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Monday, June 24, 1974
University Daily Kansan
KU Med Center Expands, Gets New Name
When C. E, and Eliza Kuzna recorded the deed to their 13 acres of land in 1887, "dedicated to the public for public use and highways," they had no idea that the public use would one day be the University of Kansas Medical Center, College of Health Sciences and Hospital. It is observing its 50th anniversary this week.
new kerns planned that the land would be used for a subdivision called Grandview Heights. Even when those plans didn't materialize and they built a two-story white house and planted a pear and apple orchard, it would become the site of the Medical Center.
In 1917, the Rosedale Rainbow Unit had its drill sessions behind the house. Three years later the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital wanted the land for its new campus in an effort to keep the state medical school in Rosedale.
This began the fight for the location and the existence of the Medical Center. Many wanted to relocated it or abandon it completely.
When Dr. Simon Bishop Bell, a Rosedale physician, offered seven and one-half acres a few blocks from the present site in 1894, he was determined to start. The medical school facility was to
Complaints about the site and the steep paths that led up to the hospital, built in 1905, soon began. Because of the hospital's location, it was not intended to be援助 for its expansion.
be named in honor of his wife, Eleanor
Taylor Bell.
Dr. Bell wrote the legislature in 1913 to express his concern for the future of the hospital as a memorial to his wife. The legislature then passed a bill insuring that the school would remain in Rosedale, Dr. Beld died six days later.
wanted to remove the medical school from foundaid and a committee was selected to
The Kern land on top of the hill at 39th and Rainbow streets was chosen as the site by the committee in May 1920. The Kern land was moved across Rainbow, the land was purchased for $65,000 and construction began on the $300,000 building.
Post Office Sorts Letters 7 Times
BY SHARON WALSH
Kansan Staff Reporter
Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on the Lawrence Postal Service.
That important letter or check you mailed this morning will be sorted at least seven times.
It will be sacked, dumped, sorted,
dumped, pigeon-holed and bagged, loaded
with bullets.
If your letter must travel through a large mailing center, it risks being misread or
missed.
Is it any wonder you suffer slight apprehension that your letter might not arrive? Your response may be:
The U.S. Postal Service is probably the most criticized and complained about [BR]
"Many times people are totally ignorant about the way the postal system works and why things are done the way they are," John B. Harris, postmaster of Lawrence, said Friday. "Consequently, we get a lot of complaints."
Harris said that about 95 per cent of the complaints received by the service were a result of the customers' mistakes. Many of them incomplete addresses or incorrect ones.
"Sometimes people think that the name of an apartment is enough," he said, "but if it's a large complex, the carrier doesn't allow it to look enough looking for the correct apartment.
"This doesn't mean we don't make mistakes, but they are relatively few in comparison to the volume of mail we handle."
Customers of the service have many questions, as well as complaints. Does zip code really speed mail? Couldn't all mail be delivered on time if the service really wanted to do it?
Harris explained that zip code was particularly valuable in large hand-mandailing operations. He said machines read the city and zip code on the envelope. If the two are correct, letters can be sorted at 60,000 an hour. If they aren't, you can use a manual for manual sorting, which takes longer.
On June 26, 1924, the hospital admitted its first patients. There were 66 beds, 70 rooms, electric elevators, thermos-controlled radiators, x-ray rooms and laboratories.
"As far as overnight deliveries are concerned," Harris said, "people don't stop to think how large this country is. Even smaller countries such as France and Germany have a hard time making overnight deliveries.
"The Post Office is dependent on many things it doesn't have control of, such as trucks and airplanes which can be delayed."
Kansan Staff Photo by DEBRIE GUMP
Many people thought mail delivery would improve when the Federal Post Office department became the U.S. Postal Service in 1970.
Harris said he didn't think the service had improved much since 1970, but then, it was clear he was doing something.
The problem with the old system was politics. Every time the Postmaster
The change to corporate structure made it possible to set rates independently and to float bonds to pay for new facilities. However, Congress maintained final control as the board of directors of the service.
Bob Rolling Operates a Canceling Machine
General changed, policies would change. Republicans blamed the shortcomings of the Post Office on Democrats, and vice versa. They said there is no stability or "regulation," he said.
Since 1970, the postage rate for a first-class letter has gone from 8 to 10 cents, yet every year the service loses money. Does it matter if you may go up again in the next few years?
Harris and postage rate increase would remain a possibility. However, he said there
"Either the government should recognize that this is as needed and necessary a service as some other departments and subsidize the Postal Service with the $1 billion it needs, or people should be willing to give up some services." he said
Harris mentioned possible elimination of Saturday and home deliveries to save
"People could walk to a central location or knox to get their mail, rather than having it delivered to their doors," he said. "Maybe we should even consider limiting the number of guests a week." A knox is a four-sided structure with mails on the sides to serve the mailbox.
Kansan Staff Photo by DEBBIE GUMP
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Harris said that UPS could do this because it took only large distributors and smaller companies.
A Postal Service study showed that United Parcel Service (UPS) is faster, cheaper and more reliable than the public postal service. UPS is a private company that handles about twice as many packages a year as the public postal system
"Also, most UPS services are for packages going to major cities," he said. "If someone wants to send a package to Pilot, Alaska, the Post Office must take it."
Mary Lynn Stuart Sorts Mail
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Seven nurses graduated from the School of Nursing on May 22, 1924, and in the fall, 75 medical students in junior and senior classes began training at the hospital.
The Lawrence campus was used for the first two years of medical school until 1922 when Wahl-West Hall was finished and sophomores moved to the Kansas City campus. The first freshman class moved to Kansas City in 1962.
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A clinical building, the largest in Kansas history, is now being constructed and will be furnished by the facilities. The 700,000 square foot addition will cost more than $50 million and the number of beds will be almost 800. The project is expected to be completed in the fall.
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Teaching has been the main emphasis since the beginning of the hospital. Since its opening, 2,255 nurses and 4,543 medical students have graduated from the school. In addition to structural changes, the Medical Center has undergone several changes of name. It was the Eleonor Taylor University of Kansas Hospital in 1906, University of Kansas Medical Center in 1947 and this year it became the University of Kansas Medical Center, College of Health Sciences and Hospital. The structural growth and development of the building has been parallel to the changes in name.
This year, on its golden anniversary, the
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