The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 9, Number 14

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VOLUME IX
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,  1941
NO.   14
Southern Junior Colleges Will Hold Field Day
Prop Wash
by Don Franke
Ho Humm . . . what to talk about?
All  right,  we will  then. The weather
i may be boring to some people, but
certainly not to the fellows at the
airport. They have a heck of a time
just keeping track of it. Every hour,
from 6 in the morning till 5 in the
afternoon, they have to make out a
report sheet on how old man weather
is acting. They record the time, ceil-
inq (not the regulation 9 feet kind),
visibility, sea level pressure, temperatures, dew point, wind direction, velocity, and altimeter setting. All this
requires the use of instruments galore. The mainstays in the weatherman's closet are annemometers, barograph, mercurial barometer (to check
recorded pressure for error), clinometer, ceiling lamp (to measure distance to clouds at night) and thermometers    of    various    descriptions.
.The wet bulb, dry bulb, maximum
and minimum are four of the simpler
thermometers. In the maximum the
mercury goes up and stays put, due
j to an air hole in the mercury bulb,
so the day's highest temperature is
known. Similarly the minimum pushes
a piece of metal down to the lowest
recorded temperature, where it stays
until jarred back into place. Every
6 hours a full report is sent to the
area forecaster in Chicago, so that
fie can compile general forecasts.
These weather communications are
sent in code. If, for example, the
Chicago forecaster gets a message
"64486-26353-12045" he reads
Rochester, Minn.; overcast, 2l/2 to
6 mi. visibility, wind is WNW, 8-
12 m.p.h, a light drizzle, 1012 millibars pressure, 45° F. the temperature." Just like that, it's so simple—
and one last thing: Please don't call
the airport to find out if it's safe to
remove the Prestone from your radiator.
Phi Theta Kappa
Elects Officers
Jean Hulcher was chosen president
of the Junior College chapter of the
Phi Theta Kappa for next year, at a
meeting held Thursday, May I. Ve-
netia Farrar was chosen vice-president, and Doris Papendick, secretary-
treasurer.
A committee, headed by Willis
Hubler, was chosen to make arrangements for the annual Phi Theta
Kappa picnic, May 21.
Junior College
Speech Festival
Held at RJ.C.
The first speech festival sponsored
by the Rochester Junior College occurred April 25th on Friday afternoon and evening. Participating
schools were Austin, Albert Lea, and
Worthington. Divisions of the program included panel discussion, interpretative reading, and newscast-
ing.
Students from Rochester engaged
in panel discussion were Arthur
Swan (chairman), Winston Cornell,
John Ripple, and Archie Scanlan.
The subject for discussion was the
various phases of Pan-American relations— trade, defense pacts, and
differences in culture between North
and South America. The Austin team
was comprised of Marie Magee
(chairman), Mary Gardner, Doris
Egbert, and William Sucha. Ten additional students came as guests as
well as Professor and Mrs. William
S. Ruppert. Dr. R. G. Ruppenthal,
Dean Jordon, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith were sponsors of the Albert Lea groups. Edwin Stuart (chairman), Philip Johnson, and Edward
Christian made up the discussion
team. The Worthington team—Russell Larson (chairman), Orpha Ki I le,
Klara Kille, and Tom Maloney were
accompanied by their sponsors, Miss
Ellen Nelson and Professor T. C. Parr.
The newcaster judged the best by
Lavelle Waltman of KROC was Warren Marpe of Albert Lea; others taking part were Don Franke of Rochester, Loren Apel of Worthington, and
Donald Albertson of Austin.
Nine students participated in interpretative reading, the program
being given in the new Central
Auditorium. From Albert Lea were
Ona Swanson, reading "A Servant
for Servants" by Robert Frost; James
Thomassen, "The Cremation of Sam
McGee" by Robert W. Service; and
Warren Marpe, "A Dog's Life" by
Lew Sarett. Mr. Thomassen repeated
his number at the evening program.
Worthington representatives were
Mary Alice McCall, interpreting
Robert Frost's "Death of the Hired
Man"; Audrey Kinsman, "Birches,"
by the same author; and Duane Jenkins, "The Lincoln Memorial" by R.
L. Duffus.
Rochester students included Jean
Griffin who selected for her reading
"The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer
Miller; Therese O'Neill, "I Like Americans"   by   Nancy   Boyd;   and   Mary
ROCHESTER TO PLAY HOST
AT SOLDIERS' FIELD FRIDAY
Calendar
May 9th
Field Day—Southern Junior
Colleges meet at Soldiers'
Field for Softball, tennis, archery, golf in the afternoon. Picnic supper and entertainment
by Wimpy's Ham Actors'
League.  Dance in the evening.
May   15th
J. C. Banquet (informal)
May   16th
J.   C.   Formal   Prom   at   the
Masonic Hall.
May  23rd
Final   graduate   issue   of  the
Jaysee   Echo  —  with   pictures
galore.    Last   day   of   classes.
May  26th
Final exams begin.
June   1st
Baccalaureate services at the
Methodist    Church.    Reverend
Trost, speaker.
June   4th
Commencement   at   Central
Auditorium.   Speaker,  Mr.  Bernard Ridder.
Sitton, the Thomas Hardy poem "The
Man He Killed" and two numbers by
Siegfried Sassoon: "Does It Matter?"
and "To Any Dead Officer." Miss
Nelson, Miss Smith, and Mrs. Clay
d'A. Gerken chose Miss Sitton's selections to be repeated in the evening.
In keeping with the Pan-American
theme were the table decorations
for the dinner held at the New Central Building Cafeteria. The string
trio for the Rochester junior high
school furnished dinner music under
the direction of Miss Priscilla Wagoner. The principal speaker for the
occasion was the Reverend Philip
Sheridan of the First Congregational
Church, whose subject was "Economic   Independence   is   a   Myth."
Rochester sponsors in charge were
Miss Flora McGhee, speech department; Doris Larsen, librarian; G. O.
Staley, history; and E. R. Shaw, Economics.
Student committee members from
the International Relations Club were
Doreen LeBlanc (chairman), John
Fitzgerald, Paul Eckman and Clarence Stearns; also Lloyd Wright,
Gloria Hillmond, and Helen Gambill.
A Field Day, to be sponsored by
the Rochester Junior College, and in
which the Albert Lea, Austin, and
Rochester Junior Colleges will participate, will be held at Rochester's
Soldiers'   Field   on   Friday,   May  9th.
The idea of the Field Day originated last December, when Deans Jordan, Meeland, and Goddard formulated this way of promoting good
fellowship among the groups.
The afternoon will be devoted to
sports events, but there will be no
crowning of victors, as this is to be
a friendly group, not one of rivalry.
There will be Softball, golf and tennis for the boys, and archery, golf,
and tennis for the girls. During the
evening there will be a picnic lunch,
with various stunts and entertainment,
followed by a dance at the Masonic
Hall.
A charge of twenty-five cents is
being made to cover the cost of
the lunch and the dance. At this
price everyone can afford to attend.
Tags will be on sale today, and until
the fun begins.
Faculty advisors and their committees are: lunch—Mr. Frishe, Jean
Hulcher, Wayne Lance, Winnie Pan-
kratz, Marilyn Bourassa. Mrs. Creal
has charge of the dance, and Miss
McGhee, in conjunction with the Student Committee, has charge of the
entertainment.
Rochester Girl Gets
Theater Scholarship
Miss Ardis Keel of Rochester has
been granted a $150 scholarship for
the summer in the Plymouth colony
theater, Plymouth, Mass.
Miss Keel for two years attended
Rochester Junior College, where
she was very active in dramatic
productions, having played in two
of the college's annual plays, "Tov-
arich" and "The Devil's Disciple,"
in addition to two one-act plays by
Conrad Seiler, all under the direction of Miss Flora McGhee.
The Plymouth colony theater
awards 40 scholarships from 1,000
applications. Students there have the
opportunity to act with professional
leads. Selection for a scholarship is
based on dramatic experience, college training and personal endorsement.
Miss Keel will begin her summer
work with the colony theater June
23.