The_Rambler_1956-01-31

              THE RAMBLER
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Vol. XXVI, No. 5
LONG ISLAND AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE UNIVtliSBK^^ /
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N. Y. n^StSS
J a n u a r y 31, 1936 n i S w ^ / i a .
RAMBLER ELECTS EDITORS FOR '56, '57
CLAIBORNE HEADS STAFF IN MARCH
The new officers of the Rambler Staff were chosen Tues-day
night, January 10, at the regular meeting. Members of the
new staff will work with the present staff on the February and
March issues to learn their new
jobs. The April issue will be part-ly
done by each, and the final May
issue will be entirely a freshman
production.
Editor of the Rambler is Bill
Claiborne, a landscape major. He
will be responsible for directing
and organizing the entire publica-tion.
News Editor is Carol Loveland,
a D. H. freshman.
Joan Johnston, new Feature Edi-tor,
is a T. S. A. freshman.
Marion Shields, a T. S. A. fresh-man,
is the Business Manager. If
you wish to put an ad in, see her.
Frank Judice, the new Photog-raphy
Editor is an A. & D. fresh-man.
Sports Editor, Paul Winther, is
an Animal Husbandry Major.
The distribution of the Rambler
will be the responsibility of Mike
Shine as Circulation Manager.
Mike is a Food Distribution fresh-man.
T. S. A., Alice Allsop is the new
Exchange Manager.
Clifford Burgess, Art Editor is
an A. A. D. freshman.
MEET THE NEWS STAFF! Smiles are in order after the annual RAMBLER staff elections. Seated
from left to right are Lew Hochberg, Frank Westerbee, Dick Yeomans, Bill Claiborne, new editor;
Jerry Weir, Judy Braunstein, Joan Jukofsky, Frank Judice, Sharon White, Myrna Schwartz, present
editor; Irene Kroll, Barbara Oltchic, Phil Koch, Gail Martin, Marion Shields, Carol Loveland, Joan
Johnston, and Alice Allsopp. Standing from left to right are Don Geddes, Mr. Kenneth Floyd,
advisor; Cliff Burgess, and Mike Shine.
Directors List
Gloria Ackley, William An-derson,
Paul Baker, Joseph
Becker, Norman Block, Edward
Collins, John Coote, Rita Des-chler.
Warren Earle, Nancy Ep-ple,
Edward Fischer, Sally Gal-loway,
Carolyn Girault, August
Heimerich, Alan Huston, How-ard
Jacobs, Deborah Johnson
Joan Johnston, Carol Kalfur
Franklin Keever, John Koburg-er,
Melvin Kretzenger, Trevor
Lee Lum, Adina Lerer, Ronalc'
Maas, Raymond Maleike, Rich-ard
Matthews, James McCon-nell,
Alexander McMaster, Vir-ginia
Mecking, Rico Mencarelli.
Russell Olsen, J. Byron Pace.
Marjorie Quinn, Ronald Reiser.
John Rollando, George Rosen-void,
Frank Rubenfeld, John
Sale, David Salerno, Daniel
Santangelo, Sylvia Shilensky
Philip Sheehan, Suzanne Sicard
John Staples, Albert Steren-berg,
Astrid Swenson, Robert
Vreeland, Joy Waldron, Lester
White.
President Carlson Reports On Lag
In Higher Education In N. Y. S.
Speaking at the recent Conference on Education in
New York State at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
President William S. Carlson of State University of New York said
that New York State's support of higher education lags.
Log Cabin Receives
New Heating System
A new heating system has been
acquired for the Institute's Log
Cabin. This will of course contrib-ute
to the added comfort of the
persons who enjoy the facilities of
the cabin. The installation of this
system was not given too serious a
thought before, because it was an-ticipated
that the two large fire-places
would supply an adequate
amount of heat. However, the un-pleasantness
of the extreme cold
experienced at the cabin over the
past few weeks, has changed the
thinking of those of us who have
been using the cabin for our social
events.
"Any analysis" he explained,
'makes clear that New York is
veil below the national average in
ts support of higher education in
proportion to per capita income of
ts people . . .
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As a by product. President Carl-'
5on said, 10,000 more undergradu-ites
leave New York each year
than come in to attend public col-leges.
He warned that pressure of
growing population would force
many of the out-of-state schools to
turn away New Yorkers, thus in-creasing
the burden in the State.
In a 24-page paper, Dr. Carlson
maintained the present State Uni-versity
program should be broad-ened
to include "many fields of
knowledge". He recalled this has
been recommended in 1950 by the
temporary state commission on the
State University, headed by Owen
D. Young.
"If the concept of a university,
as suggested by the Young report
and followed by other universities,
is not followed," he stated, "then
state-supported higher education in
New York will be little more than
a hollow promise. For the wealth-iest
state in the union, this is in-deed
a sorry commentary."
President Carlson reported that
Education Department estimates in-dicate
that by 1970 the number of
high school graduates in the state
would rise from the present 116,000
a year to 230,000.
Semi-Finalists Are
Selected For
Campus Queen
On Tuesday night January 17,
five semi-finalists from the nine
girls running for Campus Queen,
were chosen. Mr. K. B. Floyd, fac-ulty
advisor to the Rambler and
four staff members acted as judges.
The following girls were entered
by the various clubs on the cam-pus;
Beryl Magee (Newman Club)**
Nancy Klitgord (Food Merchandis-ing)
Marion Shields (Cattle Club)**
Betty Raynor (S.T.T. Club)**
Mary Kay August (Keys & Char-acters
Club)**
Jo Ann D'Amico
Essie Luyster (S.A.T. Club)**
Alice Allsopp (Bee Club)**
Astrid Swenson (Liatin's Club)
The judges selected the semi-finalists
according to beauty, per-sonality,
and talent.
During the week of February
8th, at the various assemblies, the
student body will vote for the
Campus Queen and her two at-tendants.
They will be presented
at a dance held in February, and
given suitable gifts by the Rambler
staff.
**The five semi-finalists
Fraternity Begins
The Alpha Phi Omega National
Service Fraternity is holding its
first meeting on Wednesday, Feb-ruary
1, at 11:15 a.m. in Room 256
in the Technical Building. This
will be an organizational meeting
with members of the faculty and
Scout executives present. The fra-ternity
is opened to all former
Scout members. APO aims on ser-ving
the campus, the community
and scouting in general.
Flag Hangs At Half
Mast For Smalling
The past weekend has brought
further sadness to the Institute.
On Saturday morning, January
21, Clarence Smalling — everyone
knew him as "Jimmie" — electri-cian,
was working with two other
men at the Log Cabin on the hill.
They were installing an auxiliary
heating system to supplement the
two fireplaces in extreme weather.
The men were working in the pit
in which the fuel tank was to be
placed. In some manner not wel
understood, control was lost of th(
tractor with scoop attached, usei
in hauling away the excavated ma
terial. Mr. Smalling was caugh
between the scoop and the side o
the pit. It seems certain that death
was instantaneous.
Andrew Jordan, his co-worker,
was injured and is now in Mead-owbrook
Hospital with a badly
broken wrist and two fractured
ribs.
Mr. Smalling, 41, was one of our
most skillful and popular workmen.
He has been at the Institute since
1951. He leaves a wife, a four
months old daughter and another
girl of seven years.
The Rambler expresses the sym-patliy
of the entire Institute Com-munity.
Fletcher Succumbs
To Heart Attack
Franklin H. Pletcher, a teacher
of bacteriology of the agricultural
students, for 8V2 years, succumbed
to a heart attack over the Christ-mas
vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Plet-cher
were visiting their daughter
and grandchildren in Fallschurch,
Virginia, when he died peacefully
in his sleep. Up to the time of his
death, he had been active and in
good health.
Mr. Pletcher was born in Lock-haven,
Pennsylvania and was raised
on a Pennsylvania Dutch farm. He
was a graduate of the Pennsylvan-ia
State College and received his
Masters Degree from New York
University. Mr. Pletcher came to
L.I.A.T.I. in May of 1947. Since
that time he and his wife have
been supervisors of the girls of
Dorm I.
Mr. Pletcher's whole life was
based around his family and home.
He and his wife were in the midst
of building a liBEie on the island,
where they were to move in the
fall. The Pletchers were active
members of the Farmingdale Meth-odist
Church, and were liked
throughout the community.
Plans are being made to erect a
plaque in memory of Mr. Pletcher,
in Dorm I, from the girls of Dorm
I and the Agricultural Division is
also planning to erect a plaque in
his memory.
Graduates of '49 & '50
Return for Degree
Recently a letter has gone out to
the graduates of 1949 and 1950 ex-plaining
how they may qualify for
the Associate in Applied Science
Degree, which was first awarded
to the 1951 graduates.
These people must attend two
evening courses of two hours per
veek each for fifteen weeks. The
'irst course begins January 10, 1956
'.nd the second course will com-nence
in October 1956. The
ourses taken will meet all require-nents
needed for the degree which
:s to be conferred.
One last requirement is that a
six months training period in ap-proved
employment be undertaken,
with the submitting of required
reports, unless this has already
been done.
This is a self-sustaining program
and the registration fee of $1.50
and a tuition charge of $18.00 is
required. So far about eighty
alumni have enrolled for these
special courses. We wish, those
undertaking this further education-al
advance the best of luck.
Vote For Your Campus Queen