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Many freshman who signed up with SHS waited freshman week for a phone call that never came. Lee Rubin, chairman of the Freshman Task Force (FTF), recollected, "the main thing I heard from freshmen about SHS was, "My big-brother (guide) hasn't gotten in touch with me, What should...
...upperclassmen who filled out applications randomly distributed by Kyriazis and friends the preceding spring. No guides were interviewed. "The board read the applications and as long as the people seemed to have common sense and took the questions seriously, we accepted them," Mason said. Mason asserted that SHS doesn't need people "with special talents," because it provides "informal counseling." "We just need people with a desire to help fresmen," she added. By January it was clear that counseling--informal or otherwise--was in very short supply. To help choose freshmen for their absent "friends," Kyriazis decided to consult...
...sole training session for the guides, Kyriazis stressed the importance of "contact upkeep." Kyriazis passed out a one-page information sheet, which instructed SHS members to "contact your freshman almost immediately for a group lunch/dinner at your House" and "procure telephone numbers." It continued: "Contact again for individual follow-up meetings (their emphasis). The document yielded only one substantive piece of counsel. "Always be informal in tone and approach...
Meanwhile, SHS membership was turning over at an alarming rate. Half the members left by midyear, Kyriazis said, further charging that many of them "used SHS as a stepping stone." Kyriazis also claims SHS floundered because the University wuld not grant them office space. Archie C. Epps, III, dean of students, in January assigned SHS a room in the Memorial Hall basement. Kyriazis marched into Rm 186 only to find it occupied by the Kuumba Singers. Epps said he thought Kuumba had moved a year ago. SHS is still on a list with 12 other new organizations looking for office...
Meanwhile, many freshman still had not heard from their guides and some were growing impatient. Moses told the SHS board that freshmen were coming to his office to complain that their guides never contacted them. Moses just "watched us go down," Shlomchik said. "He said he would give us advice, but when we went in to see him, he would just sit and listen," he added...