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Deans, Housing Office
Discuss New Counseling

By PHILIP KIMBALL

Chester R. Titus, associate dean of
students, and other members of the
housing office met with several deans
from the college and other people
yesterday afternoon to discuss the new
resident counseling system.

Present at the meeting with Mr. Titus
were Charles Whitebread, assistant
professor of law, Irby Cauthen, dean of
the college, Harry Gamble Jr., assistant
dean for special scholars, and Charles
Vandersee, assistant dean of the college,
and Wayne Wallace, assistant dean of the
college.

Also in attendance were Robert
Canevari, dean of students, D. Alan
Williams, vice president for student
affairs, and Linwood Jacobs, assistant
dean of students.

Specifically, the purpose of the
meeting was to discuss academic
programming at the University in relation
to the new resident hall counseling
system, according to Mr. Titus.

Mr. Titus explained that no concrete
proposal or solutions resulted from
yesterday's meeting but that it was only
an opportunity for the deans to discuss
with him the role of academic advising in
the new system.

He stated that everyone at the meeting
emphasized the necessity for academic
input into the system and that academic
advising has a major function to play in
counseling first-year students.

Mr. Titus also expressed a desire for
more conferences with the deans to
further establish the dean's relationship
to the system.

"Nothing: has been resolved," stated
Mr. Gamble after the meeting. "Most of
the deans expressed the difficulty they
had with the system," he continued.

He expressed the need for further
discussion, saying, "Unless someone can
propose a principal objection, the
proposal will go through. It should be
tabled for further discussion."

Mr. Vandersee also called for the
postponement of changes in the system
for a year so that it can be thoroughly
examined. Speaking about the newly
created positions of graduate advisors, he
explained that the posts will involve full
time graduate students who, he said, will
not be able to devote ample time to the
program.