The_Rambler_1966-02-08

              COLLEGE OF TU
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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N. y.
VOLUMI: XXXVI NO. 6 FEBRUARY 8, 1966
John Howard Griffin
by Evie Lolos
On January 20, 1966 we had
the honor to have as our guest
Mr. John Howard Griffin, a most
distinguished writer and lec-turer.
Mr. Griffin received most
of his education in France where
he attended high school, college,
medical school and university.
He majored in sociology, anthro-pol(^,
philosophy, and finally
specialized in psychiatry. He
holds a certificate of stucfy in
philosophy and theology, plus a
"licence et lettres" which falls
between a master's and doctorate
degree.
Mr. Griffin wrote his first
two books in France - a musi-cologlcal
book which was never
translated and The Devil Rides
Outside which is a translation
from the French version. He then
continued his writing with 4
novels, a cultural history of
Texas, several social sciences
books and Black Like Me.
In his lecture Mr. Griffin dis-cussed
his latest book. Black
Like Me. Although a Southerner,
his stay in France made him
understand racism much better
through the Nazi treatment of
the Jews. After a 20 year period
of study of races, Mr. Griffin
believes that people should not
be distinguished by race or creed,
but as men. It was not completely
his own idea to change his skin
pigment and live as a Nego. In-stead,
he was challenged by other
Negroes to attempt such a ven-ture
because they claimed that
it was the only way anyone could
understand the racial problem
facing the Negro today.
Mr. Griffin has worked very
closely with Roy Wilkins and
Dr. King. He is a dedicated
man, a "Loner/' who cooper-ates
with all but belongs to no
Individual civil rights groups.
Outbreak of Illness
Baffles Authorities
h\ Betty Rising
Suffolk County health
officers closed a two-week
investigation at the
State University Agri-cultural
8i Technical
College in Farnningdale
without determining the
cause of agastroenteri-tic
disturbance among
the students.
In a letter to Presi-dent
Charles W. Laf-fin,
Dr. George Leone,
Commissioner of the
Suffolk County Depart-ment
of Health stated,
"You will be interest-ed
to know that no defi-nite
cause for the out-break
has been estab-lished,
and we are
satisfied that the cafe-teria
is being run-in the
best possible manner.
Stool specimens from
a representative num-ber
of students, includ-ing
the known hospital
case were found to
be negative for patho-genic
organisms. In ad-dition,
no organisms of
significance were ob-tained
from samples of
the remaining food from
the suspect meal and
Wedding Bells to Peal
Dr. Laffin to Wed Miss Ryan
water supply.'*
President Laffin not-ed
that there is abso-lutely
no evidence to
prove the inference of
carelessness in food
preparation. Like-wise
the personnel of the
health service conduct-ed
t r e a t m e n t and
handled the outbreak of
illness in an appropriate
manner.
H e a l t h Department
technicians directed by
Dr. Max Backer, com-municable
d i s e a s es
control director, ex-amined
food and water
samples from the col-lege
facilities.
A total of 127 cases
of gastroenteritis were
reported to the college
health service during
the three day outbreak.
Commuting students as
well as students resid-ing
on campus reported
this illness.
Additional interpreta-tion
or information can
be obtained by writing or
telephoning the Suffolk
Cgunty Department of
Health.
Time
a.m. - 9:15 a,m.
a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
a.m. - 12:00 Noon
Dr. Charles W. LaWn^
Spring Registration
Stheduk
i^gistratibn for the Spring Semester 1966 will take place at
A^hitman Ilall on February 16, 17, and 18. Please read the follow-ing
schedule carefully and report at your assigned time.
Wednesday, February 16, 1966
First Semester - All students registering for tlieir first semester
report according to the following schedule on
Wednesday, February 16, 1966.
Last name
A - D 8:30
E - K 9:15
L - 10:00
R - Z 11:15
Second Semester - Students registering for their second semester in;
Construction Tech., Dental Hygiene, Engineering
Science, Mechanical Tech., Photo Tech., Mechani-cal
Power Tech., and Police Science; report ac-cording
to the following schedule on Wednesday,
February 16, 1966.
Last name
R - Z 12:00
L - Q 1:00
E - K 2:00
A - D 3:00
Registration ends at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 17, 1966
Second Semester - Students registering for their second semester in;
Advertising .Art, Air Conditioning, Aircraft Oper-ations,
Agriculture, Biological Tech., Business
Adm., Chemical Tech., Electrical Tech., Food
Tech., Nursing, Ornamental Hort., and Secretarial
Science; report according to the following schedule
on Thursday, February 17, 1966.
Thursday, February 17, 1966
Last name Time
Time
Noon
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Sm - Z 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
R - SI 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Mo - Q 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
L - Mn 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
H - K 11:30 a,m. - 12:15 p.m.
E - G 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
C - D 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
A - B 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Fourth Semester - Students registering for their fourth semester in;
Dental Hygiene, Mechanical Power Tech.,
Mechanical Tech., and Photo Tech.; report ac-cording
to the following schedule on Thursday,
February I7, 1966.
Thursday, February 17, 1966
(Continued on page 2)
F ARM I N G D A LE
(Very Special) ~ It has
been announced that
Miss Mary Ryan,
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Geert Pott, of 134
Hayden Drive, Beth-page,
New York, will
marry Dr. Charles W.
Laffin, Jr., president
of the college on Feb-ruary
26, 1966.
The ceremony will
take place in St.
T h o m a s ' Episcopal
Church in Farmingdale
at 11 a.m. The Rever-end
Arthur Palmer,
rector, will officiate.
Miss Ryan i s a grad-uate
of Sinai Hospital,
Baltimore Maryland,
where she received her
R.N. She has been on
the Health Services staff
of the college for three
years.
Dr. Laffin, a graduate
of Colgate, has been
president of Farming-dale
for the past five
years.
After a brief trip
south. Dr. and Mrs. Laf-fin
will reside in the
President's Residence
on campus. Miss Ryan
will resign February 11
from her post to assume
her new role as First
Lady of the campus.
130
to Graduate
In February
(ALUMNUS)
Approximately 130 graduating
seniors will become the newest
lifetime members of the Alumni
Association when they are award-ed
their sheepskins at Com-mencement
Exercises, February
17, 1966.
Under the Alumni A ssociaton's
lifetime membership plan, the
one-time fee of $20 was paid by
the students in their activities
fee while attending the college.
Upon graduation, they automat-ically
become lifetime associa-tion
members, eliminating annual
dues.
The graduation exercises, to
be held in ihe new Roosevelt
Hall Little Theatre at 8 pm,
will mark the second mid-year
ceremonies ever held at the col-lege.
The first mid-year exer-cises
were held last February as
a result of the college's tri-mester
system. Other gradua-tions
are held in June and Oc-tober.
Dr. Frederick C, McLaughlin,
Dlreaor of the Public Education
Association of New York City,
will be the guest speaker.