The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 13, Number 1

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The Jaysee Echo
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VOLUME XIII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1945
NUMBER 1
"Echo" Staff Named
For First Semester
This year the "Jaysee Echo"
staff is organized on a slightly different basis. At the first meeting
held Monday, September 24, Joan
Miller was appointed edit6r of the
Echo, with Nadine Pavlish as news
editor and Elizabeth McConnell
heading the feature staff. Marian
Meyer is in charge of the gossip
and humor columns; Margaret
Cooper and Joan Hanson will report on society and fashions. Music
and drama club notes will be written by Norma Jenewein and Allan
Funk. In the absence of a sports
writer, editor Joan Miller will also
serve as sports' editor, but any men
interested in writing this column
will be very welcome. Norma
Skogen has taken over the service
news.
Reporters now on the staff are
Robert Faust, Viola Hanson, Mary
Lou Wood, Maxine Cavanaugh,
Alice Anderson, and Fumiye Saka-
guchi. Tara Mathur, Joan Hanson, Jean McComb, and Carllie
Luedtke comprise the feature staff;
and Alice Anderson, Fumiye Saka-
guchi, and Norma Jenewein have
volunteered as typists.
A tentative business staff, headed by Joan Miller, with Elizabeth
McConnell, Marian Meyer, and
Alice Anderson, has been formed
to solicit advertising which will
help to pay the added expense of
a larger edition. The Jaysee Echo
will appear in pre-war form every
three or four weeks. Miss Matt,
instructor, is advisor to the student
staff.
To improve the school paper
and to introduce more efficiency, a
meeting is scheduled for every
Monday evening at 4 o'clock in
room 315. Room 313 is reserved
for members of the staff where they
can find a typewriter, desk, and
other necessary equipment. The
editor has some good ideas for the
future, among them a bulletin
board for the convenience of the
staff. Later in the year the journalistic fraternity "Gamma Rho"
will initiate "Echo" workers and
plan a series of social get-togethers.
Although the staff has been appointed, new members will find a
hearty welcome and a place waiting
for them on this all-school paper.
JAYSEERS SING AND SWING AT MIXER
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
This is the first peace-time issue of the J. C. Echo since
Thanksgiving of 1941. We are glad to welcome the returning
servicemen to the classrooms and peace-time pursuits. Our debt
of gratitude to them can be repaid in only a small measure.
The sense of relief we may have in beginning our work
without the tension of war should not cause us to forget that
the problems of building for peace at home and abroad will be
no less difficult of solution than were the problems of war. The
extent to which we fail in solving the problems of peace, will
decrease the value of your education,—if we fail completely, the
education you are now receiving will be of little value.
Since shortly before Pearl Harbor the emphasis has, of
necessity, been upon technological training. The momentum in
this field may be slowed, but it will not be stopped. This was
true after World War I. We then failed to assume the social,
political, and moral responsibility of building for peace while
technology progressed. The result was World War II. Education was in a measure responsible for the lack of knowledge and
understanding of our social institutions. If technology is to be
useful and not destructive, it must be controlled by a society, the
members of which are aware of this responsibility.
In extending a welcome to you at the beginning of another
school year, we would be remiss if we did not assist you in assuming this responsibility and thus helping insure the value of
your education.
October 11, 1945
HW.QoMvid
r: j. c. to have
talent program
A dramatization of "Who's
Who' 'in J. C. circles will be presented on Tuesday, October 23 in
the Central Auditorium at the regular Orientation period. Not a
single student should remain unknown, at the end of the conclave.
There is evidence that there will
be plenty of music, numerous reporters, living feature stories, and
masters of ceremony that would
make Harry Von Zell bluster with
amazement. It is rumored that a
Hedda Hopper is sniffing out some
interesting news to report.
The committee in charge of
plans is made up of members of
the Dramatic club and of the Echo
staff. They are: Arleen Welch,
Joan Miller, Jacqueline Schlitgus,
Elizabeth McConnell, Arthur
Dahlberg.Helen Wadawek,Audrey
Radke, Allan Funk, Louis Thomas
and Colette Lyon.
FRESHMEN FROM
MANY STATES
The freshmen enrolled at Rochester Junior College this year come
from many sections of the country.
Sixty-four of the freshmen are
from Rochester; others come from
California, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, and India. Minnesota cities
represented at junior college include
Dover, Elgin, Lanesboro, Kasson,
Utica, Goodhue, Spring Valley,
Mankato, Mantorville, Chatfield,
Marshall, Zumbro Falls, St. Paul,
Simpson, Douglas, Byron, Preston
and Grand Rapids.
There are ninety-eight freshmen
registered, thirty boys and sixty-
eight girls, ten of whom are taking medical secretarial, and nine
general secretarial courses. Other
freshmen are enrolled in liberal
arts, general business, pre-medical,
engineering, and medical technician
courses.
The J. C. Mixer, the first big
party of the year was a tremendous
success. As you all know, it took
place on Tuesday night, September
26 in the Junior College Clubrooms. The fine array of food
was put at the disposal of the students promptly at 6:30 in the
Mechanical Arts room. From
there the food enthusiasts took
their plates into the club room to
munch away to the tune of Flat-
bush Flannigan and the other selections on J. C's. repertoire.
From here on the program committee did a fine job of taking over
the rest of the evening's entertainment. As long as the party was a
mixer, it was a "must" for the instructors to be introduced. Louie
Thomas presented Miss Endicott,
who pointed out the location of
her office and her laboratory, and
listed her subjects. Miss Barthelemy and Miss Matt, claiming
that they "talked too much," sat
down again without further ado
to enjoy the rest of the program.
Aleen Welch then took her place
at the keyboard, and the music
started. Some of the songs were
popular, and some were of the "old
time" variety that we all like to
sing. "John Jacob Dingleheimer
Smith," the one song of "sending
quality" was done to perfection.
When everyone was just about
"sung-out", Marge Lloyd introduced Art Dahlberg, who proved
to be J. C's. own Harry James, or
shall we say, Spivak? Art was
really "superb" with "Boy Meets
Horn," "Dinah," "Wabash Blues"
and the favorite, "Stardust." Helen
Skar took over to lend us her rendition of "Idaho" and "Bye Bye
Blues." The boogie beat of "Bye
Bye Blues", suddenly -contrasted
with a melodious chime version,
delighted the audience.
An evening filled with fun,
laughter, and food (!) came to a
perfect ending with the Virginia
Reel and modern dancing.
Those to whom we owe thanks
for this feast and fun are—Food:
Helen Waelawek,chairman, Joanne
Slorby, Mary Wood, Carllie
Luedtke—Fun: Peggy Brown,
chairman, Mary Lloyd, Louis
Thomas, and Mary O'Neil. The
Hallowe'en decorations were provided by Jackie Schlitgus, chairman,    Annamay    Parsons,    Don
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