The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 10, Number 12

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This tire situation is really getting
serious; the other evening I saw a
couple of boys "wolfing" on bikes.
They used the same old system of
cruising around until they sighted
some good business and then tried
to pick the business up, but the business objected to riding the handle
bars. Some women are fussy, darn it.
Ho-Hum
1 see by the paper that golf
courses may have to use girl caddies
this season. Personally I think it's a
great idea, but 1 can imagine some
guy like D Bannon approaching his
caddy with a remark like this, "Hold
this golf—bag."
Ho-Hum
Several years ago a fad swept
through collegiate editorial circles
concerning the classification of flora
and fauna; and now, just a few years
later (right on schedule), I have
picked it up. Things are always of
two types, such as:
GIRLS:
The   kind   you   see   pictured   in
Esquire and then there are those who
go out with Campion.
BOYS:
Super-wolves,    and    just    plain,
common everyday wolves.
BAGS:
Those  you   put  clubs   into   (golf
bags) and those who club you.
The Javsee Ech
VOLUME X
Rochester, Minnesota,  Friday, April   17,   1942
NUMBER   12
Bums Bum in Halls;
Dance at Night
The Bum Day celebration, held
yesterday, was quite an event—we
hope. This story is being written before the event takes place, but the
Echo appears the day after; therefore, the Echo must give you the
story as it should have taken place.
A bright balmy day brought out
a lot of balmy bums and bumesses
yesterday to participate in the annual
Bum Day festivities. Abie Ekman and
Marilyn Bourassa were crowned King
and Oueen of the Bums, and the
coronation ceremonies included a
parade and speeches by various dignitaries of the open road, who for
obvious reasons wish to keep their
identities secret.
Marvelous music and corny comedy featured the big barn dance
held Thursday evening in the gym.
Jimmy Smart's orchestra furnished
the music, and the Hamatic Society
supplied the corn. The gym was fully
equipped with livestock and farm
machinery and plenty of pitching
stuff was available—and we do mean
Hay.
Well, if it rained and Abie wasn't
crowned and nobody laughed at the
melodrama, the Echo will tell you
all about it in the next issue.
Soph Culture Tests
Given at R.J.C.
During the afternoon of Wednesday, March 25, and Thursday morning, the 26th, the R. J. C. sophomore
class was given the three hour General Culture Test.
Known as the Co-operative General Culture Test, the examination
completely disregards course boundaries, the purpose of it being to provide an indication of the student's
general  cultural  background.
The test consisted of six 30-minute
sections covering current social problems, history and social studies, literature, science, fine arts, and mathematics. National norms are issued
for each section of the test as well
as the norms for the entire group,
so that it offers a very good means
of exploring the cultural patterns of
each individual.
The sophomores showed a wide
range of individual differences.
Scores on the contemporary social
problems test ranged from I 7 to 60,
with the average for the group at
36.4. For the history and the social
studies the range was 6 to 59, with
the average 28.4. Literature—8 to
64; average, 31.6. Science, 5 to 57;
average, 29.5. Fine arts, 4 to 61;
average, 30. Mathematics, 5 to 55;
average, 22.8. The range for the
total scores was from 67 to 323, with
the average 178.5.
Given at the same time as the
test, but not a part of it, was a
Student Report Sheet, the answers
given to be used in a national study
dealing with the college student's role
in national defense. The question
was asked: "In which of the following
capacities do you feel that you would
be   of   most   service   in   the   present
MRS. CREAL ATTENDS Annua| prQm R|ans
NAT'L. REGISTRARS' MEET
Mrs.   Creal,   as   well   as   her  commercial classes,  had a brief but we'
Now Being Made
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_    The annual prom and banquet will
rest   while   she   attended   The , be held May 14 and I 5. The banquet
American Association of Collegiate
Registrars' Convention at the Drake
Hotel   in   Chicago,   April   13-16.
The outstanding speaker of the
convention was Brigadier General
Lewis B. Hershey who is director of
the Selective Service System. He
discussed the future of the Selective
Service System. Another interesting
talk on "The Transfer of Terminal
Course Credits" was given by Dr.
W. C. Ells, executive secretary of
The American Association of Junior
Colleges. Many other papers on the
problems of junior colleges were
presented   and   discussed.
On Monday evening, April 13, an
informal reception for delegates and
guests was held at the Drake Hotel.
Spring Music Tour
Starts Next Week
The Junior College orchestra, octette, and trio are practicing for the*
tour planned for April 19 and 20.
These organizations intend to entertain Chatfield, Plainview, and various
other towns around Rochester with
a varied program of music. The orchestra and octette will perform
"The Ramparts We Watch" and "I
Hear America Singing." These selections were given before a Junior College  audience  two  months   ago.
Jackie Vincent, Charlotte Peterson,
Joyce King, Marcella McAdams,
Melven Henderson, Leo Kisrow, Bob
Leiferman, and Lyle Dahl, the members of the octette, are working on
three new numbers in preparation for
this tour: "In a Monastery Garden,"
to which only J. C. students are
invited, will be on Thursday. The
dance on the following evening will
be open to J. C. students and their
escorts. The Rochester Country Club
will be the scene of the spring festivities. The Student Council announces the following committees:
TICKET COMMITTEE—Chairman,
Don Palas; Philip Hailing, Margaret
Pederson, Dick Monroe, Shirley Has-
sig, Jane Schmelzer, Lincoln Ekman,
Jenella Beadnell.
DECORATION COMMITTEE —
Chairman, Betty Buenger; Bob Leiferman, Esther Jensen, Gordon Witte,
Malcolm Crawford, Kenneth Krig,
DeElda Fiebelkorn, Joyce Ekman,
Mary Little, Clyde Bloom, Florence
Trotter, Lorraine Leiferman, Patsy
DoRan, Phyllis Moenke.
MENU—Chairman, Marilyn Bourassa; Jean Griffin, Elaine Daly, Paul
Cronin.
PROGRAMS—Chairman, Charlotte
Peterson; Frances Taylor, Phyllis
Kraus, Doris Horn, Patricia Forster,
Joan Scherer.
ENTERTAINMENT—Chairman, Jerry
Farrington, Jacqueline Vincent, Allan
Hailing.
INVITATIONS —Chairman, Shirley
Jones; Esther Winters, Elaine Franke.
TABLES—Chairman, Meryl Wiese;
Maxine Bernard, Lolamae Foley, Leo
Kisrow, Bill Peterson.
PUBLICITY—Chairman, Marie Furth;
Jane Towey, John Allen, Ruth Caus-
tin,   Duane   Kuhlman,   Jerry   Hilliard.
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Victory Book Campaign
and
s Millions of men  have been  called  by our country to serve a
| protect  us  so  that we  may  continue  to  enjoy  the  new  books  and 1
| other pieces of literature always available to us.  These men, however, 1
| have   been  taken  away from  their former opportunities  of  reading, =
1 and  for this  reason the Victory Book Campaign  is being sponsored. 1
| At   present    1,225,707   books   have   been   collected,   and   our   own 1
1 Rochester Junior College has contributed  to this sum  with  approxi- 1
| mately 100 books—only 100 books, and most of these were presented a
| by the faculty.   Is that the way to do our share in this great program |
| of defense work, to do our share in winning this great war? Constantly §
| the army is being increased, forces are sent to all parts, but a part of =
| their  cultural  existence  is  being  sadly  neglected  if we  do  not  help
i provide them with  reading  material.   Students,  go to your libraries
| and  select books that these boys will enjoy,  books that you seldom
I read now.   Do your bit for them and they wi
do their share tor us
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the beloved "I'll See You Again,"
and a new composition by Tschaikow-
sky, "Sleeping Beauty."
More vocal music will be supplied
by Charlotte Peterson, Marcella
McAdams, and Joyce King. One
semi-classical number they will sing,
"When I Have Sung My Songs," is
composed of a beautiful melody supported by an inter-weaving of close
harmony. They will also render that
old standard, "Who".
The   male  element  will   show  that
musical  talent  is   not  found  only  a-
mong   the   girls.   Melvin   Henderson,
Leo Kisrow, Bob Leiferman, and Lyle
Dahl have started a quartette. Their
s . first appearance will be on this tour
=   when they will sing "I Am An Ameri-
=   can." All of these organizations are
I   under the direction of Helen Church.
|   Miss    Priscilla    Wagoner    has    been
1   working    with      the   Junior   College
,.5   orchestra.