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ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  WEDNESDAY,  MAY  2,  1951
NO.   14
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JSTREL MERRIMENT HIGHLIGHTS
TAP FOR MAY 22nd PROGRAM
Plans for the  Minstrel   Show  are  really  underway. The  cast  is
Icing every Tuesday and Thursday at  10:00 under Mr. Sudden-
direction.    They  are   learning  "Camptown   Races,"  "Shortnin'
and a few novelty numbers that you'll soon  hear.    Mickey
Ins a girl's trio, the girls' sextet, and a boys' trio will supply some
|e other musical  numbers.
Jack Wenstrup, Noel Gray, Norma Koplin, and Nancy
■Cullen wrote the script. It promises to be very good, but,
■of course, they're not giving away any of the secrets—yet.
■Miss McGhee will  direct the dramatic end  of the Minstrel
Show-the End Men, that is, who will be Jack Wenstrup, Noel
■Gray, Dick Fitzgerald, Bob Ripple, and Mickey Owens.    Tom
Woran will be interlocutor.
The Minstrel Show promises to be a success, but we must all get
Ed it with our jokes, good spirit, and talent.
H. Burton To Play
For Prom May 24
Spring is in the qir! The Social Committee, headed by Richard Husband, has begun to plan
the annual Spring Formal. This
spring the dance will be held at
the Masonic Hall in the Masonic
Temple Building Thursday, May
24. Henry Burton's orchestra will
furnish the music from 9 to 1.
Audrey Rossi is chairman of the
food committee, Noel Gray heads
the publicity, and Mary Sharkey
and Donald Benson lead the decorations committee. Everyone on
the committees will assist in cleaning up after the Prom.
iMING    EVENTS
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An assembly held in Central Auditorium on Wednesday, April
27, in accordance with TWERP WEEK provided laughs and entertainment for the entire crowd. Trudy Rankenburg, as master of ceremonies, introduced the first act, a take off on the original play "Julius Caesar," presented by the Flophouse Theater Players, under the
direction of Bob Ripple.
_-^    . j The play took place during an
ffls ESCOrt   DOyS  tp  r riClay ancient era,, and the costumes of
. rry tt    1_        T_ f'le   players   portrayed   this   era
ening Iwerp Hobo Dance        comp,ete t0 every detaiL ,m_
BANQUET
May 8
[MINSTREL   ASSEMBLY
May 22
SPRING   BALL
May 24
fhe North Gym was the scene of a Hobo Dance on Friday,
[27, in accordance with TWERP WEEK. The girls escorted the
[presenting them with corsages as an admission fee.
fhe dancing for the first part of the evening was to the tune of
iy in the Straw and other square dance records. The students
[up for a grand march, found their partners and wore them-
. out diving for an oyster or what have you. After several more
|e dances, the gang took time out for a coke and cake. New
|dancing was then resumed.
Plaid shirts and faded blue
jeans were the general attire at
the dance, but anything went.
Imagine little Mary Ann Simurino
with jeans and a long white shirt
Rochester   Junior   College,     coverina   her   knee$'   a   r,ed   °nd
star    High    School,     a n d     white   Polka   dot  tie   and   a   b'?
straw hat; and, Jack Fallon with
Lil Abner boots and a 190 duffer
cap.    They were judged the best
dressed hoboes and crowned king
and queen of the dance.
Chaperones   for   the    evening
jati°ns.   The teen-agers also     were "REVEREND"  Bateman  and
d games in the North Hall,     his wife,  and Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rae
ludpnt* .,„     *l • Ahrens.    The dance was sponsor-
'"aents from the various .       ,
look   _,u„ iU ed by the social committee heaci-
|uu|s   who   were    on   the ' , , _     ,
imittPP «u    •     u. ed  by  Norma  Koplin and  Trudy
 TTee planning the party ' r
"•Untied on page 6, col. 3)        Rankenburg.
Gaaeti. Pabtu
mi 550 Studenti.
I« High School attended the
|n9 Capers" party held at the
1 Civic Auditorium April 20.
music was donated by
jGreten's band, while Fiks-
IFIorists donated   the   flower
Si
agine Bob Ripple wearing a toga
(a white sheet draped around the
middle), or Julie Block in a short
gunny sack dress, and you will
be able to imagine the effect the
boys had on the audience. Were
those togas meant to fall down
every time someone brushed
against them?
The others of the Flophouse
gang are Jim Armstrong, Marvin
Heins, John Streiff, Mickey Owens,
Bob Gambill, and Jack Wenstrup.
During the last half of the program Jack Wenstrup and Mary
Ann Curley presented a skit, a
typical day during Twerp Week,
entitled "John and Marsha."
Marsha captures John as he strolls
through the halls and' asks him
for a date to the Hobo Dance.
John accepts and the events of
the dance and th. ensuing hours
were then portrayed.
A behind-the-curtain version of
the play proved to be very interesting    also.    The    prompters
(Continued on page 6, col. 3)
jj.G. Qanxfjuet ta J4aue
It's the secret of 1951! If you're wondering what the theme of
the spring banquet is, you'll have to wait until May 8 to find out.
The Junior College Student Council, with the help of its advisor, Mrs.
Bock, is sponsoring the annual colllege banquet Tuesday evening,
May 8, in the Central Cafeteria at 6:30. They have kept the theme
in dark obscurity! Tickets were included in the activity fee, and students secured the special banquet tickets in the office by presenting
their activity cards.
Master of Ceremonies is James Brough. A candle-lighting ceremony, led by James Hammer, who will be aided by
Elizabeth French, Charlene Nietz, Anita Stewart, Marnea
Harding, Donna Hull, Eunice Haling, is first on the program.
Then comes dinner. The food committee, consisting of
Greta Nelson and Jack Williams, has planned a delicious
meal. First comes a tomato juice cocktail, followed by turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, peas, hot rolls, a relish
plate, coffee and milk, topped off with a strawberry sundae.
Rochester high school girls will serve as waitresses, and the
high school string ensemble will furnish dinner music. Mary
Hanson made the arrangements with the string ensemble.
Dean Goddard will next give a brief message, after which James
Hammer and Richard Fitzgerald will take part in the installation of
the new student council president. Miss Matt, Miss McGhee, and
Mr. Paul are presenting Golden "R" awards, and Mr. Collins will
award the Booster Cup, The American Legion Award is being presented by past commander John Feller. Mr. Dubbert will give an
instrumental solo, which will be followed by the main speaker of the
evening, Dwight Havens from the Chamber of Commerce.
James Brough and James Hammer make up the program and
publicity committees. Joan Jackson and Robert Gambill head the
decoration committee, and are being assisted by Richard Dison, Cor-
rene Gronevold, Anita Stewart, Diane Berryman, John Streiff, Jack
Wenstrup, and Mary Hanson. The decorations are a big secret,
except for the fact that Holm and Olson's are donating the flowerr
Julius Block heads the clean-up committee, and the Rochester higf i
school print shop is printing the programs.
Alumni Association Organized;
Lester Stiles Chosen as President
The alumni of the Rochester Junior College met on April 26 at
a 7:30 dinner meeting in Holland's cafeteria. The purpose of the
meeting was to organize the RJC Alumni Association and to elect
officers for the coming year.
Mr. George Baihly from the Bell Telephone Co. presided over
the business meeting and the election. Mr. Lester Stiles, Director of
Rochester City Welfare, was elected president. Vice president is Mr.
Vernon Anderson of the Prudential Life Insurance Co., secretary, Mrs.
Frances Cochran, secretary in the Counselling Bureau, and the treasurer, Mrs. Eugene Trisler Daly, a secretary at the Mayo Clinic.
Mr. Singley was the speaker for the evening program. This
was followed by "Reminiscences" by some of the alumni. A constitution was adopted at the meeting that followed. Plans for the future include a dinner during Homecoming Week in the fall to be
followed by the Homecoming game and the dance.
Miss McGhee and Mr. Singley were on the faculty committee.