The_Rambler_1966-05-06

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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N.
Volume XXXVI No. 10 Section One May 6 & 7, 1966
Federal Grants
Awarded
A series of federal grants to-talling
$101,601 has been award-ed
to State University's Agricul-tural
and Technical College at
Farmingdale, announced Dr.
Charles W. Laffin, Jr., presi-dent
of the college.
Presented under the Vocation-al
Education Act of 1963, the
funds will be used by five of the
college's 21 major departments
for the purchase of new instruc-tional
equipment,
A grant of $23,023 will be used
by the biological technology de-partment
for equipment needed
to train medical laboratory tech-nicians,
a new option begun last
fall. Included are: a carbon arc
microprojector, four spectro-photometers,
four tissue pro-cessors
and other laboratory de-vices.
The electrical technology de-partment
received funds amount-ing
to $18,420. Among the new
units will be eight dual trace
oscilloscopes, two logic trainors
and simulators and a wave analyz-er,
A total of $32,495 will go to
the college's construaion tech-nology
department to purchase
theodolites, alidades and other
items used for surveying. Ad-ditional
equipment will be added
to the department's soil and con-crete
testing laboratory.
The mechanical technology de-partment
will utilize a grant of
$7,815 for the acquisition of a
polariscope, a force moment in-dicator
and several other units
designed to provide students with
accurate analysis in engineering
statics,
A $19,848 grant to the police
science department will be used
to equip a new laboratory. Dual
viewing microscopes, infrared
viewers, a comparator and a
camera for fingerprint examina-tion
will be among the new items.
In June of last year the college
received two federal grants total-ling
$42,000, which were used
to enlarge the dental hygiene
clinic and to establish two elec-tronic
stenographic laboratories
in the secretarial science de-partment.
Victor Riesel BUwdBank 47th Annual Open House
CondngMayis Expected To Draw 20,000
Victor Riesel speaks at April
21 assembly in Roosevelt
Hall, His topic was, "Inside
Labor—The rackets and the
racketeers."
SUATC to Get
Pollution Lab
A water pollution research lab-oratory
that will be used for the
analysis of fresh water si^mples
from Long Island's streams,
ponds, and lakes will be estab-lished
at State University's Ag-ricultural
and Technical College
at Farmingdale, announced Dr.
Charles W. Laffin, Jr., president
of the college.
Chemists from the New York
State Bureau of Water Resource
Services will use the college's
biochemical and cioligical labor-atories
to condua their research.
Dr. Louis Pyenson, chainnan
of the department of biolobical
technology at the A&T College,
is coordinating the project with
Mr. Wallace W. Sanderson, as-sistant
direaor of the New York
State t)epartment of Health, Di-vision
of Laboratories and Re-search.
Salt Water pollution research
is conducted by the Bureau at the
New York State Shellfish Labor-atory
in Oakdale.
Seon O'Casey't ploy "Pictures In the Hollwoy" held at
Roosevelt Hall on Tuesdoy, April 26. Paul Shyre, Director
sits ot extreme right.
On Friday, May 13, 1966, be-tween
10:00 a.m. aiKl 4:00 p.m..
Blood Banks will once more pay
a visit to our campus. The last
time they were here they col-lected
close to 150 pints of blood.
With your help and cooperation,
we hope to exceed this amount.
Unfortunately, not many real-ize
the advantages of donating
blood. While attending
S.U,A,T,C,, you must contribute
blood to the Bank at one of the
two annual drives. The families
of the volunteers who give blood
also become members of the
Blood Bank for the rest of their
lives. Keep in mind the fact that
blood today is very expensive.
Just one pint may cost as high as
$35 to $40, If you are physically
unable to give blood, the Blood
Bank physician will certify your
physical incapacity and you may
still become a permanent mem-ber
of the Bank,
Before giving blood, restrain
from eating a very fatty break-fast.
The Blood Bank will ac-cept
blood from no one who
wighs under 110 pounds. You
must be 21 years of age and
over in order to give blood. If
you are under 21 but over 18,
you may still give blood by ob-taining
a permission slip, which
will be made available to you by
your Student Senate represen-tative,
and-having your parents
sign it. You may also obtain
permission slips from Room 116
in Roosevelt Hall or Evie Lolos
in Room 3C1, Nassau Hall.
Remember, Friday, May 13,
between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
in Roosevelt Hall, Room 109.
Keep the day open, won't you?
The Blood Bank is tremendously
important and it is designed to
serve YOU. Please give it the
support it deserves? "THE
BLOOD YOU GIVE MAY SAVE
YOUR LIFEl"
SUATC Hosts
Science Congress
Over 200 high school students
from Nassau and Suffolk counties
participated in the Annual Long
Island Science Congress held in
the Allard Field House April 22
and 23. The Science Congress,
sponsored by the Suffolk county
Science Teacher's Assn. and by
the South Nassau Science Teach-er's
Assn. and by the South Nas-sau
Science Teacher's Assn. cov-ered
the areas of biology, chem-istry,
physics and Eanh Science.
Hey, Look Us Over!
This issue of the RAMBLER is
the largest in the paper's 36
years of publishing. Be sure to
notice our three sections. Sec-tion
one is Campus News, sec-tion
two is the Open House sup-plement,
and new this year, the
Aggazette, a magazine seaion
taking its name from the old
name of the RAMBLER.
If all the copy in this issue
were laid out end to end, 1 col-umn
wide, it would total ISO feet
in length.
course content, and
graduate employment
prospects from mem-bers
of the faculty and
administrative staff.
Visitors will also see
graphic evidence of the
college's $15 million ex-pansion
program now in
its third year. Two
buildings have been
completed and two more
are under construction
at the Farmingdale cam-pus
which will have more
than 4,000 full-time stu-dents
by 1970. Current
enrollment is 2,450,
The A & T College's
Open House will run
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
on Friday, May 6, and
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
on Saturday, May 7.
Ample parking space
will be available
Students and faculty
at State University's Ag-ricultural
and Technical
College in Farmingdale
are keeping busy this
week preparing for the
college's 47th Annual
Open House to be held
May 6 and 7.
Exhibits and demon-strations
highlighting
the college's 21 major
departments of study,
plus student projects and
new instructional equip-ment,
will be promin-ently
displayed for the
20,000 Long Islanders
expected to visit the
campus during the two-day
event. Last year's
attendance was 19,871.
High school students
visiting the college will
be able to obtain first-hand
information on as-pects
of admissions.
Only 40 Miles From F'dale
Will Never BeTheSome"
by James R. McClintock
The Metropolitan Opera Company officially said
farewell to its famous home back on April 16th,
in a gala performance that saw most of today's
opera stars perform while many stars of the past,
looked on. It was a tremendously sentimental
occasion, and when the curtain fell at 1:20 A.M.,
the well-dressed audience (many of whom had
paid up to $200 a ticket), dried their tears long
enough to attempt removing some of the venerable
theatre's artifacts from their moorings. Vandalism
in any form cannot be condoned - but the removal
by the elite guests of an occasional doorknob
or tassel had a certain poignancy.
These people, you see, really
like opera, and they venerate what
has been known for over eighty
years as the world's greatest
opera house. Forgive them if you
can. What they stole had no
further use. What they stole were
little pieces of New York City
thai are outmoded; little pieces
of a city that will never be quite
the same.
Back in 1949 I saw my first
performance of opera in the house
on 39th Street and Broadway,
It was "Carmen." I loved it even
though I wasn't quite sure what
the performers were singing (in
French), Somehow the story came
through, via the power of Bizet's
wonderful music« Such is the
magic of opera. There waa
other magic too - important
magic, lying in the theatre it-self:
that monument of the Vic*
torlAD era, splendid In red and
gold, its massive proscenium
adorned with the names of the
great composers who had had
so much to do with many memor-able
performances: Wagner,
Verdi, Gounod, Gluck, Beethoven,
I was seated in the orchestra
(only $3,50 a seat at a special
student performance) and could
see perfectly. I have been an
opera fan ever since.
Many years later, the reali-ties
of the House became clear-er.
I wanted to impress my date
by taking her to the Metro-politan,
I managed to purchase
two balcony seats bluntly marked
"Side View", My date and I
were Impressed by what we
heard. What we saw was pre-cisely
one-quarter of the stage
speaacle, and we received little
comfon from the fact that 698