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Vol. 3, No. 28 Wednesday, October 5, 1966
— Photo by Eugene Hood
DOROTHY L. AUSTIN, animal care facility secretary and USC
team captain watches in approval as George Groth, technician
signs the " fair share" card to make her group the first to report
100 percent participation.
Three Areas Go Over the Top
First Day of DCS Campaign
top" in the University's United
Monday morning, day for official
fair share giving was Dorothy L.
Three areas were " over the
Community Services crusade by
launching of the campaign.
First to announce 100 per cent
Austin, team captain for the
Animal Care Facility.
Peter D. Durichek led 30 em
ployees in the laundry to 100
per cent fair share participation
r and B. Fran Coffee reported
victory for the department of
anatomy.
" The example of these faith
ful people should inspire us all
to action as we join this com
munity effort," said Maurice E.
Mathisen, PhD, campaign coor
dinator.
Dr. Mathisen defined fan-share
giving as one hour's pay
per month for those earning
less than $ 10,000 per year and
1 per cent of earnings per
SD Alumnus Killed
In Red lands Crash
A University alumnus was
killed early last Monday when
his single engine plane crashed
and burned in a Redlands
orange grove only a mile from
the airport.
Frederick H.
D o r t c h, Jr.,
SD' 59, was
pulled from the
wreckage of
the plane a few
minutes before
the cockpit
burst into
flame. He died
on the way to
a hospital.
Dr. Dortch left Redlands
Municipal Airport en route to
Bakersfield and Fresno when
his light plane crashed into a
grove bordering Lugonia Ave
nue.
Redlands Fire Department
officials said motorists removed
the dentist's body as a wing
tank caught fire. Witliin sec
onds the entire plane was en
gulfed in flame.
A student pilot, Dr. Dortch
had just purchased his red and
white Beechcraft Bonanza only
two weeks ago.
Dr. Dortch took graduate
work in periodontics at the
University in 1964- 65. He is
survived by his wife, Rheba,
and their five children.
His family has suggested that
those who desire may make a
memorial contribution in his
name to Loma Linda University.
Dr. Dortch
month for those receiving above
$ 10,000 per year.
' World Without Sun'
To Be Shown Here
The Associated Students of
Nursing will present the color
film " World Without Sun,"
next Saturday night. Produced
by Commander Jacques Cous-teau,
and combined with beau
tiful color, excellent photog
raphy, and narration, " World
Without Sun" is instructive and
entertaining, program planners
state.
The film will be shown at
Burden Hall at 7 and 8: 30 p. m.
Admission is $ 1 for adults and
$. 50 for children under 12. Pro
ceeds from the film will go to
ward Project SHARE.
North Pacific Union
Recruiters Visit
Representatives from the
North Pacific Union will be on
campus, October 9- 11. A buffet
supper is planned in the Campus
Cafeteria at 5: 45 p. m., October
10.
Students who cannot come to
the supper are invited to visit
with these men at the luncheon
at Riverside General Hospital
and University Medical Center,
Riverside, Tuesday, October 11.
University Hospital
Needs More Nurses
Loma Linda University Hos
pital is in need of nurses. With
a rising patient load and the
greater amount of activity re
sulting from an increasing num
ber of doctors who are practic
ing in this area, there has arisen
a definite need for more nurses
to join the staff right now as
well as in the near future, ad
ministrators state.
The new 500- bed Medical
Center will be ready to accept
patients in mid-' 67. A large
number of additional nursing
personnel will also be needed in
the staffing of this new hospi
tal.
Nurses who find it possible
to accept this challenge are in
vited to either visit the Person
nel Office of Loma Linda Uni
versity or write a letter.
Groundbreaking Service
Starts New Gym Project
Ground was broken here last week for the new $ 300,000 University gymnasium-auditorium.
University officials and students joined in a brief ceremony launching the building
project at 1 p. m., during a break in separate day- long meetings of the University Board
of Trustees and University Councillors.
During the 20- minute ground- " ,
breaking program Jerry L. Pet-tis,
chairman of the council
lors, publicly presented the pro
posed 25,000- square- foot facili
ty to the University. The coun
cillors, a 33- member body of
professional and business lead
ers from across the nation who
advise the University president
on matters affecting future de
velopment, are underwriting
the cost of the gymnasium.
Preliminary plans for the
proposed building show it to be
a two- level unit topped by an
aluminum geodesic dome. Its
site, north of Stewart Street
and east of Campus Street, will
make the structure the north
ern end point of a mall stretch
ing across the campus from the
new medical center at the
south.
Students Break Ground
Two senior University stu
dents dental hygiene major
Sharon Ludders and physical
therapy major Norman Tang
performed the actual ground
breaking with the aid of a
backhoe - equipped tractor.
Watching University officials
and spectators stood nearby . . .
" but not TOO near," as one
quipped nervously while each
student took a turn at the trac
tor's controls.
Both succeeded in excavating
satisfactory scoops of soft earth.
Main Use as Gym
The hall will be used princi
pally as a gymnasium, with an
18,000 - square - foot hardwood
playing floor. Bleacher seats at
the playing- floor level and at a
second upper level, together
with portable chairs, will pro
vide seating for up to 2,800
when the structure is used in
its secondary auditorium role,
according to plans.
The building plans, currently
being revised by University ar
chitects Earl Heitschmidt and
Associates, Los Angeles, were
prepared by the councillors'
plans committee and North Ca
rolina architect John D. Lati-
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Staff photo
SHARON H. LUDDERS, DH' 67, and Norman C. Tang, PT' 67,
break ground for the new $ 300,000 University gymnasium- audi
torium to be erected next to the swimming pool.
Life- Death Drama in Desert
Frustrates, Challenges Student
By Herbert Ford
Senior medical student Gary Harding can tell you a thing or
two about frustration.
A few weeks ago a Navajo mother brought her desperately ill
baby to the Monument Valley Seventh- day Adventist Hospital,
where Harding is now assigned ____________________
for a three- month work- study
tour. He is one of a series of
medical students scheduled to
serve and study at the hospital,
situated in a vast Navajo In
dian reservation.
The child's temperature was
an almost unbelievable 109 de
grees. It was so near death
that even to hope for recovery
seemed like gross presumption.
SENIOR MEDICAL, STUDENT Gary H. Harding checks a Navajo
girl patient at the Monument Valley Mission Hospital.
But Harding saw the challenge
of life- saving in the pathetic
little figure. He went to work.
By day he hovered over the
child during every spare mo
ment from other duties. At
night he stayed by, tenderly
pulling the baby back from
death. Finally the temperature
began to drop, the child began
to recover.
One sunny day came when
the battle seemed almost over,
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Faculty to Conduct
Devotional Weeks
Two University faculty mem
bers from the Division of Reli
gion will present the week of
prayer services for two eastern
Seventh- day Adventist colleges.
Jack W. Provonsha, MD,
associate professor of Christian
ethics, will arrive shortly at
Andrews University, Berrien
Springs, Michigan, for the
October 8- 14 week of prayer
services.
A. Graham Maxwell, PhD,
chairman of the Division of
Religion, will hold the week-long
services at Atlantic Union
College in South Lancaster,
Massachusetts, October 16- 22.
Dr. Maxwell's theme will be
" Safe to Save."