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studentpublicationatsuatcfarmingdale vol. 33 no 9
Death of Prof.
Bowman Mourned
Professor Raymond C. Bowman, of 10 Dolly
Drive, Commack, founder and chairman of the
Photographic Technology Department of State Uni-versity
at Farmingdale, died of a heart attack last
Sunday morning, Nov. 28, at St. John's Hospital in
Smithtown. A requium mass was held at St.
Anthony's of Padua R.C. Church in Northport on
Wednesday and interment followed at the Long
Island National Cemetery in Pinelawn. He was 64
years old. His body reposed at the Nolan Funeral
Home in Northport,
dec 3, 1971
Guards in Blazers Patrol Campus
He is survived by his widow,
Anne; a son, Richard J. Bowman,
of Croswell, Mich.; two
daughteijs, Mrs. Joan Choyce of
Levittown, and. Miss Gayle
E. Bowman, a nursing student at
F a r m i n g d a l e ; a sister, Mrs.
Orrie Kruck, Manasquan, N.J.; a
step sister, Mrs. Freda Evans,
Commack, L.I., and eight
grandchildren.
One of the most beloved figures
since his involvement with
Farmingdale as a part-time inst-ructor
in 1946, tribute was paid to
Prof. Bowman's death by the
entire campus community with
the lowering of the flag to half-mast.
In eulogizing him. Dr.
Charles W. Laffin, Jr., President
of the college, said that "Prof.
Bowman's talents were so
unique, scientific and asthetic
that it will be most difficult to
replace h i m"
Over 35 years of Prof.
Bowman's life had been
dedicated to the scientific,
technical and medical
photographic fields He was an
author, film producer, and
consultant as well as a past
president of the l » n g Island
I n d u s t r i a l Photographers
Association and an active
member of other technical
associations. He had appeared as
a speaker and panelist at many
national and regional
photographic conventions.
He was born in Syracuse,
received his high school diploma
in Battle Creek, Mich., and also
graduated from Battle Creek
College in 1927 with a B.S.,
specializing in bacteriology and
photography.
Following a colorful career in
private industry as owner and
director of medical laboratories
as a bacteriologist and
laboratory technician and in-structor
for the U.S. Army,
Bowman came to Farmingdale
as a part-time instructor in 1946
as a bacteriologist in the college's
Dental Hygiene Department. He
was made a permanent member
of the college in 1949 as an in-structor
in bacteriology.
He founded the highly popular
P h o t o g r a p h i c Technology
program at Farmingdale in 1956
with 24 students. It has grown
steadily since that time, more
than 70 students now seeking
their Associate Degree in Applied
Science upon successful com-pletion
of two years of photo tech
education.
F A R M I N G D A L E , L.I.-The
State University system has
adopted a new program under
which educated men, with a
desire and an ability to un-derstand
and respond to student
needs, are being hired as canapus
security guards.
Typical of the new breed is
Kenth Sjolin, a 27-year-old who
was recently appointed director
of security at the university's
Agricultural and Technical
College here.
A 1970 graduate of Far-mingdale
and the youngest
director of security within the 72-
unit university, Mr. Sjolin has the
over-all esponsibility for the well-being
of the campus community
at this 380-acre, 12,000-student
school.
Born in Malmo, Sweden. Mr.
Sjolin came to this country in
1957, making.his home in Floral
Park, Queens. After attending
junior high school and high school
in the brough, he entered the
Marine Corps for four years.
When he left the service, Mr.
Sjolin enrolled as a police science
student in 1968 at Farmingdale,
where he became a member of
Phi Theta Kappa, the national
junior college honor society, and
was on the dean's list every
semester.
'A Soft Image'
Mr. Sjolin was selected as the
director of security by an ad-m
i n i s t r a t i v e committee that
considered 100 applications and
i n t e r v i e w e d numerous can-didates
with experience in law
enforcement. His interest in
police science, he said, dates
back to his childhood!"
Racism and WPIX
Charges of racism were
launched against the president of
WPIX Channel II, by former
employees of the television
station at hearings being held by
the Federal communicaton
Commission (FCC) in
Washington, DC. The hearings
are being held to determine
whether WPIX-TV, which is
owned by a New York Paper,
should be granted renewal of its
license to operate Channel 11 or if
the license should be awarded to
Forum Communications, and
organization which seeks to take
over operations of the station.
Forum is headed by Lawrence
K. Grossman and included
among its stockholders are Harry
Belafonte, the Rev. Carl McCale,
owner and director of Harlems
Amsterdam News and Amalia
Betanzos, former director of the
Puerto Rican development
project. Also included and Ken
Johnson and Terry Bennet for-mer
producers of the Clay Cole's
Discotheque, a teen-age music
and dance series which ran on the
station for several years, told the
commission of some of the
alleged discriminatory practices
of the station president. They are
as listed.
The producers had to submit
photographs of unknown Black
talent for the show as he wanted
to restrict such acts to " c l e a o cut
types." Johnson also testified
that on one occasion WPIX
President congratulated him on
how well the Cole show was doing
and in the course of the con-versation
told Johnson not to
have "too many niggers" on the
show. Bennett testified that the
channel president referred to
Blacks as " n i g g e r s " on a number
of occasions and once in
memorandum posted in the
WPIX control room wall, he had
referred to Blacks as either
" n i g g e r s , " " m o n k e y s , " or
" a p e s ."
Bennett also testified that
W P I X - T V used shooting and
editing techniques to show the
audience for the Cole show as
being predominantly white, even
when it was predominantly
Black. According to Bennett,
Blacks were required to sit in the
rear of the studio so they would
appear on camera during
audience shots. Bennett also said
that when there were too many
Blacks to be restricted to the rear
of the studio, he would sometimes
be required to edit them out of the
tape and insert shots of white
audiences that had been taped
earlier and retained for that
purpose. According to Bennett,
except for stars, the channel
president wanted Blacks acts
limited to one per show.
Don F'enton
Job Well Done
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the campus community raised $787.50 for the
Relief of East Pakistani Refugees On behalf of the student volunteers
and the staff and faculty who sought donations, I wish to thank
everyone very much for this generosity.
"Our prime emphasis has got
to be on service to the students,
not on enforcement." said Mr.
Sjolin in a recent interview "We
don't need a storm trooper at-titude,
but rather we should show
respect to the students. They are
rational human beings, or else
they wouldn't be here '
Mr. Sjolin. who worked part-time
as a patrolman on the
Shelter Island Police Department
while he was in college, said that
campus security officers could be
most effective if they "project a
soft image."
"Just like Shelter Island, wo
are a small community." he said
"You get to know the people and
you have to live with them This
calls for an approach much
d i f f e r e n t from that of a
patrolman in a large city who
cnows that he will never see a
person again."
"Formerly, security office jobs
were taken by men who had
retired from other lines ot work
and by men who needed a second
job." he asserted. "Now we are
going after men who want to
make this their life's work."
No Need for (Juns
The new personnel, who must
have completed two years of
college, are required to undergo a
series of Civil Service oral and
written tests before being hired.
Most will be placed in positions
with peace-officer status, giving
them the power to make arrests
Peace officers also are per-mitted
to carry guns, but Mr
Sjolin is quick to note that the
security officers at Farmingdale
do not carry weapons. " W e have
had no need for that." he ex-plained.
"Most of the crime here is
committed by outsiders. The
campus borders on Route 110 and
on Melville Road, two heavily
used thoroughfares that provide
easy access to the campus."
As with crime, the problem of
drug abuse, Mr. Sjolin said, is no
different from that at other
colleges on Long Island
" A s far as handling the
situation is concerned." he said.
" I don't like to make arrests but
rather try to find an alternate
solution. We are here to help the
student.
" 1 personally can't see
arresting a user of drugs who is
not a pusher." he said. "Whether
we arrest him or not, the chances
are that he will soon be back on
the streets and probably back at
some c o l l e g e"
But Mr Sjolin does not believe
in simply admonishing a drug
user, either
"We never just warn, although
we might not arrest the student."
he said. "Sometimes disciplinary
action may l)e the solution,
sometimes referral to an agency
that can help him J try to handle
each case individually."