The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 10, Number 8

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I hope that all the girls in R.J.C.
attended the weekend billing at a local theatre a couple of weeks ago
when the "Wolf Man" was featured.
I was too broke to attend, but people
tell me that Francis C. was a big success in his first public appearance.
Ho-Hum
The warm weather of a few weeks
aqo proved quite a boon to two
golfers up at Devils Lake, N. D. The
two parbusters finally got around to
playing the final round of the 1941
club championship which they had
postponed last fall because of bad
weather. Local golfers are all
worried about the supply of balls,
especially Tubby B. who has only fifty socked away; with a slice like his
he needs them.
Ho-Hum
Every Sunday paper carries a supplement explaining air raid precautions and blackout hints. One of the
best of these precautions advises
crawling under a table when the siren
blows. My uncle Al used to dive for
a table every time he heard a siren,
but that was during prohibition.
Ho-Hum
Quiz  Dept.—What   J-she-male   is
going  back to floor-length   skirts    if
they don't put blinders on Willard S?
Ho-Hum
Everywhere we hear the cry of our
nation's leaders for more men to
wage the battle against our Axis foe.
The editors of the Echo also make an
appeal for men—and women to help
in the struggle to keep the Echo
supplied with news.
Sickness, cancellations and military
enlistments have seriously decreased
the number of Echo reporters, and
the people now on the staff are doing extra work of their assigned departments.
Anyone who enjoys writing and
wishes to gain more experience is
invited to see Miss Matt about writing for the Echo. We of the Echo
staff enjoy our work and wish that
more students were taking part in
journalistic activities.
We could also use some up-and-
coming "Ad" salesmen !
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VOLUME X
Rochester, Minnesota, Friday, February  13,   1942
NUMBER 8
J.C.-H.S. Collaborate on Operetta
"Blossom Time" is
Gala Performance
Jacqueline Vincent — Melvin Henderson, Martin Adson
FACULTY HEARS
PSYCHOLOGIST   ON   WAR
A dinner of the Faculty Club of
the Rochester Junior College was
held at Austin's Blue Room on Tuesday, February 3. Miss Peterson,
president of the organization, was in
charge of arrangements. Mr. Clayton d'A. Gerken was the speaker. He
dealt with the problems which are
facing us in the present crisis because of the combination of the scientific techniques of psychology,
such as fear and frustration, with the
methods of technological warfare.
This combination has not previously
existed, Mr. Gerken pointed out, and
it is a problem which we must face
with an entirely different outlook and
adaptability than we've had before.
Enrollment for Year    Dads Club Pays
Shows Increase      Tribute to High
Scholarships
At a dinner meeting, given at the
The registration total for the year
was 242 students, with four new students enrolling in the second semes-
4. tl-         4.    =.     ■„,-,.„=,^  „i  Martin   Hotel   last  Wednesday  eve
ter.     I his  represents  an   increase  ot
5.6 percent over last year. A smaller percentage has dropped out this
year.     Actual   mortality  for  the   1st
ning, February II, the Dads of the
school honored those students who,
carrying      15     credit     hours,      had
.    j.  earned a "B" averaqe durinq the  1st
semester is approximately b percent. i i     ,      ,       . ,
ii       J.L     i a 4.        i I    4.    „       Semester and had    thereby    proved
below the   1st semester ot last year.! '.    r
y.     ,.       r\ r-   jj    j     "u     •    themselves  capable  ot    doinq
Quoting   Dean   Goddard,      It     is
rather interesting to note that not
only is our enrollment greater this
year, but student mortality is less
than last year. These trends are very
gratifying, because they are the reverse of what is being experienced in
most colleges. There has been an
increase in the percentage of A's
(approximately 30 percent more A's
than last year) and a decrease in the
number of F's by approximately 20
percent. If grades can be taken as
an index of student morale and determination the situation in RJC is
indeed gratifying."
CAMERA CLUB MEETS
The Camera Club meeting held
February 5th, was for the purpose of
getting practice in enlarging. Some
of the enlargements will be used later in the Spring when the club plans
to have a print exhibit.
The  new darkroom  which  belongs
outstanding work in college subjects.
Dr. A. H. Sanford, of the Mayo Clinic and former president of the Rochester School Board, was the guest
speaker.
Students,   thus   honored,   were:
John Allen, Donald Bannon, Mildred Boldnan, Howard Costello, Willis Hubler, Bronald Kellett, De
Wayne Mattson, John Robbins, John
Saari, Mrs. Van Demark, Meryl
Wiese, Frances Taylor, Phyllis Tesca,.
Violet Book, Joyce Ekman, Venetia
Farrar, Mary Flachsenhar, Lolamae
Foley, Lenore Freeman, Margaret
Johnson, Shirley Jones, Irene Link,
Esther Macken, David Meppen, Beatrice Swenson.
In honoring scholarship in this way
the  Dads Club  has set a  significant, r    ,        . ■
,     ,    . ,, .     ,. featured in this version ot    the
precedent since    the    conscientious,
earnest student is so often neglected
in favor of those who are outstanding  in extra-curricular activities.
to the High School, but    is    shared a   contact   printer.     With   this   new
with   the   Junior   College,   is   on   the equipment the members will be able
basement level,  in what used to  be to  do  some very big enlarging, the
a kitchen.    Notable among the new machine being capable of any reas-  group  of  selections  from  the  oper-
equipment are the two enlargers and sonable size. letta
The operetta "Blossom Time" was
presented by the Rochester High
School and Junior College on the
evening of February II, at eight
o'clock in the new Central Auditorium. A final dress rehearsal was given on Tuesday, February 10, which
was attended by students of the
high   school  and   junior  college.
Miss Jacqueline Vincent, Sophomore medical secretary, had the lead
in the role of Mitzi Kranz. Baron
Franz Schober, the man she loves,
was played by Melvin Henderson.
Joyce King took the part of Bella-
bruna, and Martin Adson played
Franz Schubert. Kitzi and Fritzi, sisters of the heroine, were played by
Ruth Joy Sanberg and Camille Madden. Robert Punderson took the
part of Christian Kranz, and Robert
Feller that of Count Scharntoff.
Miss Helen Church was in charge
of the general direction of the operetta. The dramatics were under
Fred Nelson; Miss Mabel Dickinson
took charge of the dances; H. P.
Jones, Miss PrisciHa Wagoner, and
Kenneth Whitcomb supervised the
orchestra. H. B. Wadsworth was in
charge of the ticket sales, and Roy
Nordby, of the printing.
Donna Reslow and Martha Jacobs
were accompanists; Mary Cronin,
Kathleen Fitzgerald, and Ruth Caus-
tin, student assistants; Lois Allen,
book holder; Genevieve Jewson and
Jeanette Moe, wardrobe mistresses;
Marcella Whited, librarian; William
Cross, John Menefee, Wesley Mross,
John Toogood, stage crew; Milton
Lenz, and Jack Dallman, in charge
of lighting. Dorothy Holmberg and
Betty Tysdale headed the make-up
staff. Ruth Hartman was business
manager, and Gretta Jacobson was
her assistant.
Sigmund Romberg adapted the
music for the operetta "Blossom
Time" from the melodies of Franz
Schubert and H. Berte. Schubert's
"Serenade," "Ave Maria," "Marche
Militaire"   and   "Song  of  Love"   are
ife
and work of the brilliant composer,
Schubert.
Music from "Blossom Time" was
sung by the chorus for the Kiwanis
Club on Thursday, February 5. The
chorus entertained the Rotarians
some time  before this with  another
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