The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 15, Number 6

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[SCHOOL  TOMORROW
MORNING
Game—Thursday, Dec.  If*
RISTMAS   HOLIDAY
URTS DECEMBER  19
jd Opening
iches
[rooms
Ichool   party   was   held
|ay evening, December 5,
the grand opening of
Ily organized Junior Col-
ubrooms. Location of
dubroom is the Friend-
in the basement of
Irst Methodist Church,
West Center and Second
N. W.
I ting Monday, December
clubrooms will be open
xcept Saturday and Sun-
fhey will be open to Jun-
llege students exclusively
:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
ay be shared with the
:hool students from 3:30
5:00 p.m.
fierous games, such as
s, ping-pong and shuffle-
are to be found for the
:s' use. Also included in
ilities are a record player
coke machine.    Dancing
Iissible at all times.
ee and doughnuts will be
bie throughout the day
honor system,   that is,
op your money into the
id help yourself.
:harge of the  committee
iible for the organization
lubrooms was Ted Cad-
I His committee consisted
freshmen and two soph-
namely, Del Thurber,
Meters,   Betty   Cornwell,
1 Wolter.   Arrangements
use of the basement in
|t Methodist Church were
the Student Council
*• H. G.  Trost of the
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THE JA1]SEE ECHO
VOLUME   XV
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,  MONDAY,   DECEMBER   8,   1947
NO.   6
JMatt's Father
red
estimonial
Sunday, November 23rd,
fatt, faculty German and
n teacher, was guest at a
3nial   banquet   honoring
her for fifty years of servitor of a St. Paul paper.
;nty-year old Joseph Matt
resented  a plaque  citing
j>r "eminent scholarship"
unflinching  courage"   as
°f "The Wanderer,"  a
Paper   claiming   2600
|ul   editions   under   his
Ighand.
Attention Veil
Veterans with souvenir
firearms and explosives such
as grenades, live shells and
the like have been urged by
the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to have them made
unserviceable, in order to protect both their own lives and
the lives of their famliies.
Veterans Administration is
cooperating with the Bureau
of Internal Revenue in bringing this message to the thousands of veterans with such
souvenirs.
For full information on
how and where weapons and
explosives may be deactivated
free of charge, veterans are requested to write to the nearest district office of the Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Units are located in Boston, Mass., New York City,
Philadelphia, Pa., Newark,
N. J., Baltimore, Md., Atlanta, Ga., Louisville, Ky.,
Chicago, 111., New Orleans,
La., Kansas City, Mo., St.
Paual, Minn., San Francisco,
Calif., and Seattle, Wash.
The appearance of firearms
rendered unserviceable is in no
way affected, the Commissioner pointed out.
FORMAL TAKES LIMELIGHT TONIGHT
CHUCK WITHERS
APPOINTED
ANNUAL EDITOR
At a recent meeting of the
student council it was decided
that there would be an annual
this year.
There are a few "kinks" to
be ironed out, such as engaging
the services of a printer, engraver
and binder, but we can rest assured that such difficulties will
be smoothed out in short order.
Work has been started with
220 subscriptions, but belated
subscribers will be welcomed
with open arms.
Miss Matt has appointed
Chuck Withers and Phyllis
Hendricks, both sophomores, as
editor and assistant editor respectively.
A meeting was held on Wednesday, December 3, to bring
together all those interested in
working on the year book. Following the meeting further editorial selections were made
known, but as we go to press
they are not available.
Gamma Rho to Sponsor
Bunco Party Friday Night
The cafeteria in the basement
of Central School Building will
be the location of a bunco party
to be sponsored by the Gamma
Rho Society. This party is
scheduled to take place at nine
o'clock on the evening of Friday
the 12th of December.
Bunco is a game that is played with dice. (That last statement ought to bring in a few of
the veterans.) The dice, just
as last year, will be borrowed
from one of the local churches
and, will not be used for gambling in the little conference rooms
at the rear of the cafeteria. There
will be a charge of ten cents per
person before playing starts.
The refreshments will be
handled by Genoa Knight,
Claire Budde,  and Joan Neill.
They have said that they intend
to hold a 'meeting of all girls
that are interested and ask for
donations of homemade candy,
popcorn balls, caramel apples
and anything else they think
they can sell. The refreshments
will be sold and the proceeds
from the entire Bunco Party will
be turned over to the Student
Activity Fund to be used to help
defray the cost of the 1948 Annual.
Prizes will be awarded to
high and low scorers, both men
and women.
The various committees have
not as yet been chosen; will
anyone who is interested in helping please get in touch with Bill
Sandberg.   .   .   .
Rajesters To
Present Drama
•
The one-act play, "The Long
Christmas Dinner," by Thornton Wilder, will be presented
Tuesday, December 16, in the
Central Auditorium at 10:00
A.M. Three generations of the
Bayard family are portrayed in
the play. Although the passing of time and the changes of
time together with family tradition and discord are realistically
presented, a great deal is left to
the imagination.
The setting is a dining room
with a long table set for Christmas dinner. The numerous
scenes are punctuated by light
changes to show the passing of
the years, and actors must show
their gradual increase in age
through their acting. As the
older members of the family pass
(Continued on page 8, col. 5)
HARD-TIME DANCE
ENJOYED BY ALL
On the cold wintry evening
of November 21, numerous enthusiastic J. C. students trudged
out of their warm homes attired
in their best Dog-Patch costumes
in order to attend the annual
Hard Time Dance.
As Dog-Patchers arrived at
the North Gym, where the dance
was held, one button was cut off
for admission. Inside the gym
were clothes lines, with everyone's old clothes suspended from
them.
The Five Naturals supplied
the rhythmic music that everyone enjoyed. The climax of the
dance was the Flying Dutchman,
after which there was a sudden
rush to the refreshment stand to
have a coke, hot dog, or cheerio.
The program was exceptionally good. Bob Hentges was
master of ceremonies with his
usual caliber of jokes. Donna
Whitney and Joan McCue sang
and then led the group in singing. Johnmiles Johnson played
"Begin the Bequine" on the
piano (with no pedals).
Dancing then continued until
1:00.
Country Club
Provides
Perfect Setting
Tonight at nine o'clock, in
the sophisticated atmosphere of
the Rochester Town and Country Club, the Social Committee
sponsors its third and most
glamorous dance so far, the
Winter Formal. Long swirling
dresses and white shirts with
ties will be in order tonight as
the students of Rochester Junior College promenade to the
music of Chic Anderson. From
all outward indications, this
dance should be the most successful affair this year, which
attests to the popularity of formal dances. The arrangements
for the dance, handled by Dot
Dickson and her able associates,
have been in progress for five
weeks, and all is in readiness for
an anticipated large crowd.
Dean Goddard has ruled that,
because the dance is on a school
night and it was not possible to
find a suitable location for a formal dance on any other night,
there will be no school tomorrow morning, which will allow
everyone to have a good time
uninhibited by the dismal
thought of an eight o'clock class
in the morning.
Music for the affair, which is
one of the best scheduled social
activities of the semester, will be
(Continued on page 7, col. 3)
flotjAe&L BnaAje. Cold
Qo* SLiKjUdde
Last Saturday night a group
of about 75 sturdy students
from J. C and high school
gathered for a sleigh-ride. Many
of them voiced the opinion that
it was by far the largest sleigh-
ride they had ever been on. As
the thermometer hovered around
13 degrees below zero, they set
out singing and laughing. However, as the minutes hastened
into hours, the evening's chill
set in and within two hours
several members began to sug-..
gest that the evening was on the
chilly side. Therefore at about
(Continued on page 6, col. 4)