The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 22, Number 14

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ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 13,  1U55
NUMBER  14
]\\i Theta Kappa Initiates Neiu Members
Phi Theta Kappa Initiates—front row—left to right:    Virginia  Lund, LaVonne Schwanke, Sharon Hammond, Lucille Nichols, Vas-
aliki Chouramanis, Arlene Fenske.    Back row—Robert Zeller, Raymond Kranz, Richard Cutshall, David Wernecke, LeRoy Christopher-
n, and Francis Hunter.
Inors Convocation
bed for May 20
liird   hour   Friday,   May   20,
mark the annual awards as-
jbly at RJC.
[he program   will   be   opened
an organ prelude by Sharon
|itain.   The    emcee,    George
e, will make the introductions
pwing which the JC cheerlead-
Kay   Brown,   Doris   Fossum,
n,   Armstrong,    and    Sandra
|ding, will   lead  the  audience
he school song.    The athletic
Irds will  be  given   by  Glenn
bndsen—basketball; Ted Maass
finis and track; Frank Kvam—
If; Mr. Singley will present spe-
[awards for free shots.
Liz LaPlante   will   present   the
[etarial Club awards following
h   Don   Kruse,   the    student
cil president, will award the
bers of  the  student  council,
Jerry Olerud, as president
fie IRC, will give the awards
the   International    Relations
Tuck Erickson will  present
[honors to the  Rajesters  and
Jie Delta Psi Omega,
pry Jane Huntsinger, as man-
pg editor of the Jaysee Echo,
present  the   awards   to   the
Standing staff members.    San-
Harding will   honor  the  Ra-
staff with pins.    The  honor
|ety, Phi Theta Kappa, will re-
[e awards   from   Neil   Ander-
fne  president.     The   assem-
|w»l be closed with organ sections.
Plans Completed for
RJC Spring Banquet
"Blossom Time" will be the theme of the annual Spring Awards
Banquet at Central Cafeteria, on Tuesday, May 24, at 6:30 p.m.
A tentative program has been drawn up by the Student Council
which is in charge of this event. There will be a candle lighting
ceremony before the dinner begins. A group of freshman girls will
be candle lighters, and Pat Hamilton will act as their speaker.
Mr. Saltzman will present the Poster Contest Awards. These
posters will be used, along with pictures of the year's activities, to
decorate the cafeteria.
The American Legion Award will be presented by Mr. George
Spoo.
Scholarship awards will be announced; these are the Morey,
Bank, and Engineering scholarships. The Booster Cup Award will be
presented to the student chosen by his fellowstudents as most worthy.
The climax of the evening will be the presentation of the Golden
"R" to the boy and girl whom the faculty has chosen as contributing
most to the school.
Admission to the banquet will
be by ticket, and studentst may
obtain tickets by turning in their
Spring Quarter Activity Tickets to
Miss Siem.
Student Council committees for
the Banquet are: Decorations,
Sandra Harding and Sharon
Hammond; Tickets, Don Kruse;
and Food, Mary Jane Huntsinger.
The Student Council has asked
all students planning to attend to be sure to get a ticket.
If you find that you are unable
to attend, please return the ticket;
this is the only way they have of
knowing how many to plan for,
and your co-operation in this will
make things easier for all concerned.
"Sand and the Sea"
Chosen Dance Theme
The annual spring formal
will be held tonight, May 13, at
the Rochester Country Club. The
theme for the dance is "Sand
and the Sea." The orchestra will
be that of Dick and Don Long.
A special feature will be a half
hour jam session before the
dance. The people on the social
committee are George Joyce,
chairman; Pat Roland, Kay Brown,
Margo Fick, Carole Myhre, Frank
Kvam, James Jenewein, and Bill
Barnes.
Choir Plans Tour of
Surrounding Schools
On Wednesday morning, May
18, the RJC choir, under the direction of Sidney Suddendorf, toured three nearby towns, Byron,
Kasson and Dodge Center. The
45-member troupe will leave Coffman around 8:00 on a bus, arriving at each town to present a
20-minute program at each.
Some of the numbers rendered were "Soon Ah Would Be
Done," "Deep River," "Madame
Jeanette," "The Old Deaf Woman," and "On Music" with Beatrice Sandum joining the choir on
her violin.
Annual Picnic Planned
The Junior College spring picnic will be held at Boyd's Resort
on May 18. There will be a
softball game between the freshmen and the sophomores and a
variety of other sports and activities. Hot dogs, pop, and all
the regular picnic fare will be
served. Everyone from the college is invited to go to the picnic where there will be lots to
eat and lots of fun.
.Making the arrangements is the
spring social committee, consisting
of Frank Kvam, Jim Jenewein,
Carol Myhre and Pat Roland, assisted by George Joyce, Bill
Barnes, Margo Fick, and Kay
Brown.
On Thursday evening, May 5,
at the Chandelier room of Holland's Cafe, the Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, national
honor society for junior colleges,
held its annual initiation dinner.
New members initiated were
Sharon Hammond, Vasiliki Chouramanis, Virginia Lund, Arlene
Fenske, LeRoy Christopherson,
Dick Cutshall, Raymond Kranz,
David Wernecke, Lucille Nichols,
Geraldine Raymond, Robert Zeller, Francis Hunter, and LaVonne
Schwanke.
Neil Anderson, president of
the local chapter, welcomed the
members, initiates, guests Dean
and Mrs. Hill, and Miss Barthelemy, faculty advisor for the organization. He then introduced
Dean Hill who spoke on the
"Values and Responsibilities of
Scholarship."
An informal initiation in which
all initiates participated then followed. Each person was involved in skits which were to stress
the importance of academic skills
and scholarship, but which proved more humorous than intellectual. The formal initiation, conducted by the officers of the society, Neil Anderson, Naomi
Kothenbeutel, and Gerald Olerud, concluded the program. Initiates repeated the pledge of the
society and signed their names
in  the official  roster.
Old members present were
Neil Anderson, Naomi Kothenbeutel, Gerald Olerud, Russell
Billings, Karen Eichinger, and
Roger Rood. Victor Batzel, treasurer, and Beverly Berndt were
unable to attend.
To become a member of Phi
Theta Kappa, a student must be
taking fifteen credits, of which
twelve must be in SLA, and have
at least a "B" average.
POSTER CONTEST
All students who are planning to enter the poster contest which is being held in
connection with the Spring
Banquet, are reminded that
their entries are to be in Miss
Evan's office by Monday,
May   16.