Vote "YES" election day for the General Hospital Bond Issue. BUil~ that badly 'heeded new: hospital. Give Cincinnati 'a true Medical Center by putting the ·administration of the hospital lie' NEWS' RECORD fully into the hands of LIe. '. .-....- General Hospital was built in 1915, and most of its facilities' have remained unchanged for 45 years. The old, spread-out pev- I) ilion style architecture. and. lack of 'a personnel communications system renders the dai Iy complex.operetion of -today's -city .hos- Series 'BE 3 . ,Z5S2 L "Cincinna'ti, Ohto.Thorsday, October 27, 1960 Vol. XLVI, No.- 5 . pital almost impossible. " , . Every routine actiorr requires 'walking the 'grea distances between wards and rooms. Without a communications system, doctors and, ~urses can many. times, only be' found by hunting them on foot,' ,:. , . Tractor-trucks and carts of laundry and food often block the .connectlnq -network -of narrow halls and dingy tunnels. Patients are transported through them to various diagnostic and treatment areas .. The halls and the confusing myriad of subterranean tun- nels are often so congeste,d ·that r.apid movement vitally necessary f~)f ernerqencies, is; brought to a standsti II.., . - . The ancien(wards are poorly iighted.· Patieht~' do not have 'bed lights·,for~eadi~Q.·Mo~J have now'ay. to contact a nurse in J~,e50-75 yardsl<Dnl1:wilrds,.exceptby. yelling .. 'ELectrical outlets arefeyv and are screwed into sockets. One full bathroom with one bathtub serveseach ward of30:patie,!ts. _ Ea~h Hoor lacks adequate storage facilities for needed equip- ment such as oxygen. The small medicine rooms have no run- ni,ng w,ater or refriqeretion. The charting desks are in conqested areas that hinder eccurete.Fecordtnq. The antique kitchen equip. m'ent must be hand-operated. ~ . Cincinneti, always known for. its high medical standerds desperately needs a 'new hospital' with modern up-to-date facil~ ities and eqUipment. " General Hospital was a fine hospital 0:16- half centyry ago; but almost everything grows old and useless. With, our new hospital we must give .Cincinnati a new ef~ ficier.t Medical Center., Kcenter to train 'competent doctors' and nurses for their- vitally important jobs. A center to train person- nel to .operate mot/ern medical equipment in a new up-to-date.' , .., hospital. This can only be accomplished by letting UC with its -. This -pict.ur~ o! ?ne: of tke hospital's .kitthe~s is a typical example of the dilapidated, .ut of date equip- ment ..a~d poor utilization of space which can be se en throughout- Cin!=innati General HOlOpiral. Nu,~es fine College of Medicine and College of Nursing and Health ad- Josle :FIf'CU~, Laura Grafton and Jackie Hatfield brought th is and otker eye-sores' to the News Record';; minister the new hospital.. ·ttent1on. ... ~ Voting Is Tomorrow For UC Students Needed, ,I ./ . News Record. Mock ELection.Help Issue .'Pass' . -.. ' ~,~. '.'~ . ." ... ", " . ~Three thousand student volu - i 'By Andy Smith thing we ordinarily would .not be ,Bont\ie. Wo~lIner, Te;. '63, assist. leers are needed to get out the ,~.~Tomorrow's the day for the able to do. I think we will be ant news editor, pul;Jlh:ity. vote for the General Hasp: tal cl(mpus-wide News Record-spon- able to turn in a plurality for "'Sponsoring a presidential Bond Issue and the' Charter Bored Mock Election: Votingwill Nixon tomorrow." '. mock 'el~~tio:ri has_ become a tra- Amendment Tuesday, Nov. 8. take .place outside the. Student ·"We'}l be out in full force to- 'ditl.on:,;wit1\. the NewsrRecord," Passage of the Chatter amend- V-ltion.Grill between the hours of rhOITOWand will do 'everything C9111~eht~liMiss Morgan. "FOUl" merit would permit Cincinnati's 11 a. m, and 2 p. m. ;. .possible to help -:Senator . Jack . y~ats-',a.go. the staff counted the City Council to bring to an end "Students will be able to "voice Kenedy win," sard'Hanlin Bave- vOJ:e.~..Cwjt.h.;_tlle result that. the the idivided responsibility under otl';ejr:choice" for either Richard ly, A&S' '61, vice-president of ·the '·b.mp~s.,.'.~lected Dwjght Eisen' which General Hospital now i Nixon, or John Kennedy, presi- Young Det:no.crats.' - -':"We. -will ho\vet'as::Jlleir ch.o1c.e.for' presi·managed and operated. _de,ntia'l nominees in this fall's, have much literature-to give out':" dent.: -:·IV Will, be interesting to -..t\t present, the City Charter re- el:ection: Only full-time' students . Jane: Morgan, TC '61. n,ews ed- noje ,lhj5:'y.e~r's results and the quires that the City Manager be giving. their 'ID number will be ItOI' .of .the N.ews· Record, and pe'rcentage~~o'f votes cast.'~ responsible for the administra- ~- eljgi'ble'to vote. It isnot neces. ~orm AItken, ;A&S '61, sports ed- Al~lfj;lii;..rdded,. "I 'hope every Han of the Hospital, and that the saty to-show studentIl) cards.. ~.'; ItOI". are serving as co-chairmen stu~e,!)f-t~iU"\ car;efully ''.consider UC Board of Directors be respon- . ,,' " of the election. boHt- of.the. candidates 'and then sible f f . hi th H lt I' .;.Prmted ballots. will be issued . Vic Tyus. A&S' '6'3 f' t . a . or rurrus ing e ospi a s by tl N R d t 'fei.' . , ea ure vote,Jof·hiS' 'choice 'So. that the medical and nursing services, as , " 16- e~s· ecoru s a ·:"me.m- , editor, is in charge of .p'roce'd." News-"'Rec'irtd" Elect'l'o'n..•.results II dmi b,e.rs,manmn.g the pol.Is. '. VOlCe ures: Leis St'euernagel A"A '61 - we . as a minister-ing the training ' will be 'truly represe ntative of all" program for' Future docto d Y'OUl~ C.holce-Vot,el" .is the art editor, promot·lo'KO. and' •. rs an :theme of the mock election.> .~, the students at UC. nurses. Passage of the' bond issue : "Over 8,000 students'" are, I' 'bl T' .would permit construction of a ~ Igi ,e to vote but onty a large UC "Cat',' .' ry' e u·ts new central hospital building of ~rcentage of student votes will 11 stories, and renovation 01' present an aeurate picture of existing buildings to moderll~ the views of the' student body on, this timely topic." said Pete Ma SCot' ID '5' . ize the hospital to meet pra- Hayden, A&S '61, editer-ln- ;..... .e','ere' .t sent-day requirements. chief. 'Cincinnati General Hospital ~~Votes'wm be counted over the '\ was one Of the last "pavilio 'weekend and the number of votes by Allen Quimby lected frQm the intervie~. type" hospitals built in the co un- f<)r each candidate and the per, The University of Cincinnati is Judges for. this tryout will in- try. This method of construe- centags of students voting wilfbe looking for abearcat-a human c1udecon'~- faculty advisor, tion, requiring separate build, published in next Thursday's bearcat mascot that is. Any in- cheerleader captain Bob Fess- ings, has since been abandoned. News Record, terested male who would like to' 'Ier, and fWo outside parties. The main group of. buildings in ~ The Young Democrats and tryout for this unique position'. "In years past the UC Bearcat the present complex of 28 build- the Student Republican Club should attend a preliminary 'in- has been a spirited part of UC ings on the 27-acre General JIos- . will be campaigning for their terview Monday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 sporting events and college life pital site was occupied in 1915, candidates during - the election. p.m. in room 105 of Beecher Hall.' . III general. In more recent years, ' although the predecessor insti- Literahire. 'and .buttons . I,·!'I be ,; d t f' . however, the effect of the Bear- iutions, from which General Ho - W 'In or er O' quali y, students t h distributed in -the Grill. must attend UC on ra semester<;a ias declined," said Fessler. pital has grown,' date .back t ". Hal. Maier, Law '63, acting basis (or else .be at school all "One of the duties of the new 1821. chai. irman 0f the~uS" dent Repub- year) and must not be on proba- Bearcat will be to build it back '1'YPlCa. I 0f pavuiori'I' type h0- lican Club, said, "Speaking for' tion, ' . up to a highly developed school pitals, most of the buildings at • D,C tradition." G I H it I d tneth Sl\.', we are very glad- to After the preliminary inter. enera OSPla are connecte .•.. tunit t The Bearcat will 'eutcrnati- by d (J 't I b t Iha ve tlte appal' um y 0 promote view tlfere will be a tryout un ergrounc urine s, u N'Ixon ?n campus wh'ICh I'IS some- 'Mon4ay,' Nov. 7, for those se, cally become' a member. of the som e are not connected except ' by x UC cheerleading squad. His ide walks. -first appearance will be made General Hospital is also th at eincy's initial basketball city's principal teaching hospital Th~.Inside Story . !'••••.•e, Dec. 1, against Indiana It trains students of the Univcr- 'State. sity medical and nursing school , Taft HalfA~,nniversary . , ' •....... , , ......•••.•....•. ,Page 2. There is a possibility that the This is a picture of a poorly and also attracts graduates 01. New Union Films , ; r- ••••••••••••••••••••• Page 5 identity of the Bearcat will not equip'ped treatment room. All other medical schools as intern Jucker Pick!' Bradley .. , " , ..•..... , Page 8 be publicly disclosed. It is felt General. Hospital pictures w:ere ~U1dresidents. Religious Emphasj~ Week , :' , , , Page 10 that keeping the identity of the taken by Nancy Lee Humbach, UC's election.