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

              JINGS TO LOOK FOR
Lsday, May  11  — Annual
r Ba^<Juet at Central Cafeteria
■Jrsday. May  13 — Varsity
Tclub Picnic,- Shady Oaks
Wednesday.  May  26 —
Semester Exams
wier J. C. Dies
[Air Crash
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THE JAVJSEE ECHO
VOLUME   XV
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,   MAY   7,   1948
NO.   15
lochester Junior College fac-
Jmembers and students were
Iy grieved by the news of
Tkath of Colonel Leland C.
|1, former J. C.-student, in
[aryland plane crash Wed-
ly, April 28.
'he   34-year-old    colonel,
received the Distinguished
pg Cross for his outstand-
Irecord during the war, died
Jn his C-45  lost an engine
■crashed at Fort Frederick,
lyland,    near    Washington.
[other two occupants oLthe
it were also killed.    Colonel
|al is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
let J. Fiegal of Rochester and
rife is the former Anna Mae
»ey, also of Rochester.
Born in Rochester on March
1914,  Colonel Fiegal  was
filiated from Rochester High
jool in  1932 and Rochester
|or College  in the  class of
He went on to attend the
■versify of Minnesota  from
Ich he obtained his diploma
|936.   He immediately went
(flight training'at Randolph
Id, Texas   and   received   his
Lin June, 1937.   By 1943
lad achieved'the rank of col-
i in.the Army Air Force.
lis activities during the war
|te distinguished  by  his  ex-
)lary performance  with  the
Id Bombardment Group, fpr
Ich he received his DFC. The
pmendation cites  his   "mag-
Icent leadership" and "untir-
initiative"  after  the Battle
[Ploesti which increased  the
ftp's efficiency "from a state
pediocrity to that of super-
Istandards."
Colonel ■ Fiegal's career was
■ally as distinguished at Jun-
[College.   Maintaining a very
academic average, he also
lid time.to take part innu-
fous extra-curricular activities
|> as dramatics and journal-
where he displayed the
Y enthusiasm and leadership
|ch later made him famous.
Funeral and burial services
Ire held Saturday, May 1.
Fhe Rochester Junior Col-
I faculty and student body
lends sincere sympathy to, the
tents, wife, and friends of
I'onel Lester C. Fiegal.'
J. C. FORMAL IS SMASHING SUCCESS WITH BURTON
Henry Packs'Em In
At Country Club
Social Committee
Winds Up The Year
With the completion of the
plans for the Spring Formal the
1947-48 social committee terminates its service to J. C. students. Since the beginning of
the school year the six students
who compose this organization
have planned, worked, and re-
planned all student parties.
They have spent long hours and
deserve much credit.
Under  the  guidance of
Dorothy Dickson, Donna
Whitney,   Virginia   Chaf-
f e e,    Marlowe    Paschke,
Dick  Hexum.   and  Howard   Sandum,   the   Homecoming Dance was the best
in R. J. C. history.    A capacity    crowd    filled    the
North Gym to dance to the
music of Bennett Greten.
This function started our
year off with a bang.   The
social committee found itself working hard to provide an adequate outlet for
the increased school spirit
shown,by the students.
Shortly after  their  first  big
success the committee sponsored
a Hard Time Party.    The decorations, the food,' and the informal music all added to the
informal   effect   desired.    Two
down and one to go.
The   next   outstanding
party   was   the   Christmas
formal.    Chick   Anderson
and   his   band   had   been
contracted.    The   students
in   charge  waited  for  the
tickets    to   begin   selling.
They did, and another success was chalked up.
There   followed  a  brief  period  in  which no social  functions were scheduled.   This was
at the suggestion of the faculty
who felt that minds shouldn't
be otherwise occupied at examination time.
Starting the second semester
off was the Leap Year Dance.
In a beautiful setting of latticework the girls and their dates
stayed on until the final number. Another grand party!
In   April   the   students
VARSITY|MAG
OFFERS CASH
FOR STORIES
There's cash waiting tor student writers in Varsity Magazine's new search for short-
short stories—to be specific,
$100 for any story accepted for
publication.
Varsity's offer, growing out
of a desire to develop new talent among America's young
writers, is open to any student
at this school.
Submitted stories should be
about 120 words in length, and
may be on any subject. It is
mportant to note, however, that
Varsity is a young man's magazine," read regularly by hundreds
of thousands of male undergraduates. While fiction for
this audience can be either serious or humorous, it must be
slanted for mass' male readership.
I. R. C. and Guests
Hear Persian Doctor
The International Relations
Club of Rochester Junior College convened Wednesday, May
5, in Coffman Hall with members and wives of members of
the Rochester Education Association and students from .the
College of St. Theresa, St.
Mary's, and Winona State
Teachers College as special
guests.
The   occasion   for   the
special invitations was the
appearance of Dr. Salman
Fa-ik of Baghdad, Iraq, as
guest speaker.
Dr. Fa-ik, a graduate of the
Royal Medical School of Baghdad, also studied for a year in
London and at present is a fellow in Experimental Surgery at
the Mayo Institute.
Having resided in Baghdad
all his life and having traveled
extensively throughout the Middle East, Dr. Fa-ik was in a
position to give his audience a
Manuscripts should be typed,  firsthand account of the politi-
and mailed, with stamped return
envelope, to Short-Short Story
Department, Varsity Magazine,
52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New
York 17, New York.
again donned old clothes,
but this time for the
Swim-Gym party. Long
will the "classy" style
show be remembered by
those unfortunate enough
to see it. Swimming, volley-ball and dancing completely filled the night's
entertainment.
Then    on    Monday
night; the last dance of the
year—the Prom.
These   social   activities   have
,been the immediate result of the
social   committee's   hard   work.
Except for the addition of Jesse
Bollman to their fold these six
students   have   worked   unceasingly   throughout   the   yea r.
With the generous aid of Mrs.
McClure,   the  social  committee
has given the students of J. C.
the best year ever.
cal, social, and economic situation as it exists today in that
area. He also made effective use
of maps and slides to illustrate
the geographic and cultural aspects of his lecture.
Following the lecture, the
audience engaged in a question
and answer session with Dr.
Fa-ik and discussed some of the
more important world problems
with him.
Dates For Semester
Exams Announced
Semester exams will begin
May 26th and continue into the
following week. Classes will
not be scheduled during this
time. Students are required to
be in school only at the designated hours for their exams.
The tests, which will last two
hours each, have not as yet been
assigned a certain time. This
schedule will be worked out
soon and placed on the bulletin
board.
The Social Committee climaxed one of the most successful social years in the history of
Rochester Junior College last
Monday night, May 3rd, with
the annual Spring Formal at the
Country Club, as formally attired' Jayceers danced from 9 to
1:00 to the dreamy music of
Henry Burton.
Burton, who played for the
Leap Year dance earlier in the
year and was so popular with
the students that his services
were again obtained for the all-
important formal dance, really
"sent" his audience as he play- \
ed his music hot and sweet in
the scintillating manner of the
famed Clyde McCoy.
The formal was the last social activity of the year to be
planned by the members of the
Social Committee, who combined their talents with the usual
spectacular success. The Country Club provided the right atmosphere for the long, swirling
dresses of the girls and the smart
bow ties of the fellows. The
iced punch, which was prepared
especially for the J.C. affair was
served by two of the freshman
members of the Social Committee who have had a large share
in its success thus far, Virginia
Chaffee and Donna Whitney.
All preparations were under
the efficient leadership of Dot
Dickson, whose service as chairman of the committee will long
be remembered. Dick Hexum
and Jesse Bollman, the other
two sophomores on the committee, took charge of making
arrangements for the Country
Club and Henry Burton's orchestra, and Howard Sandum
handled publicity. Dick Derby
volunteered to help take tickets,
and his services were very useful
in watching the door.
As special guests, Dean Goddard, the Junior College faculty, and the Rochester School
Board were invited to the dance
by the Social Committee, and
many responded to the invitation.
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