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0:09in 1901 ellen white one of the founders
0:14of the seventh-day adventist church
0:16described a property she had seen in a
0:18dream on which the church would build a
0:21great medical institution she spoke of
0:24trees forming a canopy over patients in
0:27wheelchairs in the fresh air
0:29she asked church members in southern
0:31california to begin looking in the
0:33Riverside area for such a place
0:36pastor John Burton took her words to
0:38heart
0:39he found a luxury resort for sale that
0:41seemed to fit the description it was
0:44worth over one hundred fifty five
0:45thousand dollars but was being sold for
0:48one hundred ten thousand dollars out of
0:50the question for the debt-laden members
0:52when the price eventually came down to
0:55forty five thousand mrs. white asked
0:58burden to keep her posted burden
1:01persuaded the owners to sell for forty
1:03thousand dollars but was only given a
1:05few days option to buy at that price
1:07upon hearing this mrs. white responded
1:10immediately and sent a telegram to
1:12Burton this is the very property we
1:15ought to have do not delay meanwhile the
1:19local church leaders sent a telegram
1:21advising him not to buy burden was
1:24caught in the middle he forged ahead
1:27unable to find a donor burden ultimately
1:30borrowed $1,000 and signed the papers on
1:34May 29th 1900
1:36John burden and mrs. white began
1:39recruiting for staff saying upfront that
1:41they didn't know when they would begin
1:43to pay salaries but as the story of the
1:46purchase of loma linda spread people who
1:49wanted to help out responded from across
1:51the nation a century of service was
1:55beginning there were questions as to
1:57what kind of institution Loma Linda
1:59should be should it trained medical
2:01evangelists who would not be able to
2:03legally practice medicine or should it
2:05seek legal recognition Ellen White
2:08advised that the medical school at Loma
2:11Linda is to be of the highest order so
2:14the college leaders obtained a charter
2:16from the state of California and began
2:19seeking accreditation and the rest is
2:22history
2:24during the 1930s Loma Linda continued an
2:28aggressive building program to meet the
2:30needs of a growing campus one such
2:33significant addition came in 1934 the
2:36college Chapel in West Hall with a
2:38seating capacity of about 250 became
2:42entirely inadequate as the church
2:44membership reached 400 and continued
2:46growing the board voted to build a new
2:49church at Loma Linda and named the new
2:52auditorium John Burton Hall on October
2:554th 1934
2:59John Allen burden had founded the Loma
3:02Linda sanitarium in 1905 commissioned by
3:06mrs. white he had devoted his untiring
3:08efforts to establish an institution
3:11where seventh-day Adventist youth could
3:13be educated to become medical
3:15missionaries without his indomitable
3:17faith creativity and perseverance Loma
3:21Linda University and Medical Center
3:23would never have come into existence
3:26burden Hall stands as a reminder of his
3:29faithfulness and commitment three more
3:33buildings were completed in 1936 an
3:36Anatomy building a pathology building
3:38and a physiology building later named
3:41Shryock Hall Evans Hall and Risley Hall
3:48the Anatomy building was built in 1936
3:52and christened Shryock Hall in 1959
3:56Alfred Q Shryock was in 1899 graduate of
3:59the American medical missionary College
4:01in Battle Creek Michigan and by 1908 had
4:05established a successful family practice
4:08in Seattle but a family vacation to
4:10Southern California in 1908 would change
4:13his life dramatically at the time while
4:16Melinda's physicians were discussing the
4:18creation of a new School of Medicine
4:20Shryock visited the campus along with
4:23his wife and son when they arrived here
4:26the faculty told them that they felt
4:29they were working under a divine mandate
4:32to succeed and that they were planning
4:34on starting a school of medicine at
4:36unlights
4:37encouragement Shryock was skeptical the
4:41plan to organize a School of Medicine
4:43was incredibly ambitious given that the
4:45sanitarium still struggled for its very
4:47existence
4:48but the physicians at Loma Linda were
4:50confident and continued to correspond
4:53with Shryock by mail we believe the plan
4:56to develop a school here for the
4:58training of gospel medical missionary
5:00evangelists is divinely ordained they
5:03wrote
5:04while the Shryock started thinking you
5:07know what if the Lord is in this we
5:09shouldn't just outright reject it let's
5:12ask God for a sign so they ask God for a
5:17sign they said if we are to go to Loma
5:19Linda would you help us sell our
5:22brand-new home Alfred Shryock stopped by
5:25the Realtors office and listed his home
5:27for sale that home was sold by noon and
5:30was in escrow by sundown the Lord had
5:33made it perfectly clear where he wanted
5:34this routes to go Alfred and Stella
5:37Shryock and their son Harold arrived at
5:40the Loma Linda Depot on New Year's Day
5:421910 three months after the first class
5:45had begun in the new School of Medicine
5:48dr. Shryock taught histology and
5:50Embryology and anatomy and physiology he
5:54taught every medical student the college
5:57of medical evangelists accepted during
6:00its first 40 years he also established a
6:03collection of embryos that is known
6:05today as one of the finest in the world
6:09Alfred trowel call was used for the
6:11teaching of anatomy from 1936 until
6:14anatomy department moved to the new
6:17Centennial complex in 2009 it is now
6:20being used by the scroll of pharmacy
6:23[Music]
6:27Evans Hall was constructed in 1936 and
6:31it was known as the pathology building
6:33until it was named in September of 1959
6:36Newton G Evans studied medicine for
6:39three years at the American medical
6:41missionary College in Battle Creek
6:43Michigan he completed his education in
6:46New York City in the year 1900 in the
6:49fall of 1913 dr. Evans was invited to
6:52come here and teach a class to our
6:54senior student physicians and then the
6:56very next year our Board of Trustees
6:58invited him to become the president of
7:01College of medical Evangelos and he was
7:03our president from 1914 until 1927 a
7:07devoted student of Medicine himself dr.
7:11Evans achieved considerable distinction
7:13as an outstanding teacher his teaching
7:16ability was surpassed only by his
7:18interest in obtaining and maintaining a
7:20first-rate faculty his visions for loma
7:23linda reflected great imagination and
7:26inspiration and he was an early
7:28contributor to a number of important
7:30advances in medicine one of the greatest
7:32achievements of dr. Newton Evans was in
7:35raising our rating with the American
7:38Medical Association from the original
7:40grade C to the grade A Evans Hall today
7:44is used by the center for health
7:46promotion the top floor is used by the
7:49physician's assistant sciences program
7:51the school of Allied Health Professions
7:53and the department of preventive
7:55medicine in the School of Medicine in
8:001936 an amphitheater was built alongside
8:03the pathology building Evans Hall the
8:06amphitheater came to be named after a
8:08gifted man whose short tenure at Loma
8:11Linda had a lasting impact on students
8:14and faculty alike
8:15that man was orrin I Cutler following
8:19two years of special pathology training
8:22at Stanford University and the
8:23University of Chicago he joined our
8:26faculty on the Los Angeles campus for
8:28about one year
8:29then he came to Loma Linda Orrin Cutler
8:32advanced to the position of professor of
8:34pathology in 1936 he was a man of
8:37exceptional genius and quickly became
8:40known as one of lo Melinda's most
8:42outstanding and capable teachers one
8:45student described him as one of the
8:47kindest noblest and wisest men who ever
8:50stood before a class of students he was
8:53one who sacrificed the financial
8:56advantages offered by the world that he
8:58might serve others but his giftedness
9:01would only grace lo Melinda's campus for
9:04a short time and fortunately he died in
9:081939 at the age of 43 days after an
9:13automobile accident in Claremont
9:14California
9:15Cutler's last words to the class of 1942
9:19had special significance in light of his
9:22untimely and tragic death when you
9:25fellows get out away from here don't
9:28forget some of the things the school
9:29stands for our rewards are in what you
9:33do and our on September 28 1944 the
9:37College of medical evangelist named
9:39the auditorium in the pathology building
9:41or in Cutler Hall classes continued in
9:46the Cutler Hall amphitheater to this day
9:48a testament to professor Cutler's legacy
9:51[Music]
9:57in 2005 Loma Linda celebrated its 100th
10:02anniversary and constructed the
10:04Centennial pathway to commemorate 100
10:08years of learning and service I think
10:11part of what this pathway needs to be
10:13has helped all of us remember the
10:15incredible background that makes up Loma
10:17Linda why we are what we are today the
10:19shoulders we are standing on to do what
10:21we are doing today that's an absolutely
10:23essential part of that pathway and then
10:25be able to as you walk down that look on
10:28one side and see Burton Hall Riz Lee
10:30Hall Evans Hall sure I'll call all these
10:33giants of the past that grace our
10:36quadrangle and make this campus what it
10:38is too
10:39right in the center of the quadrangle
10:41the mission globe stands
10:46representing decades of missionary
10:48service around the world you know single
10:51feature that distinguishes Loma Linda
10:54from other University as much as our
10:55international or global commitment the
10:58monument is inscribed with the names of
11:00more than 1700 alumni students faculty
11:03and staff who have served abroad
11:05throughout the years and names are still
11:08being added the Centennial pathway and
11:11mission globe celebrate lo Melinda's
11:14unique history and serve as a constant
11:17reminder of all the men and women who
11:20worked to make the campus what it is
11:22today every single day in both dramatic
11:30and quiet ways lo Melinda's motto to
11:34make man whole is renewed and confirmed
11:37here at home and around the world the
11:41pioneers of lo Melinda's first
11:43sanitarium would no doubt be astonished
11:46by the huge buildings and by the
11:48innovations of modern medical science
11:51but they would be glad to see that the
11:54staff students and faculty of Loma Linda
11:56are continuing their goal to continue
12:00the teaching and healing ministry of
12:02Jesus Christ today we can join with mrs.
12:07white in saying in reviewing our past
12:10history I can say praise God as I see
12:14what the Lord has wrought I am filled
12:17with astonishment and with confidence in
12:20Christ as leader we have nothing to fear
12:23for the future
12:24except as we shall forget the way the
12:27Lord has led us and his teaching in our
12:30past history
12:33[Music]
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