P BE C CTS Vol. IV, No. 3 PublishedBz by and for the Students of Boone Junior College, Boone, Iowa December 21,1959 B.J. C. Chorus Rehearses Every Thursday morning 34 junior college students raise their voices in song as a part of the Boone Junior College Chorus. Under the direction of sophomores Darrell Fagen and Judy Tornell they are accompanied by Mrs. Kathryn Thompson. Officers elected for the year include Darrell Blaess, president ;vice-president. Bar- bara Anderson; and secretary-treas- urer, Glenda McCambridge. Mrs. Mari2n Tisdal- is the advisor. The chorus is planning on going Christmas caroling this winter and also taking part in the school Christ- mas assemb!! where they san; 'Winter Wonderland,' 'What Child Is This?,' 'Angels We Have Heard on High,' and 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.' Also on the year's pro- gram is the Music Festival which the L chorus is planning to attend. This festival will be held at the Keokuk Junior College on March 15th. Jr. College Students Participate Last year the chorus Christmas caroled at the three old people's in Adult Swimming ~ctivitk homes in Boone and participated in the Christmas assembly. Fifteen Boone Junior Colle~estu- and nine o'clock. Dr. Cummings, who The Boone Junior College was host dents, including 12 boys and three is a local optometrist, has charge of to the other junior colleges last win- girls. are participating in Monday the Monday night swimmers. He is a ter for the annual Music Festival night swimming at the Boone High Red Cross approved instructor who which was held in the Boone High School pool. has had much experience locally and Auditorium. About 400 students took Besides the 15 B. .I. C. students. while in the Navv. part under the direction of Stanford t5ere are nine adults enrolled in the At the present time, according to Hulshizer, Director of Drake Uni- weekly activity. Dr. Cumminqs, there is not much versity Choirs. Activities of the swimming session organization in the class due to much include water basketball, tag, diving. time spent with lessons. But he antici- and lessons for the non-swimmers. pates organized games, diving: and ORCHIDS TO- Non-swimmers are restricted to the lessons in the near future. shallow end pf the pool, while the Enrollment in the class is offered Vicki Leater-for her imaginative swimmers are free to take part in the to all Boone Junior College students angel decoration on the lower hall various water sports. and all adults wishing to participate. bulletin board. One of the students participatin: in Judy Tornell-for helping the stu- the swimming session is a post-polio dent body over the bloopers in the patient. Her exercises are the same as DATES TO WATCH tree-lightinq assembly. those instructed and recommended December 21 : Christmas Party Mrs. Thompson-for doing the by the Sister Kenny Foundation. December 23 : Holiday honors on the piano. Instructions are given by Dr. Jack through January 1st Us-for getting this paper out on Cummings between the hours of seven time. 7 BEAR FACTS December 21, 1959 MISS FLORENCE GROVE Recipe for a Letters to the Editor The new instructor taking over the On occasion this paper will publish duties in the B. J. C. library is Miss Good Yearbook letters by j.c. students or faculty mem- Florence A. Grove. Ingredients : bers. Letters must be signed in full "I was very favorably impressed but the name of the writer will be with the school library and student A well balanced staff, withheld when published, if so re- attitude," was Miss Grove's comment Art work by Mrs. Porter, quested: concerning her new position at B. J. C. Pictures of organizations, Although actually attending high A dedication page, DEAREDITOR: school at Roland, Miss Grove claims Title page by Mr. Matson. Did anyone attempt to dance or get Ames as her home town. She holds a a chance to dance at the Thanksgiving B. A. degree from St. Olaf College Help from Mrs. Hartley, party November 24th? in Minnesota, and an A. B. S. degree Advice from Mrs. Tisdale, If someone could dance or even in Library Science. Her library ex- A nice looking cover, enjoy himself in spite of the loud periences include Britt, Roland, and Ads from the community. yelling, record changing, junior high Manly High Schools, as well as serv. Mix together the above ingredients acting individuals it was amazing. ing as head of extension work with until well organized. Add a pinch of It was those few individuals who were the State Traveling Library. fun for flavor. Divide batch into al- making it unpleasant for the majority. ternating layers to be baked at the Instead of asking for more dances publishing house in Texas. When re- and parties, why not ask for more New Form of turned, inspect and proudly distribute co-operation and college students who among student body. When making act like college students? Recreation this yearbook omit losing- ads, un- A J. C. Student willing members, and forgetting to Being Added meet deadlines. Tree-Lighting The smell of fresh paint and a sign, If the above directions are properly Ceremony Held "KEEP OUT-PAINT NOT DRY" indi- followed a good yearbook will be produced. Delta Tau bought and decorated cated to the students of B. J. C. that our tree which graced the assembly their recreation room, a converted last Monday, December 7th. It was coal bin, was having its face lifted. MR. JACK PORTER set up and adorned on the preceding Since the basketball team did not -'Although my duties are light, thel; Sunday. The assembly began at 9:30: materialize, the money usually appro- are pleasant, and I have hopes of with tree lighting by Jack Kelly, Pres- priated to that activity has been re- continuing instructing at B. J. C." ident of the student body, and group allocated to provide more and better This was the comment of Mr. Porter singing. Coffee and doughnuts were facilities for the recreation of the regarding Boone Junior College. Mr. served later by the BEARFACTSstaff B. J. C. student body. Recent acquisi- Porter, who also teaches math at from a table decorated with a Christ- tions with that money have been some Boone High School, instructs a mas motif. new cards, ping pong table, paddles small class in calculus. and balls, and checkers. After completing high school at A modern definition of a bride is a To provide boards for the checker Bloomfield, he spent four years in girl who discovered that where there's players, the cement shelf has been re- the U. S. Navy. after which he re- toast there's smoke. painted grey and 13 red and black ceived his B. S. degree at Parsons boards painted around the ledge. College in 1954. Keosauqua H. S. was Ted Bass has done most of the work the site for three years of instructing NYSTROM MOTORS of rejuvenating the room. before coming to Boone in 1957. Mr. By the Water Tower The new ping pong table will be- Porter received his M. A. degree in come the center of activity as the math from I. S. T. C. in June of this CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH . IMPERIAL ping pong tournament gets under way Year. Quality First Used Cars soon. Although it was unfortunate Even though Mr. Porter is com- that B. J. C. will not participate in paratively new at junior college in- intercolleqiate basketball, "It is an ill structing, he feels that junior colleges wind .. ." have a definite place in higher edu- THE CITIZENS The improvements in the recrea- cstion. tion room, and the new additions to NATIONAL BANK its facilities provide another step in BOONE : IOWA the growth of B. J. C.'s total program. BEAR FACTS

Published by and for the student body of Boone Junior College. Boone, Iowa IOWA ELECTRIC EDITOR : Betsy Belhaxsen. MAKE-UP EDITOR : Anna Longhenry REPORTERS: Carolyn Erickson, Ken Howard. LIGHTAND POWER Quality Groceries and Meats ADVISOR: C. W. Schaeffer. PRINTERS : Sunstrom-Miller Press. ,ember 21,1959 BEAR FACTS I Has True Meaning of Christmas Been Lost? The Editor Speaks With only a few days remaining William Heitkamp: "Very much Eighteen years ago December 7th' before Christmas, do you think you so. Christmas has practically van- Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The majority of us were very young then; ( know the meaning and have the real ished in its true sense. Too much spirit of Christmas? Here is what emphasis has been placed on the ma- a few of us were not even born. We some j.c. students had to say when terial idea of big. lavish gifts. One have no recollection of the tragic in- asked if they thought the true mean- small gift given with the Christmas cident that threw our country into inp of Christmas had been lost. spirit should be sufficient. We should turmoil and sent the world plunging Paul Nally: "If it hasn't been lost place more emphasis on the religious into the second World War. it certainly has strayed from the theme of Christmas." Dave Garroway on the radio recent- meaning that people a few years ago Bonnie Richter: "Yes. partly. In- ly commented on that fateful night; gave to it." stead of celebrating the birth of Christ he thinks many older people have Gary Bass: "Yes, the joyful re- it has become a commercialized forgotten it, too-at least its import. ligious meaning is being replaced by Christmas with the emphasis on Santa He remembered as a boy asking a a drastic financial problem." Claus." senior citizen what he recalled of the Gerry Raettig: "Yes, the true mean- Darrell Fagen: "Yes, I think we Battle of Gettysburg. The oldster re- ing of Christmas has been lost. Christ- have made Christmas a commercial plied, "Oh. yes; that was the day my mas has become secular rather than holiday and not a sacred holiday. It belt buckle broke and I had to use a sacred. People look forward to all seems we hardly finish the Fourth of rope to hold up my pants. There was the presents they will receive instead July and commercialized Christmas a lot of noise and shooting and ex- of going to church and being thank- has begun. I'm definitely for the citement, but I remember that day ful for Jesus." theme, 'Let's put Christ back in because mv darn belt buckle broke." This is the way we tend to remem- Carolyn Erickson: "Not entirely. Christmas.' " although it does look that way. I Wanda Carlson: "Yes. more and ber great events; by trivial incidents. believe many people have the real more people are beginning to realize December 7, 1941, was the day the spirit of Christmas in their hearts that the true meaning has been left pump handle broke, or the day Ma which comes forth in all the un- out. You hear more people saying burned the roast. selfish giving." they think Christmas is too com- Today- right this minute -is a Diana Caywood: "Yes, I believe mercialized. That's why I say. 'Christ time full of uncertainty and unrest. Christmas has turned into a com- should be brought back into Christ- 'Two-thirds of the world are starving, while the remainder have a sur~lus mercial rather than a religious thing." mas.' " food problem. Our population is ex- P * B ~ P ~ ~ ~ . ~ r PEPP P@ ~ ploding.m Great9 nations@ have9 developed atom and hydrogen bombs, and guid- Renovations Planned-Someday ed mizsiles, and germ warfare plans, too hideous to imagine. We are "In order to compete with other here's what was decided: The faculty plagued with taxes, the high cost of nearby colleges, B. J. C. will have unanimously vetoed a plan to raise livine. radiation fallout, and the Na- some changes made !" announced salaries because they felt that the hon- tional Debt. Countless little things, Dean Heyen today. or of the te9chiny profeszion would also, make this a world singing with After a dramatic meeting with the be impuyned bv so mundane a thin? as tension. And yet our daily lives go on. school board, in which one member Hard Cash. Mr. Heyen declined to snd we remember only trivialities. filibustered for three days, thus break- put his sons on the payroll, fearing Humans have a peculiar character- in.; the Conyressional record in that Mrs. Hartley would scream. istic: we don't like to think about W~shington,D. C.. our side emerged "Kepotism!" A suggestion to replace war and times of great national victorious in the fight of "to spend the downstairs circular hall radiator strife. It's much easier and much or not to spend." We are finally going with a bar was condemned as being more pleasant to forget, or to thrust to spend. too beatnikish. these memories into the nether re- After Mr. Heyen had spent a day And so, because of this, Mr. Heyen cesses of our minds. In many ways in bed recovering from the shock of will have to give all that lovely money- this is good-otherwise livin~would his victorv. he be~anlookin~around back to the school board and . . . be unbearable. But if sometimes we to see whit he could spend thk money what's that? You say this isn't the could recall these incidents in all their on. He decided that our teaching staff April Fool issue? Well, it's such a horror and stark atrocity. instead of is excellent-such illustrious names crazy world-you can't expect me as trivialities, we would no doubt as Hartley, Porter, Bsrquist-and the to get my seasons straight all the time. have peace-everlasting peace-on curriculum and textbooks are all in earth. and as a result, good will to- excellent shape. The buildin: is in -BETSY BELHASSEN ward our fellow men. good repair-the walls are standing vertically and the roof is still up, and the furnace hasn't blown up-yet. He MONDT was put in the embarrassin: position of having an unlimited fund for im- BARBER SHOP provements without anything to im- Jim Thul and Leonard Keith LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR prove. Barbers MILLINERY DRY GOODS After a meeting with the faculty. BEAR FACTS December 21, 1959 Delta Tau Engages in Numerous Activities J. C. PETERSEN CO. The education department of Boone Junior College. the Delta Tau, has been CLOTHIERS busying its members with many activities on the campus in the past few weeks. Getting in the holiday spirit, the organization purchased and decorated the "Your Good Clothes Friends" school's Christmas tree, sponsored a Christmas coffee in co-operation with the 811 Story Street Boone, Iowa speech class, and held their annual Delta Tau Christmas party. The Christmas party was held in the school's lounge with all members of the organization present. The guest of the party was Dean Heyen. Grab-bag Holst Hotel Barber Shop gifts were in keeping with the season's tradition. Delta Tau has just recently completed a project of purchasing dishes for the Daryl Anderson, Dan Veeder school. Two years ago, the organization gave verbal agreement to purchase Barbers dishes for service of 60 people, and with the co-operation of Redeker7s Furni- ture store, the girls have fulfilled their agreement. A former member of the Delta Tau has presented a-water color painting to B. J. C. which has added a colorful touch to the lounge. The artist is Delores BOONE STATE BANK Williams. This is not her only contribution of art to the school, for it was Delores who so skillfully handled the palette and brushes to decorate the walls 8r TRUST CO. of the recreation room. BOONE, IOWA Delta Tau will be short two members the second semester. They are: Judith Kilbourne and Judeen Munch, who will receive their Associate of Arts degrees Office in Boxholm upon completion of this semester's studies. Delta Tau continues to be the most active organization afhliated with Boone Junior College. Its membership of potential teachers plays an important part GUARANTEEDQUALITY in the school's social functions. Clothing, Shoes, and Furnishings

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