The Story of our Health Message

CHAPTER 34 A BOLD VENTURE IN FAITH

IN MAY, 1909, the General Conference was to meet in another session at Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. The executive committee of the Southern California Conference and the board of trustees of the Loma Linda Sanitarium (in Loma Linda, California), recognizing this as an opportunity for receiving counsel regarding the future work of the Loma Linda College of Evangelists, drew up a memorial addressed to the General Conference. They requested that the college in Loma Linda be recognized “as an institution for the education and training of both nurses and physicians,” and that the General Conference “assist the management in arranging the curriculum and planning for the future development of the school.” SHM 380.1