The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 10, Number 7

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Back at the typewriter once again
after a lovely vacation. Slept until
| | every morning, worked until
lunch time, and loafed the rest of
the day. What a life!
Ho-Hum
The two young ladies who compile the column of slander, gossip
and alleged humor that is headed
"Eyes and Ears of RJC" have commenced a campaign against me.
They reckoned without the fighting
spirit of us Farringtons. Why my Uncle Guy waged a battle (editorial, of
course) against 26 Democrats at the
same time! But that's another story.
What I really mean to say is that
my ire has been aroused, and the
journalistic battle is on.
Ho-Hum
War changes everything. Two
months ago Ross Burdick, an old J.
C. man, was turned down by both
the Army and Navy Air Corps on
minor defects. Last week, he was
having quite a time deciding which
he wanted to join, for both branches
of the  service  have  invited  him.
Ho-Hum
The other day one of the freshman boys stopped me in the hall and
asked me if I knew a blonde girl by
the name of "Sanka" Griffin. I told
him that I knew the babe but inquired why he called her "Sanka."
He snapped back, "She never kept
anybody awake."
Ho-Hum
Please don't take any of the insulting remarks I made about Griffin
seriously, because I'm really very
fond of her (in a brotherly sort of
way) and we're merely feuding to
build circulation.
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VOLUME X
Rochester, Minnesota, Friday, January 16, 1942
NUMBER 7
J. C. Students Can Join in Defense
Barbara Kendall in
Nation's Capitol
ast year's J. C.
Red Cross Work, Contributions,
Moral Support Necessary
Buy Defense Savings Stamps
Music Convocation
Acts as Bracer
Many songs which the students like
to hear were sung dramatically by
George Nelidoff, famous Russian
baritone, and Gina Sterling, lovely
soprano, at the convocation Wednesday, January 8th. Dorothy Jones,
concert pianist, accompanied them.
George Nelidoff's throbbing baritone voice rang out in "OT Man
River," "Shortenin' Bread," and
"The Lord's Prayer." "Indian Love
Call" and "Stars in My Eyes" were
sung by Miss Sterling. Her rich mellow voice was especially beautiful in
Schubert's "Ave Maria." Mr. Nelidoff sang "The Volga Boatman" as
only a Russian could. Their duet,
"Song of Love," from the operetta,
"Blossomtime," held special interest,
as this operetta is to be presented
this spring by the junior college and
high school students.
Girls! Now is the time for you
Barbara Kendall, last year's J. C. j to get out your knitting needles and
student in the Terminal Business! set to work, and that goes for the
course has informed the faculty that: boys, too. The Red Cross needs knit-
she is now working for the government in Washington. Mrs. Creal and
Mr. Gerken have received letters
from her stating that she is now a
stenographer in the office of General
Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff.
Barbara writes that she was ad-
p/anced straight to General Marshall's
office   without   serving   a   customary
ters; and with the example of King
George of England, who actually
does knit, it behooves us all to get
out our needles and to start to knit
2, pearl 2.
At this time the Red Cross here
in Rochester is working on men's,
women's and children's sweaters and
children's   suits.     Directions   go  with
six months in a lower office, a fact the yarn, so all you have to do is to
which reflects creditably upon her get out your needles and get set.
ability and also upon R. J. C, since \ And if you don't care to tackle a
the    instruction    received    here    has j sweater, you can always knit six inch
made this possible.
She   is   living   with   two   girls  from
squares   from   scrap   yarn   you   may
have around the house.    Turn these
at  the   Red   Cross  office
is
Kansas,  one of whom  is a  friend  0f  scluares   ln
Congressman    Rees   of   that   state.! and +ney wi" ^e made into afghans.
She writes that Mr. Rees took them i A first-aid course which is under
to dinner on Capitol Hill, and has the direction of Dr. Lundy, who is
promised to get them passes which first-aid chairman for the Red Cross
will enable them to get books from : here in Rochester, began Thursday,
(continued on page four) ! January   8,   at   the   fire   hall.   It   runs
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Events at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere must make a greeting ]
for the new year realistic. We can escape no longer the stern j
and grim task which has been forced upon us. None of us can !
escape having our plans and desires affected. Our sacrifices here f
in Rochester perhaps will be less than those in other parts of the |
United States or the world. Our deepest sympathy must go to j
all of these. To our friends who have gone into the service we i
owe our support—support that means sacrifice on our part. To 1
the Red Cross we may give our time and money. To the Government we are not asked to give—but to support it by loyalty and
the purchase of Defense Stamps and Bonds.
We have talked much of rights—we must now think and act
in terms of duties. In our firm resolve to see this thing through
to a victorious end, some of these 'duties will assume the proportions of serious sacrifice. As the year progresses and this
great nation becomes better organized, we will receive more information on these duties and  how they can  be performed.
One duty we all have now and can begin performing from
this day is to keep our emotions under control. War generates
hate; let us keep ours under control. War is disturbing, some
will be seriously disturbed; a kind and encouraging word' to them
will help. Don't gossip or spread rumors and help keep others
from doing so. Build courage and wisdom by your conduct.
College men and women will be expected to be leaders in many
things but especially in keeping up morale. These are but a
few of those things which will build morale. Seek others. Perhaps not a happy new year—but it will be happier if we do
our part.
SUPPORT THE RED CROSS!
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for a period of 10 weeks (one absence is allowed) with a certificate
of completion given after an examination has been passed on the material covered. This course is one
which has appealed especially to
men and should attract the boys of
the junior college.
The Red Cross also offers a home
nursing course to classes of from 16
to 20. These classes are taught by
a nurse and include personal, family, and community health, the care
of the infant and small child, and the
prevention and care of communicable diseases. The course is notable in two fields especially: it
teaches the care of the aged, and
it describes how to make improvised
equipment.
This course runs for 12 weeks, and
in case a group is interested in organizing a class, Miss Lyla Olson,
who is in charge of the home nursing
classes, should be contacted.
And, of course, everyone can make
contributions to the Red Cross War
Relief Fund either at the Red Cross
office at Fourth and Broadway or at
one of the banks. Also, everyone
can buy defense stamps and bonds.
A few cents spent each week for
defense stamps will soon mount up
so that you can exchange them for
a   bond.    And  bonds  gain  interest!
The part that R.J.C. will play in
the defense program will be announced after the regional conference of colleges which will be held
at the University of Minnesota on
February 2, 3, and 4. This follows
a national conference of representatives of the American Association
of Junior Colleges and the American
Association of Colleges which met
in Baltimore, Maryland, from January
I through January 5.
In the meantime Dean Goddard
says, "We feel that we should wait
until we are sure of carrying out a
program which would be properly
coordinated with a national program."
However, everyone can be just as
economical as possible in the use of
such things as paper. At the present
time, waste paper is still being
burned, but plans are being made
to buy a paper bailer which would
make it possible to save the paper.
(continued on page four)
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