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

              by Jerry
Well, the club rooms were closed
for a couple of days last week, and
mere was much wailing and weeping
among the students, especially a-
mong those who had left pop bottles
and bridge scores and worn-out decks
of cards lying around. When the
rooms were reopened it was upon the
promise of a definite group of students that they would keep the rooms
clean, and in fairness to this group
and to the student body as a whole,
we must all remember the few simple
rules laid down by the clubroom committee.
Ho-Hum
The student bridge tournament is
finally underway and the air is filled
with denunciations of overbidden,
kibitizers, and the Culbertson system.
College certainly broadens one. Why,
last summer I didn't even know how
to play London Bridge.
Ho-Hum
With all the importance being
placed on good physical condition it
shocks me to discover that some of
our boys are definitely run down. In
fact, one of my pals wore himself out
walking  around  a  pool table.
Ho-Hum
THE DEPRESSION IS NOT OVER!
At least not according to the lady
who operates the rooming house at
803 West Center. She says the
wolves are just as thick around her
door as ever. (Special to Abie Ekman)
If you can't figger that one out, iook
it up in your RJC directory.
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Bridge Tourney
Relieves Tension
Bidding their way to the high end
of the score, many bridge fans today
completed the first play-off of the
tournament. In order to avoid the
unfair competition of the unskilled
playing against practiced opponents,
partners were drawn when enough
students had signed up. After playing eight hands with three different
partners, the winners of today's playoff, will be matched for the second
tourney.
Ability is not necessary to enter
the tournament, as quite a few of
the players have only been interested
in bridge for a short time. Such a
great interest has been shown in this
game since it was first introduced as
a form of recreation in the club rooms
that the school bought four new card
tables. Mr. Gerken then organized
this student-faculty bridge tournament which is taking place. All the
students are very interested and
will follow the tournament to its finish.  May the high score win!
The Jay
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VOLUME X
Rochester, Minnesota, Friday, March  13,   1942
NUMBER   10
Local "Lady of Letters" to Appear
Cub Reporters
Initiated At Banquet
Last Tuesday night, at Austin's
restaurant, the journalistic club,
Ghamma Rho, held its initiation banquet for the new members. They
include Lolamae Foley, Margaret
Johnson, Maralyn Bourassa, Jean
Griffin, Ella Timmons, Esther Jensen,
Norma Hanne, Mary Louise Cronin,
Jane Schmelzer, Elizabeth Hindman,
Joyce King, Marie Furth, Patricia
Forster, Lorraine Shoholm, Don Palas,
Harold Perry, Virginia Ripple, Jerald
Hilliard and Willard Snell.
Mr. Gerken, the principal speaker,
presented an interesting viewpoint on
"Psychology and War," and was followed by short talks given by the
editor, Lolamae Foley, and Dean
Goddard. Joyce King, Bellabruna of
the operetta, and Shirley Heckart,
favorite pianist around town, entertained the group with musical selections. Jerald Farrington, president of
the club, and last year's editor, acted
as master of ceremonies. Prior to the
banquet, each candidate was asked
to write a two hundred word sensational news story, which was read
after the dinner, at the solemn initiation ceremony, and this after the
initiates had gone through a hectic
day of "hazing." Foreheads on which
were painted the Greek letters of
"Ghamma Rho," in lipstick red were
not an uncommon sight around the
building, while prostrate figures,
mumbling humbly to the august sophomores something to the effect that
freshmen could never hope to equal
them, almost obstructed corridor
traffic.
In charge of the initiation and
banquet were: Dora Tenti, location
and dinner; Doris Papendick, invitations and program; Charles Murrell
and   Don   Sanders,   initiation   stunts.
Miss Marie Matt is advisor to the
group.
Jean Griffin
Takes Leading Role
A local "Lady of Letters" will make
her first public appearance on March
18—on Wednesday—at the Central
' Auditorium.
Jean Griffin portrays Adelaide
Willifer, the woman of generous
heart but feather-weight brain. In
her effort to attain literary fame she
plunges her own family and an entire
campus into disgrace and all over a
bunch of paper called "The Cuckoo's
Nest."
Her long-suffering husband is Dr.
Gilbert Willifer, professor of English
at Southern Union College. Harold
Perry plays the role of the unhappy
pedagogue who is obliged to witness
a faculty inquisition on the subject of
his wife's honesty.
Two characters who thicken the
plot and apply the heat are Jerald
Farrington (the publisher) and Allan
Hailing, president of Southern Union
College. The former brings out Adelaide's first novel, and the latter
endeavors to save the college from
scandal as a result of Mrs. Willifer's
apparent plagiarism.
William Miller is the hard-pressed
author, Richard Mays, whose first
novel is scorned by publishers. He
thinks his troubles are all over when
FORMER STUDENT HERE
WINS ORATORY PRIZE
Gib Monette, former Rochester
Junior College student who attends
the University of Minnesota, placed
second in the Pillsbury oratorical contest held last week at the University
of Minnesota. One of six students
in the finals, Mr. Monette was awarded a $30 cash prize.
he sells the book to the gullible Adelaide, but he is dead wrong. Her
checks bounce. Further troubles ensue when his patron, the wealthy Mrs.
Lawrence, exposes Mrs. Willifer as a
fake. His only luck comes in meeting
Susan Willifer, the professor's charming daughter.
Shirley Jones portrays the erratic
Mrs. Lawrence and Meryl Wiese, the
professor's daughter. Ella Timmons
as Adelaide's mother, Julia Pace, is
a constant sufferer from Adelaide's,
whims and her many-sided inefficiency. Don Pallas enacts the conscientious Mr. Creepmore, the bursar of the
seminary. The reporter from the
Salem Express is played by Phyllis
Highland, and the maid of the Willifer household, by Therese O'Neill.
Mrs. McDonald, a faculty wife with
the gift of always saying the wrong
thing,  is enacted  by  Esther Winter.
Watch for posters portraying
photographically the cast members
in a variety of scenes. Camera man,
Gordon Witte, assisted by Malcolm
Crawford, Jerald Farrington, and
Robert Leiferman will soon have them
on display.
Miss Flora McGhee of the Speech
Department is directing the comedy
which should be sprightly enough to
drive away for the evening the effects of bad news and war-time blues.
HEALTH PROGRAM FOR
R. J. C. CONSIDERED
Physical examinations for each student are being suggested as a part
of a health program which would include Rochester Junior College. The
school board has the matter under
consideration, and Miss Mabel Johnson, school nurse, expects that at
least by next year such physical examinations   would   be   given.
The physical examinations would be
very complete, including laboratory
work, immunization and tests. In giving these examinations the purpose
would be to acquaint the student with
his own physical status in order that
he may correct his own physical defects, to make him examination-
conscious so that he will know what
to expect in a good physical examination, and to make him health-conscious so that he will be a leader in
health questions.
Consultations with the school nurse
would be made available if this plan
were carried out.   These conferences
; would  be valuabl in interpreting the
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Phi Theta Kappa
Selects Members
The RJC chapter of Phi Theta
Kappa, national honorary society for
junior colleges, upon recommendation of the faculty, voted to accept
into its group the following honor
students: John Allen, Donald Bannon,
Mildrer Bolduan, Howard Costello,
Bronald Kellett, DeWayne Mattson,
John Saari, Mrs. Van Demark and
Meryl Wiese.
A grade average of at least B,
with no grade below a C is a prerequisite for election, along with
qualities of character which are outstanding. The group cannot exceed
ten per cent of the S.L.A. student
body, and must be recommended to
Phi Theta Kappa  by the faculty.
The large ratio of boys to girls is
definitely an unusual happening. In
former years the girls have tended to
be the majority group. Perhaps it
is a bright commentary upon the way
the boys are considering the present
serious world situation and their future  contribution  to  their country.
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