The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 29, Number 10

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THE JAYSEE ECHO
fclJME XXIX
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962
NO. 10
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i Heil, Roger Parker, Marilou Prow, and Carmen Starkson are busy
King the yearbook to press. Gail Greene couldn't take time out for
licture. She was too busy rounding up copy.
[ajuco Expands 16 Pages;
[(Ids 10 Colored Pictures
[Weed page 26," "crop picture
1" "lay it out on a 3R form."
are   terms   that   probably
Ii't mean much to most RJC
lents, but by members of the
»co staff, these phrases and
irs, such as "reverse printing,
iy, heads, and subheads," are
I a few of the terras that are
tain to be tossed around in the
locations room the last crucial
js before the deadlines.
I(larch 4 is the last day to send
material that will go into the
irbook, according to Marilou
w, editor.
We're going   to  try  to   finish
srything before final test week,"
orted Marilou. "Actually, we're
ng very well since we sent in
re than half of the  pages on
i first deadline   in   December."
[We're   really   lucky   to   have
a responsible  staff.   Almost
^rybody   gets   his   work   done
and also on  time,  which   is
Iy important."
^or the first  time,  the   Rajuco
have  ten   colored   pictures,
i' will  have   112  pages,   16
[re than last year.   The colored
p include   one   of   Coffman
°ing on the front inside cover.
*'the division pages will have
v emblem, designed by Tom
l.
Itaryone on the Rajuco staff is
r^in3 hard to make the book
an excellent representative of RJC
and an interesting and original
yearbook that students will be
proud to read and to show to
their friends from other colleges.
In a few weeks new editors will
be selected from among the people who have worked on the Rajuco this year, and other likely
candidates. The names of these
people will be announced at that
time.
Spring Quarter
Starts March 13
This is the last day for students
who are currently enrolled, and
who are not on probation, to
register without paying the late
registration fee of $3.00. New
students and students on probation will pay this fee if they complete registration after March 12.
The dates were changed from
those that were given in the
catalog and on the registration
sheet. The change was made so
that the students and staff would
have more time to prepare for
final week.
A new course has been added
to the JC curriculum which will
be offered for the first time spring
quarter. The course, Elements of
Drawing and Painting, will be
(Cont. on'page 5, col. 5)
Pair Draws Ideas From Press Clinics;
Tour Lincoln's Home, Meet Characters
Celie Hick, editor of the 'Echo'
and one of her feature writers,
Patsy Postier made a whirlwind
trip to Jacksonville, Illinois last
week, where they attended the
Ninth Annual Newspaper Conference at Mac Murray College.
Other Minnesota delegates to the
press conference were from Bethel
College in St. Paul and Virginia's
Junior College. The majority of
the delegates came from Illinois,
while there were others from
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and
Indiana.
While waiting for the train at
Winona the two were approached
by an old woman seeking a
7-Up for a sick boy. She volunteered to give her preferences for
the Republican party by saying,
"I sure wish Kennedy would do
what Eisenhower did and give the
kids free examination (or it could
have been exemptions." Bewildered they boarded fhe train and
arrived in Union Station in Chicago five hours later.
Since they had a two-hour layover they went to a restaurant.
This time Celie found a little girl
from the next booth hovering
over her. The child immediately
began to mumble in her babytalk
which her mother kindly translated.    The   little   girl   had   been
talking  about her dog.
With the call, "The Abraham
Lincoln now leaving on track 20,"
the girls hurried to join the rest of
the mob boarding the same train.
Hustling down the gateway they
found their coach many cars later.
After a long three hours they
were entering the Springfield depot where a redcap asked them
if they wanted a cab. They declined and proceeded into the
depot only to find the redcap
tagging along. This time he asked, "Are you going to Jacksonville?" and they nodded yes.
Then he volunteered, "There isn't
any bus to Jacksonville tonight."
At this point the girls were rescued by Joe College himself who
had come to drive them to Jacksonville.
Joe College was about 6'6",
a pipe smoking, whistling creature with an uncanny power over
stop lights. He seemed to be
possessed with the idea that he
was going to have a flat tire.
The girls made it to the Hotel
Dunlap   and  without a   flat tirel
Friday morning they registered
and were introduced to the distinguished newspaper men conducting the clinics.
Celie and Patsy attended sessions   on   news   writing,   feature
"And away we go" was the sbout of Celie Hick, editor-in-chief and
Pat Postier, feature writer, as they left JC. The girls attended a
journalism clinic at MacMurray College in Illinois.
writing, sports writing, and photography. They also heard a '
speech by Robert Cahn on magazine writing. Mr. Cahn is the
midwest editor of the Saturday
Evening Post. The two met with
Robert F. Greenaway, editor of
the DeKalb Chronicle of the
Southern University of Illinois. He
made comments and criticisms regarding the 'Echo.' Looking over
an issue of the 'Echo,' he surprisingly said, "Is that Joe Rockenbach? I graduated from college
with him!"
Toastmaster at the banquet
Friday evening was Karin Walsh,
city editor of the Chicago Times.
Guest speaker was Mr. Barry
Bingham, Editor and President of
the Louisville, Ky. Courier-Journal
and Times, who spoke on editorial
writing.
Saturday afternoon the girls returned to Springfield on a bus
which they remarked, "Ran pretty
well for an antique." They had a
chance to tour Lincoln's home. The
bureau of his bedroom was adorned with some unusual bottles —
bottles excavated from the privy
behind  his Springfield  home.
Once again the pair were off
for Chicago, but their coach was
kept well entertained. A sailor
volunteered to play his portable
radio very loud. This wasn't
enough, however. He had to sing
along, too, to such popular records as "The Twist" and "Lipstick
on Your Collar!"
Celie's comment on the trip was
this: "The clinics were interesting
and helpful. I gathered ideas for
articles, suggestions for improvement in head lining, and pointers
in typography and photography.
The trip itself seemed to consist
of meeting a variety of people
all too willing to volunteer information."
The city of Jacksonville is in
sharp contrast with Rochester. All
the houses I saw were built around
the early 1800's and quite rundown. Jacksonville appeared to
have a southernly atmosphere
with the exception of two drive-in
banks. Many of the delegates had
southern accents. One Missourian
said to me in his Southern twang,
"When do you all get your paper
(Cont. on page 4, col. 5)