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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.L, N.Y.
Vol. XXIX, No. VIII April 1, 19*^9
BOOKSTORE CLOSES
Profits At All Time Low
The Student Bookstore, located in the Technical Building
ol" the Farmin^dale Campus, will dose down in one week and
will remain out of business permanently. This heartbreaking
announcement came recently and will definitely be an emotional
shock to those students depending on the Bookstore's excellent
service, low prices and courteous cooperation,
this drastic
IMPORTANT
Schsdule Change
Stniors, please note the fol-on
used books, the Bookstore : lowing schedule change to go in-
New Restaurant SENIOR PROM LOCATION
On Campus
The reason for step has been summed up in the
letter sent to the Director by the
manager and salespeople of the
Bookstore. It seems that due
to the rising prices on books,
t h e constantly changing of
courses texts and the extremely
favorable student trade-in rates
has been steadily loosing money.
In fact, they are so far in the
red that they have become bank-rupt.
The low priced bargains
found by many students in the
Bookstore and the savings on
such vital items as slide rules,
greeting cards, stuffed animals,
kneaded erasers, and sweat
pants have forced the store to
take a loss on the wholesale re-tail
marketing prices. Contra-to
effect as of today:
All General Education II class-es
(Modern Community) are to
be permanently cancelled. The
T.V. Educational Series, which
incidently was requested by over
98 per cent of the Senior Class,
has also been abandoned. Please,
please, calm yourselves! Pro-tests
of any kind will definitely
not be considered.
Wool weaving I and II will
dieting State legislation for Fair i be offered in its place. Those in-terested
please contact Cornelius
as soon as possible since mem-bership
is limited.
The following communique,
edited by the prize winning Sen-ion
Literary Club is now given.
"We, da memba's of dis-here
Lit Club H'ist ta tank da Gen
Edd Department for all we have
loined. Now, fellow students,
som'a youse wise guys betta pull
yerselves together! We seen ya
crying but for Peate's sake-youse
were lucky ta git five
quarters of Gen. Ed. OK!?
Come on Cats - Git witt it!"
Trade Prices, the Bookstore has
constantly striven to provide the
lowest prices and the best trade-in
values. In addition to the
loss felt by the students with
respect to the purchasing of
books, supplies and extra lux-uries,
there will also be the
sorrow of spotting an extra
classroom in the corridor instead
of the friendly, sincere faces of
Institute employees. It has al-ways
been a pleasure to dash
through the turnstile (not to be
caught halfway through) and be
greeted by helpful suggestions
and advice. Most of all, students
will mins the trust, honesty and
cooperation of all associated
with the Bookstore who have
served us so faithfully in their i
years of employment. i
More Stop Signs
Put On Campus
Something new will be added
to the campus. It has been an-nounced
that fifteen additional
stop signs are to be placed
around the campus roads.
It has been noticed recently
that students have been driving
to and from classes. It is the
hope that these ew stop signs
will lengthen the time spent in
driving from class to class and
thereby discourage s t u d e n ts
from this unlawful practice. Per-haps,
too, they will be on time
for classes for a change. Stu-dents
are asked to please ob-serve
the traffic laws by stop-ping
for these new signs be-fore
approaching them and not
waiting until they have hit them.
The Student Court hopes that
this legislation will decrease the
number of tickets which stu-dents
receive for not obeying
traffic laws. By the way, all
proceeds are to be contributed
to the Student Court Fund. Driv-ing
privileges will be deprived
those students who appear be-fore
the Court for the violation
of new stop signs regulations.
This law, as with all other traffic
regulations will be strictly en-forced
by campus police.
Log Cabin Closed!!
Since the Log Cabin is not
recognized by the State of New
York because it was built by
the Faculty Student Corpora-tion,
a law has been passed or-dering
the structure closed to
student use.
This recent legislation was the
result of a long, drawn-out dis-agreement
between the State of
New York and the Institute. The
closing of this building and its
eventual removal from campus
will provide additional space for
the raising of corn, which the
State deems as the more im-portant
function. But don't
give up hope, kids, in the fall the
State will provide time for an
annual corn-stripping contest
which will bring back some of
the fun usually enjoyed in the
Log Cabin.
It was disclosed yesterday,
after a secret meeting of the
administration and the state
board that there will be a mod-ern
restaurant built on Campus.
A ground breaking ceremony
will be held on April 20th, and
all classes will be called off on
that day.
Much thought was given for
the location for this new res-taurant
and it was finally de-cided
that the Circle in front
of the Administrative Building
would be ideal. At the ground-breaking
ceremony there will be
a free for all, with picks and
shovels supplied by the school
to students and faculty. Every-one
is invited to join in the fun
and frolic. Food and drinks will
also be on hand and there is
talk of entertainment. This will
include a troup of 1,000 dentists
who will drill for us, and Dinah
Shore singing "I'll Never Smile
Again."
Knapp Hall will be closed
May 1st, and the new restaurant
opened May 2nd. Word from
the administration has it that
the new ediface will be an all-glass
structure with a stained
glass roof. In the center inside
will be a fountain with cham-pagne
spurting out. The great-est
news of all, though, is this.
Hold on to your hats—waiters!
Yes, waiter service with no lips!
So come one, come all to the
great festivities on April 20th,
and wear working clothes.
70 To Receive
Unlimited Cuts
Unlimited cuts will be extend-ed
to the first seventy students
having averages of 75 or better
who sign up in the lobby in the
Administrative B u i l d i n g on
April 7, 1959.
T h i s decision was reached
since we have had no days off
due to unfavorable weather con-ditions.
Administration felt that
this added service to seventy
students along with present
Dean's List Students would
serve as another example on
how administration works for
the student body.
Keep in mind that Spring
Quarter provides an excellent
time for visiting any of the
beaches on the Island. Be sure
that you are among the first to
sign up for this added privilege
if you meet the qualification of
a 75 average or better.
Open House Moved
DETERMINED BY COUNCIL
Council has announced that due to the limited accommoda-tions
of the Farlan's Ballroom, the Senior Prom will be held
at the Old Mill in Huntington.
This decision was reached after the owner of the mill reported
that the structure will be modernized and enlarged during April.
Council decided that this spot
would be ideal since it is con-veniently
located near school.
The extended curfew will give
the students more time at this
gala event rather than having
to spend their extra time travel-ing
to and fro.
Our own school band will pro-vide
the rocking music for this
wonderful night. Tickets will be
on sale from now until May 15.
Council representatives will be
selling them in their respective
sections at $10 a couple. Be sure
to pick yours up now.
Remember, Council has ar- BILL HERMAN PRESENTS
M^TVure y"^^^^^ I960 STUDENT COUNCIL
CONSTITUTION
Open House, an annual tradi-tional
exhibit sponsored by the
curriculums at SUATI, has al-ways
been one of the major
projects of the school year. It
has been announced recently
that, due to the limited space
available on ct'mpus for such
a huge display, this year's Open
House will be held at the Exhibit
Hall of Republic Aviation Cor-poration
on Route 110.
This decision was reached aft-er
much concentrated delibera-tion
and consultation with high
ranking Republic officials. It
was stated that since so many
courses which enable students
to prepare for a vocation in in-dustry
are taught at our school,
it would be beneficial goodwill
for industry to aid these career-minded
students. Executives at
Republic will cooperate with In-stitute
officials and with the
Open House committee in pre-paring
the various progress dis-plays
and workmanship exhibits
to be shown at Open House.
Remember S U A T I Open
House of 1959 at Republic.
I)U. MKDI'.SY BLOWS HIS STACK
SNACK BAR OFF LIMITS
TO DORM STUDENTS
The Administration announced
this week that the snack bar
will be considered off-limits to
all dorm students until the end
of the present semester. This
decision came about because of
the support being given by the
dorm students to the snack bar
instead of eating the meals pre-pared
by Pierre's prize students
in the dining hall.
The decision to declare the
snack bar oft'-limits to dorm stu-dents
also came about with the
plans for the installation of
stools in the snack bar. The
stools, which will be made avail-able
by reservation only, are for
the use of the commuting stu-dents.
Any dorm students found
patronizing the snack bar and
avoiding the dining hall, will be
campused every Thursday night
for one month from the date
they are discovered. Perhaps,
with this decision handed down
from Administration, the snack
bar will be less crowded and a
more enjoyable place for com-muter.
s to spend time and money.
Smoking Privileges
Suspended
After much heated discussion
between Student Council and
Administration, it has been an-nounced
that student smoking
privileges in the campus lounges
will be temporarily suspended.
No Smoking signs will be placed
in the lounges on April 4 and
those students violating them
will be subject to severe disci-pline.
This decision was reached aft-er
several complaints were filed
with Administration in regard
to the carelessness of students
in disposing of their used cigar-ette
butts. It seems that de-spite
the fact that ashtrays are
provided for cigarette disposal,
students are constantly littering
the floors with waste. Until the
lounges are cleaned up and com-plaints
are withdrawn, this
smoking privilege will remain
suspended.
You have be(>n warned. Take
heed.