The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 23, Number 15

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RocJtedteSi fjusti&i College
THE JA13SEE ECHO
Ilume XXIII
ROCHESTER,   MINNESOTA,   MONDAY,   MAY   28,   1956
NUMBER  15
Award  winners were  Pat Hamilton,  Recognition Award; Johng
I Golden R; George Joyce, American Legion Award; Charles Hanson,
Hunter, Golden R.    —    (Photo by Don Ryan)
nnual Awards Banquet
eatures Top Awards
The annual Spring Banquet was held Tuesday, May 22 at 6:30
. in the Central High Cafeteria.
Sponsored  by the Student Council, with Tom  Barton as master
ceremonies, the theme was "Classes Are Made of This," and ap-
priate  decorations fit  into the seven  classifications  of  biological
;nce,  physical   science,   mathematics  and   engineering,   social   sci-
e, communications, and the fine arts.
Highlighting   the   decorations   was   a    beautiful    backdrop   by
|ng Lim.
Featured   in   the   program   were   the   traditional   candlelighting
pony and the passing of the gavel from President George Joyce
pext year's prexy, James Haueter.
lie  awards   and   scholarships
|e also presented.    Mr.  Leon-
Davis introduced the  people
awarded these scholarships.
I Joseph Cotten  presented the
k scholarships, which went to
er Ormnad, Jim Odland, and
wr Maass;  Mrs.   Hazel  Creal
e out the Morey scholarships
education    and    science    to
|er   Riege   and   Ann   Maher.
H. W.  Swenberg   presented
[civil  engineering   scholarship
pichard Frutiger, and the me-
Inical   engineering   scholarship
Jim    Haueter.     The    U.    N.
lrd was   given   by   Mr.   Fred
'enda  to   Roger   Nelson;   the
I mate is Karen Fisherr The
"sa award, also presented by
Creal, went to Toni Hady;
American Legion award by
pander Howard Rask to
lr9e Joyce; the Booster
■rd, by James Haueter, to
'9 Lim. Miss Marie Matt and
William Walton presented the
Cool, Windy
Picnic Provides
Spring Fun
On May 15, between 4:30 and
7:30 the Rochester Junior College
held its annual spring picnic in
unseasonably cold and windy
weather, at Boyd's Resort.
The ticket committee included
Jim Odland, chairman, Roger
Nelson, Jean Grimm, Chuck
Thoen, Mary Chafoulias, and
Frank Evangelist. A total of one
hundred and ten tickets were
sold. The outdoor activity in the
field of sports consisted of volleyball, softball ,and badminton.
The picnic menu included: goulash, pickles, carrots, rolls, ice
cream and soft drinks.
Dean Charles Hill, Mr.  P.  M.
Kortz, Mr. William Walton, and
Mr.   Joe   Rockenbach   and  their
families also attended the spring
Mr.  Leonard  Davis was
Men R's to  Ginny  Lund  and picn'c- ,      .     cn .
I ' faculty chaperone for the spring
lc|s Hunter.    The  recognition .    . '
Ntinued on page 2, col. 3) PlcnlC
Lim, Booster Cup; Virginia Lund,
Recognition Award; and Francis
Dr. R. Keller
To Speak at
*5b Graduation
On the night of June seventh,
the 1955-56 class of R. J. C.
will be graduated at a ceremony
in Central Auditorium at which
Mr. N. D. Cory of the Rochester
school system, will preside. There
will be a Processional with Shirley Bandel as organist. The Invocation will be given by Dr.
Hugh Jones, after which the choir
will render two numbers, and Dr.
Robert J. Keller of the University
of Minnesota will give the graduation address, entitled, "And
Yet a Way." Following the address, the class will be presented
and receive their degrees. The
Benediction will follow, and the
Recessional will be played.
Dr. Robert J. Keller, the speaker of the evening, is a professor
in the College of Education at
the University of Minnesota and
liaison officer between junior colleges and the University, as chairman of the Senate Committee on
Institutional Relationships. Educated in Minnesota, he is a native of Stillwater. He formerly
was the Director of Bureau of Institutional Research at the University and is still active on committees and as resource person in the
American Association of Junior
Colleges and the Council of North
Central Junior Colleges,
Dr. and Mrs. Keller, Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Hagaman, and Mr.
end   Mrs.   N.   D.   Cory  will   be
(Continued on page 9, col. 5)
Honors Convocation
Recognizes Leaders
Annual awards in leadership, athletics, scholastics, journalism,
dramatics and for achievements in other activities at Rochester Junior College the past year were given at the honors convocation Friday, May  18 in Central School Auditorium.
Al Brouillette, master of ceremonies, introduced George Joyce,
student council president, who presented the top athletic award to
Charles Hanson, captain of the basketball team, president of the
Varsity Club and all-conference basketball player for 1955 and 1956.
Hanson   in   rurn   gave   awards     	
to rhe cheerleaders. Doris Fossum, Ann Armstrong and Kay
Brown received trophies for two
years of service, and Gary Nelson, Joan  Hasley, Mary Chafou-
Last Formal
Proves Big Night
Friday,   May  25,  was the  big
lias and Marylyn Hovren got cer-   "night for  the  annual  spring  for-
tiflcates for one year of service.
lal, at which J. C. students and
Also Hanson presented awards    ,..',."       , , ,    j
. ,    i      i     i    i    ii      their dates danced to the music
to   members   ot   the   basketball,
golf,   tennis   and   track   squads.
Dena    Mamasis    received    the
of Pal Thede and his dance band
from   9   p.m.   to   1   a.m.   at  the
president's  award   as  Secretarial     Rochester Golf and Country Club.
Club    president,    and , she   then     Many   of   the   faculty   members
gave awards to the following general and medical secretarial girls:
Jane Andreasen, Sharon Amund-
son, Marie Baum, Kathleen Beckley, Michelle Clark, Gail Collditz,
Jean   DeVogel,  Melba   Elvir,  Ar-
and their wives attended what
proved to be a big night for both
the students and the faculty.
During the week preceding the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       prom, Roger Nelson, chairman of
lene Fenske, Marie Fetch, Margo     the socia| committee/ set up com.
Fick,   Eileen   Fischer,   Doris   Fos- mittees to take care of the var.
sum,  Mary  Ferguson,  Joan  Has- ious d6tai|s that go jnto the mak.
ley, Mary Kieffer, Ardith  Larson, ing   of   an   unf0rgettable  dance,
Virginia   Lund,   Daphne   McDon- such as decorations, refreshments,
ough,   Romayne   McKnight,   Gay anc| chaperones.
Miller, Gladys Miller, Carl Myhre,
Frances    Nevolich,   Carol    Rorie, Members of the social commit-
Darlene   Rucker,   Marilyn   Raffel- tee who p|anned the dance are
son,   Joyce   Rupkalvis   and   Mar- Poger Nelson, chairman, Jim Od-
garet Towey. |and/     Frank     Evangelist,    Jean
The new student council  presi
dent for next year, James Haueter, then gave the student council president's award to the outgoing head, Joyce, and Joyce
presented council members Ginny
Lund, Ann Armstrong, Roger
Riege, Kerry Clark, Tom Barton
and Jean Jacobson. Other awards
were given to the fall social corn-
Grimm, Mary Chafoulias, Diane
Teigen, and Chuck Thoen, along
with other capable students who..
did a wonderful job.
Announcement
Just a reminder to next year's
ophomores and any prospective
mittee: Kay Brown, chairman, Art     freshmen    who    plan    to    enter
DeWitz, Marylyn Hovren, Winnie
Brown, Dave Rye, Robert Zeller
and Francis Hunter; the winter social committee—Zeller and Hunter,
co-chairmen, Mary Fogarty, Han-
R. J. C. this fall. Since Labor
Day comes on Monday, September 3, Freshman Week, which includes   the   orientation   program
son, Margo Fick, Marilyn Cooper and registration of all freshmen,
and Kay Beckley; spring social will run from September 4,
committee-Roger   Nelson,   chair-    thr0ugh    Friday,    September    7.
man,Diane Teigen, Jean Grimm,
Mary Chafoulias, Frank Evangelist, James Odland and Charles
Thoen.
(Continued on page 7, col. 2)
Registration for sophomores will
be on Friday, September 7.
Classes will begin on Monday,
September  10.