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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1964
KU Health Center Has British Doctor
Bv Jane Larson
The next time you're paying a visit to the Student Health Center, don't be surprised if you hear a friendly "cheerio" or someone whistling "Pop Goes the Weasel."
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Although it could be a drama student practicing his new role, it's probably Dr. John Barton, exchange physician from Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
The health center at Leeds University, where Dr. Barton attended, sports only a converted house with six beds which are rarely full.
Leaving a residency in psychiatry in England, Dr. Barton came to the U.S. last Jan. 1 from Leeds.
"EVEN THOUGH there are 7000 students they are not so far away from home as here at KU," Dr. Barton explained.
"I think the whole business of student health," Dr. Barton said, "is very interesting here."
NOW WORKING at the Student Health Center Dr. Barton said, "I like working here, no doubt about it. The working conditions are much better."
Dr. Barten commented that the student health centers in England are much smaller than KU's center.
In England, he explained, when anybody has a cold, they simply stick it out. It's quite a natural thing. But here, he continued, everybody rushes to the hospital at the slightest sniffle.
"I THINK in general they (the students) overreact," Dr. Barton said.
Although Dr. Barton said the KU student seems quite pleasant and easy to get along with, he said he thought many of the students would benefit by a year or two at a junior college.
"Many come completely unprepared," Dr. Barton said, "both emotionally and academically."
When the student enters the university in England, he explained, he is used to the battery of exams and interviews he must pass.
"THE ENGLISH student finds it easier to fit into the university atmosphere. He seems more adult," Dr. Barton said.
Although Dr. Barton said he finds upperclassmen as well-adjusted as their English counterparts, it's the
freshman level or period of adjustment that differs.
When asked if he encountered many semantic difficulties Dr. Barton replied his worst problem was with the word "fortnight."
"THEYWOULDN'Tevenknow whatI meant,"he said.
"Cheerio" is another interesting example, he commented.
"Whenever I leave a patient's room I usually say 'Cheerio,'" Dr. Barton said, "Some of them just sit there rather amused but a few always come back with the same quip."
One thing that puzzled Dr. Barton concerning his accent and Americans was the fact that some people thought him from the East and even some believed he was from the deep South.
"EVEN THOUGH I have been here only a short time," he said, "I have picked up a few Americanisms."
Probably one of Dr. Barton's favorite "Americanisms" is football.
"I like American football very much," he said, "I didn't understand it at first but by the end of the season I was rooting as loud as anybody."
One "Americanism" Dr. Barton hasn't picked up is the viewing of the medical soap operas on TV such as "Dr. Kildare" and "Ben Casey."
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