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THE JAUSEE ECHO
tfME XIX
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY, MAY  22,  1952
NUMBER  15
Be Moon" Theme
nned For Prom
norrow Night
, date of this year's Spring
JqI is Friday, May  23.    The
> is going to be held at the
|cia Ballroom,  with  dancing
9:00   to    1:00,    with    Pal
L's orchestra   providing   the
I for the evening.   The theme
lis year's   dance    is   "Blue
I" and  the  decorations  for
formal will be carried Out in
Idance with the theme.
i tickets for the  dance will
Jjld a week before at $1.75
tuple, and at the dance at
) per couple.     Members  of
social Commjttee will   be  in
|e of selling tickets.
s committees for the Spring
|ol are as follows: Janet Ed-
ls and Pat Blethen in charge
blicity;  Marilyn   Holtorf,   in
|e  of    refreshments;    Bob
I will be in  charge of the
| sale; and   the   decorations
jiittee  will   consist   of   Janet
Ingburg, chairman, and Janet
Irds, Marilyn Holtorf,  Nancy
lamer, and Pat Blethen.    So
pour date and  come to the
] Formal on Friday, May 23.
lew Prof
pointed
pi year  the   Rochester  Jun-
ge will have a new phy-
jprofessor, William U. Walton,
replace Mr. Willard, who
d last year and could not
pplaced this year.
Walton graduated from-
draw Wilson High School in
™ngton, D. C. He received
jochelor of Science and Mas-
grees from the University
pigan and has spent a year
|aduate work. The past year
1Qs been teaching physical
ps and physics at Wooster
in Ohio. Next year he
the physics courses and
:°l science course.
;i5 experienced in Boy Scout
j'M.C.A. camp work, having
pa his training for camp
Qt the Audubon Nature
f in Maine. Mr. Walton is
N and has two children.
leach
Have You Signed Your Pledge?
As of last Wednesday, only 84 pledges for the Rajuco had
been turned in at the Junior College office. Students have been
asked to pay $1.50 to help defray expenses. Pledges can still
be turned in, and anyone wishing a yearbook is urged to do so.
Bogue to Speak At Graduation
The Rochester Junior College is fortunate in having obtained
Dr. Jesse P. Bogue as commencement speaker. Dr. Bogue's address
will be entitled "Five Words." Dr. Bogue, who is the executive secretary of the American Association of Junior Colleges, is a native of
Alabama. He graduated from the Academy of DePauwe University,
Greencastle, Indiana, and entered the College of Arts and Sciences
from which he graduated in 1914. His graduate work was done at
Boston University and Northwestern.
Dr. Bogue has been a college
teacher, high school superintendent and principal and for 16 years
was the president of Green Mountain Junior College, Poultney,
Vermont. While he was at Green
Mountain, he served as a representative in the Vermont legislature, and assisted in securing the
first law in the state to establish
minimum salaries for public school
teachers.
Dr. Bogue is the author of The
Community College, editor of
American Junior Colleges and of
the Washington Newsletter and is
a regular contributor to the Junior College Journal.
In his teaching career, Dr.
Bogue has been af Harvard, the
University of Denver, the State
University of Iowa, Michigan State
College, and Johns Hopkins University. He has traveled more
than a half million miles in the
U. S. since 1946 to study junior
colleges first hand.
Dr. Bogue
Mad Sacks
Hold Picnic
The Secretarial Club picnic was
held on Thursday, May 15, at
Shady Oaks. This picnic took the
place of their monthly dinner
meeting which is usually held at
the Merry-Go-Round. A Freshman Committee, headed by Janet
Edwards, planned the picnic.
Marilyn Holtorf, Edith deGroot,
Beverly Kesler, and Carolyn
Schmeling served on the Food
Committee. Janet Dansingburg
and Dolores Stoltenberg'were in
charge of transportation.
I. R. C. Members
Visit Waldorf
For Conference
On Monday, May 5th, five
members of the Rochester International Relations Club journeyed
to Forest City, Iowa, to attend a
regional conference at Waldorf
Junior College. Members making
the trip were: Alice Dodge, Nancy
Bumgarner, Donna Mathison,
Robert Ripple, and Bob Toogood.
They were accompanied by Mr.
Bateman, club advisor.
At the conference, Alice and
Nancy attended the panel discussion on the Far East, and Donna
and the two Bobs attended discussions on the United States' role
in Germany's future. Nancy and
Donna were chosen as reporters
from their respective groups, and
were required to summarize the
findings of the panels and report on them at the banquet held
that night.
(Continued on page 5, col. 2)
Annual Awards to Be Given
At Tonight's Gala Banquet
Tonight is the big night! At 6:30 all the students at Rochester
Junior College will be assembled in Central Cafeteria for the annual
Spring Banquet. Planned by the Student Council, the Banquet is the
high point of the year's activities. A former J. C. student, Philip Kern,
who was recently named1 "Young Man of the Year" of Rochester will
be the guest speaker. Mr. Kern is assistant manager of Rochester
Opticians.
Presentation of the awards will also take place. The Booster
Cup, which is given to the boy or girl chosen by the student body
as the outstanding booster for the college, will be presented by Chuck
Eichten, freshman student council  representative.
Miss Matt and Dr. Sheard will present the Golden R's. They are
awarded by the faculty to the boy and girl who have rendered praiseworthy service to the college in any activities which are beneficial to
the best interests and representative of the ideals of R. J. C.
 ;         The   American    Legion   Award
WATCH FOR The    ||
(I Commencement Issue! (|
Former J. C. Student
Participates in Panel
Wayne Field, a '47 graduate
of R. J. C. and winner of the Booster Cup, recently participated in
a round table discussion at the
All Minnesota Sales Congress
held in the Ryan Hotel, St. Paul,
and sponsored by the Minnesota
A & H Association.
Wayne is the remarkable president of the Hope Chest Linen
Co., Inc., which he organized
four years ago while still at the
University of Minnesota. Since
that time the company has enjoyed a remarkable growth, having sales over a quarter of a million in 1951, and at present employing 45 salesmen in Minneapolis, Houston, and Los Angeles. A
number of these salesmen are former J. C. college students.
At present Mr. Field is secretary of the Minneapolitan Toast-
masters Club and a member of
fhe Minneapolis Junior Chamber
of Commerce. While attending
JC, he was an active member of
Gamma Rho, the Student Council,
contributor to the Rajuco, and
Sophomore class president.
At the University of Minnesota
he was enrolled in the College of
Business Administration and later
pursued graduate courses in
speech.
will be presented by Postmaster
J. W. Feller. The recepient is
recommended by the faculty as
fulfilling the ideals of honor, loyalty, courage, and scholarship.
Dean Goddard will speak, and
Janice Wees and Mary Hanson
will present a piano-violin duet.
Bob Ripple will be master of
ceremonies, and will receive the
gavel as the new student council
president from Dick Fitzgerald.
(Continued on page 6, col. 4)
Students Picnic
At Whitewater
For all those students who journeyed to Whitewater Thursday,
May 8, despite the cool weather
and wet ground, the Spring Picnic
was a tremendous success.
Students and faculty entertained themselves with a variety of
interesting activities, such as croquet, softball, climbing hills or
mountains, whichever you prefer,
and sailing on a raft. While no
one went swimming intentionally,
a number of fhe students were
quite wet when they got off the
raft.
After such grueling exercise,
everyone's appetite was thoroughly whetted. The Social committee had provided an excellent
menu consisting of hot dogs, potato chips, apples, carrot sticks,
marshmallows, ice cream, pop,
milk,  and  coffee.     When  every-
(Continued on page 6, col. 2)