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Vol. 2, No. 10 Friday, November 20, 1964
Middle East College Affiliates
With Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University will begin an active affiliation with
Middle East College, Beirut, Lebanon, next September.
Arrangements for the academic relationship between the two
institutions have been approved by the University Administration
md Trustees, reports President Godfrey T. Anderson. The affilia-ion
agreement calls for the University, in effect, to validate or
Officials Break
For $ 650,000 Structure
stand behind degrees granted
by the Lebanese school, Dr.
Anderson says.
Faculty Will Travel
Loma Linda University will
be responsible for assignment
of two faculty members to the
Middle East school. The pair
of professors, appointed in al
ternate years to two year
terms, will serve on academic
committees there, making cer
tain that diplomas validated by
the University represent stand
ards of performance acceptable
to the University.
La Sierra College President
William M. Landeen has indi
cated that La Sierra faculty
will cooperate in the visiting
professor program at Middle
East College. Dr. Anderson
says this is desirable in view of
the fact that Loma Linda Uni
versity has limited faculty re
sources in some teaching fields
where it does not offer formal
curriculums. Thus La Sierra
might supply faculty to rein
force Middle East programs in
business or teacher education,
he suggests.
College Proposal
Middle East College first pro
posed the idea of affiliation to
Loma Linda University, whose
Trustees studied the idea last
summer. Trustees approved the
idea in principle and authorized
a trip to the Beirut college by
President Anderson. If he ap
proved of the college's program
to improve and enlarge its li
brary, physical plant and fac
ulty, and agreed that academic
programs there met acceptable
standards of excellence, the af
filiation should go ahead, the
Trustees decided.
Dr. Anderson returned from
i his trip in October, recom
mended approval to Trustees
at their November meeting and
announced the affiliation plans
this week.
International Opportunity
Middle East College, operated
in Lebanon by the Middle East
Division of Seventh- day Ad-ventists
since 1939, has a stu
dent enrollment of just under
200. Lebanon's apparent stabil
ity amid intra- Arab political
disputes has made it possible
for students from neighboring
Arab nations to attend the col
lege without serious difficulty.
The climate, culture and ar-cheological
interest of the area
make it a desirable situation
for American educators, Dr.
Anderson observes. Close to the
college is well- known American
University, affiliated with New
York University much as Mid
dle East College will be affili
ated with Loma Linda. Occa
sional lectures or teaching as
signments at American Univer
sity will probably be a part of
visiting professors' programs,
Dr. Anderson says.
Probably only one California
teacher will be assigned to Le
banon for the school year be
ginning next September, the
President reports. A second
professor will begin the follow
ing year, and two will be con
tinuously in residence there
after.
Dental Student
Wins Second Prize
A Loma Linda University stu
dent last week won second prize
in a national scientific competi
tion sponsored by the American
Dental Association.
Larry V. Smith, 23- year- old
senior student in the School of
Dentistry, received the award
at the association's national
convention in San Francisco.
His project, titled " Ion Per
meability of Vital and Nonvital
Human Teeth," was judged
among scientific projects and
clinical exhibits prepared by
students at 43 US dental
schools.
The award marks the third
consecutive year in which Lo
ma Linda University's entry
hes placed among thf> top three
in national judging. Mr. Smith's
exhibit was selected to repre
sent the University in the com
petition when it won first prize
in an intra- school contest at
Loma Linda last February.
The Loma Linda student,
married and the father of a
young son, will be^ the school's
first second- generation denial
alumnus. His father, Vernon
R. Smith, DDS, graduated from
Loma Linda University School
of Dentistry in 1960 when his
son was a pre- dental student
at La Sierra College, Riverside.
Loma Linda's first dentistry de
grees were conferred in 1957.
The senior Smiths now live
at 11344 San Bernardino St.,
Loma Linda. Dr. Smith prac
tices in Redlands.
First prize in the basic sci
ence project competition went
to Douglas Cameron, Univer
sity of Washington dental stu
dent.
In 1962 John P. DeVincenzo,
SD ' 64, received second award
in the national competition and
Donald D. Jeffries, SD ' 64 won
third award in 1963.
HELPING TO BREAK the ground for the new biochemistry-chemistry
building are ( 1 to r) J. Paul Stauffer, PhD, dean of the
Graduate School; Maurice E. Mathisen, PhD, chairman of the de
partment of chemistry in the Graduate School; Lee Coin, grad
uate student in chemistry; Godfrey T. Anderson, PhD, president
of Loma Linda University; David B. Hinshaw, MD, dean of the
School of Medicine; Raymond A. Mortensen, PhD, chairman of
the department of biochemistry in the School of Medicine; and
Ronald White, graduate student in biochemistry. Photo by Ev-erett
Mason. < f
31st Annual
Bach Festival
Held This Weekend
Alumnus H. Vincent Mitzel-felt,
SM ' 60, will direct the
thirty- first annual Bach Festi
val at the First Congregational
Church of Los Angeles on No
vember 20 and 22. This oldest
Bach Festival on the West Coast
will include choral, solo, and in
strumental music by Sebastian
Bach and his contemporaries.
Dr. Harold E. Mitzelfelt, the
alumnus' father, will guest con
duct on Friday, November 20.
The Bach Festival Virtuose Or
chestra will present " Suite No.
2 in B Minor"; " Concerto in F
Major Opus 4 No. 4 by Handel";
" Toccata in F"; Suite in A Mi
nor by Telemann"; " Cantata
No. 51 Jauchzet Gott in Alien
Lande"; and " Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 in D Major."
" The Passion According to
Saint Matthew" is on Novem-
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LARRY V. SMITH, SD ' 65, receives congratulations from Charles
T. Smith, DDS, dean of the School of Dentistry, after receiving
second award in his category at the American Dental Association
meetings in San Francisco last week. Photo by Robert Breck-enridge.
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University Presents
Musical Talent Show
Burden Hall was filled last
Saturday evening for the Uni
versity Talent Night. Dean of
Students Walter B. Clark was
master of ceremonies for the
musical affair.
The first award of $ 40 went
to Tom Stauffer, a college stu
dent who works part- time at
Loma Linda Matfket, for his
cello solo of " Elegie" by Faure.
Second honors and $ 20 went
to Nancy Koelsch, junior den
tal hygiene student, for her per
formance of " Listen to the
Mockingbird" by Hawthorne
on the marimba.
A third award of $ 10 went to
Helen and Ray Irwin, soph
omore dental student and wife,
for a vocal duet, " Romance"
from " The Student Prince" by
Romberg.
Konimi Lum, a sophomore
student in the School of Nurs
ing, received a special third
award of $ 10 for her perform
ance of " Kona Kai O Pua," a
Hawaiian folk song.
Other contestants in the pro
gram included Marilyn Froom,
SN ' 67; Cheryl Reinhard, SN
' 67; Eileen Wangrin, SN ' 67;
Judy Dietrich, SN ' 66; Bradley
Nelson, SM ' 68; Connie Ander
son, SN ' 67; David Olson, PT
' 66; Beverly Steele, RN; Doris
Babcock, PT ' 66; Mae Long,
pharmacology research assist
ant; Shirley Ching, SN ' 65;
Kathleen Ekkens, secretary in
the development office and
Jamie Trefz, secretary in the
office of public information.
Other participants were
Gayle Nelson, MD, and his
wife, Kathleen; Billy Burks, SD
' 62; and Fred H. Dortch, SD ' 59 .
and currently a graduate stu
dent in periodontics.
Judges were J. W. Osborn, re
tired music professor; Mrs.
Mary Ziprick, piano instructor
at La Sierra College; and Mrs.
Anne Evans, a soprano soloist
from Riverside.
The program was organized
by Patrick H. Hicks, minister of
music for the University
Church.
Officials broke ground for a
new biochemistry- chemistry
building at Loma Linda Uni
versity Monday, November 16.
Many students and faculty
members braved the cool
weather to attend the brief
ceremony following the regular
Monday morning convocation.
The two- story structure with
full basement will rise next to
Griggs Hall, the Graduate
School building, at the north
east corner of Central Avenue
and San Bernardino Street. It
will house teaching, research,
and administrative programs of
the School of Medicine depart
ment of biochemistry and the
Graduate School department of
chemistry.
Three University officials and
two students wielded ceremon
ial spades to kick off the con
struction project. The spading
done by President Godfrey T.
Anderson was with a pneuma
tic- powered jackhammer. " He's
a little tired from all the
groundbreaking here lately," it
was explained.
Site of the new building is
within a few yards of three
other construction projects cur
rently under way, including the
new medical center.
Immediate Construction
Construction on the new
building is scheduled to begin
immediately. The initial eon-tract
calls for completion of
only the upper story, which will
house biochemistry laboratories,
offices and classroom facilities.
The ground floor and basement
will be left unfinished, except
for exterior walls and struc
tural supports, until the Grad
uate School department of
chemistry grows to require the
space.
Exterior dimensions of the
building are 132 feet ( east-west)
by 103 feet ( north-south).
Each floor will have
approximately 13,600 square
feet, making the building some
what larger than adjoining
Griggs Hall, which it will match
in appearance.
Biochemistry facilities in the
new structure will replace those
destroyed in a fire that swept
the University's Risley Hall
nine months ago. The depart
ment has been occupying tem
porary quarters elsewhere on
the campus. The Graduate
School chemistry program will
find its first permanent home
in the new building.
Contractors Havstad and
Bergvall of Loma Linda will
build the proposed structure,
with finished upper floor, for
$ 650,000. Architects are Heit-schmidt
and Thompson, Los An
geles.
Features
Included in the upper floor,
which biochemistry faculty
hope to utilize by May or June,
will be:
a large, amphitheater- type
classroom in the center,
seating 108 students;
a spacious student labora
tory accommodating 104
with room to spare;
seven research rooms, each
with an adjoining office;
a conference and library
room;
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