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VOL. XXXI - No. 1 September 8, 1959
Michail Wants You
In 1952, the Student Body
adopted a war orphan through
the Foster Parents Plan. Each
year, the students contribute
one hundred and eighty dollars,
which is used to buy Michail's
necessary supplies and clothes.
Hiis Is It!
MICHAIL PAWLENKO
Your Child
Michail is a handsome young
men, 14 years of age. He is a
war orphan; his mother has had
to take care of four- of his
brothers and sisters, since his
father's death several years
ago. Michail was born in a
German forcel-labor stockade
soon after his parents' imprison-ment
there. Actually, he is a
citizen of the Russian Ukrain,
but he is a D.P. in Western
Germany.
We expect to continue this
plan and send him supplies and
clothes this year. By contribut-ing
to this fund, you too will
have the opportunity to be one
of Michail's Foster Parents.
The following is a copy of
Michail's latest letter to us:
Dear Foster Parents:
Like always I want to thank
you heartily. For the monthly
money and the parcel. It con-tained
2 pr. of stockings and 2
sets o funderwear. I thank you
with all my heart for it. My
momy brought me a pr. of nice
summer shoes with the money.
My friends like them too, but
I only wear them on Sunday.
I am veiy happy that we have
June already so that I can go
bathing again. The weather is
wonderful here and if it lasts I
will be very grateful.
I don't know what else I could
write to you, because here are
no news. Hearty greetings from
my parent and siblings. I again
thank you very much for every-thing.
your Michail.
Do you have a suggestion
or comment?
Something to get off your
c'host?
A Letter to the f^ditor
Is the bet that's best
Well, you finally made it!
You're here! We would like to
welcome you on behalf of the
present students of SUATI and
wish you the best of everything
during your stay here. You may
be interested to know that you,
the Class of '61, are now a huge
part of the vast New York State
university and college system.
In trying to make you feel at
home and adjust to this new
life before you we have tak-en
this opportunity to pub-list
a special edition of the
RAMBLER in order to acquaint
you with the various facilities,
services and organizational ac-tivities
on campus. Below we
have reprinted the schedule for
Orientation in the hope that you
will be thoroughly aware of the
activities planned to acquaint
you with the more enjoyable
side of campus life. Tuesday
and Wednesday are days on
which attendance is required.
Be sure to attend all events
scheduled as periodic attend-ance
checks will be made.
We have also reprinted below
the list of Freshman rules
which you will be expected to
honor. Remember, you are
moving into a new school, meet-ing
new friends, and starting a
whole new way of living and
studying. We want you to make
these changes smoothly and
pleasantly. In order to help you
meet people, both freshmen and
seniors, and in order to make
your opening days here at the
Institute memorable, the follow-ing
rules have been established
and all freshmen are required
to abide by them.
Attention:
1. All students will obey the
rules of the Institute regard-ing
such matters as smok-ing,
littering, and walking
on restricted lawn areas,
for your remaining stay
here.
All Frosh will near name
tags issued at registration
on the back of their beanies,
and must carry handbooks
with them at all times.
All Frosh will carry gum
and matches for Seniors.
Seniors will be addressed as
Sir or Ma'am.
Frosh will give Seniors the
choice of seats in all Cam-pus
Lounges and in the Din-ing
Hall.
6. At the first football game,
each Frosh girl is required
to wear a shirt, tie, slacks,
and no lipstick.
At the first football game,
each Frosh boy is required
to wear bermuda shorts, a
shirt and a pink ribbon.
All Frosh will lear dinks on
campus except in classes un-til
Dink Day, which will be
the &rst football game. They
will then be removed at half
time.
No Frosh will walk on the
Senior Walk in front of
Knapp Hall and the main
entrance to the lobby of the
Industrial - Technical Build-ing
by the Snack Bar.
All Frosh will sit coed in
the Dining Hall.
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All Frosh must know the
"Fite Song."
No Frosh will wear high
school jackets or letters for
their remaining stay at the
Institute.
These rules will be in effect
for the first three weeks of
school. On Monday, October 5
at 11:00 a.m., the first FRESH-MEN
FOLLIES will be held in
front of Knapp Hall. At this
time, violators of Freshmen
Rules will be dealt with. All
Frosh MUST attend the Follies.
SENIOR FOLLIES will be
held one week after the FRESH-MEN
FOLLIES on Monday, Oc-tober
12 at 11:00 a.m. in front
of Knapp Hall. At this time,
all Seniors who have not co-operated
with the orientation
program will be dealt with by
the Freshmen.
The schedule for Freshman
Orientation for September, 1959
is as follows:
Tuesday, Sept. 8
8:00 a.m.—FRESHMAN REG-ISTRATION—
Tech Building
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.—Chicken Barbe-cue—
Maseball Field
6:45 p. m.—Entertainment—
Baseball Field
7:30 p.m.—Barn Dance - County
Fair—Tennis Courts
Wednesday, Sept. 9
8:30 a.m.—FRESHMEN — Wis-tribution
of Class Sched-ules
8:00 a.m.—SENIOR REGISTRA-TION
9:30 -12:30—Math and Science
Tests
10:00 -12:30—Comedy Baseball
Game—Frosh not test-ing
1:30 p.m.—FRESHMAN
ASSEMBLY—
Adminstration
1:30 p.m.—SENIOR
ASSEMBLY—
Football Field
2:15 p.m.—Guided Tours-meet
student advisors
4:00 p.m.—Pep Rally-
Gym area
7:00 p.m.—Traveling dorm
party
Thursday, Sept. 10
CLASSES BEGIN—
Check your schedule
The Director's Welcome
On behalf of the faculty and staff of the college, it is my
pleasure to welcome each of you to our attractive campus.
The college has a long and interesting history which will bo
given to you during your first days on campus. In addition, we
shall do our best to inform you
on many topics in order to as-sist
you to make a good start.
I wish to emphasize the impor-tance
of making a good start as
attendance at a college will
make many demands on your
time, judgement and interest
which bear a relation to your
academic success and personal
happiness.
At Farmingdale we have an
experienced faculty and staff
interested in the progress and
problems of the indivdual stu-dent.
Do not hesitate to ask
questions or seek assistance.
You will also find that the Sen-iors
are ready and willing to
be helpful.
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As members of the largest
Freshman Class in our history,
you will have many opportun-ities
to distinguish yourselves as
a group and as individuals.
While there are many of us
ready to help you, in the final
analysis your success and hap-piness
at the college will be
dependent upon your individual
efforts, interests and objectives.
I am sure each of you will wish
to make a sincere effort to meet
the requirements of the college
in achieving your objectives.
With every good wish for the
two years ahead, I am.
Sincerely,
William A. Medesy,
Director
DR. MEDESY
Friday, Sept. 11
CASUAL HOP—
Tennis Courts—
Admission 27 cents
Saturday, Sept. 12
12:30 p.m.—Beach Party-
Jones Beach
7:30 p.m.—Record Hop—
Knapp Hall
Monday, Oct. 5
11:00 a.m.—FRESHMAN
FOLLIES—
front of Knapp Hall
Monday, Oct. 13
11:00 a.m.—SENIOR
FOLLIES—
front of Knapp Hall
Friday, November 13
STUDENT COUNCIL FORMAL
We're sure that you will all
agree that we have set up an
extremely busy program for
your introduction to campus
life. It has been set up with
the thought of providing par-ticular
activities designed to
facilitate adjustment to life at
the Institute. We hope that you
will take advantage of these op-portunities
to meet new friends.
Happy Orientation!
STUDENT COUNCIL
SAYS HI!
College Freshm'an—just wiiat
do those words mean to you?
To most of you, something new,
different, and we certainly hope,
unique. We all try to make our
campus one on which knowledge
can be attained and applied
whereby each of us is somehow
made a better person as a re-sult
of our day-to-day experi-ences
and associations.
These next few days of orien-tation
will provide you with an
excellent opportunity to get to
know the Seniors. The Student
Council and Administration
working together, have planned
these fun-packed days just for
our — enjjoy them as a pre-lude
to campus life.
We hope you all realize the
importance of participating in
student activities. There are,
you will see in your handbook,
many clubs and organizations
that are more than eager to
have your ideas and support in-tegrated
into their functioning.
There are certainly many poten-tial
leaders amongst you, who
need nothing more than to find
something in which they are
truly interested. No doubt any
one of the clubs could provide
this need.
During the course of the year,
you will begin to appreciate the
worth of the campus organiza-tions
and facilities and how they
can best be put to work for you,
the individual. That is some-thing
which cannot be explored
in this greeting.
Your Student Council meet-ings
are always open to the
student body. It is the medium
of expression between Admin-istration
and student. Come to
the meetings, or give your "sug-gestions
to your Student Council
representative.
We are confident that this
will be a wonderful year for you.
Work hard — have fun — we
did!