The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 27, Number 5

              RacJteitei flunian, Goile^e
THE JA1JSEE ECHO
KE XXVII
ROCHESTER,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20,  1959
NO. 5
0 Needed for Pajama Game
R.J.C. HoldS Tryouts for Show
Begin November 30
■Mured above are, standing: Dick Edwards, Dennis Gjerdi-
; sitting: Rickey Koppitz, Tom McNeil, Mike McDonough,
Amaris, Boh Johnson.
tal Convocations
Fall Quarter
fell-Attended
le last two convocations of
|C. students Thursday, the 1
Iber 17th.
lalendar
of
Events
j2'7- Basketball, R.J.C.
Hibbing Junior College
|P-m- John Marshall gym
28- Basketball, R.J.C.
j Virginia Junior College
30 ~ "Pajama Game"
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Pajama   Game"
the  fall  quarter  were   presented
12th  of  November,  and  Tuesday,
On the 12th, the seventy voice
R.J.C. choir made its first appearance of the school year. The
choir sang three numbers: "M'sieu
Bainjo," a Louisiana folk song
(with Joe Brough as M'sieu Bainjo); "Ay Waukin' O" a Scottish
melody by Robert Burns,- and
"Ain'a that-a Good News," a
negro spiritual arranged by William Davidson.
After the choir sang, two one-
act plays were presented by the
R.J.C. drama department. A
heartwarming comedy, "Three on
a Bench" was the first play given.
John Husband played Harry; Darlene Rose was his overly-suspicious
girl.■:friend, Batty,- Mrs. Moore,
whose hobby was to patch and
repair rifts between young lovers,
was played by Alice Berkins; and
(Cont.  on page  7,  col.  3)
Open House
Rochester Junior College held its
annual Open House for parents
and friends on Thursday evening,
November 12, from 8 to 10 p.m.
in Coffman.
Dean Hill gave a welcoming
address to the capacity audience
in Coffman Hall. Following this,
Mr. Leonard Davis, Director of the
R.J.C. Counseling Bureau, gave a
talk on "College and the College
Student." Earle Lewis, Student
Council President, acted as master
of ceremonies for the program.
Next, the 70-voice R.J.C. Choir,
directed by Mr. Willard Johnson,
sang the following selections:
"M'sieu Bainjo," "Let Us Break
Break Break Together," "Ay Wau-
Bread Together," "Ay Waukin'
O," and "Ain'a That Good News."
Following the Choir, members
of Rajesters presented the one-act
play, The Answer, directed by Mr.
Robert O. Wise, Jr. The play, a
comedy-drama concerning the
problem of world peace, was most
entertaining to all the members
of the audience. In the cast
were: Dennis Gjerdigan as Rocco,
(Cont.  on  page 10, col. 3)
Try-outs fo, acting and singing roles in the Junior College's
big winter production of Pajama Game will be held Monday, November 30; Tuesday, December 1; and Wednesday, December 2.
Approximately forty or fifty students will be needed for the
cast, with at least fifty more students assisting as crew and production
members for the performances. PAJAMA GAME is the biggest undertaking ever attempted by Rochester Junior College.
Head of Music School
Visits Rochester J. C.
Mr. William Mac Phail, president of the Mac Phail School of
Music in Minneapolis, visited J.C.
tion and plans made by our faculty pertaining to a study for the
last Tuesday to see the organiza-
North   Central   Association.
Mr. Mac Phail talked with Dr.
King, the director of our J.C. self-
study program. Dr. King is planning to have the Dean of the
Mac Phail School of Music spend
an entire day visiting our faculty
members who are the chairmen
'of their committees. Each committee pertains to a certain phase
of the J.C. curriculum or activities.
We gave Mr. Mac Phail a copy
(Cont. on page 10, col. 4)
Mr. Dubbert chats with Mr. and Mrs. Willis at J.C. Open House.
Pajama Game, a musical comedy by George Abbot and Richard
Bissel, was a tremendous hit on
Broadway, enjoying a great box-
office return and providing such
popular songs as "Hey There, You
With the Stars in Your Eyes,"
"Steam Heat," and "Hernando's
Hideaway." The show will be directed by Robert Wise,- Willard
Johnson will be musical director;
Juliette Siem will do the choreography; and Donald Lavine will be
technical   director   for   the   show.
Mr. Wise emphasized the fact
that students need not be great
singers to take part in the thrill of
performing in Pajama Game, for
there are many good speaking
parts.
"No one," he said, "should hesitate to try out because they can't
sing." Mr. Wise also emphasized
the need for all sizes and shapes,
kinds and varieties of students to
fill the roles offered by a production of this scope.
The story in Pajama Game concerns a labor-management dispute
in a pajama factory. The basic
problem in the play is, in a
parody of Shakespeare, "to strike
or not to strike."
Pajama Game offers a great
variety in parts. The romantic
leads are Sid, the factory superintendent; and Babe, the female
chairman of the Union Grievance
Committee.
The comic leads are the president of the Union, Prez; the company secretary, Mabel; the efficiency expert ..in. the factory, Hines;
and his girl-friend, Gladys.
Mr. Wise stated that a musical
comedy is different from a regular
(Cont.  on  page  6,  col.   3)