The_Rambler_1957-03

              STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N.Y.
Vol. XXVIII, No. 7
61 ATfe^lalSliiiiAi
CAROL YANARELLA CROWNED
CAMPUS QUEEN AT MARDI GRAS
Even though the roads were snow-laden, the night of Sat-urday,
March 2, many students came over for the fabulous
Mardi Gras, which they had been hearing so much about.
As usual, the dance proved
Dr. Medesy Speaks at Rambler Award Dinner
AUTHORITY IS PASSED DURING
ANNUAL RAMBLER DINNER
On Monday, February 25, the Senior Rambler editors passed
their authority to the newly-elected members of the Freshman
staff. The presentation took place at the annual banquet held
in the Log Cabin.
After dinner, the meeting was
addressed by Dr. Medesy, our
director. He mentioned the im-portance
of the Rambler to the
Institute and spoke of the re-sponsibility
held by the members
of its staff.
The presentation of awards
was begun when Bill Claiborne,
the outgoing editor, presented
the gavel to our present editor-in-
chief, Jean Madden.
Mrs. Purcell, Mr. Floyd and
Miss White, the faculty advis-ors,
presented gold keys and
certificates of journalism to the
Senior members of the R ambler
staff. On receiving their keys,
the Senior Page editors then
transferred their authority to
the new Freshmen editors in an
impressive c a n d l e light cere-mony.
Among the new freshmen
page editors are Gail Sanford,
Barbara Scala, Joe Stanicher,
Jules Krauthamer, Paul Sabia,
and Gail Rappold, the associate
editor.
Two former editors of the
Rambler attended the banquet
and spoke of the many changes
and improvements the paper
has undergone since their de-parture.
They attributed the
condition to the fact that In-stitute
students are taking a
more active interest in the
Rambler and expressed the hope
that they will continue to do so.
Jean Madden, our new editor-in-
chief, closed the meeting with
a brief outline of the goals set
by the new staff.
Freshman Board of
Governors News
Now that Spring is almost
upon us, LIATI is starting to
jump with activity. It is a
time for balls, beach parties
and barn dances, and the time
for your Freshman Board of
Governors to announce the final
plans for your Spring Festival,
a weekend of fancy free fun
and frolicking.
This weekend will open with
an old fashioned barn dance,
with prizes galore and fun for
everyone. There will be a semi-formal
prom with dancing be-neath
the stars at Guy Lom-bardo's
beautiful East Point
House. To keep you in the fresh
air mood, a beach party at
Jones Beach is planned for Sun-day
afternoon.
This weekend of merriment
will take place on the 17th, 18th
and 19th of May and will be
open to everyone. It promises
to be one of the biggest if not
the biggest event of the year.
Hungarian Refugee Program
The faculty and students at
the Tcachers College at Oneonta
have voted to accept five Hun-garian
refugee students at the
College for the reminder of the
semester. They will bo instruct-ed
in basic English by the Col-lego's
seniors and faculty mem-bers,
and will attend classes
with the students as much as
possible.
The Hungarian students had
boon at Bard College for nine
wooks whoro thoy also studied
basic English and became ac-quainted
with American College
life.
Hiyel Club Presents
Cafe Night
Cafe Night — What's that?
What's it all about? These are
some of the most important
questions now revolving about
the campus.
Cafe Night will be the most
fabulous event ever to hit the
campus of LIATI. It's going to
be different in more ways than
one. Members of the Hillel club
have been working away, putt-ing
their wits together in order
to bring about something new
and different in the form of a
dance to the student body. Aft-er
weeks of deliberation, discus-sion
and research we've come
up with the answer. Cafe Night
didn't originate in Dogpatch or
Upper Slobbovia, it was .created
right here at the Log Cabin of
LIATI.
School Calendar
Friday, Saturday, February 22
23—Open House Program.
Monday, March 11 — Second
Quarter Final Exams begin.
Thursday, March 14 — Quarter
ends.
Monday, March 18 — Instruc-tion
begins 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday, April 17 — Spring
Recess begins 5:00 p.m.
Monday, April 22 — Instruc-tion
resumes 8:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 30 — Memorial
Day, a holiday.
Friday, May 31 Third Quar-ter
Exams for Seniors begin.
Monday, June 3 Third Quar-ter
Exams for Freshman begin.
Thursday, June 6 — Quarter
onds for Freshman.
Sunday, June 9 Baccalaure-ate
Service 4:00 p.m.
Monday, June 10 -C?!onunence-ment
Exercises 3:00 p.m.
Here's what's in store for you
after you buy your ticket for
the small sum of $2.00 per couple
and enter the Hall. As you
enter the cafe-like atmosphere
of the Hall the head waiter will
escort you to a candle-lit table
where you'll begin to enjoy the
evening. You'll dance to the
music of Ralph Schmoller and
his orchestra. There will be
steady stream of entertainment,
when the orchestra takes
break you'll be entertained by
members of the student body
You'll see some of those same
beautifully talented girls who
competed for the Campus Queen
contest among others. We won'
let you go hungry either, our
waiters will be around to your
table with refreshments.
A maximum of 200 tickets will
be on sale — don't wait till the
last minute to get yours. We
realize that this small amount
cannot accommodate everyone
who'd like to attend, but we want
everyone to be comfortable and
have a great time, therefore we
absolutely refuse to overcrowd
the cafe.
For an evening of wonderful
dancing and star-studded enjoy-ment
that packs a powerful wal-lop
come to Cafe Night, — You
can't afford to miss it.
The dance will be held on Sat-urday,
March 23 from 9:00 to
12:30 p.m. in Knapp Hall.
Problems Aired At
!)ISGA Conference
A r e g i o n a l conference of
CISGA, Council of Institute Stu-dent
Government Association
was held in the Student Lounge
Saturday, March 2. Represented
at this meeting were delegates
from Fashion Institute of Tech-nology,
Westchester C o u n ty
Community College, New York
City Community College , and
LIATI.
This organization consists of
fourteen member colleges simi-lar
to our own. The purpose of
CISGA is to help solve the prob-lems
common to two year insti-tutes,
and to promote intercol-legiate
activities among them.
At the regional meeing acti-vities,
problems, and nomina-tions
for next year's CISGA of-ficers
were discussed. Some
suggestions brought up were:
That schools combine and have
newspapers or bulletins to de-vote
a column or two to activi-ties
of other schools; that when
schools have basketball games
they have dances at the end to
create more interest in other
schools; and that a system of
student awards be worked out
for student recognition.
The annual CISGA Conven-tion
will be held at Orange
County Community College in
Middletown, March 28, 29, and
30. Four representatives will be
sent from LIATI to serve on
Activities, Student Government,
Athletics, and Publications Com-mittees.
These people will in-clude
Carol Loveland, .chairman,
Louis Youngman, Jim Connolly,
and Skip Hassildine. Barbara
Lotz, Treasurer of CISGA will
also be present.
This organization is very
beneficial to our school both in
the ideas and comparisions of
schools, and benefits gained by
students in participating.
to be a howling success. Just
enough people turned up to give
it an air of awed excitement and
mystery. The decorations at
Knapp Hall were very nice and
added to the festivity of the
occasion. Refreshments consist-ed
of grape punch and cookies,
but then again, who had time
to spend their evening eating.
Even the chaperones, Mr. and
Mrs. Purcell and Mr. and Mrs.
Abbatiello could sense the un-der-
current of excitement.
The music was furnished by
Mark Elliot and his four piece
band. They played both that
slow, sweet, romantic music and
fast jive with equal enthusiasm.
Their costumes, which consisted
of very bright and stunning red
jackets and black lapels, fitted
the occasion perfectly.
The dance started off with a
bang and everybody awaiting
the big decision. Would Carol
Yannarella, the tap dancer, be
the one to be crowned queen
or would it be Marion Shields
or Lynn Zimmerman. As you
remember, Lynn sang "Blue
Moon" accompanying herself on
the piano and Marion Shields
did a hot dance number in a
fiery red costume.
Mrs. Purcell led the big cere-mony
in which Carol Yannarella
became the lucky winner. She
was crowned by our last year's
queen and her attendants were
each given bouquets of flowers.
The queen and her attendants
along with their escorts then
led the dancing to the song "A
Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody."
Everyone then joined in.
The night was now just be-ginning.
Everyone was in for
lots of laughs, excitment, and
romance, before the evening was
over . A grand time was had
by all.
Crowning of Talent Queen
Left to right: Marion Shields, Carol Yanareila,
Betty Rainer, Mrs. Purcell, L)nn Zimmerman.