SDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958 THE MICHIGAN DAILY r To Frisbee or Not To .. . REACTIONS DISCUSSED: LSA Steering Group Discusses Grades PR .C' C JT! By RUTHAN RECHT The Literary School Steering Committee yesterday started its discussion with the reactions of freshmen who will soon receive five-week grades. "Learning is a lonely process and the student cannot create or study with the help of his peers," James Robertson, assistant dean of the literary college and faculty advisor of the committee said. "The student should learn this fact early in his college career," he added. It was decided that five-week grades give the new student a feeling of either false security or throw him into a depressed state. "The student should be warned not to 'coast' if he does well, but to continue to work to keep up his grades. If he does not do well he should not be too upset, but should try by added work to im- prove himself. Discusses Counseling The committee then turned to the continuation of last week's discussion on counseling. The adequacy of the information given in the General Information Bul- letin on counseling wss ques- tioned. It was found that the bul- letin stressed counseling as place- ment assistance and did not stress general discussion between coun- selors and students. "In the case of ambiguity of vocation, the student is referred to the counseling division which gives tests," Dean Robertson said. The bureau is'the place fro place- ment information. It helps the senior students obtain jobs and is a feedback to the junior and senior advisors. In this way a liason is formed between the junior and senior advisors and the bureau. The selection of junior and senior counselors was the next topic discussed. "To be chosen as a counselor, the teacher must take an active interest in students and counseling," Dean Robertson said. The department may also ask one of its members if it would like to U' Shows Exhibits -Daily-Allan Winder FRISBEE-Although it came into being more slowly and with less "hurrah" than did the recent hoop craze, the frisbee may prove to be the longer lasting of the two. East Quadders are perhaps the greatest advocates of frisbee. U Buy Eaton's Corrasable at FOLLETT'S State Street at North University Articles of Israeli culture, sup- plied by students from Israel, can now be seen in the International Center's display case. The exhibits, which are changed every two weeks, provide a visual "trip around the world," Helen Tjotis, the Center's program as- sistant said. The displays are usually ar- ranged on Thursdays, Miss Tjo- tis explained, so that students at- tending the weekly teas sponsored by the International Center from 4 to 6 p.m. each Thursday may view them as soon as they are completed. Various nationality clubs at the University volunteer to provide materials for the displays, she said. The clubs' members lend jewelry, clothes, books and other articles typical of their cultures for the exhibits. Often they also volunteer to arrange the materials in the display case, she continued. A new exhibit, displaying the customs of Ceylon through ex- amples fo its arts and crafts, will be on view at the International Center beginning Thursday, Miss Tjotis said. A cultural view of a distant country can also be gained by the use of facilities in the Inter national Center Library, she stressed. A large number of countries are represented by embassy files con- taining bulletins, announcements, magazines and books from each nation. These works provide the student with a broad view of the country's culture-its government, its industry, its artistic and liter- ary endeavors and aspects of its society, Miss Tjotis explained. Articles and official bulletins come flooding in from any coun- try involved in a political struggle, making the Library's information timely and accurate, she said. T1 become a member of the counsel- ing staff. In this way, the mem- ber would gain knowledge in stu- dent affairs. Orient New Faculty Most of the time, new members of a department are asked to be- come counselors and in this way orient themselves to the Univer- sity. "It takes at least a year to learn all the phases of the coun- seling department," Dean Robert- son said. He must learn to be able to answer the questions which most students ask. To facilitate in learning the 'ropes' the coun- seling office has issued a bulletin on counseling practices. The chief functions of this bul- letin are to supply authentic in- formation and advice on courses required for a degree; to explore the student's aptitudes and inter- ests in an effort to help him to choose a profitable course of study; to approve specific course elections for each student each semester. Some other functions are to dis- cuss with the students opportuni- ties for professional or graduate work arising from particular pro- grams of study; to explain rea- sons for college and departmental requirements and to discuss the students' academic problems and difficulties in an effort to help him arrive at sound solutions. Interest Wanes The length of time which the counselor spends in office was the next topic under discussion. Freshman and sophomore coun- selors may be in office from three to five years. The first year is used primarily for learning. After the end of the fourth year, interest in counseling often wanes. Junior and senior counselors are in office for as long as their department wishes them to be. It is important that the faculty is interested and well informed. The main problem is making decisions in the interest of education. It was held by many of the committee that the description of courses in the bulletins and in the time schedules was not adequate. They were too brief to let the stu- dent know exactly what would be covered during the semester. A syllabus or outline of the course was proposed by a commit- tee member to correct this defi- ciency in the bulletin. It was also felt that the orien- tation into the course, and its em- phasis was not stressed. 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