The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 20, Number 4

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ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1952
NUMBER  4
kalty Attends
lE.A. Convention
holiday that we all enjoy-
tently wasn't granted us be-
our   faculty   felt   that   we
rest after our mid-quarter
linations. We had these days
location—October 22, 23, and
in order that the members of
laculty could attend the Min-
i   Educational    Association
ling  in   Minneapolis   and   St.
■n Wednesday, October 22,
■junior college group had a
lial workshop on the campus
Ihe University of Minnesota.
I program for this workshop,
sponsored by the Minne-
i Junior College Association,
• University of Minnesota, the
kr College Section of the Minna Education Association, and
[Minnesota State Department
(Education, was followed
I Friday by a general
eting with speeches by
piinent people, outstanding of
ltd was Quentin Reynolds, falls newspaper correspondent,
[workshop  itself  was  divided
six sections—Speech-English,
|ness   Education - Accounting,
igical Sciences, Social Studies,
fecal Education-Health, and
fical Sciences—with members
le faculties of the various jun-
Icolleges of Minnesota as their
■men. Mr. Phillip Kortz of
|'C. was chairman of the Busi-
Education-Accounting    Sec-
|e meeting was concluded on
[day at Concordia College
f*i in the morning, meetings
1 Psychology-Student Activities
|°n and a section on Adult
pion were held, followed by
Peon in the college dining
land a final general session
[afternoon. In this afternoon
Fg, Dr. Robert J. Keller, Pro-
Fof Education at the Universal Minnesota and Chairman
I"e Senate Committee on In-
rior|ai Relationships spoke on
|toPic, "The Problems of Min-
F Junior Colleges."
Don't Miss It!
If Women Worked As Men Do, by Ellen Goodfellow, and
They're None of Them Perfect, by Sophie Kerr, are the two tryout plays that will be presented1 to the students at an assembly,
Thursday, Novmber 13, at ten in the morning in Coffman Hall.
The cast of If Women Worked As Men Do are Gloria Cha-
foulias, Mary Williams, Rosemary Moon, and' Marilyn Koenig.
The characters in They're None of Them Perfect include
Nancy Edwards, Barbara Kimball, Elaine Harvey, Caroline
Schmeling, and Marilyn Ernst; John Parkhill, the lone man,
comes in briefly at the climax.
A third try-out play, He Ain't Done Right by Nell, includes
male actors and a few women. The tentative date for this play
is December 9.
Zestful J.C Spirit
Sparks Homecoming
Homecoming festivities for the Rochester Junior College officially
ended with the annual dance held after the homecoming game, October 17, in North Hall.
Approximately 165 students and alumni danced to the music'of
Pal Thede's band. They were entertained during the intermission by
some of Bob Toddie and Dan Sandberg's original humor, and listened
to brief talks given by Janet Edwards, Pat Blethen, Charles Singley,
Joe Rockenbach, and Jerry Mahoney.
Dance decorations consisted of blue and gold crepe paper
streamers adorning the walls and1 ceiling, an orchestra backdrop of
T-formation, silver footballs against blue velvet curtains, and bouquets
of flowers in front of the band.
The homecoming celebration opened that morning with a rousing snake dance, led by the pep band and cheerleaders, which started at the third floor of Coffman building, and ended in the Central
Auditorium.
J. C. Graduate
Works for Degree
Julius Block, who was graduated from Rochester Junior College
in 1951 with an Associate of Arts
degree, is now a student in Chicago College of Optometry.
Having completed pre-optomet-
ric courses at Rochester, he will
now be able to earn the degree
of Doctor of Optometry in three
academic years.
Jule says that his interest in
optometry was inspired by taking
a course at Rochester Junior College entitled "Ophthalmic Optics"
under the supervision of Dr.
Charles Sheard of the .Mayo
Clinic.
He plans to establish a practice in the state of Minnesota
upon graduation from Chicago
College of Optometry.
The coronation assembly, which
followed, introduced to the students the new cheerleaders, the
football team, and its homecoming royalty, Queen Janet Edwards, her attendants, Nancy
Edwards, and Darlene Glynn, and
the crown bearer, little Jean
Cranston. The recently selected
cheerleaders, Don Dallman, Rosie
Moon, Kay Kleckner, Lloyd Henke,
and Mary Williams led the students in a series of cheers fo
boost the spirit for the game.
Following the coronation of
Queen Janet, David Gentling, a
graduate of 1936, spoke on his
J. C. football career and the advantages of going to a smaller
college, such as J. C. As each
student left the assembly he was
given a corsage of yellow mums
with bright blue ribbons to further add-to the spirit of the oc-
(Continued on page 6, col. 2)
Education Week
Plans Complete
American Education Week, November 9-15, is a week dedicated
to the betterment of the relations between the community and its
schools. Mr. Paul, director of Rochester Junior College activities for
the week, said that the purpose of the event is, "to acquaint the community and the public with the activities of the school system and to
foster a better relationship between the community and its schools."
The theme for this year's American Education Week, "Children in Today's World" is modified, for the Junior College, to "Young Adults in
Today's World."
R. J. C.'s part in the activities of American Education Week will
be publicized in radio programs, stories in the Post-Bulletin, and a
display in the window of O'Connor's Men's Wear. Activities at the
open house, to be held in Coffman Building, Thursday, November 13,
will include a program in Coffman Hall, refreshments after the program, and student conducted tours of the Junior College.
  The events of the week will be
Deans Meet
At U. of M.
Dean Goddard recently attended the meeting of the Minnesota
Junior College Deans' Association
held on the afternoon of October
24 in the Continuation Center of
the University of Minnesota. At
this meeting, he gave a report
on the material discussed at the
Kansas City meeting of the North
Central Council of Junior Colleges
held on October 16 to 18. The
Dean said that most of the time
was spent discussing the problem
of getting the next State Legislature to give state aid to Junior
Colleges. If our proposed bill
were enacted," said the Dean,
"we would have state aid on the
same basis as high schools. Also
there would be no tuition, no activity fee and books would be
furnished to the student free of
charge." This would apply not
only to resident students but to
all those coming to Rochester Junior College from the state of Minnesota. He also said, "We propose a plan for organizing six
other junior colleges in the state
so that 90% of the young people in Minnesota would be within
commuting distance of a junior
college or of some other college."
Deans from all junior colleges in
Minnesota attended this meeting.
Many outstanding speakers
were present at the  Kansas City
(Continued on page 3, col. 1)
recorded in scrapbooks to be assembled by the librarians of the
school system, Miss Merle Ingli,
chairman of the committee, and
the High School, Junior High
School, and grade school librarians. Teachers in the grade
schools will collect the material
from their various schools. The
scrapbook will contain pictures of
the display windows, pictures of
fhe programs of the various
schools, copies of the invitations
sent to parents, posters publicizing the week, scripts of radio programs presented by the schools,
and copies of articles from the
Rochester Post-Bulletin dealing
with American  Education Week.
The window display in O'Connor's show-window will demonstrate what happened to the 1951
graduating class, where and how
they are employed, by means of
ribbons and posters. There will
be a large map of Rochester with
ribbons leading to the places of
employment of former students,
and ribbons leading to placards
explaining the whereabouts of
students no longer in Rochester.
Mr. William Walton will be in
charge of the window, with the
other members of the committee,
Mr. Karl Dubbert and Mr. Gerald
Paul assisting him.
The committee on newspaper
publicity, Miss Marie Matt, chairman, and Miss Louise Barthelemy,
have been working with the committee of the other schools, and
have arranged for two articles in
(Continued on page 3, col. 3)