The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 21, Number 13

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Prom Plans Made
By Social Committee
What could be nicer on a warm evening in April than the sight
of a garden, white park benches, and as a background, soft music?
All of this will be the setting for the' annual Spring Prom which is to
be held tonight at the Rochester Country Club. The theme for this
year's prom is "Moonlight Serenade," and providing the music for
this serenade will be Pal Thiede's Orchestra.
Plans for the "Moonlight Serenade" have been made by the
Spring Social Committee, headed by Sandra Harding. Marilyn Ernst
is in charge of sprinkling the Stardust and raising the big silver moon
which will be the chief decoration' at the dance. Mike Sugg and Don
Fredrickson are assisting with the decorations. The chairman of the
refreshment committee is Roger Ranfranz, and Tom Roessler is in
charge of sweeping up fallen moon beams and bits of moonlight
melodies. Norma Jeanne Walhus, as chairman of the music committee, contacted the serenaders for the evening, Pal Thiede's Orchestra. Rosemary Moon is in charge of the tickets for the dance, which
are $1.65 a couple. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rockenbach and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Bateman will be chaperones for the evening.
(The spring social committee making plans for tonight's Prom are, standing: Roger Ranfranz,
Mike Sugg, Sandra Harding; seated, Marilyn Ernst and Rosie Moon. Missing from the picture
are Tom°Roessler and Don Fredrickson.
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ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954
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Phi Theta Kappa     Choir Fest to Be
Names Candidates   Held at St. Paul
:CORD"   ^ne initiation  for the Rajesters
and Delta Psi Omega—a national
omPs   tonorary fraternity for junior col-
Friday eges—was held in Coffman Mall,
jnight \pril 27 from 7:30 to 9:15. There
were refreshments  in   Room  402
'      "after the  program.    The  written
sxamination started the program
at 7:30, and an oral one foilow-
sd at 8:20.
Candidates for Delta Psi Omega  are  Thomson   Erickson,   who
clayed   in   Long   Voyage   Home
J       and The  Trial   of  Mary   Dugan;
 Charlotte   Blumers,   The   Trial   of
HP Wary Dugan and For Distinguish-
———'id Service;  Jerry   Olerud,   Long
Voyage Home  and The Trial  of
Wary   Dugan;    Rosemary   Moon,
_J-on9 Voyage Home and The Trial
of Mary   Dugan;   Mary   K.   Williams,  Long   Voyage   Home  and
fhe Trial  of Mary  Dugan; Margaret Lee, For Distinguished Service and The Trial  of Mary Dugan,- David Kruger, Long Voyage
\.       Home and The Trial of Mary Dugan,- Victor Batzel, Long Voyage
.,Home and The Trial of Mary Dugan,- Wayne Webb, Long Voyage
V    ."   Home and The Trial of Mary Du-
____^San; and Rick Kiefer, who work
ed with publicity for two years.
The written .examination included
questions on the Greek alphabet,
the organization of Delta Psi
Omega, and the origin and history of dramatics.
Candidates for the Rajesters
are Bonnie Jean Anderson, James
Evans, Richard Hamann, Richard
Jensen, Gerald Lehnherr, Jim
Lehnherr, Janice Nelson, Carl
Peterson, Susan Radke, Roger
Ranfranz, Geraldine Raymond-
prompter, Jim Schoenroek—photographer, Lillian Von Osten,
Norma Jeanne Walhus, Bob Williams, Robert Fredrickson, Jon
Richmond and Colleen Schley—
makeup. The examinations for
the Rajesters were impromptu.
The credentials of each candidate have to be passed upon by
a member of the Grand Cast at
National Headquarters. The present members of Delta Psi Omega
now attending JC are Gloria
Chafoulias, Marilyn Ernst, and
Elaine Harvey, who played in last
year's Good Housekeeping. The
food committee for the initiation
is Elaine Harvey, Marilyn Ernst,
and Richard Kiefer.
Plans for the initiation of the
new Phi Theta Kappa members
are now being formed. This
meeting will be held within the
next few weeks. Phi Theta Kappa is the national honor society
for junior colleges. The Rochester Junior College chapter, the
Omicron chapter, was founded in
1926. Qualifications for Phi Theta Kappa require that the student
have an accumulative average of
15 quarter hours, 12 of which
must be in the science, literature,
and arts. Students at RJC are
elected after two quarters on the
basis of their two quarter average. They may also enter any
quarter after this if the qualifications are fulfilled.
Candidates for this year's initiation are: Neil Anderson, Victor Batzel, Beverly Berndt, Russell Billings, Karen Eichinger, Naomi Kothenbeutel, Gerald Olerud,
Franklin Roller, Roger Rood, and
Frank Smith.
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On Saturday, May 8, the RJC
choir will travel to Concordia College in St. Paul to participate in
a Southern Minnesota JC entertainment festival. Each college is
to be given thirty minutes to present its talent. Entertainment will
consist of choir presentations,
one-act plays, vocal solos, and
humorous readings. The evening
program is to begin at 7:45 in
the newly erected auditorium
with Bethany presenting its talent first, followed by Rochester,
Austin, Worthington, and Concordia in that order.
Our choir will present the following selections: "April Is in My
Beloved's Face," a medley of
songs from "Carousel," "The Erie
Canal," "Rock-a-My Soul," "Hos-
anna," and "Swing Low."
This is the first such program
established by the Minnesota junior colleges, having been planned at the JC Student Council
Workshop held in Ely last October. The Northern Minnesota
Junior College Conference is conducting a similar program.
Society Tea
Held Thursday
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society gave an informd tea on
Thursday, April 29, in Coffman
Hall for all future teachers from
the Rochester Junior College, and
the juniors and seniors from the
Rochester High School. The society is made up of women teachers of the public school system.
The tea lasted from three p.m.
to five. A short program was
given, as was a report from the
group who attended the Future
Teachers of America meeting at
St. Olaf College on Tuesday,
April 27. The idea of the tea
was to stimulate interest for a
future club of this sort in this
school system.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SPRING  PROM
Tonight
SPRING   PICNIC
May ??
SPRING   BANQUET
May 25
COMMENCEMENT ""
June 8