The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 10, Number 1

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VOLUME X
Rochester,   Minnesota,   Friday, September 26,   1941
NUMBER
Junior College Roll Still Increasing
CITY OF ROCHESTER HAS
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
The city of Rochester welcomes a
new superintendent of schools this
year, Mr. I. E. Rosa, who came from
Owatonna to fill the vacancy left by
the retirement of Mr. G. H. San-
berg.
For twelve years Mr. Rosa was
affiliated with the Owatonna school
system, acting as principal for five
years and superintendent of schools
for the remaining seven. Prior to this
fie was principal at Detroit Lakes,
Minnesota. Mr. Rosa was graduated
from Carleton College and received
his Master of Arts degree from the
University of Chicago.
The Junior College movement has
been of special interest to Mr. Rosa,
who believes that junior colleges
have an increasingly important role
in American education in the fields
of pre-professional training and in
the area of vocational and terminal
h courses for those who will go into
jfew&bs or community life after gradu-
7'£>'ion. Mr. Rosa feels that Rochester
Junior College has won a place of
aTOnction for itself in many phases
of its activity, and national recognition for its medical secretarial
course. Mr. Rosa says: "I am happy
to greet the students, faculty, and
patrons of the Rochester Junior College. I have watched the development of this institution with interest
and feel it a privilege to become
affiliated with it. It will be the continuing objective of all of us, I know,
to keep this college in the ranks of
the finest educational institutions of
\merica."
DEAN GODDARD GREETS STUDENTS
AT OPENING CONVOCATION
NEW ADDITION TO FACULTY
Mr. W. Wayne Willard, successor
to last year's science teacher, Mr.
Wm. Frishe, now at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, attended the University of Chicago, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree,
then attended the University of Illinois, receiving his Master of Science
degree at this school.
Mr. Willard was born and raised
at llliopolis, Illinois, but for the last
five years has been teaching in the
high school at Clinton, Illinois.
His hobbies include amateur photography, golf, and ice skating. Since
coming to Minnesota he says that
traveling around this beautiful state
has been one of his chief enjoyments
and that he hopes to be able to cover much more of the surrounding
country  while  here at  R.  J.  C.
In his address of welcome to the
students, Tuesday, September 9, in
the Central auditorium, Dean Goddard stated his convictions as to the
opportunity for young people in the
present-day world as follows: "Many
of us who have ben observing world
trends are convinced that there are
more opportunities today for young
men and women than in any previous
period in history.
"No one can deny that the world
is undergoing a cataclysmic change
which is assuming the proportions of
a revolution. Such changes in the
past have always afforded new opportunities."
The Dean outlined briefly the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth
century, the breakup of feudalism
and other great changes in social
and economic relationships, and
pointed out that all of these afforded
opportunities. To prepare for these
opportunities the speaker then urged
that young men and women prepare
themselves in certain fundamentals.
"Whatever the shape of things to
come may be there are certain fundamentals in knowledge which will
not undergo change." The speaker
stated that 2 and 2 will always be 4,
and that H20 will always be the
chemical composition of wafer, but
that the application of these formulae may be used under circumstances
different from those existing today.
He urged the students to discover
and acquaint themselves with these
and other fundamentals.
In conclusion he pointed out that
there was one fundamental that is
often overlooked—Character. That
whatever the shape of things to come
may be, young people of character,
which includes a disciplined mind and
body, will always be in demand.
J. C. Calendar
September 25
Party   for   all    Medical   Secretaries  at Seton  Guild.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
September 25
Convocation on Harnessing
Lightning in Central Auditorium. Speaker, Harry G.
White.
September 26
R. J. C. football team plays
Winona   Reserves.     There.
September 30
Kenneth Spencer, basso, will
present a concert at the
Mayo Auditorium Theatre.
October 2
The J. C. Mixer in the North
Hall of the Mayo Auditorium.
With 234 students registered to
date, the Rochester Junior College
has an increased attendance of 27
over the students registered at this
time last year. This increase is surprising, because the enrollment of
other colleges has decreased, as was
expected, judging from the spring
enrollment. On the increased registration Dean Goddard makes this
statement, "In view of the conditions
I would have ben satisfied with an
enrollment   equal   to   last   year's."
Although most of the students are
from Rochester and the surrounding
districts, there is one pupil attending
who lives half-way around the world.
She is Mrs. Wu whose home is in
Canton, China. Mrs. Wu certainly
holds the honors for the girl student
farthest from home. Of the boys,
Jean Hulcher from Gerard, Illinois,
probably has the farthest to go for
Christmas vacation.
Mrs. Creal finds that the engineering subjects, such as chemistry and
mathematics, have the greatest popularity this year, with the new subjects, Spanish, music appreciation,
and some advanced general secretarial work showing great popularity.
Student Portraits
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Merle Moehnke
R. J. C. Football Captain
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 201   lbs.
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Shoe: size  12 or l2'/2
Nationality: German
Favorite Song: Hut Sut Song
Favorite night spot: The Gardens
Favorite drink: Short Beer
Favorite pastime: Football
Favorite color: Green
FACULTY MEMBER
PUBLISHES BOOK
Mr. Gerken, personnel director
and teacher of Psychology at R. J.
O, has just received his first copy
of his new publication, The Minnesota Occupational Rating Scales,
written in collaboration with Professor Donald G. Paterson and Milton
Hahn, of the University of Minnesota.
The data used in the scales was
taken from ratings done on a national
scale by twenty of the country's foremost psychologists. With this material at their disposal employment
managers and personnel directors
can determine whether a prospective
employee is suited for a particular
job or at what work a student will
be most successful.
The scale includes 430 types of
occupation, covering more than 90
per cent of the various jobs held
throughout the world.
. Work of the scales began three
years ago. In setting it up the authors
found first of all the types of ability,
likes and dislikes and talents of all
people who had been successful at
various types of jobs. With this information the various occupational
scales were devised.
continued on page four
BIGGEST THING IN AVIATION
TO HIT JUNIOR COLLEGE
Negotiations are under way with
the Fontana School of Aeronautics
of Michigan to offer the combined
C. A. A. Cross Country and Instructors course which includes 180 hours
of ground school and sufficient hours
of flying to lead to a commercial
pilot's license.
The ground school and flight
studies will be handled in close coordination so that problems considered in the ground school will be immediately useful in the air. Much
emphasis will be placed on radio
navigation, and the new directional
radio beams, recently installed at the
Rochester airport, will be used continuously. There will be six students
in the course, and graduates will be
employed by the airlines as co-pilots
to fill vacancies caused by airline
pilots being called into Army and
Navy air services.
Heretofore it was necessary to go
to Boston for this training, and if
negotiations go through, Rochester
will be one of the very few of such
training centers in the United States.
Students will be selected by the
government and must be graduates
of primary and secondary CAA
courses.
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