The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 30, Number 5

              JC Changes Potlatch For Charity Event
lonfrary  to   any  white   man's
lion, the Kwakiutl Indian knew
I he was doing when he bell burning his blankets,  lodges
[canoes.   This was his way of
Jj„g he had "money to burn."
■dually this is an extreme form
|nold custom of the Northwest
|st Indians — potlatch.   Whe'n-
a  special   event   came   up,
i as a  birth  in  an  important
lily or the assuming of a title
|a man,   the   Indian   directly
Lrned held a feast and gave
ly  large    numbers   of    bark
blankets.    Potlatching,    in
bus forms,   came  to   be  the
I    of the  Kwakiufl's way of
The blankets given away in
latch  were  also   loaned   out,
at the rate of  100%  in-
5t,  When  the  blankets  were
I back, the man usually tried
to throw in a few extra, say one
or two hundred, just to show that
he was also a man of wealth.
The most spectacular form of
potlatching was that done between nobles in the Kwakiutl
clans. A rich noble backed by
his retainers challenged another
noble to a potlatch in hopes that
he would be able to give more
gifts of blankets and canoes,
thereby disgracing  his opponent.
Instead of giving these gifts,
however, he sometimes burned
them. The opponent, not to be
impressed by this, burned twice
as many blankets, furs and
canoes, and perhaps even threw
in two or three slaves. If the opponent could not match these
gifts, and burnings, he was publicly disgraced and often committed suicide.
iM
liester Junior College held its annual Scrag Day on Wednesday,
lember 2L On this day, students are permitted to wear whatever
I desire The students above are shown at the Tastee Coffee Shop.
led from L. to R. Barb Paulson, Linda Rise and Nancy Nietz. Back
| same order: Kelly Anderson, Rory Madsen, and Becky Boyer.
) styles ranged from pajamas to a caveman skin worn with long
!rwear- Photo by Scott Wilcox
Plan Activities
lommitteesChosen
[he JC Student Council estab-
four committees for three
mt   activities   during   the
\h before   Thanksgiving   va-
i.
JC students were given a
|nce to sign up or volunteer
he committees. In addition,
lie students were asked by the
[ncil to serve before selections
p made.
that group of possible
pers, the committees were
»n. Cheryl Brumm, Bill Hand-
land Ed Villwock acted as an
Ned selection group, and the
pcil approved their nominees,
activities and their four
Nttees are: Coffee Hour Ac-
f6s> which has two commit-
The 'Program Coffee Com-
fee/ in charge of obtaining
fakers for the question-answer
Coffee Hour included: Gail Carroll and Duncan Mallock, freshmen; Laura McNulty and Gary
Ingalls, sophomores.
The Hospitality Coffee committee, in charge of arranging for
use of the new Lounge and refreshments, includes: Carl Bayard,
Mary Ridenour, Nancy Bundy,
Carol Lee Johnson, and Jim Stoll,
freshmen; Dennis Chase, sophomore.
The Sno-Week Activities committee, in charge of making
plans and heading other committees for all Sno-Week events
includes: Ed Villwock, chairman;
Dave Scearcy, Tom Miller, Bob
Petersen, Kathy Schmidt, Dalas
Walvoord, and Craig Wilson,
freshmen; Vicky Olson, Jan Steinmetz, Larry Schuette, and Sharon
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Potlatching has become a tradition here at JC — but not the
burning type of potlatch. Instead,
it has become a pre-Christmas
activity. During the third hour on
December 20, two students will
play the roles of Kwakiutl nobles
in Coffman Hall and challenge
each other to a potlatch. These
two "nobles" are to be selected
by a committee headed by Sandy
Brown and advised by Robert
Wise. Each noble expects his
retainers, the individual students
and various clubs, to support him
by giving gifts of food to his opponent. Students are encouraged
to bring large amounts of canned
foods, potatoes or any type of
non-perishable foods and deposit
, them in the pile in front of the
person   they   want   to   lose   the
potlatch. At the end of the hour,
the noble with the most food in
his pile is the loser.
Later that day, the food will
be given as a gift to the Salvation
Army.
What happens to the losing
noble? Actually he should bow
down to his rival whenever he
meets him in the halls, which, to
the right person, may be quite
a disgrace.
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JAYSEE ECHO
VOLUME XXX       ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1962
NO. 5
JC   Growth   Rate Tops
State  At   325   Percent
rrrrrj,_rrr^.^_,_,_rrj._rjr_r_rrr Rochester Junior College is the fastest growing higher education
institution in Minnesota, with a rate of 325 percent over a nine year
period, according to figures released by Gerald Paul, Registrar.
The same study suggested that in the nine years ahead, RJC's fall
enrollment will jump from 978 this year, to 1655 in 1971. This
projection is based on the tentative assumption that there will be no
new college campus.
FIGURES FOR PAST growth show that nine years ago, in 1954,
JC enrolled 230 students. This fall there are 748 more students for
the 978 total.
No other institute of higher learning, including the university,
state, and private colleges or junior colleges can boast a 325 percent
growth. The Twin Cities campuses of the University of Minnesota grew
from 27,000 nine years ago, to 31,000 now, but the rate was only
18 percent.
Liberal Club
Gets Charter
The RJC Student Council granted a charter for a newly formed
liberal club at RJC on November
15 at a regular council  meeting.
The club's president, Verne
Hansen, attended the council
meeting and explained the purpose of the club. According to
Mr. Hansen, the club will attempt
"fo seek the truth through critical
and objective thinking, and to
probe and inquire into the current issues of our changing world
in an effort to find means in
which all people can live together
in  peace and prosperity."
The club was given a charter
to become a direct school club
with all the privileges of a direct
school club—use of school facilities and activity money, bulletin
board space, pages in the yearbook, articles in the college newspaper, and the privilege of nominating  a  Sno-Queen candidate.
If at anytime the club affiliates
itself with a political party, its
status will be reviewed by the
council.
The other officer is vice-president, Collin MacCarthy. The activity committee is composed of
Jackie Evarts and Bob Adler. Mr.
Walter Abendroth, RJC history
instructor, is the advisor for the
club. Any student of RJC is eligible to join this club.
Dance Class Begins
On Dec. 13; RJC
Student To Teach
Dancing lessons for all interested RJC students will begin on
Thursday, December 13, in Coffman Hall or one of the gyms, according to Mrs. Juliette Siem, faculty advisor.
There will be two sessions —
at 3:15 and 4:10, and students
may attend one or both of the
sessions.
The instructor for the lessons
will be Mrs. Georgia Gilmer, a
present RJC student. Mrs. Gilmer
has been teaching modern and
ballroom   dancing   for   six  years.
Types of dances to be taught
will include the polka, fox trot,
faster tempos such as the lindy or
swing, and some Latin rhythms.
However, according to Mrs. Gilmer, she will teach whatever the
majority of the students want to
learn.
Several reasons account for the
tremendous growth rate here, including new courses, more classroom area, and increased attendance at junior colleges.
There were two major course
expansions during the nine years.
The first, in 1957, was the offering
of junior college courses to student nurses. About 108 students
from Methodist - Kahler Nursing
School boosted JC enrollment to
454.
In 1960, Saint Mary's Nursing
students also began to take advantage of the college classes.
About 178 girls from both schools
brought enrollment to 731.
The second expansion, in 1961,
was the beginning of an Extended
Day program to give working
engineers an opportunity to take
college courses at night. About
70 engineering technology and
pre-engineering students enrolled
to bring the total for the fall
quarter to 892.
More classroom area became
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