The_Rambler_1957-02-21

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STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
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Vol. XXVII, No. 6
To
LIATI STUDENT UNION PROGRESSES
TOWARD THE PLANNING STAGE
A student union building here at LIATI containing the book
store, a snack bar, a game room, a dance hall, lounges, and meet-ing
rooms would cost upwards of $100,000. To find out exactly
what would be in the union and
where the money to build it will
come from read on . . .
The book store would be mov^
ed right into the student union.
This would make the store close
to where most of the students
would be spending much of their
leisure time. The store would
be opened from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00
p.m. in order to give the students
a chance to purchase books and
supplies whenever they needed
them. The store would expand
its inventory to include every-thing
that a student will need
to successfully complete his
college education.
The snack bar would be a
luxurious affair with good food
and moderate prices. The bar
would be arranged cafeteria
style as is the snack bar in the
Tech building but there would
be a section with tables and
chairs. This is one of the places
in the union where students
could work and make money.
The dance hall would be large
enough to hold all the patrons
of an on-campus dance. It
would have a bright shiny dance
floor, a large stage, and juke
box filled with all the most
popular records obtainable. The
dance hall could be used for all
on-campus dances and could be
used during frea hours.
The lounges would be of three
different types, namely, Male,
Female and Co-ed. The Male
and Female lounges would give
the students a chance to study
in quiet with the members of
their particular sex. Making
friends, laughing and kidding
around would be in order of the
day for the co-ed lounges.
The game room would contain
pool, ping pong and card tables,
pinball and bowling machines.
This room could be used by
some of our expert card players
and pool players to really show
their ability. It could also be
used by the ordinary student
to just rid himself of excess
energy.
The meeting rooms could be
used for holding all club meet-ings.
The rooms could be used
as study rooms when there was
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Rambler To Hold
Annual Banquet
The RAMBLER will hold its
annual banquet at the Log
Cabin on February 25, at 7
o',clock. The dinner will be a
tribute to the Senior members
of the staff, and a "handing
over" of authority to the Fresh-men.
The program will begin with
an address by Director Medisy
who is guest of honor at the
affair. Mr. Floyd, faculty ad-visor
to the RAMBLER will in-troduce
him.
Next on the agenda is the
presentation of awards to the
senior members of the news-paper.
Ten members are eligible
for these keys of journalism
which o r i g i n a t e d with the
RAMBLER this year. Members
include Bill Claiborne, Joan
Johnston, Marion Shields, Carol
Loveland, Paul Winters, Frank
Judice, Alice Allsopp, Cliff Bur-gess,
Don Geddes and Mike
Shine. Faculty advisors, Mr.
Floyd, Mrs. Purcell, and Miss
White will present these awards.
. A ceremony of passing the
gavel from the present Editor-in-
Chief to the new Ediitor-in-
Chief will be presented, plus a
candle ceremony in passing
authority from seniors to fresh-men.
An added attraction will be
Mr. Paul Bailey, who will speak
to the group about the advances
in journalism, and how they can
benefit us.
The meeting will be closed by
the new Editor-in-Chief of the
RAMBLER.
CAMPUS QUEEN
The three finalists in the
contest are Marion Shields,
Carol Yannarella and Lyune
Zinimennan.
The winner will be an-nounced
on March 2 at the
Mardi Gras.
Student Union
Answers Needs
Of Students
Education consists of far more
than the hours spent in class-rooms,
libraries, and laborator-ies;
and of far more than con-tact
hourr. between teachers and
studciics. The residential life of
the student must not be ignored.
It plays a great part in the
education of the "Whole man".
On any campus, the Student
Union aids a great deal in this
education.
A Student Union is more than
a building. It also includes pro-gram,
facilities, and ideas. Rec-reational
facilities and programs
are sponsored by the Union, but
simple recreation is not the
Major Goal.
The student's horizon is en-larged
by presenting concerts,
art exhibits, and other cultural
events, which are otherwise neg-lected
for lack of adequate fac-ilities,
and planning.
It also serves as a meeting
place where students gain ex-perience
by organizing projects
and working with others. In our
case, the Club Staffs would
work there. ISLANDER, RAM-BLER,
Student Council, and
others would be close at hand,
where problems could be im-mediately
w o r k e d out and
solved. A closer relationship
would be established.?
Of course, the Student Union
is ideal in fulfilling the recre-ational
needs of students. Recre-ational
facilities vary from ping
pong tables to swimming pools.
In the lounge a juke box is
usually provided for dancing.
Other facilities are also provid-ed,
such as cafeteria, radio sta-tion,
library, ball room, meeting
rooms, etc. The facilities vary
with the number of students in
the college, and the financial
status of the school.
The Student Union itself,
imintains the building, and sup-ervises
activities in it. It also
sponsors social, cultural, relig-ious,
and recreational activities.
The program is decided by the
specific union.
A Student Union adds a great
deal to any campus. It is some-thing
which we can look for-ward
to here at Long Island
A & T, to help plan for our-selves,
and to work for.
February 21, 1937
38TH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
TO BE WEEKEND PROGRAM
Students and faculty members at our Institute, are currently
preparing educational exhibits and demonstrations for the In-stitute's
38th Annual Open House Program. Director Medesy has
announced that this will be held
Friday and Saturday, February
22 and 23. This anual event
is designed to acquaint the pub-lic
with the Institute's educa-tional
program. This year there
will be no special shows such
as the Little Theatre, Horticul-ture
exhibit. Art Exhibit, or
other special shows designed
simply to attract attention.
Open House will feature ex-hibits
and demonstrations in Ag-riculture,
Ornamental Horticul-ture,
Industrial, and Related
Technical Areas. Students and
faculty members will meet visit-ors
in the Institute's shops, lab-oratories,
and classrooms, where
exhibits are planned.
S t u d e n t s in Construction
Technology will open for pub-lic
inspection a full-sized house
under construction. They will
exhibit scale models of houses
and architectural drawings pre-pared
as part of their course
work. Laboratories and shops
used by students in Mechanical
Technology will include exhibits
in mechanical drafting, indus-trial
production, machine tool
operation, X-ray and precision
inspection techniques. Students
majoring in Electrical Tech-nology
will be present to dis-cuss
their displays in radio and
television, industrial instrumen-tation,
electrical machinery and
motor controllers.
Women students at the Insti-tute
plan to illustrate technical
training areas open to young
women today. Among these.
Dental Hygiene students will
present a dental clinic in opera-tion,
and have prepared exhibits
in dental health education for
grammar school children. Young
women majoring in secretarial
programs will illustrate the use
of modern office machines while
students in Floriculture will ex-hibit
flower arrangements they
have designed.
All exhibits and demonstra-tions
this year are planned to
acquaint high school students
and their parents with technical
training opportu nities which ex-ist
at the Farmingdale Institute.
Farewell
Horticulture Seniors
In a few short weeks, you,
the Horticulture Seniors will be
leaving the Institute to go out
into the world, to embark on
your life's work, to use the ed-ucation
you have gained in the
past two years. You are leaving
with education that two years
ago you didn't even know ex-isted.
You take with you not
only knowledge of plants, trees,
and flowers, but also knowledge
of people and life, which may
prove to be more important to
you than your vocational educa-tion.
We hope that after you leave
the Institute you will not forget
it, or the frie nds you have made
here. The Institute, and those
you leave behind will not forget
you. As a class you have been
outstanding scholastically, ath-letically,
and socially. Some of
your class members have ranked
high on the Director's List, oth-ers
have received Varsity let-ters,
and still others have work-ed
hard to make the "Snowball"
one of the best^ dances this
school has ever seen.
At the present time, our
school and Institute training in
general is something looked up-on
as unnecessary, and some
people think it should be abol-ished.
This, as we all know, is
far from being true, and YOU,
our graduates are our only proof,
I would like to offer to you
my personal congratulations and
the best wishes of the entire
student body, on the greatest
achievement of your life—Grad-uation.
Sincerely,
Artie O'Connor,
President Student Council
Congratulations to Director
and Mrs. Medesy. Tliey are
the parents of a 7 lb., 6 oz.
son, born February 4, 1957.
His name is Gary WiUiam
Medesy.
Open House Guests (1956) Enjoy
Chicken-Hatching Demonstration