Students encouraged to seek advice
Mental Health Clinic offers aid
By MARCIA MITCHELL Kansan Staff Writer
The buff brick building, slightly concealed behind Watkins Memorial Hospital, contains a haven of help for emotionally distressed students.
The Mental Health Clinic, directed by S. O. Schroeder, psychiatrist, is a source of guidance for such problems as conflicts in living groups, academic problems or social problems. To relieve these tensions, the clinic set up a program designed to encourage students to seek advice.
Put into effect about 10 years ago, the program includes four visits paid through the student health fees at enrollment, Schroeder said.
"A student usually decides if he needs us after two or three visits," said Schroeder. "If further consultation is required, the student and the attending member of our staff decide upon a fee, ranging from $2 to $10, that will be meaningful to the student."
Visits are 50 minutes long and scheduled to begin and end with University classes. The clinic has seen 200 to 250 students since June and expects to see 800 by
Dr. S. O. Schroeder
the end of the spring semester,
compared with 700 in '68-69.
"The number of troubled students, however, always varies within just half a per cent of 4 per cent of the student population each year," said Schroeder.
The year in school seems to
have little correlation with the number of disturbed students, although certain problems appear in each class, Schroeder said. Seniors are anxious about graduating and obtaining jobs, he said, and graduate students feel the stress of being perpetual students. Less than a dozen students a year come to the clinic who have experienced bad drug trips, he said.
Some male students are plagued by the draft situation but often come to the clinic with another problem. Schroeder said. The real problem is eventually revealed and the student receives help for it, he said.
"We do not offer direct advice to individual problems, however," said Schroeder. "This is not the most effective way to alleviate the situation because it does not allow the students to express their opinions or pick their own solution."
Students are offered the choice of withdrawal from school if extremely upset, Schroeder said. If patients become violent or must be hospitalized, the staff decides upon withdrawal, said Schroeder.
The clinic staff includes two clinical psychologists and two psychiatric social workers. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and appointments are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily.
A resident psychiatrist commutes from Topeka's Menninger School of Psychiatry. This is possible through KU's affiliation with the school for psychiatrists who plan to work with college-age students, Schroeder said.
Schroeder said he thought no students had come in for consultation as a joke.
"Students more than ever realize what advantages are being offered to them and they come in with serious problems," Schroeder said. "If they're coming in as pranks, the students are doing a good job of putting us on."
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Scholarship criteria set
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) Scholarship Committee has set up guidelines for the distribution of scholarship money allocated by the IFC Representatives Council.
Dave Andersen, Wichita junior and IFC vice-president explained the guidelines will provide for a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $600 per scholarship per semester. Candidates must have an overall GPA of 1.2 and must maintain a 1.5 while holding the scholarship.
Queen crowned
Rebecca Wieland, Garden City sophomore, was crowned the 1969 Military Ball queen Saturday.
Miss Wieland is a transfer student from Lindenwood College in Missouri, and represented Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Her attendants are Kathy Newcomer, Omaha, Neb., junior majoring in secondary education, history and government, and Judy Bottenfield, Pittsburgh sophomore majoring in special education. Miss Newcomer represented Kappa Kappa Gamma and Miss Bottenfield represented Alpha Gamma Delta.
Scholarship recipients must be an active member of one of KU's 29 fraternities, Andersen explained. The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of scholarship achievement and financial need as established by the committee.
Nov.17 1969 KANSAN 3
Applications may be picked up in the IFC office, Kansas Union Room 112B for the scholarships in the spring semester.
TOO MUCH BOOZE
DES MOINES, Iowa (UPI)—The Iowa Liquor Commission has $11 million worth of liquor in its warehouses and stores, enough to last into the 22nd century.
"The inventories that they have far exceed anything you would expect," Gov. Robert Ray said. He asked the commission to get rid of the surplus.
The governor, whose tastes run more to ginger ale anyway, suggested the commission try to sell some of the less popular brands back to the manufacturers. Otherwise, he said, he would consider a price reduction to help clear the warehouses.
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To investigate the new, unique incentive rental plan now in effect
This incentive rental plan offers numerous price ranges for married couples, graduate students or undergraduates. The plan is designed to provide a two-bedroom furnished or unfurnished apartment at prices competitive with one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments, yet offer much more in space and quality, convenient location and services.
Visit the office at 1603 W. 15th, or call 843-4993 to get complete information. Inspection is welcomed.
University of Kansas Experimental Theatre
presents
The Hostage
by Brenden Behan
November 13 - 22
Experimental Theatre 8:20 p.m.
Murphy Hall
For Tickets Call: UN 4-3982