Page 8 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1957 For College Students
Do You Have Problems? Try The Psychiatry Dept.
Helping the student work out his own problems so he can continue his studies is the goal of the psychiatry department in Watkins Hospital.
"Most of the students who come to us are not seriously ill, but have problems of adjustment, choice of vocation or being away from home," said Dr. L. Willard Shankel, director. "Our big problem is to help them adjust and stay in school."
"The majority of our patients are self-referred, that is they come in voluntarily," Dr. Shankel explained. "This is much better than having them sent in by an instructor or adviser. Persons who come in on their own accord are much more at ease and we can help them more."
Aid In 3 Fields
Assistance in three fields is offered by the department which has a staff of four full time and two part time workers. The fields are psychiatry, psychology and social psychiatry. The largest section is psychiatric treatment in which Dr. Shankel and two psychiatrists from Menningers Clinic in Topeka work.
"The treatment for each patient is determined by his individual needs," Dr. Shankel said. "Treatment ranges from an hour's session with the psychologist to 50 hours involving complete psychotherapy."
The first four hours are provided free, and after that a nominal fee is charged, scaled to the student's ability to pay.
Dr. Shankel said that although the department is kept busy, he does not feel that all the students who might be helped are taking advantage of the service.
"We have treated about 300 patients since September," Dr. Shankel said. "This is about 5 per cent of the total student body. Some universities with similar set-ups aid about 10 per cent of their students.
Records Confidential
"I feel that many students needing help don't come in because they're afraid someone will see their records, other than persons at the clinic," Dr. Shankel continued. "Actually all case records are kept locked up at all times and the student's parents are not notified unless requested by the student!"
The psychiatric department is about seven years old.
"Many schools do not offer a similar service, and our psychiatric department which is seven years old, is the only facility for the college age group in the state," Dr. Shankel said.
"One interesting point is the majority of male patients," Dr. Shankel said. "The ratio among our patients is higher than the ratio of men to women on the campus as a whole.
"This is understandable when you consider that men have more pressing problems than women while in school," he continued. "In addition to the problems of leaving home and adjusting to a new environment they have to think about the possibility of being drafted and, in any case, going out to make a living and possibly supporting a wife."
Cats live to an average age of 15 or 16 years, but some live longer than 20 years. The oldest one of which there is a record died at 32.
Student Recital Set For Thursday
Percussion instruments will be featured in the student recital at 3 p.m. Thursday in Strong Auditorium.
Student soloists will be JoAnn Jersild, Brooklyn, N.Y. senior; Carolyn Bradley, Chillicothe, Mo., freshman; Mary Warren, Muskogee, Okla. sophomore; Fred Pendergraft, Atchison freshman and De Ros Hogue, Dodge City junior.
Miss Jersild, piano soloist, will play "Sonata in C major" (Mozart). Miss Bradley, marimba soloist, will play one movement from "Sonata No. 3 for Violin" (Handel), and Miss Warren, piano soloist, will play "Suite Bergamese" (Debussy).
Pendergraft, percussion solist,
will play "Rudimental Solos" by
(Wilcoxon), and Hogue, tympany
solist, 'Sonatina for Three Tymp-
anies and Piano' (Tcherepine).
Professor Named To Committee
Dr. E. O. Stene, professor of political science, has been appointed to a committee on professional ethics of the American Assn. of University Professors.
There are over 40,000 members in the Association from various schools throughout the country. About 300 faculty members of the University are members.
The committee will meet in New York on April 25 to start drafting a code of ethics. Previously, the Association has adopted a statement of principles on academic tenure and freedom and a policy regarding resignation.
Cottle In Atchison Today
William C. Cottle, professor of education and counselor of the Guidance Bureau, will speak today at Mount St. Scholastic College in Atchison. He will talk to the Catholic women students on "The Problems of Choosing a Career," and to the faculty on "Improving Counseling."
Take 100 posters, a display case in the Student Union, enough programs for a 4-night stand, about 50 hours work done by one man, you have the publicity program for University Theatre.
Student-Artist Keeps Busy Publicizing KU Theatricals
Alpha Chi Sigma; professional chemical fraternity, will honor chemistry and chemical engineering professors with a dinner at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday at Happy Hal's, E. 23rd St.
That one man is William Henry, Parkville, Mo., sophomore, who has been doing the publicity for the past year. His first show was George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," presented in March, 1956.
"Henry's work for the University Theatre has done a great deal to raise the quality and produce more continuity in the shows," said Jack T. Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama.
Henry talks with the director and set designer before each play, and his art work is planned so that the same basic design can be carried through in ads, posters, and the Student Union display.
A drawing and painting art major, he has done more than 10 plays within the past year. Some of these include the melodrama, "The Drunkard"; the opera, "Cosi Van Tutte"; N. Richard Nash's "The Rainmaker"; George Gershwin's "Of Thee I sing," and Molieres "Doctor in Spite of Himself."
Fraternity Will Honor Chemistry Professors
Henry had to teach himself the silk screen process. A different screen must be made for each color
The importance of Alpha Chi Sigma will be explained by Ernest Griswold, professor of chemistry, and a former president of the fraternity.
A natural bridge 70 feet high on Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas is the third highest in the United States.
used on the poster. He makes about 100 for each play.
"The display case in the Student Union is about a 15-hour job," Henry said. "The main problem is in planning and arranging it to get depth into the display."
"The amazing thing about Henry is that he seems to have no distinctive style in his work, but adjusts to the style of the show in doing our publicity," Prof. Brooking said.
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