The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 17, Number 1

              OPENING ISSUE
of
VOLUME XVII \
RocAedteb jjuHi&i College
bhthmalic Optics
Itudents .Form
first Fraternity
|At their final banquet, held May
at Carroll's White House, Or-
loco, the Ophthalmic Optics stu-
Ints held the first meeting of their
fewly-formed club and elected offers.    The    officers   elected    are
:rvey Coblentz, president; Fred
Ifhite, vice president, and Lowell
phrman, secretary-treasurer.    The
ub will be known as the Omega
Tau.
House for Non-Residents
[The first project of the organiza-
hn will be the selection of a house
[r students who must live away
3m home. This situation is brought
aout by the fact that to date,
|C. is the only school in the world
lich offers such a course as the
>hthalmic optics course.   A course
this type is being planned for
le Los Angeles Junior College and
[similar course is being developed
lr a school in New York. With
le spreading of this course, it is
jped by our members that the
jb will also grow and that one
by ours will be the founding chap-
of a national Greek letter fra-
t/nity.
Pledge Support
[Guests  of   honor  at  the  dinner
were  Dean  Goddard,  Dr.  Sheard,
«nd Mr.  Dan  Krebs.    Dean  Goddard wished the new organization
^successful year and revealed that
ffi had received  inquiries pertain-
tjKj to this course from  points as
riMtant as India and England.    Mr.
■ebs, a veteran of thirty years in
optical industry, said that with
inception  of  this club an  old
ream   among   optical    men   had
ten' realized, the formation of a
jrmal   professional   fraternity-type
jb   of   nation-wide   scope.     Dr.
jieard, who will become an Emeritus of the Mayo Clinic this winter
expressed  hearty approval  of the
idea and pledged his wholehearted
support to its endeavors.
■ Credit and  thanks for the  idea
must go  principally to  Frank Her-
ffiik of Muncie, Indiana, and James
McQuillan of East St. Louis, III. for
ffie idea.    Their outlines of formation and sincerity of purpose caused the organization of the club to
■ take place.    Its purpose will be to
|:quaint  new Optic  students with
C. and to strengthen the socia
id fraternal bonds which exist be-
pen ' men    of    similar    purpose,
jembership   will   be   open   to   a
Jdents enrolled in the Ophthalmic
Iptics.
THE JAUSEE ECHO
VOLUME   XVII
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   SEPTEMBER   7,    1949
NO.   1:
Frosh "Come Out" During Orientation Week
Mr. Howard Roy
Becomes Ph. D.
An amiable family man and RJC
professor, Dr. Howard Roy, has
completed a very successful summer. The first event to highlight
Dr. Roy's summer was the receiving
of his Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy).
Following this, he taught at the
University of New York for six
weeks.
Dr. Roy received his undergraduate    work    at    Winona
Teacher's   College,   further
schooling at the University of
Colorado, and the majority of
his IcTter training  at the  University of Minnesota.
He   studied   psychometrics   (the
use and interpretation of tests) for
his master's  degree  at Minnesota.
The thesis for his Ph. D. is
a work titled: "Construction of
College    Satisfaction    Index."
This deals with job satisfaction
scales that are used in industry.
The Jaysee Echo takes this opportunity to express congratulations
from the entire student body to
Dr. Roy on his attainment of a
very difficult objective.
Night College
Will Introduce
Sales Clinic
As a special bulletin will be out
soon, here is a short review of the
coming Evening College activities.
The apprentice classes will start the
second or third week of September
as they have a 32-week program.
The other classes will start the last
week of September. The Evening
College/coordinating with the University of Minnesota, plans to give
a course in Introduction to Psychiatry. 'Through Winona State Teacher's College, they plan to give a
number of courses such as: the Representative Americans, which is a
study of typical Americans during
different epochs in American History, Ways of Adult Measurements,
and Geology.
Sales Clinic Planned
In co-operation with the Chamber of Commerce, a Sales Clinic
Course for all who are engaged in
selling goods or services or ideas,
will be presented. The estimated
enrollment in the course is 600. The
course will consist of local and out
of town .speakers and panels of
those and of employers and em-
(Continued on page 3, col. 5)
The premiere for the 1949-50 season of education at Rochester
Junior College featured an innovation which made it perhaps the most
important such opening in the annals of the school. The week of September 31—August 6 was set aside in honor of freshmen and new students as Orientation Week, and served to introduce them to the tradi
tions,  regulations,  and  objectives
of RJC.
Orientation   Week   came
about largely through the efforts of the Faculty Workshop
during the past summer.
Faculty    members   planned,, the
Week, for the most part devoted to
familiarizing the< student with the
college attitude, also included liberal provision for entertainment.
Wednesday, September 31, started with a convocation at 8:30 a.m.
at    which    Dean    Goddard    and
activities for the week, arranged a , George    Bingham    welcomed    the
schedule, and collected material for
a mimeographed guide booklet
which was given to all new students, entitled "So You're in College Now!"
Boie Work Commended
In order to lighten the tone- of
the booklet and to show the new
student his way around with diagrams and illustrations, the faculty
commissioned Donna Boie, a freshman here last year and ;a prospective student at St. Olaf College, to
do the art work.
Using a polo-shirted little fellow
as her central character, Miss Boie
has given the booklet both charm
and clarity. Her charts, one of
which is entitled "Sparrow's Eye
View of RJC," provided a simple
and effective means for the new
students to get their bearings.
The    schedule    for    Orientation
Freshmen Receive Identification Cards From Instructors
students and introduced them
to representatives from various
extracurricular activities. At 9:30
a reading test was given in
Rooms 317, 316, and 307, followed by a lecture by Mr. Bateman
on the proper recording of notes.
In the afternoon, a tour through the
library was conducted, and the day
ended with a splash party in Coffman Pool under the direction of
Mr. Paul and Coach Rockenbach.
Switch  Lectures
Thursday morning featured four
lectures on Reading Speed, Time
Budgeting, Rules and Credits, and
Library given by Miss Matt, Miss
Goette, Mr. Dubbert and Miss Ingli,
respectively. Students were divided
into four groups and switched
rooms every hour on the half hour.
A tour of the town was conducted
for out-of-town students during the
noon hour. The last of the four
lecture periods was held during the
afternoon, and the day was culminated by a Frosh Get-Acquainted Picnic under the direction of
Miss Endicott.
Friday opened with a convocation on traditions, honors, and
clubs. There followed another
group of four lectures given by Miss
Matt, Mr. Bateman and Miss
Curry: Reading, Comprehension, Note Making, How to
Study, and a Tour of the Campus. Two of these periods were
held in the morning.
At noon the students were entertained at the Merry-Go-Round
Clubrooms.
Friday noon a luncheon was held
af the Merry-Go-Round, and in the
afternoon the well-nigh exhausted'
neophytes were introduced to all
the fields of study and to the various faculty members in those fields.
Yesterday noon the Chamber of
Commerce   was   host   to   all   new
RJC students at a luncheon, which
included the appearance and ad-
(Continued on page 10, col. 4)