The_Rambler_1959-03-24

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COUHjOE IFAIMH8PAUB1
STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.L, N.Y.
VOL. XXIX, No. VII March 24, 1959
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A The purpose of the Council of^
Institute Student Governmei
Associations (C.I.S.G.A.) as stal-ed
is ".... the organization is/to
promote the welfare of the
dents of the institute of
State of New York individual
and as a whole through the
dent government associati
To inform each other of
problems and have discussions
which might lead to possible |
solution. To make constructive
suggestions to the student gov-ernments,
directors and admin-istrating
officers of the State
University of New York."
The president, regional vice
presidents, and treasurer are
elected at the end of each con-ference
while the corresponding
secretary and recording secre-tary
are appointed by the presi-dent
for his convenience.
At the Ninth Annual Conven-tion
held at Farmingdale this
year the officers were Bill Her-man,
President; Matt Murray,
President of Region I; Ken Da-vis,
President of Region II; Jim
DeSantis, President of Region
III; Ted Vickary, President of
Region IV; Ron Venezia, Trea-surer;
Don Hiett, Parliamentar-ian;
Janet Husslein, Correspond-ing
Secretary and Carol Young,
Recording Secretary.
The convention is divided into
four separate committees each
under the supervision of a Re-gional
Vice-President, which
discuss topics pertinent to their
designated catagories and pre-sent
suggestions of various prob-lems
in the form of motions at
the concluding general assembly.
The following are a list of the
pertinent topics of discussion
which were presented in com-mittee
meetings:
ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
—Jim DeSantis, Chairman.
1.—The Capacity of Faculty
Advisors in School Clubs-.The
lack of interest of faculty mem-bers
to act as club advisors was
discussed and suggestions for
stimulation of interest were pro-posed.
2.--Allocation of Money for
Religious Organizations....Dutch-ese
County presented the prob-lem
of allocating money for the
Newman Club. Suggestions were
contributed by each of the rep-resentative
schools. A recom-mendation
was made by Jim De-
Santis to present to the Govern-ment
Committee the question of
the allocation of funds for reli-gious
organizations.
3. Organization of an Inter-faith
Council....This discussion
included both pros and cons con-cerning
the establishment of an
Interfiiith Council.
4. Stimulation in Club Parti-cipation.
..The lack of interest on
the part of the student body in
regard to Student Council was
discussed. It was suggested that
a time be set aside in order that
Student Council representatives
may make reports to their re-spective
classes.
5. Joint Activities Between
Colleges The possibility of a
joint weekend outing was dis-cussed
and a motion made for
recomiiiettdiition to^^sse
l^^ssemb^jta^che^les
•he atton^mceatctHlegW dan
w^^^f^i^ssed. " R e ^ m reia
lat \^en Sjorci^^W'ere held |
within/their'^^^B^^^e com-;
plime/tary tOTcetswH^distri- |
butedf to/ ^ c h of the n^aber
schoi Is inAhe region.
7. C.I.aG.A. Queen... The pi
sibili ;y ai choosing a queen ti
repr( ser* the schools in CI.S.-
G.A. \was presented for discus-sion
and purposes for holding
such ^ntest were discussed.
8.—Dress on Campus....Jim De-
Santis brought up the problem
of proper dress on campus. At
the present time, M.A.T.I. is
having a drive to promote better
dress rules.
ATHLETICS COMMITTEE
"Ken Davis, Chairman.
1.—Intram.urals .... The estab-lishment
of an intramural pro-gram
was reviewed.
2.—Athletic Budgets....It was
related that the average allot-ment
for athletic activities was
$312.
3.—Suggeatjons for sports ac-tivities
within C.I.S.G.A. were
discussed.
4.—Promoting School Spirit
and Publicity...-A suggestion that
CI.S.G.A. organize a publicity
committee to give more ac-knowledgement
to sporting
events in Junior Colleges was
presented. Additional sugges-tions
to raise school spirit were
proposed.
5.—Bowling and soccer teams,
varsity clubs, and the selection
of a cheering squad were dis-cussed.
6.—Transportation Facilities
for Teams-.After discussing
various methods of providing
transportation, it was found that
the majority of college teams
used cars and station wagons
for travel.
7.—National Junior College
Athletic Association....It was
suggested that the individual
school contact the association
for information concerning the
set standards.
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Ted Vickery, Chairman
1.—The Creation of an Em-blem
for C.I.S.G.A A proposal
for the adoption of an emblem
for C.I.SG.A. was discussed and
moved as a recommendation to
assembly.
2.—S.U.N.Y.C. S Don Riett,
S.U.N.Y.C.S., presented^t^ com-mittee
with an oriPntanW..on
the origin and funC^HML^h
organization.
3. -Name of C.I.S.G.A Ted
Vickery presented a proposal
than the name of the organiza-tion
be changed to include Com-munity
Colleges.
4. -Corresponding Secretar,
A proposal was made to ame
the constitution to read that the
expenses of the Corresponding
Secretary be paid from the trea-sury
of C.I.S.G.A. in order that
she miy attend the convention.
5. Budget... The section of the
constitution concerning the bud-get
was reviewed and a finan-cial
report was distributed.
6. A proposal to hold two con-
Vejatiohe prf- year was brought
comrrtittpe. After discussion,
it was d\|ided to be unneces-expenses
and insuf-fiXjient
builness.
—Amelldments ... Proposed
to the constitution
e election of the
d the appointment
sponding secretary.
Meetings ...Ed Hef-ended
that each
.S.G.A. be requir-
^east one regional
the annual con-
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10.—By - laws.,
recommended tha
laws be drawn up b;
and incorporated iri
stitution.
PUBLICATIONS CO
Matt Murray, Chairml
1.—Administrative Pr
Matt Murray suggested
relationship with faculty
der to promote a better p
tion.
2. - Corrections to the C
tution... Chuck Chegut prop'
several corrections to the
stitution to be recommended
assembly. The proposed chan
dealt the C.I.S.G.A. Yearbo
Contest, the newsletter, and
publication office within eac
school.
3.—Newspaper Contest—Th
possibility of having a news-paper
contest within C.I.S.G.A.
was discussed and will be look-ed
into by Matt Murray.
4.—Newsletter....Each region is
to submit a newsletter, the ex-pense
of which will be paid by
the treasury of C.I.S.G.A. An
approximate cost of publishing
the newsletter is $45 per year.
It was suggested that the pub-lication
of the newsletter be
edited at the discretion of the
regional vice-president. Amend-ments
to Articles X and VI of
the constitution were suggested
by Chuck Chegut. 7']i>ii milil
result in a sejjii^n^thly
licatioi^^i^tTie new
5.^^articmaiii^^deas to e
cou^aap^farticipation on sch
newpfepers were suggested
6.-l^opics in N
SevJi-al articles^
est in the pll^r were sugatst^^
The improvement of j(mmeo-graphed
newspapers w^^iccus-and
suggestions^^re\pre-ite
Congratulations Bill I I !
Due credit must be given
to Bill Herman, President of
the C.I.S.G.A. Convention, for
the difficult but excellent job
of organziation he accom-plished.
The interest and en-ergy
of "our one man dy-namo"
are responsible for
this smoothly conducted and
successful convention.
MANY THANKS In his concluding speech at
±he Shore Country Club, Bill
Jlerman expressed his sincere
ippreciation to those who took
ctive participation in making
e convention the success that
was.
Thaks were rendered to the
)mmittee members including
rol Young, Jerrie-Ann Mc-
Vily, Janet Husslein, Judy
itch, Wendy Wilson, Jeanne
ank. Chuck Chegut, Dario
Lcramone, Nick DiGiovanni,
ete Kalby, and Jeannie Fried-chs.
A standing ovation was
iven to the seorfelmitJ extVnded.
Administration Speaics . . .
Those atteding the conference
were priviledged to hear many
eloquent speakers including
Dean Allee, Dean Willenbrock,
Mr. Reilly, Mr. Wallace, Dr.
Fretwel and Dr. Rapp.
One of the most informative
of these speeches was given at
the opening banquet by Dr.
Rapp, Associate Executive Dean
of State University.
Dr. Rapp started his talk by
explaining the structure of the
State University and how it op-erates.
The State University is
composed of 46 units consisting
of Teachers' Colleges, Contract
Colleges, Ag and Tech Institutes,
Medical Institutions, a Liberal
Arts College, and Community
Colleges. Dr. Rapp then dis-cussed
the constitutent element,
complete State supported; the
cooperative set up, partially
state supported; and contract
colleges, state supported but pri-vately
administered.
The next topic was the SUNY
Bond Issue. The Bond Issue was
in effect a Bond Authodiation,
which means the legislature of
New York could borrow money
by bonding itself to pay for
capital construction at various
constitutent or cooperative units
of the State University. Dr.
Rapp then discussed the im-provements
going on with State
University now.
Conversion of the Ag and
Tech Institutes into Community
Colleges: There is a bill before
the legislature now to convert
the six Ag and Tech Institutes
into Community Colleges. The
educational advantages to the
students were considered.
Transfer Credits: The deci-sion
of transfer credits is up to
the institution to which you
transfer. Transfer credits have
increased and work is still be-ing
done to ease or solve this
problem. Counseling services
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suggestions
camera staff
and
. -~A£tiyiti«r-Fees in
ePrograms...^UM<^^mpari-y^
Kfi JJ^i^wrg^ n ^ ^ f i a t h a t activity
A feoil'm e ^ ^ c h o o l ranged from
le $ll3 a year. Insurance
programs varied from $2 to $19 1
a year.
General Assembly
As previously mentioned the
four committees present sug-gestions
obtained through their
discussion pt riods to the general
assembly in form of motions.
(Continued on Page 4)
'iciently p r o ^ c e d t h | _ ^ i n u t es
if the
'meetings./^^^exS^^etariks in-cluded
^MCD^on, LauraABel
ler, SMfe/Charnet, Judy Bl^e,
^ancj^Terlman, Fran DoVreon,
lan JRichey, Linda Muus, Lee
'e-^D^g^artment
was credifM...f5>4iie floral ar-
•aygements an^KQors^g^ and a
•ecial word of^thank^ was
;iven to Prof. C. Rissmeyer.
ecognition was rendered to
rotW Brothers for the delicious
m ^ s ' ^ l ^ h were served during
;ne thre^ day convention and
faculty maintainance were
laiJi^io^or their cooperation
assistance.
Newly Elected Officers
At the closing of the conven-tion
the following officers for
next year were elected:
President Jack Black of
Broome Tech.
Treaaurer Marie Carr of
Westchester.
Vice Presidents —
Region I: Pete Houchberg
of Fashion Institute.
yFraternities: The policy of
^ e State University is as fol-lows:
The State University is
based on democracy, freedom,
understanding, and equality ap-plied
to opportunity. They do
not condone discrimination bas-ed
on things which cannot be
helped in the individual. There-fore
the State University had to
disbar affiliation with National
Fraternities.
The last topic in Dr. Rapp's
talk was concerned with a con-tralized
office for C.I.S.G.A. This
has been impossible due to lack
of staff, financial lack, and the
feelings that Mr. Jarvie and Dr.
Rapp do not wish to dictate
student activities. Dr. Rapp sug-gested
that C.I.S.G.A. try to al-locate
money and set up a cen-tral
office of their own Dr. Rapp
offered to help C.I.S.G.A, in any
way he could.
Region II: Dick Springer of
Cobleskill.
Region III: Bil Mandigo of
Canton.
Region IV: Ron Venezia of
Alfred.