The_Rambler_1957-10-15

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Vol. XXVIII, No. 2
NEW TEACHERS NAMED AT FIRST ASSEMBLY
AGGIE STUDENTS WELCOME NEW
STAFF ADDITIONS TO CAMPUS
This Fall, many new teachers have joined our staff, which
includes the following:
Mary F. Ford, Assistant Professor of Admissions and Coun-seling,
received A.B. degree from Hunter College and her M.A.
degree from New York University. She has had several years'
experience as a teacher of sci-ence
in public schools, and has
served as Counselor at Mepham
High School.
Vladas D. Merkys, Assistant
Professor of Construction Tech-nology,
has earned degrees in
Mechanical and Civil Engineer-ing
f r om Soethen, Germany, and
the National Engineering School
at Paris. He received his Doc-t
o r a t e of Engineering degree
f r om Karlsruhe, Germany. He
has had many years in engineer-ing
with industry in Europe and
in the United States, and has
served as Assistant Professor of
Engineering at Louisiana State,
and at the University of Michi-gan.
John C. Raffaele, Assistant
Professor of Electrical Tech-nology,
received his B.S. degree
in Mathematics from Brooklyn
College. He has had substantial
teaching experience in public
and private technical schools be-f
o r e joining the Institute this
summer.
Alexander Takacs, Assistant
Professor of Ornamental Horti-culture,
is an I n s t i t u t e graduate
of the Class of 1940. He receiv-ed
his B.S. degree f r om Cornell
University and has had eleven
years' experience in the land-scaping
field including four
years with the L. I. State Park
Commission. He is a U. S.
grees f r om City College of New
York. A veteran of World War
II, he has had 10 years' experi-ence
in teaching English and
Social Studies in public schools.
William J. Reilly, Assistant
Professor of Communication
Skills is a g r a d u a t e of St. Fran-cis
College, Brooklyn, and re-ceived
an M.A. degree f r om New
York University and an LL.B.
degree f r om St. John's Univer-sity.
A member of the faculty
at St. Francis Preparatory
School, Brooklyn, where he
taught for eight years, he served
in the U. S. Air Force in World
War II.
Theresa A. Branciforte, In-structor
in Business Technology,
is a graduate of the Teachers
College of Connecticut at New
Britain, and has taught at Nor-wich
Free Academy before join-ing
the I n s t i t u t e faculty.
Ann L. Hooper, Instructor of
Communication Skills, is an In-s
t i t u t e graduate of the Class of
1948. She received her B.S. de-gree
f r om the University of Ver-mont
and has taught at the
Pennsylvania School of Horti-culture.
Russell Tuthill, Technical-As-sistant
in Advertising Art and
Design is an I n s t i t u t e graduate
! of the Class of 1955. He re-
Army veteran of World War n . P l f e s Mr William Foge who
left for military service.
Robert S. Hartman, Assistant
Professor of Health and Physi-cal
Education received his A.B.
and M.A. degrees f r om Columbia
University. He was a member
of the teaching staff of Colum-bia
University for three years,
and served as wrestling coach
for Columbia. He has had mili-
Robert I. Schramm, Technic-al-
Assistant in Animal Husband-ry
and Dairy Industry, is an
I n s t i t u t e graduate of the Class
of 1957. He replaces Larry Lar-sen
who has left the Institute
for f u r t h e r studies.
Alfred E. Fischer, Technical-t
a r y service with the U. S. Army Assistant in Mathematics and
in Korea. Science has completed studies
in Physics and Chemistry in a
Irving Levine, Assistant Pro- German Technical School. He
fessor of Modern Community replaces Herbert Petersen who
received his B.S. and M.S. de- is on military leave.
Orientation Ends
At Kangaroo Court
The Kangaroo Court, which
climaxed the end of the two
w e e k Freshman Orientation,
was held on Thursday, Septem-ber
26 at 7:30 in the hangar.
Seven seniors served as judges
for the event, and appropriately
a t t i r e d in white hoods, com-menced
the program.
The minds of the seniors were
in full t h i n k i n g ability. One by
one, freshmen, who had violated
t h e standards set forth for or-ientation,
were called forward
to receive their penalties.
Lipstick, very hurriedly ap-plied,
garnished the faces of five
freshmen girls who refused to
comply with the rule—"No lip-stick
on Thursday". Ties were
painted on several boys who
did not feel that wearing ties
was essential. Eggs, corn flakes,
and spaghetti were only a few
items from the grocery store
which were used for other pur-poses
besides eating.
The highlight of the evening
took place when Midi Kolm, a
staunch violator of senior prin-ciples
was called upon for judg-ment.
Miss Kolm may not be
an Ag student, but at the pres-ent
time she is well experienced
in giving a bath to a pig.
This trial ended at 8:30, but
the memory lingers on.
New Dormitories
Near Completion
Since the beginning of the
school year, all women students
t h a t reside on campus have
awaited the completion of the
new dormitory, appropriately
named East Hall. If any stu-dent
is not yet aware of the lo-cation
of this building, it will
soon be a known site to one and
all as the female students will
be housed there.
Due to construction problems
the new dorm has not been
completed, but women students
are expected to take occupancy
during the month of November.
After Dorm 1 and Knapp Hall
have been vacated by the girls,
male students will reside in
these buildings. At this time
campus village will be torn
down.
Mr. and Mrs. Stahlman, pres-ently
performing the function
of supervisors of Dorm 1, will
hold this position at the lux-urious
East Hall. They will live
in an apartment there, with
their daughter Terry and their
dog. Princess.
The new building is as glam-orous
as a luxury hotel, with the
little extras pleasing to every
woman. There is a combination
rec. hall-lounge on every floor,
as well as a kitchen, two
water fountains, three clocks
and a telephone. A point
of interest to all students
is t h e separate lounge facing the
rose garden. There is an inter-com
system located in every
room, thus deviating a lot of
unnecessary noise.
STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUT^j^y^ UNIVti^l..
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N.Y.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR
SPECTACUUR HOMECOMING
The biggest and most eventful Homecoming Day is to be
held this year on Saturday, October 26. It is the chance for
the alumni to maintain relationship with their teachers, school
friends, and to note the many changes that have taken place
at L.I.A.T.I.
This day will be long re-membered
by the Alumni for
the time of registration until
the last minute of the dance at
midnight will be packed with
the spirit of sports events, the
gaiety of the float parade, and
t h e fun of associating with old
acquaintances.
To make this day more mem-orable,
the students of L.I.A.T.I.
will spark our team on at the
football game, and participate
in the Float Contest. Various
clubs are going all out to pre-sent
a beautiful and possibly
prize-winning float. The same
Alumni Association that gives
the two Senior Awards at com-mencement
and contributes to
t h e Student Loan Fund, will
present the prizes amounting to
f o r t y or f i f ty dollars.
J u d g i n g of the floats will be
made by members of the facul-ty
and alumni. A prize will be
awarded on the basis of orig-inality,
cleverness and quality
of the float and the second prize
will be based on the humor and
e n t e r t a i n m e n t it displays. Judg-ing
will be done before the foot-ball
game at approximately 1
p.m. All floats to be judged will
meet at the initial point which
is north of the hangar.
Groups entering a float will
have to make arrangements for
I n s t i t u t e wagons and t r a c t o r s by
contacting Messrs. Abbatiello,
P e r r y and Greenley. All floats
will be handled by Mr. Fair-banks.
The floats will be on display
at 10 o'clock and will be pa-raded
during the half of the
football game.
An attempt is made to have
the five-year classes meet at
homecoming. Last year was the
35th anniversary of the class of
1921 which consisted of 14 mem-bers.
Eight members returned
to L.I.A.T.I. Homecoming, a
show of 57 per cent of the class.
This year is the 35th anniver-sary
of the class of 1922 which
consisted of 28 members.
P a r t of the morning is de-signed
for meeting old friends
and talking with the faculty,
who will be in their offices.
Later in the morning a soccer
game at 11 o'clock with Fort
Schuyler, and a Cross Country
meet at 2 p.m. with N. Y. City
Community College will con-d
u d e morning festivities. The
football game at 2 p.m. with
Post College will start another
chain of events for the alumni.
An important part of the pro-g
r am will be the dinner to be
served at 6:15 p.m. Dr. Medesy
will speak at this event.
Daniel Richter, President of the
Alumni Association will preside
at the 5 o'clock meeting. Mr.
Dennison of the Agricultural
Implement Technical Program
is Chairman of the Faculty
Committee and will act as Mas-t
e r of Ceremonies.
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R E W A R D
WANTED: One black Jer-sey
cow, last seen living in
a now-burnt barn. If any-one
knows the whereabouts
of this animal, please bring
it to the office of THE
RAMBLER.
Duplicate prizes will be
awarded in case of a tie.
HOMECOMING PROGRAM
October 26, 1957
Registration 11:00 A.M. -2:00 P.M. Ind.-Tech. Bldg.
Foyer
2:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Football Field
Snack Bar 5:45 P.M. - Knapp Hall
11:00 A.M. -4:30 P.M. Ind.-Tech Bldg. (The
Alumni Assoc. will
provide free coffee)
1:00 P.M. - 4 : 3 0 P.M. Football Field
Sr. Class Concession
Soccer 11:00 A.M. Fort Schuyler
SUNY Maritime
College
Cross Country 2:00 P.M. New York City
Community College
Football 2:00 P.M. Post College
Float Parade At Half Time On display
f r om 1:00 P.M.
Alumni Meeting 5:00 P.M. Gymnasium
Knapp Hall
Banquet 6:15 P.M. Director Medesey
will speak
Dance 8:00 P.M. - 12:00 P.M. Gymnasium