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Monday, July 9, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Photos by A. B. SOLSKY
Old Furnishings and Wheelchair Reflect the Eternal Story of Hospital Life: Waiting
Watkins' Fate Still Undetermined
No decisions have yet been made about which school or department of the University will occupy the vacant space in Watkins Memorial Hospital when the new Student Health Center is completed, according to Donald Metzler, associate dean of engineering and chairman of the University Space committee.
"It's in limbo," said Metzler, who indicated that a request for renovation funds would have to be approved before any planning for use of space could proceed.
It was reported last Thursday that $250,000 was requested by the University for the new research.
must be approved by the Kansas Board or Regents and submitted to the state legislature before the money can become available.
William Balfour, vice chancellor of student affairs, said that the $250,000 "was just a general estimate of what would be needed to build a building and to ready it for academic use.
Balfour said that it was his understanding that Watkins Hospital was intended for use as an academic building, but that no decisions had yet been made about which departments or schools would receive space in the building.
Ph.D.s May Replace M.D.s in Halls of Watkins
In January, the department of anthropology requested permission from the University Space committee to move their student health service relocates when the student health service relocates.
Henry Lundsgaard, charman of the department of anthropology said at that time, "We are badly need of space. Everything we need is already in Watkins that we could move right to a little or no modification in our work cost to the University down to a minimum."
Raymond Rice, attorney for the estate of Elizabeth Watkins, has said that funds for the Student Health Service from Watkin's estate will not be affected by relocating the health center and renaming the old building.
By BETSY RIORDAN
Kansan Staff Writer
Mandatory maternity leave policies, effective in many school systems in the nation, are being attacked. The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted jurisdiction in two cases that challenge forced maternity leaves for pregnant teachers.
The University of Kansas, however, won't be faced with such challenges. The official policy, as stated in the Affirmative Action Plan adopted by the University, allows an African-American woman to discreetly of her physician. The matter is left solely to the woman and her doctor.
The Lawrence School District has essentially the same policy, according to a written tentative agreement between the Lawrence Education Association and the Board of Education. A teacher may apply for a maternity leave or, unless certain factors are present, can be allowed to continue teaching.
THOSE FACTORS WHICH would prevent a teacher from continuing are:
Pregnant Teachers Take Forced Leaves to Court
Grin and Bear It
-If the teacher should become patient, emotionally and psychologically unable to handle the situation.
- When a qualified replacement is available.
—When a change of teacher seems to afford minimal loss to pupils.
-Request of the teacher
Upon her return, however, the teacher is not guaranteed the same position she once held. She would be given a position con-
firmation with her qualifications and subject matter.
THE TEACHERS INVOLVED in the cases before the Supreme Court—Susan Cohen of Chesterfield County, Va., and Joan Carol Fleur and Ann Elizabeth Nelson of Cleveland, O—argued that the policies violated their equal protection rights under the Fourth Amendment, according to a National Education Association (NEA) report.
She would also have priority over new personnel for a vacancy that existed at the end of the year.
The NEA has supported the teachers in their cases.
The NEA, in a "friend of the court" brief, argued that forcing pregnant teachers to leave deprived them of their livelihood and disrupted the education of the students.
THE SCHOOL POLICIES under fire required that the teachers take their maternity leaves five months before the expected birth of the child.
In the Cohen case, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Board of Appeals for the Supreme Court that asked for a reversal of the decision and consideration of the case.
The Cleveland teachers won their case before a lower court, and the Cleveland
History Profitable in River Quay
By JOHN R. BENDER Kansan Staff Writer
History can be a marketable commodity. It is in the River Quay district of Kansas City, a new commercial development that celebrated its first anniversary a week ago.
River Qauy is located in the oldest section of Kansas City, Mo. It is bounded by the Missouri River on the north and I-70 on the south. The area extends from the north end of the Broadway Bridge east to Grand Ave. The area is named for a natural rock ledge that forms a landing place, or quay (pronounced "key"), for river boats.
The history of the area goes back to 1826, when Francis Chouteau built his second fur warehouse on the bank of the Missouri at what is now the foot of Grand Ave.
THE QUAY AREA became known as Westport Landing because it was primarily used by the merchants of Westport. The landfall caused a sudden outbreak of Asiatic Cholera caused a collapse.
Westport Landing reorganized itself and in 1853 obtained a charter incorporating the area as the "City of Kansas." The opening event of the city caused the city to grow rapidly. The building of the Gilliss House, an old riverfront hotel, showed 27,000 arrivals in 1857.
The Civil War slowed the development of the city, but in 1865 the first railroad came to the city and growth resumed. The city became a commercial center for farm products, and in 1870 the first stockyards were built. During this period, many of the buildings that now stand in River Quay were built.
LEGENDARY FIGURES such as Wild Bill Hickock, Wyatt Earp, Bate Masterson and Doc Holliday were miniature figures. The distinction of being called "Battle Row."
The area continued to grow until 1903, when a severe flood convinced many businessmen to move south. This movement climaxed in 1914 with the completion of the Railway Station. The quay area was no longer an attractive place for doing business.
The quay degenerated into what is euphremically called a blighted area. It was an unattractive combination of light industry, warehouses and alcoholics.
The revival of the quay area began 14 years ago when Marian Trozono, owner of LPF Plastics and a former economics instructor at Rockhurst College, began buying up buildings and land in the quay area. His own LPF Plastics is located in the
area in the city's first Board of Trade Building.
The emphasis in the area is on specialty shops and handcrafted goods. There are shops that specialize in handmade jewelry, clothing, and imported art objects.
River Quay began its new life as a retail area last year with a handful of shops. There are now over sixty shops and a dozen more due to come in the near future.
There are also a number of restaurants that specialize in unique foods. One restaurant specializes in soups while another concentrates on omelets.
At present, however, only the third requirement is adequately fulfilled. The Pay area is one of the lowest crime rate areas and it is also near the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.
One of the main drawing cards of the area is the City Market. At the market, one can buy fresh produce at wholesale prices directly from the farmer. The market is generally crowded by late morning on Saturdays.
Trozolo realizes that while the area has been successful so far, its continued success depends upon control over the real estate, adequate parking and security.
of the real estate in the area, there are substantial areas not under his control. These areas may be developed in ways that contribute to the River Qayyam development.
Although Trozzolo controls a large portion
Trozello said that he had arranged for about $7 million in loans for the acquisition of property and the development of the property he now owns.
The parking problem is compounded by other traffic problems. The streets in the area are narrow and crowded with cars and pedestrians. The solution is to improve and expand off-street parking and to close some of the streets to automobiles.
Although there are 1,000 free parking spaces, any visitor to the area realizes that during peak periods the parking provisions are inadequate.
At present, the River Quay area is a hodge podge of the quaint and the ugly. The parts that have not been developed exist alongside the new retail shops.
U.S. Culture,Academe Studied
There is a great deal of construction work going on in the area. The sidewalks are be widened, trees planted and shops constructed. This all creates a chaotic atmosphere that is sometimes upsetting to the visitor.
Most are graduate students, representing about 20 different countries. They will be here for the 23rd consecutive session of KU's Foreign Student Orientation Center.
More than 70 foreign students will assembly on July 14 to learn about American culture.
J. A. Burzle, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, of the University of Pennsylvania, will program the students.
Trozolo said, however, that he was confident that the area would be successful. He pointed to the success of similar projects in Florida and the Old Town and Atlanta's Underground.
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He said that people were interested in history. Plaques have been placed on some of the buildings explaining the history of the city, and she said, and the people enjoy reading them.
again. The program is aimed at two areas, academic and cultural.
Although Trossolo admitted that the aim of River Quay was to make money, he said he was happy that it could be done by preserving some of the history of the city.
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Students who come to the program usually have a basic understanding of the English language. The primary goal of the center is to further their skill in the English language and to provide them with proverv, students are helped to understand academic requirements that will be expected of them in their fields of study. Most of the students will go to other universities so they can further their education when they complete the orientation program.
Cultural differences have proven to be a problem for many foreign students visiting America. The center tries to better prepare the students for the type of life they will encounter while studying in the United States. Students will be exposed to lectures films that explain the philosophy of our culture and others with field trips to Kansas City and other areas are also planned as part of the regular program.
Each year several campuses throughout the country are hosts for the students, but been the only school in the nation to have a campus year since the program was founded.
The students will be here from July 14-
Aug. 25. During that time, all students,
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will be staying at Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
initial program, there were 54 students representing 13 countries. Since that time, KU has hosted almost 1,200 students in the orientation program.
Burzle started the program in 1951. In the
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Board of Education appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
IN BOTH CASES, the teachers' inHBOTH CASES, had given them instruction to teach it.
The petitions attacked the more common school board "rationalizations" for forced maternity leave—protecting the health of the expectant mother and child, providing care in its convenience in school operation and assuring students continuity of education.
The petitions stated that none of these were legally or factually valid.
JUDGE ROBERT B. Mergeia Jr, refuted the health argument in the Virginia court's decision.
"For one thing, pregnant women are more likely to be incapacitated in the early months than the last four months. Further, there is a reason for a pregnant teacher to be forced
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to take a mandatory leave of absence
"In short, since no two pregnancies are alike, decisions of when a pregnant teacher should discontinue working are matters best up to the woman and her doctor," he said.
THE ARGUMENT OF administrative convenience was not justified, one court said, since "a reduced administrative work load is constitutionally insufficient to sustain this discriminatory treatment of pregnant women."
The Cohen petition also refuted the "continuity of education" argument. It stated that the educational program was frustrated when a qualified, capable teacher was forced out of the classroom because of her pregnancy.
The outcome of the teachers' battle rests with the Supreme Court, and with it, the policies of countless school boards across the country.
City to Get Federal Funds To Improve Sewage Plant
Under the anticipated construction budget prepared by Black and Veatch, the city's engineers for the project, Lawrence Duncan, wrote that under the budget of the $38,360,000 construction budget.
BY DEAN FORE
Kansan Staff Writer
By DEAN FORD
The anticipated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant of $4,789,500 for Lawrence's sewage plant's conversion from primary to secondary water and $1,052,800 for that the city has ever received. Charles Baker, city director of utilities.
OF THE MORE than $6 million, about $4.5 million will be spent for expansion of the treatment plant and $1.5 million will be spent for the sewage collection system, said Baker.
The sewer service charge that is attached to the water bill will be used to retire
The grant will come in monthly allot-ments to be paid for work completed during the program.
Mike Steinmetz, Shawne graduate student and treasurer of StudEx, met with Judy Bencivenga, director of Hillop Day Care Center, and Martha Langly, center business manager, on Friday to discuss the plan for the University. Bencivenga and Langly made the decision to pay the Senate $150 a month until the debt was paid.
A routine meeting of the Student Executive Committee followed the pattern of a lazy summer Sunday with only one vote being taken. StudEx voted to send a request for a study tour in California and Urban Design for contingency funds to the Finance and Auditing Committee.
To remove an allocation involves red tape that only the Finance and Auditing Committee can handle, so a motion was passed to the committee work out the budgeting problem.
The Council requested $8,659.40 from StudEx. They had already received a block allocation of $48 from the Student Senate to avoid block allocation removed from the budget.
StudEx Sends Fund Request To Committee
The city expects to be ready to receive bids for construction in early 1974.
revenue bonds, which the city will float to finance its share of the construction cost, he
ACCORDING TO Baker, the project began in April of 1971 after the city received an order from the EPA to change Lawrence's sewage facilities into compliance with the standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act by 1977.
The present sewage treatment facility at the center of Eighth St. is a primary facility.
Progress on the engineering phase of the conversion was aided recently by a $240,750 grant from the EPA for its share of the cost in designing the project.
THE MONTHLY FLOW of sewage through Lawrence's plant for June 1973 was 115.6 million gallons. The elevated tank on Stratford Rud holds $ \frac{1}{2} $ million gallons of the same size would be needed to contain the sewage flow for that one month.
In the primary operation, solid material is settled out in four large basins. The solids are then pumped into digestor tanks where bacterial activity takes place. When all bacteria is dead, the black insect insert is then pumped onto drying beds. Baker said.
After the sludge has been dried, the city sells the dried sludge for soil conditioner with the stipulation that it cannot be used to grow food for human consumption.
THE LIQUID or effluent from the basins is detained for a short time, and then is pumped into the river.
"It is the effluent that is of primary concern in the secondary sewage treatment"
An excerpt from the federal register by the EPA said that 'the level of effluent reduction attainable by a publicly owned treatment plant, requires that no higher than specified levels of Biochemical Oxygen, suspended solids and Coliform bacteria be in the water. The liquid's pH must be within limits of 6 to 9.
ACCORDING TO Baker, the present system reduces the biochemical oxygen demand, a measure for the pollutant in the liquid by about 20 per cent.
With the secondary sewage treatment facilities, he said, the oxygen demand will be lower.
"Just think," Baker said, "the price of that one directive by the EPA will be worth $6.3 million in federal and city funds for just one city."
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