The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 25, Number 13

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April J
J C   FrCShmail   ^^ Theta to  New Instructors to Be
•o Visit Mexico  M^tefw Added to J'C Faoulty
yn Erickson, a freshman in SLA at JC, will spend two months
this summer under the auspices of the Experiment in  In-
| Living.  The Experiment in International Living is a student-
e program which sends high school and college students to
■     COUntries and brings foreign students to the United States for
pose 0f promoting international relationships.   Last year, Ellen
nsen  a JC sophomore, took the same trip that Carolyn will make
. «\j lunriirier.
rv   /■  Bfhe first month of her stay, Carolyn will  live with a family
*? some town  in Mexico  and then  in the second  month will travel
juqhout Mexico.   She will be traveling with about eight other col-
= students during the second month from all over the United States.
a   1957  graduate of
8
■ High School, is very
:ve in JC extra-curricular act-
ies.. She is a reporter for the
HO, writes the "Cool Co-ed"
jmn for the paper, is a mem-
of Gamma Rho, Phi Theta
s>pa, vice-president of IRC, was
nember of the winter and spring
rial committees, and a member
the Convocation Committee.
Carolyn, spent two weeks of
t summer with a family in Puer-
Rico. Obviously, one of the
ngs she enjoys the most is tra-
ing, and her ambition is to
vel around the world. She also
oys Latin-American music and
nee. She works at the Metho-
rUREt Htspltal as a nurses aide in
spare time.
xirolyn, who plans someday to
a nurse, will continue her
dies next year at the University
Minnesota, in the nursing course
eventually obtain her Bachelor
Science degree.
Students are chosen for the
) on the basis of comparability,
srest in the country and its peo-
s and their knowledge and in-
est in foreign languages.
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au Alpha Pi
hetloBonor Students
au Alpha Pi, the honorary so-
. ty  for  terminal   students,   will
'Id its annual initiation and ban-
et at the Markay on Tuesday,
6.
>   be   eligible,   the   students
have a  "B"  average  or  a
le point ratio of 2.0 or above.
.IjgjBldates are: Eunice Connelly,
becca Gathje, Jean MacLaugh-
J'(- Jo Ann Madson,  Ruth Anne
*»/ Beatrice Tenley, Joyce Vin-
and August Williams.
lewly elected  officers are:
aid  Beyer,   president;  August
'liams,   treasurer;   and   Ruth
ne Reese, secretary. Advisor of
^   group is Miss Ruth Towel.
Carolyn   Erickson
New members of the Rochester
Junior College chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa, national junior college scholastic fraternity, will be
initiated at a ceremony to be held
at Michael's on May 13. The
fraternity is open to all students
who maintain a "B" average in
their scholastic subjects and carry
af least 12 of a required 15 credits in the Liberal Arts course.
Newly elected students are: Alan
Ackerman, Laima Bergmanis, Roy
Chadwick, Carolyn Erickson,
Roger Ferguson, Kay Giese, Judith Haglund, Donna Harms,
Chester Johnson, Jean MacLaughlin, oJan Madson, Dorothy Mitchell, Marcia Nelson, Gerald Prow,
Patsy Tupper, and Geraldine
Whipple.
The banquet is under the direction of students who are now
members of the society of which
Kent Penwarden is president, and
Miss Barthelemy is adviser. Dean
and Mrs. Hill will be quests of
the chapter at the banquet.
Two new instructors have been added to the Rochester Junior
College faculty for the next school year. They are: Mrs. Juliette Siem
and Mr. Willard C. Johnson.
Mrs. Juliette Siem, who will be the new teacher of girls' physical
education and health classes, will be coming to Junior College from
Elgin, Minnesota, where she has been teaching. Born in Wilmer, Minnesota, she graduated from Northfield High School and went on to
get her B.A. at St. Olaf College in Northfield. She has also done
additional graduate work at Winona State College. She is married
and has one child.
The new instructor of chorus, instrumental music and music appreciation is Mr. Willard C. Johnson, currently teaching at Wakefield,
Nebraska. Mr. Johnson received his B.A. from Dana College, Blair,
Nebraska, and his Masters Degree from Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester, New York. He is also married and has two
sons.
One more position is yet to be filled in the department of Chemistry and Physical Science.
April Was Teaching Career Month!
Emphasize Teaching As A Career
Throughout the Year
RocJtedt&i jjunion, Golletje
THE JA1JSEE ECHO
VOLUME  XXV
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  MAY  2,  1958
NUMBER  13
Dean Hill Appointed Secretary
Of Advisory Committee on JCs
Dean Hill of Rochester Junior College has been appointed secretary of the new advisory committee on junior colleges recently
formed by the State Board of Education.
The committee will serve to make an examination of the junior
college situation in Minnesota and prepare recommendations for
consideration by the State Board of Education before the next Legislature meets.
The immediate goals of the
group are to study state aid for
buildings, possible enlargement of
state aid for students, possible
means of converting junior colleges to regional junior colleges,
steps ih locating new junior colleges with specific recommendations, proposals for administrative patterns of junior colleges,
and establishment of a junior college unit within the State Department of Education.
The long-range goals are to
study a proposed system of regional junior colleges, preparation
of a statement concerning the coordination of higher education in
the state as it relates to junior
colleges, preparation of a state-
continued on page 8, col. 2)
Giese and Kling Chosen
As Publication's Editors
JC Instructors
Work on Local
Science Fair
Rochester was host this year to
the Southeastern Minnesota Science Fair which was held Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and
20. Mr. Walton, of the Junior College Science was president of the
Committee this year, while Miss
Endicott, Mr. Dubbert, and Mr.
Singley, also represented the Junior College on. the Committee.
Students from hte southeastern
Minnesota high schools and elementary schools displayed science
projects which they  had  made.
Kay Giese and Nancy Kling
have been selected as the 1959
editors for the Echo and the
Rajuco, respectively. The editors
of this year, Jerri Whipple and
Nancy Strifert, and the faculty
advisors for the publications, selected the girl? an the basis of the
work they have done this year on
the publications. They both have
the ambition to make next year's
publications "the best yet."
Nancy Kling is a 1957 graduate
of Lourdes High School. She is
enrolled in Pre-Education and
hopes to go to the University of
Minnesota upon graduating from
R.J.C. She enjoys all types of
music and fast or slow dance,
depending on whom she's dancing with. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, doing art work (she
has made some excellent posters
this year), and writing. Hamburgers are her favorite food and in
sports Nancy enjoys swimming,
hiking,   skating,   picnicking,   and
partying. Her pet peeve is getting sick "so I miss all the fun."
Nancy has been very active in
this year's activities. She is a
member of the Newman Club and
the poster committee and is feature editor of the Echo, writing
the On the Town column, and Co-
sectional editor of clubs and organizations on the Rajuco.
Kay Giese graduated from St.
Charles High Sshool in 1957 and
is taking an S.L.A. course here at
JC. She plans on majoring in English and hopes to go to the U. in
1959.
Kay enjoys such hobbies as
cooking, reading, playing the piano, and eating shrimp. Her favorite records are those of Roger
Williams and Rogers and Ham-
merstein. Kay js church pianist at
Dover and enjoys picnics with lots
of food and "just walking." (With
whom, Kay?). Her pet peeve is
(Continued on page 7, col. 4)