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    Present Achievements Vindicate Counsels

    This first appropriation of funds by the General Conference did not go far. Frequent calls for means, and in increasing amounts, came to us during the ensuing months and years. At times it seemed that we should have to abandon the enterprise. But always in our great need, the Lord provided for us, sometimes in unexpected ways. After meeting the call for dormitories and buildings for classrooms, a laboratory was demanded, if we were to meet the demands of the required syllabus for the final years of the initial class that had enrolled in the medical course. Many other facilities were required, and in view of the discouraging advice given us by the secretary of the American Medical Association, it was but natural, when the time came for him to investigate the work done by the school, together with the competence of its faculty and the adequacy of its equipment, that he should have no prepossessions in its favor. He expressed great surprise and satisfaction with the work we were doing, however, and encouraged us to go on. This man became a true friend to our work, and later aided in lifting the school to the “A” grade.AGP 359.3

    This medical school, with its division at Loma Linda, where the first two years of medicine are taught, and its division in Los Angeles, with its large hospital, is today the largest medical college west of the Rocky Mountains. There are only aboutAGP 359.4

    twenty-five medical colleges in the United States that have a larger attendance.AGP 360.1

    In the lobby of the White Memorial Hospital, in the city of Los Angeles, is a bronze plate with the inscription:AGP 360.2

    This Hospital
    Is Dedicated to the Memory of
    Ellen Gould White
    Whose long life was unselfishly dedicated to the
    Alleviation of the woes and sorrows of the sick,
    The suffering and the needy; and to inspiring the
    Young men and women to consecrate their lives
    To the work of Him who said, “Heal the sick.”

    This tribute to Mrs. White is a fitting reminder of the fact that had it not been for the urgent messages of the spirit of prophecy which came through her, this medical school would not be in existence today. True, there have been liberal gifts and large donations and appropriations. But these have come largely because of the confidence of the donors in the messages that she bore. The loyal and unstinted service of talented physicians and surgeons on its teaching faculty has been indispensable. But in most cases this service has been given as an expression of faith in the program called for by the prophetic gift in the remnant church. Inspired by the same faith, hundreds of young men and young women have passed through its doors, and have gone forth to take their places in the world field. A goodly number are to be found in the Master’s service, not only in the United States but also in foreign lands.AGP 360.3

    At the beginning of the school year, 1934-1935, 115 freshmen were enrolled in our medical school. In the second-year class there were 113; in the third, 80; in the fourth, 96; and in the fifth, or interne year, 84. These make the total enrollment of medical students 488. Including the 84 who will be graduated this year, a total of 906 physicians have been graduated to date.AGP 360.4

    In addition to students taking the medical course, there are 117 taking the nurses’ course, and engaged in nursing work in connection with our sanitarium and hospital.AGP 360.5

    Each year about 100,000 patients pass through the White Memorial Hospital. Thousands of these are able to pay a small amount for medical attention; but those who are unable to pay anything are given treatments and medicines free.AGP 361.1

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