The_Rambler_1955-10-28

              THE RAMBLER
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
LONG ISLAND AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y. jjlATt Ui^f
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Vol. XXVI, No. 2 OCTOBER 28, 1955 mm£, m • 11735
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EVENING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SOARS TO RECORD HIGH
Did you know that while you are studying in the evening,
the whole school is alive with a different student body of 3818?
These students represent the evening school. They take many
of the same subjects that the day " ~
students study. The program gives
many the chance to retrace their
steps and gain knowledge that will
help them on the job and in every-day
life.
A course is not offered unless
there is evidence of a definite need
for it. It also has to be requested
by a number of people. Many
companies request courses for their
employees on definite positions in
industry. Besides the Institute's
permanent instructional staff, stu-dents
are taught by personnel from
the industrial and professional
fields. The evening school is rap-idly
growing. Only a few hundred
were enrolled when the program
first started. The enrollments of
the fall semester in 1954, which
was 2427, and the fall semester in
1955, which was 3818, show this
growth.
There are about thirty main
courses offered in both the agricul-tural
id te'ciical sections. A
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majority or ttie courses are voca-tional
in character. They are from
10 to 15 weeks in length. The
most popular subjects are those in
mechanical technology with mathe-matics
in second place.
The admission requirements are
that you have to be at least 18
years of age. You also have to be
able to benefit from the instruc-tion.
At least 99% of the people
attending evening school already
hold jobs. They feel this program
gives them a wonderful chance to
further their education. Many say
the best part about the program is
that they can hold jobs as well as
attending classes. Parents can also
take these courses because of the
evening hours.
Unlike the day school, no credit
is offered. Many use the courses
for post-graduate work. The aver-age
student has two or three hours
of classes. Even they can't escape
homework, every student's dream.
The pupil, in night school, gets
about two hours of study for each
week of classes.
The evening school is a very def-inite
part of the Institute's pro-gram.
It provides many with a
chance to further their education
and possibly get a better job. From
now on, when you see the lights
on in the evening at the technical
and agricultural buildings, you will
know it's just another school "day"
for 3813 students like yourself.
Special to the Rambler
Faculty and students are co-operating
in setting up the pro-gram
for Parents' Day, the first
of its kind at the Institute. The
date is Saturday, November 5th.
Parents of students are invited to
visit the campus, and to meet the
director, the faculties of the
various departments, and faculty
advisers.
Parents will have the oppor-tunity
to become better informed
concerning the Institute and the
nature of the work their sons and
daughters are doing here. It is
hoped by acquaintance and under-standing
to strengthen the rela-tionship
between parents and the
Institute.
Co-chairmen of the Committee
on Arrangements are Mr. Dowd,
Mr. Haas, Ann Zaner, and Robert
Polhemus. Others of the Com-mittee
are James McConnell, Er-nest
Schoenfeld, Miss Senyk, and
Messrs. Barlie, Davidson, Hick-ish,
Keegan, Travis, and Wallis.
LARRY EISENHAUER
President of Alumni Association
A Look Into
The Past
Active Year Begins
For Student Council
With the beginning of the new
semester, our Student Council starts
another active year. To date, the
Council, composed of Seniors from
each curriculum, has held three
meetings. Several of the following
committees have been actively
working on the year's events.
The Social Committee serves the
purpose of setting the calendar and
has scheduled several club dances,
the first being the Varsity Club
Dance. In the future the Bee and
Cattle Clubs will hold a "Milk and |
Honey Ball", and the NAG will
hold their annual dance.
In the field of Public Relations,
the Student Council will present a
weekly program on the Institute
Radio station each Wednesday eve-ning
at 7:20. Interesting, informa-tive
programs will be available to
all "on campus" students each
week. In addition each issue of
THE RAMBLER will contain a
column of Student Council Activi-ties.
The addition of a Budget Com-mittee
to the Council will aid in
eliminating financial problems of
the various clubs.
We hope you will all keep your
eyes on Council activities by speak-ing
to your representative, reading
THE HUE AND CRY and listen-ing
to W-A-T-I regularly.
by Larry Eisenhauer
When the leaves begin to fall in
October my memories always go
back to the very many happy home
coming days I enjoyed here at the
Institute, during the last 25 years.
I do not believe I ever missed one
of them since the day I graduated
back in 1943.
In those days Home Coming was
quite a bit different than it is to-day.
We were then known as the
New York Aggies and our student
body was only 250 students. In
those days the Alumni would play
the Varsity in football and it would
be quite a time. Our banquet was
held in the small white building
west of Knapp Hall and the dance
was held in the Gym. Everyone
knew one another because of the
small student body and I must say
we had a wonderful time. In those
days we had fraternities on the
Campus and a lot of visiting and
good fellowship was found in the
fraternity rooms after the game.
The school began to grow —
Knapp Hall, Administration Build-ing,
Tech Building, new dormitor-ies
and power house. The name was
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LLA.T.L RECAt»-PAST HISTORY
AS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GROWS
Homecoming Day! What memories that must bring to
our grauates. Is any one here, who was in that first class when
the school was organized in 1916? If so he could tell us of the
vast differences between the farm
school of yesteryear and our splen-did
school of today.
One early graduate of the col-lege
is now here among us as the
Department Head of Animal Hus-bandry
and Dairy Industry, Mr.
George L. Franke. In an interview
with him he recalled many inter-esting
incidents. One of the note-worthy
ones was the time the Dairy
Cattle Show was held on the foot-ball
field. Everything progressed
wonderfully until the plane which
was to drop the football with a
green and white ribbon around it
came in too low frightening the
cattle and causing a mild stampede.
That ended the idea of using a
plane for such purposes. Another
incident was the time the alumni
formed a football team opposing
the varsity. After the game ban-dages
and mercurochrome were
needed for the alumni, thus end-ing
their participation in such
sports.
Homecoming is a voluntary out-growth
of people who care. Their
care is significant of the many re-turnees
of graduates each anniver-sary.
The dedication of the Peters
Memorial Garden and tribute to
the class of 1922 was held in 1947
commemorating the 25th anniver-sary
of Homecoming Day. It was
the Alumni Association which in-corporated
the Student Loan Fund,
thus enabling maay deserving stu-dents
to continue their studies.
The Alumni Association of the
State Institute of Applied Agricul-ture
was officially organized in
1922. The original alumni officers
were Mr. Fred Stang, Mrs. Maude
S. Perkins, Mr. George L. Franke,
and Mr. Eric Patersen (President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Vice Pres-
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Homecoming
Day Program
Registration—10:00 - 4:30 p.m. Ind-
—Tech. Bldg. Foyer
(2:00 p.m. - 4:30 Football field)
In case of bad weather Ind.-Tech.
Bldg. Foyer)
4:30 p.m.—^Knapp Hall
9:00 p.m.—Knapp Hall
Cross Country—10:00 a.m.
Snack Bar—10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ind.-Tech. Bldg.
Faculty—10:00 a.m.—Office and
Events
Soccer—11:30 a.m.—^New York
City Tech.
Luncheon—12:00-12:30 — Knapp
Hall — Reservations only — $.75
admission.
Snack Bar—12:00 - 5:00 p.m. —
Football Field
Movies—1:00 p.m.—Room 256 —
Ind.-Tech. Bldg.
Football—2:00 p.m. — Hofstra
Freshman — $.75 admission.
Movies—3:00 p.m. — Repeat Show-ing—
Room 256—Iacl.-Teca Blueir
Float Parade — Halftime — Foob"
ball Game.
Alumni Meeting — 5:00 p.m. —
Gymnasium
Dinner — 5:45-7:45 — 2 Servings
Banquet Style
Dance—9:30-12:30 — Knapp Hall
$.75 admission.
NOTE: Reservations for Dinner &
Dance may be picked up at res-ervation
desk—Industrial-Techni-cal
Building from 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.
Reservations for Luncheon may
be obtained at Knapp Hall 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
REMEMBER THIS?
of 1954.
Crowd stands by as A.S.T.E. float passes in review during the Homecoming Weekend
WELCOME BACK!