The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 21, Number 8

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VOLUME  XXI
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1954
NUMBER   8
Students Nominate Queen, Booster Cup Candidates
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 ; Each year a Golden "R" award
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Rosemary Moon, Mary Ann Schuster, Colleen Schley, Marilyn Ernst, Polly Sorida, and Elaine Harvey.
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ivities which are beneficial to the
iest  interests   and   representative
PENCILS ,f the ideals of the institution.
Also    the    American    Legion
[TY      1a'<es an annual award to a col-
p    rirjsge man or woman selected on a
'•asis of courage, leadership, hon-
oadway . .      .    .      . .
'  >r, service, and scholarship.
On Tuesday, January 19, a
ommittee, chairmaned by Mr.
Rockenbach, and composed of
Ar. Bateman, Miss Evans, Miss
Aatt, and sMiss McGee assembled,
revious to the meeting each
eacher was given a list of stu-
lents on which they indi-
ated which students they
elf met the requirements for
ie Golden "R" and the
ie American Legion award. The
ommittee then took those names
nat were handed in and check-
d them for grade point average
nd activities participated in, and
liminated any students who had
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Paul H. Giddens, president
of the University of Hamline
at St. Paul, will be JC's commencement speaker. Commencement will be held Tuesday, June 8.
Who's Queen?    Remains to Be Seen!
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fjQ G&it&uticd Queen
An event at the convocation which was held on Thursday, January 21, was the nomination and presentation of the Rochester Junior
College Centennial Queen candidates. The girl chosen as our Centennial Queen will reign at the JC Centennial Ball, February 19. The
primary election of the JC queen will take place on February 3 and
will be followed by fhe final election, February 10.
The first queen candidate to be presented at the convocation
was Polly Sorida, who is representing the International Relations Club.
Polly, who was introduced by LeRoy Christopherson, is a native of
Hawaii, and a medica'l secretarial student at RJC. She is known to
all as a tiny, dark haired miss with a lot of pep. Polly is the secretary of IRC and is also active in the Secretarial Club.
Introducing the second candidate was Don Ryan. This young
lady is another of JC's small, dark haired misses. She is Sherrill
Davies, representative of the publications, Echo and Rajuco. Sherrill
is a sophomore enrolled in the pre-education course. She is active
on the Rajuco staff and is known to all for her big brown eyes.
Third group to present a queen candidate were the Rajesters.
Jerry Olerud presented their choice, Rosemary Moon. Rosie is an active member of the Rajesters and is also noted for her enthusiasm
as a cheerleader at the JC basketball games.
Helen Lawniczak introduced fhe next candidate, Marilyn Ernst.
Marilyn is representing the Secretarial Club of which she is an active
member. She is also a member of the Rajuco staff and is active in
the Rajesters. Marilyn is another of JC's short, dark haired young
ladies.
Mary Ann Schuster, who is the only red haired miss in the contest, was next to be presented. Mary Ann was introduced by Dick
Hamann, as the candidate for the Newman Club. She is active in
both the Newman Club and Secretarial Club, and is the only girl
representing the taller girls of JC.
Next candidate to be presented was the choice of the Optics
Club, Mary Williams. The introduction of Mary was a little out of the
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Council Presents
Quiz Program
One of the features af the January 21 convocation was a mock
quiz program sponsored by the
Student Council and presented by
Wayne Webb with the assistance
of Dave Dunn and Don Kruse.
The students who participated as
contestants were: Pat Cooper,
John Ferguson, Colleen Schley,
Don Ryan, and Lynn Peeler.
The program was quite humorous, for the contestants had to
answer their questions while
chewing a mouthful of bubble
gum. The first two contestants
received as prizes: free rides on
the down escalator at Dayton's,
and free admittance to a matinee
at the Rochester Outdoor Theatre.
During the quiz the audience's
reactions were controlled by Don
Kruse manipulating the audience
response cards. Things became
confusing when he held the BOO
card upside down and backwards. Colleen Schley was the
lucky girl who won the grand
prize, Lynn Peeler handcuffed to
her wrist. They made a spectacular couple, tiny Colleen and the
6 foot, 200 pound hunk called
Peeler.
Colleen also was awarded a
pass to enter the Sunday night
wrestling matches—if accompanied by a Siamese twin. Peeler
filled the bill. Panic almost resulted at the end of the program
when Dave Dunn couldn't find
the  key to the handcuffs.
Election Held
One of the traditions of RJC
is the annual election of a student to receive the Booster
award. This award is given to
the person whom the student
body chooses in a popular election.
The recipient of the Booster
Cup is considered an outstanding
booster of RJC, an energetic
leader in school activities, and a
loyal member of the student
body. The first award was given
in 1924, and since that time thirty-two students have had their
names engraved on the cup,
which included two ties.
This year a different procedure
was tried in obtaining nominations. Instead of oral nominations, ballots were given to the
students attending the convocation on January 21. Each student present wrote his choice on
the ballots which were picked up
at the close of the meeting. This
resulted in a total of seventeen
nominations, twelve boys and five
girls. The counting was done by
Miss Evans, Dean of Student Affairs, who then submitted the six
names with the most votes for the
primary election held Monday,
January 25.
The six students topping the
nomination list were all sophomores. These included the five
sophomore members of the Student Council. Arranged alphabetically the candidates are:
Elaine Harvey, Frank Roller, Sue
Rye, Frank Smith, Dave Sperling,
and Wayne Webb.
Elaine Harvey has been an active participant in many organizations. At present she is managing editor of the Echo, having
served as news editor in her fresh-
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Centennial Bail
The JC Centennial Ball will
be held February 19, at the
Rochester Country Club. The
Esquires will play for this
dance.