THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY TINE lWICIIIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, I Counseling Not Satisfactory, Office of Education Discovers' Assembly To Choose Own Head t (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series that will explore the ex- tent and character of retention, transfer and withdrawal of students from coleges and universities. It is based on a report released by the Of- fice of Education of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare.) L BY SELMA SAWAYA Students participating in the survey conducted by the Office of Education were almost unanimous in expressing their dissatisfaction with the counseling, guidance and orientation functions in higher education. The questionnaires included a list of college facilities and serv- ices which students were to rate -Daily-Allan Winder as either very satisfactory, fairly offering brand-new post-Alaska satisfactory, somewhat unsatisfac- Ly won't be legal until July 4, tory, or very unsatisfactory. since Hawaii plans to become a The facilities to be rated includ- ed opportunities for private con- ferences with instructors, study conditions in libraries and in stu- aktes dents! rooms, opportunity for so- cial contact with both faculty and students, opportunity to secure 'O bsolete adequate housing, and so forth. Of the 51 items on the ques- tionnaire, students consistently ranked three the lowest: 1) assist- on the street was asked what to do ance from counselors in "how to with the 50th star. study" techniques; 2) assistance "I guess the obvious way is to from instructors on "how to have five rows of 10 stars," Faith study" techniques; and 3) serv- Pulliam, '62, suggested. ices of the faculty advisor in help- A University Elementary School ing select first-term courses. student, William Beierwaltes, 11 Counseling Criticized years old, offered the most eco- Of the 10 items receiving the nomical suggestion. Profoundly lowest rating from the students, chewing the leather case of his at least a majority referred to in- ukulele between words, he said, structional facilities and services, "Well, they could keep the 49-star criticizing specifically the guid- flag and hang another one under it ance and counseling category. with one star on it." Other items which fell in the "bottom 10," indicating a great deal of dissatisfaction, were: 1) Recreational facilities in town; 2) Compulsory chapel and as- sembly attendance; These were (in descending or- der of satisfaction):% 1) Opportunities for religious life. 2) Opportunity for informal so- cial contacts with students. 3) Opportunity to participate in organized student activities out- side the classroom. Mentions Fraternities 4) Opportunity to join a frater- nal group of my liking. 5) Customs and practices re- garding campus apparel. Library facilities and services, opportunity to secure 'adequate housing, opportunity to secure loans from the college, opportu- nity to consult from time to time with major professor, and oppor- tunity to have private conferences with instructors on academic questions stemming from course work, also received student ap- proval. In general, students reacted most favorably to those services and facilities which were per- formed or provided by adminis- trative officials, and ranked those performed or provided by non- academic deans second. David Talks At Rackham Hans David, professor of music in the University's music school will lecture on "An Italian Tabla- ture Lesson of the High Renais- sance" at 4:15 today in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. The lecture is being held under the auspices of the School of Music. By CAROL LEVENTEN Assembly Dormitory Council voted to elect its own president yesterday. The president will be elected by the 21 members of ADC, and will not be chosen in an open election. Both candidates for president, Joan Comiano, '61, and Donnie Kreger, '60, supported the motion, which passed by a two-thirds ma- jority. The motion began with a dis- cussion of campaign difficulties arising under the present situa- tion. Pat Marthenke, '59, president of Assembly, said that the new plan would be the "best way of getting the most intelligent vote." It was argued that members of ADC were better qualified to elect their president since they have worked with both candidates throughout the year. Assembly's president was last chosen in open election in 1956. Last year. Miss 'Marthenke was the only one who ran; in 1957, when there were two candidates, ADC elected their president among themselves. Chris Wells, '59, said that Betsy Barbour has voted to become an upperclass house, but that this needs further consideration. Miss Marthenke said that, the Board of Governors has "not accepted the philosophy of upperclass housing," adding that the need wasn't great enough last year to warrant hav- ing two upperclass houses this year. Markley's Little House is re- served for junior and senior wo- men at present. The Housing committee's report recommended a further study of the need ad interest in upperclass housing. i 4, I 14 ACADEMIC COUNSELING ... criticized ' SGC Issues Viewed 3) Opportunity for informal so- cial contacts with faculty mem- bers; Intellectualism Lacking 4) Degree of emphasis in col- lege on intellectual and cultural pursuits outside of the classroom. Students were not dissatisfied with everything, however. The re- port also showed that the item on the questionnaire which received the most consistent support as "very satisfactory" was "oppor- tunities for religious life." This consensus,. the report said, "does not support the opinion of some who charge that institutions of higher education are godless and materialistic. Considering the diversity of religious backgrounds represented on the college cam- pus, it could be inferred that in-' stitutions of higher education have done remarkably well in pro- viding opportunities for religious life." Some 'Satisfactory' While those participating in the survey ranked counseling and guidance services very low, they ranked facilities and services con- nected with social or religious life very high. Of the 10 items most consistently marked "very satis- factory," five were concerned with social or religious opportunities. A "new approach to orientation with more emphasis on the aca- demic than the social side" was advocated by Jo Hardee, '60. Ijarry Cummins, '61, is against deferred rushing for women. He also wants more liberal driving regulations to enable students with permits to more fully utilize them. Also speaking on the radio broadcast, Bob Garb, '62, said SGC could always go back to the Stu- dent Legislature plan as a "last resort." Wants Action Housing and traffic situations should be the principal concern of SGC, according to David Kes- sel, Grad. He also considers fac- ulty, student and administration conferences "great." "Student pressure on the State Legislature should be brought to bear for more money for the Uni- versity," Mike Fishman, '60, said on WCBN. James Damm, '61E, advocates constant review and possible re- vision of University regulations by SGC. He also advises more Coun- cil participation in activities to combat student apathy. At the Alpha Tau Omega fra- ternity, John Feldkamp, '61, spoke in favor of eliminating SGC's ju- dicial powers to make it a service- organi.ation for the University. Howard, Stein, '61, is primarily concerned with the acadcmic function of SGC and more con- sideration of the Course Evalua- tion Booklet. He also favors fall rushing for sororities. . t s i t .I ! ' a S.G.C.( MORT MELTZER - BILL RA~O to . L t " . U Good Cleaning i Buay Eaton's Corrasablel at FOLLETTr State street at North University 'I I i _ -- J Organization Notices A.I.E.E. - Student Branch. annual paper contest, March 18, 7:30 p.m., Union. Am. 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