Tne_Rambler_1949-05

              THE RAMBLER
Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
VOL. XX, NO. 2 MAY, 1949
SENIOR GRADUATION ON MAIN CAMPUS
New Rose ^'Sigma UMs Dance Exercises To Take Place on June 6
Garden Added
Through the combined efforts
of all Horticulture students work-ing
with Mr. Dowd of the Horti-culture
Faculty, a new rose garden
has been developed at the Agri-cultural
Campus. The garden is
approximately 75 ft. sq. and at
present has 500 rose plants, with
about 200 more to be added in
the near future. Among some of
the outstanding roses are the hy-brid
floribundas, hybrid teas, Hy-brid
Perpetuals, T-Roses and many
of the older varieties as well as
some of the old fashioned specie
roses which have contributed to
the developement of the modern
roses.
The rose beds are 7 ft. wid"
with walks 5 ft. and a main
walk 10 ft. wide to provide for
ample circulation. The new rose
garden will be used to a great
extent for study purposes and
also for experimentation in the
uses of new control measures for
pests and diseases. Comparative
tests will be conducted by the
research students in determining
these results.
Of major interest to the Horti-cultural
students was the prepara-tion
of the soil (double digging)
to a depth of 30 inches, which
was accomplished through the
efforts of many sore and lame
backs.
On April ii7th, 1949, Tri Y-Sigma
held its third dance, in the Rec-reational
Hall Lounge of the Long
Island Agricultural and Technical
Institute. Also present were mem-bers
of the Hi-Teen Dalers. The
dance was called the Spring Fling,
and was held to commemorate
National Y. W. C. A. Week, which
has been celebrated throughout
the country during April 24th-30th.
Refreshments were served through-out
the dance, and a good time
was had by all.
New Silo for Ag Campus
Prior to June 15, there will be
a new silo of glazed tile attached
to our barns. It will be 16 by 32
feet, capable of holding 150 tons
of grass silage, which will be
raised on the Institute Farm.
The former silo, demolished re-cently,
was built by students in
1916, four years before the cow
barns. With the addition of the
new tile silo, the Institute plans
to purchase a new grass chopper
for the silage.
Horts Go To
Stonykill Farm
The landscape class, consisting
of twelve students under the di-rection
of Mr. Roesch, spent a
week at Stonykill farm rejuven-ating
the grounds around the old
farm house. On Monday morning,
April 25, one could see the land-scape
class busily making last
minute preparations for their trip
to Stonykill, N. Y.
Upon reaching the farm, which
is on the Hudson two miles nortn
of Beacon, the students could soon
see what was in store for them.
The grounds around the farm
house, which is an old mansion,
were not touched in many years
and were in grave need of land-scaping,
or maybe I should call
it land scraping.
Many small trees and shrubs
had to be cleared 'iway from tha
immediate surroundings of the
house. This was accomplished
mostly with the help of bulldozer
After this operation, two larga
flowering dogwoods and also four
spreading yews which had been
brought up from the main camp'43
were planted at the side and
front entrance of •he mansion.
The drive leading up to the
mansion Is. lined on each side
with pines, spruce and tamarlx.
These trees are all over one
hundred years old. Three men
were kept busy pruning out broken
limbs which had accumulated on
For the first time in InstiLute
history, the Agricultural, Horti-cultural
and Industrial-Technical.
Seniors will graduate together.
The big Graduation Weekend will
get off to a fine start Saturday
night, June 4. The student's Junior
Chapter of the N. A. G. will sponsor
a gradauation dance, in Knapp
Hall. Tickets are $1.50 per couple
$1.00 for single admission. The
N. A. G. committee will try to
make arrangements for those ha/-
no accomodations for their girl?,
provided notice is given in advance.
The Baccalaureate Service will
be held in the Auditorium at the
Farmingdale High School, at 4:00
P. M., Sunday, May 5. The speak-er
for the service is the Reverend
W. R. Hampshire, of St. Thomas'
Episcopal Church, in Farmingdale.
Other churches will be represented
at this Baccalaureate Service.
The Graduation Ceremony will
take place on the Main Campus,
on the green terrace between the
Agronomy Bldg. and the Director's
Cottage. This year a colorful
procession will be formed, with
the Institute Band in uniform,
and the Faculty and Seniors in
caps and gowns. Ushers for quests
have been drawn from members
of the freshman class at both
divisions. The graduation speaker
will be the Hon. John C. Rosa,
Deputy U. S. Representative to
the Security Council of the United
Nations. The student speakers
have not as yet been chosen, but
it is expected that one from each
division will represent the class.
Following the Graduation Cere-monies,
a tea will be given in
Knapp Hall, by members of the
Campus Club, for the Seniors and
their guests.
Aggies Baseball
Aggies Lose Opening Twin Bill
On a cool, windy afternoon the
N. Y. Aggies opened their 1949
season by dropping a twin bill to
the strong King's Point team by
scores of 6-1 and 8-3. Both teams
played erratic baseball at this
opener.
Aggies Split Twin Encounter
At Fort Schuyler the New York
Aggies were more successful, get-ting
an even split. Fort Schuy-ler
winning- the first game 4-2 and
the Aggies rebounding with a neat
these trees during the years. The
last day was spent In clearing
the debris from the pruning and
stumps which had been pulled
out during the week.
Now that the Horts have worked
at Stonykill, all divisions of the
school have been represented there
during the last school year. Mo3t
of us seem to agree that we have
a good time there and gain
valuable experience as well.
6-4 victory. Fred Franz and Clyde
Hathaway shared honors In win-ning
the nightcap, while Andy Del
Vecchio lost a tough one, giving
up only four hits. Of the Aggies
twelve safeties, Charlie Brower led
the attack with four hits.
Aggies Batter AdelphI
The N. Y. Aggies battered Adel-phI
by the impressive score of
9-2, with Andy Del Vecchio turning
in his second four hitter of the
season. The Mineola southpaw
struck out a total of 14 men,
issuing but four walks.
Bergen Edges Aggies Twice
In New Jersey, Bergen Junior
College took advantage of ever/
break and beat our own Aggie?
twice by scores of 4-2 and 10-9.
Fred Franz lost these twin en-counters,
but came close to win-ning
the nightcap. We outhlt the
winners 10-8.
Mitchell Field Shades Aggies
In a heartbreaking game, Mit-chell
Field shaded the Aggies by
a single tally In the eleventh
Inning. The final score was 6-5,
It was a tough one to lose.