ABSTRACT
In 1931, Rop~rt C. C::lothier ~aqe.a ~easwed ph.:a.forequcators to ·•. develop a perscmnel fupction.within h;gher education in~tit\}tipns .. The
recom~ended defip.itionofthis prqpos<::d area wa,s:
•. Person~el. work in a colJege or unj.versity is the systerna):ic bringing to .hear on theindividualstu4ent; all tl:J.ose influepces, ofwl:J.atever
~ature, which will.stimulate him [sic] a~d assist him, through his own efforts, to develop in bo.dy,mi!ld aJ)d characterto th,e limit of his jn(iivi<:l.ual capacity for growth, a1.1d helping him to apply h,is.powers so developed most effectively to. the work ofthe wprld.{p.lO)
[his early statement of stwlent persOn!lel work, simi~artothosequoted ··Qelow,.~ade nO·refereoce to this work pccurripg.splelyin prout ofthe clas!)ropm enviromnent . .In fact, .all rneq1bers of the cpllege cornrnu-!lity .. (e.g., ''professor,. instructpr,. dean, registrar,. advi~er,cpach, pfpc-
. a college caq1p11s respogs~ble: for thpse Pl1t-of~classroo!ll s~aff 111embers,
. prpgf~ms,{upctions, al}d services that contrib:u.te to· the ed.ucation.and develop1llentofstudel}ts"(Javigar,20QO,p.B5).
