Individual Counseling KU Goal
by Howard Pankratz
by Howard F. George Brenner, Princeton, Kans., fifth-year pharmacy student, said the amount of work a counselor puts in revolves around one thing, his wing.
"IT DEPENDS on the wing you have, the group I had last year required a good percentage of my time. The upperclassmen on my wing this year are fairly mature and much less time is needed." Brenner said.
Counselors' duties usually cover four areas: administrative duties such as checking men in and out, counseling students with personal problems, maintaining a semblance of peace and order on a wing, and writing personnel and weekly activity reports, he said.
EVERY SUNDAY, Brenner and his fellow counselors write a report about the week's activities on the wing. They highlight the good and bad points of the wing's activities.
"As far as minor personal problems, students seldom come to counselors with them. Some counselors have the type of personality, and it takes a particular type of personality, that men are willing to confide in." Brenner said. "These counselors talk to more men than other counselors but even then the percentage of men that come to them is small. However, we do have our share of larger problems, such as students being in trouble with the police."
Jon Howell, Kansas City, Mo. third-year law student and assistant to the Dean of Men, said
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the weekly reports are, in a sense, "trend" reports. The counselors try to find out the man's complaints and their attitudes about dorm and campus life.
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"If they're freshmen, we want to know what they think of KU. We want to know if men like the eating times and so on. They are general reports but they are extremely helpful. Deen McElheneh, myself, and resident directors exchange and evaluate them." Howell said.
THE PERSONNEL REPORTS,
formerly turned in twice a year,
will now be written only annually.
They evaluate each student on
a wing and are put in a file
separate from the scholastic file.
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"The Dean of Men's office, it asked about a particular student, wants to be able to say more than that he lived in McCollum for
"THE MAIN TROUBLE counselors have is the conflict between being a 'counselor' and a policeman. They must be able to discuss a man's problems and suggest either a solution or someone who can. But at the same time, they have to be able to tell the same student to turn down his radio. This conflict gets to many of our counselors." Howell said.
ership, and over-all character. Leadership includes both on- and off-campus activities. A number of our older counselors have been officers in the armed forces. The personnel reports from our counselors are handy in evaluating over-all character. Above all, a counselor must be honest and responsible." Howell said.
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four years. Our reports enable them to say more." Brenner said.
What is the ideal counselor? The university is trying to make
"We point out that these reports were not made by persons trained in social work and that they should be evaluated accordingly. We don't want a counselor to say a guy is a psycho but something more general such as if he has many friends," Howell added.
SOMEONE INTERESTED in counseling should first talk to his counselor and then fill out an application which can be obtained at the Dean of Men's Office in Strong. When returned to the Dean of Men's Office it will be evaluated by Dean Alderson; Dean McElhenne; J. J. Wilson, director of the dorm system; Howwell and the Guidance Bureau.
"We look at three areas when selecting counselors; grades, lead-
the ideal counselor a "big brother," in other words, someone you can turn to.
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"When freshmen come in, we want the counselor to be such a caliber of a man that they have every right to say, 'This guy has really made it; he knows what's coming off. He's a person I can turn to when I need help.' I'd be the first to admit that we have not attained this, but that's the goal we're aiming at," Howell said.
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