The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 23, Number 9

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THE JAUSEE ECHO
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ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY  17,  1956
NUMBER 9
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Other guests watch with   interest while Joe  Harding  gives
Is partner, Rosemary Kranz, a whirl at the Sno-Dance.
ijuco Staff
leets Deadline
fi February   16,   the   Rajuco
met their third deadline, fin-
tng their  work  on   forty-eight
of   the   sixty-four    page
book.   Sent in were two mul-
of eight pages each.
luded   was   the   sophomore
n with   the   informal   shots
fi by  Harold   Schmidt,   who
printed  and   developed  the
■res.    He   has   done   a   tre-
lous  job,   as   you   will   see
you get your Rajuco.    Jan-
oner had charge of the pic-
appointments,  and  the  lay-
and Margo   Fick,  Jean   De-
and Kay Brown wrote the
al   paragraphs    that    ac-
'any the sophomore pictures.
contained in the multiples
| the  "Who's  Who"   section
consists of twenty-three
|le chosen by the Student
Johng Lim made the
ground drawing for the two-
1 spread.
Pages of the social activi-
Isection,   edited   by   Marcia
on, were also sent.
|the next deadline, the staff
pe finished the rest of the
activities    section,    three
of clubs,  and  the • sports
Freshmen Prepare
News Scrapbook
The English 52 freshmen have
been preparing a newspaper
scrapbook. They select a topic
that is interesting to them and
one that has been in the news
frequently; then they follow this
news story far a month.
They read about the topic in
several newspapers and news
magazines. They read editorials,
reports and cartoons about this
topic. All of these they cut out
and put in their scrapbook, so
that they have a complete picture of the events and opinions
on their topic. Some of these
scrapbooks are very attractive as
well as informative.
Two Sophomores
Absent From Campus
Johng Lim, a sophomore here at
J. C. attended the Junior College
Convention field at the University
of Minnesota on Friday, February
10. While there he discussed
his transfer to the Agriculture
Course next year.
Pat Hamilton left for New Orleans on February 3. She is attending the Mardi Gras there. Pat
is a sophomore here at J. C.
Crowded Week
Leaves Students
Tired But Happy
Everyone will have to admit
that Sno-Week, January 30 thru
February 3, was a big week at
RJC this year. The activities planned for us by the Winter Social
Committee kept us busy having
fun   throughout the  entire week.
The impressive ceremony Monday morning, at which Mr. Singley crowned Joyce Rupkalvis our
Sno-Queen, was a splendid opening for the week. Enthusiasm and
pep seemed to prevail in JC'ers
after that, which carried through
in the following events.
Wednesday night's skating
party at Mayo Field was well attended and packed with frolic
despite the cold crisp weather.
The American Legion Hall was the
perfect spot for JC'ers to warm
up with hot chocolate and enjoy
a mixer with dancing to records.
After the exciting game Thursday night at the Armory at which
RJC played host to Austin J. C.
many students gathered together
at the Sock-hop. There was a
variety of colored socks present
and records provided music for
the hopping.
As a perfect climax to Sno-
Week the semi-formal Sno Dance
was held Friday night at the Pla-
Mor. Over eighty couples danced
to the music of Johnny Roberts
from 9 to 1. The superb atmosphere created by beautiful formals, sparkling hair, and wintery
decorations, put everyone in the
mood to enjoy the climaxing festivity of a truly wonderful and successful  Sno-Week.
TV Presents
School Counseling
KROC-TV has been sponsoring
a series of programs directed at
education in our schools. On
February 14, there was a program given which gave the public
an idea of the work which a counseling bureau does in the school
system.
Included in the program were
counseling situations found in
Kindergarten, 6th Grade, Junior
High, Senior High, and Junior
College. These demonstrations
were typical, but fictitious. On
the program were samples of a
parent-teacher conference and
counseling in personal problems,
future occupational planning, and
the question of whether a person
should enter the armed services
or not.
The committee in charge of
planning for this program were,
Miss Goette, chairwoman, and Mr.
Davis, from Junior College, and
Mr. Obermeyer and Miss Argue,
from Rochester High School, with
Dr. Cockrill and Mr. Christian
from the Rochester Elementury
Schools.
Dean and Math Prof
Attend College Session
On Friday, February 10, Dean
Hill and Mr. Paul attended the
Jr. College Convention which was
held on the University of Minnesota campus. In the forenoon
they attended a meeting held on
the St. Paul campus of the University to discuss the correlation of
our Pre-Agriculture, Pre-Forestry,
Pre-Home Economics, and Prs-
Veterinary Medicine courses here
at R. J. C.
In the afternoon different science  courses  were   discussed  on
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"Meet Your Schools" TV Program
 Mathematics
 -      -      Science
.      .      ..:...      Art
Orientation to Jr. Hi. — Schedule Planning
 Vocational Training
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20
April 3 Teacher Recruitment
April 10 -      -      Agriculture
April   17 -      PTA
April 24     -     -      -      -      -      Maintenance of School Buildings
May 1 Opportunities of Junior College
May 8 Summer Program — Recreation
May 15      -      -      -      Summer Program — Academic Offerings
Vocational Day
Held at R.H.S.
One of the problems which
faces many of our high school
students is the question of what
they will do after completing their
high school education.
Rochester High School, under
the chairmanship of Mr. Obermeyer, head of senior high guidance with Principal T. R. Ehrhorn
and Miss Argue, assistant principal, and Delford Zachor of occupational relations on his committee, have made plans for a
Vocational Planning Day, set for
February 17th, for students in the
10th, 11th, and 12th grades, to
give them more of an opportunity to learn about vocations in
which they are interested.
The first step in planning for,
Vocational Day, was a meeting
of the students with Mr. Obermeyer, Miss Argue and Don Hudson of the State Employment Office here. They discussed vocational problems, the employment
picture, and openings and needs.
The second step in the planning was to give the students a
list of about a hundred fields or
vocations to choose from. They
were then to check off the four
which interested them most and
to add any vocations which were
not listed. The fields in which less
than ten students were interested
were dropped from the list. The
remaining vocations were kept,
and the committee is now busy
contacting qualified speakers to
talk on these occupations on February 17th.
The Vocational Planning Day
has gained much attention around
the state in educational groups,
and this year's program has
every chance of being a great
success.
Former JC'er
Appointed to Council
Governor Freeman appointed
Roy W. Goddard, former dean of
R. J. C, chairman of the Education Committee of the Governor's
Advisory Council on Children and
Youth.
The paramount purpose of this
council is to organize people
throughout the state ta create opportunities for youth to develop
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