THE DORMITORIES Rooms are equipped with individual study desks, single beds, individual wardrobe closet s and chests of drawers . Each floor has baths, shower rooms, and laundry rooms equipped with meter ed washing machines and dri ers. While a few single rooms ar e available in the women's dormitory, most are for two students. The present m en's dormitory fa cilities accomodate three to a room. Students are expected to supply their own linens, blankets, bedspreads, and towels. Students take care of their own rooms. Students supply their own el ectric irons; however, these may not be u sed in students' rooms. The use of electric h ea t ers and hot plates is not permitted in students' rooms. Each dormitory unit is in charge of a qua lified house mother. The administration r eserves the right to inspect student rooms at any time. STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES Biola College offers a limited student health service for r egistered students. This service is under the direction of a medical doctor and a public health nurse. The office hours are during the r egular school days: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p .m. These services are limited to consul tation and insurance referrals for m edical car e and hospitalization as well as the first aid em ergen cies and simple nursing care that can be given in an out-patient clinic. There is a registration medical f ee to cover this service. Biola does not assume an y responsibility for serious illness or accident on or off campus, in or out of school games or activities. The use of all school facilities is at your per sonal risk. Biola offers protection to the student against certain expenses caused by accident injury or emergen cy illness in the form of a r equired plan of medical insurance. The cost of this insurance is to be covered by the student. The estimated cost of this insurance is $6.00 per semester and this 1s subject to change from time to time by the insurance company. When a student r egisters he must indicate whether or not h e is insured by his parents if h e is a minor, or by himself if h e is over 21 years of age. If a student is not insured, then the insurance pro~ram offer ed by the school is required. PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT At the beginning of each semester, a full-time Director of the Christian Service Department interviews each student to ascertain the best practical outlet for, and application of, the truth taught in the classes. While at Biola, in order to prepare him better for work in the various areas of service in the church and community, a student is expected to have practical experi ence in many Christian activities: Sunday school, jail work, detention homes, hospitals, street meetings, churches. and other avenues of service. At present students serve in approximately 300 churches in Southern California . Each student is expected to clrvo te ,1 minim11m of three hours a week in his assigned Chri stian service and receives one unit of non-academic credit each semester. 28
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