The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 28, Number 11

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THE JAlfSEE ECHO
bME XXVIII
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1961
NO. 11
[Mister Roberts" is Smashing Success Here
will be the recipient of the Booster Cup, Ty Erickson
lor Chuck Johnson?
(ecipient of the Highest
tudent Honor Chosen
ACH YEAR a sophomore stu-
f is chosen by his fellow J.C.-
I to receive one  of the   most
ped  awards.   This   award   is
Booster Cup on which the
fted student's name is engrav-
[The person is chosen on fhe
Is of leadership and active
picipation in college activities.
he Booster Cup award was
by a group of business-
[i, but when the first cup was
P, Mr. Goddard and. Mr.
py wished to continue the
N and purchased the present
[which is called the Goddard-
py Cup.   Since   that   cup   is
filled,  the   Student   Council
decided to buy a new cup in
{Singley's name.  The  Booster
|k and a poster with the years
names of all  the   recipients
[standing in the trophy case.
"IS YEAR the elections were
1 on February 17 and 20. The
|owing   eleven   students   were
"inated:  Claudia   Clark,  John
kand, Chuck Johnson,   Chuck
pn, Jan Larson, Blake Smyth,
ffkbon, Don Opheim,  Dorey
IK Dennis Wilson  and  Bob
s- The top two in the pri-
Chuck Johnson and Ty
s°n, advanced into the finals.
Ty was a feature writer for the
Echo. He is a member of SNEA,
the Vet's Club and the Varsity
Club of which he is vice-president.
He is scorekeeper at the J.C.
basketball games and is athletic
director at St. John's grade school.
Ty was a member of the track
team which was SMJCC champion
in 1960, and he plays on the
Vet's team for intramural basketball.
Chuck, who is now student
council president, was also freshman class president. He has been
very active in Rajesters and Delta
Psi Omega, being in The Answer,
Pajama Game, Submerged, and
Mr. Roberts. He is business manager of fhe Echo, writes "Council
Notes" for the Echo, and is now
a candidate for Gamma Rho. Last
year Chuck was Y.M.CA. publicity chairman and this year is
vice-president. He is also secretary-treasurer for L.S.A. He sings
in the choir and plays on the
business team for intramural basketball.
Until the spring banquet in
May, the results of the election
will be kept secret. At the banquet, the honored one will be
presented with the Booster Cup.
RR Enthusiast
Speaks at RJC
Convocation
A TALK illustrated with slides,
on the narrow gauge railroads in
Colorado, was a highlight convocation program by Dr. O. T.
Claggett of the Mayo Clinic, on
Thursday, February 9. A native
of Colorado, Dr. Claggett is extremely familiar with fhe aid
haunts and the remaining narrow
gauge  railroads.
The narrow gauge railroads
were built over a century ago for
fhe gold and silver mines, and
were built under grave difficulties,
because of the  lay of the land.
DR CLAGGETT prepared this
talk when, as outgoing President
of Sigmi XI, a scientific fraternity
at the Mayo Clinic, he was asked
to give a talk on a non-scientific
subject. Narrow gauge railroads
having been one of his hobbies,
he chose to present his interesting
materials on this topic.
The next program of this nature will be on March 23, present-
(Cont. on page 3, col. 5)
Two Performances Given ,
To Near Capacity Audiences
by DIANE HAMMOND
ABOUT 2,000 people attended the Rochester Junior College
production of "Mister Roberts" at Central Auditorium February 24 and
25.
The cast, most of them inexperienced in the field of acting, gave
a remarkable portrayal of the famous World War II play by Thomas
Heggen and Joshua Logan, under th edirection of Robert O. Wise.
"MISTER ROBERTS" is a story of the most hated enemy of war —
boredom, a despised captain who aggravates this boredom, and Mister
Roberts who wants desperately to leave his ship and take his part in
the battle action in the Pacific or Europe. Letters requesting his transfer are the only possible way of defeating Robert's boredom, but the
Captain invaribly rejects them.
After arrival in Elysium, a liberty port is arranged with the
help of a bottle of Scotch (compliments of the Captain). The Captain forces Roberts to make a deal
whereby he promises to send no
more letters and also promises to
side with the Captain in all things,
rather than siding with the crew.
The crew then gets its liberty.
Robert's actions, because of his
deal with the Captain, instill bitterness in the crew toward Roberts
which    is    dissipated    when    he
(Cont. on page 3  col 1)
Audit System
May Change
Soon at RJC
A new system for auditing
classes has been suggested by
the faculty scholastic committee.
When a student audits a class,
he attends classes without taking
a final exam or getting credit.
The new suggestion is that in
order for a class to be listed on
fhe student's record as an
(Cont. on page 7, col 5)
au-
Mr. Roberts — "You stupid jerk, the one with the birthmark's on the right," snaps
Mannion, Die Abbott. Prom left to right is Larry Claude (kneeling) Dick Abbott, Bob
Theel, Bruce Henning, and Dave Skeels.