Scope - Volume 04, Number 15

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Vol. 4. No. 15 Wednesday, September 13, 1967
Enrollment Reaches New
High; 3,000 to Register
Over 3,000 students are expected to enroll in the various Loma Linda University
schools and curriculums on both campuses this year, according to University officials.
Registration on the Loma Linda campus ends today. Preregistration was held
August 14 to September 1 for returning Loma Linda campus students. Registration
on the La Sierra campus is
scheduled for Friday, Septem
ber 15, and Sunday, September
17. Instruction begins today on
the Loma Linda campus and
Monday, September 18, on the
La Sierra campus.
Speaking Engagements Set
For SDA Division President
Photo by Robert A. Kreuzlnger
SCHEDULED for completion this fall, the new University gym
nasium- auditorium awaits the completion of its geodesic dome
" roof." When finished, the gymnasium will have the largest alumi
num geodesic dome in the United States.
Gymnasium Ready for Roof:
To Assemble from Top Down
Assembly of the unique geodesic dome " roof" for the new
$ 300,000 University gymnasium- auditorium began here last month.
Its one- story oval foundation and substructure is completed. The
building, largest aluminum geodesic dome gymnasium in the
United States, will bear the
name " Dale Gentry Gymnasi
um" in recognition of the gift of
a San Bernardino businessman
last year which made its con
struction possible.
Fabricated and erected by
Torrance Engineering and Man
ufacturing Corporation, Tor
rance, the dome will span 160
feet, with a floor area of 20,300
square feet and a surface of
24,000 square feet. It will rise
nearly 40 feet at its highest
point. TEMCOR, which recent
ly received an exclusive license
b y Kaiser Aluminum and
Chemical Corporation as fab
ricator- erector of the dome sys
tem, has manufactured and
erected stressed- skin geodesic
domes throughout the world.
Constructed by a unique tech
nique, the dome is put together
from the top down. Rings of
diamond- shaped aluminum pan
els and struts are joined at
ground level around the base of
a tower. As each ring is com
pleted," it is lifted so that the
next row can be assembled.
Will Seat 2,800
The hall will seat up to 2,800
when the structure is used in
its secondary role as an audi
torium. The gymnasium will be
the first in the history of the
Loma Linda campus of the
University. Currently the cam
pus has no auditorium ( except
for churches) seating more than
425.
The gift to Loma Linda Uni
versity which sparked construc
tion of the gymnasium was a
96- bed hotel in downtown San
Bernardino. Immediately sold
by the University to a new
owner, the hotel became an ex
ample of the " deferred giving"
programs employed by colleges
and universities and encour
aged by federal tax laws.
The gymnasium is slated for
completion this fall.
Merger Banquet Set
For September 25
A banquet celebrating the
merger between La Sierra Col
lege and Lonv. i Linda Univer
sity will be held in the La Sier
ra campus Commons Monday
evening, September 25, at 7: 30
p. m. The dinner will be pre
ceded by a social hour at 7: 00.
Full- time faculty members,
principal administrative per
sonnel, heads of service depart
ments of both campuses, and
members of the Board of Trust
ees are invited to attend.
Student Missionaries Begin
Teaching in Hong Kong School
Two Loma Linda University student missionaries have arrived
in Hong Kong for a year of teaching at the Seventh- day Adventist
Hong Kong Sam Yuk Secondary School. They are Thomas L. Dyb
dahl and Richard L. Donaldson, both seniors on the La Sierra
Paul H. Eldridge, president of the Far Eastern Division of the
General Conference of Seventh- day Adventists, will speak to the
Loma Linda University Missions Forum, Saturday, September 30.
He is currently filling several speaking engagements in the San
Bernardino valley area.
Pastor Eldridge, who was
graduated from Atlantic Union
College, South Lancaster, Mass-chusetts,
began
his denomina
tional work in
1935 as a min
isterial intern
in the New
York Confer
ence. Two years
later he was
Paul Eldridge called to serve
as a teacher at
Japan Missionary College. Just
prior to World War II, he and
his wife were sent to the Phil-i;.
pines f- er evangelistic work.
During the war they were in
terned by the Japanese at Los
Banos, near Manila where they
remained until liberated by U. S.
forces.
After a furlough in the Uni
ted States, they returned to Ja
pan in 1946, and he served un
til 1962 as an evangelist- presi
dent of the North Japan Mis
sion, and director of the Voice
of Prophecy radio program. In
1962 he accepted a position in
the radio- television department
of the Far Eastern Division. He
was appointed to his present
post in June 1966.
In addition to this responsi
bility, he is a vice president of
the General Conference; board
chairman of Far Eastern Aca
demy, Singapore; chairman of
the Overseas Committee of the
division.
Continued on page 9
United Crusade
One- day Campaign
Is October 5
Another first is in the offing
at Loma Linda University. The
tirst successful kidney trans
plant to be perlormed in inland
Southern California was com
pleted last April; the first intra-uterine
transfusion in the San
Bernardino- Riverside area was
pertormed last June; and on
October 5, the first one- day
United Crusade campaign in the
history of Loma Linda Univer
sity and the Inland Empire will
begin.
The United Crusade supports
the activities of United Com
munity Services agencies offer
ing family and child care ser
vices, youth guidance and char
acter building programs, and
health and rehabilitation ser
vices to needy persons living
in the San Bernardino- Loma
Linda areas.
On October 5, all University
employees will receive a com
mitment card with their pay-checks,
providing the employees
an opportunity to make a
monthly payroll deduction or
a " one time" gift.
Employees are urged to re
turn the cards whether they
Continued on page 9
Over 500 different classes are
offered this year to students in
the University's schools. The
School of Arts and Sciences, lar
gest of the seven schools, ex
pects to enroll 1,800 students
for the 1967- 68 academic year.
Approximately 350 students are
expected to enroll in the School
of Medicine, 235 in the School
of Dentistry, and 210 in the
School of Nursing.
Nearly 160 will enroll in the
various departments of the
School of Health Related Pro
fessions, 60 in the Department
of Dental Hygiene, 25 in the
School of Public Health, and
150 in the Graduate School.
Applications Up
Applications in the JSenool or
Arts and Sciences show an in
crease of eight percent over
last year, according to Robert
L. Osmunson, associate dean
of admissions. As of August
31, 2,175 applications had been
received and 1,961 acceptances
made, up 126 over last year.
A get- acquainted social for
new students and freshmen will
be held on the La Sierra cam
pus Saturday night, Septem
ber 16, at 8 o'clock. A similar
event was held last night for
Loma Linda campus students.
Loma Linda University con
fers six degrees including the
associate in arts, bachelor of
arts, bachelor of science, mas
ter of arts, doctor of dental
surgery, doctor of medicine,
and doctor of philosophy.
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campus.
Mr. Dybdahl and Mr. Don
aldson will each be teaching
ten classes of Bible and En
glish per day. In addition, they
are the school chaplains and
are responsible for the Wed
nesday chapel service and the
Sabbath service, both of which
have compulsory attendance.
The majority of the students
at the Sam Yuk school ( equiv
alent of grades six through 12)
are non- Adventist, with many
of these being also non- Chris
tian. Only about 20 percent of
the total enrollment of over
600 students are Seventh- day
Adventists. Presently there are
three Seventh- day Adventist
operated schools in the Hong
Kong colony.
The current political crisis
has calmed down considerably,
Mr. Dybdahl reports. " The ma
jor remaining threat is home
made bombs, of which copius
Continued on page 10
New Law Forbids
Liquor Sales Near
La Sierra Campus
California Governor Ronald
Reagan has signed into law a
bill prohibiting the sale of li
quor within a one- mile radius
of the main entrance to Loma
Linda University's La Sierra
campus.
The measure, introduced in
the state legislature by Senator
Gordon R. Cologne, whose Riv
erside County district includes
the campus, applies only to
over- the- counter sale of hard
liquor. Its terms would permit
sale of beer and serving of li
quor with meals in restaurants.
Similar no- liquor zones have
been established by law at 18
other college and university
campuses, including the nearby
University of California at Riv
erside.
Staff photo
NEW UNIVERSITY students crowd Burden Hall on the first day
of registration for a brief orientation session. Over 1,200 students
are expected to enroll for classes on the Loma Linda campus.