Scope - Volume 03, Number 26

              Vol. 3, No. 26 Friday, September 9 1966
Groundbreaking set sept. 27 Health Work Centennial
Commemorated at LLU For Geodesic Gymnasium
Groundbreaking for the University's new geodesic
design gymnasium has been slated for September 27, ac
cording to President Godfrey T. Anderson.
University Councillors, who have underwritten the
project, and University officers
will join in a luncheon preced
ing the ceremony.
The multipurpose structure is
estimated to cost $ 300,000, Dr.
Anderson stated, and with its
_. seating capacity of approxi-f
irately 2,800, will provide ade
quate space for varied group
and individual activities. In ad
dition to platform and storage
areas, lockers and individual
physical training sections are
planned. Additional construc
tion to enhance its uses is anti
cipated at some future date,
Dr. Anderson said.
Plans by Councillors
Plans for the building were
developed by the councillors'
gymnasium plans committee,
chaired by Los Angeles busi
nessman Harry A. Schrillo, in
collaboration with University
officers and committees and
Development Offices. Council
lors' financing of the gymnas
ium has been directed by Jerry
L. Pettis, Loma Linda, chair
man of the University Council-iu*
fc « uiu licuuki S. v.^ iniJ-bell,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
chairman of its finance com
mittee.
Implementation of the pro
ject has now been turned over
to the University, Dr. Ander
son explained. However, rep
resentatives of the councillors'
plans committee will continue
to meet with the University
officers responsible for the con
struction.
Gym Location
The facility will be located
at the northern end of a
planned mall extending from
it through the administration
building breezeway to the new
Medical Center on the south.
This will place the gymnasium
just north of the present cam
pus tennis courts, which will
then be relocated still farther
north.
Plans are already under way
to insure the availability of
the building process.
The University Councillors
is composed of leading business
and professional men through
out the nation who serve as
advisors to the president, meet
ing with him cm a quarterly
schedule.
Floor plans and an architec
tural rendering of the new
gymnasium will appear in the
next issue of University Scope.
Photo by Eugene Hood
PATRICK H. HICKS, University Church minister of music, tries
out the Harvard four- manual Aeolian- Skinner pipe organ to be
installed at the University Church late next year.
Church Acquires Famous Organ
From Harvard University Chapel
A 122- rank pipe organ, now at Harvard University, Cambridge,
. Massachusetts, will be transported across country this fall to be
come a primary medium for musical worship, accompaniment, and
sacred performance at University Seventh- day Adventist Church.
The four- manual Aeolian- ____________________
Skinner instrument is present
ly located in the Harvard Me
morial Church. " It will be re
placed there with a European-type
mechanical action organ,"
stated Patrick H. Hicks, Uni
versity Church minister of
music.
" Their decision, however, is
our gain," he said, " for this is
a famous instrument, original
ly installed under the direction
of G. Donald Harrison, distin
guished tonal director of the
Aeolian- Skinner Company."
The ijfncrosity of a group of
individuals in the University
community, Mr. Hicks pointed
out, made it possible to acquire
the organ. The purchase agree
ment calls for the removal of
the organ by December 1. The
work of renovating, up- dating,
re- voicing, and installing will
proceed as funds become avail
able. Plans set a target date
of December 1967, for comple
tion of the installation here.
Replacement value of the in
strument is estimated at $ 200,-
000. Church officials expect
their total cost to bo less than
half that amount.
Centennial services commemorating the founding of the first Seventh- day Advent
ist medical institution were held at Loma Linda University this week.
In a Tuesday noon service University president Godfrey T. Anderson related a brief
history of the Seventh- day Adventist medical work and re- dedicated the University as
it begins its second century of
service.
Dr. Anderson stated that it
is proper that we " take this
occasion to pause in honor of
those pioneers who in vision,
courage, deeds, and in the wor
ship of the Holy Spirit" made
this great medical institution
possible.
Many people in the latter half
of the ninteenth century
thought that no sectarian med
ical institution could survive,
he said, and that after a few
years of existence, Seventh- day
Adventist medical work would
be snuffed out.
World Trend Set
But in the decade from 1895-
1905, 18 Seventh- day Adventist
medical institutions sprang up
all over the world, from Aus
tralia to Denmark.
M. Theodore Mackett, SM' 68,
and Faye E. Heath, SN' 67, re-dedicated
the students to the
task before them and expressed
appreciation in beha lf of the
students for the pioneering
work of the early medical
leaders.
Seventh- day Adventist med
ical pioneers were honored by
the placing of a wreath on a
stone monument brought here
from the American Medical
Photo by Ellis R. Rich
HENRY VV. VOLLMER, AMMC ' 05 ( left), President Godfrey T.
Anderson, and Pastor Maynard V. Campbell ( right), look on as
M. Theodore Mackett, SM' 68, and Faye E. Heath, SN' 67, place a
floral wreath at the foot of the stone monument from the American
Medical Missionary College.
VOTING
REGISTRATION
Registration deadline for
the November 8 General Elec
tion is September 15. New
residents in the community
and others not previously-registered
may check their
voting eligibility at the Loma
Linda Market registration
booth from 9 a. m. to closing
time until September 15, or
at the Judicial Court, 24885
University Avenue.
Missionary College at Battle
Creek and installed near Cut
ler Hall.
Maynard V. Campbell, chair
man of the Board of Trustees,
led in a prayer of re- dedication
for the University.
Following the centennial
service, refreshments were
served by the Volunteer Ser
vice League.
On the preceding Friday, an
illustrated historical resume of
the early days of Adventist
health emphasis was presented
in the Campus Chapel by Oliver
L. Jacques, director of the Uni
versity relations and great-grandson
of Ellen G. White,
pioneer leader.
" Imagine the courage and
vision of people like farmer
John P. Kellogg and his wife
Anne, who, although they had
16 children, gave $ 500 to start
our first health institution in
1866," he said. " This was at a
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Sept. 13 Ceremonies
For RT Students
Students in the Division of
Radiologic Technology will
have their annual presentation
ceremony on September 13, in
Olivet Chapel at the White
Memorial Medical Center, Los
Angeles.
The presentation speaker
will be Ernest J. Braun, MD,
associate professor of radiol
ogy and chairman of the White
Memorial Medical Center rad
iology service.
Certificates and pins will be
awarded to students at the
ceremony. A reception will
follow immediately.
Community Fair
Set for October 30
The Loma Linda Home and
School Association annual com
munity fair is set for October
30, according to Drucilla Modg-lin,
fair chairman.
The fair will have as its
theme ." America the Beauti
ful." Groups, individuals, and
organizations are urged to be
gin their planning for parade
entries. Other events will in
clude a horse show, exhibits,
and food booths.
The fourth annual fair will
1) 0 held at Loma Linda Union
Academy school grounds.
Honored Former Navy Officer
Gives LLU His Estate in Trust
One of the few holders of both the Congressional Medal of
Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross has given his $ 75,000
estate in trust to Loma Linda University.
John H. Balch of 26171 Fountainbleu Drive, Sun City, has
specified that the funds be used
to educate physicians for both
foreign and domestic areas
where medical service is inade
quate.
A retired general insurance
agent and broker from Wau-kegan,
Illinois, Mr. Balch was
honored for World War I ser
vice as a US Navy hospital
corpsman attached to the Mar
ine Corps. Three European
governments also recognized
his service with the French
Croix de Guerre and its Italian
and Portuguese equivalents.
Throughout 10 years of ac
tive duty in two wars Mr. Balch,
a conscientious objector, never
bore arms. Following World
War II he remained in the
Naval Reserve until 1956 when
he retired with the rank of
commander.
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MR. AND MRS. JOHN BALCH, Sun City, discuss ( heir rcccnl
$ 75,000 trust estate agreement with Leonard Robinson n.. « .
socitite director of devclni-^ -' " - <" n>, as-
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