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Division of Counseling Solves 'Mr. Penn State' Reflects on 4 Years
'Myriad' of Student Problems Jon Fox Looks Back
By MADELINE MAZURSKY
Collegian Staff Writer
You've had a squabble with
your boyfriend. 'Your grades
are playing chutes and ladders,
and the dice are against you.
You're reading Steppenwolf
and you think you share
Harry's suicidal charac
teristics.
These and a myriad of major
and minor problems are often
resolved through the
counseling services of the
Division of Counseling,
available to all students.
According to Dean Jefferson
Ashby, the Division o
Counseling originated in 1956
as an outgrowth of two
separate agencies, the Student
Advisory Service and the
Division o I Intermediate
Registration. The merger of
the two agencies came about
when "The University felt it
had a responsibility to provide
assistance to the student,"
Ashby said.
'Not a Panacea'
"We are a resource, not a
panacea," Ashby continued,
"The student will find people
sensitive to ava 11 a ble
resources." He added that his
staff consists predominately of
psychologist.
In addition to couneling ser
vices for students with extra
curricular problems. sta f f
members of DOC administra
tors the extensive pre-registra
tion tests. The purpose of the
MRC Survey Probes Reaction
To Living Areas, Dining Halls
By JOE MEYERS
Collegian Staff Writer
Foster F. Frable, chairman of the Men's Residence Coun
cil Food and Housing Committee, has announced that the
housing and food survey taken in April was the largest and
most successful survey of its type in the history of the
University.
The survey was distributed to a cross section of students
on April 21. Out of the 2,500 questionnaires distributed, nearly
2,000 were completed and returned. According to Frable,
"Close to 2.000 or 10 per cent of the students at the University
.showed enough interest in the survey to spend between 30 and
60 minutes on the survey and turn it in."
Purpose of Survey
In explaining the purpose of the survey, Frable said,
"When discussing student living, government and study area
planning, it is forgotten that the nucleus of the living environ
ment is the physical structure. In both immediate and long
range planning it is inconsistent to plan academic, social and
recreational activities without considering the facilties n
which the activities will take place, from all aspects and
areas."
"The design orthe rehabilitation of the structure affects
the creation of rules norms and day-to-day living and study
ing patterns." he continued. ''Successful floor government, for
instance, is influenced by the sense of community or belonging
derived from the layout of individual rooms around a function
ing communications center—a group lounge for example. This
is applicable to both on and off campus housing."
Permanent Study
Accordin g to Frable, one of the goals of those who con
ducted the study is the establishment of a permanent housing
study and research workshop for students, staffed by mem
bers of the various student governments and students in
related academic studies, such as architecture and hotel and
food service administration.
These students would continue to study new ways of
reducing housing costs, to study new housing ideas and
present them to the University and to offer consultation to stu
dents on how to improve their housing environment, par
ticularly those students living off-campus.
Questions included in the survey were:
—what is the maximum extra amount on a per term basis
you could afford to pay for housing and food services?
—in general, would you prefer high-rise (elevator) type
buildings or low rise (walk-up) type buildings for residence
halls?
—would you like the opportunity to exercise more
initiative in decorating and customizing your room?
—what has caused you or what might cause you, to leave
the residence halls?
—do you find the recreation and lounge facilities ade-
quate?
single item of those offered was the floor snack kitchen area
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tests is to "collect a wealth of and are uninterested in making He added that the had for
information about the student long-term commitments to the malty reminded all the colleges
to help evaluate his career college, he continued. that the assistance and scr
goal in light of his interests," Commenting on the reported vices of DOC are available to
Ashby explained. He added that influx of students from disad- ease the transitional problems
these career suggestions "do vantaged neighborhoods Fall that a disadvantaged student
not by any means compell the Term Ashby said the students may encounter.
student to change his previous would probably not encounter Ashby joined the University
plans." any particular problems ad- faculty in 1952. He received his
DOC is a unique college in lusting to the University corn- bachelor of arts and masters
that its students are transitory, munity. degrees from Southern Illinois
Ashby continued. Freshmen 'Unfortunate Connotations' University and came to the
can remain in the college up to "The term 'disadvantaged' is University to obtain his doe
their sixth term, and three too often a label with un- torate in Clinical Psychology.
terms is the maximum period fortunate connotations," Ashby Preceding his p r'e se n t
for othe r students. The college said. "It implies that students position, Ashby held various
specifies no academic program will be very much like each directorships within DOC. He
for the student to follow, pro- other, when in fact any group- began as a graduate assistant
its
uncertain
flexibility" for students ing encompasses a wide range when the college was in
uncertain of thei r course of of talents, interests, personal primary stage as the Division
study or for students seeking differences and problems." of Intermediate Registration,
admission in other colleges.
The dean compared the col
lege to a holding company,
retaining the student "until his
career problems are ironed
Favors Dialogue
Ashby said he favors the re
cent dialogue of University
Senators and students within
the College of the Liberal Arts,
but said that as a result of the
rapid student turnover within
the Division of Counseling, stu
dents "relate differently" to
his college.
Student involvement in the
planning and administrative
procedures of DOC is not
sought by the student within
the college, he explained. Stu
dents views the college as a
temporary academic situation
Applications Available
For Homecoming '69
It's corning, it's coming. Get out the flask and the football
tickets. Clean out the fraternity, for the alums return.
It's Homecoming '69, set for the weekend of Oct. 11 when
the Nittany Lions clash with West Virginia.
Larry Wallace, chairman of the event, said last night that
applications for Homecoming committees and chairmanships
can be submitted now through Monday at the Hetzel Union
Building. He also said results will be announced by the end of
next week.
"Activities have been planned to emphasize a minimum
number of hours and manpower and a maximum amount of
spirit and effectiveness," Wallace said. "The fact that
Homecoming is early should not mean that Penn Staters will
not show their alumni a great welcome back."
—in general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with food
service at Penn State?
Complete Tabulation
Tabulation of all the questions in the survey will not be
completed and analyzed until early Fall Term, but several of
the questionnaires were completed earlier this week.
Fifty-nine per cent of the students are willing to pay $3O to
$5O more per term for housing and food services if they would
receive a fair return on this sum. Students least willing to pay
for additional services were those in Simmons, South and
Atherton Halls. Those most willing to pay the extra amount
were in North and Nittany Halls.
According to the survey, students prefer low-rise housing
to high-rise, but a large percentage have no preference. Stu
dents who live in high- or low-rise dorms seem pleased with
their present housing.
Access to classroom areas is the primary reason why stu
dents choose a particular housing area.
The major factors affecting student choice of a particular
housing unit are the site and location and the atmosphere and
feeling of the area.
Want Custom Design
Eighty-five per cent of the students desire the opportunity
to exercise more initiative in decorating and customizing their
rooms. Eighty-two per cent are willing to take the time and ,
effort to do this.
Some of the items students favor and are willing to pay
for in housing include private room telephones, separate study
bedrooms, increased and specialized food service, new
residence hall parking facilities, individual floor snack
kitchens, individual room heat control and air conditionng.
Sixty-five per cent of the students selected the individual
floor snack kitchen, the separate study bedroom and a private
telephone as the items they most desired. The most popular
Lack of Freedom
The survey also found that the primary reasons that stu
dents leave, or consider leaving, the residence halls are the
social climate and the lack of freedom.
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At the end of each questionnaire there was a space for
comments and according to Frable, "a large majority of the
surveys contained many interesting and informative com
ments and suggestions. These all were recorded and will be
reviewed and studied by students working on this project and
the Department of Housing and Food Services. Interviews will
be arranged for the remainder of this term and Fall Term for
the many students who requested them on their question
naire."
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By MARGE COHEht .
Collegian Staff Writer
For the past four years, Penn State
and Jori,Fox have been synonymous. Be
it a Lion football game or a freshman
dink or a banner welcoming visitors to
Happy Valley or a USG campaign, "Foxy
Jon" has always appeared.
Even during the summer, University
students saw his face as they watched the
national television coverage of the
Republical National Convention.
But now. Jon Fox is leaving. He is
graduating this term from the school to
which he devoted four years of energy
and hard work to become recognized as
an unofficial "Mr. Penn State." And, the
"living legend" simply cannot believe he
is about to leave.
"What I possibly have learned aca
demically can be put on the back of a
matchbook with a crayon," Fox asserted,
"but the experiences and relationships
and memories can never all be reported.
"I really don't want ?r, "eme, " he
continued. "I never expected this day
would come—l never planned for it."
Activities and Spirit
But the inevitable i a hap
pening—prepared or not, Fox is about to
depart, leaving behind him a trail of ac
tivities and spirit.
For if anyone knows the campus, its
history and its opportunities, Fox cer
tainly does. "I have tasted a lot, but how
much have I digested?" he wondered,
looking back on four years.
One thing Fox always strived for, but
did not quite reach. was "making people
in Pennsylvania appreciate and respect
DOC Polls Parental Attitudes
By REENtE THOMSON
Collegian Staff Writer
Counseling—is it an aid to the students
or a comfort to the parents?
The pre- and post-counseling attitudes
of parents have been evaluated in a study
by the Division of Counseling. A set of
questionnaires was sent to a random
sampling of parents who attended the
Summer 19G8 Preregistration Counseling
Program for University freshmen.
The questionnaires, according to Daniel
J. Peterman coordinator of the study,
are to be used to evaluate changes in
parents' attitudes toward hig h e r
education in general and the University
in particular. They also were intended to
reveal parents' feelings about the ef
fectiveness of the counseling program
itself.
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For the past decade, attendance at the "The most important thing, for parents academic and social opportunities.
preregistration counseling program has at least, is to convince them that the' Complex Interaction
been required of all freshman entering University really cares about them and
the University, Peterman explained. An their students as individuals," Peterman The results also indicate that parents
integral part of the program requires said. "It's a sort of promise we make view the students' performance as a
parent participation in individual and that takes four years to pay off." complex interaction of ability, motivation
group discussions concerning students' The questionnaires, according to Peter- and personality development. Th e
preparation for college and the suitability man, were constructed to see whether parents seem more realistic in their ex
of available programs of study. Parents parents' expectations and attit u d e s pectations of the students' grade achieve
also attend lectures to acqu a i n t become more realistic foll o win g ments and the meaning of grades.
themselves with the academic and social counseling day. According to Peterman, a similar study
environment here. The first two sections of the pre- and to assess student reaction to the program
Program's Objective post-counseling questionnaires were iden- is planned for this summer. Peterman
The objectives of the counseling pro- tical. These sections indicated parents' felt that "the students won't be as kind."
gram, as states in Peterman's study are levels of concern regarding student "One thing that we've failed to do with
to give the parent a frame of reference capability to adjust and parents' general the program is to meet with the students
within which to evaluate student develop- attitudes toward college. The third sec- and parents together, to communicate,"
ment and to aid the parent in his role as tion, which was not included in the pre- Peterman said. 'We may discover in our
counselor to the student. counseling questionnaire, concerned the study. a particular kind of student who
The results of the student pre- reactions of the parents to the counseling needs another type of counseling. But this
registration testing are presented to the program itself. - prv4ram is still a year or two away."
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and reputation would be acclaimed
nationwide.
"I guess you don't appreciate what is
in your own backyard," he said, noting
that the "public Jon Fox" was beginning
to emerge.
Two Jon Foxes
Public—private? "There really are
two." he added With a smile. "Many
times I am not Jon Fox the person, but
Jon Fox 'Mr. Penn State'," he continued.
"I am sorry that I have not always been
taken seriously—a lot of me is what you
snake me to be, not what I am."
As perhaps the University's strongest
advocate of spirit—be it for a winning
football team or a more effective and ef
ficient student government—Fox is usual
ly portrayed with megaphone in hand.
"That's the visible, vocal me," Fox ex
plained. "The more reserved me just
does not come through—and it's hard for
students to envision me really being
serious."
Even at the Feb. 24 Old Main sit-in,
when Fox went outside th e ad
ministration building to be greeted by a
"hostile" crowd of students, he said they
anticipated a "short yell demand."
Sympathetic to Demands
While he was sympathetic to the de
mands of the students inside the building,
he said he was viewed by them as "a
member of, the Establishment"—"that's
not an endearing term nor is it a term
that identified me with their desires." he
recalled.' But his main disappointment
about the whole incident was net only the
response he received, but also that "a
parent at the same time that the
University structure is being explained to
him. Hopefully, according t^ the study,
the parent will view the University in
terms of his student's adaptability to the
structure.
Information about the educational op
portunities and demands at Penn State is
made available through meetings with
the counseling staff, representatives from
the Office of the Dean of Students and
representatives from the colleges to
which the students have been admitted.
Social Environment
Information about the social environ
ment is formally communicated by the
staft of the Office of Dean of Students.
Information also is available through in
formal observation of the campus and
discussion with students presently at
tending the University.
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person is considered as a particular
type."
A lack of communication?
Possibly—that's why Fox geared all of
his efforts in activity involvement toward
a more cohesive student body—on the
class as well as the entire university
spectrum.
By increasing communication, Fox
explained, participation can be increased.
"Without one, you don't have the other: it
must be both," he said. And, the merger
of the two, results in cooperation, he add
ed
Involvement Important
Getting people involved is of the ut
most importance to Fox, not only for a
higher number of students i n
organizations, but for more students
realizing, their own personal growth, he
explained.
And all the while he said, "we can
make Penn State number one in more
than football."
Not enough people realize the
University's stature among th e
educational institutions across the coun
try, Fox continued. And, through improv
ed communication, outsiders as well as
people within the University community
can appreciate just what is here.
For that reason, Fox proposed a
special department under the auspices of
the Department of Public Information,
designed to release weekly accounts of
University achievements and happenings.
Would Fox consider remaining at the
University in such an office or in the of
fice of Alumni Affairs?
"I really don't want to leave," he
said with a foxy smile.
The results of the study, according to
Peterman, indicated parental satisfaction
with the program, Most parents came to
the counseling session with optimistic
feelings regarding their students and with
a positive attitude toward the University.
The study shows that the counseling ef
fort seems to reinforce these positive
views.
After counseling, parents reported to
be more comfortable in their role as ad
visers to their students and more confi
dent in the counseling staff to act in their
stead, should difficulties arise during the
term.
According to the study, parents see the
students as capable in the area of
decision-making and in adjusting to the
College environment. They see Penn
State as a large campus offering many