The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 11, Number 4

              THE  JAYSEE  ECHO
 Rochester Junior College Official Publication
VOL. XI
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FEB. 11, 1943
NO. 4
CONTACT
By ANDY
Apparently that first burst didn't kill
anybody off, (?) so we'll oil up the .50
calibers and try it again.
Word comes from John Ringgenberg
that his brother, Ensign Dean Ringgenberg, R. J. C. grad, will be a part of an
experimental "skipp-bomber" squadron
to be tried by the Navy. This unit will
fly Navy versions of the Army A-28,
counterpart of the Lockheed "Hudson"
used by the British, which is in turn a
military model of the Lockheed "Lodestar" airliner that was developed from
the Lockheed "14" used by Howard
Hughes  on his round-the-world flight.
Ringgenberg, you remember, stopped
at JaySee last fall and gave us a first
hand account of flying for the Navy.
You've probably noticed the slot in the
underside of the rear part of the fuselage
on the latest model of the "Cosair" (the
F4U-2). This allows the "arrester gear"
to drop down to engage the shock absorbing cables stretched across the deck
of the carrier, shortening the landing
run considerably.
The British should have an appreciable
plane for carrier service themselves.
It's the "Seafire," a slightly modified
"Spitter." Thus far the best the Fleet's
Air Arm could muster was the unwieldy
Fairey "Fulmar." They did obtain a
few American-built Grumman "Martlets" (expert model of the Wildcat) and
recently were able to borrow obsolete
"Hurricanes" from the RAF.
Watch for a new model of the Flying
Fortress. Action over the continent has
shown the need for a power turret in the
nose of the ship. There are four other
vital changes to be made as well, which
should almost make the Boeing test.
Those Venetian blinds sticking out of
the wings of the Vultee Vengeance
(A-31) aren't for the pilot's privacy.
They're a type of diving brake which,
incidentally, has been used by the Germans for years.
No wonder the B-26 is fast. It was
designed by Peyton Magruder, creator
of clipped wing racers of radical design.
Some of his speed-planes were so rule-
breaking that "on paper" they couldn't
even taxi, say nothing of flap.
A"HARGROVE"ATR.J.C?
According to word received here from
Australia, RJC is to have its own Private
Hargrove in the person of Richard
"Ozzie" St. George.
As a result of a series of articles on
Army life published in the "San Francisco Chronicle" the Crowell Publishing Company has offered him an opportunity to expand them into book form
with his own illustrations.
After leaving Junior College, St.
George studied essay writing under
Professor Nichols at the University of
Minnesota and took work at the Minneapolis Art Institute. Several of his illustrated humor stories have appeared in
the Sunday edition of the "Minneapolis
Star Journal."
After entering military service he collaborated with another soldier on an
army revue which has been produced
at Camp Roberts, California, and in
Australia.    "Ozzie's" address is now:
Corporal Technician
Division Hdq.
Special Service Office
APO No. 32
San Francisco, California.
Candid Camera at
Rajesters' Meet
On Monday evening, January 25, the
Rajesters held an informal get-together
in Miss McGhee's apartment at The
Fischer. The entertainment was not off
the record but decidedly "on." Malcolm Crawford and Gordon Witte made
a recording of an original club poem
and took a number of ultra-candid snapshots. William Miller read a number
of selections from "What's Funny and
Why" by Milton Wright. After refreshments were served, a heated discussion
arose concerning the merits of recent
motion pictures and American morale
in general. Strongest voices were those
of George Pougiales, Meryl Wiese, William Miller and George Tietze. Though
the argument was unfinished, the party
ended at midnight.
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS
LEAVE R. J. C.
The beginning of a new semester finds
R. J. C. losing 17 of its former students
while gaining two.
Orders from the government account
for a good share of the cancellations.
Keith Hagen, Robert Frances, Lowell
Dahl, and Leonard Hammel were compelled to go home and work on the
farm. Betty McGoon and Mary Alice
Swenson have entered nurses' training
at Kahler Hospital. John Furlow ■ is
awaiting his call to service in the U. S.
Navy.
Illness has prevented Mercedes But-
tolph and Ellen Tulare from registering
for the second semester. Work in a defense plant has taken Joan Gerry.
Others who have left include: Robert
Springer, Audrey Stippich, James Smart,
Agnes Norse, Gerald Neeb, Bertie Van
Demark, Kurt Zielske, Rodney Johnson,
Shirley Bird, and Raynette Gile.
Two students who have previously attended the U. of M. have joined our
ranks. Jan Maytum is taking an S. L. A.
course, and John Berkman, pre-engineer-
ing.
Kenneth Krig was a student for a day.
He withdrew the day after registering,
when he received his call to the Army
Air Corps.
Habla Usted Espanol ?
An exhibition of Latin American handicraft, periodicals, literature, and art reproductions was displayed in the Junior
College Library last week. Whether one
spoke Spanish or not the colorful maps,
exotic recipes, and the interesting collection of twenty-two flags of the Americas caught one's eye. Among the interesting books were: SPANISH AMERICAN POETS by Alice S. Blackwell,
DIGGING IN YUCATAN by Anne A.
Morris, and SIMON BOLIVAR by Elizabeth Waugh.
This display is the property of the
United States Bureau of Education, It
was previously presented in Rochester
High School geography classes.