The_Rambler_1967-11-01

              Full Citizens -
Almost
Representatives of
five national organiza-tions
have agreed to a
tentative statement on
the academic freedom
of students. If they can
get their organizations
to sign it, students may
at last become full citi-zens
in the academic
community.
The statement en-dorses
a student role in
policy-making, the right
to due process in dis-ciplinary
cases, a free
student choice of speak-ers
among other pro-visions.
It took the
drafting committee al-most
a year to iron
out the disagreements
between the groups.
The five organiza-tions
are the Ameri-can
Association of Col-leges,
the American As-sociation
of University
Professors, the Nation-al
Association of Stu-dent
Personnel Admin-istrators,
the National
Association of Wom-en's
Deans and Coun-selors,
and the Nation-al
Student Association
The statement was
drawn up by one rep-resentative
from each
group and must be
agreed to by each or-ganization's
member-ship.
This was the scene as over 1 , 0 0 0 alumn? returned
to their alma mater for-a day of reunions and fun.
Homecoming: A
Day In The Life
On Saturday, October 21 our campus had a capacity
crowd which attended the 49th Annual Homecoming.
The crowds consisted of students, faculty, and of
course alumni and their families. Although the
alumni had the bulk of the population, you can be sure
that this years student body was not overlooked.
At 10 A.M. the days activities three Grand Prizes - $50 first
RECORD
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Students Get Turned Off by P e g g y Cover
At the beginning of this semester our record
library was closed.
Upon investigation of this horrible injustice to
music-lovers it was learned there is a desperate
need for clerical space and that last year there was
a great deal of destruction and vandalism by some
Farmingdale students in the record library. Be-cause
of this the listening room was closed for
a short period of time last spring.
began with Alumni Registration
at Roosevelt Hall lobby. At that
time there was a whole series
of entertainment, such as puppe
shows, pony rides and clowns.
At 11:30 A.M. the Chicken Bar-becue,
was held. At 2 P.M. the
Soccer Meet began, with 900 peo-ple
attending. At the meet the Ag-gies
played against Concordia Jr.
College and beat them 9-1.
At half-time there was a float
parade open to all students, clubs,
etc. $10 grants were given to all
entrees for decoration of their
floats by the F.S.A. Tliere were
Bayh Speaks of Riots,
Ghettos and Apathy
by W i l l i a r d T a y l or
Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana spoke to tTie
SUATC students in the Roosevelt Hall Little
Theatre on Thursday, October 18, 1967. In his
talk entitled, "A View From Washington," Senator
Bayh spoke mainly on the factors behind the
recent riots that have plagued our cities. He
cited the main causes behind these riots as being
poor educational facilities resulting in a high
dropout rate leading to much unemployment, family
instability, lack of recreational facilities, plus
many other deplorable conditions. He also noted
apathy, fear and discrimination by the afflument
segment of our society.
While he emphasized that the the children a better environment
problems facing the Capitol are to play and grow up in, and oth-very
complex, he said it is im- er programs to improve educa-perative
that we do something a - tion and general living conditions,
bout these situations if we are to are essential and must be broad-avoid
anarchy. He expressed con- ened. Reflecting on his fee long
cern aboutapathyinCongressand that apathy is a major factor in
that the only popular bill so far causing riots, Senator Bayh
in regard to riots is the Riot quoted Edmond Burke - "Evil
Control Bill, which deals only is ^ result of enough good men
With punishing the rioters anu rema^-'-^g silent". He concluded
does not attack the root of the his speech with Burke's state-problem-
the severefrustrations ment slightly changed - «'Good
felt by the ghetto residents that is the result of enough good men
lead to the riots. Senator Bayh doing something."
feels law breakers, regardless Pe taining to Vietnam, the Sen-of
race, should be pumshed, but ator carefully skirted this im-he
also feels that programs such portant issue by stating in re-as
Head Start, that give both gponse to a question on the Oc-parents
better opportunity to tober 21st demonstrations in
pursue a job to bring in some Washington to End the War, "I
money, along with helping to give {Continued on page 2)
prize, $35 second prize, $25 third
prize. The Floriculture Club won
with their Flower Power Float.
At the conclusion of the float
parade the Homecoming Queen
Contest was won by Frances
Smith.
The contestants participating in
the contest were girls sponsored
by student organizations. The
panel of judges consists of ad-ministration,
alumni, faculty and
students. The girls were judged
on their appearance, walk poise,
and their speech. All contestants
rode in open convertibles leading
the float parade. The Homecoming
Queen received a complete
campus wardrobe. The first
runner up received two tickets
to a Broadway show and the second
runner up receives a transistor
radio. Also, all contestans re-ceived
beautiful novels as prizes.
At 6:30 - 7:30 P.M. Alumni
Hours was held in Roosevelt Hall
until tlie Dinner Dance which in-cluded
a dinner of Prime Ribs of
. Be'^f, entertainment, sweepstakes
drawings and door prizes.
The 49th Annual Homecoming
was a thrilling event that will not
lie soon forgotten.
(^rass in the
ChanceUors
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BERKELEY, Calif. (CPS) —
The ofiEicial residence of the
chancellor of the University of
California at Berkeley is one of
those super-stately mansions set
on a little hill and surrounded
by meticulously manicured
shrubbery.
The unique feature of the house
is an outdoor clock that lies in
the middle of a beautiful gar-den
area. Various flowers make
up the face of the clock.
On Monday a new flower was
discovered in the garden, a flower
called "cannabis sativa," occa-sionally
known as marijuana.
Said Mrs. Roger Heyns, the
chancellor's wife, "I don't think
Pd know it if I saw it."
Said campus police Sergeant
Joseph Halloran, "It wasn't blown
in by the breeze."
It was later re-opened for die
otudents during specific hours
of the day when someone would be
there to babysit the students and
guard the equipment and the col-lection.
Some of us were gratified for
the re-opening, despite the fact
that some others had caused
the shortened hours of ac-cessobility
there and the later
repaired damages to well - ap-preciated
equipment.
The record library ispres-ently
closed to students com-pletely.
The explanation for this
action is "a need for more cler-ical
space". However, underlying
this is the recalling by the
library staff of damages done
last year and their reasonable
and understandable disgust.
Summarizing the situation:
1. There is now needed cler-ical
space.
2. Our equipment and record-ings
are safe from destruction.
3. There is no record library
on campus.
4. Many music - lovers are,
as one faculty member stated
"Watching the gall get colder"
during an hour of free time.
We can well understand the
administrations need for clerical
space, but the administration
must also understand that Farm-ingdale
has reached its cultural
pit.
The record library is part of
our library, part pf education and
indirectly part of life.
Perhaps the question as now
one of prioritu. There is room
for lounges (e.g. - Whitman Hall's
disaster area) and for ping pong.
Many students are now signing
a petition requesting re-opening
of the record library as soon as
possible. In the meantime, we'll
just have to find something else
to turn on.
Rambler Polls
Alumni
by Joe Buckley
Saturday Oct. 21, 1967 was homecoming on this
campus. The staff of this paper felt that it would
be helpfull to get the opinion of ex-students as
to how they felt about certain things. They were
asked:
1) How they liked the campus as it is today.
2) How they liked the architecture of the new
buildings.
3) Did they think the curfew and dress re-gulations
were fair when they were students.
4) Did they feel that their education was ade-quate
at that time: and, how it could have been
improved.
5) What they thought of the student, in refer-ance
to appearance and attitude.
When asked about the campus
and how they liked it, we found
that all who were asked liked the
way the college had expanded
since they were students at this
school. They all agreeded that
the e;q)ansion would be for the
benefit of the student. The ma-jority
felt that it would help
reduce the size of the classes
and would therefore improve the
quality of the education the stu-dent
would receive. Mr. Bill
PosUoico said "I think they
have done a tremendous job, very
impressive." However, when
we asked specifically about the
architecture and how they liked
it we received replies like "not
too much," said by Mr. F. Gee
We also asked the ex-students
if they thought that their educa-tion,
which they received here,
was adequate at that time. To
this question we received the
same answer from all the people
we asked. All that were asked
thought that their education was
adequate at the time of their
graduation. It was also the
general consensus of opinion
that the students on this campus
were dressed much better then
students they have seen on other
campuses. They also felt that
the student, on the average, was
more active and takes more pride
in the school.
We now come to a very touchy
subject to the student, dress and
of Bridgeport Conn. We might curfew regulations. Much to the
add at this point that Mr. Gee dismay of our feUow students,
had many good things to say about (r- j ^
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