Most students vote for present site
Possible hospital sites survey taken
Watkins Hospital recently concluded a study to determine student feeling about the location of a possible new hospital at KU and to find facts associated with a possible location, Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler, director of Watkins Hospital, said Wednesday.
A student questionnaire was jointly prepared by Alton C. Thomas, KU landscape architect, and employees and members of the staff of Watkins Hospital. The questionnaire was given to students entering the hospital Oct. 18 and 24 and Dec. 4, 5 and 6.
Conclusions from the information gathered indicated that of the students who filled out the questionnaire form 40 per cent came to the hospital from classes and 53.7 per cent came from their residence.
Of those who came to the hospital on the days on which the questionnaires were distributed, 72 per cent walked, 17.1 per cent drove and 17.9 per cent were driven by another person. Students saying they were physically able to walk to the hospital total- 76.3 per cent.
Students were also asked where they would locate a new hospital. The present site received 111 votes, a location near Robinson Gym and O zone received 79 votes, 57 students preferred a hospital near Strong Hall and 30 students thought the location should be on Daisy Hill or near the dorms.
Students listing a preference of a location off campus with parking facilities totaled 63 and 19 students preferred a hospital on
campus. Students having no opinion totaled 55.
Schweegler said he was surprised at the number of students preferring the present location because the present location has no parking facilities for students coming to the hospital for medical care and because of access difficulty by students coming from residences.
Schwegler said the questionnaire was directed only to students entering Watkins. Another questionnaire would be randomly distributed at other areas of campus, he said.
A temporary building to house the business operations of the hospital is in active stages of planning, Schwegler said. A temporary building would help meet immediate health needs until plans for either a new hospital or a new wing on the present hospital could be finished and carried out. The temporary building would be placed between Watkins Hospital and Watson Library, he said.
"KU cannot comfortably or even safely expand without expanding the health services," Schwegler said of the need for
SUA flights cheaper now
The annual SUA Flight to Europe will be $70 cheaper than last year. Students flying in the new Boeing 747 luxury craft will pay
only $200 for the round trip flight
Sororities prepare for early rush week
They will talk in Gertrude L裴ards Pearson and Corin Halls at 6:30 p.m., in Oliver Hall at 8:30 p.m. and Hashinger and Elwisworth
Orientation will begin Monday in campus residence halls, Miss Blee said. Sorority presidents and rush chairmen will visit the living units to present a picture of sorority living and answer questions about it.
Rush is coming six months earlier this year and University of Kansas sororities are beginning to make preparations.
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Barbara Blee, Bonner Springs senior and president of the Panhellenic Council, said the final schedule and eligibility requirements had been determined Wednesday. Events will begin next week and continue through March 15. Adoption of a new University calendar made the change necessary.
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The flight will leave from New York June 10 and will return from Paris August 12.
Halls at 10:30 p.m. Anyone interested may attend, Miss Blee said.
Irv Robinson, Prairie Village junior and chairman of the SUA Travel Board, said the flight is approximately $300 cheaper than a regular round trip flight to Europe.
Eligibility requirements for rush, Miss Blee said, state that girls must be unmarried KU students who are at least one semester out of high school and have completed at least one semester of college work. Their cumulative grade point average must be 1.00 or better on a 3.00 scale.
Open houses will be Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 1. The invitational parties will be March 13, 14 and 15.
engibility may be lost for disregarding rush rules and Miss Blee reminded that after Dec. 15, freshmen women will not be allowed in sorority houses. This is to alleviate the possibility of early rushing, she said.
Registration for open houses and invitations will begin Tuesday, Jan. 6 in the Kansas Union. Girls who wish to sign up after that day may do so in 220 Strong Hall before Jan. 19. The registration fee will be $5.
Only KU students and faculty may take advantage of the reduced rate. Families are eligible to fly together if one is a KU student.
In conjunction with the flight to Europe, SUA is planning a Europe Forum to help students plan their itinerarys before they leave.
"We will provide information on any type of European travel," Robinson said. "The information will be the type that you can't usually find—such as hitchhiking across Europe."
The Europe Forum, sponsored by the SUA Travelogue Series, will show films of European countries to help students become acquainted with them before they arrive in Paris.
The forum will also take passport photos for the students at a cost of $2 to $3; the regular cost is $7 to $8.
After the beginning of January, Robinson said the forum would also sell international students i.d.s, which enable a student to get reduced rates at hotels, restaurants and various places of entertainment.
some kind of new structure to replace or expand the existing hospital.
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The deadline for the first down payment of $100 for the flight is March 6; the final payment is due April 24.
The first Europe Forum will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday and will feature a film on Austria.
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