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RUT DELANEY, FINAL election opponent of Student Council
esident elect Dave Alme delivers a polished, personal bid for votes
tlie formal Campaign Convocation April 18. Looking on attentively
mi left to right are primary nominees Larry Blum, Tom Iberg,
cry] Brumm, Tim Bothof, Alme, Paul Hoven, and Paul Tobin. Behind
aney "MC" Don Husband waits to introduce the next speaker.
Photos by Larry Daviis
Victor Agrees
Jonvoc. 'Helps9
Dave Alme, the new RJC Student Coun-
President from Wanamingo, Minnesota,
sieves the Campaign Convocation was
important part of his victory in last
ednesday's final election. Students in-
viewed after the Convocation agreed
st it improved the campaign.
Dave Alme's opponant in the final elec-
n was Jerry Delaney, of Perham, Minne-
ta. Alme and Delaney became finalists
er receiving the highest vote totals from
long eight candidates in the April 19
mary.
"I think the Campaign Convocation real-
helped me," Alme said just after his
tory was announced last Wednesday.
ose few students who attended the
^vocation got a chance to look at the
sonality, and find out about the speak-
ability of the candidates."
ANOTHER COMMENT about the convo-
tion, at which all eight primary candi-
fes spoke came from a sophomore girl.
or the first time, I feel really informed."
"The convocation is 100 per cent better
anything we have ever had during a
mpaign before," a sophomore member
the Student Council said. "I'm so glad
s candidates and students had this op-
rtunity."
"The convocation helped me decide who
vote  for.    Before   I  was confused,  but
w I know who I'll support," a freshman
explained.
Some disagreed about the value of
; question and answer session which
tbwed the speeches.
President Alme, summing up many views
id, "I feel the session was quite effective,
sugh it may have hurt some of the
ndidates."
"I enjoyed the question period', but I
Jn't think the dance band petition should
ve been discussed so much," a freshman
I commented.
"At   least   one   candidate   would   have
Men a lot more votes if he hadn't tried
answer  so   many  questions," was  the
Jnt statement of a freshman boy.
"Somebody   missed  an  opportunity  by
t making an issue of expanding Council
embership.   I'm for it, and I wish at least
e candidate would have  been  too," a
sshman boy complained.
On the main issue discussed during the
estion session, new President Alme says:
he   open   Student   Council   meeting   is
mething we can try."
BUT HE ADDS, "I'm afraid this issue may
tossed back and forth, and nothing will
done  about it as a  result.   Also, the
Cont. on page 3, col. 4)
CHEKYL SMILES
—the ony girl nominee.
LABJRY BLUM   .
—he didn't quit  after  all.
JAIJSEE ECHO
VOLUME XXX
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1963
NO. 13
RADIO  PROGRAMS
May 5—Donald Olsen will conduct a program on School
Traditions.
May 12-Mr. Abendroth will
relate his experience of being a golf pro on a Japanese golf course.
May 19—Mr. Lavine will conduct a program on the Status of the Junior College.
TIM BOTHOF
—giving it a college try.
Campus Peace Corps
Plans Contribution
The Peace Corps was two years
old on March 1, 1963. On the
first anniversary of the Peace
Corps, there were 920 volunteers
in service or in training; now there
are 5009. About 63% of all
volunteers are men; the youngest
volunteer is  18, the oldest is 76.
The Peace Corps idea is growing throughout the world as a
means of encouraging the growth
of middle-level job skills in developing countries.
How has this idea affected
RJC?
One of the most recent activities af RJC has been the establishment of the Campus Peace
Corps Program. The officers are
co-chairmen, Jerry Wolfbauer,
Alan Nicklay, and Shirley Gronvold; secretary-treasurer is Elsie
Reaume. About 20 RJC sutdents
are members of the Program.
The prime objective of these
students is to learn more about
the Peace Corps, and to aid the
Peace Corps cause with contributions. The first fund-raising event
was a mixer held on April 19, in
Coffman Hall, and $34.38 was
raised. This amount and further
contributions will be used to buy
school supplies and sporting
equipment which will be sent to
Earle Lewis and John Beckley,
JC alumni, who are now volunteers in the Philippine Islands.
Two other JC students have
been accepted into the Peace
Corps. Don Martin is presently in
training and will be sent to Pakistan. Jan Streiff will be leaving
soon and after training, will work
in Bolivia.
John Fryer, also a former JC
student, is presently training in
New Mexico at the University of
New Mexico at Alburquerque.. He
will be home for a week in June
and then will be stationed in
Brazil.
3 Present Views
On Dunlap Bill
Students arranged for two local lawyers and a Mayo Clinic
Psychologist to present facts and
views about the controversial Dunlap Junior College Board Bill to
Mr. Walter Bateman's Sociology
class last Thursday.
The visitors were Mr. Richard
White and Dr. John Pearson, Rochester School Board members
who spoke for the bill, and Mr.
Arthur Swan, member of the
Rochester Higher Education Committee and RJC graduate, who
spoke against the bill.
Chris Fisher, Janice Gierloff and
Don Sauer invited the speakers to
the class, and arranged the time
of the visit after other class members agreed they would like more
information on the Dunlap Bill
and its effects on Rochester Junior
College.
THE DUNLAP-SATHRIE Bill is
written to bring some of the
eleven present junior colleges in
Minnesota, now controlled by local government with some state
aid, under complete control of
state government through a seven
man  board.
The bill introduced in the Senate by Robert Dunlap, elected
from this area, calls for $10,000,-
000 to be expended operating
and building new junior colleges
during the next two years. Rep.
Sathrie's House version calls for
$25,000,000 for the biennium.
The first to speak on the bill
was Dr. Pearson, who gave a for
mal talk before leaving early.
Among the comments he made
were:
The fact that the junior colleges
of Minnesota are expected to
grow 118 per cent before 1970.
Though the University of Minnesota will only grow 101 per cent,
it will add 30,000 students while
the junior colleges will only add
3,700. Pearson felt the JCs should
odd more students, but that they
could do so only with state
control.
The fact that the Junior College
Action Committee, made up of
eleven junior college deans from
Minnesota, had sent a member
from Austin to the Senate hearings on the Dunlap Bill who urged
its passage.
The fact that only RJC and Wilmar JC now have buildings devoted mostly to college purposes.
RJC is in an old high school
building which is too small, and
Wilmar occupies an abondoned
air force base.
After Dr. Pearson left, Mr.
White and Mr. Swan informally
discussed the Dunlap Bill.
Mr. White had called the state
capitol within the last hour, and
reported that Senator Dunlap felt
his bill would pass both houses
of the legislature at the $10,000,-
000 figure.
White added that urban Rochester Representative Don Fisher
agreed. The Dunlap Bill, how-
(Cont. on page 6, col. 3)
Expert to Explain
'Hidden Persuaders'
Three RJC Applied Psychology
students and the advertising director of the Rochester Post-Bulletin
will bring Dr. William Mindak
here to speak on "The Truth of
the Hidden Persuaders," at 3:30
p.m. May 7, in Central J. H. Auditor ium.
The three students are Dennis
Voiding, Bill Christianson and
Chris Fisher. Bruno Lisi, of the
Post-Bulletin arranged the visit.
Dr. Mindak is a professor of advertising journalism at the University of Minnesota, and a noted
national authority on advertising.
The Hidden Persuaders was a
non-fiction best seller on the subject of psychology in advertising.
The possibility of having a
speaker from outside Rochester on
advertising psychology was first
brought up when Chris Fisher and
Voiding had an interview with Mr.
Lisi during Easter vacation.
"Lisi said he would gladly
speak to our class himself, but
felt he could arrange for a more
qualified speaker on the whole •
subject of advertising," Chris explained.
"Mr. Lisi wrote to a personal
friend, Dr. William Mindak, and
asked him to come to Rochester.
Dr. Mindak wrote back . . . and
said he could come here on the
afternoon of May 7. Mr. Lisi has
been more than kind, since he arranged for the Post-Bulletin to
advertise the speech, pay for any
expenses and  entertain  Dr.  Min-
(Cont. on page 8, col. 2)