The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 11, Number 9

              THE  JAYSEE  ECHO
 Rochester Junior College Official Publication
l/OL. XI
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, MAY 9, 1943
NO. 9
IHE I. R. C. CONFERENCE
MEETS AT SIMPSON
s everyone knows, there are five
Important parts to any conference; first,
llhe trip down; second, the conference
■proper; third, the food; fourth, the so-
Irial life (collective and otherwise); and
ilth, the trip home.
The I. R. C. conference at Simpson
I College in Indianola, Iowa, lived up to
I all ol these requirements. Nancy Gilliam, Rose Marie Hager and Diz Magath,
lite Rochester delegates, arrived intact
latter a semi-eventful trip. They at-
I tended speeches, round-tables, lunch-
leons, banquets and social hours, from
IFriday at 9:00 a.m. until Saturday at
11:30 p.m. Then, squeezed on a bus
I with 55 others, they headed for Des
I Moines. That is, Rose Marie and Nancy
[got on. Diz and a friend didn't quite
make it and waited for the next bus.
Hose Marie went through to Owatonna
and then home, Nance stopped off to
see friends in Ames, and Diz—well, ask
I her.
Of course, after attending a conference at the expense of the school, it was
necessary to impart the information acquired to the students interested in the
same; therefore a convocation was held
Thursday for just that purpose, Rose
Marie and Nancy discussed the more intelligent conference material—the political and boundary reorganization after
the war, and The Far East (as seen by
Dr. Johnston), respectively. Diz told of
the lighter side.
As Nancy said, "We all ought to be
interested in the post-war world because
alter all we will be living in it."
WHY DON'T WE
Have a special bulletin board—either
"i the clubrooms or in a prominent place
•n the halls—devoted to the pictures and
most recent addresses of former R.J.C.
students who are now in the armed forces.
Have an open house, or something
similar, at which our parents can see our
lecture rooms, laboratories, and clubrooms, and meet our instructors.
E. WENTWORTH'S TEAM WINS
WAR STAMP CONTEST
Congratulations go to Elizabeth Went-
worth's team. They took the lead by
purchasing $32.60 worth of defense
stamps. Members of the team were
Lois Allen, Dave Ballou, Liz Brown,
Phyllis Burgan, Dan DeVilliers, Ed En-
gels, Pat Forster, Phyllis Gunnary, Rosemarie Hager, Helen Hawkins, Esther
Jensen, Mary Kennedy, Chuck Larson,
Sanna McKenney, Owen Moore, June
Ovall, Loraine Rose, Jerry Schlitgus,
Blake Sower, Priscilla Taylor, Barbara
Towey, and Meryl Wiese. Runnerup
with $25.55 was Doris Hare's team, and
altogether $102.35 worth of stamps were
sold. To the winning team went a treat
of cokes and cookies and they well deserved it. At the present time, there
is no better place for our money—for by
buying defense stamps we back up our
boys with the best of equipment. Using
our nickels and dimes for such a worthwhile cause is such a small sacrifice
compared to those which our boys are
making for us. Let us all continue to
do our part—"They give their lives—we
lend our money."
CLUB BUZZ
In the last issue of the Echo, the
clubs just didn't buzz, but the I. R. C.
is right in there pitching this time.
The I. R. C. is giving everyone a
chance to have a good time on May 10.
There is to be a "bring your own eats"
picnic party, with the I. R. C. furnishing
the liquid and apples—(finances permitting).
Signs will be posted for those desirous
of fun and food to sign, notices will be
put in call boxes, and all of advertising
trimmings will be employed to acquaint
you, the public, with the details. The
place of rendezvous is as yet a military secret.
This will be no ordinary party—so
watch for the sealed orders of debarkation which will be in your possession
before May 10.
"You Have Done Your Bit
Now Do Your Best"
Dean Elected Vice-President
of American Association
of Junior Colleges
Washington, D. C—Roy W. Goddard,
Dean of Rochester Junior College, has
been elected vice-president of the
American Association of Junior Colleges,
according to announcement made by
Walter C. Eells, Executive Secretary of
the Association. Normally, election of
officers occurs at the annual meeting of
the Association. This year, the annual
meeting, originally scheduled for St.
Louis in March, was cancelled on request of the Office of Defense Transportation. Election was therefore conducted by mail ballot, which has just been
completed. Jesse P. Bogue, President of
Green Mountain Junior College, Poult-
ney, Vermont, was elected president.
Additional members of the Executive
Committee: John W. Harbeson, Principal
of Pasadena Junior College, California,
and Henry A. Dixon, President of Weber
College, Utah. The Association has 454
member Junior Colleges in 44 states, of
which 11 are in Minnesota.
GIRLS' CHORUS FEATURED
AT EASTER CONVOCATION
On Thursday, April 15, an Easter
convocation for the Junior College students was held in the south assembly of
the Coffman building. Edmund Comartin, as master of ceremonies, introduced
the numbers on the program, presented
by members of the music and speech
groups of the college. The girls' trio,
Betty Houghtaling, Bernice Gordon, and
Marcella MacAdams, accompanied by
the chorus, sang "One Last Star," and
the entire glee club sang "Easter Morn"
and "The Palms." Shirley Heckart, who
accompanied all of the musical numbers on the piano, also played a solo,
"Romance," by Sibelius. To complete
the musical part of the program Mary
Little sang "The Lord Is My Shepherd."
Representing the speech department,
Ronnie Anderson delivered a talk on
the new War Bond drive, and Sanna
McKenny read Carl Sandburg's "The
People, Yes."