The-Rambler_1950-04-05

              a l l e g e OF
THE RAMBLER
Long Island Agricultural & Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
Vol. XXI, No. 4 April 5, 1950
CLUB NEWS
Rifle Club
The members are all shotting
qualdficatlc n targets under match
conditions in tryouts for the team
which will shoot in the annual
Intercollegiate match. The course
of the match will ba 37 rr.inuccs
for 30 shots in the prone, kneel-ing,
and offhand p sitions.
The four girls in the club:
Shirley Hughes, Cavol Ferrari,
Jean "Chipper" Reubal, and Helen
Marshall are good prospects for
the team; in fact, it might be
said that they are outscoring most
of the male membeis.
Boxing Club
Come and watch and perhaps
even participate Wednesdays at
the Ag Gym at 8:00 P. M.
Cattle Club
The Cattle Club, with Bill Bar-clay
as president, holds it meet-ings
every second and fourth
Tuesdays. They held an election
meeting March 28th. New fresh-man
officers were installed.
Glee Club
The Glee Club meets on Mon-days
at 11:10 and 7:30 P. M. in
the Ag Gym. Our school Glee
Club sang Monday night, March
20th, at the 1950 Inaugural An-nual
Dinner of the Long Island
Association held at the Garden
City Hotel. There were about 800
people there, including Director
Knapp.
The Men's Glee Club also had
a party in the Log Cabin, Tuesday
night, March 21st. Mr. Hutchison
was really kept busy over the
week end. On Sunday, March 19
he took the band to the Veterans
Hospital in Northport where they
played for a large audience.
Poultry Club
The Poultry Club, which meets
every second and fourth Thurs-day,
is planning many field trips,
have had guest speakers and have
shown films. Their poultry ex-hibit
at the Country Life Program
went off with great success. All
freshmen poultry majors are in-vitwd
to be active next year.
Science Club
On March 22, at 7:30 P. M., at
the Ag Gym, the Science Club
had Dr. W. Ralph Singleton talk
on "Genetic Effects of Radiation
On Plants". The club plans to
take a trip to the Brookhaven
Atomic Research Laboratory on
April 15th. All those interested
in joining this worthwhile club
should contact Mr. Swarty.
S l a n O r r M a k e s
N e w s d a y A l l - S l a is
Captain Stan Orr was the only
member of the Long Island Aggie
basketball team to get a berth
on the Long Island Collegiate
All-Star Basketball Team chosen
for the first time by Newsday.
Prom Adelphi, Hofstra, Kings
Point and the Long Island Aggies,
10 men were picked as the croam
of the crop of basketball stars.
Four came from Hofstra, throe
from Adelphi, two from Kings
Point and one from the L. I.
Aggies.
Newsday stated that Orr's steady
play throughout the season, es-pecially
in the New York State
Institute Tourney, was the biggest
factor in the Aggies somewhat
successful season, and it was for
this reason that he was chosen
or the All-Stars.
Ted George, the Aggies high
scorer, was also considered for
the All-Stars, but was nosed out
by stronger contenders.
March 15 Assembly J^ji E m e r g e n cy
Ag Freshman Dance
On Friday night, March 17, the
Ag Freshmen held a dance in
Knapp Hall. The band hired for
the evening's entertainment was
that of Franky Mann from the
Bronx. The singer, upon whom all
eyes appeared to be turned, seem-ed
to be liked by all. For the
fellows interested, her name is
'•£un Shine".
The dance was a success with
over 150 people attending, all of
whom were enjoying themselves.
Also some girls from Central Islip
came and upon leaving thanked
us for our complimentary tickets
which we sent and said they had
a wonderful time. They also ad-ded
that we should have more
socials of this order.
There were also some teachers
of the Institute present. They
were Mr. and Mrs. Oxman, acting
as chapei'ones, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Martin and Mrs. and Mrs. David-son.
The members of the committee
who worked hard to make the
dance a success were: Andrew
R. Gioseffie, Mel Gjeisnich, Ed
Vickeimau and Ted Sehafer.
On March 15, Mr. Allee turned
over the assembly program to
Fred Lubbe and thirteen indus-trial
chemistry students for the
program—"This is Your World".
William Morell gave the Bible
reading and the Lord's Prayer,
followed by Rudy Zeblisky with
reports on "Science in the News".
The first part of the program,
under the direction of Mr. J. G.
Coogan, chemistry instructor,
dealt with the atmosphere and
how it affects surfaces. Three
interesting demonstrations show-ed
the properties of our atmos-phere
very effectively. James
Kaelin proved that atmosphere
exerts pressure by crushiag in
the sides and top of a i oil can
and is capable of forcing an egg
into a bottle, as shown by Frank
Forti. A fountain was made by
Dan Loughlin who produced a
greater-than-air pressure i.i a jar
v/ith hot water and ether which
forced the water high into the
air. Thoughout the experiments
Jack Belkin showed the effect
of the atmosphere on a human
being as he "rose into the air
over Manhattan Island."
The next part of the program
included miscellaneous chemical
demonstrations with Joe Steim-ers
and his chemical garden,
Weird formations of chemical
crystals grew out of a solium
silicate. Chemicals can be quite
dangerous, as shown by Sam Got-tesman,
when zinc and ammon-ium
nitrate and water caused a
fire and also when zinc and io-dine
and water caused an iodine
vapor spray. The time reactions
of starch and free iodine (color
turns blue) and aseniou3 acid
(gives off a yel'ow precipatato)
were shown by Tom Main and
Willdam Arna z. Asa Liefer pro-duced
crystals for the audience
from a supersaturated solution.
A magician's trick was performed
by Wes Bucek when he mixed
two solutions to form a solid and
appeared to disappear to the aud-ience.
Merv Berrin mixed certain
chemicals that gave off a light
resembling a firefly's glow and
showed how chemicals change
color under ultraviolet light. Joe
Steimers ended the program with
his demonstrations of the basic
principles of the hydrogen and
helium atom.
The enemy's fire could be heard
above the noise of rain hitting
canvas tents of a Field Hospital.
The tent in the middle of this
canvas city was the Surgical tent.
Col. Cook and Major Brown were
the surgical team for tonight;
every night in fact, for the re-placements
had not arrived as
yet. A Corpsman entered the
tent, saluted and said, "An emer-gency
case, sir!" "Bring him in,"
the Colonel replied, without lifting
his head. "A shrapnel wound of
the heart. Colonel," said the
Corpsman.
The litter was placed on two
medical field trunks, to save time
in moving him on the operating
table. The door was shut; the
lamp lowered, and caps and gowns
put on both men. The sharp
sound of snapping rubber could
be heard as their gloves were
donr^ed; besides the deep breathing
of the man on the litter.
"Ready!" was the word spoken
by the man at the head of the
litter, in a clear cool voice. The
two doctors stepped to the litter
one on either side, while two
technicians moved in close to obey
the orders of .either doctor. The •
clothes were cut away and the
area cleaned. Thus began the
human struggle of knowledge and
skill against time and death. The
odds are high in a heart wound,
but the skill was keen, with years
of work. One instrument after
another passed through the hands
of the surgical team. So tense
was the atmosphere in the tent,
tha you could hear n tithing on
the outside of it. Blood was
given, for the artery was pieiced
by a piece of schrapnel, no bigger
than the dot at the end of this
sentence. The artery is the main
motor of the body. An organ
normally the size of your fist
controls the rest of your body;
for here is the small uel pump
of a mass of arteries and veins.
One slip wass all you got m this
game; for in this profession there
is no guess work, no second
chance. A doctor's hands are his
eyes, for they must feel for
things that cannot hv^ seen with
the eyes. A touch so keen tha'
even water feels rough For hours
both doctors stood over this litter
which held the life of a man, to
try and save him. A bjy with
years of life recorded on his
face and body.
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