The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 27, Number 4

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THE JA1JSEE ECHO
XXVII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1959
NO.   4
nior College Open House Set for Nov. 12
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J'Walton explains  experiment  to  Pat Conlej
iMarys nurses.
and  Judy  Purr
iar's First Rochester
iphony Concert Given
Rochester   Symphony   Or-
presented  a  program   at
[Mary's Auditorium Sunday,
25  at  eight   p.m.    The
im, at which Dr. Charles W.
spoke,  was   dedicated   to
Nations   Day.    This,   the
[ymphony   concert   of   the
>0 season, was enjoyed by
Rochester   Junior   College
p. The featured soloist of
pning   was   Guy   Charles
)n of Milwaukee, who play-
Rachmaninoff Piano Con-
Jo-2. It was an outstanding
[ence to hear Mr. Johnson
ie Rochester  Symphony   in
silent interpretation of this
concerto.
[Rochester Male Chorus sang
f* "One World" with the
p"y accompanying. As us-
|e Chorus gave a splendid
1ance. It is small wonder
lth Jhe Symphony and the
re gaining national
fhorus ar
■ion
Russians have nothing  on
Rochester. We have enjoyed truly
representative culture since the
Symphony's first performance in
1920 at the Armory. The Rochester Symphony is truly a "people's orchestra," each of it's concerts during the year is free and
open to every member of the
public. Its 70-member ensemble
encompasses a virtual cross-section
of Rochester citizens.
Harold Cooke, director of the
Symphony, has issued a special
invitation to students of Rochester
Junior College to attend the following events: "The Messiah" Dec.
6, with the Rochester Symphony
and Oratorio Society—to be presented for the tenth consecutive
year at the Mayo Civic Auditorium
Arena Section; "The Seven Last
Words of Christ" by Hayden,
April 3—this work which has never
before been presented in the area,
will be the Symphony's annual
Easter concert. Both the above
concerts are admission-free.
Scientists Curious;
"Does Earth Turn?"
On Wednesday, October 21st,
Mr. Walton and Mr. Wigness, exhibiting a true scientist's doubt of
all things, conducted an experiment to discover whether or not
the earth really turns.
With the aid of a weight suspended from a long wire down
the stairwell by the S.W. door of
the Coffman building, and a series of chalk marks on the floor,
the two worthy scientists attempted to discover if the world really
turns at the rate at which it is
supposed to.
At 4:15, when queried as to
the progress of the experiment,
Walton replied, "Up to now it
has turned approximately 2'/2 degrees in the last 15 minutes. —At
' least the wire is holding."
Also, in fifteen minutes time, the
two discovered that the earth
turns counter-clockwise, making
the sun appear fo rise in the
East—a   logical  deduction.
At 4:35, however, a catastrophe
occured; the wire holding the pendulum broke. Within this thirty-
five minutes of experimentation,
however, ap outstanding discovery
was made; The Coffman Building,
at least, turns, although they
would not commit themselves as
to whether the rest of the earth
does so, too.
J.C.'s two experimenters also
came to the startling conclusion
that either the earth does not
turn fast enough to get us around
in one day, or the Coffman building is behind time, for the pendulum did not move, far enough to
support the present theory.
. When the fog had cleared, and
all'had departed, nothing remained of one of the great experiments of history except the chalk
marks on the polished  tile floor.
On Thursday, November 12, during American Education Week,
Rochester Junior College will hold an open house beginning ^it 8:00
p.m. in Coffman Hall.
Earle Lewis, Student Council President, will be master of ceremonies and will  introduce the following program:
First, a five-minute welcome from Dean Charles Hill, and then a
talk by Mr. Leonard Davis, entitled, "College and the college student."
Following  this, will  be  fifteen  minutes of  vocal   music,   followed  by
the    production    of
Echo to Sponsor
"Ben Hur" Exhibit
The Jaysee Echo will sponsor an
exhibit o f production sketches
from the forthcoming motion picture "Ben-Hur" the week of November 9-13 in the college library.
The "Ben-Hur" exhibit will be
open to the public the evening of
November 12 at J.C.'s annual
Open House.
This will be the first time the
sketches have been shown in Rochester.
Preparation for "Ben-Hur" began more than five years ago with
exhaustive research into the historical, religious, architectural and
geographical aspects of the period, into costume design, and
countless other subjects. Noted
artists were engaged to visualize
every scene that would be included in the finished motion picture. The sketches that will be
displayed here are samples of the
hundreds of drawings which were
made.
The sketches were obtained
through special arrangement with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in New
York. "Ben-Hur" is an M-G-M
picture directed by William Wyler.
It promises to be one of the
great motion pictures of our time.
"Ben-Hur" will have its world
premire in New York this month
and the theatre, nearest to Rochester, presenting this spectacle will
(Cont. on page 7, col. 5)
Film Series to
Feature "Panchali"
The Rochester Art Center will
present the award-winning film,
"Panther Panchali"' January 2 as
a' part of their 1959-1960 Film
Series. "Panther Panchali" was
filmed in India and has received
overwhelming critical acclaim in
this country.
(Cont. on page 9, col. 3)
Political Leaders
Speak at J.C.
Two Rochester political leaders
were guest speakers in f.C Political Science classes recently.
John dePemberton, Olmsted County Republican leader, spoke to
Miss Goette's fifth hour American
Government class October 21, on
Republican party organization.
Senator A. M. Keith, our DFL
Minnesota legislator, talked to
the group October 23.
Representative Al Quie, district
one U.S. Congressman, will be
at J.C. in early December.
the one-act
play, "The Answer," by Leonard
Freeman, with Dick Edwards in
the leading role of the Deacon,
Mike .McDonough ds Bart, Ricky
Koppitz as Delores, Dennis Gjer-
digan as Rocco, Bob Johnson as
the Sailor, Tom McNeil as the
Cabbie, Jairo Amaris as the Fireman, and Joe Bowman as the
Vendor.
Then, from 9:00 to 9:45, each
member of the faculty will be in
his office so that he might confer
with any parents, and refreshments will be served in the library,
with hostesses Miss Ingli and Miss
Endicott.
•Faculty members who served on
the various committees Were- Mr.
Robert Wise, who headed the
program committee; Miss Towle
and Mrs. Smith, who tended to'
the invitations; Mr. McKeehan,
who publicized the event; and Mr.
Lavine, who supervised the making
of the faculty's name tags, as
well as making the window display in the window of a vacant
store next to Grant's on Broadway.
Miss Goette and Mrs. Siem
of the junior college were the
co-chairmen of the school-wide
education week committee, upon
which the other members of the
J.C. faculty also served: Mr. Davis
for the American Legion, Mr.
Wise as J.C. representative, Miss
Matt on the publicity committee,
and Mr. Bateman as the service
clubs representative.
The J.C. SNEA will also aid in
the event, and has made the dis- '
play   in   the   public   library,  and
distributed posters to the business
places in town.
Other branches of. the school
system are holding similar programs and events; the elementary
schools are having conferences
between parents and teachers all
week, with parents being invited
to visit the- classes, the Jr. High
held, an open house Tuesday,
October 27, with parents to be
invited to classes November 11,
and John Marshall High 'School
will hold their open house the
17th  of November.