The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 27, Number 10

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ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1960
NO. 10
J.C. Celebrates Forty-Five Years of Progress
Our J. C. Oldest in State
.
NURSE'S SCHOOL CANDIDATE
na Rho initiate, Dick Edwards, gets final instructions from
i Schulte before leaving for Kahler Hall.
j.'ites Go to
(lege Council
[Rochester J.Cites  attend-
t annual state convention of
j Colleges   to   be   held' at
K, Minnesota, will be Earle
[student council   president;
Bozokowski,    sophomore
■president;   Dorey   Wilkins,
Ipn student  council   repre-
re;  Warren   Litynski    and
towards,  Echo  editor  and
I" editor; and Jan  Larson.
Invention, to extend over
f-day period of March 26
T'is held each year for the
-°f improving the Minne-
h°r colleges through  the
r'nued on page 8, col. 4)
Junior College
Host to Local
Science Fair
Rochester Junior College was
host to the annual local Science
Fair on Thursday and Friday,
March 10 and 11. The event,
which was sponsored by the lol-
lege, was directed by Mr. Walton,
with Mr. Wigness as co-director,
while Miss Endicott was in charge
of judging and awards. Fifty
pupils from Rochester's elementary
schools entered projects, and
there were twenty-seven entries
from Junior High and John Mar-
(Continued on page 8, ocl. 5)
Gamma Rho
Holds Rites
The annual Gamma Rho initiation banquet was held March 16
at the Markay Dining Room.
Thirty students were installed
in the society. They are V.
Margellos, T. Teigen, L. Heenan,
B. McLean, D. Hammond, J. Sargent, P. Ford, J. Passe, S. Stillwell,
J. Ridenour, L. Geist, D. Willis,
A. Dashow, S. Riddle, W. Perley,
P. Gilligan, D. Edwards, J. Larson,
W. Nielson, D. Zimmer, B. Smyth,
A. Rupkalvis, N. Nee, E. Lewis,
D. Kirkwood, N. Pagenhart, S.
Hosek, C. Eichinger, D. Rose, M.
A. Thompson, and K. Haht.
Marietta Sonnenberg, Post-
Bulletin staff reporter, was guest
speaker for the evening. Other
speaker for the evening. She
showed slides of Russia and other
Iron Curtain Countries which she
visited last summer. Other guests
of the society were Dean and
Mrs. Charles Hill, Miss Matt, Echo
advisor, and Mr. and Mrs. McKeehan, Rajucco advisor.
Throughout the day the candidates performed various stunts
which were part of the initiation
activities. Don Schulte, Warren
Litynski, Ron Smith and Gary
Witzke were in charge of the informal initiation. Results of the
day's initiation stunts were reported and discussed at the meeting.
(Continued on page 8, col. 5)
Rochester Junior College celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary
this year, claiming the distinction
of being the oldest surviving public junior college in Minnesota.
When R.J.C. was established in
1915, Rochester had only 14,000
inhabitants, and the college
boasted only seventeen students
who registered the first year.
There was no library, few classrooms, and a four-member faculty, but as the city of Rochester
grew in size and importance,
R.J.C.  grew also.
J.C. was established for the
purpose of providing parallel work
to the curriculum offered the first
two years at the University of
Minnesota. Dr. Charles H. Mayo,
then a member of the school
board, made the motion adding
the two years of University work
to the high school, and the board
voted unanimously for the adoption of his proposal.
The four members of the faculty
were Winfred Bolcolm, who was
also the first Dean of R.J.C; John
Mack, who later became the
second   Dean;   Miss   Belle   Com
stock, and Miss Jane Nesbitt. The
first graduating class, ten in number, left J.C. in the spring of
1917.
Following Mr. Bolcolm and Mr.
Mack in their position as Dean
of the school were Dr. Guy Vande
Bogart, appointed in 1920 and
remaining until 1925, when Roy
Goddard took the helm of the
J.C. ship.
Dean Goddard was a key figure in the development of R.J.C,
and remained as dean until 1953
when Charles Hill took over in
this capacity.
The college has experienced a
steady growth in enrollment with
the exception of the war years,
and the faculty and administration have also increased steadily
in numbers. As R. J.C. has grown,
its purpose and functions have
broadened beyond the original
purpose of providing the preparation for students wishing to attend a four-year school, for J.C.
functions more as a community
college. The curriculum has been
expanded and diversified until it
now offers many courses for ter-
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Y.M.C.A. SCHOLARSHIP WINDERS These R.J.C. students were given one quarter tuition scholarship for outstanding leadership in Y.M.CA. work. Prom left to right, Hilman Ratsch, Mel Chase,
Chuck Johnson, Todd Stoehr, Ken Weidman, and Gordy Bishop.