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MONDAY. APRIL 24. 1961 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON 10 - A- Family Council Editor'! Not: The ranUly Coun ell consist of a lain, a psycbl' trlst, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women'e editor and twi. writers Bach article li a summary - of an actual case history The . Council report on problems that '.. have been dealt with by responsible ageecie and counselors. Mr. O.' L. - It'i her first year at college, and it's get ting her down. Harriet L. -I have problems I can't explain or discuss with anyone. -Mr. O. L. - Harriet's moth er died two years ago. Harriet was 16 then, still in high school, and with the aid of 'her older sister and brother, plus her teacher and friends, she seemed to have made her -peace with the cruel fate that deprived her of a mother, and me of a devoted wife. : Now, however, I feel help less to cope with her new de- presslon over courses which 7 ;are too hard, friends who are too scarce, and dates which .are too few and far between My other children didn't go to college, so she won't listen to their advice. I want the . Dean or someone on the cam pus to take her In hand. But she says no one can possibly ' Understand her feelings. She V does nothing but sulk and cry...; .; . e . ' - Harriet L. - There are cer tain problems a person simply must work out alone. I can't . discuss boy-girl worries with ; Dad. He shouldn't feel bad about that because the truth is I couldn't even open up ' With Mother in that depart ment, sweet and patient as he was. And my brother and lister can't help me keep up iWlth the other girls scholas tically and socially. 4 I'm coming to feel I don't belong in college at all. It's a sacrifice for Dad to send me. We decided this is what .Mother had hoped for for me. But Mother woudn't want me to stay where I'm headed straight for the booby-prize. I must decide whether to change courses, change col leges, or quit faking and 'go to work. This is all wrong. The Councih Harriet has been throuih some oinnt leap and her head is still swimming. Most colleges have neclal raraann! -mIIm. TWon Of CiTll. houaet mnthr milri. . aire counselor, etc. who are ' i .ied to bolster thai wnhhlv fcawcomer until ah regains : ner sea legs and attains equi Singly-handedly, Harriet ii ' trvinff to Bbsnrh rrunlnl Hie. locations in her life which call , lor the aid, through suppor . tive counsellnir. nl Avnnrffl The loss of her mother, the u wiepiant irora nome and muy 10 a strange town, the sudden "aloneness" as a young adult - these are hard to ad Just to without the right sort tlk-it-over help. . - i .' Her reluctance to seek help Suggests that she .may have seething to hide, tome guilt feelings, All the more reason to hurry to the Guidance Of fice. There, a wise, non-judging, straight-thinking advisor can sort things out - even tangles with boy friends, term papers, and bankbooks. Lest Harriet thinks she's unique in having serious prob lems, we cite a report from the University of Michigan that hunrirpHe nt AtiiHoMiB ws V.UU.HHI tVfll" Suit their Mental Hum. rn. 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