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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 13. 1963
Guidance Bureau A Vital Student Aid
By Willis Henson
The head of the KU guidance department says the old Puritan ethics concerning immaturity and maturity are gradually dying out.
Gordon Colliser, professor of education, said it used to be a sign of immaturity to admit that one had social or domestic problems and a sign of maturity if one could solve his own problems.
"People are no longer expected to solve their own problems. It is a sign of maturity to admit that one needs help and it takes courage to do so," he said.
THE GUIDANCE BUREAU is essentially a problem-solving department, Prof. Colliester said, but not all cases deal with despondent persons.
"Students come to us with al kinds of problems," he said, "but all are held in extreme confidence."
Students who wish to improve their grades come in quite frequently. Prof. Collister said.
"Students are taught to take a look at themselves" in reaching solutions, be said.
"MANY STUDENTS want to take tests to determine their problems," the professor said. "We talk to them first to determine if such tests are needed."
If so, students may take aptitude, personality interest, or interest inventory tests, he said.
The tests can be influenced by the individual, but if taken honestly, they are very reliable. Prof. Collister said concerning the accuracy of the tests. "After a student leaves KU, we have no way of determining his continued success."
He said all appointments are scheduled for one full hour. "Most students come in for an average of three or four sessions," he added.
THE CONFERENCE sessions are held very informally at the guidance bureau on the first floor of Bailey Hall.
Students may request a male or female counselor, but few do. Prof. Collister said. He said that successful communication with a counselor does not depend on conferring with the common sex, as is the popular notion.
Prof. Collister explained that the impetus to the modern guidance or counseling departments was actually World War II. He said that after
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the War, veterans were allowed to go to colleges and universities under a government contract, provided the GFs would consult regularly with a counselor.
The counselors were set up on college campuses, he said, and when the contracts expired, guidance services were taken over by the schools. He said the main purpose of the early departments was to find jobs for service men.
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SINCE THEN, guidance bureaus have grown from small one-man services to the large ones such as the KU bureau which has seven full-time counselors.
"The old bureaus tried to 'categorize problems.'" Prof. Collister said, "but human behavior is too variable to be classed." He said each case is treated independent of others at KU so the individual can be understood.
Another 25 tests are given by the guidance bureau. These include government tests that are scored nationally. They are special tests in law, medicine, business, Navy ROTC and various graduate study areas.
"Because human behavior is so changeable, counselors must realize a particular person under the right conditions can solve his own problems, but no attempt is made to pschoanalyze students in the guidance bureau.
A final responsibility of the guidance bureau is to administer placement tests to incoming students. Prof. Collier said the guidance bureau turns the tests over to individual departments for scoring.
The guidance bureau is obviously a busy place, having handled over 900 cases last year, Prof. Collister said.
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Plans are being made by the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a fourday field trip to Chicago during spring vacation.
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The tour will visit buildings designed by Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies van der Rohe. The cost of the trip is estimated at $45, not including meals.
Interested persons should register by Friday in Room 302, Marvin Hall. Further information can be obtained by calling Paul Binner at VI3-7415.
The tour will leave KU April 7, and return April 10.
Thirty persons are needed for the trip. The tour is open to any KU student.
David Leslie Patterson, a member of the department of history for 38 years, died Monday at his home in Yonkers, N.Y. He was 88.
Former Professor Dies in New York
HE WAS GRADUATED from Pennsylvania State College in 1895 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. For seven years after his graduation he was employed by Pittsburgh newspapers, becoming city editor of the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph in 1902.
Patterson came to KU in 1908 as an associate professor of history. He remained here until 1914, when he returned to Wisconsin as an acting professor of history.
Patterson was born March 17, 1874, in Pennsylvania.
In 1902, Patterson attended Columbia University in New York. He studied at Marburg University in Marburg, Germany, in 1903, and in 1904 took a third year of graduate work at the University of Wisconsin.
Patterson returned to KU in 1915 and remained here until his retirement in 1947.
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KU Receives Invitation To Kite Flying Meet
The KU Jayhawkers missed the opportunity this year to go to the Orange Bowl, and the Big Eight Basketball Championship is now out of reach, but a chance for fame remains in the National Collegiate Kite Flying Championship.
TROPHIES will be awarded to the winners in three divisions; distance flying, altitude flying, and sportsmanship "for the team with the best personality."
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KU has been invited to the competition for kite flyers to be held April 27 and 28 at Southern Oregon College in Ashland.Oregon.
The competition rules limit each team to six members and a manager. Each member must maintain a grade point average of 2.5, however, it is not specified whether this pertains to a three or four point system.
ARTHUR C. LONBORG, director of athletics, said he didn't know of any prospective competitors yet, but he is looking into the possibilities.
The kites must be of the 10 cent triangle variety and the kite tails must exceed 40 feet. The regulations said regular cotton kite string may be used.
The contestants are required to keep their kites in the air at least 15 minutes to qualify for the finals.
THE CO-CHAIRMAN of the National Collegiate Kite Flyers said in a letter they will welcome any kind of competition KU can provide.
"We sincerely hope you will answer our challenge and send a team to represent your school," they wrote.
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Henry A. Schenk, professor of physical education, said he didn't know of any prospective kite flyers, "but there's always someone who is interested in something like this." this."
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