The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 29, Number 1

              HocAedtei fjunion, College
THE JAYSEE ECHO
SE XXIX
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 22, 1961
NO. 1
osh Take Tests, Hear Lectures at Orientation
[orientation Week which was held" between September 5 and 8
Imade up of tests, convocations, lectures, and getting acquainted
fens.
line testing program on Tuesday, September 5 included the
Ish Plccement Test, the Minnesota Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
lerative English Test, Engineering Tests, American College Tests,
ITesfs for Medical Secretaries.
Wednesday's program consisted of a convocation which began
|30 in Central Auditorium. Dean Hill and Dr. Moon, Superintend-
|0( the school system delivered welcoming messages to the as-
freshmen. At 9:00, Mr. Wise gave a lecture entitled "Now
|Are In College," stressing the difference of college life from that
Igh school, and noting the new responsibilities the college student
Jlearn to accept.
|Also on Wednesday morning, the freshmen held group meetings
heir advisors and were acquainted with some of the finer points
Iholastic requirements.
■The students met in Central Auditorium again at 1:00 to listen
■lecture given by Mr. Davis titled "How to Study." Mr. Davis gave
|ce on note taking, acquiring good study habits, and preparing for
|S EXPLAINED
loders of the various clubs
{with the freshmen to.explain
[activities offered at J.C. Mr.
fcman served as MC of this
Iram. Speakers were Vern
n, Student Council, Celie Hick,
p- of the Echo, Dave Skeels
Rajesters, Jule Whiting, relenting the YWCA, Marilou
p, Editor of the Rajucco, Jerry
pchar representing the Vet's
p, Tom Ferguson, speaking for
[Varsity Club. Tom Saterdalen
Bribed the Intramural Program,
llobland spoke on Music Ac-
ps, and Dave Leach on the
tA.
ICont. on page 9, col. 2)
JCGets Large
lice of State
id $171,840
Evening College
Initiates New
Tech Courses
Since there is an increasing demand for personnel in engineering and related scientific and industrial fields, Rochester Junior
College has set up courses in
professional engineering and engineering technology to be held
in the evening. Classes will be
held on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 and.
7-A5 to 9:45. Summer classes will
run for six weeks meeting an hour
and a half two times a week.
■ochester
Juinor   College    re-
Students   enrolling   in   these
courses will be able to complete
the  course  in   four years.   These
are  the same courses which  are
completed   in   two   years   of   the
d the largest of the state aid     regular junior college.   Upon sucks sent to  junior  colleges  in     cessful completion of either four-
year course students will   receive
an Associate in Arts Degree which
will enable them to enter a four-
year    cofllege    or    university    as
juniors enrolled as majors in en-
K the colleges were"allotted     9ineerin9    °r    engineering    tech-
foreach student enrolled in     nolo9y-
1 »60-61  school  year. Classes  being   taught  af  night
le amounts paid to other jun-     will be similar to those taught in
™leges were:  Austin,  $112,-     the same course during the day.
Br°inerd, $66,150; Ely $37,-     Fall   quarter   of   the   engineering
"eleth, $37,890;   Fergus    course will include classes in math-
^30,060; Hibbing, $139,200;    ematics   and   drawing.    Drawing
,Q' 575,390;  Virginia,  $125,-   -classes   and" higher   mathematics
Q"d Worthington,   $85,890.     classes, will   be   offered   in   the
liesota.
ie total amount of the ten
Ps was $882,720. Rochester's
f amounted to $171,840. Ac-
Fg.to  Stafford   King,   State
^v^°4r
Ck£
This sign was an addition to the Campus this fall. The six freshmen posed around the
sign are, from left to right, Ronnie Decker, Bob Kresbach, Marilyn Dahl, Al Blazing,
Gordon Hughes, and Sharon Hanson.
winter and spring quarters, and
there will be a mathematics course
during the summer.
The second-year curriculum for
engineering students will consist
of courses in English and Physics
for the first three quarters and a
Personal Health class in the summer session. Each quarter of the
1962-63 school year will consist
of one mathematics course and
two physics classes. The summer
class will be an orientation course
in engineering. The fourth and
last year of the engineering
course will be composed of two,
quarters of psychology and chemistry and one quarter each of
English  and   mathematics.
Engineering technology students
will take an engineering technology curriculum course in mathematics and English communication this fall, while they will take
an English course and advanced
mathematics in the winter and
spring, and a business course
during the summer. Physics and
drawing are on the schedule for
the first three quarters of the
second year and also a Personal
Health course during the summer.
Third  year will  consist of one'
quarter of psychology and chemistry, one quarter of sociology and
chemistry,   and   one   quarter   of
(Cont. on page 6, col. 2)
JC Faculty Members
Write New Handbook
For most of us, our school year ends in early June and begins in
September. How many of us know that while we are vacationing our
R.J.C. faculty is as busy as "Yellowjackets" most of the summer seeking
ways to better our college, to guide our freshmen to a happy and
successful year, and to find methods of improving public relations
and school spirit?
One of the results of the 1961 Summer Workshop is the excellent
guide for freshmen at R.J.C. entitled, "Handbook for Jackets," which
has a striking blue and gold cover, which are our school colors, and a
cartoon sketch of the "Yellowjacket," our identifying  symbol.
Miss Matt and Miss Evans were co-chairmen of the "Jacket Handbook" committee, while Miss Towle, Mr. Lavine, Mr. Rockenbach, and
Mr. McKeehan served on the com
mittee. Miss Matt served as general editor, while Mr. Kortz assisted with proofreading and compiling statistics. Mrs. Peterson,
secretary in the Dean's office,
submitted fhe cartoon work in the
entire handbook. Quality Printing
Company was selected to print
1,000 copies of the handbook.
Each student received a copy
during orientation, and copies
may be purchased in the bookstore for 25c apiece. If you do
not already have one, buy one
soon and get better acquainted
with your college and its services.
The "Jacket Handbook" includes
valuable information on the his-
(Cont. on page 9, col. 6)
Thirty Instructors
Meet New "Boom"
Of Students Here
This year, R.J.C. can claim a
staff of thirty qualified and full
time  instructors.
In addition to last year's faculty
are five new instructors, only one
of whom is serving as a replacement.
Mr. Gene Woolrige, who is
teaching physics in Mr. Walton's
place, graduated, f r o m Upper
Iowa University and received his
M.A. this past summer at Mankato
State.
(Cont. on page 9, col. 4)