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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1965)
$1 Million Infirmary Nears Combletion The Student Health Service, now housed in cramped quartern across 13th Ave. from the Stu dciit Union, will probably be mov im; to a building with twice the present space before fall term is over. Dr Russell Rlemkcr, director of the Health Service (called just “the infirmary” by most stu dents) hopes that tie and his staff can move into the University’s new $1 2 million Health Service building by sometime in No vember The infirmary handles a mas sive case load sometimes 200 or 300 students during peak hours, according to Dr Hlemker. Record Year During the 1963 64 academic year, the Health Service set a rec ord by treating 02,000 outpatient cases alone. He acknowledged that things will be ‘mighty hectic for a while” during the first of the term when the hordes of new stu dents file into ttie Infirmary to make last minute additions to their health records, turn in phys ical exam slips and complete oth er registration duties. This Is not to mention those per sons with illnesses who go to the infirmary for help Sparc Larking The present infirmary, like some other campus buildings, has been long since outgrown by the student population explosion. Be cause of lack of space to house* needed equipment and treatment facilities, the Health Service has to send some student cases to Sacred Heart Hospital, which is also crowded as Eugene’s largest hospital. IHh I nlversitys new 37,000 square-foot quarters for the Student Health Service wil! hold 44 beds, provide modern facilities for every thin!! except surgery. I)r Blemker says that the now infirmary will hi- able to handle ' everything hut major surgery." The 37,000 square-foot two story concrete and hrick struc ture is about double the size of the present building. It is located next to Carson Hall, on 13th Ave. Built with Fees Built entirely with student fees, the new infirmary will ac commodate 44 beds to start, with room for expansion to hold 20 more Most of the rooms will be two-bed wards, with four one- i bed "isolation rooms" for serious i contagious diseases. The new infirmary will be staffed by eight full-time and two part time doctors and 13 nurses. In addition, new members of the staff will include a licensed ; physiotherapist, a pharmacist and i a dietitian. Kach will have sepa Professor Writes About Discovery Graham Hoyle, professor of bi ology at the University, has re ported in "Science" magazine his findings on the nature of the coupling processes, one of the most important unresolved prob lems of muscle physiology. The report appeared in a July Issue of the weekly magazine publishe I by the American Asso ciation tor the Advancement of Science. Hoyle is known for his work in fundamental muscle research He is currently in Tokyo, Japan for a series of scientific meetings With his associates ami gradu ate student*, he has been doing research into the control of mus cles by the nervous system and the biophysical and chemical processes which result in muscle contraction. Since January, the scientists have been using the University's new electron microscope, which is 100 times more powerful than an ordinary microscope, to ob serve the muscle cells of inverte brates One basic concern has been to find how the nerve impulse is transmitted to the muscle fibers Carlson Gets Ed School Post Richard 0. Carlson, associate professor of education at the Uni versity, has been appointed head of the Division of Educational Ad ministration, Curriculum, and Supervision of the School of Edu cation. Paul B. Jacobson, dean of the School of Education, said Carl son would be succeeding Keith Goldhammer, who was recently appointed associate dean of t h e school. Carlson will be assuming his new duties when he returns to the campus from Harvard University where he is spending the academ ic year as a visiting professor. Carlson is also a research asso ciate in the University Institute for Community Studies and a pro ject director of the University’s Center for Advanced Study of Educational Administration. of the invertebrate*. To this end, Hoyle and his researchers have been observing two systems, the surface membrane and the sarco plasmic reticulum. The surface membrane makes pathways into the cells to carry impulses from the nerve ends, and the sarcoplasmic reticulum is a transport system within the muscle cell. Scientists had previously noted that the surface membranes and the sarcoplasmic reticulum are often in close parallel proximity within the muscle cell. Some had thought that the membranes actu ally touched in some places. However, Hoyle discovered something quite different. He found after observing thousands of their junctures, that while the distance between the elements is often very small, an extremely thin sheet of electron dense ma terial separates them. Further research will attempt to discover the significance of the relationships among the newly-found electron-dense ma terial. the two elements, and the muscle fibers, for 'determining how the fibers are stimulated to contract. j Advertisement Baxter and Hemming of Eu- i gene, Oregon . . . has been desig- ; nated a GQ Campus &■ Career Fashion Center by Gentlemen’s Quarterly, the fashion magazine for men. As a result of this desig nation they are in the recently published GQ Campus and Ca reer Annual as an “established source for young men's fashions who stand ready to serve the wardrobe requirements for the i young of all ages.’’ The Campus and Career An-, nual, out for the first time this month , tells what they'll be wearing at colleges across the country and in the young busi nessman’s wardrobe: what it should include and how it should be worn. Look for a copy of G.Q. Campus & Career Annual in your living organization. GQ / Gentlemen’s Quarterly 488 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y. rate quarters in the new building to offer services not now pro vided. I)r. Blemker said that the building is being built to accom modate a student body of 18,000. Doctors Get Three Rooms Each full time doctor will have a suite of three rooms—two exam ination-treatment rooms plus an office. These, plus the general offices and the pharmacy, are lo cated on the first floor. The second floor includes the hospital area, the kitchen cafe teria and one of the building's two minor surgery rooms. The structure also has an elevator, unlike the present two-level fa cility, plus an emergency en trance for ambulances. The basement will house the physiotherapy department, in cluding six whirlpool baths, a heat treatment room and an ex ercise room. Using New Design Dr. Blemker said that the building is being constructed, us-1 ing the “new designs” in hospitals —open construction and centrali zation of services, avoiding long passageways between areas. Other new features will in clude equipment for electrocar diagram measurements, added X ray and fluoroscope facilities, an expanded laboratory, pneumatic tubes to carry messages through the building, a sterilizing appara tus and a central oxygen supply to allow oxygen to be piped into the individual patient rooms. The facilities of the Health Service are now available to all University* students. Drugs, tests and other care is administered free when possible; at other times the charges are well be low commercial rates. After the Health Service moves to new quarters the present infir mary will be used as a facility for the science department. The basement now houses a S300.000 atomic accelerator, acquired by the department last year. THERE'S A GREAT NEW YEAR AHEAD ... SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW? The hanking service First National offers to Oregon students may lie new, especially to members of the Class of ‘69. We ask you to consider these points: ■ Convenience. There is a banking office near you, offering drive-in service, free parking, and practical banking hours. ■ Flexibility. Money may he deposited to your local account from any of First National’s statewide branches, or we will gladly arrange for transfer of your funds from your home bank. ■ Experience. Service to generations of students has made us expert in meeting your particular needs. 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