Scope - Volume 03, Number 18

              Loma Linda University
Loma Linda. Calif. 92354
Vol. 3, No. 18 Friday, April 8, 1966
- Phofo by Ellis R. Rich
RAYMOND A. MOBTENSEN, PhD ( left), inspects the titration
equipment donated by E. H. Sargent & Co. and demonstrated by
their western division manager B. G. McKay.
E. H. Sargent & Co.
Donates Equipment
Equipment valued at $ 2,000
has been giveri to Loma Linda
University by E. H. Sargent &
Co., scientific laboratory equip
ment manufacturer with head
quarters in Chicago.
B. G. McKay of Anaheim, the
company's western division man
ager, presented the equipment to
the University where it has been
installed in the biochemistry de
partment of the School of Medi
cine.
Raymond A. Mbrtensen, PhD,
distinguished service professor
of biochemistry, accepted for
the University.
Included in the gift are a pH
meter, burette, and automatic
recorder which will be used for
titrations in various research
projects by members of the de
partment.
' 67 ARC Dates Set,
Chairman Chosen
The 1967 Alumni Postgrad
uate Convention the 35th
sponsored by the School of
Medicine Alumni Association in
cooperation with the University
is scheduled for March 10 -
16.
General chairman for the con
vention will be Louis L. Smith,
SM' 49, an associate professor
of surgery in the school.
New Dean of Women
At LLU this Fall
Los Angeles campus residence
hall dean Melba M. Olmstead
will be dean of women at Loma
Linda University beginning in
August.
She has been dean of Ida
Thomason Hall for 10 years.
Previous experience included
one year as assistant dean of
women at Walla Walla College
and secretarial
positions at
White Memorial
Medical Center,
Porter Sanitar
ium and Hospi
tal in Denver,
and several Sev
enth- day Adven-
M. Olmstead tist conference
offices.
Junior nursing students now
living in Los Angeles will move
to Loma Linda to complete con
solidation of the University
schools in Loma Linda.
To accommodate the students
moving from Los Angeles a
$ 750,000 addition to Kate Land-say
Hall is under construction.
The four- story addition will add
space for 200 women, doubling
the capacity of the residence
hall. The structure is scheduled
for completion in September.
Mrs. Olmstead and her hus
band, C. R. Olmstead, will live
in the dean's apartment in Kate
Lindsay Hall. Mr. Olmstead has
accepted a delayed appointment
to the faculty of the Division of
Medical Technology, effective in
September 1967.
Veterans Act Benefits Students,
Provides Educational Financing
A number of Loma Linda University students may qualify for
educational assistance under the Veterans Readjustment Benefit
Act of 1966.
Eligible are veterans who have served continuously on active
duty for a period of at least
181 days, any part of which
was after January 31, 1955, and
who were discharged or re
leased under conditions other
than dishonorable.
Approved courses may be
pursued at colleges, vocational
. or business schools, high
schools, or by correspondence.
The limit on educational aid
is 36 months, _ covering four
school years of nine months
each for veterans who served
on active duty for at least
three years after January 31,
1955.
Veterans who served less than
three years may receive one
full month of educational as
sistance allowance for each
or part of a month served on
active duty on or after Feb
ruary 1, 1955.
The 36- month period of elig
ibility for educational assist
ance may be reduced for vet
erans who have previously re
ceived any VA educational ben
efits based on their own service
or as war orphans.
Monthly allowance rates for
full- time school work are $ 100,
no dependents; $ 125, one de
pendent; $ 150, twc or more de
pendents.
Application forms are now
available at the nearest VA of
fice, or write to Veterans Ad
ministration, Regional Office,
1380 South Sepulveda Boule
vard, Los Angeles, California
90073.
As further information is re
leased it will be available in
the Registrar's Office.
Community Cooperates
To Form Service Council
The Loma Linda Community Service Council, in the planning stage for six months,
will soon be a reality. The first organizational meeting is scheduled for 7 p. m. April 21 at
Victoria School in Loma Linda, according to Oliver L. Jacques, director of University re
lations and chairman of the council planning committee.
Presiding over the election of
officers at the organizational and local churches, schools, and Street on the east, and Water-meeting
will be Larry Merrill, health and welfare agencies then man Avenue on the west. The
executive director of the United
Community Services of the Ar
rowhead Area. The Loma Linda
council will be a constituent
member of the larger service or
ganization.
The original idea for the local
service council grew from a com
mon feeling of need among Loma
Linda leaders. Representatives
from Loma Linda University
Medical Missionary
Convocation April 30
The Eighth Annual Medi
cal Missionary Convoca
tion will be held 7: 80 p. m.
Saturday night, April 30,
in the University Dining
Hall, a day earlier than
previously announced. It
will conclude the Week of
Mission Emphasis, which
starts April 25 and ends
April 30.
O. C. Fink
Former Registrar
Of LLU Passes Away
Funeral services for Chester
C. Fink, longtime Loma Linda
University registrar, were con
ducted in Loma Linda last
month.
Until his re-tirement
in
1963, Mr. Fink
had served the
school for 45
years. A native
of California, he
was graduated
from Lodi
academy, Lodi,
and attended
Stockton Business College,
Stockton. In 1918 he became
secretary to the president of
Loma Linda University. He was
named University registrar in
1925, and held the post for 38
years until his retirement.
He died at a Loma Linda
convalescent home March 23 at
the age of 70. His wife, Pearl
Beatty, died in 1960, but he is
survived by two children, Mrs.
Gordon W. Thompson of Loma
Linda and Donald B. Fink of
Phoenix, Arizona, a sister, Mrs.
Henry E. Herman of Corona,
and seven grandchildren.
Officiating at the funeral
service Friday were Pastor
James M. Mershon and Walter
B. Clark, Loma Linda Univer
sity dean of admissions. Inter
ment was at Montecito Memor
ial Park, with arrangements by
Hughes Loma Linda- Mortuary.
A member of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church for all of
his life, Mr. Fink was for many
years treasurer of the Univer
sity Church.
At his retirement as regis
trar of the University he re
ceived a bronze plaque reading:
Loma Linda University sal
utes Chester C. Fink for his
faithfulness and devotion above
and beyond the call of duty in
a position of responsibility dur
ing a lifetime of service to the
University.
A memorial fund in behalf of
the new medical center has been
established in his name.
formed a study group to . deter
mine the possible functions of
the council.
Provides Framework
The council itself will not pro
vide service, explains Mr. Jac
ques. It will provide the organi
zational framework to identify
community needs and problems,
propose solution, and coordi
nate the work of existing
agencies and services.
In Loma Linda, community
concern and thus council in
volvement might center around
such problems as youth guid
ance, recreation programs, prop
erty clean- up and improvement,
student assistance, problems of
the aged, family counseling pro
grams, and leadership develop
ment programs, Mr. Jacques
suggests.
Area Served
Primary responsibility of the
service council is to the com
munity of Loma Linda, bounded
geographically by the Santa Ana
River on the north, the ridge
of hills on the south, California
council, however, is concerned
with needs, whether or not they
exactly conform to these bound
aries.
Bylaws recommended to the
council by the committee on or
ganization call for two classes
of membership: individual,
which includes any resident of
the area agreeing with the coun
cil's objectives, and delegate
membership, which includes or
ganizations, agencies, and busi
ness firms.
Governing Body
The council's governing body
will be a board of directors com
posed of the elected officers of
the organization ( president, vice
president, treasurer, secretary),
10 members to be elected from
the membership, and chairman
of all study- action committees
until respective committee pro
jects are completed.
Plans call for quarterly con
stituency metings, and annual
meeting to elect officers and re
ports, and monthly meetings of
the board of directors.
JAPAN SEVENTH- DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE CHOIR has sung
with a number of symphony orchestras. They presented an hour of
music at the recent Internationa] Medical Convention held in
Tokyo, Japan, and are now scheduled for an American tour. The
group will sing here and at La Sierra April 20, and at the Orange
Show grounds, April 23.
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Japan SDA College Choir
Slated for April 20 Concert
The Japan Seventh- day Adventist College Choir of Chiba- ken,
Japan, will be hosted at a reception Wednesday, April 20, 5- 6: 30
p. m. in the University Dining Hall. The 40- member group leaves
Japan Wednesday for its first American tour.
University administrators and
board members will greet the
visitors, who will sing several
selections before going to a full
concert at La Sierra College,
La Sierra, at 8 p. m.
The choir was founded six
years ago by Francisco de
Araujo at Japan Seventh- day
Adventist College, Chiba- ken,
Japan. Since that time, the
choral group has presented more
than 150 concerts, many in
Japan's largest halls and opera
houses.
They have sung with various
symphony orchestras, including
the National Symphony or
chestra of Japan, and have ap
peared on radio and television
broadcasts several times.
During June the choir will
perform at the 50th Quadrennial
World Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists in Detroit, Michi
gan, and will sing in a number
of leading US cities before re
turning to Japan. The group
sings in five languages.