The-Rambler_1950-05-09

              THE
Long Island Agricultural & Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
Vol XXI, No. 5 May 9, 195:)
CHESTER - FRESHMAN PRESIDENT BARBARA SCHWAB
Last Friday the Freshman class
went to the polls to elect John
Chester, President; Frank Moon,
Vice President; Beverly Browne,
Secretary; and Richard MacCar-rol,
Treasurer. The elections were
preceded by the most rousing po-litical
campaign this school has
ever seen. The presidential office
was the most hotly contested, with
John Chester running on a write-in
ballot against the strong Ram
Party.
On the 8th of March, Mr. Wal-lace
announced in assembly, at
the request of several students,
that anyone interested in student
government meet with him after
assembly. Fifteen members of the
Freshman class responded to this
request and thereby formed a
steering committee for the Fresh-man
class elections.
The following week the com-mittee
met and elected a sub-committee
of seven members of
the steering committee to set up
rules for the election. This sub-committee
drew up the following
rules:
1.A petition, with a minimum
of 75 names, must be handed in
to form a party.
2. One person cannot run on
two parties (unless the parties
combine.)
3. The petition must consist
only of freshman names, with no
repetitions.
4. Petitions must be in by
April 5th.
5. The president must have an
80'/r average, at least, and the
other officers an average of at
least 75%.
6. Electioneering will begin one
week before the election voting
and will end 8:10 the morning of
elections.
7. Money to be spent in the
elections may not exceed more
than ($10.00) ten dollars.
8. These officers would hold
office until senior class officers
are elected.
On the 29th of March these
rules were announced in assembly.
Only one group complied with
these rules: they called them-selves
the Rams. Their candidates
were: Arthur Keen, for president;
Frank Moon, for vice-president;
Beverly Browne, for secretary;
and Richard MacCarrol, for Treas-urer.
When the steering committeo
found that only one party had
been formed, they made provis-ions
on the ballot for write-in
candidates These candidates, how-ever,
could not form parties.
Three groups were formed, of-fering
write-in candidates. The
first group consisted of John
Chester, Harold Schweickhardt,
Lynn Cole, and Sandy Pinsker.
The second group consisted of
A1 Dickerson, Frank Moon, Lynn
Cole, and Sandy Pinsker. The
third group cons'sted of Chris
Robertson, Bill Wanner, Ray
Buckley, and Sandy Pinsker.
Campaigning started on Monday,
April 17th, and elections were
held Friday, April 21st. The dif-ferent
campaigns were marked by
speeches, posters, balloons, ban-ners,
recordings, leaflets, cards,
and a general feeling of com-petition.
On Wednesday, April 19th, the
Rams made public their platform
dn assembly. The Ram platform
was, in its main points:
1. Formation of a cabinet.
2. Strengthening the power of
the student council.
3. An orientation program for
incoming freshmen.
4. A gym period for the girls.
Other candidates had to resort
to leaflets to make public their
platforms. The group supporting
John Chester proposed:
1. More social activities for the
Senior Class.
2. Orientation program carried
out by the Seniors.
3. Formation of a cabinet, con-sisting
of one (1) representative
from each curriculum.
4. Formation of a year book
staff this year.
5. Increased power for the stu-dent
council.
The groups supporting Dicker-son
and Robertson both proposed
good government and a "Fair
Deal".
During noon hour Wednesday,
all four groups were using public
address systems to publicize their
platforms. Wednesday was the
high-light of the whole campaign!
Everyone Is to be complimented
on his conduct during this cam-paign.
Even though competition
was keen, all campaign tactics
were above reproach.
206 ballots were ^ast on Friday
out of a possible 302.
Now that elections are over
let's forget our Individual differ-ences
and all work together for
the common benefit of our class.
FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS
Richard MacCarrol, Beverly Browne, John Chester, and Frank Moon
Spring Dance Has Large Tnrnont
SANDRA PINSKER
Knapp Hall was the scene of
what was said to be "more darn
fun" on Saturday night, April 15,
when The Rambler held its an-nual
Spring Dance. £0 couples
attended the gayly decorated hall
and were chaperoned by Mr. and
Mrs. J. Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. Judd.
Though: the affair was well
planned as far as entertainment
was concerned, an un-announced
floor show took place when "Big
Jim" Canino did a dramatic (?)
rhumba with Frank Bellamo,
while a stray dog proceded to
bite the seat of Frank's trousers!
Incidentally, The Rambler suc-ceeded
to do what no other club
has done so far — attract the
Senior B. C. boys. Ten of them
were there with their girls—how
about that? Many of the "old
reliables" were there including
Llbby and Charlie, Barbara and
John, Nancy and Hank, Toby and
Bob, Barbara and Rocky, Barbara
and Fred, Carol and Oscar, and
many others.
Refreshments were planned rnd
served by Barbara Schwab, Shir-ley
Hughes and Nancy Can:eron,
and were greeted very enthusias-tically,
(although there is rumor
that someone brought his own,
ahem, refreshments. (That's what
we like, good, clean, healthy
living!)
At eleven o'clock the door prize
was awarded to; if you haven't
guessed by now Nancy Cameron,
and it wasn't fixed.
Rence Miller and his Band
stopped playing at 1:00 A. M.
and the groups scattered for all
points East, etc., and Sunday
morning found Fiank and Paul's
plum out of Bromo Seltzers.
I would like to take this op-portunity
on behalf of The Ram-bler
to thank all the people who
attended our dance and made It
the success It was. We all hope
you had an enjoyable evening.
Science Club
This group met on April 26th
In the Agronomy Building to
choose a full-length film to be
shown for everyone's benefit In
the near future. See a member
and ask more about it.
The Charlataur
The Dramatic Club has plans
to take over the final assembly
program this spring. Members of
this group plan to put on a
humorous skit dedicated to the
seniors.