The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 22, Number 7

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[onor Roll
Fall Quarter 1954
n order to receive standing
|the Honor Roll at Rochester
jior College a student must
jntoin an  average  of  "B"  or
tier.
[our students have maintained
Itraight "A"  average  for  the
Quarter.
|eRoy Christopherson, postdate, Rochester, 14 hours of
[laomi Kothenbeutel, sopho-
e, Rochester, 16 hours of A.
lussell Billings, sophomore,
yartville, 17 hours of A.
fcharon Hammond, freshman,
Chester, 17 hours of A.
)thers on the Honor Roll are:
I e i I Anderson, sophomore,
Ihester; Kathleen Beckley,
fchman, Rochester; William
bth, freshman, Plainview; Va-
Iki Chourmanis, freshman,
phester; Richard Cutshall, soph-
lore, Rochester; Robert Drake,
phman, Hayfield.
Mso Karen Eichinger, sopho-
e, Rochester; Arlene Fenske,
khman, Rochester; Sharon
Lntain, sophomore, Eyota; Mary
x, freshman, Dodge Center;
Irald Hartet, sophomore, Roch-
ler; David Hilts, sophomore,
Chester; Francis Hunter, fresh-
n, North Platte, Nebraska,- Lu
hn Iverson, sophomore, Hay-
|ld.
■Also Jim Jenewein,  post-grad-
Ite,   Rochester;    Gloria    Klings-
Irn, freshman, Pine Island; Eloise
Bn Koelsch,  freshman,   Pine   Is-
pd; Raymond  Kranz, freshman,
Chester; Idanna  Kuehn, sopho-
bre,   Rochester;    Elizabeth    La-
Jnte,    sophomore,     Rochester;
prgaret  Lee,  sophomore,   Win-
i; Dorothy Lofgren, post-grad-
|te, Detroit,  Michigan;  Virginia
nd,  freshman,   Dawson;   Janet
plson,    sophomore,     Rochester;
jrol Orpen,  freshman,   Rochester.
dso Jerome Pribyl, sophomore,
watonna;   Roger   Rood,   sopho-
Pre, Stewartville;  Dorothy  Rup-
pdit, sophomore, Rochester; La-
pnne Schwanke, freshman, Roch-
|er; Lillian  Von   Osten,   sopho-
.ore   Eyota;   David   Waldemar,
Iphomore,    Rochester;    David
prnecke, sophomore, Rochester;
pert Zeller, freshman,  Roches-
iJohn Zweifel, freshman, Roch-
Bter.
ROCHESTEE,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  JANUARY  14,  1955
NUMBER 7
Bud Runge Displays
Foreign Collection
Marshall Runge, better known
as Bud, has furnished the north
display case in JC's halls with a
foreign glitter. During his experiences in the armed services
in Japan, he used his photography skill and human curiosity
in collecting bits of oriental flavor.
There are nearly a dozen photos of various sights which were
all taken around Miyajima. A
Monument of Peace, which is a
modernistic stone construction resembling the canvas part of a
coverea wagon, enshrines the
tomb of the A-bomb victims. The
hyper-center of the A-bomb blast
with a shattered frame of a building standing; a Japanese hand
laborer making a broom; "the
wedded rocks" consisting of a
large and a small rock out in
the water joined by a sacred rope
"which is never to be broken;"
a girl pearl diver; "Torii," a simple gateway of rough logs standing in the water off-shore, meaning a purifier of an unclean body
and soul; a large Buddha, the
Pagoda, built over 1,300 years
ago in dedication to Emperor Yo-
mei, which is a square appearing
ground plan with five stories with
very prominent oriental roofs on
each section—these are some of
the pictures on display.
Two dolls are shown in brilliant
costumes. The Japanese children
do not play with dolls but instead dress them up anl look at
them. The Geisha girl is one
who studies singing, dancing, music, etiquette, flower arrangement, from her 10th birthday until she is about twenty. She becomes a professional entertainer
for banquets and gatherings. She
wears a bright kimona with brocaded obi around her waist and
the ancient hairdress with many
ornaments and flowers. The second doll shown is that of a male
warrior, or a Samurai, who has
a sword which he considers the
embodiment of his spirit.
Several other objects are displayed which include a Japanese
aid for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, comparable to  the slide  rule.    It is a
Sno-Week to Spark
Dull Winter Months
The Rochester Junior College will celebrate Sno-Week, February
6-12, with various winter activities planned, culminated by a winter
formal to be held February 12. This will be the first year that such
an event has been held at J. C.
The students will choose a queen to reign over the activities.
February 10 is set as the coronation date. Each organized school
club can nominate and sponsor a candidate for queen. Those which
have done so are the Rajuco and Echo, FTA, IRC, Choir, Rajesters,
Secretarial Club, Varsity Club, and Omega Pi Tau.
Class meetings were held Friday, January 7, at 10 a.m. to explain the Sno-Week queen election procedure. The primary will be
held Monday, January 31, and the final election Wednesday, February 2.    The candidates were presented at a convocation today.
The Winter Formal will be held at the Kahler Sky Room, February 12, 9:00-1:00 a.m. Other activities planned are a toboggan
party, February 8, at the Country Club, and skating, February 10,
at Lincoln.
Members of the social committee planning the events are: Janice
Honer, chairman, Mary Jo Devlin, Janet Nelson, Bob Williams, Pat
Fahy, Mike Sugg, Pat Moe, and George Joyce.
Phi Theta Kappa
Candidates Picked
rectangular box with 15 spindles
of six discs each with a bar separating one disc on each peg.
There is a pair of shoes, called
"geta" which consist of wedges
of wood painted with elaborate
designs and a V-shaped roll of
cloth on top of the flat straw-like
platform which holds the shoe on.
Also displayed are two chopsticks,  or  "hashi."
Of special interest are seven
wooden figures, hand carved deities representing the popular gods
of luck or fortune which are especially worshipped at the New
Year. There are temples dedicated to each of them, found
throughout Japan. They are:
Ebisu—deity of fishermen,- Daiko-
ku—god of wealth; Benten—the
only maiden deity representing
art, literature, music and eloquence; Bishamon—god of militarism (with a fierce facial expression); Fukurakujin—deity of prophecy with a long head and short
body to enable him to "live in
the mist of heaven and the dew
of earth"; Jurojin—god of longevity; and Hotei—a characteristic
figure of one who has attained
the wisdom of Buddhism. His
large abdomen indicates largeness of soul and inward wealth
of resources.
Marshall was in Japan a little
over two years with the Navy
Medical Corps, during which time
he worked in X-ray.
After one quarter of school
work there are thirteen students
who are candidates for Phi Theta
Kappa membership which is
a national honor s o c i e t y
and confers the highest
scholastic honor available at
JC. In order to be a candidate,
one must maintain a cumulative
B average, taking 15 hours of
work, of which 12 hours is in
S.  L.  A.
The candidates are Vasiliki
Chouramanis, LeRoy Christopherson, Richard Cutshall, Robert
Drake, Arlene Fenske, Sharon
Hammond, Francis Hunter, Raymond Kranz, Virginia Lund, Lucille Nichols, LaVonne Schwanke,
David Wernecke, and Robert Zeller.
Publication Groups Meet
In Lieu of Sno-Week
On January 5, a joint meeting of the staffs of the Rajuco
and Echo was held in Room 307.
Business of the meeting was the
election of a publications candidate for Sno Queen, and the
election of officers for Gamma
Rho.
Gamma Rho officers elected
were: Don Ryan, president, and
Sandra Harding, secretary-treasurer. Committees were also appointed in connection with the
initiation and banquet which is
to be held soon. The committee
in charge of the formal initiation
consists of Delores Brower, Mary
Jane Huntsinger, Sandra Harding,
and Don Ryan. Dave Waldemar,
LeRoy Christopherson, Karen
Eichinger, and Naomi Kothenbeutel will be in charge of the informal initiation ceremony. An
arrangements committee made up
of Charlotte Blumers, Liz LaPlante,
and Tom Erickson will make the
plans for the banquet.
Mary Jane Huntsinger was
chosen as candidate for Sno
Queen.
Former Student
Gains Appointment
A former JC student, George
Pougiales, has been appointed as
assistant county attorney by the
recently elected county commissioner, Dewayne P. Mattson, who
is also a former student of RJC.
Pougiales graduated from the
University of Minnesota I a w
school in 1950 and is in a partnership with Mattson in a civil
law practice.
Variety Spices
Gym Party
On Monday night, January 10,
the social committee sponsored
the second swim-gym of the year
in north and south gyms of Coffman.
Approximately 45 people attended, played badminton and
volleyball and used the school
swimming pool.
Three courts of badminton were
constantly being used all evening,
and the litera'l high spot of the
night was approximately 30 feet
above floor level where two unfortunate birdies became involuntarily nested in a rafter pocket
and an electric light.
The badminton courts were not
the sole scene for high spots. Several aspiring divers put on a
monkey - like demonstration of
swinging on the rafters of the
pool roof. Gracefully leaving the
diving board, they would soar
(sometimes) toward the rafter and
most often, flop miserably into
the water. There were bouts of
water polo at times.
The volleyball courts were
dominated  by JC men.    A short
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