The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 12, Number 6

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VOL. XII
THE JAYSEE ECHO
Rochester Junior College Official Publication
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA,  March 23,   1945
No.  6
Mu Sigma Practices
For Convocation
The college music club has been actively
cnf.iged in practice for Easter. "Easter
Morn" is one of the favorite selections.
Practice last Tuesday evening was made
especially interesting by the presence of a
bit of excitement. While we were industriously practicing one of the more difficult
>ms, someone suddenly ran into the
room and shouted, "Fire!" Miss Church
fairly jumped from her place at the piano,
grabbed her hat. and was ready to depart.
Bui she was not alone, for we were out
of the room in a "flach." Some of the
giris ran out of the building to escape
from the supposedly spreading flames.
Others went to seek the source of the fire.
Si ns of a fire could not be seen anywhere;
so. after inquiring, we discovered that it
had been a false alarm. Slowly we returned to the room and resumed our practice.
Many exciting things come up that
help to make the music club interesting.
We enjoy our weekly "get-to-gethers" and
are looking forward to many more.
J. C. Clubrooms
To Get New Dress
As yet. there isn't much to say about
the redecorating of our clubroom, but
what little there is, we will try to pass
on   to   you.
With Miss McGhee as advisor, the stu-
detn council and clubroom committee are
planning the redecoration and reconditioning of the clubroom. The Interior Decorating Department cf the C. F. Massey
Company is supervising the decorating
scheme.
At present, the plans are to turn the
clubroom into the semblance of a boat
deck with scenic effects at either end of
the room. The leather upholstery will be
repaired and painted in tones to blend
with the walls and ceiling. Bright pillows, new games with cabinets to keep
them in, and repaired lights will all add
to the comfort and appearance of the
present "wreck" room. Shades painted
as shutters will be used instead of drapes
to harmonize with the Marine setting.
Personalities of the Month
For personalities of this month
we   nominate:
Mary Ellen Seiler who is active
in speech work, was sent to Nebraska last year as a representative
of the International Relations Club,
and attended the Speech Festival
this year in Minneapolis. She has
a passion for red and getting her
daily quota of water. Guy Lom-
bardo and Sammy Kaye are all she
wants in orchestras, and she likes
dancing. "Oh Myrtle" is her favorite song. Besides being a member of the student council and the
Phi Theta Kappa, Mary Ellen is
an ardent sports enthusiast, swimming and tennis being her favorites. Also she is a very dutiful big
sister. Of course, we know that
some of all those letters she gets
every day are from Bruce, but we
would like to know who the other
10  to  16 service-men are.
Willard Knapp, who is our own
veteran of World War II right here
in J. C. Bill, who was a navy
Seaman 1 /c, attached to the Marines, was stationed in Samoa as a
hospital apprentice. He is the secretary of Gamma Rho as well as an
active reporter. He was on the
committee that planned the Valentine party and slcighride. Girls
dancing together is one of his pet
peeves, although he likes dancing
himself. He always has a cheery
word for every one, and says he
loves an  audience.
FACULTY NOTES
Naomi Peterson, instructor and advisor
of the Medical Secretaries, who is otherwise known as "Pete". Cooking, movies,
and people toying with typewriters while
she is talking, rub her the wrong way.
Her main interests are good times, cards,
dancing and "Doc". "Pete" buzzes
around in a little black Chewy and, surprisingly enough, was fined for speeding,
once last year. We all enjoy those enlightening discussions held in class and are
glad we can have "Pete" for a teacher.
AUSTEN WEST SPEAKS
ON SOUTH AFRICA
On Wednesday, March 2, 1945, Mr.
Austen West, a cultured "white" African
spoke in the Central Auditorium, to an
audience numbering over a hundred people, and supplemented his lecture by a
technicolor movie taken by himself.
The film depicted a land of contrasts,
where the primitive native peoples are but
a few miles from civilization. These
natives, however, do not appear to be
much affected by the white man's civilization, for they still persist in following
their ancient culture—of which ancester
worship and witch-doctors are the outstanding characteristics. These African
tribesmen —chief among whom are the
Zulus—are not regulated to any great extent by the African colonial government
of Premier Smuts, except insofar as it is
consistent with public safety and comfort.
It was surprising to see on one side the
hot and tropical plains of South Africa,
while on the other side towering majestically into the heavens, could be seen the
only mountain range in the Union. The
modern city of Johannesburg—which by
the way is the gold capital of the world
rivalling even the famed mines of Colorado
—is indeed a far cry from the wilderness
discovered by the French and Dutch explorers in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. This great modern metropolis, complete with electricity, skyscrapers,
and paved streets is as great in population
as a medium-sized American city.
The film on South Africa was in two
reels, the first of which gave a picture of
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HONOR SOCIETY
INITIATES MEMBERS
Miss Louise Barthelemy, advisor to Phi
Theta Kappa, honorary fraternity, an-
nouncse that formal initiation of the Phi
Theta Kappa will take place Thursday,
March 22, in the Ivory Room at the Martin Hotel. It is to be a dinner meeting
at 6:30, and the formal and informal
initiation will take place after dinner at
which the initiates will be guests. Dean
Goddard will be present at the dinner and
will give a short talk.