The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 17, Number 2

              [OMECOMING
OCTOBER 1
ixer Picnic
Shady Oaks
Successful
1st Wednesday about 75 eager
ers shook the moth balls out
sir mittens and earmuffs and
nbled at Shady Oaks for the
I freshman-sophomore  mixer of
iyear.    The    evening's    plans
in   the   capable   hands   of
fcy Kendall the Social Commit-
thairman.     Assisting   her   was
|food   committee   with   Jackie
chairman,   Bob   Ingals   and
awler.    Instead of the usual
fer roast, we had goulash with
rolls, carrots, sugar cookies,
Iream, milk and coffee.    Har-
Drnseth  and  Jim  Sullivan  or-
ped the volleyball and softball
Sully   also   took   care   of
ortation,-    Duane   Weideman
posters;   and   George   Bing-
had   charge   of   ticket   sales,
land  Mrs.   Dubbert   were   our
j extinguishers."
supper   over   the   group
bred    around    the    campfire
Chub Stewart, M. C: Wags
[is, and other v. i. p.'s enlight-
us on the coming attractions
year.    The  evening  ended
[group singing   lead  by Alice
■s.
Rockede* fanioJi College
TRE JAIJSEE ECHO
VOLUME  XVII
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   SEPTEMBER   21,.  1949
NO.   2)
^elve Musicians
[port for Band
|dozen musicians turned out for
brganization meeting, Septem-
13, of the R. J. C. band.    Mr.
Lidstrom,   high-school   band
|tor, who will direct the R. J. C.
feels that a 35 piece organ-
bn can be formed.    The band
Illy plays for all athletic events
father social activities where it
eded.
is hoped  that  the  band  can
[ice twice a week, one prac-
aeing  used for concert music,
the other will be restricted to
1h and pep music to be used
ootball and basketball games,
present, however, class
dules and jobs make it neces-
[to take a poll to find the best
i at which a majority of stu-
can practice. In this way
full band can have a practice
jre the first football game.
J. C. welcomes the able as-
pce of Mr. Lidstrom.
musicians in the school and
jentire student body give their
le-hearted support to the band
Jean expect a fine musical or-
Zation.
Helmsmen Chosen
In Frosh, Soph.
Student Elections
It was with varied ideas and
opinions that the Freshmen of '49
entered Room 317 the morning of
September 8. We would now elect
our class officers who were to lead
us in our new adventure of college
life. By now we were all quite well
acquainted and could look upon
the persons around us as our
friends.
The meeting was called to order
by Dean Goddard and nominations
were called for Student Council
Representative. When all of the
ballots had been collected and tallied, we found it to be a tie between Jack Fallon and Ora Acker-
man. The results of the second
voting decided that Ora was to be
our representative to the Student
Council. We seemed to have fallen into a rut as we also had a tie
for class president. The second
tallying of the ballots revealed that
Alvin Tupper was to be our class
president and Jack Fallon our vice-
president. We managed with just
one ballot for the secretary. Wimpy
Smith was elected our secretary for
the coming year.
To the sophomores the task of
electing class officers was not a
new one. Unlike the Freshmen they
settled down to business and had
just one vote on each office. The
student chosen to represent them
at the Student Council was Bill Fie-
belkorn. Leading the sophomores
through their last year at R. J. C.
will be Bob Christopherson with
Buzz Birkelo second in command.
Edie Larson was elected to take
care of the secretarial job.
With these students leading them,
everything points to a very successful year.
SEASON
TICKET!
Admitting Adults
to    BOTH
FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL  GAMES
Are Now Being Sold.
See Coach Rockenaach
J. C. Procures
Club Rooms
From the "Y"
The Y. W. C. A. offered the club
room facilities of the Merry-Go-
Round again this yeaq, to the Junior College students. Miss Mildred
Hillestad and Mis* Edith Curry, two
members of the Y. W. C. A. committee, will meet with the director
soon to negotiate the terms of the
contract. At the request of the
Student Council, negotiations are
now already underway through the
Club Room Committee, consisting
of John Whiting as chairman, and
Jack Fallon, Athena Margellos,
Fred White, and Barbara Bach, to
secure the final arrangements.
Two years ago, the Y. W. C. A.
Executive Board was reluctant to
rent the Merry-Go-Round to J. C.
because ping pong tables were
broken and empty bottles and
plates were strewn around the
room. But last year, each J. C.
student assumed individual responsibility for keeping the place in
order. The attendance of the students and the use of the snack bar
increased. At the present time, the
Y. W. C. A. will provide such facilities as a snack bar hostess, who
prepares and sells the food, janitorial service and several games.
Shuffle Board will be one of the
new games offered this year. The
Coca Cola Company donated some
games and cards.
The student body must also fulfill several requirements as its part
to make the clubroom a success.
Students will be needed to help
out during the rush hour in exchange for their lunch. Someone
who has no classes scheduled between the hours of 11 and one
o'clock - is needed. Each person
must accept responsibility for keeping the room in order. Each person is urged to buy his luncheon
there at the snack bar where sandwiches, cake, milk, ice cream and
drinks are served.
The present rental fee for the
club room amounts to $500 which
is to be paid out of the student
activity fund. The Merry-Go-Round
will be rented until April 28, or
until May 19 without charge if a
great many students have been in
attendance throughout the year.
Remember the club room will serve
these snacks only if there is a demand for their services.
^kli l/e&ii P«llicaltQ*U
Under the direction of Miss Matt, a combined meeting of the Echo
and Rajuco was held Monday, September 12th, for the purpose of organizing students into various departments.
The  Echo  is ably  led this year
Enrollment j
Takes Small
Decrease
Early predictions stated that enrollment in colleges would drop
considerably this year, but RJC has
noticed no appreciable slump in its
enrollment at this time. According
to Mrs. Hazel Creal, registrar, there
are 249 students attending RJC this
year.
Of these 249 enrol lees, 22 come
from states other than Minnesota.
Rochester High School has sent 139
up to the fourth floor. The remaining 68 come mainly from small
Minnesota communities. There are
154 new faces in RJC this year, 95
of which have been seen around
here before.
In the freshman class there are
92 men and 65 women, making a
total of 157. In 1940 there were
only 148 in this class. The sophomore class has 49 men and 23
women, a total of 72 or one less
than in 1940.
Forty-five veterans are registered
here and 35 are attending under
the G. I. Bill. There are 20 special or unclassified students, as
compared with 6 in 1940.
Assembly To Open
RJC Homecoming
Saturday, October 1, is Homecoming for R. J. C. The Assembly
Friday morning is to be a big surprise and the only inside dope that
can be released now is that the
new cheerleaders will be. introduced, the six wonders of R J. C. will
be shown, and the moderator will
be Chub Stewart.
Following the game with North-
wood, whom we beat last year,
there is to be the big dance. Plans
are to secure Henry Burton's orchestra but as yet nothing definite
has been decided.
The chairmen of the various
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by co-editors Viola Kutcher and
Alan Hartwig. They are well qualified for this important position because both have considerable
newspaper experience. Viola did
p laudable job last year as assistant editor of the Echo. Al Hartwig
was a reporter during his junior
year at Rochester High School for
the Rocket, the high school paper.
The following year Alan held down
the position of sports editor. He
also has been writing for the Rochester Post-Bulletin.
The sports section is managed by
Jim Lundquist, who received an injury in a sand-lot "football scrimmage, which prevents him from
playing. He still stays in sports by
doing an admirable job as sports
editor.
Our news editor this year is
Jeanne La Favor, who has hed substantial experience on the R. H. S.
annual, the Rochord. The assistant
head is capable Ruth Ann Lehman.
Chub Stewart returns to the advertising section to be its head this
year. Already he has done an
exceptional job as manager. Before school had started this fall, his
group had contracted for approximately $1,200 of advertising.
The Woman's Page will owe its
success to,the efforts of Barbara
Bach and Margaret Masson, who
has worked on the R. H. S. paper.
Marshall Runge, who was ever
ready with his camera last year,
will return to oversee art and photography.
Other appointments include
James Brough, in charge of the
feature reporters; Tom Moran,
stuffing the mail boxes; with Teresa Moriarty and Charlotte Lehman
handling the mailing.
Rajuco
The co-editors of the Rajuco,
Nancy Kendall and Harvey Coblentz, made official the appointments of the different section heads
who will work together to publish
our annual next spring.
The administration section is
under the leadership of Dorothy
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