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Thursday, August 31, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Things Keep Going Up
Workers prepare for the pouring of concrete at the site of the new student health center now under construction east of Robinson Gymnasium.
Kansan Staff Photos by Pris Brandsted
Suspended on a ladder, these workmen add finishing touches to the outside of Wescoe Hall, future home for the humanities.
JAN KESSINGER
Kansan Staff Writer
was possible that CarruthuO'Leary Hall would not be used as a classroom building in the ultimate University plan.
To lessen the classroom crowding on the central campus, Laken and I gave her contact* organizations would moved to the West Campus. He defined the nonstudent contact service divisions or research groups.
Part of the buildings are paid for by the student body. The most common fee is Wesco Hall fee, which went into effect this fall. Despite student application, students will pay $1,700 per project to the projected $7,780,000 cost.
What seems like a building boom at the University of Kansas is actually part of a never-ending cycle. That cycle is more evident now because construction is focused on or near the main campus, says Keith Lawton, director of facilities, planning and operations.
STUDENTS will pay almost all of the cost of the Student Health Center. Total project costs for the facility will be $3,050,000. A state fee is $17,650,000; a $250,000, leaving $2,800,000 for the students to pay with student fees. The bonds for the building are federally guaranteed interest, Lawson said. Therefore, the lowest rate is low for that size of loan.
Three building projects are under construction now and another is under study. The three buildings, located in the Center, east of Robinson Gymnasium, Wesco Hall, a new humanities building, and Raymond Moore Hall on West Base of the State Geological Survey.
Funds for the repaving and maintenance of parking facilities were provided by the traffic department from fines.
Plans for usage of the University facilities and future construction of buildings is governed by a set of rules which makes its recommendations to the Chancellor. It is this unit that has laid out a zoning method that eventually will loosen restrictions on the same geographic location.
LAWTON SAID a new engineering building, to be connected to Learned Hall, was being planned and was expected to become a legislature. The new building will enable the engineering department to move out of Marvin Hill and the Fowler shops, thus making room available for other departments. Lawton explained.
Moore Hall was financed by a $1,210,200 appropriation from the letterhead of the Association donated $150,000 to the project. The Endowment fund building used to house the temporary building used to house the School of Law offices.
In the long range plans, Lawn said the University would need more research space on campus and would no longer need temporary buildings. Lawn did not want to lose a landmark.
The face of the KU campus has changed greatly in just the past five years and as plans stand to grow, the change will change even more by 1890.
Raymond Moore Hall, located south of Daisy Hill on West Campus, will house the State Geological Survey.
Workmen at the new Student Health Center christened the structure's foundation "Brown's Lake" in honor of their foreman.