The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 1, Number 2

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1915    -     1952
JAYSEE NEWS
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ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   WEDNESDAY,   MAY   7,   1952
NUMBER   2
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Perhaps no aspect of education has experienced more
improvement in recent years than testing and counseling.
It was not until World War I that the I. Q., or Intelligence
Quotient, was extensively used. Our efforts to measure
native ability and use the resuilts in advising students were
formerly much like the diagnosis of the family physician
at the turn of the century. He often said, "Let me see
your tongue—H m m !Y—ou are bilious." Since then, much
progress has been made both in medicine and in the use
of techniques in testing and counseling. Counseling is
the clinical use of test results in helping the student analyze
himself and understand his problems.
Our modern college curriculum, with its numerous
electives, and' the complexity of today's problems, necessitates such a program. Counselors are aware that scientific counseling contributes to mental health in much the
same manner as health programs administered by medical
personnel contribute to physical well-being.
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For the past five years a course entitled Personal and Community
th has been offered at the Rochester Junior College. Changes
been made in this course from year to year, but it took the com-
1 efforts of Miss Leola Henson, health educator of the Rochester
tb Center; Mrs. Marion Bock, Junior College homemaking into; Miss Alice Endicott, biological science instructor,- Mrs. Vivian
ton, public school nurse; Dean Roy W. Goddard; and Joe Rock-
ch, health instructor, to devise a plan" that would utilize the fate and people available in our community.
The revised course is organized
as a two unit program/one quarter of Personal Health followed by
a quarter of Community Health.
The course in Personal Health
stresses the principles of normal
body function and explains the
predisposing and actual cases of
disease and ways in which disease
may be avoided. Community Hygiene gives information pertaining
to community health in general,
stressing the responsibilities of
young men and women in the
community in' which they live.
We were fortunate in securing
qualified men and women as guest
speakers during the past quarter
of the Personal Health course.
These included Dr. Viktor Wilson
on "The Major Health Problems of
Olmsted County and the State of
Minnesota"; Dr. W. P. Bennett on
"Cancer"; Dr. George Williams on
"Narcotics, Tobacco, and Alcohol" and also on "Emotional Problems oh the Junior College Level";
Mrs. Vivian Erickson on "Testing of
Eyes and Ears", including a dem-
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College SbeaH
SecAetasuf,
Pean Roy W. Goddard, long-
fdean of the Rochester Junior
was elected secretary-
^rer of the Minnesota Junior
Association at the meet-
ofthat organization held dur-
ta first week of April at the
pity of Minnesota. .   .
|«an Goddard, who has held
Post of dean here since 1925,
'ong been an active partici-
'in the junior college move-
tUot only for the state but for
Wion. This year, at the sev-
: annual meeting of the Divi-
"of Higher Education of the
(tional Education Association
in Chicago on April 17, he
'named chairman of the dis-
fsion division on the responsibil-
colleges and universities
'ering community service. At
^t he is working on a state-
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1952 - 9,000 accessioned
books, 72 current magazines; an
area approximately the size of
three classrooms in a bright and
airy section of the Junior College;
Venetian blinds, exotic plants from
the biology lab—the RJC library
'of today!
What a contrast from, 1925
when Dean Goddard first took
over the post at RJC! Then there
were all of 150 volumes in the
JC library, elegantly shelved, as
you will perhaps recall, along the
walls of old North Ha'llway, a
long, narrow corridor lighted only
by small, high windows overlooking the court. Later, when North
Hallway was dedicated to the efforts of the drawing department,
Room 308 was used as temporary
quarters.
In 1927, the library took on an
unprecedented importance when
it was given a permanent place in
Room 307. Here, around a varied
assortment of tables and seated
on an equally varied assortment
of chairs, students could browse
to their heart's content, under the
direction of such faculty members
and students as had enough spare
time to act as librarian. A year
later, however, Mrs. Foster was
named director of the library, and
a number of stern improvements
were made when dark corners
were eliminated and the course in
Romance discouraged. To compensate for the loss, 165 new
books were added at the time. It
was a truly impressive array, with
the English books' alone occupying
half a bookcase! Then, in the fall
of 1935, the library was further
enlarged to include the space formerly occupied by Dean God-
dard's office, and new stacks
were added to house the grand
total of 1925 volumes.
Our modern J. C. library began to take form in 1937, when,
under the direction of Miss Marion Baker, high school librarian,
Doris Larsen became assistant librarian. Miss Larsen took complete charge in 1940. That year
saw the third floor of the Coffman Building remodeled and
found' the library in the well-
equipped and attractive quarters
which it occupies today under the
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How do Rochester Junior College students compare in achievement and knowledge with students in other colleges? How much do
they learn in two years? What is the understanding of current events
and fields of cultural information of freshmen and sophomores?
Six instructors tried to find answers to these questions during a
1951 summer workshop by analyzing data from the testing programs
in which tests of general culture, contemporary affairs and English are
taken by freshmen and sophomores. It was possible to measure the
change in scores over the two years and to relate these changes to
courses of study. Sophomore standings were compared to the national sophomore average to determine how our students compared
with those in other colleges.
Profiles of the science, literature, and arts and the pre-professional group indicated general improvement of scores over the two-
year period. The general culture
total score for freshmen compared
with sophomores is at the 55th
percentile, but when their standing
two years later is compared with
national sophomore scores the
score is at the 70th percentile.
In the contemporary affairs total
score, the freshman average is at
the 65th percentile and the sophomore average is at the 79th percentile when both are compared
with   national   sophomore   norms.
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At a most interesting Junior College convocation last month. Dr.
Charles Mayo supplemented his
lecture with beautiful colored
slides illustrating his trip to the
Far East. As a member of a group
sponsored by the Government and
under the direction of Secretary of
Defense Robert Lovett, Dr. Mayo     pre.professionals were above the
The English scores were related
to the number of English credits
earned at RJC. The group taking nine credits of English had a
sophomore average at the 40th
percentile, while the 24-credit
group had an average at the 81st
percentile on the English test.
RJC sophomore standing in
comparison to students of other
colleges was determined by finding the national percentile rank.
There has been a steady improvement in the three years that the
sophomores have been tested. In
1949 the Rochester Junior College
participated in making a survey of
the health conditions i n Europe
and the Far East and the effects
of the atomic bomb in Japan.
national average in all but literature and fine arts. In 1950 the
RJC curve ran higher on all parts,
and in  1951  the pre-professional
       average was above the national
In Korea he was especially ob- average on all parts of the tests,
servant of the new method of For example, the average Roches-
transporting the wounded to hos- ter Junior College science score
pitdls by the use of helicopters, is better than that of 80 per cent
By this means of transportation of students all over the country
the wounded may be given blood and the average- reading compre-
plasma enroute and, as a result, hension score better than that of
many more lives are saved than 75 per cent of students from other
would otherwise be possible. colleges.