The_Rambler_1966-05-24

              S T A f t .
COLLEGE OF TECHMOLOfe
FARI^WGDALE, NY 117^
STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, L.I., N. y.
VOLUME XXXVI NO. 11
SUATC Hosts
Police Conference
by Joan Kelton
Roosevelt Hall Theatre on May
12, 13, and 14 was the site of
The 4th National Conference of
the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCI-ATION
OF POLICE PRO-FESSORS.
The purpose of this
conference was to bring together
leading representatives of many
related academic disciplines in
e ducating and training police per-sonnel.
The conference provides
an opportunity to examine current
difficulties to solve police prob-lems
through education. This e-vent
was the first of its kind
to be held at Farmingdale.
The conference started on
Thursday with a social party and
dinner, Friday many panel dis-cussions
and speeches were
scheduled on such topics as
"PROBLEMS IN ESTABLISHING
AND EXPANDING POLICE PRO-GRAMS
AT THE COLLEGE
LEVEL" and "RELATING THE
POLICE COMMUNITY TO THE
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY."
Professor William H. Hewitt,
Chairman of the Department of
Police Science Curriculum at
Farmingdale, had prepared a
panel discussion paper on prob-lems
in police programs at the
college level. An excerpt from
his paper is as follows: "It
has been stated that one of so-ciety's
primary responsibilities
is the education and training of
its members. This concept must
also be extended to the police
community. For it is law en-forcement,
acting as a catalyst,
which holds our society together.
The problem of educating the po-lice
in order that they may func-tion
effectively here in the 20th
Century, is one of the most
formidable dilemmas facing the
academic community. A law en-forcement
officer today, as all
of you are aware, must be a
psychologist, sociologist, law-yer,
judge, juror, nurse, coun-selor
and extremely learned in
the arts and sciences if he Is to
succeed in an era of vertical
cities, megalopolises, metrop-olises,
expanding highways, pop-ulation
boom, increased societal
mobility, assimilation, and an
ever-increasing crime rate. The
role of our police administra-tion
programs is quite complex.
We must never permit ourselves
to become stagnant. We must al-ways
employ imagination and in-itiative.
The time-tested solu-tions
to problems and exper-iences
of older police adminis-tration
programs must be passed
on to newly emerging programs,"
One of the reports of a com-mittee
set up to review the de-velopment
of law enforcement
programs, dealt with the prob-lems
faced in setting up course
outlines of what subjects should
be taken and what should be
eliminated. Technical subjects
must be taught, however many
liberal arts courses are nec-essary
since police officers'
must deal with people with all
kinds of problems. The field
of "police science" is a new
topic of study and therefore must
go through various stages of
experimentation before it can
be perfected. This conference,
therefore has much meaning for
the furthering of police education
in order to bring about a better
understanding between the com-munity
and its' police admin-istrators.
A. F. Brandstatter, president
of the INTERNATIONAL ASSO-CIATION
OF POLICE PRO-FESSORS
had this to say about
police education: "Every insti-tution
of higher learning has
a faculty whose interests range
across the broad spectrum of
metropolitan problems. Some-how,
we must find ways and
means to explore these new
frontiers the metropolitan com-munity
provides us. Opportun-ities
to enrich the teaching pro-gram
are unlimited. Opportun-ities
to expand our research
efforts and utilize graduate stu-dents
to conduct field studies
designed to advance the fron-tiers
of police knowledge have
equal potential."
The INTERNATIONAL ASSO-CUTION
OF POLICE PRO-FESSORS
has as its' purpose
the advancement of police ed-ucation,
However, this con-ference
is of note-worthy im-portance
because it is the first
time the bulk of the nations'
professors in one area of study
had the opportunity to meet to-gether
at State 'University at
Farmingdale.
Now is the
Time...
by Miss Catherine Mulligan
Everything used to be
SO simple. Thirty-five
years ago you either
could afford college or
you couldn't. You either
followed in your father's
footsteps for a career
or followed your fancy.
You passed courses or
you didn't. Choices were
somehow easier. De-cisions
were somehow
easier. Now things have
become complex and
confusing.
The same complexity
and variety of choices
exists when thinking
about transfer. The time
i s always right to start
thinking, planning and
investigating. Transfer-ring
is a match game
and you want to make the
correct match. When?
Where? How?
The percentage of
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OPEN HOUSE
A SUCCESS
When Farmingdale opened its
doors to the public Friday, May
5 and Saturday, May 6, a total
of 23,733 visitors were ushered
in. This figure does not include
students. Last year's record fig-ure
was topped by 3,982. Of the
23,733 visitors, there were
approximately 4,550 school chil-dren.
The Agricultural section drew
most of the visitors. Theprimary
reason for this seems to be the
fact that Farmingdale presents
one of the few opportunities for
the public to see farm animals.
Each year we host approximately
30,000 school children at the
barnyard.
The Police Science section also
drew a large number of visitors
with their finger printing and film
attractions. The Food Tech, Dept.
was another popular section with
continuous demonstrations. Bio.
Tech,, Chem, Tech., Mechanical
Tech., Photo Tech., Nursing,
Construction Tech., Ornamental
Horticulture, The International
Club Exhibit, Dental Hygiene,
Business Administration, The
Drama Club, Air-conditioning
and the other e:ihibits also en-joyed
a favorable attendancie.
The purpose of Open House
is not the initial impression that
is created, but the impression
that remains. What people re-member
ten months from now is
what counts. The more work that
was put into an exhibit, the more
effort shown, the more that re-mains
to be remembered at an-other
time. It remains to be
seen if that lasting impression
was created by the 1966 Open
House,
P r e s . Laffin Nominated
C o n v e a t i o a Delegate
Dr. Charles W, Laf-fin,
Jr,, has been nomin-ated
by the Democratic
Party as a candidate for
next year's New York
State Constitution Con-vention.
He will stand
for election in the Third
Senate District.
The Convention was
authorized by a vote of
the people in November,
1965. Candidates for a
Delegate's seat will be
voted on at the Novem-ber,
1966, general elec-tion.
Summer Course Program
The summer program for the
State University at Farmingdale
will include three sessions. Ses-sion
A, from June 23-July 26,
offers both morning and evening
classes. Session B, from July
28-August 26, also offers classes
in the morning and at night. The
third session, C, running from
June 23 to August 26, will con-duct
courses in Business in the
evening only.
Registration for these summer
sessions may be accomplished in
person or by obtaining a regis-tration
form at the main office
in the Administration, A detailed
listing of all courses given during
these sessions may also t)e ob-tained
there, June 17, 1966 is
the latest postmarked date for
all mall registrations. Late
registration must be completed
In person at the Evening College
office on June 20th, from 10:00
a,m, to 4:00 p,m, A late regis-tration
fee of $5,00 is charged.
The tuition rate for each credit
is $14,35. A college fee of $,85
per semester credit hour and
laboratory fees are included. For
further information, write to the
Evening College or phone CH 9-
3250. Course descriptions and
other information may be found
in the 1965-66 Evening College
catalog.
In addition, a nine week Pre-
Technlcal Program is being of-fered
to high school graduates
to prepare them for admission
into a regular college curricu-lum,
The program consists of
courses in English, Mathematics,
and Physics. Classes begin at
8:00 a,m. on Monday, June 27,
1966, Students must obtain coun-seling
and permission from the
Director of Admissions at the
college. Tuition for the complete
program is $105,00. Registration
for the Pre-Technical Program
ends June 20, 1966,
Patients N e e d ed
The Clinical S t a te
Board Examination for
the Dental Hygiene Sen-iors
takes place Thurs-day
and Friday, June 2
and 3,
Patients neededl
If anyone would desire
to sit for this examin-ation,
please contact the
Dental Hygiene Depart-ment,
Ext, 260,
May 24, 1966
Blood Bank
Drive
Improves
by Evie Lolos
Friday, May 13, 1966, was
Blood Bank Day on campus. Hils
was the second annual drive of
the school year. During the first
drive, last December, approx-imately
130 pints of blood were
collected and there were about
20 rejects making a total of
150 volunteer donors. This time
150 pints of blood were collected
and there were 32 rejects making
a total of 182 volunteers - a
little better than last Ume but
not good enough. The quota that
should have been filled without
fail was 200 pints of blood. Never-theless,
if this Improvement con-tinues
maybe one of these years
the Blood Bank will collect the
required quota.
Although no help was received
when the campaign for the blood
drive first b^an I would like
to thank all those who did help
at the end. Without the help
everyone gave I doubt that the
Blood Bank would have been
carried through the day success-fuly.
I would also like to con-gratulate
the donors, including
those who were rejected, because
not only did they help in keeping
the Blood Bank for S.U.A.T.C.
but they also did a great service
for themselves and their fam-ilies.
I only hope that the future
blood drives have a much better
turnout.
Peace Corps
Campaigns
WASHINGTON, D,C., May 9
—The Peace Corps today (Mon-day)
launches an intensive na-tion-
wide recruiting campaign on
college campuses to seek Vol-unteers
for its newest area of
operation — the Pacific islandg
Magellan hailed as "paradise,**
The new program for the Trust
Territory of the Pacific (Mlcro-nesia)
was announced by Peace
Corps Director Jack V a u ^,
Secretary of the Interior Stewart
Udall and Ambassador to the
United Nations Arthur Goldberg.
World War n left paradise with
problems, they e]q;)lalned,andthe
islanders have asked for Peace
Corps help to get ready for self-government,
The 2,141. moun-talneous
islands and sand atolls
in the West Pacific which com-prise
Micronesia are now admin-istered
by the U,S, Interior De-partment
under a United Nations
mandate.
The accelerated program calls
for:
— A first group of Volunteers
ito begin Peace Cor pa train-ing
in July In Hawaii and ar-rive
in Micronesia by Octo-ber.
— A second group to begin
1 training In October, also
in Hawaii, arriving In Mi-cronesia
in January, 1967.
The chain of events leaguing to
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