Scope - Volume 02, Number 17

              Vol. 2, No. 17 Friday, February 26, 1965
School of Medicine
Shares Profits From
Doctors Symphony
The School of Medicine will
receive one- fourth of the pro
ceeds from the Los Angeles Doc
tors Symphony March 20 in the
Pavillion of the new Music Cen
ter in Los Angeles. The Wom
an's Auxiliary to the Los An
geles County Medical Associa
tion is sponsoring the event ben-efltting
the American Medical
Association Education and Re
search Foundation.
Proceeds will be divided
among the medical schools at
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, the California College of
Medicine, the University of Cali
fornia at Los Anegles, and Loma
Linda University.
Tickets on sale March 1 at the
ticket office ( phone 625- 3571,
area code 213) will be in three
price ranges: $ 12.50 for orches
tra and founders' seats, $ 10.00
for low seats, and $ 7.50 for first
balcony. Mail orders will be not
accepted, according to the ticket
office.
Mrs. Otto J. Neufeld, chair
man of the benefit appeal, is ac
cepting additional contributions
to the American Medical Asso
ciation Education and Research
Foundation. Gifts are tax de
ductible and sponsors will be
listed in the program.
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able to: Woman's Auxiliary to
the Los Angeles County Medical
Association AMAERF Ben
efit. They should be mailed to:
Mrs. Otto J. Neufeld, 3030
Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale 6,
California.
Support Available
For Biology Fields
A number of scholarships, as-sistantships,
and fellowships
affording support up to $ 2,800
each are available to graduate
students in biology at Loma
Linda University for the com
ing year. Applications for ad
mission to the program and for
the financial assistance are be
ing accepted now.
The Loma Linda University
Graduate School department of
biology is now in its third year
of operation, offering programs
leading to both ' Master of Arts
and Doctor of Philosophy de
grees. Of the 15 students cur
rently enrolled, ten are at the
master's level and five at the
PhD level.
Specialists in entomology, sys-tematics,
parasitology, ecology,
mammalogy, plant physiology,
mycology, animal physiology,
bacteriology, virology, and
anatomy are among the 18
PhD faculty members involved
in the department's teaching
programs. Students may choose
any of these specialties for ma
jor concentration.
The department affords on-campus
facilities for student re
search and opportunity for
study at its tropical biological
field station in the rain forest
of southern Mexico.
College graduates with suit
able undergraduate scu= nce
preparation may obtain further
information and application
forms by writing promptly to:
The Chairman, Department of
Biology, Loma Linda University
Graduate School, Loma Linda,
California 92354.
Program Details Finalized
For Alumni Conventions
One week from today the Alumni Postgraduate Convention,
sponsored by the Alumni Association, School of Medicine, will be
gin in Los Angeles. Closely following the APC is the Alumni-
Student Convention, sponsored by the University and the School
of Dentistry Alumni Association, which convenes in Loma Linda
March 17 to 20. Most program details have been finalized, accord
ing to convention representatives.
" The Physician, More Than a
Technician," is the title of the
Rev. Dr. Paul B. McCleave's
address at the opening meeting
of APC on Friday, March 5, at
the White Memorial Church.
Dr. McCleave is director of the
department of medicine and re
ligion of the American Medical
Association.
The annual alumni banquet,
the social highlight of the
Alumni Postgraduate Conven
tion, will feature James Z. Ap-pel,
president- elect of the
American Medical Association.
The banquet, scheduled to be
held Wednesday evening, March
11, in the Biltmore Bowl, Bilt-more
Hotel, will be preceded by
a social hour.
At the evening's program five
School of Medicine alumni will
be recognized, one of whom will
be named Alumnus of the Year.
The four honored alumni in
clude Charles W. Harrison, ' 15,
Emma Hughes, ' 25, Philip S.
Nelson, ' 36, and Ralph J.
Thompson, ' 22.
The name of the Alumnus of
the Year will be withheld until
the presentation at the banquet.
Three Students Honored
Three students currently en
rolled in the School of Medicine
will be honored for '' distinction
in the quest of excellence" in
scholarship, citizenship, and
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student affairs." They are John
E. Bottsford, Jr., ' 65, Lester L.
Mohr, ' 66, and Arnold R. Hud
son, Jr., ' 67.
The two classes receiving
special recognition at' the ban
quet are the class of 1940,
which is observing its silver
anniversary, and the class of
1915, which is celebrating its
golden anniversary:
Alumni- Student Convention
Dr. Fritz A.
Pierson, pres
ident of the
American Den
tal Association,
will deliver the
keynote address
of the Alumni-
Student Con-vention
on
Thursday,
March 18, at 9: 15 a. m. in Bur
den Hall.
A native of Stromsburg, Neb
raska, Dr. Pierson graduated
from the University of Nebras
ka College of Dentistry in 1917.
He is a member of Omicron
Kappa Upsilon, the dental hon
orary fraternity, the New York
Academy of Dentistry, the
American College of Dentists,
and other professional organiza
tions. ____________
See pages two and three for
more convention news.
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Dr. Pierson
President Discloses Plans
For Ten- Year Expansion
Loma Linda University plans an 80 per cent increase in enrollment by 1974 and substantial addi
tions to its Graduate School offerings in the near future, President Godfrey T. Anderson announced
Monday evening, February 22.
At a special campus program commemorating the founding of Loma Linda University 60 years
ago, Dr. Anderson turned from the past to the future by unveiling plans for expanded academic pro
grams and enlarged physical facilities.
Missionary Meeting
Will Commemorate
60th Anniversary
The seventh annual Medical
Missionary Convocation, sched
uled for Sunday evening, March
14, is the March event com
memorating the sixtieth anni
versary of the founding of Lo
ma Linda University.
James M. Crawford, DDS, re
turned missionary from Bang
kok, Thailand, will speak at the
banquet at 6: 15 p. m. in the Uni
versity Cafeteria.
Missionaries who have re
turned to the homeland within
the past year, those who are on
deferred mission status, and
those who are on their way to
a mission field in the near fu
ture ar invited to bi: guests of
the University and the General
Conference.
A panel discussion led by G.
Gordon Hadley, MD, assistant
dean of the School of Medicine,
will explore new ways to ex
tend the denomination's mis
sions program. Other partici
pants in the panel discussion
include James M. Crawford, SD
' 60, Ethel R. Nelson, SM ' 48,
Edward T. Moon, SN ' 59- B,
Olive N. Vaughn, SN ' 44, F.
Harriman Jones, SM ' 37, and
Richard A. Nelson, SM ' 51.
Students, faculty, and com
munity residents who are in
terested in attending the ban
quet may purchase tickets for
$ 1.50 each in the placement of
fice. Early reservations and
ticket purchases will be nec
essary.
W. R. Beach, secretary of the
General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, will speak at
the April 28 convocation, the
fourth in the series of sixtieth
anniversary events.
La Sierra Choir
Performs Tomorrow
A 48- voice choir from La
Sierra College, directed by Jo-ann
Robbins, instructor of mu
sic at La Sierra, will appear in
sacred concert at the Loma
Linda Hill Church on Saturday,
February 27 at 4: 30 p. m.
The program, entitled " A
View of the Christian Life,"
will include the following selec
tions: " Glory to God in the
Highest" by Pergoles, " Alle
luia" from the Christmas Can
tata 142 by J. S. Bach, " He Is
Watching Over Israel" from the
" Elijah" by Mendelssohn,
" Morning Trumpet, an early
American folk hymn arranged'
by Wayne Hooper, and a setting
of the doxology by Florence
Jolly entitled " All People That
on Earth Do Dwell," which will
conclude the concert.
Three student conductors,
Alan Blackmor, Cheryl Wright,
and Bell Perkins will also be
featured. The devotional talk
Three Professors,
Newspaper Editor
Receive Awards
Three outstanding faculty
members and a distinguished
newspaperman were honored at
the first annual President's
Convocation of Loma Linda
University in the University
Church last Monday.
At the conclusion of his state-of-
the- university address Uni
versity President Godfrey T.
Anderson conferred the title
" University Associate" on
James A. Guthrie, editor eme
ritus of the San Bernardino
Sun- Telegram. Guthrie, who ac
cepted a handsome engraved
plaque making him the fourth
person to be recognized by the
honorary title, entered his
newspaper career with the San
Bernardino paper in 1905
the same year Loma Linda Uni
versity had its beginning five
miles away.
Then Dr. Anderson conferred
a newly- created faculty title
distinguished service professor
on three long- time university
teachers.
Roger W. Barnes, MD, de
signated distinguished service
professor of urology in the
School of Medicine, has taught
in the school for 40 years. The
recipient of many professional
and academic honors, Dr.
Barnes is noted as a surgeon
and author of medical text
books and articles. A former
chairman of the urology section
of the American Medical Asso
ciation, he has put Loma Linda
University's emphasis on world
medicine to use in personal
clinical aid to overseas coun
tries. The citation accompany
ing his honor called him dis
tinguished as a teacher, healer,
author, and scholar.
Named distinguished service
professor of neurology was Cy
ril B. Courville, MD, a member
of the School of Medicine fac
ulty since 1926. Dr. Courville,
internationally known and re
spected for research and writ
ing in his specialty of neuro-pathology,
achieved distinction
also as author, editor, teacher,
and historian.
Raymond A. Mortensen, PhD,
named distinguished professor
of biochemistry, was cited par
ticularly for his excellence as a
teacher. On the university fac
ulty since 1938, Dr. Mortensen
is renowned among students
and colleagues for the great
care and thoroughness with
which his classroom lectures
are prepared.
will be presented by David
Newman, a senior theology ma
jor. Choir accompanist is Jo-
Anne Ritacca. All of the sing
ers are members of the fresh
man class.
Added to the
( University's
1 academic and
professional
teaching pro
grams within
five years will
b. e graduate-level
majors in
Dr. Anderson social work,
chaplaincy
training, and hospital adminis
tration. Detailed plans for these
new curriculums are worked out
now, making their introduction
imminent, Dr. Anderson told a
crowd at the University Church.
Other curricular additions,
perhaps farther in the future
but still within the ten- year pro
jection period approved by trus
tees, will include graduate pro
grams - in behavioral science,
communication arts, and phar
macy.
More Construction
In addition to the $ 20- million
in building construction now un
der way on the campus at Loma
Linda, the president said, actual
construction will begin within a
few months on:
an addition to the women's
residence hall to accommo
date 200 more students;
a gymnasium to serve tem
porarily also as a campus
auditorium, seating over
5,000 persons for lectures
and cultural events.
The Trustees have approved
this projection subject to the ac
quisition of necessary financial
support and certain other fac
tors.
Further campus construction
planned by trustees for the pro
jection period includes:
a wing providing new quar
ters for teaching programs
in nursing, occupational
therapy, and physical ther
apy adjoining the nine-story
medical center now
being built;
a new men's residence hall;
a new building to house the
expanding Division of Pub
lic Health;
a major addition to the li
brary building;
an auxiliary building pro
viding more space for grad
uate study and research in
the School of Dentistry;
a student- faculty center;
a fine arts auditorium;
a new classroom building
for general studies;
a museum.
The text of President Andersen's
address is printed on page four.
Assets Exceed $ 26 Million
In what University officials
termed a " State of the Univer
sity Address," President Ander
son contrasted the school's cur
rent financial condition with
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