The_Rambler_1956-10-25

              THE RAMBLER
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AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTfWttllWGOALIE, M* J1173i
OTRARY/SCTIAt?^ Vtm,
VOL. XXVII, No. 2 FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y. October 25, 1956
HOMECOMING FATHERED BY
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
During Christmas week of 1921 a group of Aggies met at the
Cafe Boulevard in New York City with the purpose in mind to
form an organization of graduates of Long Island A & T. In 1922,
;is a direct result of this meeting,
the Alumni Association of the
State Institute of Applied Agricul-ture
was otticially organized, and
Frederick H. Stang, class of '21, was
elected its first President. Eric
Patterson, class of '20, who is our
present Farm Supervisor, was elec-ted
V. P., Miss Maude Schaeffer,
class of '20 served as Secretary, and
George Franke, class of '20 and
present Head of the Animal Hus-bandry
Department was the Treas-urer.
The first meeting was a Dinner
and Dance held in Dorm 3. For
many years the annual fall meet-ings
of the Association consisted
of a banquet in the Library. In
1929, these meeting developed into
Homecoming and Visitation Day.
Toward the end of World War
II, the Alumni Association, then
presided over by Leroy Smith, was
dubious about holding their meet-ings
because they feared there
would not be a great number of
people participating. Rather than
see this tradition broken, the In-stitute
set up a Joint Committee of
the Faculty with representatives
from each graduating class to han-dle
the arrangements. Under such
an organization. Homecoming again
flourished.
In 1939, the Alumni "Come
Home to LIA'FI" was held with a
Dinner Dance in Knapp Hall to
complete the evening.
As membership increased, a
Buffet Supper took the place of the
dinner. But. in the Home-coming
Program reverted back to a
formal dinner which was served in
two settings in Knapp Hall, an ar-rangement
now planned ft)r 1956.
In addition to the dinner, the
present program has come to in-
School Calendar
1956
Friday, Oct. 19—Midterms.
Saturday, Oct. 27 — Homecoming
Day.
Wednesday. Nov. 21—Thanksgiv-ing
Recess begins at noon.
Monday, Nov. 26—Instruction re- j
sumes 8:00 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 3—First Quarter
Final Exams begin.
Thursday, Dec. 6—Quarter ends.
iVIonday, Dec. U)—Instruction be-gins
8:00 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 21—Christm.as Recess
begins 5:00 p.m.
1957
Wednesday, Jan. 2 — Instruction
resumes 8:00 a.m.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Febru-ary
21, 22, 23—Country Life Pro-gram
and Open House.
Monday, March 11—Second Quar-ter
Final Exams begin.
Thursday, March 14—Quarter ends.
Monday, March 18—Instruction be-gins
8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, April 17—Spring Re-cess
begins 5:00 p.m.
Monday, April 22—Instruction re-sumes
8:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 30—Memorial Day,
.a holiday.
Friday, May 31—Third Quarter
Exams for Seniors begin.
Monday, June 3—Third Quarter
Exams for Freshmen begin.
Thursday. June 6—Quarter ends for
Freshmen.
Sunday, June 9 — Baccalaureate
Service -1:00 p.m.
Monday. June 10—Commencement
Exercises 3:00 p.m.
Our Foster Child
Michail Pawlenko
Michail is in the 4th grade of
Elementary School and his teacher
reports that he is an interested and
willing student whose reports are
good. His behavior improved con-siderably
and is now good. He is
v.'el 1-1 iked by both teachers and
classmates.
Madja, his sister, is in the 6th
grade of Elementary School and an
outstanding pupil.
Paulina, another sister, is too
young to attend school and Victor,
a brother, will never go to school
is he is a mentally retarded and
mute child.
Wolodymis, the eldest of the
chiUren, is now working as a labor-er
at road construction. He earns
$45. monthly and gives $14.50
monthly from his earnings to his
family as his share in their support.
From the remaining money he takes
care of his own expenses such as
meals and clothing, etc.
EXCITING ALUMNI PROGRAM
ASSURES SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING
Our traditional Homecoming Day, to be held this year on October
27, is expected to be L.I.A.T.I.'s biggest and best.
A memorable day for the Alumni
has been planned from registration
at 10 a.m. until the last dance at
midnight.
Highlighting the many activities
will be the football game with
Chowan Jr. College of North Caro-lina.
Since this is the first time
the Institute has played Chowan,
the students should back up the
team by attending.
Let's show our alumni and our
southern visitors how well we can
support our team!
Word has it, the various clubs
have outdone themselves in prep-aration
for this year's float parade.
The Alumni will have a hard time
selecting the winners, as the floats
parade up and down the football
field before the game.
To top off the festivities, there
will be dancing from eight to mid-night
in the new gym. Music will
be supplied by Al Li Causi's Five
Piece Band. This iis the first time
that students have been invited to
the Alumni Dance and a large
crowd is expected to attend.
Arrangements have been made
for a full day of activities of such
a varied nature that it is highly
improbable that a dull moment will
appear.
I l i e class of '31 can expect some-thing
special, since it will be their
twenty-fifth reunion.
Part of the morning will be spent
meeting old friends and renewing^
acquaintances with the faculty who
will be in their offices.
Also planned for the morning
i are two outstanding athletic events.
; The soccer team will play Pratt
j Institute on our field. There will
I also be a Cross Country meet with
I Fairfield College,
j An important part of the home-j
coming program will be the din-
' ner on Saturday night, to be served
i at 5:30 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. Dr.
I Medesy will speak at both servings
j of the Homecoming Banquet, af-j
f o r d i ng an opportunity for the
Alumni to meet our new Director.
The students play an important
1 part in the Homecoming Weekend.
I For Homecoming to be really suc-
I cessful you, the students, must be
here to welcome the Alumni.
New Library Facility
in January I956 work started on;
tne nc\v iiorary wnicn was pie-
\u)usiy a gymnasium. iNow located
on tne upper campus near tne AU-minisiranon
JBuiiuing, tne liDrary
ij a consoiiuacion or two iioraries.
^ne iiorary nacl been situated on
tne lower campus at ConKiin J»treet;
tne otner Horary was on tne second
iioor or the Administration build-ing.
July, 1956, found the General
Education Department moving
DooKs and furniture into the com-pletely
renovated building.
'1 he library personnel is the same
as before. 'Ihe only changes made
in the library is a slight ditterence
in the system. There are now
open and closed bookshelves. Open
Dookshelves are for the most used
books, closed bookshelves being for
reserved and the lesser used books.
For the students' convenience the
library is open on Wednesday night
trom 6 to 9 p.m.
Institute students in the regular
program may now enjoy the facil-ities
of the Farmingdale Free Lib-rary
without charge. This gener-ous
privilege is offered to us in a
letter frvini Mr. Orrin B. Dow,
Library Director, who writes in
part .as follows:
"It gives me great pleasure to in-form
you that the .Board has spec-ifically
exempted all regular two-year
program fulltime day students
of your college from the usual non-resident
fees.
"As a means of assisting these
students in their college program
and ,as an encouragement to their
use of the Library facilities, the
Board has granted regular free bor-rowing
privileges to your daytime
students. This means that any of
them, upon filling out our regular
application form, will be issued a
regular Library Membership Card."
It is hoped that students of the
Institute will take advantage of this
generous offer of the Library Board
of Trustees. In making application
at the Library, students are request-ed
to identify themselves by pres-enting
the Institute Athletic Ticket.
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gave a prize for the student
elude a ft)otball game, a victory ' "Deemed by F.aculty to be of Most
bonfire, and an evening dance. i Value to Institute". It has given
At tme time an Alumni versus ; periodic contributions to the Stud-
I'aculty game was included in the j t^nt Loan Fund. The Association
program, but injuries to anatt)my i o f f e r s awards at Ct)mmence-outweighed
injuries to dignity, and
this was discontinuei-l.
The Alumni Assiiciation has con-tributed
greatly to the interests t)f
the students and Alumni. In 192 5
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ment to students in the Industrial
Curriculum. Homecoming is now
a day to meet your friends, enjoy
again your campus memories, and
to help create a better place for
coming generations to secure a
N\ orthw hile educatit)n.
Michail Pawlenko
The grandmother still lives with
the family, but srie is ailing more
and more, especially having trouble
with her weak heart.
This is a very nice and decent
family, well-liked in the settlement
-ind by the welfare worker, because
they try to make the best out of
their lives. The 6 persons have
12.50 from Public Assistance plus
Sll.5() \X'i)lodymir's contribution,
altogether $57 monthly, out t)f
which they have to pay $4.75 for
light and gas and S6 for fuel month-ly.
TIkv don't have to pay rent,
it is paid by Public Assistance.
A scene taken in the Reading Section of the new hbrary.
Seated from left to right arc members of the Rambler News Staff:
Marilyn Bausch, Carol Loveland, and Barbara Scala.
INSTITUTE HOSTS ALUMNI HOMECOMING