The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 9, Number 2

              Soonester Junior College
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VOLUME IX
ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER   16,   1940
NUMBER 2
Prop Wash
. . . by Don Feanke
Now for those interviews of flight
instructors we promised for this column: The Chief Pilot of the Rochester flying service, in charge of current C.A.A. training, is the veteran
Fred Hight. Fred has as colorful a
background as could be found in any
work of fiction. Fred spent the earliest years of life near Belle Fourche,
South Dakota. Until he was twenty-
five he "rode herd" in Montana,
Wyoming, and Dakota. Then this
youthful cowpuncher decided he
would much rather hang on to a
stick than a bridle; so twenty-three
years ago Pilot Hight soloed in an
old "Jenny." "That," said Mr. Hight,
"was the most thrilling moment of
my life."
Next we find our chief pilot' instructing at Love Field in Texas. Later he hopped passengers in Mexico,
using a tri-motored plane. The last
ten years Fred has spent instructing
in Cedar Rapids, Marshall, Minnesota, and finally Rochester. He has
been teaching student fliers under
the C. A. A. since it started its program over a year ago. Fred says that
we have in Rochester the best airport of its kind in th U. S., and
Fred knows, because he has seen all
of them from the top side.
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The little air-minded town of Hector, Minnesota, has contributed two
instructors in the persons of John
Rice and Allen Kirkpatrick. Both pilots soloed in a "Waco 10" back in
1937. Both earned instructor's rating at Hector, and both came to
Rochester to work for the flying service. Mr. Rice is 29 years year old,
while Kirkpatrick is only 21, and a
good-looking curly blonde,  girls.
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Paul Scanlan, local "flying postman," earned his right to instruct
only two weeks ago. Scanlan soloed
in a "Wheezy 40 Cub" September
25,   1937,  at the  local  airport.
Youngest instructor here or anywhere else is 19 year old Hugh
Marshal of Monmouth, Illinois. Hugh
soloed in a "Porterfield" in 1938.
After earning his instructor's license
he went to Peoria for 3 months and
then came to Rochester. Hugh was
18 years old, the minimum age, when
he became an instructor. Last week he
became 19, and that's really young
for a flying instructor. Hats off to
you,   Mr.   Marshal!
Homecoming Festivities
Enjoyed by Students
Another Junior College Homecoming has come and gone. The
Yellowjackets bowed in defeat to
the Winona Reserves, October 4, at
Soldiers Field. It was a hard battle
and the team deserves a lot of credit
for the excellent playing that was
done.
The fact that Friday dawned a
rather damp and brisk day, didn't
dull the spirit of the students. "Junior," the Yellowjacket mascot, led
the parade from the southwest dooi
of the building. The Little German
Band, including such noted members
as Harry Smith, Gale Sperry, Ross
Burdick, Don Franke, and Arthur
Raetz, followed Junior, supplying the
music and noise for the snake dance
and pep songs. The students wove
their way in and out of the traffice
down the middle of Second street
and Broadway in true snake fashion.
At every intersection a large circle
was formed, and Bob Stephan led
rousing cheers and the college songs.
The parade ended at Sixth street
across from the fire hall, where a
big bonfire had been made. Much
effort must have been made in collecting the material, "because the
pile was immense. The boys touched
a match to it and soon there were
great flames leaping in every dirc-
tion. The firemen were concerned as
to the safety of surrounding trees,
but no damage was done. Everyone
gathered around the fire and sang
and cheered. Arthur Swan, "Gussie,"
and "Junie" Tarara tried a hand at
cheerleading, and much pre-game
enthusiasm was aroused.
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Dr. C. A. Proser of Dunwoody
Will Speak at School Dedication
C. A. A. Flies On
Around the halls of R. J. C. these
past few days there have been many
heated conversations, strange sounds
and weird motions, produced by the
second crop of prospective aviators.
"Have you been up yet? How were
your banks? How's the air? What
flight are you on? How do you like
stalls?" And many other questions
may be heard floating around the
corridors between classes. This is
the C. A. A. program in action, for
by now most of the students have
had at least four hours of flying and
are beginning to think they know
something about it. (A talk with the
instructor proves otherwise.)
Some R. J. Seer's are flying along
pretty  smoothly  these  days.  Margie
(continued   on  page   two)
Jones Lecture Well
Received; Others
Scheduled Later
This year the Junior College is cooperating with the Senior High
School in presenting a series of lyce-
um programs throughout the school
year to the combined student bodies.
The first of the year's scheduled programs, Mr. C. E. Jones' lecture and
discussion on sound, was given in the
new auditorium at Central School
on September 19, 1940. In his discussion, Mr. Jones explained the
technicalities of sound by means ot
lecture and demonstration. He demonstrated the various frequencies of
sound waves to which a loud speaker
can be tuned; some are so high that
they are not perceptible to the human ear. By cutting off first the lower,
and then the higher registers of
sound of some popular recordings,
Mr. Jones demonstrated how our
ears are tuned to the predominant
bass of the modern dance orchestras.
Other demonstrations included the
recording of the voice, heart, and
brain on the electrocardiograph, and
also the queer scrambled nature of
words as they come from a microphone before they are converted
back into speech. As an example,
"North Dakota" came out as "mashed potatoes." The lecture was received with great interest, heightened by Mr. Jones' pleasant and novel
manner of presenting the material.
(continued on page three)
M. E. A. Convention
Scheduled for
October 24-25
Students will be granted a two-
day holiday on October 24 and 25,
when the instructors will meet at
the annual Minnesota Educational
Association convention. Several general sessions, featuring outstanding
speakers, will be held in the St. Paul
auditorium. Among these featured
speakers will be Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen Rhode, former ambassador to
Denmark, speaking on, "How Secure
is Democracy in the World?" Mr.
Harry D. Gideonse, President of the
College of Brooklyn, will give an address,   "How-Secure   is   Democracy
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Dr. C. A. Proser, President of
Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, will deliver the dedication address for the new Central
School building, services for which
will be held on October 17, at
eight o'clock in the evening. Reference will be made to the remodeled
Junior College quarters, and there
will be a special page in the Rochester Post-Bulletin devoted to both the
new school and the junior college.
Presiding at the program will be
Superintendent of Schools, G. H.
Sanberg. Other speakers will include
Rev. L. L Dewitt, Pastor of the
Church of Christ, who will give the
invocation, and Mayor Paul A.
Grassle of Rochester who will present greetings from the city. Representing the state departmnt of education will be Mr. I. O. Friswold, Director of Buildings. The new building
will be presented by Mr. Harold H.
Crawford, the architect, and it will
be accepted by the President of the
Board of Education, Mr. E. M. Raetz.
Music will be furnished by the
high school orchestra, under the direction of H. P. Jones, and by the
combined junior and senior high
school glee clubs, under the direction of Miss Helen Church. Dr. J. P.
Wosencraft will present a piano solo,
"Toccata" by Ravel; and Miss Hazel
Martin will play an organ selection,
"Comes Autumn Time" by Sawerby.
Benediction will be delivered by Reverend E. M. Schendel, Pastor of the
First Evangelical Church.
Students, parents of students, and
the general public are cordially invited to attend. The entire new
building will be open during the
evening for inspection.
FACULTY WILL ATTEND
PEER GYNT
Faculty club members and their
wives will attend Peter Ibsen's play
"Peer Gynt," produced at Minneapolis Saturday, Oct. 19, by the
University of Minnesota players. Dinner will be served in the new Student
Union building, which was completed  in  September.
"Peer Gynt" is an allegorical play,
based upon the folklore of the
mountainous Scandinavian countries
and is recognized as one of Ibsen's
best works.
Arrangements for the trip were
made by  Mr. Shaw.
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