The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 15, Number 1

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Saturday, September 27
Game at Northland College
Friday,  October 3
Game With Bethel
Dance Afterwards
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[IXER PICNIC
(PENS SOCIAL
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The   students   and   faculty   of
J. C. took the first step toward
lecoming   buddies   at   the   mixer
[icnic Wednesday, September 10.
The big deal began at the close
jjf school when everyone dashed
Lvnstairs into a large fleet of
[ars that just happened to be
waiting Dick Hexum had spent
Lost of the day getting them
Jounded up. The party gradually
jarrived at Shady Oaks just south
\{ town on the Chatfield road.
Immediately, Bob Welte saw to
In that everyone was having the
lime of his life playing either volleyball, softball, touch football, or
Rust plain catch. This merry
ttree-for-all continued until about
'six o'clock when Bob Lyke saw
the wieners, buns, dixie cups, cup
Ic'akcs and pop that Bill Sandberg
had been collecting since the sec-
lond day of school. He and Bob
iWolter managed to buy it, but
[they had to enlist the help of Don
ISchneider and his dad's truck to
Ideliver it.
Bob Lyke yelled "Food!"  and
leveryone ran toward the generous-
lly piled food table.    The commit -
[tee   had   planned   that   everyone
[would have a fifty-cent meal, and
[they   couldn't   guess    why    there
jwasnt' enough food for everyone.
When the final morsel was demolished,   some   of   the   energetic
students    started    playing    games
again while others were just content to sit and relax.    As the evening wore on,  everyone  gathered
around the fire and sang until it
[flickered its last.    Then everyone
left,   thinking   about   the   people
who couldn't come who certainly
missed a swell time and a wonderful chance to meet their friends in
[R. J. c
We all say "thanks" to Mrs.
McClure, our Dean of Student Affairs, and to Warren Wiese, our
| student council representative at
large, who originated the idea.
They also picked and advised the
committees for the affair, and say
thanks" to the student body for
such a good turn-out, because
Participation is what makes any
event a success.
The Jaysee Echo
VOLUME   XV
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA, FRIDAY,   SEPTEMBER   26,   1947
NO.    1
319 STUDENTS CRAM J. C. HALLS
FACULTY
HOLDS PICNIC
Thursday evening, September
18, the' faculty held a picnic at
Lake Shady in Oronoco. A crowd
of nearly fifty was present r.t the
event. Mrs. Bock, Miss Curry,
and Mrs. McClure were responsible
for the delicious repast which was
served—a meal consisting of ham,
escalloped potatoes, salad, coffee,
cantaloupe, and ice cream. Every
one enjoyed" the picnic despite the
fact that the campfire which was
built was promptly extinguished
by the woman in charge of the
park. Maybe the faculty members
should take courses in learning
where and where not to build
fires!
Students Choose
Candidates
At Assembly
On   Thursday,   September
11,
an assembly was called in the Central Auditorium for the purpose of
nominating class officers. Warren
Wiese, Student Council Representative at Large, opened the meeting and then introduced Bill Sandberg who gave a short pep talk for
the mixer picnic. Next, Mrs.
McClure explained her position as
Dean of Women and Student Affairs, and asked that students with
problems feel free to come in and
discuss them with her.
After these preliminaries, Warren Wiese explained the election
procedure, and the freshman and
sophomore classes separated and
adjourned to opposite corners of
the auditorium to nominate candidates for the class offices.
The sophomores nominated
Frankie Markell, Bill Sandberg,
Marlowe Paschke, and Mary Kepler for Student Council Representative; Ted Cadwell, Joe Daly, and
Bob Welte for Class President;
Dick Hexum, Haven Skogen,
Chuck Maass, and Charles Carney
for Vice President; and Isabelle
Schulz, Betty Cornwell, Dot Dick-
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Officers Chosen
After a week of not too strenuous campaigning, ballots and ballot boxes were set up for the voting on the various nominees to
class offices.
When the votes had been tabulated the results were as follows:
SOPHOMORE  CLASS
Student Council Representative
Bill Sandberg
President
Bob Welte
Vice President
Dick Hexum
Secretary
Don Schneider
Betty Cornwell
FRESHMAN   CLASS
Student Council Representative
Del Thurber
President
Bob Hentges
Vice President
Ray Alberts
Secretary
Dagmar Gustafson
The Student Council Representatives from each class, the class
presidents, the representative at
large, the editor of the riaper, and
the faculty advisor make up the
Student Council.
MEN OUTNUMBER
WOMEN 3 TO 1
Another year has started, and
again the men have the overwhelming majority in our college. The
complete number registered is 319
with 235 of them men and only
84 women. Of the total enrollment 176 are freshmen and 143
are old, experienced sophomores.
The veterans are here in force
with their number totaling 126 in
all. The G. I. Bill is taking care
of 84 of these.
Five have already cancelled, but
the classes are still well filled. The
General Business course is the heaviest laden with 36. Last year there
were only 5 enrolled in this course.
The Pre-Business students are
next in line with 33, while last
year there were only 19.
The Science, Literature and Art
Course has 20 enrolled, as has the
Pre-English Course.
The Pre-Medicine. General Secretaries, and the Medical Secretaries
all have 11 enrolled. The latter
group had 15 last year, so perhaps
their little sister idea will work
better this year.
Dean Welcomes
Students At
First Assembly
The first assembly of the year
was held in the Central Auditorium Wednesday, September 3, at
11 o'clock. The purpose of the
assembly was to initiate the school
year and acquaint the new students with the various activities in
R. J. C.
Dean Goddard welcomed the
new students and spoke on the importance of taking part in extracurricular activities as well as
keeping up a good scholastic average. He then introduced representatives from the various clubs and
organizations, each of whom spoke
on the activities of their particular
group.
Miss Matt, who is the advisor
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Faculty Boasts
7 New Members
When school re-opened this
year, returning sophomores discovered many new faces among teachers as well as students. In fact,
the addition of seven new faculty
members represents the greatest increase in the teaching^ staff for
quite some time.
One of the new members is
Mrs. Akers who is instructing English courses half time at the Junior
College. Mrs. Akers received her
bachelors degree from Kansas State
College in Manhattan, Kansas, and
taught English there before coming
to Rochester Junior College.
Mr. Bateman is a graduate of
Duluth Junior College, received his
bachelors degree at the University
of Chicago and his masters degree
at the University of Minnesota,
and has taken graduate work at the
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