The_Rambler_1955-03

              THE RAMBLEK
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
LONG ISLAND AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
Vol. XXV, No. 7 March - April, 1955
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OUTDOOR HORT LABORATORY
AT COE ESTATE
HORT SENIORS LEAVE
by Caroline Cassis
Should auld acquaintance be for-got
and ne'er brought to mind.
Should auld acquaintance be for-got
in days of auld lang syne!
These were the words which
poured out of the gym and echoed
over the still campus on Friday,
March 11th.
The whole student body of the
Ag campus of L.I.A.T.I. stood to-gether
and sang this old familiar
song to seal their wishes of good
luck and good fortune to the de-parting
seniors of the Horticulture
Department.
About seventy students, who have
majored in Floriculture, Landscap-ing
or Nursery, left behind their
college life and ventured into the
business world.
Most of them have positions with
either Landscaping Agencies, Nur-series,
Florists, or have promises
of appointments with Uncle Sam.
Some of the students plan to con-tinue
their education in other col-leges
or universities.
Perhaps you wonder of the rea-son
why these Horts are permitted
to graduate previous to the stu-dents
of other curriculums. Their
course is programmed in such a
manner that they must remain in
school for three extra weeks after
the other students have been dis-missed
for the summer vacation.
They must also serve one full
month during the summer caring
for the gardens and the grounds
hero at the Institute.
We would like to wish these
departing students the very best
of luck. We are sure they will
succeed in all their future plans.
You have left behind a large
"pair of shoes" to be filled by the
Hort freshmen. It will be a hard
job, but we will try to do as well
as you have.
Noted for its fine gardens and very excellent collection of plants,
"Planting Fields", the 409 acre estate of the deceased Mr. William Coe,
is located at Oyster Bay, L. I.
This estate gives plant lovers an ~
opportunity to view the thousands
of flowers and plants growing here.
Field trips by the Horticulture stu-dents
of our campus gives them
an opportunity to see one of the
f i n e s t horticultural show places in
the county.
Since 1910 Mr. Coo collected
plants from all over the world and
"Planting Fields" has been a mecca
of horticulturists in this country.
Mr. Coe and his staff of gardeners
brought hundreds of unusual trees,
shrubs, flowers, and vines from
many parts of the world. It is be-lieved
that the Copper Beeches are
approximately 200 years old. Other
trees of special interest are the
Cedar of Lebanon, Silver Linden,
the graceful Blue Atlas Cedar, and
the several varieties of Japanese
Maples.
Not only are the plants in the
gardens exceptional, but the or-chids,
camellias, anthuriums and
other sub-tropical and tropical
plants in the 40,000 square feet of
greenhouses, have won top honors
each year at the International
Flower Show in New York City.
With its beautifully landscaped
winding drives, tree-shaded paths,
spacious lawns, pools, and flower
gardens, the estate takes on a
park-like appearance.
The members of the Horticulture
Department are grateful for the
kindness shown by the late Mr.
Coe in granting our students the
opportunity of expanding their edu-cation
through the use of his fam-ous
"Planting Fields".
SENIOR DANCE BIG SUCCESS
by Irene Kroll
The Senior Class Dance, held
Saturday, March 5th, at Walt Whit
man Ballroom was a big success.
The band was excellent and re-freshments
were served. The turn-out
was large and a good time was
had by all.
TECH DORM MOVES UP
by Judy Braunstein
The famous "Tech Dorm Boys"
have finally moved to the upper
campus. They have filled the room
l e f t vacant by the Hort students,
who left us at the end of the
March quarter.
This is one of many steps to be
taken in moving the entire school
to the upper campus on Melville
Road.
The buildings on lower campus
have been utilized for many years,
but have reached the stage which
is beyond repair. Many students
have pas.'sed through the lower
campus portals, which are now
inadequate to accommodate ever-growing
student population.
We hope the Tech boys will en-joy
their stay on upper campus
as much as we .enjoy having them.
RAYNOR STARTS OWN
BUSINESS
It seems that the Horticulture
Department is destined to lose
quite a few of its fine instructors.
Among those who left at the end
of the quarter was Mr. Gerald
Raynor an alumnus of our own
L.I.A.T.I.
Mr. Raynor was born right here
on Long Island, but lived for
many years in Port Jei-vis, N. Y.
He came back to Long Island in
1930 to attend the Institute and
take Landscaping as his major in
Horticulture. After finishing here
he attended Columbia in 1935 where
he took a course in Landscape
Architecture.
In 1946, after having worked in
many nurseries, Mr. Raynor came
back to the Institute as an in-structor
of Aboriculture, Plant
Propagation and he supervised the
Nursery Management crew in the
summertime. In the year 1953 he
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