The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 14, Number 11

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March 28—Bunco Party,
High Schcool Cafeteria,
7:30.
April 3 Easter Vacation.
Summer Term
Begins June 9
The summer session for the
Junior College will begin June 9th
and terminate July 26th, and
classes will meet five days a week
plus Saturday mornings. In a
recent student bulletin which was
issued forms were attached which
students were to fill out if they
wished to register in any courses
for the summer. These blanks
were to be turned into the office
not  later   than   Saturday,   March
The Jaysee Echo
VOLUME XIV
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1947
No. 11
PRE-EASTER PARTY FEATURES 'BUNCO'
tended was the dinner session on
Friday at which a panel was presented on the subject, "Are We
Baiting or Appeasing Russia?"
Participants in the panel were
Werner Levi, professor of international relations at the University, George Mecklenberg, recently
returned from Russia, and George
W. Anderson, professor of Russian
history at the University.
Incidentally,   the society is the
22nd.    It is urged that students be|largest   organization      of      social
studies teachers in any state in the
United States, and is affiliated with
the National Council for the Social Studies. Its aim is to improve
objectives and teaching methods of
social studies, and to afford a certain uniformity to social studies departments throughout the state.
but failed to register again.    This FOOD, DANCING,
was only a 5% drop in the completion students while last year
there was a 9% drop. Of the veterans enrolled there are 110 under
the G. I. bill and 36 not under the
G. I. Bill.
At the present there are forty
candidates for graduation, but three
are minus a few credits.
careful to comply with this regulation, for it makes easier the task
of arranging class schedules. Dean
Goddard stated that just as many
courses would be offered as there
was sufficient demand for, provided
that teachers for the courses were
available.
By taking courses during the
summer, a student can complete a
semester's work in one half the
amount of time. It would be wise
for all to consider carefully the advantages of taking the summer
courses offered.
Faculty Members
Attend Meeting
Mr.  Brown  and Mr.  Rudberg
represented Rochester Junior College at the spring conference of the
Minnesota Council  for the Social
Studies,  March    14th   and   15th.
The conference consisted of general
meetings    held   at    the    Coffman
Memorial  Union  of  the  University of Minnesota.    Attending the
convention  were elementary,  junior high school, senior high school,
and college teachers from all parts
of the state.    Since many of the
meetings    dealt    specifically    with
problems  relating  to high school
and elementary grades, Mr. Brown
and Mr. Rudberg attended just two
general meetings on Friday which
pertained more to the work on the
college level.    The   first   meeting
they attended featured    of    three
talks evolving   about   the theme,
"The Future of America."    Specifically,  the speeches contained in
formation   about   the   population
trends, economic policies, and political problems of our present day.
The second and last meeting that
Mr. Brown and Mr. Rudberg at-
Committee Plans
Swim-Party, Dance
The Social Committee plans for
the post-Easter period have already
been arranged. For Friday, April
18, another swimming-gym party
has been set, at student request.
This is to be like the previous
party, but on a larger scale. For
those who feel they are too old to
participate, or who would rather
play cards, a student-faculty bridge
tournament will be held at the
same time.
As something just a little different, the committee has planned
an orchestra dance for Friday,
April 25th, in the girls' gym. Present plans make Lynn Kern the
band which will play. More information about these parties will
be available later, but watch for
them. They are something you
won't want to miss.
Annual Staff
Meets Deadline
Yes, it looks as if we are going
to get our annual out on schedule.
The opening section and "soph"
section went to the printers two
weeks ago, and the rest of 'the book
was ready by the final deadline today. The students who have done
the work on it really deserve a
hand, for the time allowed to get
it out was extremely short.
ENROLLMENT
DECREASED
The enrollment for J. C. has
decreased since the beginning of
school. In September there were
322 registrants, and with the registration of sixteen new students at
the beginning of the second semester the total is now 282- Eighteen
people completed the first semester
Phi-Theta-Kappa
Holds Meeting
On Thursday noon, March 13,
the scholastic society, Phi-Theta-
Kappa, held a noon meeting in
order to decide several questions
and to make plans for the remainder of the year. The national organization had sent to our chapter
the petitions of five junior colleges
seeking admission to the society,
which each chapter was to vote
on. The students at the meeting
rejected three and accepted two.
One of those accecpted was the
Austin Junior College. The national society also sent six amendments to the constitution which
were to be voted on. The students
passed all of them except one which
would have established a magazine
fund. They were not quite certain who was to benefit from the
fund.
Another problem which was
discussed was the advisability of
sending a representative from Rochester to the annual convention
next year. This year a delegate
was not sent because the convention was held in Texas, but next
year the meeting will be held at
Lexington.Missouri which is closer
PRIZES OFFERED
Have you always secretly longed
to gamble? You probably have
wanted to if you're the kind of
person that has always consciously refrained. Whether or not you
are an experienced gambler or a
hopeful novice, you will find lots
of fun and healthy entertainment
at the bunco party which is to be
held Friday, March 28, in the
high schol cafeteria. You won't
be allowed to throw away your
life's earnings or anything like that,
but you can, if you're lucky, win
prizes on the elements of chance,
and the whims of the dice. Anyone who has played bunco will
attest that hilarity and fun are
guaranteed.
The bunco party has added attractions in the forms of food and
dancing. The music will be supplied from the sweet and hot
(which ever you prefer) records of
the Junior College collection, and
Mrs. Chaffee will do her best with
coffee and cake. If you don't eat,
you can dance; if you don't dance,
you can eat; and if you don't do
either you can play bunco and try
your luck at a prize.
The social committee which is
sponsoring the party has no special
committees for the affair, but there
is one person who deserves special
mention. Bill Sandberg is in
charge of collecting the dice.
Don't forget. Friday, cafeteria,
7:30.
to home. The suggestion of sending
a delegate was received favorably,
and present plans indicate that a
representative will be sent.
At the meeting it was also decided to elect officers for next year
sometime this spring, instead of
waiting until next fall. The advantage of this is that an earlier
start can be made on the plans for
'47 and '48.
In the way of social plans for
the remainder of this year, a joint
Phi-Theta-Kappa and Gamma-
Rho picnic was suggested. Provided Gama-Rho is interested, this
picnic will materialize come spring
and good weather.
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