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THE RAMBCIR
Long Island Agricultixral and Technical Institute—Farmingdole, N. Y.
VOL. XXra, No. 1 February 1, 1952
Hort. Freshman Takes Election
Close Shave
Mr. Dedowitz of the Agricul-tural
Business Department was
injured in an automobile accident
on January 5, 19o2. His car was
damaged beyond repair when an-other
vehicle struck him. He suf-fered
multiple abrasions and
contusions. His only passenger ai
the time was his dog, who too
was hurt. Fortunately, both have
recovered.
Gov. Dewey's Compulsory Auto
insurance Bill
Isaac Comerchero
Keeping Mr. Dedowitz's acci-dent
in mind, it seems quite ap-propriate
to discuss the current
piece of legislation being dis-cussed
in Albany. Jan. 9, Gov.
Dewey requested a bill concern-ing
compulsory automobile ins-pection
and insurance. In all pro-babilities,
the bill will be enacted
before the 1953 auto registration
comes up.
The bill will include such
things as, semi-annual automo-bile
inspections, compulsory li-ability
insurance for all drivers
and the expansion of driver
training courses in schools.
The automobile inspection plan
will follow the one being used
in New Jersey, where inspections
are made twice a year in state-owned
and opearted stations for
a fifty cent fee. Ten to twenty
thousand dollars minimum liabi-lity
insurance will be required.
Driver training courses will be
expanded to cover most high
schools and colleges.
Gov. Dewey points out that in
states where automobile inspec-tions
are required, the accident
and death rate is 40% lower than
the national average. In 1951
more than 2,000 persons were
killed in New York State due to
auto accidents. Surveys indicated
that 1 out of every 3 were caused
by mechanical defects, such as
faulty brakes, steering and lights.
It's true that it will cost the car
owner a little more, but at the
same time it will reduce the ac-cident
rate. Any bill that will cut
down the number of deaths by
auto accidents seems to me a pro-gressive
one.
Pictured above is William Bums, who is a member of the Cat-tle
Club, with his entry in the Cattle Show at the Country Life
Program.
Cattle Club Set
For Coimtry
Life Program
The Cattle Club will exhibit
several head of cattle at the
Annual Country Life and Open
House Program to be held this
February. In addition to this
display, the Club performs var-ious
projects throughout the year.
The main purpose of the Cattle
Club is advancement in the field
of Animal Husbandry. This in-cludes
various field trips, movies
and guest speakers.
It is planned this year that the
members of this organization will
visit the farm of Warren Wigg •
ston in Fishskill.
Walter Gutterman heads this
club as president, while J. Gib-bons,
W. Johnson and R. Forthen-back
serves as Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer, respec-tively.
Pictured above is William
Burns, who is a member of the
Cattle Club, with his entry in
the Cattle Show at the Country
Life Program.
For his major, this twenty year
old Jamaica lad is studying Ani-mal
Husbandry. Before coming
to Long Island A & T, Skip at-tended
a Prep. School in New
Jersey where he first became
interested in farming as a carrer.
He worked several summers on
various up-state farms, and is
now planning a breeding farm
of his own.
In addition to Bruns' (801)
Holstein Cow on exhibit will be
Cohen (1444), Wickel (641),
Graepel, (711), Relyea (715),
Kock (723) Averell (742) and
Hoffman (765), all showing Hol-stein
cows.
In the Guernsey caLf group are
Sanders (1005), White (1007),
Villalba (1029), Smykla (1040),
Weisback (1041) and Morgensen
(1042). Rubbel (890) and Gibbons
(810) will show Guernsey cows.
Biowne (866), Bowman (893),
Peterson (926), and Mitchell
(934) will display Heifers.
The Holstein calves are to be
shown by Pinto (1023), Gross-man
(1027), Swengros (1028),
Nunstido (1035), Buchart (1036),
Lynch (1044), Proctor (1045),
Scott (1040), Schlegal (1047),
Sauers (1052), Knoll (1055), and
Rahenowitz (1056).
In the Holstein cow group, 4
year olds, are Fortenback, (854),
Abrens (856), Gluemann (859),
and Meyer (864). The 3 year olds
are Weiss (904), Parsons (912),
Burns, (915), Weber (21133),
Boulanger (1664) and Maass
(1672).
Rambler Sta£f Offers
CougratiJatious To
New Jfresideut
On ivionaay, January ;si, lyoz,
ine Jb resnman ciass ox me Agn-cuiiurai
campus met witn iwo
purposes in mind, i n e hrst pur-pose
was 10 elect a president to
nu the vacancy leii by Toda
Panteiiias, wno enlisted in tne
Air Corps at the beginning ot
the second quarter.
Candidates were: Tom Knoll,
Art Kushforth, and Don Ward.
Don Ward took the election witn
a sixty-four vote margin. Don
is from Scarsdale, N. Y., and is
taking up Horticulture. He is
the first Horticulture student to
become president of the fresh-man
class in a number of years.
The RAMBLER staff oflers the
heartiest congratulations.
The second purpose of the
meeting was to obtain a vote of
confidence for the officers all
ready in office. All maintained
their positions.
CONGRATULATIONS
These are in order for Dr.
Louis Pyenson. His new book,
"Elements Of Plant Protection"
was published in October by John
Wiley.
Dr. Pyenson received his Ph.
D. at Cornell University and has
"Winter Shuffle"
Great Success
Knapp Hall was the center of
attraction Saturday night, Jan-uary
19th, for those who turned
out for the Tech. Dorm "Winter
Shuffle." The dance was one of
the most successful events of the
season. Approximately eighty
couples filled the floor, dancing
to the smooth music of our own
"music makers."
A dance is never complete
without some members of the
faculty, and this was no execp-tion.
Among those who were pre-sent
were: Mr. and Mrs. Locke
James, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson,
Mr. and Mrs. Willenbrock, Mr.
and Mrs. Pyne, Mr. and Mrs.
Rakowsky, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hildenbrand.
During intermission everyone
enjoyed doughnuts and cokes,
and the lounge was open for
those who had weary feet.
been a member of the Institute
faculty since 1938, teaching Plant
Protection and related subjects
to both Ags. and Horts.
His new book describes plant
pests, and discusses control mea-sures.