The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 22, Number 11

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THE JAVJSEE ECHO
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1955
NUMBER 11
fC Adds Seven
Spring Roster
|le opening of the Spring
irter here at RJC saw the ad-
m of six new faces to the
ent body.
Ine or these is Melba Elvir.
from Beliye, British Hon-
ls, and now lists her perman-
Jdress as Rochester. Melba
hrolled in the General Secre-
hl course.
[om Farmersburg, Iowa, comes
iel Hanson. He is a veteran
is studying in the Engineer-
Technology course. Daniel
I inally came from LaCrosse,
•onsin, and graduated from
school at Strom, Wisconsin.
tihn Klickman, who  is  enroll-
n Business Administration, re-
to RJC after a four year
Itnce. John left here as a
iomore in the spring of 1951
the armed service. He was
i at Wasioja, Minnesota, and
juated from Rochester High
ool.
tidying   Business   Administra-
■I here is  Richard  McHugh  of
Ipview,    Minnesota.     Richard,
is a veteran,  lived  in  Bea-
J Minnesota, before moving to
nview.
toming    here    from    Heredia,
fa  Rica,   is   Walter   Morales.
er  is  here   studying   in   the
jieral Course.
former student at the Uni-
ity of Denver is Ralph Petz.
)h is a veteran and lives in
dester.
mother  former  J.   C.   student
return to J.  C.  from the Uni-
this    quarter    is    Joseph
Bimson.
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Ihe United States air force av-
fn cadet  selection   team   will
this campus   on   March   29,
|5, between  the   hours   of   9
to 4:30 P.M., to  interview
Interested students that desire
rmation concerning the avia-
radet program.
!e team, commanded by First
tenant Thomas F. Bommarito,
[be located on the third floor
foffman Hall.    Interested stu-
may   obtain    information
|out obligation.
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Rehearsing their lines for the production, "Mrs. McThing," (left to right) are Tom Erickson,
Richard Jensen, Mary Jo Devlin, Margaret Lee, Pat Hamilton and Richard Hamann.
"Mrs.McThing"Given fta Groups
P»      r»  I r*   r\ • Convene Here
By RJC Dramatists
Monday evening, March 14, at 8:15 p.m., "Mrs. McThing," a
two act comedy by Mary Cole Chase, was presented by the dramatic
department of Rochester Junior College. The play was under the
direction of Miss Flora McGhee. As a prelude to the play, Sharon
Fountain played Irish selections on the organ.
There were two settings for the production; Larue Towers, the
mansion of the wealthy Mrs. Howard R. Larue III, and the Shantyland
Pool Hall Lunchroom. Both were very realistic sets, and the action
which took place in the aisles of the auditorium, which were designated as streets and alleys, added to the realism of the settings.
Mrs. Larue was played by Margaret Lee, who gave an excellent
portrayal of the wealthy socialite. Her son, Howay, was played by
Tom Erickson who had a difficult part portraying the two Howay
Larues, one the well mannered son of Mrs. Larue, and the other, a
mobster in Poison Eddie Schellenbach's mob.
Outstanding  characters  in  the
play were the three Loomis sisters, the three mobsters, and Mrs.
Schellenbach, Poison Eddie's
mother. The tittery Loomis sisters were played by Pat Hamilton, as Evva, Mary Jo Devlin, as
Maud, and Kathleen Beckley, as
Grace. Their unusual hats, which
were created by Mrs. Joe Robbins of Rochester,. lent much
"style" to their parts. . Evvd's hat
of fluttering plumes, Maud's of
many kinds of fruit, and Grace's
of multitudes of flowers, gave
character to the three old maids.
The mobsters, Poison Eddie
Schellenbach, played by Richard
Hamann, Dirty Joe, by George
Joyce, and Stinker, by Robert
Williams, were all excellent in
their parts, as was Lillian Von
Osten, who played Poison Eddie's
mother. The three gangsters, in
their rough and tumble looking
clothes, and their gangland dialect added much humor to the
play. Mrs. Schellenbach, a mean
old lady, who definitely knew
how to manage her gangster
son, Eddie, had only two brief
appearances, but these two added much to the scenes.
Virgil, the waiter, played by
David Kruger, and Ellsworth, the
chef, played by Richard Jensen,
also appeared in the Shantyland
Pool Hall scenes. Ellsworth, a
tempermental chef, who gives
orders only to those customers
whose names pleased him, and
fancies himself to be a piano
player, helped with the general
comedy of the production.
(Continued on page 3, col. 5)
The Future Teachers of America Club from Austin Junior College met with the Rochester club
here March 15. The purpose for
this meeting was to better understand the problems of young
teachers and to become acquainted with the members of the Austin club.
The program was arranged
from 1:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on
Tuesday. The meeting started
with registration from 1:30 to
2:00, and from 2:00 to 2:30. The
Austin club made a tour of RJC.
During the afternoon there was
a discussion on "Problems in Beginning Backing" which lasted
from 2:30 to 4:30.
The program wound up at Holland's of Rochester, where the
entire group had dinner and listened to Mr. L. A. Christian who
spoke on "Opportunities \r\ Elementary Education." There was
a chance after his lecture for
group discussion on this topic.
The Rochester club, who played host, divided the various responsibilities among the commits
tees. Serving on the registration
committee were Charlotte Blumers and Janice Honer; tours
committee were Sandra Harding,
Dave Kruger, and Roger Rood.
Members of the social hour committee were Lillian Von Osten,
Carol Boyum, Ann Armstrong;
Dave Waldemar, and Don Kruse
were   in   charge   of  arranging  a
(Continued on page 8, col. 4)
Dean to Attend
Religion Conference
Dean Charles Hill has been invited as a delegate to a Conference on Religion in Junior Colleges to be held at the Perkins
School of Theology, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas,
Texas, April 5 to 7, 1955.
A limited number of delegates
was invited for their leadership
and their broad interest in religion. It is expected that they
will contribute significantly to the
conference and carry back to
their respective states and regions
findings of the conference. The
delegates will come from all
types of institutions, small and
large, tax-supported, independent, and Church-related. They
will consist of both administrators and faculty members.
As the conference is set up,
distinguished speakers will address the conference on themes
of pertinence to all junior colleges. At other times during the
conference schedule the total
company will divide into six
workshop groups to explore thoroughly six important aspects of
the question of religion in junior colleges, including: courses in
religion; religion in other disciplines; religion and the co-curric-
ular program; religion and college-community relationships; religion in the counseling and student personnel program; and religion and the faculty and staff.
Each of these workshops will be
headed by a well known junior
college executive, and consultants
of special competence will be
provided for each group.
In the last twenty years interest in the place of religion in
higher education has increased
greatly among the colleges and
universities of America. Various
national conferences on the topic
have been held for nearly all
types of institutions, the latest being meetings for state universities in 1951 and for teachers'
colleges in New Haven in 1953.
This will be the first meeting of
this type for junior colleges.
Phil (aroused from his nap): "Has
the professor finished?"
Bill: "He's finished but he hasn't
stopped yet!"