The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 27, Number 13

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THE JAUSEE ECHO
MB XXVII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1960
NO. 13
10 TAKES FIRST IN COLUMBIA COMPETITION
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lohnson Elected to Head Student Affairs
m Student Council
resident Expresses
lews on New Office
ig Student Council president will be a hard job, but it will
[lot of fun," said Chuck Johnson, who was recently elected to
Jnext year's school  functions.
Jle is especially looking forward to the J.C. Student Council
Ation to be held here next fall. Under the leadership of Chuck,
jit council members will also plan orientation activities for next
freshmen. —	
dink he will develop into
■ng leader. He is responsible
Irious, yet has a good sense
jnor and is well-liked by the
" commented Miss Evans,
lof student affairs. "He also
pn interesting twinkle in his
1 she added.
Is year Chuck has enjoyed
a Grey-Y group Friday
loons and Fun club Saturday
He was also publicity
han of the J.C. YMCA club,
lent of the freshman class,
[a member of Delta P s i
|a and the LSA.
[lis spare time he plays with
feven-month-old brother,
land when he isn't playing
lim, he's talking about him.
Ptinued on page 8, col. 3)
Plans Considered
For New College
Campus for J.C.
Long-range plans are being
considered for a suburban Rochester Junior College campus to
be properly integrated with its
surroundings, since the continued
increase in enrollment during the
past ten years and the prospective enrollment figures for the
future suggest that the student
population of the Junior College
will have outgrown the present
facilities of the Coffman Building
by approximately 1965.
While it would be possible to
make major additions to the Coff-
(Continued on page 10, col. 4)
J. C. to Offer
Work Program
Rochester J.C. will initiate a
part-time occupational progrgam
to provide planned and supervised pn-the-job experience in
business establishments for students enrolled in the second-year
of the Business Administration,
General Secretarial, and Medical-
Secretarial courses, next fall, under the direction of Mr. Jack
Reed, who will be a new instructor at the college.
The program, which will be
subject to a reimbursement from
state funds amounting to 50%
of that portion of the coordinator's time devoted to the project,
will be conducted on a sound
educational basis, with trainees
receiving a course called Job
Problems from the new vocational
coordinator. This Job Problems
course will enable students and
the coordinator to work cooperatively in solving the general and
specific problems that develop on
the job.
Students will receive five credits
per quarter for satisfactory completion of the requirements of this
(Continued on page 8, col. 3)
Paper Wins Gold Medal in National
Contest From C. S. P. A.'s Judges
ECHO EDITORS hear the good news from Advisor Miss Matt (top)
and Dick Edwards, who is setting a new record for staff communication with the help of Pat Gilligan, Dick Willis, Rickey Koppitz, Alice
Berkins, and Editor Warren Litynski.
R.J.C.'s Jaysee Echo took a first place and a gold medal in its
class in Columbia University's nation-wide rating service for school
newspapers, conducted through the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, scoring 919 points of a possible 1000 in the judging in the
36th annual contest.
Chuck Johnson talks over Student Council plans with Earle Lewis
Calendar of Events
Student  Council   Elections   —
May 9 and 11
Spring   Formal  — May 20
Spring Banquet — May 26
The scorebook received from
the C. S. P. A. by the Junior
College publications staff, Newspaper Fundamentals for School
Publications, summarizes the fundamentals of journalism as they
apply to student publications, and
outlines established practices and
(Continued on page 7, col. 5)