The_Rambler_1952-04-15

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THE RAMBLER
Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
VOL. XXIIL No. 5 AprU 15, 1952
FROSH MAKE PROM A NIGHT IN PARADISE
Attend Convention
In Chicago
By Ray Huntington
and
Bob Kopping
During the week of March 17-
24, 21, 1952 Metal Products stu-dents
attended the American
Society of Tool Engineers Con-vention
and Exposition, which
was held in Chicago. The trip was
sponsored by the Student Chapter
No. 34 of the American Society of
Tool Engineers, of Long Island
Agricultural and Technical Insti-tute.
The 21 students were:
Bob Yezek, Frank Johnson,
Dick Schall, A1 Kane, Sal Sil-vestri,
Leon Fetkowitz, Joe Rok-icki,
Jim Sullivan, Bill Phillips,
Bob Kopping, Felix Masiello, Wil-liam
Luther, Andy Reiss, John
Schulz, Frank Turene, Norb Han-sen,
Carl Schilling, Armand De
Angelis, John Jacoby, Paul Isaac,
and Ray Huntington.
The students started to leave on
the Thursday preceeding the con-vention
and most registered at
the Y. M. C. A. Hotel on Wabash
Ave. by Sunday night. Some
traveled by bus, private car and
one by plane. All arrived safely
although various mishaps occur-red
on the way.
Following is condensation from
the log.
"On Monday morning, March
17, we went to the Conrad Hil-ton
Hotel to register as a group.
After talking to Mr. Harry Con-rad,
Executive Secretary of the
A. S. T. E., the $21 registration
fee was waived and we registered,
receiving badges and guidebooks
free of charge; a nice gesture by
the A. S. T. E.
After all the formalities we
went downtown to the Interna-tional
Amphitheater where the
tool show was being held.
When we first stepped through
the door we were amazed at the
size of the exposition. It covered
the whole arena plus the two
floors of wings. Every bit of floor
space was occupied with machin-ery
or processes directly or indi-rectly
connected with our field
of endeavor. People had been tell-ing
us for weeks how good the
show was to be, but it was not
until now that we really appreci-ated
their words. The day was
spent going from booth to booth
looking over the exhibits and
talking to the men attending
them.
At night there were technical
lectures at the Conrad Hilton
Hotel.
Tuesday morning the plant
tours started. They ran from 8:30
a. m. to approximately 12:30 p. m.
The tours took in many industries,
but since we could not go to all
of the plants we tried to select
the ones we thought would bene-fit
us the most. We visited sev-eral
of the plants represented,
and all of us were well satisfied
with our choice of tours.
After returning from the morn-ing
plant tours we usually spent
the rest of the day in the tool
show. We could always spend
more time at the tool show as it
was so huge and so interesting
that you could spend a month
there and still not see and under-stand
all you wanted to.
However, on certain nights it
came tin^^ for recreation. (A good
example of re-creation was Frank
Johnson). State Street was a pop-ular
spot, and with 21 guys in
the Y. M. C. A. Hotel that was no
dull place either.
When the week finally ended
we were sure that there had
never been a better field trip
taken by anyone from LIATI. We
had seen things we had never
seen before, we had the opportun-ity
of mixing with the men of
our chosen field, we had absorbed
a tremendous amount of know-ledge
about technical subjects,
and had also had a chance to see
a DIFFERENT part of the coun-try.
We are indeed grateful for the
opportunity afforded us by our
membership in the American Soc-iety
of Tool Engineers. We are
also grateful wonderful coopera-also
grateful for the wonderful
cooperation which we received
from the school."
Student (Council
On March 24, at 7:30 p. m. a
joint student council meeting was
held on the Aggie campus. Both
Tech and Aggie Council members
were present.
At this time, it was announced
that the student Council had ac-quired
permission to have the re-creation
hall on the agricultural
campus open on Sunday after-noons
from 2:00 p. m. until 5:00
p. m.
The rest of the meeting was
devoted to the discussion, and
passing of articles of the new
constitution, which has been
drawn up.
Watch the Rambler for the new
Student Council constitution.
Here is a bird's eye view of "A
Night In Paradise" as seen
through the eyes of many of the
couples who attended this suc-cessful
Freshman Prom.
As they entered the doorway,
their attention was immediately
aroused by the simple, but ef-fective
decorations which adorn-ed
the dining room in Knapp
Hall. A trellis of ivy hung over
the doorway, and this was carried
through by the white picket fenc-ing
placed around the bandstand
and the trellises on the wall,
which were dressed with twining
ivy and sprays of huckleberry
leaves. Perhaps the most effective
decoration was a garden pool in
the center of the dance floor. Cin-neraria
and greens helped to
beautify this central attraction.
The atmopshere of soft lighting
and simple decorations blended
well with the melodic arrange-ments
of Dany Basil and his band.
He and his five co-men-in-music
surely made a hit with all who
attended.
Refreshments, consisting o f
punch and hors'derves, were ser-ved
between the hours of ten and
twelve p. m. by the best of wai-ters:
John Clink, Harold Smith,
and Dick Gage.
The dance was not only well
attended by approximately 300
students, but there were also a
number of our Faculty present.
Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, Mr. James,
Mr. and Mrs. Barke', Mr. and
Mrs. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs.
Ewart, Miss Bowner, and Mr. and
Mrs. Griffith were all there to
join in the fun.
At 10:30, during intermission
time, Mr. and Mrs. Knapp were
introduced to bring our Freshman
Prom Raffle to a stimulating cli-max.
The woman's Bulova watch
was won by Charles Sheppard,
an Ag freshman majoring in Ani-mal
Husbandry; and the man's
Witnauer watch was won by Miss
Bonner, an art teacher from the
Tech School.
The dance, L.I.A.T.I.'s first
Freshman Prom, came to a close
at about 1:00 a. m. and many
agreed that March 22nd was an
evening to be remembered as "A
Night In Paradise."