The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 22, Number 15

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THE JA1]SEE ECHO
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 1,  1955
NUMBER 15
\fmg Banquet
Maxes RJC
pal Season
Ig climax of the social season
Ig 1954-55 term—the annual
[ig banquet—was held Tues-
jevening, May 24, in Central
■teria. About 200 persons at-
led the event which included
|e fine entertainment and the
sentation of the scholarships
I major awards.
he banquet,  which   was  em-
by Jim  Evans,  began  with
[lighting of the  college  can-
Don Kruse, student council
lident,   led    the    ceremonies,
■ers   taking    part   were:    Pat
hilton, Mary Jo  Devlin,  Kath-
Beckley,   Marlene   Hardtke,
IMoe, Joyce  Rupkalvis, Millie
Irt,   Michelle    Clarke,    Mary
Her, Jean DeVogel, and Daph-
WcDonough.
group  of  high  school   girls
plied the music during the din-
new school hymn was intro-
by Don Kruse.    Mr. Sidney
Jdendorf led the group in sing-
he hymn;   Sharon   Fountain
bmpanied on the piano,
lext on the   program  was   a
' message by Dean Hill which
lit with,  among   other  things,
|memories  the  students  shall
with them from RJC.
f-   William    Saltzman    then
led the poster contest winners.
[posters were made on com-
[tions of Sigmund Romberg to
lout the theme of the ban-
I   "Blossom    Time."     Karen
linger won first prize on "In-
fnt Eyes," Johng Lim, second
on  "Student ~Pr\r^7r~aW
|wi  Chouramanis   on   "Eyes
love."    Honorable mentions
■ awarded to Carl Hemp, "Up
lCentral    park.»    Jonng    Lirt1/
Issom Time/' and Vasiliki
|"ramanis, "A Girl from Bra-
Ine first three prizes were
H and $3 respectively, and
[ tnree honorable mentions
le°ch$l. Tuck Erickson de-
N the block for the printers
p m making the banquet pro-
fo further carry out the
¥ "Blossom Time."
^ Pass'ng of the gavel took
wi* Don Kruse presenting
Publications Staff Formed... Scho°lStartsLater'" Student Efforts
Tuesday, May 17, at 8:00
o'clock p.m., a meeting was held
for the RAJUCO and ECHO staffs
for next year. Approximately
twenty-two signed up for the
ECHO and ten for the RAJUCO.
For the RAJUCO, Virginia Lund
was chosen editor for next year;
Johng Lim, art editor; and Margo
Fick and Kay Brown, copy editors.
Others who signed up are Michelle Clark, layout and typing;
Jean   DeVogel,   typing;   Daphne
McDonough, layout and typing;
Mary Kieffer, and Ann Armstrong,
activities. Students who signed
up, but did not attend the meeting are Carol Myhre and Esther
Swearingen.
Next year's editor for the
ECHO is Sharon Hammond. Ann
Armstrong will be news editor;
Daphne McDonough, feature editor; Pat Hamilton, woman's page
editor; and Michelle Clark, New-
(Continued on page 4, col. 2)
Dates for the school year of
1955-56 have been set. Orientation Week for freshmen will be
September 6-9. Thursday, September 9, the former students of
RJC will register. Monday, September 12, classes will begin.
Important! Choir rehearsal, 6:45, June 8th, for the
participation in the gradua-
t i o n ceremony. Rehearsal
will be on the stage of Central Auditorium.
Award Winner — left to right — Roger Ranfranz, Sandra
Joyce,  Don   Kruse,  Jerry  Olerud,  Mary  Jane   Huntsinger, and
the traditional student council Mulholland, Raymond Ryan, and
gavel to next year's president, Charles Bond. The Morey Schol-
George Joyce. Joyce, in turn, arships winners were presented
presented Kruse with a gold lapel by Mrs. Hazel Creal to Ann Arm-
pin as a token of remembrance, strong, for education and to
Chairman of the college schol- ^""9 LilT«for agricultural science,
arships committee, Miss Mary Mr. W. A. Swenberg presented
Goette, then gave a brief intra- Francis Hunter with the civil en-
duction to the scholarship award- gineering scholarship from O. A.
ing ceremonies which followed. Stocke Company and Marian
Mr. James Hess, president of the Shelstead was given the mechan-
Rochester United Nations Associa- ical   engineering   scholarship   by
tion, named Sharon Hammond as
winner of the United Nations
Seminar Award. James Ackerman was announced as the alternate.
Utility Sales Company.
The Monotones Quartet from
LaCrosse, Wisconsin sang a number of very entertaining barbershop and popular numbers.   The
Mr.   Orval   Habberstad   made quartet is led by RJC's Tom Bar-
the   Bank   Scholarships   awards, ton.
presented by three banks in Roch- The sophomore class then pre-
ester,  the  Union   National, Bank, sented   the   school   with   a   new
the  First National  Bank and the "philosophers'   bench,"   to   place
Olmsted  County Bank a/id Trust in   the   hall   of   Coffman,   third
Company.    They  went/to  Glen floor.
Harding, Jerome Pribyl, George
Neil Anderson.
Mr. George Spoo presented
Jerome Pribyl with the American
Legion Award for the outstanding male student. Booster Cup
winners were announced by Bill
Tervo, president of the freshman
class. The cup went to Roger
Ranfranz and Don  Kruse.
Johng Lim sang three songs in
foreign languages—English, Italian, and  Korean.
The Golden "R" girl's award
went to Sandra Harding, and the
. new girl's Recognition Award
went to Mary Jane Huntsinger.
They were presented by Miss
Marie Matt. Miss Mary Goette
presented the same two awards
for boys. The Golden "R" went
to Neil Anderson and the Recognition Award went to Gerald Olerud.
(Continued on page 3, col. 3)
Honored at Convo
The annual honors convocation
held Friday, May 20, commenced
with organ music played by Sharon Fountain. George Joyce, next
year's student council president
and master of ceremonies for this
convocation, then welcomed the
students and faculty and introduced the cheerleaders who led
the audience in the school song.
The first to receive an honor
was Frank Kvam. Mr. Singley
presented Frank with a gold R
for the best free throw percentage during the 1954-55 basketball season.
Next, Glenn Amundsen recognized Sandra Harding with a trophy, who then presented awards
to the other cheerleaders, Ann
Armstrong, Kay Brown, Doris Fossum, and Pat Moe. Glenn pre^
sented the basketball players:
Tom Barton, Chuck Hanson, Art
DeWitz, Chuck Thoen, Quentin
Hawkinson, Joe Fogarty, Dave
Wernecke, Ted Maass, and Frank
Kvam.
The gold awards were then
presented to the team members:
Dick Pattinson, Francis Hunter,
Dick Cutshall, and Ted Maass.
Queen Carol Orpen presented
the conference golf trophy to
Dean Hill.
Track members were the next
to be recognized: Art DeWitz, Ed
Stoltenberg, Joe Fogarty, Frank
Kvam, Bob Williams, Jim Jenewein, and Glenn Amundsen.
Secretarial Club scrolls were
presented to Kathleen Beckley,
Delores Brower, Jean DeVogel,
Pat Fahy, Margo Fick, Pat Haggerty, Mary Kieffer, Idanna
Kuehn, Virginia Lund, Dena Mam-
asis, Daphne McDonough, Sharon Peterson, Margaret Rolfs, Audrey Price, Carol Orpen and Liz
LaPlante, president.
Don Kruse, president of the
student council, honored members
of the student committees. On
the fall social committee were
Pat Roland, chairman, Charlotte
Blumers, Richard Cutshall, Pat
Fahy, Richard Jensen, Janice Honer, Carol Orpen, and Dean Ihrke.
On the winter committee were
Janice Honer, chairman, Mike
Sugg, Bob Williams, Janet Nelson,   Pat  Fahy,   Pat  Moe,  Mary
(Continued on page 2, col. 3)