Scope - Volume 03, Number 15

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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Vol. 3, No. 15 Friday, February 25, 1966
Senseman Elected
Chairman Trustee
Development Post
Laurence A. Senseman, SM
' 37, a member of the University
Board of Trustees, has been
elected chairman of its develop
ment commit
tee, it was an
nounced recent
ly by Godfrey
T. Anderson,
PhD, president
of the Univer
sity.
D r. Sense-
Dr. Senseman man, who is
medical direc
tor of the Fuller Memorial
Sanitarium, South Attleboro,
Massachusetts, and a practicing
psychiatrist, was chosen to re
place former chairman F. Har-riman
Jones, SM' 37, who died
January 22.
The new chairman, who lives
in Seekonk, Massachusetts, re
ceived his BS degree from Col
umbia Union College. He is a
diplomate of the National Board
and a fellow of the American
College of Physicians. He is
also a fellow of the American
Psychiatric Association and has
received certification from the
American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology.
Dr. Senseman has also served
a number of years as president
of the Association of Seventh-day
Adventist Self- Supporting
Institutions.
Loma Linda University Origins
By White Estate Publications Secretary
ARTHUR I* WHITE, publications secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate and grandson of Mrs.
White, displays a copy of a 1910 letter to church leaders which provided the stimulus that resulted
in a full- fledged medical school at Loma Linda.
James Irvine Foundation L? ives
$ 10,000 for Medical Center
The James Irvine Foundation, Irvine, gave $ 10,000 to Loma
Linda University this month as part of its program of financial
aid to private educational institutions in California.
Presenting the check was A. J. McFadden, vice president of
the foundation. Wesley I. Un- ____________________
terseher, associate director of
development, accepted the gift
for the University.
The funds will be applied to
ward construction of the Uni
versity's new Medical Center,
scheduled for completion in the
spring of 1967.
Founded in 1937, The James
Irvine Foundation has distri
buted nearly $ 6 million, most
of it since 1948, to some 250
different charitable institutions
and activities in the state of
California.
The foundation has made
grants for medical and scienti
fic research, scholarships, hos
pital and college building funds,
medical care for the needy,
community cultural pursuits,
youth welfare programs, and
other worthy causes.
Income for the foundation is
provided by dividends from The
Irvine Company, which owns
and operates the 88,256- acre
Irvine Ranch in Orange Coun
ty, and other property. The
foundation utilizes its income
for the public good in Califor
nia by distributions to charities
which do not receive substan
tial support from taxation.
Student Laboratory
Named in Honor of
Dr. J. Earl Thomas
The Loma Linda University
Board of Trustees has voted
to name the Risley Hall stu
dent physiology laboratory aft
er J. Earl Thomas, MD, profes
sor of physiology and biophy
sics, School of Medicine.
Dr. Thomas, who served as
chairman of the department of
physiology and biophysics from
1956 to 1964, was responsible
for the remodeling of the lab
and modernization of lab equip
ment in 1957- 58.
Each student group now has
available a variety of modern
research- grade equipment in
cluding a three or four- channel
Grass Polygraph, a Dumont os
cilloscope, various blood pres
sure and muscle transducers,
and an LLU double- pulse stim
ulator an invention of Univer
sity personnel which stimulates
both muscles and nerve, an im
provement over commercial
models.
In a week- long series of
special services, Loma Lin
da University students, fac
ulty, employees, and church
communities have been
studying the life and work
of Ellen G. White, whose coun
sel led to the establishment of
this institution.
Arthur L. White, publications
secretary of the Ellen G". White
Estate, has conducted a num
ber of morning and evening
services, taught religion classes,
and counseled with students
during the Spirit of Prophecy
emphasis week which concludes
tomorrow.
True Charter of IATJ
Pastor White exhibited a let
ter which he stated was " the
true charter of the Loma Linda
medical school." The letter,
written in 1910 by Ellen G.
White, stated that students of
th'e school should have whatever
training was necessary " to prove
their efficiency as physicians.
. . . The medical school at Loma
Linda is to be of the highest
order." '^^^^^^
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As a result of this letter,
White stated, the development
of the school began in earnest.
A new compilation of Ellen
G. White statements, entitled
Guidelines to Mental Health,
will be published in 1967. The
volume, which is presently in a
preliminary edition, will contain
a Seventh- day Adventist philos
ophy of mental health, White
said.
Orange Show Tickets
Tickets for the Orange
Show March 10- 20 may
be purchased from the
the School of Nursing
Alumni Association in the
Loma Linda Market dur
ing regular hours. Adult
tickets are 75c and chil
dren's 25c.
Three adult tickets may
be purchased for $ 2. The
gate price for adult tick
ets is $ 1.25. The alumni
fund receives 10 per cent
of each ticket sold by the
Alumni Association.
' Beyond the Best' is Theme
Chosen for SM Auxiliary
Six hundred physician wives will attend the convention of the
Woman's Auxiliary to the Alumni Association, Loma Linda Uni
versity School of Medicine, held in Los Angeles March 11- 16 in con-jucntion
with the Alumni Postgraduate Convention,
" Beyond the Best for the - __________________
Doctor's Family" is the theme
of this year's activities, accord
ing to convention chairman and
past Auxiliary president Mrs.
LeRoy K. Thompson.
Leading off the Auxiliary pro
gram March 12 is the annual
" Do Unto Others" benefit titled
Medicine Without Really Cry
ing." Scheduled for 7: 30 p. m.
in Paulson Hall, the medical
spoof will provide a comical
diversion for physicians and
their families.
this year, " How to Succeed in
A. J. McFADDEN, vice president of the James Irvine Foundation
( left), gives a check for $ 10,000 to Wesley I. Unterseher, in behalf
of the University. The funds will be applied toward completion
of the new Medical Center. >
LLU Dental Wives Plan Program
For Women During Convention
While dentists attend meetings at the sixth annual Alumni-
Student Convention, dental wives won't be idle.
A two- day program of events for wives begins Thursday
morning, March 17. At 8: 30 Marie C. Douglass will present " The
New Look in Sabbath School ____________________
Aids."
Later in the morning E. Har
old Shryock, MD, professor of
anatomy in the School of Medi
cine, will discuss " Are You
Communicating with Your
Child?"
The dental wives will meet
with the Tri- County Dental
Auxiliary to view a community
health puppet show after lunch.
The afternoon schedule will
conclude with a program of ad
vice, " Notes for the Hostess."
The group will meet in the
School of Dentistry.
Thursday evening the wives
will join their husbands at the
awards banquet at the 1001
Ranch and Country Club, Riv
erside.
Friday morning the ladies
will be addressed by Jeanne
Vandervoort of the Caroline
Leonetti, Ltd., School of
Charm, on the topic of " Ele
gance and You," concluding
with a ladies luncheon at the
Arrowhead Springs Hotel.
Sabbath School Aids
Sunday the women are in
vited to the Southern Califor
nia Conference Office in Glen-dale
to view a display of Sab
bath school visual aids. An art
ist will demonstrate the color
ing of the devices, and paint
ing supplies and work space
will be furnished for those who
wish to paint their own aids.
Tired feet will characterize
Auxiliary members who tour
the Los Angeles Home Furnish
ings Mart Monday. The 13-
story, 900,000- square- foot build
ing contains 600 show rooms
displaying nearly 2,400 lines of
home furnishings. A buffet
luncheon in the President's.
Room of the Mart is sched
uled after the tour.
Homecoming Luncheon
Highlighting the activities
will be the annual homecoming
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