The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 11, Number 2

              JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARY
THE  JAYSEE  Efc'ftt)
Rochester Junior College Official Publication
VOL. XI
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, DEC. 17, 1942
NO. 2
I Mr.Waune Willard Instructor
Leaves For Signal Corps
Mr. Willard, R. J. C.'s chemistry and
physics instructor, entered the Signal
Corps of the United States Army on December 7. He's now taking a course of
instruction, which will last for twenty
weeks, at the University of Chicago. At
that time he will have the choice of
either taking further instruction or becoming an instructor in the Signal Corps.
Mr. Willard was given a leave of absence by the Junior College for the duration.
The faculty gave a tea on December 2
as a final "get-together" before Mr. Willard left for Chicago.
SLEIGHBELLS RING AS "MED.
SECS" RELAX
The first of the sleighrides of the season was held last Thursday night when
the Freshmen and Sophomore Med.
Sees, bundled up in their warmest
clothes and piled on a sleigh for a two
hour ride in the fresh winter air. Acting as an appetizer, the cold air effected a craving for food in all the girls
which was soon satisfied by the doughnuts and hot chocolate prepared by Connie Hamm's food committee at the Y.
W. C. A. The Christmas spirit entered
the occasion with the exchanging of
small gifts, "White Elephants," among
the girls. After the food had disappeared and the presents were distributed
and opened, the girls tramped home,
exhausted but happy. That is, all the
girls except those on Pat Eusterman's
cleanup committee. The other two committees, finance and entertainment, were
headed by Esther Jensen and Ellen Tulare, respectively.
The remark of the evening was Mary
Eleanor Kennedy's quip (addressed to
Nancy Gillam), "Oh, Nancy, I was in
a class with a boy once." All the Med
Sees nod their heads vigorously in
agreement.
In opening the "White Elephants,"
some    remarkable    poetry   showed   up.
GET  READY
GET   SET:
GO:
For     a     happy
"holly"   day
For a swell new
year
Gay places and
have fun!
—Editorial Staff
YULE SPIRIT AND SONGS
YOURS ON THURSDAY
To arouse the proper holiday spirit
in the R. J. C. students. Miss Church is
planning a Christmas convocation for
Thursday morning at 10:45.
At the time the Echo went to press,
the program was still indefinite, but a
general plan had been made. The
chorus will sing a medley of Christmas
carols, featuring organ solos by Shirley
Heckart and vocal solos by John Furlough. Mildred Koski will represent
the speech department by reading several selected poems.
YOU ALL KNOW
Most of you know Charles Larson.
He's the good-looking boy who brings
to mind the popular little song, "Mr.
Five by Five," since of all of the few
boys left at J. C. he is the only one who
in any way conforms to the dimensional
qualities of the above-mentioned mythical person.
"Chuck" is a whiz at mathematics
and chess. If you watch him play chess,
you hardly realize that he's playing at
all. His opponent will concentrate for
great periods of time and finally make
a sensational move (it seems to him).
Chuck immediately moves his piece and
invariably wrecks his opponent's whole
scheme. Quote the opponent, "There
ain't no justice."
Chuck, who is a potential bit of
strategic war material, is expecting an
offer of a government job with the traditional khaki uniform supplied free of
charge. He's medium tall, blondish, A-l
and 1-A.
MAJOR LELAND FIEGEL
HERE FROM RUSSIA
Major Leland Fiegel, no doubt the
first R. J. C. student to fly around the
world, has built a brilliant career for
himself since he graduated from here
in 1934. The course of study he pursued was that of pre-business, and at
the University of Minnesota he was a
graduate of the School of Business.
Upon graduation he joined the Army Air
Corps and received his training at Kelly
Field, where he was commissioned as
a Lieutenant. He has been an aide to
Major General Follett Bradley for about
two years, on duty in the Caribbean
area.. Recently his picture appeared in
Life magazine as he attended a Russian
concert in Moscow. Last week he pilot-
od Major General Bradley heie from
Russia.
RECORDED PLAYS FEATURE
YULE PARTY
The Rajester Christmas party was held
on the stage of the Central building at
9:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 15. The
imam "event" of the evening, other than
the food, was the playing of musical recordings made by the chorus and John
Furlow, and the recordings made by
the Rajesters at KROC in the past few
weeks. The recorded plays were Maxwell Anderson's "Miracle of the Danube," and Conrad Seiler's two comedies: "Why I Am a Bachelor," and
"Goodnight, Caroline!" Refreshments
were served, and, after the records had
been played, music was furnished for
dancing.
Radio programs by the Rajesters and
the speech class will be launched early
in the second semester. They will run
for a period of at least ten weeks
Hook a rug—
Pocket a pillow —
or Snatch a shade—
(Legally of course—)
Make the clubrooms the
bright spot at J. C.