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' interviewers   were    none
n J.  C.  students   partici-
tbeir  informal   initiation
Inma   Rho,   the   honorary
rnalistic society of J. C.
vVhen the assignments were com-
ited, the group, composed of
idges, guests and second-year
mbers of the society gathered
the Markay dining room for the
nual banquet and formal pro-
am.
While fhe dinner was being serv-
Program Chairman Barbara
ch asked the "cub reporters" for
iir reports of the answers they
:eived and the experiences they
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VOLUME  XVII
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   FEBRUUARY   15,  1950
NO.   11
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Zu-euiHCj. G&llecfe Qa-
Qcw&wment ClaAA,
A series of eight, two-hour pane
classes on Rochester's city government will begin on February 16
and will be conducted by Dr. Ralph
S. Fjerstad, assistant professor of
government on the Edward C.
Congdon foundation, at Carleton
College. Classes will be held every
Thursday night beginning at 7:30
p.m., in the council chambers at
the city hall (except on April 6)
and will begin with a discussion of
the theory and general practice of
some particular phase of local government. City officials will then
describe their particular departments.
This course is sponsored by
the League of Women Voters
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Viola Kutcher,  president of
Gamma Rho and editor of the
ECHO, presided at the formal
program.    The following  stu-
Ifdents were initiated, read the
Ipledge and signed the  book:
Thomas   Moran,    Kay   Olson,
Dolores Kreinbring, Noel Gray,
^Mary   Ann    Simurino,    John
-Whiting,  Frank  Hershik,   Buzz
Birkelo, Athena Margellos, Audrey   Rossi,    Norma    Koplin,
Mary    Kutina,     Mary     Klug,
George Ploetz, Teresa Moriar-
ty, Trudy Rankenburg, Beverly
/',;v#tGarthwaite'   Joan   Wilkins<
lnjChdlotfe     Mohlke,     Ruthann
lift Lehman,   and   James   Brough.
Guest speaker was Miss Mar-
^^Sonnenberg,   Post-Bulie-
ff writer, who described
'°per   reporting   experiences and spoke of the opportunities for women in journal-
|HMiss Marie Matt, advisor
for the group, then welcomed
rt *ili new members into the organi-
yprewonzation.
protsciiJBornrnittee in charge of din-
wbJSl '■n9ements consisted of Dor-
igen, Nancy Kendall, and
2)%, BoG/idma*i,
Stiidetttd, StuaLf,
j). G. PnjaanxiM
The Rochester Junior College
was host February 6, to Dr. Charles
Boardman, professor of education
at the University of Minnesota, and
his class of about twenty graduate
students. Doctor Boardman's class
in junior college administration
spent the day here watching the
actual operation of the junior college in an effort to get a look on
the inside of the practical aspects
of this operation.
The group made a study of the
administrative organization, method of registration, records and files.
They also studied the evening community college program, the development of the terminal education
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QoMaAd Made
Committeeman
Dean Roy W. Goddard has recently been made a member of the
steering committee of the State
Citizens' Committee on Public Education. The purpose of this committee is to receive requests and
suggestions for revisions pertaining
to the public schools and then recommending these to the statewide
organization committee.
Other representatives on this
committee are members of the
state PTA organizations, the
League of Women Voters, the
Farm Bureau, and various
school superintendents. The
organizations represented in-
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Modernization and technical improvements appear to be the theme
of Junior College growth. The latest evidence, following the renova-
2)e/utt fyeltfiuGSuf, f?
The J. C. Jazz Band will make
its initial dance appearance on
February 17, in the North Gym.
Fifteen slow arrangements have
been purchased by the band just
for this dance. The- Pep Club is
sponsoring it,, and the doors will
be opened immediately after the
J. C.-Dr. Martin Luther game.
Decorations will be in keeping
with the regular Valentine's Day
festivities and the program will
feature Cupid and his bow.
Students from Rochester and
Lourdes high schools have been invited and will be admitted by showing their student identification
cards. Tickets will be sold for 50c
per couple by members of the Pep
Club.
tion of the biology department, is
the change affecting the Ophthalmic Optics course.
Since the inception of this course,
which was the first of its kind three
years ago, all classes in mechanical
optics were held at the Benson Optical Company, 113/2 South Broadway, and applied ophthalmic and
physiological optics were held in
the offices of Dr. Charles Sheard.
Today, these classes may now be
held"in a specially designed laboratory-classroom. When Mr. Dan
Krebs, manager of the local Benson Company branch and instructor in mechanical optics, drew the
proposed floor plan for their new
location, specific provisions were
included for this instruction unit.
The result is a laboratory which in
effect is a miniature optical shop
with the most modern equipment
and a classroom which will employ
modern visual education devices.
This new set-up affords the students a maximum of efficiency in
training. Every possible phase of
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The annual talent show held in
Central Auditorium on February 1,
was sparked by the newly formed
jazz band. Several other outstanding entertainment acts were
also presented on the program
which was planned by the Pep
Club. Buzz Birkelo was master of
ceremonies.
Members of the band, which
was awarded a box of candy
as a prize are Jim Brough, Jim
Schoenrock, Foster Klickman,
Jim Sullivan, George Bingham,
Wilma Naves, Liz Fortney, and
Keith Koch.
Wilma Naves accompanied herself at the piano when she sang
"Again," and as an encore she
played one of her own compositions. Liz Fortney sang, "I Can
Dream, Can't I." John Larson played a Gershwin prelude for the
second act.
In a shadowgram burlesquing an operation at St. Mary's
Hospital, George Bingham was
the doctor, Jim Sullivan the
patient, Marilyn Shandley and
Char Lehman the nurses.
The special door prize was won
I by Jim Bowron, who was presented
with his gift by Buzz Birkelo.
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Phi Theta Kappa, the national
honorary scholastic society for junior colleges is represented in Rochester by the Omicron Chapter in
Rochester Junoir College. The purpose of this organization is to promote scholarship, to develop character, and to cultivate fellowship
among the students of the junior
colleges in the country.
Entrance into this society is
determined by two things. In
the first place, the student must
be carrying at least 15 credit
hours, 12 of which are transferable into science, literature,
and arts. Secondly, he' must
maintain a "B" average
throughout the term, before he ■
is eligible for acceptance into
the society.
At the end of the Fall quarter eleven J. C. students were
eligible for initiation into Phi
Theta Kappa. They are as follows: Jacqueline Aird, Richard
Allen, Julius Block, James
Brough, Phyllis Dolden, James
Hamme'r, DeLarry Hovde,
Margaret Masson, Charlotte
Mohlke, Cecelia Vogelsang,
and Joan Wilkins.
Joanne Bandow, Dorothy Mogen, Ruthann Lehman, George Bingham   and   Wayne   Wentworth   are
oecond-year members.
Aewmand, Convene
The Regional Newman club convention will be held at Winona on
February 17th, 18th and 19th. The
convention opens Friday afternoon
with registration of all delegates,
and in the evening there is a mixer
at the Catholic recreational center.
The schedule for Saturday includes
various conferences which will discuss the problems and activities of
the organization. The convention
closes Sunday morning with a
breakfast at the Winona Hotel.
The guest speaker will be the most
Reverend Edward A. Fitzgerald,
bishop of the dioce;e of Winona.
Colleges from North and South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota will
be represented at the meeting. The
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