The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 20, Number 10

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TRE JAUSEE ECHO
ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY  27,   1053
NUMBER   10
Student Body Meets
To Plan for Future
Robert Ripple, Student Council president, presided over the mass
student meeting Friday, February 13. First of all, Lloyd Henke, cheerleader, thanked the students for their good turnout and support at
the Rochester-Austin J. C. game.
Next, Dean Roy Goddard explained that since 1924 J. C. students have chosen a fellow student to receive the Booster Cup Award.
Nominees for the award this year were: Alice Dodge, Charles Eichten,
John Dreher, Robert Ripple, Thomas Hennessey and Bernie Brogan.
Alice Dodge and Charles Eichten were chosen as the finalists in the
primary election February 16. The final election was held Wednesday, February 18.
         Following     t h e     nominations,
Gamma Rho
Elects Cubs
Left to right:    David Hunt, Jerry Gray, Bernard Brogan and Gene Clabough.
\tudents Participate
|n Mayoralty Contest
During the past two weeks the Junior College has had a part
t the mayoralty contest in the city of Rochester. Bernard Brogan,
I year old J. C. student, was one of the five candidates who filed
r the office of mayor Bernie was defeated in last Tuesday's pri-
rary by Councilman Adolph Bach and Claude McQuillan. The
pndidacy was not a joke, it was a serious attempt with the idea ot
pining os much practical experience as possible in the field of city
pvernment and politics. The idea of the campaign arose in Miss
Metre's American Government class, when, shortly after former mayor
Boude McQuillan had filed, someone remarked that it appeared McMillan would be unopposed. With Bernie as the candidate and Bob
brnan and Jerry Gray as chairman, the filing was made and the
ppaign began.
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ernard Brogran is 23 years
P and a native of Chatfield,
pnesota, where he went to
Pool. He attended Junior Col-
fge in 1949 before serving about
fo years in the army. This
for Bernie is enrolled in the sec-
N year of the Business Admin-
lation course and will graduate
i™ J. C. this spring.
On Thursday, February 12th, a
meeting of the entire student
body was held in Coffman Hall,
one of the purposes of which was
to nominate the candidates for
the Booster Cup Award. Dean
he campaign produced the ex- Roy Goddard explainedthat since
ience that everyone anticipat-     1924 tne snJdents of'R. J. C. have
chosen a student to receive this
award. The recipient then has
either his or her name engraved
on the cup.
The  following candidates were
nominated   for   the   Booster   Cup
as   a   whole,   has   become    Award:    Alice    Dodge,    Charles
^h more interested in politics."    E-jchten,    Robert   Ripple,   Thomas
'"ere  were  several, difficulties    Hennessey,   Bernard   Brogan   and
ue overcome in the campaign,    John Dreher.
(Continued on page 5, col. 2) (Continued on page 6, col. 4)
Bernie said, "We have found
fat politics, as such, is not a
Me matter, but we have.gain-
'.much by experience and have
l^ght    more    interest   to    our-
"es.     I   feel   that  the   commit-
Talk Traces
Faust Idea
Dr. Frederick Pfeiffer, associate
professor in-the German department at the University of Minnesota, in the second of the current
series of lectures on "Cultural
Patterns in Literature," Tuesday,
February 17, discussed the Faust
idea of Gothe's drama, "Faust,"
and compared it with that of
Thomas Mann's novel, "Dr. Faus-
tus."
Mann's Faust-idea, said Professor Pfeiffer, is much more logical
and ethically acceptable than
Goethe's. Thomas Mann, originally a humanist, believing that
beauty, truth, and goodness are
one and the. same thing, reveals
a change of attitude and rejects
this idea. In "Dr. Faustus," the
speaker said, Mann tries to show
that the beauty of music is evil
and that Naziism is the outgrowth
of the Faustian soul bewitched by
beautiful music.
Dr. Pfeiffer concluded that,
while Goethe's Faust ends on a
blasphemous note, Thomas Mann
has taken a firm hold of the
Faust-idea and has revealed it for
what it is.
Nineteenth century French literature will be the subject of the
next lecture in the current series.
It wil be given by Dr. Francis Barton of the University of Minnesota, on Tuesday evening, 7:30,
March 3, in Coffman hall of the
Coffman school  building.
Twenty-five students who do
consistent outstanding work on
the JAYSEE ECHO and/or RAJUCO were initiated last night to
become members of Gamma Rho,
the R. J. C. journalistic society.
Their formal initiation at the
Markay dining hall climaxed a
somewhat hectic day, planned for
them by last year's Gamma Rho
members, namely, Alice Dodge,
president; Edith de Groot, secretary-treasurer, John Dreher, Luan
Goodman, Janet Edwards, Jerry
Gray, Donald Phillips, and Carolyn- Schmeling.
The JAYSEE ECHO workers who
became Gamma Rho members are
Yvonne Bacon, Elaine .Harvey,
Beverly Honer, Kathryn Joyce,
Richard Kiefer, Barbara Kimball,
Kay Kleckner, Virginia Knutson,
Marilyn Koenig, Gloria Ann Marquardt, Corrine Price, Pat Cooper,
Mary Williams, and Robert Too-
good. RAJUCO workers initiated
are Elaine Campion' and Avis
Sandum. Susan Blethen, Gloria
Chafoulias, Sherrill Davies, Suzanne Fritsch and Suzanne Rye
are the new members who work
on both the publications. Photographers who were initiated are
John Edstrom, Douglas Mclntyre,
and Charles Martin.
Yesterday began with the initiates having painted on their
foreheads the Greek letters
"Gamma" and "Rho" which are
the letters "C" and "R." Any
and all efforts made by the students to remove their marks re--
sulted    in—you   guessed   it—more
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Frank Roller gave a report on the
Merry-Go-Round activities. He
urged more students to eat at the
Merry-Go-Aound, as it will have
to be closed during the month of
May because of lack of funds.
He said that the Merry-Go-Round
will open on Friday night, February 20, for square dancing,
modern dancing, cards, and ping-
pong.
Next, Sue Rye, social committee chairman for the spring quar-"
ter, reviewed the events on the
spring social calendar. They are
the spring formal, banquet and
picnic at Whitewater Park. The
students were asked for suggestions for parties they would like
to have. Some of the ideas were:
hay ride, roller skating party and
a dance similar to last year's
"Idiot's Delight."
Exams Loom
Next Week
Another quarter of work at
R. J. C. will terminate next week,
with a five day schedule of final
exams.
The examinations will be conducted the same as in the past,
starting on Monday morning at
8:00 a.m. and ending on Friday.
Registration for the spring
quarter will be Tuesday, March
10, as there will be no school on
Monday, March 9. The procedure for registration will also be
the same as before. By presenting the Winter Quarter Activity
ticket in the Deans' office, a new
activity ticket for tse spring
quarter may be obtained.