'Pregnancy', 'nerves' are possible
Shacking brings serious problems
(Editor's Note: This is the last of a series of four articles dealing with the problems of shacking up at KU.)
By SUSAN FOHRMAN Kansan Staff Writer
Unwanted pregnancies, abortions, and emotional problems are some of the side-effects of living together, KU doctors say.
Pregnancy is one of the primary problems of shacking-up. Raymond Schwegler, director of Watkins Hospital, said as many as six to eight pregnant, unwed women in a single week have come to the hospital seeking help.
He said the hospital tries to make some kind of social arrangement for these individuals. Some are planning to get married,Schwegler said,and for these women the hospital can give prenatal care up to the time of delivery.
The babies are usually adopted by persons connected with the University, such as professors and their families. The woman's identity is kept confidential, he said, and the bills are usually paid by the adopting family, Schwegler said.
For those women who aren't getting married, he said, the hospital will try to find an obstetrician in a distant city and, when the baby is born, will help with adoption procedures.
Mental problems
There are a considerable number of abortions, he said, but added that no one knows how many. He said hospital officials try with limited success to dissuade women from criminal abortions because of the high risk involved.
This is the least desirable way to solve the problem, he said, because it is illegal and can cause serious mental and physical disturbances. Sterility and, in some case, death are possible results of illegal abortions, Schwegler explained.
Schwegler said the request for birth control pills are few, and added that unmarried women should go to the public health department to get them.
He said the hospital does not willingly administer the pills to unmarried women but will give them to women just prior to marriage. Many women, he said, probably lie to receive them but added that they cannot receive refills unless they are married.
He explained that the public health department will issue birth control pills to a woman, with no questions. All she need do is apply.
Board notifies KU protesters
Donald Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo., junior, William Berkowitz, New York senior, and Richard Atkinson, Belleville, senior have been sent notices to appear before the University Discipline Board (UDB), announced Russell N. Bradt, professor of mathematics and faculty member of the UDB.
During that demonstration a fire extinguisher was used on the second floor of Strong to spray students and election workers in the rotunda.
The students will appear to answer charges arising out of the April 23 campus demonstration in Strong Hall, the Military Science Building, and the Kansas Union.
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But, he said, there is more than simply an individual's
physical health involved in coed living-many students also find they are emotionally disturbed as a result of it.
Psychiatric counseling
Sydney Schroeder, director of mental health at Watkins Hospital, said the hospital sees not more then half a dozen cases a year in which a pregnant, unmarried woman gets so upset that she need psychiatric counseling.
He explained that pregnant women usually work their problems out with the doctor or agency who is helping them through their pregnancy.
More common, he said, are cases in which individuals discard their old standards and begin living together. He said many soon discover they haven't lost their old system of values as completely as they had thought and, as a result, feel intensely guilty.
Schroeder said if one partner becomes shaken, he tends to disturb the other. He added that these people do not necessarily go to the hospital for help, but may talk to someone they trust, such as a minister, counselor or close friend.
He said that when students come to the hospital the staff tries to help them resolve their problems and the students are then allowed to go ahead and do as they please.
Pattern varies
He added that many discontinue living together but pointed out that the pattern varies from couple to couple.
The Rev. Donald Conrad,
lecturer in the school of religion,
said he did not see that living together before marriage contributed anything to a couple's relationship.
Mr. Conrad acknowledged the fact that two consenting individuals "can do anything under the sun," but added that there are "some things a person can value more highly when the time comes."
The Rev. Ronald L. Sundbye, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, echoed Mr. Conrad's statements.
Rev, Sundbye called himself a traditionalist. He explained that he believes the commitment of marriage causes love and sex to be more fully expressed and beautifully experienced.
Religious views
He added that the depth of meaning which can come from such a relationship is much greater in a fulfilling marriage.
A priest at St. John's Catholic Church also felt that a couple must have some kind of
commitment to live up to. He said that if a couple is just living together there is no commitment.
He added that this type of a relationship could lead to a complete breakdown of morals and in the obligations of marriage.
The physical, mental and moral problems in coed living are many, and those who live together should realize the possible consequences, the experts seem to say.
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