The_Rambler_1966-11-23

              'TRIALS •
STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
FARMINGDALE, L I . , N.Y.
Volume III No. 1 Hovember 23, 1966
HOMECOMING A SUCCESS 25,000 Alumni Return
Record
A record crowd of over 2,500
persons attended the annual
Alumni Homecoming at State Uni-versity's
Agricultural and Tech-nical
College at Farmingdale on
Saturday, October 22, announced
Mr. Robert Ench, President of the
Alumni Association.
Events featured during the day
were a chicken barbecue, pony
rides, swing rides, clowns, a
rock and roll band, a puppet
show and a magic act.
Retiu-ning alumni also enjoyed
a float parade and a beauty queen
contest held at half-time of the
soccer game between the Aggies
and Orange County C.C. The win-ning
float, with the theme "Beau-tiflcation
of America" was spon-sored
by the Farmingdale Flori-culture
Club at the college.
The queen contest was won by
Miss Carol Lieby of Syosset, a
freshman student at the college.
Second and third places went to
Miss Barbara Altholtz o2 Brook-lyn
and Miss Brigitta Lusis of
Canada, who are also freshman
students at the college.
The day was concluded with
a Dinner-Dance held on the cam-pus
at the Allard Field House
with over 450 alumni and faculty
in attendance.
Left: Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Curtis,
Mr, Deshield, Mr. Tucker,
Hewitt In
Liberia
Mr. Hewitt, head of the Police
Science Department at Farming-dale,
was invited over to Liberia,
by Attorney C3eneral of Liberia,
the Honorable James A. A.
Pierre, and the Honorable Mr,
Mac Kinley Deshield, Master
General,
The purpose of the trip was to
study the Liberian police force
and its level of investigation. He
made the trip in August of 1966,
While he was there he inspected
all police facilities, and examined
the teaching methods so they
would meet with certain specifi-cations.
The trip was financial-ly
taken care of by the Liberian
government,
Mr, Hewitt recommended an
immediate stepped-up training
program at beginning, intermedi-ate
and professional levels, prior
to any drastic changes. At the
invitation of the Liberian govern-ment
he will be going back over
there on many more occasions.
He will also be assisting the
Universities in Liberia to estab-lish
courses beneficial to police
work. This study tour was the
fourth for Mr. Hewitt.
While he was on this tour,
he went to England to the Brit-ish
Police College at Bramshill,
where he was given honorary
membership of the Henry Field-ing
Society. This society is com-posed
of professional police
science and criminology aca-demicians
interested in heritage,
historical literature of police
administration and the adminis-tration
of justice. The society
is named after the Henry Field-ing,
the novelist, first Majistrate
at Bow Street and the leader of
the famous Bow Street Runners,
Mr, Hewitt was the first Amer-ican
to receive this honor and
was cited by the society for his
work and Interest In British Po-lice
Administration, a text which
is a detailed analysis of the
American and British Police Sys-tems.
This is the first text of
its' kind.
Annual Homecoming Oueen
From The President
1,925 Frosh
Farmingdale admitted the lar-gest
class in its fifty-four year
history on Monday, Sept, 19, when
1,925 freshman registered into
the Aggie ranks.
These freshmen are enrolled in
21 major programs this fall.
Added to the seniors, there are
now more than 3,000 full-time
students here at S.U.A.T.C.
In a comment about the incom-ing
class, Dr, Charles W. Laf-fln
noted that "virtually every
high school on L.I. is repre-sented
by the new freshman,"
Also, "we believe the fall fresh-men
class at Farmingdale to be
the second largest among the 58
units of State University," he
said, "with the highest freshmen
enrollment being at the Universi-ty
of Buffalo.
"An influx of women students
in traditionally male-oriented
programs is evident this fall,"
"Thirty-three per cent of the
freshman class is female, a seven
per cent increase over last year.
"Eight young women entered
the police science program, ten
in ornamental horticulture, 13
in agruculture, one each in mech-anical
technology and photo-graphic
technology and, for the
first time, one in air craft opera-tions
technology.
"We anticipate an increasing
number of young women in tech-nical
programs of this nature
as more and more employers
realize their capabilities and
present them with attractive job
offers."
The President of the College
is pleased to announce the ap-pointment
of V i c e - P r e s i d e nt
Robert McLaughlin as President
of Herkimer Community College,
The State University Board of
Trustees approved the nomina-tion
of the Herkimer County
Board at its meeting in New York
City on Thursday, November 10,
1966,
Mr. McLaughlin, a graduate of
Cornell University, has held
positions at Farmingdale in the
Dean of Students office, as Di-rector
of the Evening Division,
and as Dean of the College, He
was designated Vice President Ir
June 1966. President-Elect Mc-
Laughlin has been on the Farm-ingdale
staff since 1948,
His new assignment takes ef-fect
December 1, 1966, The
President of Farmingdale ex-presses
his congratulations to
Mr, McLaughlin and the best
wishes of the Farmingdale com-munity
on this recognition of his
abilities and dedication. We all
wish him and his family God
Speed in the new duties ahead.
Community Responsibility
American Industry is showing
the same acumen in meeting its
civic and community responsi-bilities
as it has in attaining
world production leadership, u-tUizlng
both talent and resources
to help society's social problems.
George Champion, chairman
of the Chase Manhattan Bank,
emphasized this concept in a
speech challenging businessmen
to "compete" even more active-ly
with the federal government
in "developing imaginative new
approaches*' to economic and
social problems.
Here are just a few examples:
• Urban Rehabilitation Pro-ject-
The U, S, Gypsum Co,, is
rehabilitating tenements In New
York City's East Harlem area
and "hopes to encourage other
private investors to follow its
example,"
• Illlterates-Olamond Alkali
Co., is teaching 50 Illiterates
to read, so they can train for
better Jobs,
• Employment-Los, Angeles
businessman Harold C, Mc
Clellan heads up a business group
that has, since the Watts riots
last summer, found jobs for al-most
5,000 unemployed Negroes
in private Industry.
• Disaster-The Ampex Corp.,
Redwood City, Calif,, has train-ed
people to help cope with any
type of disaster. The company
hopes that its services will never
be called Into use, but it is
ready,
• Scholarships-The Firestone
Tire & Rubber Co., like many
other concerns, offers college
scholarships to outstanding stu-dents
of their employees. This
year the 33 winners, received
awards which could total as much
as $198,000 during iheir four
years of college.
This sampling should give
ample proof that American in-dustry
is busy helping to solve
community problems, aiding em-ployees
in self-development.
Nursey Ed.
Even though Nursery Education
is a brand new curriculum here
at S,U,A,T.C,, it Is quickly be-coming
an active part of our
college. There are 11 students
enrolled In this course. The
chairman Is Mr. Reilly, and the
assistant chairman Is Mrs.
Burns.
Already an Education Club has
been formed under the guidance
of Mrs, Burns. On Saturday,
November 19th, the Education
Club will be host to a conference
of the Early Childhood Council.
The November meeting will be
held in Roosevelt Hall. The
all day conference wiir include
lectures, and workshops pertain-ing
to pre-school youngsters, as
well Ls a luncheon. It promises
to be a most interesting and
beneficial meeting for all who
attend.
The students of the Nursery
Education curriculum visited
Nursery schools on Long Island
during the week of Oct. 31st.
The future teachers went in small
groups to observe tiie operations
of 2 schools. It was an en-lightening
experience and
provided the spectators with
an added knowledge of the teach-ing
methods and learning
conditions used by such schools.
This insight was most advanta-geous
to all those students who
participated In the project.
Thus, In view of the many fields
that are opening Its doors at
Farmingdale in the field of Early
Childhood, we can assume that
the Nursery Education cur-riculum
Is a fine example of
the ever-growing Influence of the
need lor teaching the very young
children of today to adjust to
our progressive society. Nurs-ery
Education — Color It Ex-panding,