
dical retreats this summer in
conferences throughout, the
States. Carl Sundin, director
of placement service, represent
ed the University at meetings
in Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Those attending the Carolina
retreat at Mt. Pisgah Academy
from August 14 to 16 heard
Mr. Sundin present papers on
spiritual and psychological as
pects of working with people
in crises experiences during
times of sorrow, sickness and
disappointment.
From August 21 to 23 he
attended the Pennsylvania re
treat at Blue Mountain Acad
emy. This was the first such
meeting ever conducted in the
conference.
" The meetings are planned
in an effort to draw the clergy
and the medical workers closer
together," Mr. Sundin said.
" The retreats offer an oppor
tunity for fellowship among
the workers and allow them
to discuss their common ob
jectives and activities."