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Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
VOL. XX, NO. 3 OCTOBER, 1949
30th HOMECOMING DAY
Homecoming Day Harvest Festival New Horizons In
Tech Division
Homecoming Day for 1919 wiU
rnarlc a day that fev/ of us will
ever forget. It will be an event
that should bring alumni from all
corners of the country to witness
our growth from a small Institute
to one oi" greater stature.
Director Knapp's report to us of
the Institute's progress, which wa
look forward to each year, will be
given at the Alumni meeting in
the gymnasium. Election of of-ficers
will take place at this meet-ing,
with tribute paid to the class
of 1919 for which this homecoming
day marks a 30th reunion. The
25th, 20th, 15th, 10th and 5th re-unions
of the classes 1924, 1929,
1C34, 1939 and 1914 respectively
will be observed.
In addition to the other events
pk.nned for Homecoming Day here
will be three sport events which
will be absolutely free to students
possessing Athletic Cards. Starting
at ten o'clock in the morn'ng the
soccer team will tangle feet with
the New York Maritime Academy.
At two o'clock in the afternoon
the football team will play host
to the gridders from the New
Haven State Teachers College. It
might be noted that at the time
this paper went to press New
Haven had an unbeaten team and
one which will prove tough foii'
the Aggies to beat. However, by
the 19th, Coach Bright should have
all of the wrinkles in his W'nged-
T ironed out and the boys should
be ready to start reversing some
of these past scores. Between the
halves of the football gar/e, the
Aggie cross country team will have
a meet with Brooklyn Arts and
Sciences, which is the only two
year school on the entire cross
country schedule.
In these days of high prices,
where else could you see three
star sport events in one d y ab-solutely
free? Let's all get out
there and give the boys our
wholehearted support.
The committee for Homecoming
Day is composed of faculty mem-
October 14, 19^9 marked the
first Harvest Festival on tTie Ag-ricultural
C"-mpus of the Institute
in many years. Students, faculty
end friends all came to celebrate
the gatheiing of the crops over
which there has been so much toil.
One of the main features of the
evening was the crowning of the
Harvest Queen. The ceremony
took place on the football field
on a stage with a background of
corn stalks, decorated with fall
flowers and beautiful leaves so
typical of the season. Miss Helen
Plerson made a lovely Queen with
her crown of yellow chrysanthe-mums.
Her ladies in waiting were
Audrey McDonald, Barbara Barnes.
Joan DeBaubon and June Ludwig.
A pantomine of a corn husking
bee took place after the corona-tion.
Two stacks of corn, which
had been piled on either side and
a little in front of the stage,
were attacked by members of the
Grange who participated in the
?vent.
A colorful display of the fruits
and vegetables grown by the Insti-tute
was arranged in front of the
grand stand.
After the program, the crowd
gaily made their way to Knapp
Hall where a square dance was
held. The hall was also nicely
arrayed in the spirit of Autumn.
Splendidly colored boughs of oak
leaves hung at intervals on the
walls with lovely floral arrange-ments
around the piano. The
lively music was matched by the
enthusiasm of the dancers.
This year's Harvest Festival was
enjoyed by all and we sincerely
hope that it will be carried on
and become a bigger and better
success each year.
The Tech Division is in for some
wonderful advertising through the
production of a public relations
movie which will be shown in
New York State High Schools.
New Horizons in Tech Education
had its premiere on November 28
in the Agricultural Campus, and
was viewed by Director Knapp.
The photography script and back
ground music were all done by
the school. The picture contained
short explanations of each depart-ment,
v/hat they learn and what
they will be prepared to do upon
completion of the course. Students
were shown at work using their
training and practicing their tech-niques.
The school is shown just as it
actually is and the picture shows
excellent planning and ie equal to
any professionally made film. The
Tech school should find a one
hundred per cent increase in the
student registration next year.
NEV/ SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
bers with Mr. G. L. Franke, chair-man.
This group has been plan-ning
the affair for a long time,
and expects this year's Home-coming
Day to be the biggest and
most successful event of its kind
ever staged at the Institute.
HOMECOMING DAY SCHEDULE
10:30-12:00 Noon—Informal Faculty
Alumni Visits
12:30—Soccer, Athletic. Field, Main
Campus
2:00—Football, Athletic Field
Track: Cross Country finish
between halves
C:0:—Annual Alumni Meeting, Gym-nasium
6:45-8:30—Buffet Supper, Knapp
Hall. Eon Life—Community
Singing
9:00-12:00—Homecoming Day
Dance, Knapp Hall
The Buffet Supper takes the
place of a banquet this year. It
will service more alumni and their
friends than v/ould the banquet.
RECITAL FOR 2 PIANOS
Alex Modderno, who led the
class last year also, is president.
Alex is taking Refrigeration and
is known as a champ golf player.
Joe Filiberti assists Alex as vice-president.
Joe belongs to the Riflo
Club and to Delta Beta Pi. He's
a Mechanical Production studen*^,
works with model airplanes in his
spare time and has one v i c e -
shooting pool. He's good too!
Mary Healy, popular D. H. girl,
will be keeping class minutes in
her job as secretary. Among her
other activities are the Theatri
Club, of which she is secretary,
and the ISLANDER, of which she
is treasurer.
Oscar Martinez will handle the
class's financial problems. A native
of Monterey, Mexico, and a Re-frigeration
student, Oscar has two
hobbies—Dancing and Girls—very
good hobbies.
Both students and members of
the faculty were fortunate to have
wiLh them on Tuesday evening,
October 11, Messrs. Ferrante and
Teicher. The two gentlemen gave
a "Recital of Music for Two
Pianos."
More than 200 people thrilled to
their renditions of such great
works as the Ritual Fire Dance,
Bolero and Fugue in D Minor,
Liebestraum and others. The ap-preciation
of this fine music was
demonstrated by the applause of
the audience. For an encore the
two artists played the Katchatur-ian
Saber Dance.
ISLANDER DANCE
The first dance of the school
year, sponsored by the staff of
the 1950 ISLANDER, was held on
Saturday evening, October 1. Over
a hundred couples made their way
to Knapp Hall to dance to the
music of Gatto and His Orchestra.
Guests present were Dr. Oscar
Eichman, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Foote, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Barke,
Mr. and Mrs. William Cutler and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lewis.
A beautiful three-way radio and
a desk lamp were raffled off dur-ing
the course of the evening.