The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 25, Number 14

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THE JAl]SEE ECHO
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ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA.   THURSDAY,  MAY   29,   1958
NO. 14
jghty-three to
deceive Diplomas
' l The 47th Annual Commencement Exercises for the Rochester
A or College, at which eighty-three graduates will receive their diplo-
'■'; or certificates, will be held on Thursday evening, June 5th, at 8:15
ientral Auditorium. Dr. James Moon, superintendent of the Roches-
fhchool System, will preside.
Guest speaker will be Minneapolis Tribune's educational writer,
?ard P. Kleeman. Rev. Russell Huffman of the First Methodist Church
;" give the invocation and the benediction. Presenting the class will
v)ean Charles Hill, while Mr. Robert Gage, president of the Roches-
' 3oard of Education, will present the diplomas and degrees to the
ents.
Shirley Bandel is the organist for the program, who will play the
essional and accompany the J.C. choir in "An Evening Prelude," by
id Shaw,- "O Lovely May," by Brahms, and "My Heart's Desire,"
"iateren.   Mr. Suddendorf will direct the choir.
Following   the  graduation   exercises,   an   informal   reception   for
luates  and gueesfs will be held in Coffman Hall.    Freshman mem-
of the honor societies, Gamma Rho and Phi Theta Kappa, Kay
:e, Carolyn Erickson, Dorothy Mitchel'l, and Joanne Madson, will act
ostesses,assisted by Chester Johnson.
blowing is a list of the grad-
Tribune Writer
To Speak at
Commencement
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s and the courses from which
graduated:
dith Ann Anderson — General;
leth S. Balzum — Pre-Engine-
1; Laima Ella Bergmanis —
eral; Ronald Clarke Beyer —
less Administration; Wayne S.
igs — Pre-Engineering; Gary
jm — Business Administration;
R.  Brinson  —   Pre-Engineer-
Dennis C.  Burns —  Business
inistration;    Eleanor    Kay
J | pbell    -    General;    Patricia
Carr - Medical Secretarial;
A. Christopherson — Pre-Bus-
Scotty Bruce Clark —  Pre-
'sople,:ation. -E|sa Diape Co|vin _
in tiiesral; Darlene M. Cotton —
lid the ^•;: "a'ph Anthony Crowley
uiness'Administration; Donald
laclsK utshall - Pre-Engineering;
urvice.ck Paul Delesha - Business
s inistration,- Marvin J. Eickhoff
usiness Administration; Roger
guson - General; Kay
kjscher - Pre-Medicine;-
' Allen Garmers - General;
a Marie Gathje - General
rial.. Finishing; Jerome J.
•Business Administration;
i D. Gilligan - Business
isfrdtion; Darlene Goodwin
• A.; Margaret L. Gordon —
ral; Renee Graen - Gen-
Ellen Marie Hansen -S. LA.
^gene Hansen - General;
-V. Hanson -General Sec-
frrjj.sh.ing; Jackson L. Hicks
gineering; Carolyn House
I General; Judith M.
^Business,- Ruth Ann
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The speaker for this year's
Junior College graduation, which
will be held June 5, at 8:15 p.m.
in Central School Auditorium will
oe Richard P. Kleeman, Education
vriter for the Minneapolis Tribune.
Mr. Kleeman was born in New
York City and attended schools in
New York state and Switzerland.
He graduated from C h o a t e
School, Wallingford, Connecticut
in 1940. A. member: of Phi Beta
Kappa, he obtained his A.B, degree in 1.946 from Harvard College at'Cambridge,- Massachu-'
setts. While in military service he
served in Japanese language
translation and interpretation with
(Continued on page 10, col. 4)
Ruth Ann Huntsinger and Mr. Gage, president of the school board, illustrate how she and the
other grads will  get their diplomas next Thursday night.
Scholarships and Honors
Given at Spring Banquet
Almost the entire junior college student body and the faculty
filed into the Country Club on the evening of May 19, for the annual
school banquet. The main dining room, covered with pink overhead
streamers and featuring a large bubbling pool near the entrance,
carried out the theme of the dinner, "Sayonara." Each table, as
well as fhe program for the evening, designed by Kent Penwarden,
highlighted the same general theme.
The   activities  of  the  evening        The scholarships were then a-
were begun by Ronald Beyer the    warded.    Utility   Sales   Co.   and
Vice-President of the Student
Council; who explained the purpose of the banquet, to honor
outstanding students and to bid a
farewell to the graduates. The impressive candle-lighting ceremony
followed. Here Nancy Kling, Kay
Giese, Jane Hammond, Donna
Harms, Diane Maass, JoAnn Madson, Marcia Ndson, and Ann
Toddie lit all the candles on the
tables in the darkened room.
Then the dinner of roast beef
was served.
Immediately following the dinner, Dr. Fred King, assistant to the
Superintendent of Schools, gave
a brief speech in which he thanked the students for their invitation and fine cooperation in the
school system. Continuing, he
spoke of education in America
and emphasized the differences
also found among other foreign
countries. Concluding, he showed
how America has progressed its
hope for the future.
Fran Washburn, fhe Student
Council- President-, then presented
the gavel to Tom- Seldon,- next
year's president. This annual presentation bestows upon the receiver a responsibility and a great
honor.
O.A. Sfocke Co. offered engineering scholarships to two eligible
freshmen men. Walter Swenberg
presented each of these to Alan
Ackerman and Chester Johnson.
The three Rochester banks contributed $100 scholarships that
were given by Herbert Halvorson
in this order: The Northwestern
National Bank, Kay Giese, pre-
education; First National Bank,
William Odenberg, business administration; Olmsted County Bank,
Marcia Nelson, S.L.A. Ruth Cris-
man then presented the Altrusa
Scholarship to Joyce Vinton, medical secretarial student. Following this, Dr. R. D. Pruitf awarded the Rochester Community
Foundation Scholarship to Kent
Penwarden,  physics  major.
The highlight of the evenings,
the presentation of the awards
was next. Sue Vandenberg, for
outstanding scholastic abilities and
fine school.cooperation, was given the American Legion Award.
This year's, booster cup. winner,
Fran Washburn, was presented
with the go.ld cup, and his runner-
up, Ron Beyer, received a pin of
high recognition. Mr. Short and
Mr. Walton then gave the Gold-
(Continued on page 4, col. 3)
Students Honored
At Student Convo
The annual Award Convocation was held this year on Thursday, May 15. Students who have
contributed to the activities of
RJC were honored with recognition cards, trophies, plaques, and
pins.   Students   recognized   were.
Student Council—Frances Washburn, Bob Brown, Ray Knutson,
Bob Ritlinger, Ron Beyer, Jerri
Whipple,   Nancy  Strifert.
Fall Social Committee—Sue
Vanberg, chairman,- Margaret
Gordon, Robert Ringenberg, Edith
Schmidt, Bea Tenley, Augie Williams, Alan Akerman, Jane Hammond, Jerry Roessler.
Winter Social Committee—Marilyn Richey, chairman; Elsa Colvin,
Scott Frear, Kent Penwarden,
Gerald Prow, Phyl Sorenson, Carolyn Erickson, Donna Harms,
Vince Meyers.
Spring Social Committee—Kathleen Wentink, chariman; Bea Ten-
ley, Jim Sandum, Cleo Lyke, Kay
Stephenson, John Gannon, Carolyn Erickson, Joan Madson, Mary
Ingalls, Barbara Hauser.
Convocation Committee—T o m
Seldon, chairman; Carolyn Erickson, Ruth Reese, Galina McLaws.
Poster Committee—Marcia Nelson, chairman; Nancy Kling, Joan
Madson, Dorothy Mitchell, Joyce
Vinton, Leila Wendt, Sandra Fer-
schweiler, Tessie Mamasis.
Cheerleaders—Bea Tenley, Judy
Hren, Janice Ridenour, Margaret
Gordon, Judy Hdrnack, Nancy
Cowan, Kay Campbell, Elsa Colvin.
Rajuco—Nancy Strifert, Editor;
Nancy Kling, Ann Toddie, Cal
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