The_Rambler_1966-03-08

              STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N^^^
VOLUME XXXVI NO. 7 MARCH 8, 1966
ART EXHIBIT The Carradines Present:
AND FLOWER ''Dramatic
DRUM SONG
Interludes from History and Fiction"
Drama, Music, and Fine Arts
will be united in a three-day
Festival of the Arts to be held
in Roosevelt Hall May 19 through
May 21. The Drama Club, the
Collegiate Chorale, and the Col-lege's
Art Department are all
involved in this joint student-faculty
venture.
The Art Department will spon-sor
an exhibit in the lobby and
lounge of Roosevelt Hall. Stu-dents
and faculty members
throughout the college are in-vited
to contact Professor Ed-ward
Roberts, Chairman of the
Department, or Professor Robert
Lovell, Chairman of the Exhibit
Committee, if they wish to sub-mit
entries for the Art Show.
Inside the theatre, students and
faculty will be presenting three
evening performances of Rodgers
and Hammerstein's Flower Drum
Song. Mr. Arpad Darazs, con-ductor
of the Collegiate Chorale,
will direct the singing and musi-cal
accompaniment, while Pro-fessor
Bernice Sherman, faculty
advisor of the Drama Club, will
stage and direct the production.
Faculty and students who would
like to assist In producing this
delightful musical comedy are
invited to contact Mrs. Sherman
or the president of the Drama
Club.
And plan now to attend the
Festival of the Arts, May 19,
20, and 21.
ne Rambler Staff
extends best wishes to
Pres. & Mrs. Laffin
on their wedding
February 26, 1966.
The College Union
By Professor Bernice Sherman
When 1 mentioned to a student
recently that I was serving as
secretary on the College Union
Board, his reply was, "Oh good!
I hope you get a raise." This
encounter prompted me to write
an explanation of what the Col-lege
Union is, and what It is not.
The College Union is NOT a
labor union. It is a "union" in
the sense of "joining" — a join-ing
of the students, the faculty,
and the administration. Thus
everyone in the college com-munity
is a member of the Col-lege
Union.
The College Union BOARD is
a smaller, working unit, made
up of representatives from these
areas, whose function is to pro-vide
cultural, social and recre-ational
activities for the college.
At present, Mr. James R. Mc-
Cllntock, the Coordinator of Stu-dent
Activities, Is serving as
Chairman pro tem of the Board,
Other members include: Mr. A.
Abbinanti, Mr. A. Planter, Dr.
L. Jones, Dean ReiUy, Miss M.
Short, Miss Debbie Curasi, Mr.
Tom Ingram, Mr. Harold Silver-stein,
Mr. Martin Wnuk, Mr. Don
Zurrell, Mr. Robert Ascher, Miss
Sharon Clark, Miss Elaine
Chmura and myself.
Most of the activities sponsored
by the Union center around the
Union Building, Roosevelt HaU.
For example, the Board conducts
the Faculty-Student Coffee CaUs
every Wednesday morning in the
Lounge. The Distinguished Art-ists
and Speakers Program and
the Film Series are also func-tions
of the Union.
We also plan to consider a num-ber
of new ventures this term,
.including beautificatlon of "The
Wall" and improved campus com-munications.
We hope to have an
article in every issue of the
Rambler, to keep you posted on
current activities.
If I may make this personal,
Pd like to add that serving on the
Union Board has been one of the
most gratifying experiences Pve
had on the Farmingdale campus,
for two reasons. One is the plea-sure
of working on a committee
with students and administrators.
A strong spirit of cooperation
pervades all our meetings. The
second reason is the feeling that
we have a real function to per-form.
I believe the process of
education should not be confined
to the classroom. The college
student should also be learning
how to spread his leisure time
constructively. He must be given
an opportunity to relax, and to
meet people with different inter-ests
and backgrounds from his
own. A campus social life Is
a very Important part of a well-balanced
college career, and the
College Union can help provide
recreational and cultural faciU-Ues
that will benefit all of us.
As a member of the College
Union, YOU are invited to sub-mit
suggestions and comments
to your Union Board. Contact
any Board member, and your
ideas — provided they f ^ within
the province of the Union — will
be considered at the next Board
meeting.
Car Poo/
Summary
Spring 1966
Following is a summary of
the Spring Orientation - Regis-tration
car pool. It is now up
to you to find a ride from this
list. All contacts must be made
by the individuals involved. Do
not be discouraged by the seem-ingly
low number of "drivers."
Satisfactory arrangements should
develop with the cooperation of
all Involved. If necessary, work
out transportation to and from
your town with others whp need
rides. By discussing the prob-lem
together, a solution will prob-ably
result.
DRIVERS (Needs Passengers)
MEDFORD
Marvin Blatt
3105 Falcon Avenue
GR 5-8545
CENTRE ISLAND
Janer Markee
Center Island
WA 2-3956
BRENTWOOD
John Eckhardt
Brentwood, NY
273-3140
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Transfer Notice
Mr. Michael W. Schaffer, Ad-missions
Counselor from SUNY
New Paltz, will be on our cam-pus
Tuesday, March 15th from
9:00 to 11:00 AM. Students In
Advertising Art and Design
should be particularly eager to
attend this meeting, since New
Paltz is one of three State Uni-versity
branches which offers
a baccalaureate degree in Art
Education,
The location of Mr. Schaffer's
visit will be Knapp Hall Lounge
from approximately 9:00 AM to
10:30 AM. Students interested In
the transfer processes and those
interested in either a Science or
Mathematics program are also
encouraged to attend.
On Thursday, March 10, 1966
the two most famous actors Rich-ard
Dye-Carradine and Jaclyn
Lord (in private life, Mrs. Dye-
Carradln^ will make a guest ap-pearance
on our campus.
Following in the footsteps of
his illustrious family which has
contributed so much to stage and
screen, Richard is considered by
many to be one of the most bril-liant
young actors in the United
States today. Early in his teens
he prepared for such roles as
Hamlet and Romeo under the
mlnent actress, Constance Col-lier,
John Barrymore's leading
lady in Hamlet. His inspired por-trayal
of the complex character
of the young deranged Joe Wel-don
in the Crane Gilbert produc-tion,
I Cast My Bread, won him
the enthusiastic plaudits of the
critics and public alike. In the
past ten years he has appeared
in such major roles as Clarence
In Richard m, lago in Othello,
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and
Richard in Richard II.
Early in life Jaclyn Lord de-termined
to follow the example
of her well-known cousin, Blanch
Yurka, and become an actress.
She entered the University of
Colorado where she majored in
speech and drama. Later she
transferred to the Goodman Me-morial
Theatre to continue to
prepare for the stage. After
graduating from Goodman, Miss
Lord appeared as Leading in-genue
in some of the country's
finest stock companies in such
roles as Rachel in Inherit the
Wind, Tracy in the Philadelphia
Story, Jennet in The Lady's Not
for Burning. After auditioning
nearly fifty actresses, the Play-wright's
Shakespearean Company
selected Jaclyn Lord to portray
Juliet.
The Carradines will present us
with two performances, one at
11:00 a.m. and one at 8:00 p.m.
In their interludes from history
and fiction they will Include the
following:
"LAURA AND JIM"
In a tender and touching scene,
a painfully shy crippled girl
thinks she has finally found ro-mance
when she entertains a
gentleman caller.
"ELIZABETH BARRETT AND
ROBERT BROWNING"
The invalid poetess and the
energetic poet meet after five
months of correspondence. Eliz-abeth
gains new hope and vitality
from Robert, who has more "life
than is good for one man."
"HE AND SHE"
In anhllarious scene, two young
newlyweds promise they will
(never) "fight or be nasty or
anything" only to end by violating
all ,these earlier promises.
" JOAN OF ARC AND CHARLES"
In this amusing and moving
episode, Joan of Arc persuades
the young French daiflphin,
Charles, to deliver the army of
France into her hands.
Remember, Thursday, March
10, 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. in
Roosevelt Little Theatre the in-spired
performances of the Car-radines
will be presented. Free
tickets are now available in
Roosevelt 116 and other campus
locations.
Graduation-February 1966
The graduation program for the
class of February 1966 Included
an address "Career Paths in To-day's
World"by Dr. Frederick C.
McLaughlin. There was an &ivo>
cation by the Reverend Kenneth
E. Hoover from the Farmingdale
Methodist Church. The Valedic-tory
address was given by Phyllis
Roth Cepinko, who represents the
Secretarial Science Curriculum.
The Senior Class gift was awarded
to Ronald Robert BuceUi, Vice-
President, Class of February
1966, who was also President of
Student Senate,
The graduating class includes
Advertising Art and Design, Agri-culture,
biological Technology,
Business Administration, C<ni-structioQ
Technology, Dental Hy-giene,
Electrical Technology, En-gineerlng
Science, Food Technol-ogy,
Mechanical Technol(^,
Nursing, Ornamental Horti-culture,
Photographic Technol-ogy,
Police Science and Secre-tarial
Science.
The ceremonies took iflace in
Roosevelt Hall little theater, and
the graduates accommodated
most of the seats. Hierefore,
many guest had to stand or wait
in the lobby. The color was ap-propriate
and the singing of the
iCoUegiate chorale under the di-rection
of Mr. Darazs was done
very well. The spirit of the d4y
was one of pleasure and achieve-ment.
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