Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1965 University Daily Kansan Page $
Bureau Trying To Aid Students
Helping students to understand themselves, their interests, talents, goals and abilities is the job of the KU Guidance Bureau, where free counseling and testing of this nature has been available since 1944.
Located on the first floor of Bailey Hall, the bureau was organized in 1944 to answer the needs of World War II veterans, Gordon Colliser, professor of education and director of the Guidance Bureau, said.
Robert E. Shepherd, assistant professor of education and one of seven full-time Guidance Bureau counsellors, said, "The testing services which were the bureau's main interest when it began have become the second step in our counselling process. We try now to establish a meaningful, personal relationship with the student through as many interviews as he wants before we decide if any testing is even necessary.
STUDENTS ARE urged, Prof. Collister said, to 'take a look at themselves' when they come in for counselling.
"A NEW STUDENT can get lost and confused in a large University like KU. Before long, he'll find himself asking 'Who am I?' We urge him to be himself when he talks to us, so we can help him to describe himself and the things he considers important."
"Our bureau, however, has never been under the control of the Veterans Administration," Prof. Colliser said. "KU decided to start its own bureau, and to serve all students."
"I am afraid," he said, "that many people misunderstand what the guidance process is. We can't give a person a battery of tests, then offer an occupation that will set him up for the next 50 years.
"All we can do is to help the student describe himself, and testing is not always necessary for this. We interview students first."
"If they decide they want to take tests to further analyze their questions or problems, the bureau will administer such tests as personality, interest, achievement, and academic ability."
A PERSONALITY test, which exists in many forms, helps a student to compare such things as his strong and weak values, his inclination toward people or toward organizations, or how strongly he needs to affiliate. Prof. Shepherd said.
The interests tests, Prof. Shepherd said, are particularly helpful when a student is undecided about the occupation he wants to enter.
"As a result of these tests," Prof. Shepherd said, "the students can compare his outside interests—the things he likes to do for hobbies, recreation, etc—with those of people who are happy and successful in the field he is thinking about.
"A DOCTOR WHO enjoyed golf and fishing, for instance, would serve as an interesting comparison for the student who thinks he wants to practice medicine. He may be able to decide if he'll be comfortable with the people his occupation will involve."
The Guidance Bureau is also equipped with a complete tape library of recorded interviews with people in many different occupations. A student interested in lab technology, for instance, could go in in the library and hear first hand what some lab technician thinks about his work.
Seminars Begin Next Semester
KU will launch a new all-university faculty seminar on international development during the spring semester. At weekly luncheon meetings in the Kansas Union, for a period of 8-10 weeks in the middle of the semester, University faculty members and outside experts will speak and lead discussions.
The seminars, to be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Fridays, will include discussions of various aspects of international development, such as social change, economic development, and assistance to colleges and universities abroad; programs already undertaken by the University; and the University's responsibilities and possible roles in the international field.
The bureau, besides the counselling services it offers, administers placement tests to incoming freshmen, the Summerfield and Watkins Scholarship testing, law and medical school admissions testing and some national tests.
"THERE IS A distinct difference between the KU academic advisors and the bureau," Prof. Shepherd said. "We can't possibly keep up with all the academic changes here, so we do not advise students on their semester schedules."
But the bureau does try to help those who come in with grade problems or questions about their majors, Prof. Shepherd said. Counsellors can at least help them decide if they are suited for what they are being trained to do.
"Educational and vocation complications quite often stem from personal problems," he said.
Sen. Pearson Plans Speech
U. S. Sen. James B. Pearson is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in the Kansas Union. The speech is sponsored by the KU Collegiate Young Republicans.
Sen. Pearson is the first speaker sponsored by the CYR to appear at KU since the election.
"All persons interested in hearing Senator Pearson speak will be welcome to attend," Bill Porter, Topeka sophomore and CYR chairman, said.
Porter said, "Senator Pearson will be back in Kansas to attend the reception and inaugural ball in honor of Governor and Mrs. William H. Avery, Monday, Jan. 11, at Topeka."
Pearson was a member of the Kansas Legislature from 1956 to 1960 when he became state Republican chairman. He resigned this post after the 1960 election.
Pearson would be considered a moderate Republican by most people, Porter said.
Gov. John Anderson appointed Pearson to fill Sen. Andrew Schoeppel's Senate seat after Schoeppel's death in 1962. Pearson was elected to fill the remaining four years of the term in the 1962 election.
Pearson has served on the Public Works Committee, the Interior Committee, and the Committee on Committees of the U.S. Senate.
A well-known philosopher will deliver the fourth Ethics and Society Lecture at the University of Kansas tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Philosopher To Lecture
He is Prof. Henry D. Aiken of Harvard University, who will discuss "Morality and Ideology."
Aiken, a prolific writer, is editor of the widely used paperback, "The Age of Ideology," and of Hume's "Moral and Political Philosophy" and "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion." He is author of "Reason and Conduct," published in 1962 and is co-author of "Philosophy in the Twentieth Century."
Bob Stewart, Vancouver, B.C. senior, and Kaye Whitaker, Topeka senior, will speak. Stewart is student body president, and Miss Whitaker is vice-president.
Frosh Leadership To Be Discussed
A special meeting of the Freshman Leadership Program will convene at 7:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union.
Bruce Cook, Newton sophomore, is chairman of the program which seeks to acquaint freshmen with leadership techniques which can be used in any organization.
You would imagine with some 8,000 KU students gone for the Christmas holidays, the deserted campus would resemble a ghost town in a John Wayne western, everything locked up snug and not a soul in sight. But you would imagine wrong.
The campus was noticeably less active than before the holidays, but a few people were around.
The library was closed for seven of the fourteen day holiday, but the few days it was open, circulation was busy. Graduate students and faculty members were the primary users of the library during the holidays.
'Deserted' Campus Was Lively
THE CIRCULATION traffic dropped to roughly half, although most of the student body was absent.
Normal circulation of about 1,500 books daily dropped to 700 books.
The library was the most inactive on Saturday morning after New Year's Eve.
Ladies working at the concessions counter in the Student Union anticipated a vacation during the holidays and enjoyed the relaxation for about four days. After that time, they became rather bored for lack of customers.
THE BUILDING and grounds department was perhaps the busiest group on campus during the vacation. Crews were seen scurrying into Lindley Hall auditorium where they put in new seats and risers. The entire south side of the auditorium was remodeled and painted.
The crew almost completely remodeled Strong Annex A by constructing new floors, installing new lights, and painting the interior.
One room in Malotl Hall was enlarged by ripping out several partitions. Another minor job completed while the students were gone was the construction of a bicycle rack behind Strong Hall. State employees were given half a day Dec. 24 and Christmas off for the holiday.
THE MIGRATION back to the campus was expected to begin Saturday by the concession counter ladies who had plenty of money to cash checks. But, the return began in earnest Sunday afternoon.
Monday the entire student body was back in school. Library circulation jumped to 1,600 books. Building and grounds crews had to work around students. The concessions counter had people in line to cash checks.
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ROBIN HOOD
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1922
Admission 60c
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Wednesday----7:00 p.m.
Fraser Theater
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