The_Rambler_1958-11-17

              STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.I., N.Y.
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VOL. XXIX, No. II NOVEMBER 17, 1958
Winning Hamecoming Float
"The King Cattle Ranch"
The socccr game took place at
11:00. About 60 spectators saw
the Aggies triumph over visiting
Adelphi by a score of 1-0. The
football game against Upsala
HOMECOMING A WET SUCCESS
And the rains came down! Homecoming Day, Saturday,
October 25, was a wet success. Although it rained the entire
day, all the scheduled events took place as planned except the
track meet. The judging of the club floats, the football game,
the soccer game, the evening banquet and dance were all well-attended
despite the rain.
The float contest was a spec-tacle
to behold. The floats lined
up for the judging in front of
the gym in the pouring rain.
Floats were entered by the Cat-tle
Club, the National Office
Management Association, the
Dental Hygiene Club and the
Art Association. Although all
of the floats were beautiful and
were the products of creativity
and craftsmanship, one winner
had to be chosen. After much
deliberation, the judges finally
came to a decision. The Cattle
Club float, representing t he
King Ranch in Texas, was fi-nally
acclaimed the first place
winner with a total of 284 points,
The club received a $25 prize.
Second place, with 283 points,
was awarded to the float
entered by the National Of-fice
Management Association
(NOMA), and a $15 prize was
awarded to NOMA. The Dental
Hygiene Club came in third with
over 270 points and received a
$10 prize. The award for humor
was given to the Dairy Club's
float which had limburger cheese
as its chief theme. Although the
parade had to be cancelled be-cause
of the continuous rain, the
float contest was considered a
great success.
THE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
Dear Students:
The Administration wishes to
thank The Rambler for its in-vitation
to use the newspaper as
a medium of communication to
acquaint the student body with
college matters of general in-terest.
In this first article I wish to
share with you developments
with respect to Community Col-leges,
replacement of the gym-nasium,
the establishment of a
student center for the east end
of the campus and the removal
of Campus Village units.
Community Colleges
On October 20 the Nassau
County Commission on Colleg-iate
Education recommended to
the Board of Supervisors that it
accept the offer of the SUNY
Board of Trustees to establish
one new Community College
and sponsor the conversion of
Farmingdale into a second Com-munity
College.
(Continued on Page 4)
Student Council Formal
The next big event sponsored
by the Student Council will be
their formal on November 22,
1958.
The dance will be held at the
South Country Club on Trenton
Avenue from nine to one p.m.
Further directions will be given
upon the purchase of tickets.
The cost of the tickets is four
dollars and they are obtainable
was played on a sloshy field. ' fi'O"^ your Student Council rep-
Despite the mud, our team play-1 resentative.
ed a hard, tough game. Adelphi There will be a maximum of
was too strong, however, and We: 300 tickets available; so get them
lost by a score of 42-12. Un-; before they are gone. No
fortunately, the Cross Country; tickets will be sold at the door,
meet with Kings Point had to Curfew will be extended, so
be called off. Considering the there will be no problem for
miserable weather conditions, the dorm students,
(raw, cold and icy rain) quite a Anyone wishing to reserve a
few people turned out to cheer table will have to arrive early
for our teams. enough to do so.
(Continued on Page 4) i Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
AHENTION:
ALL FRESHMEN
Due to technical difficulties in |
setting up the new grading sys-1
tem as described in the Student
Handbook, it has been decided
to postpone making the change
this year. The grading system
in effect last year as explained
below, and which has been used
for the past ten years, will con-tinue
to be used:
Grades, Honor Points,
and Attendance
A STUDENT MUST EARN as
many honor points as course
credits carried.
Honor Points are awarded as
follows:—
90 to 100 —
3 honor points for each
course credit
80 to 89 —
2 honor points for each
course credit
70 to 79 —
1 honor point for each
course credit
60 to 69 —
no honor points
(unsatisfactory)
59 or below —
no honor points
(failure)
If at the end of any quarter
a student is deficient in honor
points, he may be placed on pro-bation
or considered for dismis-sal,
depending on the extent of
the deficiency. A student on
probation who does not over-come
honor point deficiency at
the end of the quarter will be
considered for dismissal.
Honor points are deducted for
absences in any course in excess
of the number of course credits.
Twice tardy is counted as once
absent. Extended absence due
to illness or other emergency
is given special consideration.
Minus honor points are not giv-en
in any course.
An absence on the last school
day before a holiday period, on
the first school day after a
holiday period, or on a public
holiday which is not an Insti-tute
holiday, is counted as a
double absence.
A student who has more than
one absence from Assembly per
quarter is ineligible for gradu-j
ation.
! The names of students attain-ing
an honor point average of
2.5 or better are placed on the
Dean's list.
B. C. Willenbrock,
Dean of Students.
I. C. C. SPONSORS MUM
QUEEN ASSEMBLY
On Friday, October 10, the Inter Club Council sponsored the
second assembly of the Institute.
Bill Herman, President of the Student Council was the first
speaker. He made it clear that the meetings of the Student
Council were open to all members of the student body. Anyone
having a problem or idea that might further the interest of the
school would be welcome. References were made to the con-templated
winter week end in Massachusetts and the formal on
November 22nd.
Bill McCann, representing the Newman Club, the Catholic
Students' organization on campus, explained the functions and
purpose of the club.
He was followed by Hank Cedar, spokesman for the Hillel
Club. This is the religious organization for the Jewish students
on campus.
Other clubs represented during the assembly were: the Luth-eran
Fellowship, Dental Hygiene Club, Ski Club, National Asso-ciation
of Gardeners, S. A. T., Art Club, Islander, RAMBLER,
Cattle Club,, Liatins, Highway and Bridge Club, National Office
Management Association, and the Dairy Club.
Dean Willenbrock stressed the importance of joining at least
one of the clubs on campus. The clubs are designed to help you
meet people and thus give you a broader social development on
campus.
The highlight of the assembly was the Chrysanthemum Queen
Contest. The contest, sponsored by the Long Island Chrysan-themum
Association and our own Horticulture Department, was
held for the purpose of choosing the Mum Queen to reign at
the Annual Mum Show held at the Institute on October 18 and 19.
The lovely contestants for the crown were Mary Rodites, a
freshman, sponsored by the Dental Hygiene Club; Pat Kuznick,
T.S.I, frosh from the National Office Management Association;
Barbara Durst, D.H. frosh, sponsored by the Radio Club; Arlene
Jockel, T.S.A. frosh, sponsored by the Newman Club; Pat Cole-man,
T.S.A. frosh, candidate from the Senior Board of Governors;
Alice Stanger, Bio. Tech. senior, from the National Association
of Gardeners; and Flo Rato, a D.H. senior, candidate of the
Ski Club.
After much deliberation on the part of the judges, Mary
Rodites was finally declared the winner. Professor Dowd pre-sented
the queen with an exquisite rhinestone tiara and a beautiful
bouquet of giant mums. She also received a lovely Benrus watch.
Miss Rodites was quite overcome and surprised. As she accepted
the crown, she said "I would like to thank everyone for every-thing.
I am honored to be your queen."
The runners-up, Miss Pat Kuznick and Miss Barbara Durst,
served as ladies-in-waiting to Miss Rodites at the Mum Show.
This is not the first contest from which Mary has emerged
with laurels. She has placed second in such contests as Miss
Beautiful Legs and Junior Miss America, among others. Re-cently,
she was chosen as a weekly winner in the Typical Am-erican
Girl Contest sponsored by the Sunday News Coloroto Sec-tion.
Mary is talented as well as lovely. Her melodious voice
won for her a position as band vocalist with the Daler Dance
Band of Farmingdale High School and recently as band vocalist
for our own Institute Dance Band.
To be sure, our Queen is a many talented girl and we are
proud to have her as our representative.
The Mum Queen and Her Ladies In-Waiting