The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 26, Number 10

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THE JAUSEE ECHO
JIE XXVI
ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY,  MARCH  26,   1959
NO. 10
This group, Connie Theel, Lee Covert, Dave Bozikowski, Dennis Gjerdingen, Jo Ann
Williams, Judy Dahl, Judy G. Peterson, Midge Murphy, and Barb Eichendorf will be
planning JC's Spring Activities.
IHS Made    /• C Graduate
t Spring    WinsFeRow^
[members of the Spring So-
mmittee, appointed by the
|t Council,  are as  follows:
Theel, Chairman,- Lee Co-
|Dave   Bozikowski,    Dennis
gen, JoAnn Williams, Judy
[ludy  G.   Peterson,   Midge
, and Barb Eichendorf.
[committee was responsible
swim-gym held last Wed-
March 18, at which there
jfine turnout. The last swim-
[ill be on April 8. Although
fes are not definite, plans
ing made for a Scrag Day
J.nce, and the Spirng Formal
field at the Rochester Coun-
ub.
is Attending
[dance Meeting
P9 the week of the 23 of
Mr. Davis will  be repre-
;the Rochester Public School
a' an American Personnel
Jidance Convention held at
lnd, Ohio.    In  attendance
, nien and women from all
[e United States and some
2r countries who are in
of personnel and guid-
?mp|0yed not only in edu-
but in a great variety of
fQl fields as well.
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Miss Karen Fischer, a graduate
of Rochester Junior College and
now a senior af the University of
Minnesota, is one of 1,200 American and Canadian college students who are being awarded national fellowships for graduate
study.
She is one of only 26 Minne-
sotans receiving the Woodrow
Wilson fellowships for graduate
study leading toward college
teaching. The grant will provide
$1500 living allowance plus full
cost of tuition and fees.
Miss Fischer plans to attend the
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School and major in history.
She is in fhe social studies field
at the U. of M., majoring in history, and has been a member of
Phi Beta Kappa since her junior
year. She has also received a
national scholarship award there.
Miss Fischer, while at Junior
College, attained th e highest
grade average in the history of
the college. She had a straight
"A" average in all her SLA
courses, and, in fact, received
only one "B" for one quarter of
choir. She was a member of Phi
Theta Kappa, she received the
Recognition Award, and the first
$250 Rochester Community Foundation scholarship; was on the
Echo staff, the Rajuco staff, was
a member of Gamma Rho, IRC,
and was the alternate winner of
the United Nations Seminar Award
in  1955-56.
Hill and Moon Go
To JC Convention
From March 10-14, Dean Hilil
and Dr. James Moon, superintendent of schools attended the thirty-
ninth annual convention of the
American Association of Junior
Colleges in cooperation with the
California Junior College Association, the National League for
nursing, and the Southern California Junior College Association.
Held in Long Beach, California,
the headquarters of the convention was the Lafayette Hotel.
The keynote speaker was congressman Henry Aldous Dixon,
former president at Weber College. Featured also were, the
Honorable James P. Mitchell, U.S.
Secretary of Labor, who spoke at
the banquet held Friday evening,
and Dr. Stafford L. Warren, Dean
at the School of Medicine at
UCLA.
Attending the Convention were
delegates from all the forty-nine
states, Canada, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico and Japan, which accounts
for the fact that registration was
the largest of any previous Junior
College convention.
The convention, bearing the
theme "That All Men Learn," was
broken down into sections of concurrent and general sessions as
well as small groups and panel
discussions. At this time new ideas
from other schools were discussed
along with improvements in edu-
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Gamma Rho Initiates 31
At Fun-Filled Banquet
Gamma Rho members and initiates experienced what was
probably one of the most enjoyable times of this school year at
the Gamma Rho banquet held
March 17, at the Markay. Guests
were Dean and Mrs. Hill, Miss
Matt, Mr. and Mrs. Short, speaker
Mr. Ted Johnson, and the 31 people initiated; Jane Hammond,
Warren Litynski, Ron Smith, Barbara Eichendorf, Connie Mc
Adams, Bernadine Schoenfelder,
Alice Berkins, Charles Ehrhorn,
Judd Thompson, Barbara Stiles,
Eileen Pankow, Judy M. Peterson,
Gary Witzke, Perry Williams,
Leila Wendt, Joe Bowman, Eloise
Mieras, Judy Dahl, Carol Cutshall,
Judie Armit, Eunice Connelly,
Marilyn Ellsworth, Donna Prokasky, Virginia Griffin, Mary Jo Ferber, Don Schulte, Patsy Tupper,
Ricky Koppitz, Kay Coulson, Kay
Wentinck, and Kathy Krause.
After dinner, Bill Gernes, presi-
Dr. Fuller Talks
At Convocation
On Tuesday, the 17fh of March,
the students of RJC had fhe privilege of attending a student convocation at which Dr. Fuller, a
chemistry professor a t Beloit,
brought out some insights into
the broad and fascinating field
of chemistry. This convocation
was made possible through a program sponsored by the American
Chemistry Society. The program
consists of sending authorities in
the field of chemistry to various
colleges and universities in order
to stimulate interest and create
goodwill  in the field.
Dr. Fuller arrived in Rochester
on the fifteenth and spent the
following two and one half days
at our Rochester Junior College
presenting lectures to various interested groups. This included a
meeting of the Southeastern Minnesota science teachers, several
science classes at JC, and a convocation for the student body on
Tuesday, at which he spoke on
the subject "How Science Reveals
God."
Dr. Fuller received his B.S. at
Montana State College and his
Ph.D. at Columbia University in
New York, and has taught in sev-
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dent of the society, welcomed the
guests, and then introduced Dean
Hill who, in a short address, told
how Junior College publications
create good publicity for the college, and also stressed the importance of guidance given by
publications advisors, Miss Matt
and Mr. Short.
Next followed reports by the initiates of their informal initiation
experiences. Their hilarious accounts certainly helped to make
the evening a success.
Mr. Ted Johnson, guest speaker,
showed beautiful colored slides of
birds and flowers. After seeing
his pictures, Gamma Rho members
were not surprised to find that
Mr. Johnson has won many photography awards.
The evening ended with the impressive formal candlelight ceremony. JoAnn Madson, secretary
of Gamma Rho, read the Constitution, and Bill Gernes explained
the meaning of the symbols of fhe
society. As their names were called, the initiates came forward,
read fhe pledge, and signed their
names to the roster, thus becoming full-fledged members of Gamma Rho.
Just a reminder to let everyone
know that Easter vacation begins
officially after the close of classes
on March 26. Classes will begin
again at 8:00 a.m. Monday, April
6.
Conference to
Be Held Here
On April 7, the North Central
Association of Secondary Schools
and Colleges, in cooperation with
Rochester, Junior College, will
sponsor a second annual foreign
affairs conference for high school
and college social science instructors and their school administrators, beginning in Coffman Hall
at 3:30 p.m. At this meeting, a
panel discussion group will talk on
the use of N.C.A. foreign affairs
materials in their classrooms. The
moderator for this panel is Mr.
Walter Bateman, sociology pressor of RJC. ln the evening,
there is to be a dinner at 6 p.m.,
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