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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, January 12, 1955
Freshman Dorm System Is Great,' Says Counselor
By NANCY NEVILLE and KAREN HILMER
Ask any freshman dorm counselor what she thinks of her job and she'll no doubt grin and burst forth with one word—"Great!"
Well, maybe that might be a little exaggerated, but more than one counselor interviewed reacted that way. One such counselor from Corpus Christi University senior, who thinks that the freshman dorm system is the best thing to be installed on the campus since the Hawk's Nest.
Miss Leenhart, along with the other seven counselors in Corbin hall, is impressed with the loyalty of the freshman girls. She also said that the freshmen seem very attached to the dorm system.
We asked her how a girl can become a freshman dorm counselor. It's a question she is asked on the average of twice a day.
Here is the procedure. A girl wishing to become a counselor should first apply at the Dean of Women's office sometime in the spring. Approximately 60 girls applied last spring.
Then the prospective counselor takes a series of quizzes at the guidance bureau. Next she is interviewed by a council of AWS members. Now each girl is interviewed individually by the head resident of each of the freshman dorms.
The counselors receive their room and board free. Their duties consist of helping the freshmen with individual and group problems and supervising the dorm activities in general.
"When girls come to me with their problems I try to help them as best as I can." Miss Leonhart said. "This seems to do more than anything to strengthen the relationship between the girls and myself."
She has been counseling since the first of the semester. In that time most of the problems brought to her were roommate troubles, boy troubles, homesickness, and difficulties adjusting to living with so many girls.
"The thing I like best about my job," she told us, "is to know that I can help someone at one time or another. Also I like the warm friendships I have made with other counselors in Corbin. Now some of my greatest friends are counselors.
"It's a marvelous experience," she finished, "not only for personal relationships but for the experience which will help me in my profession which is education."
2 Law Students Win Scholarship Awards
Two law students at the University have been honored with awards. Robert Lytle, third year law, received the $100 C. C. Stewart award provided by the KU Endowment association as the senior combining scholarship, leadership and promise of achievement in law. The prize honors a Lawrence attorney who was for many years president of the association.
Ronald Thomas, second year law, was given the $50 William L. Burdick award. This was in recognition of his top ranking for his freshman year. This prize was endowed by the late Mrs. Burdick in memory of her husband, for many years a KU teacher and administrator at the University.
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Service Group Initiates 19 At Meeting
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, initiated 19 members Sunday in the English room of the Student Union. A banquet at the Dine-a-Mite inn followed.
Those initiated were Ned Joslin, engineering sophomore; Donald E. Pitt, engineering freshman; James R. Fiel, college freshman; Charles E. Shanklin, Guy E. Farrar, Lynn A. Johnson, and James L. G. Parsons, engineering freshmen.
Clark S. Ruhman, college freshman; William L. Clow, engineering sophomore; Stanford M. Markham, engineering sophomore; Rodger L. Thom, 2nd year architecture; Alvin G. Gaddini, fine arts junior; Otto D. Payton, college junior.
Jon L. Baker, college sophomore; Donald E. Williams, college freshman; David R. Masterson, engineering freshman, and Andrew S. Kalan, Ruwal H. Freese, and John P. Schick, college freshmen.
At a business meeting last night, Parsons was elected vice president and Joslin was elected treasurer, to fill vacancies left by resignations.
The modern American novel has made a contribution to 20th century literature, Geoffrey Moore, Rose Morgan lecturer, said in his talk last night in Strong auditorium.
Hemingway, Faulkner Praised by Moore
Mr. Moore gave a general survey of the American novel with an intensified discussion of the works of Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. These authors have made the most significant contribution to the art of the novel, he said.
"On the whole Hemingway is classical, and Faulkner is romantic," Mr. Moore said. He added that Faulkner is "fundamentally, a poet in prose," and that Hemingway may be considered "an inspired reporter."
Prof. Moore considered "Farewell to Arms" Mr. Hemingway's most successful and best-known novel. The author insists on conversation and action, but gives little description. He leaves the reader to make up his own mind, Mr. Moore said.
The epic style of William Faulkner attempts to give the reader the
whole scope of a situation. Mr. Moore said, Mr. Faulkner fills in all the details, and his writing is marked by a sense of grandeur, he continued. In Faulkner's novels, good and evil are both doomed by circumstances.
Prof. Geoffrey Moore, visiting Rose Morgan lecturer, will be available for consultation at 4 p.m. today at his home at 1101 Missouri st. Prof. Moore will discuss with students and auditors of his lecture series all or any of his previous lectures.
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