The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 16, Number 6

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RED-LETTER   DAYS:
November 25 - 29 —
Thanksgiving Vacation
December 3 —
Bethel Game at St. Paul
December 9 —
lu. Home Cage Contest—With
J.C. at Mayo Auditorium
December 13 —
C. Christmas Formal
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THE JAHSEE ECHO
VOLUME XVI
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY,   NOVEMBER   24,   1948
NO.   6
jdden's Band
epares
[inter Music
Lester Junior College band
|als have outlined a variety of
I:    activities   for   the   winter
hs, according to Bob Ludden,
tfor.
■eband will be on hand at all
[basketball games with a va-
] of music, including several
j boogies, and a number of
Imarches and novelty numbers.
Ie will also be some pep songs
liich the student body will par-
Jate with yells and singing,
lotions for half-time are plan-
j provided an adequate time
J be arranged for rehearsals.
■band will play at all pep as-
llies, games, and at other as-
plies as requested by the ad-
pration.
is hoped that a brass
lord group can be formed
■r the purpose of playing at
i Christmas assembly. Num-
Jers will include selections
loin Bach's chorals and Christ-
las carols.   This plan is meant
i give the players a chance
play music different from
■at which is played at games
Ind pep assemblies, Ludden
Bointed out.
lie director emphasized the fact
[the band is always in need of
Ie players. Anyone who is in-
feed in band, whether he owns
[instrument or not, is asked to
pe a note in the mail box of
j Ludden or Keith Rudkin. Since
basketball games will be held
■Friday night, it is hoped that
■e will be a greater membership
[he band than existed during
season.
P fund for the Band Box has
met with as much cooperation
[was expected or desired. To
ft the fund contains $6.15, and
[officials pointed out that the
pNulation of that amount took
period of time.
Indiana Choir
Sings Friday
At Mayo Civic
Auditorium
On the day after Thanksgiving
Friday, November 26, college students and local friends of music
in general will get an opportunity
to hear a nationally famous choir
display its talents at the Mayo
Civic Auditorium theater section,
//hen the Concordia College choir
of Fort Wayne, Indiana, will present a concert.
The choir, which is under the
direction of Professor Arnold
G. Lehman, has been making
interstate tours for some years
and has received wide acclaim
by music critics wherever it has
performed.
Admission prices have been fixed at a reasonable enough price
to assure a capacity house for the
concert. Tickets will be priced at
one dollar for adults and fifty cents
for students. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m.
It should be noted that this
school is not the same Concordia
College which plays basketball in
the Southern Minnesota Junior College Conference. The choral group
which will perform Friday night attends the Concordia of Indiana.
Reid and Sandum Conjure
Ideas as Social Committee
Plans Scavenger Hunt
With the mess after the Swim-Gym party barely cleaned up, the
Social Committee has already completed preparations for its next effort, a jumbo all-Junior College Scavenger Hunt. A sub-committee
consisting of Bud Reid and Howie Sandum has been appointed to dream
up fantastic things to serve as objects of the search.
The    hunt    will    be    organized
wil
around the various RJC clubs, with
all clubs getting identical problems
to solve. Included will be Gamma
Rho, Rajesters, Phi Theta Kappa,
Vets, Varsity Club, I. R. C, Med
Sees, Engineers, Optics, and a special section for faculty members.
All students planning to attend will
sign up under one of these categories.
The   search   will   begin   at
7:00 and end at 9:30.    After
the search each group will relate  its experiences, followed
by dancing until one o'clock.
Idea-men Reid and Sandum have
assured the Social Committee that
the problems will be a true test of
wit, and the club which wins the
competition will  be pushed to the
limit.
Since many students are members of more than one club, it is
stressed that each sign up for only
one group. Students who do not
belong to any club may pick their
favorite and sign up under the
club of their choice.
Swim-Gym Party Teems
With Athletic Activity
Both North and South gyms, together with Coffman swimming
pool, were teeming with activity Saturday night, November 20, as Junior College students cavorted from eight to twelve o'clock at the annual Swim-Gym Party. A wide range of recreational entertainment
including volleyball, swimming, shuffleboard, checkers, cards, dancing,
and ping-pong kept some 125 enthusiasts occupied, from the burliest Minnesota; James Schinke, Roches-
Largest Opthahnic
Optics Class Gets
Markay Steaks
November 9
The Opthalmic Optic students enjoyed their first semester mid-term
dinner Tuesday evening, November
9, at the Markay Dining Room.
Guests of honor included Dean
Goddard, Dr. Sheard of the Mayo
Clinic Ophthalmological division,
and Mr. Daniel Krebs, district manager of the N. P. Benson Optical
Co.
This first dinner of the year was
well attended by the optics students.   Arrangements for the affair
were completed by Mr. Krebs. The
Optics class, largest to date, is composed of the following students.
Second year students: Frank Hershik, Muncie, Indiana; James McQuillan, Bellville, Illinois. First
year students: James Albrecht,
Brunswick, Missouri; Byrl Baker, Elgin, Minnesota; Harvey Coblentz,
Worcester, Massachusetts; Lowell
Fahrman, Rochester, Minnesota;
Willis Kruger, Wabasha, Minnesota; Jerry Marcel I,  Dodge  Center,
-IT'S
YOUR
MERRY-
GO-
ROUND!
athlete to the scrawniest bridge shark.
The Social Committee, under the
direction of Donna Whitney and
comprising Nancy Kendall, Don
French, Donna Johnson, John
Wells, and Zane Chaffee, had
charge of all preparations for the
event, which has become an annual affair since its origination
three years ago.
The   food   table   in   North
gym   was   perhaps  the   most
popular location all evening,
as tired Jaycees clustered
around it to replenish their exhausted supplies of energy.
ter, Minnesota; Robert Spongberg,
Duluth, Minnesota; Fred White, Columbus, Ohio.    This was the first
of a series of informal steak dinner parties to be held for the optics  students.     In  the  future  it  is
A harvest dance was originally expected that officials of the Ben-
scheduled  for Saturday night, but  son   Optical   Co.  will   be  able  to
the  Swim-Gym ' party was  substi-  attend.     Because   of  the  conflict
tuted when band difficulties were with the Open House at the Jun-
encountered.    Attendance was sat-  ior College, the dinner ended with
isfactory in view of the short notice a few well  chosen words, by. our
given for the party. j honored guests.
Sheard Speaks
At Assembly
In Behalf of
CARE Boxes
In the Central Auditorium, Mon- i
day   morning,   November   22,   at
10:00, Joan  McCue,  chairman  of '
the assembly committee introduced
Dr. Charles Sheard, the present di- i
rector of the J. C. Ophthalmic Op- '
tics course, to .the  student  body.
i
Dr. Sheard who had visited Europe
a year ago and had observed living   conditions   in   Germany   and  J
France, spoke of the hardships resulting from the war. I
After the invigorating enthusiasm  j
of   the   speaker,- everyone   gladly  i
gave his nickels and dimes in true
Thanksgiving   spirit   to   the   ushers .
who were stationed at each door j
of the auditorium with money boxes .
for receiving each student's contribution.   The money will be used to
buy CARE boxes which will be sent
as Christmas presents for the war-
torn needy of Europe.    Dede Pet- i'
ers,    Marian    Kinneberg,    Lugene
Trisler,    Marie    Rapacz,    Marie i
Sween,   and   Carolyn   Van   Hook .:
were the usherettes.
An important feature of the
Thanksgiving assembly was to :
have been musical selections
by the chorus: however, because of the disbanding of the
chorus, it was necessary to
cancel the program. Late
afternoon classes and outside
work made it almost impossible
for the members to attend
practices, but it is hoped that
some musical group can be organized for the Christmas assembly.
The Choral Reading selections
have already been made a part
of the Christmas program with
scriptural numbers added. An appropriate reading, to be given by
Nancy Kendall, included in the
plans is "The Littlest Angel" by
Tazwell. The story is of a little
freckle faced angel who was
scolded as much in heaven as on
earth. Among his unsuitable acts
were swinging on the pearly gate
and wearing his halo awry.