The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 9, Number 8

              T
HE
AYSEE
CHO
VOLUME IX
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   FEBRUARY   5,   1941
NUMBER 8
Prop Wash
by Don Franke
Gulp a gob of spinach, flex a
forearm cautiously, and let's spin the
inked prop for another semester's
wash.
First off, we find last semester's
primary and secondary CAA trainees
all passing ground school tests, and
when they finish flight work they will
be eligible for their licenses. That
brings us to next semester's prospects
in flying. RJC will again have a quota
of 20 primary and 10 secondary pilots. The school has purchased a complete plane, a liquid and air cooled
engine, and many plane parts, for
laboratory purposes. The only changes
will be that the secondary students
must learn the Morse Code to the
tune of fifteen words per minute.
Both groups of pilots will be given
four credits for the course toward
graduation from R. J. C. Said
credits are not now transferable to
many schools, but will probably be
accepted in future years. Sooo, smart
students with a small spot of cash
will drop that bothersome subject,
pick up 4 credits of CAA, and learn
to fly into the future.
One advantage of holding a private license is that one may take
advantage of opportunities, such as
the recent Miami Air Races held annually. Rochester pilots Glassnapp,
Moore, Walters, and Hoffman flew
southward last Jan. 10, II, 12 for
this year's races. The Gulf Oil Co.
pays expenses of U. S. sportsmen
pilots who wish to attend.
Said Pilot Glassnapp of the trip,
"Some fun—bathing beauties—1,200
airplanes—nicely conducted tours."
The sponsor had motorcycles on the
runways to conduct planes from the
time they leveled off to land, until
they left for home.
The air meet was smoothly and
pleasantly conducted. Various races
were held for pilots of both sexes.
The Culver Cadet race, noted by
Mr. Glassnapp, was won by Ted
Thompson, a Floridan; other events,
such as a Beechcraft race, acrobatics,
and glider demonstrations filled the
vsiting moments.
Average speed attained by Glass-
napp's plane, considering tail winds
and head winds both, was 80 mph for
the trip.
The 1600 mile direct route was
covered in 19 hours on 80 gallons
of gas. That's about 4 gal. per hour,
and ummmm—ahhh—20 miles to a
gallon, which is a mite better than
the family Chev. And there are no
trucks or curves to worry about up
there.
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The Campbells are
Coming—Tra-la-tra-la
Loring Campbell and Kathryne
Campell, magicians and entertainers
will present the program for the
convocation scheduled for the Central School Auditorium tomorrow,
February 6. Mr. Campbell has made
magic his profession for the past
14 years and during that time has
appeared in all 48 states and Canada   and   Mexico.
U. S. Farm Program
Corn
Mr. Campbell will be assisted by
Charlie McCarthy's second cousin,
Jerry "knothead" Campbell. Jerry
has been with the Campbells for a
number of years and has amused
audiences all over the country with
his wise cracks and misbehavior.
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WORK ON "OUR TOWN"
BEGINS WITH TENTATIVE CAST
A good number of the large cast
required for "Our Town" has begun
rehearsals. A few changes and shifts
may yet be made but the following
people will appear on the boards on
the evening of March 31 in the new
auditorium:
John Fitzgerald, Allen Hailing, Doreen LeBlanc, Roger Drinkwalter,
Ellyn Hennings, Teresa O'Neill, Lin-
coin Ekman, Jerald Farrington, Beverly Barber, Jack Ripple, Donald
Franke, Jean Griffin, Warren Trapp,
Jean Hulcher, and James Guy.
One policeman, three baseball
players, and a group of choir singers
are also needed.
One or two friendly cats to greet
the milkman on his morning rounds
are much desired. Anyone willing to
provide a cat or two for the feline
roles will please report to office 400.
Members of the production crew
will include Donald Fenske, Ralph
Burdick, Richard Tarara, and others.
ORIENTATION   CLASS
CONDUCTS SURVEY
Mr. Gerken's Orientation class is
conducting an occupational survey
of approximately 190 of Rochester's
leading business firms. The purposes
of the survey, besides giving the
interviewer practice in obtaining interviews, are: To get a realistic picture of work and workers in Rochester; to help the Junior College plan
an educational program which will
be most profitable to students as
well as to their future employers;
To help the interviewer and other
students understand what employers
are looking for in education, skills,
background, personality and training.
"It is probably as important for you
to have this information as for you
to know about the city's parks, its
educational system, its form of government, or the type of homes found
within its boundaries," quoting from
Mr. Gerken's instruction pamphlet.
Since it has been shown that most
Junior College graduates tend to find
their life work within a radius of 25
or 30 miles of the Junior College
they attended, therefore, this survey
should be of prime importance to the
students of RJC.
Results of the survey will be given
in later issues of the Echo as they
are compiled.
Med-Sec. Classes
Plan Sleigh Ride
The freshmen medical secretaries
will entertain the sophomore medical
secretaries at a sleigh riding party
to be held Thursday evening, February 6. The girls will be on the sleigh
ride for about two hours, after which
they will return to the Isaac Walton
cabin for refreshments and a program.
Jane Schmelzer heads the committee in charge of arrangements with
Barbara Lehman and Irene Link as
members.
Doris Papendich, chairman, Gloria
Hillmond, Irene Peterson, and Norma
Boie compose the refreshment committee.
The cleanup committee is Bareith
Bandel, chairman, Dora Tenti, Kay
Hayward, Virginia Stout, and Natalie
Held.
The entertainment committee is
made up of Florence Trotter, chairman, Mary Flachsenhar, and Violet
Book.
to Reduce
Supply at R. J. C.
Corn   Much   in   Evidence   at
J. C.  Barn  Dance
Yip-ei-yah — Friday, January 17,
found the J. C. farmers in their glory
— hay — chickens, and corn were
strewn around the H. S. gym to
give an adequate background for the
big RJC Barn Dance.
It is the humble estimation of
this reporter that a good time was
had by every last person who came.
We have never seen a more informal
party  in  our  life.
The decorating committee did a
very good job in creating a farm
atmosphere, especially with the saddle and horse which everybody was
riding all evening.
Of course, all the corn was not
confined to the decoration—in fact
the orchestra showed heavy traces
of it—during the square dance. By
the way, hats off to Mr. Schmidt for
his fine job of dance calling.
The first floor show of the evening
was mighty corny, but good. "Evelyn and the Claws o'f Fate," or
"Who scratched her back when the
light was out" was the name of it.
It featured James Guy as the lovable Evelyn de Vere—with Wallace
Haarstick as Mrs. de Vere, Jack
Ripple as Ralph, the hero, and Bill
Ganz as Herbert Vanderslice, the
villain of the story, Paul Eckman, the
inevitable stage hand. The reading
was done by Wimpy, the author.
Literally, we'd say that the ballet
as featured by Sheridan and Farrington stunk.
But summing the whole thing up.
we say it was a grand party and that
we ought to have another one soon.
(Ed. note: The laudatory tone of
this story is explained by the fact
that the reporter is some person who
acted as M. C. and who produced
the floor show.)
PASADENA PLAY HOUSE
STUDENT VISITS SPEECH CLASS
Rune Hultman, a third-year student at the Pasadena Play House,
visited Miss McGhee's speech classes
Thursday  afternoon,  January  30.
Mr. Hultman, a native of Montana
where he was a surveyor and ranchman, is now completing his dramatic
training in the Pasadena school for
professional actors. Through talent
scouts, he has been summoned to
the Howard Hughes studio for a
screen test for the title role in "Billy,
The Kid." If he is successful in obtaining the part of the famous Texas
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