The_Rambler_1958-01-22

              STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
Vol. XXVIII, No. 6 January 22, 1958
FACULH SENATE VOTES
A.A.S. DEGREE JUNE THE FRESHMAN'S CHOICE
The Freshman Board of Gov-ernors
serves as the voice of
the Freshman class, and the peo-ple
chosen to serve on the board
were picked because their po-tential
was recognized from the
beginning of their Freshman
year in S.U.A.T.I.
Elections were held the end
of November, and all Freshman
were given the opportunity to
vote for their representatives.
The qualifications were passing
marks in all subjects and a par-tition
signed by at least twenty
five freshman. There were four
elected from the Agricultural
and Technical divisions of the
school.
The following are serving on
the board for the year of 1957-
1957: President, Bill Herman,
Hort.; "Vice President, Wayne
Rumsey, H.B.; Secretary, Helen
Adler, D.H.; Treasurer, Dean
Spong, Hort.
Other representatives a r e:
Charlie Janzen, Agric.; Joe Di-
Conza, Hort.; Jim M a r t i n;
A.A.D.; Dick Browngardt, E.T.
The faculty advisors are: Miss
Galuzzo, Miss. H o o p e r , Mr.
Thomson, Mr. Tackus
The main purpose of the board
is to raise money for the main
freshman function, which will
be called Spring Weekend, be-ing
held in May. The alumni
of S.U.A.T.I. are going to be in-vited
to the Weekend.
The board plans different
projects concerning the Fresh-man
class, and this includes
school rings and selling beanies
to next year's class. Mr. Fox,
from the Balfour Ring Com-pany
is coming to school soon to
discuss plans on changing the
name on the rings from Long
Island Agricultural and Techni-cal
Institute to State University.
The board is also going to sub-mit
a summary of their meeting
which will be published in
THE RAMBLER. The Freshman
Boaril of Governors was aided
by a donation of $100 from the
Senior Class of 1958.
The Freshman Board of Gov-ernors
is working to the best
of their ability, and they are
trying to bring about the wishes
of the Freshman class with
nuich success.
Deadline To Be Set
By Council of Gubs
If your club has not yet filled
out the membership forms dis-tributed
by The Institute Coun-cil
of Clubs, it is in danger of
not being legally recognized on
campus. You can obtain these
forms by attending the next
I. C. C. meeting, which will be
held this Friday, January 24, in
the Commuter's Lounge above
the Rec Hall.
At this meeting the last dead-line
for filling out these forms
will be announced. If your club
does not meet the deadline, it
will no longer be considered a
valid organization of the school.
Every club on campus is re-quired
to send a representative
to I. C. C. meetings. Many items
of importance to the clubs are
acted upon at these meetings,
and if your representative does
not show up he is doing a great
disservice to his club. Your club
cannot function properly with-out
his interested participation
at these meetings.
Council Sponsors
Pawlenko Fund
In 1952, the student body
adopted, a war orphan who is a
displaced person in Western
Germany through the Foster
Parents Plan. At the time of
adoption he was a scrawney boy
of 12.
We often receive many letters
from him enclosing pictures and
kind words of thanks for all we
have done for him. As we re-ceive
his letters and snapshots,
the Student Council generally
posts them on one of the bulle-tin
boards in the technical
building so everybody can read
them and see the progress he is
making for himself.
In the past, the students have
contributed approximately one
hundred and eighty dollars. This
is used to buy Michail Pawlenko
necessary supplies and clothes.
This year, we again hope to
continue this plan, only we have
visions of bigger and better
sums of money. It will be your
dime or quarter that will make
you proud foster parents, and
still help a child in distress.
Student Council Representatives
will be around to take up a col-lection
any day now. Watch for
them and give generously!
CAMPUS-WIDE SEARCH
FOR BEAUTY QUEEN
Once again, plans are being
made for the fourth annual
"Talented Campus Queen Con-test".
Each year the queen is
chosen by the student body on
the basis of talent, beauty, and.
personality.
Every club on campus is in-vited
to select a girl to repre-sent
them in the semi-finals'.
The girl they choose does not
have to be a member of that
club, so the field is open to any
girl who is a student at our
school.
This year, the contest is being
conducted by the Institute Coun-cil
of Clubs. The finals of the
contest will be held at the as-sembly
on March 14. The audi-ence
votes for their favorite con-testant
by casting ballots which
will be handed out at the as-sembly.
This will be the third
year that the contest is being
hald in the assembly.
In the past, the semi-finals
have been held in Knapp Hall,
and the semi-finalists have been
selected, by impartial judging
f r om a selected board of faculty
members. This may be changed
by the addition of several stu-dent
judges.
This is the biggest contest on
campus, so be sure your club is
represented. Have your club
send a representative to the In-stitute
Council of Clubs' meet-ing
so that you will not lose this
opportunity to gain recognition
for your club by sponsoring the
winner.
Winter Weekend Is
Successful, Snowless
All those who were fortunate
enough to' participate in Winter
Weekend experienced a wonder-ful,
wholesome, aild once-in-a
lifetime weekend.
On Friday, January 10, thirty
anticipating Aggies met in front
of the Gym to board a bus leav-ing
at 4:30 p.m., destination
Mount Airy Lodge in the Poco-nos.
Arriving at 9:30 p.m., the
Aggies' inward emotions shone
in the brightness of their faces.
Only one thing was l a c k i n g -
snow. After finishing dinner,
the Aggies had their choice of
dancing, ice-skating, or partici-pating
in a variety of activities
open to them.
Saturday was just an ordinary
day in the Poconos; nothing to
do except horseback riding, ski-ing,
ice skating, hiking, bowling
or dancing. Somewhere in this
day, the Aggies managed to
squeeze in a good, hardy dinner.
The bus left Mount Airy Lodge
at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, after
the Aggies spent their prior time
horseback riding, ice skating,
and, of course, eating. About
four hours later, thirty Aggies
arrived back on campus. To
quote one of the arrivals, "Not
much sleep, but what a blast."
DR. MEDESY ANNOUNCES CHANGE
By an overwhelming majority, the Faculty Senate passed a
decision to abolish the sixth-month work requirement as a pre-requisite
to the awarding of the Associate in Applied Science
Degree.
Prior to this action by the
Faculty Senate, students at the
Institute completing two years
of study were expected to com-plete
six months of satisfactory
achievement in their field before
being recommended for the De-gree.
The action was taken, after
careful study, on December 14,
1957. The first class to come
under the change will be the
Class of 1958, the present Senior
Class. The Class of '58 will re-ceive
their diplomas at Com-mencement
Exercises on June
15.
In the past, under the old rul-ing,
students were required to be
employed only in a position
closely related to their field of
study at the Institute. In some
cases students have been offered
jobs in fields other than their
own. For some time there has
been the feeling that it was un-fair
to deprive a graduate of the
opportunity of earning his De-gree
if he accepted a worth-while
job in another field.
Duding the six-months work-ing
period, students sent back
written reports, describing the
duties of their position and other
information concerning t he
courses that they took while at-tending
the Institute. Many
times, this information has re-sulted
in changes in the nature
of the courses in the curriculum.
Part of the six-months work
I period program consisted of the
visiting of students by faculty
members of their department.
The graduate, as well as the em-j
ployer, was interviewed by this
I member of the faculty, as a way
of determining the success of
the curriculum training.
It is hoped that the new rul-ing
will result in increased job
i opportunity for our graduates
because of the greater flexibility
Winter Weekenders at Mount Airy allowed by the change.