The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 14, Number 1

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Oct.  7th Gerhard   Seger
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Convocation.
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Oct.   11 Yellow Jackets
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Oct. 18—Homecoming.
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The Jaysee Echo
VOLUME XIV
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1946
NO. 1
OPPORTUNITIES
IN NEW COURSES
■The newest terminal course of-
Hed in the Rochester Junior College is the Ophthalmic Optics
Kmrse. This year only the Freshman Course which includes math-
Hatical analysis, English, physics,
■chanical optics and mechanical
drawing is being offered under the
Rtruction of Mr. Dubbert, Miss
McGhee, Mr. Willard and Mr.Paul
The course is to train persons in
the intricacies and detail of the
making, fitting and other mechanical skills concerned with the use
6f visual aids, as spectacles and eyeglasses. Entrance requirement is
pduation from a:: accredited high
school. Due to limited facilities,
Hpcourse was limited to eight persons. To date four students are
registered: two from Rochester.one
from Minneapolis, and one from
bile, Illinois. Graduates of
course will be placed in ap-
■Wiceships by the N. P. Benson
Optical Company of Minneapolis.
■ Another course that has been
added to the Junior College curriculum is the Finishing Course for
Stenographers open to students
who have been graduated from an
Hrredited high school and who
Hve had previous commercial
work. This is a-one-year course
and includes typing, shorthand, office practice, secretarial training,
communications, and business machines. It gives specialized training in secretarial work.
■ The General Secretarial Course
which was condensed to one year
during the war is now the two-
year course as formerly offered.
This is open to graduates of an
Meredited high school with no previous commercial work who wish
to prepare for positions in business. Also, the General Business
Course which was discontinued
during the war has now been reinstated. This one-year course is to
acquaint students with the different types of modern office machines
and to permit them to become proficient on as many as their interests
indicate.
318 STUDENTS JAM HALLS OF R. J. C.
Pleezta Meetcha,
Frosh and Sophs
The juke box gave jive as Jay-
seers got congenial at a Pleezta
Meetcha Party on September 26th.
The idea being to meet the people,
prizes were offered for the forward
fellow who got acquainted the
fastest, and you guessed it —Fred
Arab won the rat trap! Nancy
Anderson devised name cards to aid
in the introductions, and Audrey
Radke presided over a Virginia reel
mixer. Coach Rockenbach revealed the names of the new football
squad and presented the volunteer
cheerleaders. Appetites were naturally sharpened, so Nadine Pavlish,
Max Cavanaugh, Mary Elton, Jo
Hanson, Loraine Beyer and Marcy
McGlothlin presided over a quick
pick-me-up.
DEAN SPEAKS AT
FIRST ASSEMBLY
In the first convocation of the
year, Tuesday, September 17, Dean
Goddard introduced the faculty to
the largest student body ever registered at the Rochester Junior
College. Each of the faculty members in charge of extra-curricular
activities briefly mentioned something about his activity. Coach
Rockenbach asked for the support
of all J. C. sport fans in the football season. He also expressed a
need for cheer leaders. Miss Matt
suggested that the Echo would be
what the students made it, for it
was the students' paper. She advocated that if anyone wished to
see a certain section or column in
the paper, he should put it there
himself. Miss McGhee stated that
she had been reading plays all summer to find seme suitable for any
student wishing to participate in
dramatics. Since she had a fine
selection, she wanted to see the students come out for the parts. Although Mr. Suddendorf W2S not
present, it was mentioned that there
would be an orchestra and chorus.
Interested students were advised to
look for further notices.
Browning, Field
Elected Officers
In the class elections on Wednesday, September 25, the Freshmen elected Robert Browning,
Student Council Representative,
Jesse Bollman, President of the
Class, DeEtta Magee, Vice President, and Carl Larson, Secretary-
Treasurer. However, at this time,
the Sophomores decided to nominate candidates for the offices and to
.wait until a later date to vote. This
would give more time for everyone
to become acquainted.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Wayne
Field was elected President of the
class.
At the same meeting Dean Goddard in an introduction gave a brief
summary of the future convocations. He also commended the
students for their cooperation under the crowded conditions. As
the Junior College will continue to
expand and as this year there is no
student recreational room, Dean
Goddard mentioned that he had
been negotiating for rooms outside of the building. As yet, nothing had been definitely arranged.
Mr. Singley who has been with
the Junior College since its early
days when he was coach, instructor and unmarried, was then introduced. He gave a short pep talk
on school spirit and asked for volunteers to aid Mr. Willard at the
football games which were then
enumerated. The meeting closed
with the election of officers.
ARE YOU WITH ME?
A rousing pep meeting started
off the season with a bang last
Thursday, with practice of new
yells and brushing up of the old
ones under the leadership of the
up-and-coming new cheerleading
squad. Dean Goddard fired the
starting gun, and Coach Rocken
bach addressed the group on the
importance of all-school participation in sporting events. Joe Daly
represented the te^m, and Audrey
Radke introduced Jerry Miller,
Norma Jenewein, Pat Burke and
Linda Mathen as this season's
cheerleaders.
152 Vets Return;
Men Outnumber the Girls
Classrooms are crowded and
seats at a premium in the big postwar education boom, as J. C. finds
its registration soaring beyond all
expectations. Three hundred eighteen students have enrolled for the
fall semester, and two hundred
fourteen of these are men, largely
veterans enrolled under the G. I.
Bill. Thirty-six of these are from
out-of-state; the remainder are
mostly at home in or near Rochester.
New courses, the addition of
several instructors, and the integration of some new departments
into this year's program are only
a few evidences of changes taking
place. Jaysee has acquired a coach,
'a team, and a cheer-leading squad,
and is getting set for renewed interest in the gridiron. The dramatic
department, under Miss McGhee,
is planning bigger and better plays
with jobs for all. Rooms have
been rented in the library building to handle some of the overflow
of classes, and negotiations are under way for clubrooms somewhere
nearby.
The largest number of students
is represented in the S. L. A., pre-
engineering, general business and
machines, pre-business, and pudental courses with the minority
of students represented in the following courses; pre-art/ pre-pharm-
acy, pre-mortician, pre-medic, ophthalmic optics, pre-agriculture, pre-
forestry, pre-law, pre-journalism
or pre-education.
There are twenty-five new medical secretaries and seven who are
finishing up that course; also there
are sixteen girls taking the general
secretarial course.
, Students and faculty alike are
looking forward to a year of renewed activity and inter-scholastic
participation. With its large curriculum, up-and-coming co-eds,
and full program of all-school
events, Jaysee plans to take its
'place proudly among the foremost
colleges of the Northwest.
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