Southwest Texas State Teachers College - Pedagog Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)

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Dorm Counselors Provide Help, Service A friendly smile, a comforfing word and The undersfanding of someone who knows because he or she has been There - These preffy well described a selecf group of sfudenfs known as dormifory counselors. College presenfed a whole world of new experiences To many fresh- men who moved info The dorm in lafe AugusT - and found Them- selves away from home for The firsf Time. Older and wiser counselors had To be prepared To lend supporf when Those experi- ences became Traumafic. Since curfew was made obsolefe, counselors in women's dorms no longer had To Trudge The halls Tak- ing roomcheck aT midnighf. Buf during The monoTony Thaf offen accompanied final exams, sfir crazy sTudenTs offen Took pleasure in opening locked doors which sef off blaring alarms and lefT counse- lors responsible To irafe dorm direcfors as well as fellow sTu- denfs. .Jisiil.,- fli- i ,.,.N.h- ln addifion To lending a sympa- Thefic ear. counselors provided a service To ofhers by Taking The parf of dorm recepfionisfs. Work- ing af The desk was an imporfanf and necessary parf of dorm coun- selor's roles. Sfudenf counselors had To be advisors, parfy planners and firsf sergeanfs. Above all, They had To be a friend To The many sTudenTs - upperclass as well as freshmen - who for some nine monfhs ouT of The year made The dormifory home. ABOVE LEFT: Counselor Donna McAdams lcenferl shares some sewing Tips wifh her freshman neighbors Mary- Lou Clawson of Temple and Donna Lem- ley of Georgewesf. ABOVE: Desk worker Paula Schmiffgens, a sophomore from Housfon, assisfs Hous- Ton freshman Cynfhia Schulze. LEFT: Behind The desk. assisfanf head residenT Richard Shorf, Vicforia senior, discusses some dorm rules wi+h procfor Dan Maddox, Dickinson sophomore.

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-4-3 ABOVE: Donna McAdams llefll, a soph- omore from l-lousfon, counsels Temple freshman MaryLou Clawson on wha'r she may expecl as a residenf of Bu+ler Hall. RIGHT: Procfor Dan Maddox of Dickin- son llelfl and Jerry Ahrens 'rake fime ou'r from Their evening sludy for a lilfle Arnold Hall socializing, i

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'91 , -, n. Discussions ranged Trom WaTergaTe To The energy crisis To BobcaT FooTball as sTudenTs relaxed on The lawn enjoying good Tood and conversaTion during The eiqhTh biannual EaTin' STreeT BeaT. R wwe? w',f7 -f x .rx A EaTin' STreeT Hard To BeaT Phase IV oT The Nixon adminisTra- Tion's economic policies, SWT's increased sTudenT populaTion and ThreaTening rainclouds dampened The plans buT noT The spiriT oT The eighTh biannual EaTin' STreeT BeaT. Cries oT leT's boogiel were heard as masses oT dancers hiT The pavemenT Tor some good old- Tashioned roclc and roll. A heavy SouTh Texas rainsTorm Torcecl The TesTiviTies indoors aTTer a Hous- Ton-based band, The Gallis Mor- phee had compleTed only Three songs. The STudenT Union ball- room was used To TaciliTaTe The rain-soalced crowds. The once Tree all-campus barbe- cue and sTreeT dance drew an esTi- maTed 4,700 hungry paTrons, com- pared wiTh more Than 8,000 lasT year. OT The sTudenTs ThaT aTTended EaTin' STreeT, abouT 250 had purchased special meal Ticlc- eTs aT SL30 each in advance. The remainder held regular caTeTeria meal TiclceTs admiTTing Them To, The long chow lines. Never a money-making proiecT, EaTin' STreeT is sponsored by Thei STudenT Union l-lospiTaliTy Com-l miTTee and Leonard Fielder, Tood service direcTor. Fielder said The school could no longer aTTord To prepare and serve nearly Two Tons oT beeT, 90 gallons oT poTaTo salad l and 8,000 colces due To The increase in The cosT oT living.