The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 28, Number 1

              Hackeltei fjuni&n, GoUecpe
THE JAQSEE ECHO
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ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1960
NO. 1
lecord Crowd of Freshmen Attends Orienta
ssroom and Activities Program
jessed at Morning Assemblies
IMr Singley, acting as the Master of Ceremonies, opened the
■man orientation program in Coffman Hall on the morning of
Inesday, August 31.   The students were welcomed by Mr. Robert
President of the Board of Education. Dean Hill explained the
bse 0f the  orientation,   and   Charles  Johnson,   Student  Council
it, gave a welcome from the Student Council. Mr. Wise gave
Sure entitled "Now You Are in College." A quartet composed
ean Hill, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lavine, and Mr. Kortz sang "My
Inn" and "I Had a Dream, Dear."
Buring a meeting with their advisors, the freshmen received
■ties questionnaires which they filled out and returned to their
ers. The English Classification Test, Minnesota Scholastic Aptitude
land the English Cooperative Test were administered at specified
| to those students required to take them.
fcean Hill lectured on "Success in College" when he met with the
Ip on Thursday morning in Coffman Hall. Following his lecture,
j the freshmen took the Sequential Test of Educational Progress
jomparision with sophomore status. These tests were completed
liday. Late Thursday afternoon, the faculty and the freshmen
Ided a picnic at Slatterly  Park.
■day was devoted to intro-
[ig the students to the col-
activities by way of a
Int symposium with Mr. Dub-
lacting as chairman. Charles
ton spoke in behalf of the
Int Council and the drama-
[department. Blake Smyth,
lr of fhe Echo, and Janice
jn, Editor of the Rajuco, talk-
pout the publication of the
paper and yearbook, res-
My. Sophomore Class Presi-
j Robert Jenkins, spoke about
Pree divisions of the music
itment-band, orchestra, and
| John Husband talked about
and Joan Williams about
eading. Mr. Wise, dramat-
Nd spoke about the drops program and of community
(ties available to the students.
Faculty Co-ordinator
Heads Office Training
|e students were  given   time
Implete their registration  on
by.
|kndar of Events
9 -  Freshman   Mixer
m. 13 _ Freshman Orientation Lecture
IP'- 21
First Swim  Gym
Mr. Reed
This year R.J.C. is offering a
co-operative part-time office training course entitled Job Problems
5, to the students enrolled in
general secretarial, medical secretarial, or business administration courses.
This course involves a five hour
a week academic class and a
minimum of 15 hours of work in
a business office. Students will
receive 5 college credits for this
combination of classwork and on
the  job training.
Mr. Reed, the Office Training
Co-ordinator, will be teaching
and supervising this new J.C.
course that is open to sophomore
students.
STUDENTS BEG-IN NEW CAREER—Pictured are Jim Dietrich, Karen Madsen, Judy
Evans, Bob Theel
Heat Wave, Large Classes
Mark Opening of Fall Quarter
Temperatures soared to the mid-nineties and humidity hung at
only a decade or so below that when the freshmen met for orientation
from August 31 thru September 2. Three days later regular classes
were off to the hottest start in the history of the college when the
heat wave failed to break for the eighth consecutive day. The
convocation scheduled for that same day was even postponed
because of the heat.
Increasing temperatures have been accompanied by an expanding student body. The total enrollment for the Rochester 'vnior College
is predicted to be somewhere between 675 and 700 students. Of
this total amount, 150 students have returned from last year. An
estimate on the new students who have enrolled at J.C. ranges from
     350 to 375.    In addition  to this,
there are between 175 and 200
special students, that is nurses
from the St. Mary's School of
Nursing and the Methodist-Kahler
School of Nursing.
A   few  examples  of  this  tre-
R.J.C. to Host
State Councils
Preliminary plans are now being made for the 1960 Student
Council   State   Convention  to   be
held here in Rochester.   The tent-     mendous increase is the presence
ative dates, as set by the Student     of over 75 sutdents in the English
Council, are October 28 and 29
and   November   11   and   12.
Rochester Junior College will
be host to the eleven junior colleges sending representatives to
the meetings. The schools sending
delegates are.- Hibbing, Virginia,
Itasca, Brainerd, Bethany, Austin,
Concordia, Worthington, Ely, Eveleth, and Fergus Falls.
17 course which is taught by Miss
Barthelemy and Miss Matt. There
are over 110 sutdents in the two
general psychology classes taught
by Mr. Davis. About 40 freshmen
have enrolled in the medical secretary course. This is the largest
number ever Jo have enrolled in
this particular field.
NEW COURSES
ON SCHEDULE
This school year R.J.C. is offering six new and revised courses
for its students.
Mr. Jansen will be teaching the
new geography course. The great
natural regions of the world, their
products are discussed. Man's
adjustment to his environment will
be stressed.
The co-operative training program, officially titled Job Problems, will be taught by Mr. Reed.
In this course students will fulfill
academic requirements in the
morning and have on-the-job
training in the afternoon.
This year Anatomy and Physiology will be an elective course
for education majors and a course
that either first or second year
medical  secretaries will  take.
Principles of Accounting will be
offered again, as will advanced
typing. Advanced typing will be
offered for all three quarters.
The music department has moved band from the ninth to the
third hour hoping that this will
be more convenient for more
students. Credit will be given to
sophomore students majoring or
minoring in music, who participate
in small music groups.