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Rochester Junior College's yearbook, the Rajuco, was distributed
to the students at the end of the
annual banquet Wednesday, May
Thirty-one students, under the
able direction of Lugene Trisler,
Editor of the  Rajuco,  spent  many
ours of labor in turning out the
yearly publication for the students
of Rochester Junior College. Miss
Waft and Mr. Maxie served as fac-
Ity advisors.
Tribute to Dean
The Rajuco of 1948-49 is dedicated to Dean Goddard as a tribute to his services to our college.
The cover of the annual is novel,
ts design being a portion of the
pages of the Jaysee Echo, with the
name of the Rajuco done in the
school colors in the upper left cor-
Sectional  Divisions
ndividual pictures of the mem-'
jers of the graduating class make
p the first part of the yearbook,
Dnd this section is followed by sec-
ions for each of the college's ex-
ra-curricular organizations and ac-
ivities. The final section portrays
'characters" of our school in their
'arious personal activities.
Since the yearbook is our per-
nanent keepsake for memories of
ur pleasant days at junior college,
xedit must be given the members
)f the staff of the Rajuco for print-
ig for us the college life of Roch-
ster Junior College in a thorough
nd  artistic  manner  that we  may
the future look back and rem-
isce over the trials and tribula-
sns which we survived in our
hool days, and the fun that made
possible to survive them.
(loclt&defr JJuhw* College
THE JAUSEE ECHO
VOLUME XVI
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   MAY   25,   1949
NO.   16'
California Educator to Address Graduating Class
5 RJC Sophomores
Honored at Banquet
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Open House
After Graduation
Immediately following
commencement exercises in
Central Auditorium, June 3,
an open house will be held
in Coffman Hall until about
ten. Every year Phi Theta
Kappa honor society and
Gamma Rho journalism society sponsor the reception to
honor the graduates, their
friends, and relatives. Phi
Theta Kappa members and
Gamma Rho members will be
in charge of refreshments and
decorations. Faculty sponsors are Miss Barthelemy and
Miss Matt.
Two years of attendance at
Rochester Junior College were climaxed for five sophomores last
Wednesday night at Central Cafeteria, when their professors and
fellow students extended them the
highest honors of the school at the
annual Award Banquet.
Dr. Balfour Speaks
Dr. D. C. Balfour, professor
emeritus of the Mayo Clinic, was
the honored speaker of the evening,
and gave the students a short but
graphic history of the medical 'profession, using colored slides of the
stained-glass window in the Mayo
Foundation House. Dr. Balfour's
talk dealt with the three primary
functions of medicine, "Education,
Practice, and Research."
Golden R Winners
Students receiving the Golden R
were: Donna Whitney, chairman of
the Social Committee, who was
presented by Mrs. Marian Bock;
Del Thurber, sophomore Student
Council member and business manager of the Jaysee Echo, presented
by Mr. C. E. Singley; and Howie
Sandum, managing editor of the
Echo,   who  was   presented   to  the
student body by Miss Marie Matt.
Miss Flora McGhee made the
presentation of the Booster Cup
Award. Stating that the student
body election held earlier in the
year had resulted in a tie, Miss
McGhee awarded the symbolic cup
to. Bob Hentges, president of the
Student Council, and to Del Thurber.
New Booster Cup
This year's Cup is a new addition to RJC, since the last one was
filled by names of former recipients.
Dean Goddard and Mr. Singley
are responsible for securing the
cup, which is now called the God-
dard-Singley Cup.
Mr. Mark Wilson of the William
T. McCoy post, American Legion,
was a guest at the banquet for the
purpose of presenting the annual
American Legion Award to Cal
Berman, co-captain of the footbail
Yellowjackets. Citing Berman's
friendiy personality and outstanding character, Wilson presented
him with a medal, pin, and certificate, and his name was engraved
on the American Legion plaque.
(Continued on page 6, col. 4)
The twenty-seventh annual commencement exercises for the 72
graduates of 1949 will be held on June 3, in the Central Auditorium,
at 8:15 p.m. Mr. N. D. Cory, Superintendent of the Rochester Public
Schools, will preside during the evening. The speaker engaged for the
event is Dr. Dwayne Orton, formerly President of Stockton College,
Stockton, California, and now Director of Education with the International Business Machines Corporation, who has been scheduled for
this event since last June. Dr. Or-
ton's address is entitled "Human
Relations in Technical Times."
Music by RHS
Music will be furnished- by the
Rochester High School Orchestra
which will play "Czech Rhapsody"
by Weinberger for the prelude,
followed by the processional "Pomp
and Circumstance, Opus 39" by,
Elgar. The Reverend Hugh B.
Jones, D.D., will give the invocation, after which the Wood Wind
Quartet from the high school will
render several selections.
As has been the tradition, Dean
Roy W. Goddard will present the
graduating class to Samuel P. Allen, President of the Board of Education, who will distribute the diplomas. The benediction will be
given by the Reverend Hugh B.
Jones, D.D., "March Recessional"
by Marcelli, played by the high
school orchestra, will conclude the
exercises.
Candidates for Degrees
Students who will receive degrees
of Associate in Arts are the following: Calvin Beswick Berman,
Audrey Jean   Books,   Paul   Harold
Bringgold, Robert Lawrence Campion, Delia Marie Chaddock, Clayton Wallace Christopherson, Thelma Arlene Feigal, Vincent D. Fol-
kert, Rodney Dean Francis, Carlyle
R. Gordon, David Roy Gould, John
Hawkins, Mary Patricia Hawkins,
Ivan Henry Henslin, Franklyn James
Hentges, Robert William Hentges,
Frank Hershik, Roy Marathon
Hughes, Jay J. Johnson, Leon King,
Marian Kathleen Kinneberg, Carl
Blaine Klingsporn, Wilbur J. Lock-
man, Robert D. Ludden, James Lee
Mackey, George Margellos, James
E. Marquardt, Richard James Matheson, Thomas Daly McCoy, Joan
Geraldine McCue, H. John Mieras,
Thomas Orville Moore, William
Worral Moore, John Francis Noehl,
Richard Robert Oslund, Allene
Frances Overend, Kenneth R. Parker, Patricia Paul, Aferdita Peters,
Marie Ann Rapacz, Russell Arthur
Rose, Howard Eugene Sandum,
Richard A r I e n Schutz, Robert
Charles Smith, Harold Byers Stewart, Herbert William Stoitenberg,
Marie Louise Sween, James C.
Thompson, Deloran Leigh Thurber,
Lugene Rita Trisler, Kenneth Law-
ford Tryggestad, Richard T. Vessey,
(Continued on page 3, col.  1)
Shown above is Bob Hentges, retiring Student Council President, "Passing the Gavel" to
George Bingham, president-elect, at the annual Honor Banquet on May 18. Looking on are Dr,
D. C. Balfour, Dean R. W. Goddard, Neil Sandberg, and Mrs. Marion Bock.
(Picture by Jteslwll Rujige)
Advisers Appoint
Annual Editors
. Nancy Kendall has .been appointed editor and Harvey Coblentz has been selected as the assistant editor of the 1949-50
Rajuco, Miss Marie Matt, adviser,
announced  recently.
Editors of RJC publications, are
selected from members of the
staffs by the advisers on the basis
of work done rhe previous year.
Purpose of the early selection is
to give the yearbook staff a head
start on next fall's activities. The
entire formal wiil be planned during the summer months, and picture assignments given out in early
September.
The appointment of the Echo
editor will not be made until after
the first issue comes out next year.
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