The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 12, Number 7

              Annual J. C. Banquet
Honors Graduates
THE JAYSEE ECHO
VOL. XII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, MAY 19. 1945
No. 7
J. C. Marks V-E With Service Issue
The annual J. C. banquet and prom
to wind up the year's activities will be
staged at the County Club, decorated in
blue and silver modernistic designs. The
boys in their summer tuxedos and the
girls in those dreamy foamy, airy pastel
formals will dance to the swaying tunes
of Guy Lombardo . . . Whoops, my dear,
wake up! You're dreaming of the past
or future.
And so back to the facts of reality.
War has wrought some changes everywhere, and the halls of R. J. C. have seen
many of them, some of them not so easy
to take, but chins up, it can't last forever, and in the meantime we go on gallantly making less ambitious plans and
keeping up our morale.
This year's banquet will be held in the
school cafeteria on Saturday evening, May
19th. Creamed chicken, buttered carrots,
and peas, salad, ice cream and coffee will
highlight the occasion. True to tradition,
the annual awards are to be made at the
dinner. To Jo-Ellen Ardin goes the
"Golden R"; to Maryellen Seiler, the
"Booster Cup" and to Louis Thomas, the
American Legion plaque. The sports
awards, so important in past years, will
be omitted, since R. J. C. has had no
major sports for two years, ever since our
boys have joined  a more serious team.
Plans for the major social occasion, at
which all the students expect to be present,
are in the capable hands of the various
committee members. The general committee includes Jo-Anne Eaton, Louis
Thomas, and Donna Bramer. Mary Flowers, Jacqueline Schlitgus, Aleen Welch, and
Eleanor Stuverude are planning the program. Serving on the decorations committee are Betty Jean Johnson, Carol
Honebrink  and   Helen  Wadawek.
1st Row:  Joyce Gerths, Kathryn Cocker, Carol Honebrink, Janet Nelson, Maryellen
Seiler,  Eleanor Stuverude, Jo-Ellen Ardin
2nd Row: Margaret Fogelson, Dorene Dahl, Ada Crouch, Mary Flowers, Jane Seaman,
Kevin Manahan,  Jeanne Burke,  Marshall Melius
3rd Row: Audrey Ryan, Mary Starkey, Alma Giesler, Shirley Goldberg, Betty Hoffard,
Eva Scott
Awards Presented
to Honor Students
Jo Ellen Ardin—intelligence plus: "An A in every way.     Still time for play."
Jeanne Burke—those dark brown puppy-like eyes: "Still water runs deep."
Ada Crouch—all-around person: "Pep plus personality perfectly personified."
Mary Flowers—fashion first: "Good nature and good sense must ever join."
Shirley Golberg—her hair is her crowning glory:  "Sing no sad songs for me."
Betty Hoffard—bunny-like: "It's nice to be natural, when you are naturally nice."
James Manahan—great statesman: "You can tell what kind of wheels are in bis head
by the spokes that come out of his mouth"; "Generally speaking—he is generally
speaking."
Marshall Melius—scholarly: "Service before self."
Janet Nelson—bundle of smiles: "Ready for work, ready for fun."
Eva Scott—tiny and cute: "Peg o' our hearts, indeed."
Jane Seaman—effervescent efficiency unequalled: "Typing is not work to me,but play."
Maryellen Seiler—ail-American girl,  winner of the Booster Cup.:   "No one but she
herself can be her parallel."
Eleanor Stuverude—the perfect personality smile: "Quiet and demure, steady and sure."
Kathryn Cocker—unpredictable lift of  the eyebrow  and smile are the secrets of her
charm: "Hopes for Opes."
Dorene Dahl—peaches and cream complexion: "Delightful Didi."
Margaret Fogelson—tall and graceful: "I don't preach—why should I practice."
Joyce Gerths—eager beaver: "Always willing to lend a hand."
Alma Giesler—thoughtful: "Although she is not so very tall,her personality is her all."
Audrey Ryan—the nicest things come in little packages: "Vanity Fair."
Mary Starkey—mishievous, but nice: "Where there is a will there is a way."
Carol Honebrink—goodness, through and through: "Art hath charms; so have artists."
The pale yellow sunlight of early morning sifted through the Venetian blinds at
the great windows in the library and fell
in muted bars of light against the tiers of
books, yellow, red, brown, green. It lingered at the long tables, casting a subdued glow over the rows of serious student faces, faces that bore the stamp of
deep and solemn reflection. Students, their
books and notebooks for first hour classes
still clasped in their hands, stood immovable against the walls of the long
room, their chatter stilled, their laughter
silenced. Students, relaxed, and yet taut
with a kind of tense awareness, chins restr
ing in their hands, elbows on the tables,
lined the study desks. A few faculty
members quietly entered. Only a vagrant
breeze, which rattled a few loose sheets
for some assignment, and the quiet voice
from a little portable radio on tbe librarian's desk broke the stillness. All eyes
were turned toward the small machine
from which was issuing a sober account of
one of the greatest events in history. All
thoughts were fixed on the implications
pf news too long desired, now almost
beyond belief. Only a half an hour before
the tranquil, friendly voice of President
Truman had announced it, the cessation
of fighting in Germany, peace appearing
like a dear, small flame in a bitter night—
victory in Europe. And now the great
news of all was read on young faces of
boys and girls, where there was written
no vindictive feeling, no thoughtless
hilarity, but only a great pity for the
hapless victims of a long struggle, and a
deep resolve never again to permit such
bloodshed, such helpless suffering. When
the accounts were all finished, when the
sharp little click of a knob had cut off
the highways of the air, the Dean spoke
a few quiet words,^filied^ with the faith
he felt in these young people, and students
filed soberly to classes, where soon the
drone of regular work filled the rooms and
corridors.
The "Golden R" award presented each
year to the student who, according to the
faculty, best represents qualities of character, scholarship, and leadership, and who
approximates the ideal man or woman
of R. J. C, this year goes to Jo-Ellen
Ardin, graduating medical secretary. Jo-
Ellen is generally admired as a student,
as a person, and as a friend. Her scholastic record scarcely needs to be mentioned, and her membership in Phi Theta
Kappa, national honor society, only confirms what we have always surmissed. Her
get-togethers, formal and informal, the
friendliness, her contagious laughter, her
ingenuity in hatching out little plans for
fact that she was chosen president of the
sophomore class,  all this adds up to one
thing—she's one grand person to have
around.
Winner of the "Booster Cup", the
choice of the entire student body, is Maryellen Seiler. In voting for her the students recognized her never-failing school
spirit, her co-operativeness in pushing
school affairs, her friendliness towards all,
her aliveness and interest. Maryellen is a
member of Phi Theta Kappa, an all-
around person, a student filled with an
insatiable curiosity, an able public speaker
—she represented J. C. at the International
Relations meet last year and took part in
the Forensics meet this year. What's
more, we know that she'll go right on
boosting R. J. C. after graduation.
Since 1943 a third award has been
given annually to honor the student best
exemplifying       scholarship,        leadership,
honor, courage, and service—the American Legion plaque. This year the award,
also decided on by faculty vote, goes to
Louis Thomas. Louis is just one of these
people you instinctively like, conscientious,
reliable, friendly, co-operative. His easygoing air belies the earnestness with which
he attacks any worthwhile project.
Our sincere congratulations go to the
three winners.
As we browsed through some of the
old "Echos" we ran across the names of
those who had been the recipients in past
years, and were proud to find that
they have been faithful to the trust placed
upon them in student days. Those in the
Armed Forces to receive them were:
"Golden R"—Capt. Frank Mann, Lt.
John Cronin, Lt. Wm. Devney, Lt. Kenneth Bauman, Sgt. Glen Mestad, and Ens.
Graduation Activities
Plans for the three important activities
of the school year are being made by the
graduates, Dean Goddard, and special committees for the various events. Tentative
plans for the college banquet, which is
to be held in the school cafeteria on the
evening of May 19, are being discussed
by tbe program and decoration committees.
Baccalaureate services for the graduates
will be held on Sunday, May 27 at the
Presbyterian church. Rev. George Davis
Barnard will give the address. At a meeting of the graduates, it was decided that
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Jack Ripple.
"Booster Cup"—Capt. Arthur Swan.
Ens. Jerry Hilliard, Lt. Robt. Leiferman.
Ens. Trestor Goetting, Cpl. Bruno Lisi,
and Lt. John Gridley.
American Legion plaque—Pfc. William
Miller, now overseas.