The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 9, Number 12

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VOLUME IX
ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,   1941
NUMBER   12
Prop Wash
. by Don Franke
The saddest words: it might have
been. That's the way it was. When
first I heard that Art Donahue was
coming back from "Hitler's Hell"
where he pilots a "Spitfire," I wrote
his parents a Special Delivery note
requesting an interview on R. J. C.'s
radio program as soon as son Art
arrived. Donahue "Senior" answered,
and said that probably Art would
oblige. Then Art arrived and fell into the hands of various Chambers
of Commerce and Clubs, clamoring
for vicarious revenge on Adolf, and
so, with all of these dinners, birthday parties, and family reunions, we
got left out. However, over the
'phone, Donahue modestly and sincerely said that "war is overwhelming,   terrible—and   sort  of thrilling."
He has been in the R. A. F. since
June, 1940, and on August 5, he
became a fighter pilot. On that
day, a Messerschmidt cannon clipped
an eight inch hole behind his cockpit. Later, 27-year-old Donahue was
shot down in flames, parachuting to
safety—and spent a month in the
hospital. It takes intestinal fortitude
to go into a dog fight, but once
the squadron leader yells, "tally ho"
it's every man for himself, and then
it doesn't seem so bad. You begin to
be mechanical and release eight
streams of bullets from your wing
guns every time a blot of yellow and
black   looms  across  your  nose.
By now, Art probably is back in
England, spending these spring evenings over the channel in a dimly-lit
cockpit. Some people call it adventure, while others call it "hell" ....
International Club to
Meet This Evening
Although R. J. C. organized its
International Relations Club rather
late in the year, it expects to accomplish a great program before graduation. The aims of this year's club
are: to get material for future reference, to get the club functioning and
+o establish a firm foundation from
which the succeeding clubs can build.
The club, with aid of material from
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, still holds its first
dinner-discussion meeting today, it
. was announced by Chairwoman Doreen LeBlanc and her committee composed of John Fitzgerald, Charlotte
Armstrong, and Arthur Swan. More
information concerning this meeting
will be posted.
Sophomores to Take
New Series of Tests
Sometime between April 15th and
25th, the sophomores of R.J.C. will
be subjected to a series of co-operative examinations. According to
Mr. Gerken, these tests were worked
out by various members of the American Council on Education, because,
prior to this, there had been no
standard by which to judge the
achievement of students in different
schools. These tests are graded here
and the results sent in to New York,
where the results from all over the
nation are compiled.
Quoting Mr. Gerken, "There is no
way to study for them. If you don't
know it by now you can't learn it by
the time the tests are given." Sometime in April and, again in May,
tests will be given to prospective
Medical Secretarial students.
EASTER VACATION
i
STARTS THIS WEEK END
Who said "time flies?" Let
him prove it; there are two
days left before Easter vacation begins. This is the official
announcement that Easter vacation will begin this week end
and that school does not reopen until Tuesday, April 15.
Just think, 10 days without any
table tennis.
Don't forget to rest up the
day after Easter so you'll be
here bright and early, at least
early,  on  Tuesday  morning.
Many R.J.C. Students
Enjoy Milstein Concert
Nathan Milstein, violinist, gave his
usual superb performance in his appearance at the Mayo Civic auditorium, Monday night, March 24, before
a capacity crowd of music lovers.
The program consisted of: "Adagio and Rondo" by Karl Stamitz;
"Prelude and Gavotte in E Major"
by Bach; Beethoven's "Spring Sonata
in F Major, Op. 24"; "Meditation"
by Tschaikowsky; "Burlesque" by Josef Suk; and Vieuxtemp's "Concerto
in A Minor, No. 5" After tremendous
applause by the 900 members of
the audience, Mr. Milstein gave two
encores, Chopin's "Nocturne in C
Sharp Minor" and "Flight of the
Bumble   Bee'   by   Rimsky-Korsakov.
Following the concert here, Mr.
Milstein and Mr. Balsam left for
Madison, Wisconsin, to give a program at the University.
Fifteen Students
Are Initiated Into
Gamma Rho Society
After wearing lipstick signs on
their foreheads all day, and searching the city for the people whom
they were to interview as a part of
the initiation process, 15 students
were installed into Gamma Rho,
journalistic fraternity, at a banquet
at the Martin Hotel last Tuesday
evening. These students interviewed
such people as the Chief of Police,
the mayor, the assistant Chief of the
Fire Department, manager of KROC,
Mr. Sandberg, and Miss Snodgrass.
Other were obliged to count windows in St. Mary's, ask nurses for
dates, and ask students in R. J. C.
for  dates.
At the banquet in the evening,
Dr. Percy Ryberg, of Buenos Aires,
and at present a fellow at the Mayo
Clinic, gave an account of his personal experiences and observations
in regard to the Austrian Anschluss,
effected by the Nazi government in
March, 1938, when he quite accidentally was a witness to the maneu-
verings in Nurnberg and later on in
Vienna. Dean Goddard, Jerald Farrington, Miss Matt, the advisor, and
the president of Gamma Rho, Betty
Lou Hamlin, also gave short talks.
The formal initiation took place after
talks were given by the students,
concerning their assignments.
Those initiated were: Jerald Farrington, Charles Murrell, Doris Papendick, Ray Thompson, Dora Tenti,
Gloria Hillmond, Doris Fritsche, Esther Saabye, Virgina Schanke, Shirley Jones, Arthur Swan, Harriet
Doty, Lloyd Caulfield, Marietta Sonnenberg,    and    Don    Sanders.
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New R.J.C. Catalog
Is In the Making
The new R. J. C. Catalog, which
will be off the press shortly after the
Easter vacation, will have several
changes and additions. A better description of the library equipment
and the C.A.A. program will be
given, and Spanish is to be added
to the curriculum. Some of the
course descriptions are to be changed. The Medical Secretarial course
will be described as a separate
course, and some of the faculty
committees are to be reshuffled. The
cover will be of a different color, but
will have the same design. Mr. Shaw
promises that there will be no mistakes in spelling or punctuation in
the new issue.
Our Town
Expertly Presented
Presenting one of the most outstanding productions yet put out at
Rochester Junior College, Miss McGhee and the entire cast deserve
much praise for "Our Town," given
in Central Auditorium, March 20.
Excellent portrayals of everyday
people in general, and citizens of
Graver's Corners specifically, were
turned in by the entire cast. Particularly outstanding was the work
of Doreen LeBlanc as Mrs. Gibbs,
John Fitzgerald as Stage Manager,
Don Franke as George Gibbs, The-
rese ONeil as Mrs. Webb, and Jean
Griffin as Emily Webb.
The sets were unusually artistic,
the illusion of the upper floors of the
Gibbs and Webb homes being created by the use of step ladders.
Another particularly interesting
scene, where dim blue lighting effected a distinct atmosphere in the
cemetery, occurred in Act III. Costumes were of the 1900 era, as were
the songs played on the Hammond
organ by Betty Whiting before the
opening  scene.
Other members of the cast, each
perfect in his role include: Allan
Hailing, Roger Drinkwalter, Beverly
Barber, Lincoln Ekman, Jerald Farrington, Jack Ripple, James Guy,
Jean Hulcher, Ellyn Hennings, Warren Trapp, and Prudence Vergote.
Townsfolk were Harry Smith, Ross
Burdick, Paul Tarara, Richard Tarara,
Harriet Hall, Evelyn Judd, Margie
Lou Frederick, and Bob Sheridan.
Medical Sec. Girls
Apply at the Clinic
All members of the sophomore
Medical Secretary class, except one
who plans to work outside of Rochester, applied for positions at the Mayo
Clinic last week. Some of the girls
will work during vacation, but this
list is not complete at this time.
Rilla Mae McGrew and Elfreda
Ossendorf are both working part
time at St. Mary's Hospital, doing
surgical  secretarial  work.
SWIMMING CLASSES
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Swimming classes for Freshmen
boys began yesterday under the
direction of Mr. Giffy O'Dell with
the competitive methods, used in
previous months, employed. Team
standings at present are: Bears, 944;
Frogs, 872; Lions, 867; Tigers, 669;
Seals,,  579;  Squirrels,  568.