The_Rambler_1960-06-01

              531 TO GRADUATE FROM SUATI
Aggies In National BB Tourney
Players Fly
To Colorado
On Friday May 13, our base-ball
team received an invitation
to the National Jr. College play-offs
at Mesa, Colorado. They
earned this invitation by beating
Trenton College 9-8 and they al-so
gained the title of the Champ-ions
in the Regional 15 section.
After the fine financial aid re-ceived
from the faculty, student
body, and the various clubs on
campus, the team was ready to u)
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State University Agricultural & Technical Institute
Farmingdale, New York
Vol. XXXI _ No. 10 June 1, I960
DR. MEDESY SPEAKS... President Resigns; Accepts Position in Cdoradb
Dr. Stoke to Be
Principal Speaker
Dr. Harold Walter Stoke,
President of Queens College,
will be the principal speaker at
Commencement this year on
June 12.
Dr. Stoke has studied for
many years at various colleges
and Universities. In addition to
his A.B. degree from Marion
College, he holds an M.A. (Uni-versity
of Southern California),
a Ph. D (Johns Hopkins Univer-sity),
and an LL. D, (Tulane
University). He has also studied
at the University of New Hamp-shire,
University of Maine, and
the University of New Mexico.
An excerpt from Dr. Metlesy's letter to the Faculty and Staff
". . . Rangely is located 90 miles from Grand Junction in
one of the world's largest and mast recently discovered oil shale
deposits. The new college will have a complete campus (class-rooms,
laboratories, gymnasium, student union, dormitories, etc.)
designed to care for 500 students. The campus is expected to
be completed in September of 1962 with construction beginning
this fall. The courses of study to be offered include both a
lower division transfer program and several technical terminal
programs. Initially, my duties will be to work with the architect
and builder and recruit a faculty and a student body."
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STUDENTS PRESENTED AWARDS
AT CONVOCATION ASSEMBLY
Dear Students:
On May 17, 1960, I announced I had accepted a position as
Chief Administrative Officer of a community college to be es-tablished
in Rangely, Colorado, as a branch of Mesa Junior
College located near Grand Junction.
When my family and I leave Farmingdale on June 27, I
will have completed four years as the President of the Institute.
My four years as the person responsible for administering the
affairs of Farmingdale have provided me with an excellent op-portunity
to be of service and my experience working with faculty,
staff and the student body has been challenging and interesting.
On a number of public occasions, I have stated that a good
college should have a qualified and competent faculty, a student
body interested not only in learning how to make a living, but,
perhaps more important, in learning how to live a life and a
good library with adequate services. At Farmingdale, we are
fortunate in having these ingredients and a good college in large
measure.
The development and maintenance of excellence in a college
does not come about easily or quickly. The administration, fac-ulty,
staff and students have and must continue to appraise the
Institute's objectives in and our of the classroom and find ways
to make improvements. A hallmark of Farmingdale is the will-ingness
of all concerned not to be satisfied with the status quo.
As long as this attitude persists, then those who receive Farm-ingdale's
degree can say that they got something extra out of
college because they contributed something extra.
I believe it is a fair statement for me to say that extra-curricular
aqtivities have been given consistent encouragement
and support by the administration. The Student Council has
steadily grown in stature and responsibility as the voice of the
student body. The RAMBLER and ISLANDER have grown and
improved in quality with both being recognized as the official
and responsible recorders of campus life. Many other student
organizations, too numerous to mention, are playing an important
part in the extracurricular life of the campus. This is the way
it should be, provided we keep in mind at aU times that studies
come first and extracurricular activities come second.
In leaving Farmingdale, I shaU take with me the friendship
of many fine student leaders I got to know each year. I shall
remember participating in your social events, your courteous
behavior and your cooperative attitudes. I am sure that each
of you returning to Farmingdale next Fall will support my suc-cessor
in the same manner in which you supported me. Such
support will be appreciated by my successor as he assumes the
leadership at Farmingdale.
Mrs. Medesy joins me in wishing each of you a pleasant and
profitable summer.
William A. Medesy
President
The Awards Assembly was
held on the football field on
Friday, May 20, 1960. Honors
were presented to:
Thomas Von Der Linn — AAD
Senior, was awarded the Ralph
G. Mais Award which consists
of $100 and a certificate for the
best work in silk screening.
John Dzmil and Marjorie Mul-ler
— AAD Seniors, received the
Faculty Award for Art.
Josephine Liotta TAA Sen-ior,
received the Faculty Award
for Administrative Assistant for
being an outstanding student in
her field of study.
Elizabeth Agiesta - - TSI Sen-ior,
was awarded the Faculty
Award for Industrial Secretary
for being an outstanding student
in her field of study.
Patricia McCaffrey — TSA
Senior, was awarded the Facul-ty
Award for Advertising Sec-retary
as the outstanding stu-dent.
Michael Zimolog, TAA, and
Barbara Johnson, TSA were
awarded the National Office
Management Association Award
for outstanding service to the Al-pha
Chapter of NOMA.
Thomas Lamb — TAA, re-ceived
the Wall Street Journal
Award for his ability in book-keeping
and finance.
Thomas Crohan — TAA. was
awarded the Kiwanis Outstand-ing
Service Plaque for outstand-ing
service to Circle K.
James Hoston — TAA, re-ceived
the Kiwanis Past Presi-dent
Plaque for outstanding per-formance.
Mary Jane Marchlevski and
Nancy L. Martini — TSA Sen-iors,
each received the Ameri-can
Legion Award.
Oscar Hernandez — AO, re-ceived
the Alpha Eta Rho
Award
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A WORD FROM DEAN WILLENBROCK
For many of our June graduates a major change is facing
them. Most of the graduates will be leaving the school environ-ment
for the first time since their childhood. It is doubtful
that an orientation committee will meet them on their first day
on the job. It is unlikely that their new associates will give
them a free chicken barcecue and provide an opportunity for
square dancing at the end of the first working day.
Readiness for this new and exciting experience will be
manifest if our graduates have learned to respect others, have
realized their own limitations and understand that experience
will provide the confidence to assume responsibilities that will
inevitably come to them.
On a more personal note, in retrospect, I will remember
the Class of 1960 as one providing leadership on the campus,
which effected many improvements for the future needs of the
college. Witli a Parents' Day, a new foster son, a strengthened
ICC, the drive for a Student Union, the improved social activities
programs, I feel that the impact of the class af 1960 is one that
will never be forgotten.
I wish then, on behalf of Faculty, Administration and Student
Personnel, success in living full and productive social, moral
and spiritual lives and trust they will foster the continued growth
and development of a strong Alumni that will further tlie aims
of the college in the years to come.
Dr. Harold Stoke
After finishing his education,
he entered tne teaching profes-sion.
Dr. Stoke has held many
important teaching and admin-istrative
positions at different
schools in this country. He has
taught History and Political
Science. In the administrative
field, his accomplishments in-clude
the Presidency of both the
University of New Hampshire
(which he once attended) and
Louisiana State University. Be-fore
coming to Queens College
as President in 1958, he was
Dean of the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences at New York
University.
The Federal Government has
also found use for Dr. Stoke. In
1937 he was named Supervisor of
Training in Public Administra-tion
for the Tennessee Valley
Authority. In 1944 he was named
as a member of the Budget
Bureau Staff. His latest en-deavor
takes on an international
flavor by his being a member of
the Governing Committee on
Scientific Personnel of Organi-zation
for European Coopera-tion,
Paris, France, since 1957.
Dr. Stoke is also active local-ly.
The Board of Directors of
Flushing Hospital, the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews (he is Protestant co-chair-man),
and various Boards of ed-ucational
organizations all bene-fit
by his interest and partici-pation
in their affairs.
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Dean Willenbrock