The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 27, Number 6

              —from all the Echo staff
RocJte&tek fjuttiat College
THE J AUSEE ECHO
XXVII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959
NO.  6
Paul Appointed Qyje SpeakS
•K Committee
advisory committee for the
list-Kahler School of Nurs-
[oppointed Mr. Paul, Junior
Registrar, to their group.
Ipurpose of this committee
|h Mr. Paul has been  ap-
for  three   years,   is   to
le the interests of the School
ping as an educational in-
arid to act as a  liaison
letween the school of nurs-
i board of directors of the
ler Methodist Hospital, and
nmunity.
■main purpose of this corn-
Is to serve in an advisory
1 to the board of directors
Rochester Methodist Hospit-
prning the school of nurs-
|r newly  appointed   mem-
he committee besides Mr.
Ire Mr.  Max   Kjerner,   Dr.
INeedham,  and  Dr.   P.   F.
pent Decreases
Last Quarter
Irding to winter quarter
pt   figures,    J.C.'s   total
I of students has dropped
Im last quarter.
I total enrollment of 601,
|e now 230 freshmen, 157
|ores, 32 special students
|in9 nurses), 113 Methodist-
|nurses (taking psychology)
st. Mary's nurses (chem-
|*ak-down of these figures
fat there are 149 freshmqn
Id8! freshman women, and
ihomore men and 31 soph-
Iwomen.
|Q[ of 20 students are new
,riis quarter.
At R. J. C.
Representative Albert Quie,
member of the U. S. House of'
Representatives from the first Congressional district of Minnesota,
visited Rochester Junior College
Monday, December 7th.
Representative Quie spoke to
Miss Goette's fifth hour Political
Science class on the issues of the
last sessiin of Congress, and of
what he expected might arise in
the next session of Congress.
He is a member of two committees, one on Agriculture, and the
other on Education and Labor.
He discussed his experiences while
working on these committees.
He has also worked on agriculture, labor, balancing the budget
and the prevention of the spread
of communism.
Dr. Martorana Chosen
Commencement Speaker
Plans are already being made
for commencement exercises this
coming June, and the speaker this
year will be Dr. S. U. Martorana,
Chief of the State and Regional
Organization in the Division of
Higher Education, Washington,
D.  C.
Commencement will be Thursday evening, June 9, 1960, and
Dr. Martorana will be the speaker
for Austin Junior College Commencement also.
Dr. Martorana, a graduate of
the University of Chicago, worked
with a field of junior colleges in
the State of Washington for a
while before going.'to the Ferris
Institute "General College and
Pre-professional Division at Big
Rapids, Michigan. For the last
three years he has worked in his
present capacity in Washington,
D. C.
U. S. Congressman Al Quie
speaking to R.J.C. political
science class.
Potlatch to Spark
Christmas Convo
N. C. A. Officials
Examine R. J. C.
Several members of the North Central Association of colleges and
secondary schools visited the Rochester Junior College December 7
and 8 to determine the college's accreditation for acceptance into
the association.
The visiting members were E. T. Dunlap, president of Eastern
Oklahoma A & M College at Warburton, Oklahoma; Dr. Fred K.
Eshlelman, Dean of Henry Ford Community College at Dearborn,
Michigan; and Dr. Karl W. Meyer, Dean of Instruction at Nebraska
State Teachers'  College, Wayne,  Nebraska.
The members visited the J.C. classes, laboratories, student activities and library. They also had personal interviews with the students,
faculty members, administration and members of the Board of
Education.
  The faculty and administrators
The Christmas convocation will
be held Friday, December 18 during the fourth hour in Coffman
Hall.
The orchestra will open the convocation with "White Christmas"
by Irving Berlin, followed by
"Christmas Festival" by Le Roy
Anderson.
The one-act play, "The Answer"
will be given with the following
cast: Steve Evans as Rocco, Pete
Ford as the Deacon, Tom McNeil
as Bart, Barb Eichendorf as De-
lores, Ivan Imm as the Fireman,
Leo Stellplug as the cabbie, Terry
Teigen as the sailor, and Chuck
Johnson as the vendor.
Following the play the choir
will sing "Osanna in Excelsis" by
Palestrina, "Lullaby My Liking" by
Hoist, with solos by Jean Burrows,
soprano; Vernon Almlie, tenor,--
and David Kirkwood and Ronald
Johnson,   baritones.
The choir then will sing "Negro
Bell Carol," by James, with solos
by Eloise Mieras, soprano; and
Charles Caflish, tenor, and
"Daughter of Zion" by Handel.
The choir will also lead the students in carol singing.
The climax of the convocation
will be devoted to the Potlatch,
a five-year tradition based on the
customs of he Kwakiutal Indians
of Vancouver Island that involves
the competition of two rival chiefs
and their followers to see who
can out-give the other. For example the supporters of chief A.
would put all his possessions in
front of Chief B. In our potlatch,
Rickey Koppitz challenged Earle
Lewis, and the supporters of each
candidate will place non-perishable food in front of the candidate that they wish to lose.
Among the Kwakiutals, the chief
who lost might commit suicide, but
Dean. Hill .has. been quoted as
saying that any student who does
so will  be expelled.
The food collected will go to
Christmas Anonymous.
at R.J.C. sent to the NCA a self
study report, which was started
in January and February of 1959.
The report was the first step of
the formal application made to
the association and includes all
phasts of the college's curriculum,
administration, physical plant
and achievement. Topics which
were covered are the present status of our college, close examination of the weaknesses and
strengths of our college and a
master plan of development for
the  next five years.
Faculty members who served as
chairmen in making tht report are
Walter Bateman, Dean Hill, Mary
Goette, Marie Matt, Philip Kortz,
Joseph Rockenbach, Leonard
Davis, and Louise Barthelemy.
After reviewing the self study
report the executive board of the
NCA authorized the accrediting
team  at  its September  meeting.
The team arrived here December 6 and held their first meeting
at the Kahler Hotel. Then they
. met in the Board of Education
room with Dr. James V. Moon,
superintendent' of schools; Dr.
Fred King, assistant to the superintendent in charge of instruction;
Mr. Paul, and Dean Hill.
(Cont.  on page  4,  col.  3)