The_Rambler_1961-10-25

              SUATI WELCOME ALUMNI
VOL. XXXII No. 17 OCTOBER 25,1961
PARENTS DAY IS A SUCCESS AGAIN
The annual Parent's Day sponsored by Student Council and Inter-
Dormitory Council was held on Saturday, October 21, 1961.
The program began at noon with guided tours for the parents, being
held in the Industrial Technical Building, Conklin Hall, Dairy Admini-stration
Building, and other buildings on campus.
The activities continued on the football field at 2:00 when the Aggie
football team defeated Hofstra freshman 38-6. The game was attended
by many parents and students. Dr. Laffin, President of the Institute,
gave the welcoming address at half time.
The float parade followed with each dormitory on campus presenting
a float. Later in the afternoon, the winning dorm float was announced.
Memorial Hall for the second consecutive year won the trophy. Their
theme was Hawaii. Suffolk Hall
float took second place with a
German theme. Third and fourth
places were taken by Dorm 4 and
Alumni Hall respectively.
The lounges in the dorms were
also decorated and judged. Me-morial
Hall again took first place
in this competition, with Alumni
taking second place and Nassau
taking third.
After the game, the Canqnis
Queen Contest was held in Knaf^
Hall Lounge. Three semi-finalists
were chosen and will compete for
the crown at the Student Council
Formal on November 17,1961. The
girls were Betsy Anderson - TSA
Senior, Anne Bleniek - DH S^ior,
and Jerilyn Florehza -DH Senior.
A prize was given to the parents
who traveled the greatest distance
to attend Parent's Day. Mr. and
Mrs. Bellowitz from Arlington,
Virginia were the recipients of this
prize. Their daughter Lorrie Bil-lowitz
is a DH freshman.
A dinner was held in the dining
room at Knapp Hall from 6:00 to
7:30 for the parents and students.
INTERNATIONAl
MIGHT
On Wednesday, October 11,1961,
Inteniational Night was instituted
by Inter - Dorm Council at
S.U^.T.I. over 600 students
attended this dinner which was held
in the Knai^ Hall dining room.
The theme of the first Interna-tional
Night was Italy, In carrying
out tiie theme the committee se-lected
chicken cacciatore as tiie
main course. Other Italian spe-cialities
were also on the menu.
Italian music was provided by an
accordianist and the room was dec-orated
with traditional Italian ob-jects
including Chiante bottle can-dles,
and posters of Italy. Every
effort was made by the committee
to present as much Italian cul-ture
and atmosphere as possible.
Among the many people who
should receive recognition for the
Annual Home€oming
This Saturday
HOMECOMING The biggest
and best Homecoming for SUATI Is
scheduled for Saturday, October
28, 1961. This occasion provides an
opportunity for the alumnus to
come back to their "alma mater"
and see their former instructors
and friends. It is also an oppor-tunity
for them to witness the
changes that have taken place since
their graduation.
Highlights of the day will include
the following:
10:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
TEAM REUNIONS - For the first
time. Homecoming will feature the
Aggie athletes. More than 1,000
personal invitations have been sent
to varsity team members spanning
four decades.
2:00 p.m.
FOOTBALL GAME - The Aggies
will meet Hofstra College in an at
tempt to raise its record to three
wins against one defeat. The tradi-tional
float parade will be conducted
on the football field at half time.
The floats, being previously judged
by members of the faculty and
alunuii, will be awarded prizes on
the basis of originally, cleverness,
humor, entertainment, and quality
of the float.
5:00 p.m.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS-The
bi-annual election of officers for
the Alumni Association will be
elected at Homecoming this year.
7:00 p.m.
BANQUET AND DANCE - The
dinner and dance will be held this
year at Long Island's newest and
luxurious Four Seasons Country
Club in Woodbury. Prof. Richard
Game of the Mathematics and Sci-ence
department is Chairman of
this year's Homecoming event.
In the past, all alumni and stu-dents
who have participated in the
gala festivitie^of Homecoming Day
have always enjoyed themselves.
THE NEW MUM QUEEN: Bemadette Meyers TSA fr. was crowned
National Chrysanthemum Queen by last year's queen Betsy Anderson
TSA sr. LuciUe Baron AAD sr (left) and MUdred Moles DH sr. (right) * llf I J
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Plans Made For
STAFFS 60 TO ALBANY Semi - Finalists
Chosen
Seen here standing International Night Festivities are Nancy Holt,
hostess; Prof. Paduao, Dr. Laffin, Mr. Frank Marsalona, Mr. Julio
and Ann Hunt, hostess.
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ALL STUDENTS,
DON'T FORGET
THE BEATNICK
DANCE HELD
THIS FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 27\h
IT WILL BE HELD
IN THE LOG CABIN
success of this program are Mr.
James Sinclair, who supervised
the food for the dinner, Mr. An-thony
Adamo, Co-ordinator of stu-dent
activities, and the members
of the dining hall committee.
Mr, Vincent Tolino, consultant
to the program committee, said
"The faculty and administration
thou^t the program was a great
success, and they would like to
see it continued." The students
attending shared the same feel-ings,
Another International Night
This year, as in past years,
representatives of the Rambler
and Islander staffs will attend the
"State University Press Confer-ence"
held in Albany on October
26.27 and 28.
Students attending the confer-ence
from The Rambler will be:
Co-editors Sandra Larson, TSA
Sr. and Sandra Allen, DH Sr.; Al
Borack, ET Fr., photographer;
Barbara Bunyard, DH Sr., feature
writer; Diane Sculler, DH Sr.,
feature editor. Professor Irving
Levine, Faculty Advisor for The
Rambler, will also journey to Al-bany
with the students, islander
students attending will be: Jewel
Meskhow. AAD Sr., Art Staff;
Roger Pruess. OH Sr., photog-raphy;
Penny Goehring, AAD Sr.,
Art; Diane Romback, AAD, Sr.,
Art; and Professor Myron Hercel
will also accompany the students
as Faculty Advisor to the Islander.
The Press Conference will offer
an opportunity for the journalistic-minded
students of many colleges
and universities to meet, exchange
ideas, and further their knowledge
in the field of journalism. They
will do so by attending lectures,
work shqps, and discussions during
the two and a half days. A banquet
will be held on Friday night and
will feature a well-known guest
speaker.
The annual Campus Queen Con-test
was held on Saturday, October
21, 1961, in connection with Par-ent's
Day.
The three semi-finalists who
were chosen, are Betsy Ander-son
- TSA Senior from Rockville
Centre, Anne Bieniek - DH Senior
from Sayville.and JerUyn Flor-enza
- DH Senior from New Hyde
Park. The girls were judged on
walk and posture, choice of dress,
facial expression, figure, and
poise.
The Campus Queen will be chos-en
at the Student Council Formal
on November 7, 1961.
The other participants in this
contest Saturday were: Kricket
Miller - TSA, Patricia Curry -
TSA, Darron Boonawandt-OH,
Carol Peterson - TSA, Lorraine
Hanna - TSA, Evelyn RiggJ - TSI,
Jean Micwickel -TSI, and Mary
Organ -TSA.
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A committee for Winter Weekend
has been formed. Sue Pombo-E«H,
Sr. (Chairman), Lee Roberts-TSA,
Sr. (Secretary), Pat Peters on-AS,
Sr. (Treasurer), Sue Amrhrein-
TSA, Fr.. Harvey Baron-TAA, Fr.,
Ann Bienik-DH, Sr., Nancy
Clark- , Sue Forte-TSA, Sr.,
Denny Fox-AS, Sr.. Beverly Fry-
TSA, Sr., (Publicity Chairman),
Gary Knapp-AO, Sr.. Tom Kru-manacker-
TAA, Fr, Bob Leighton-
AE, Fr., Pat Margan-DH, Fr.,
Eleanor Myers-TSA, Fr., Joan
Phillips-TSA, Sr.. Carol Schwer-del-
TSA, Sr., Dave Sloop- . Dick
Swinge-ET, Sr. are the members.
We have two places in mind for
Winter Weekend this January; the
Granit, and Mt. Airy Lodge (last
year's resort). Those who went
last year will remember the great
times skiing, skating, tobagganing.
horseback riding, the night club,
and those crazy parties after.
So kids, save your pennies ana
keep the weenend of January 12,
13. and 14 openi A good time is
guaranteed to all.
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Students required to fill out
a form (Draft Deferment)
should call for the form at the
Student Personnel Office, located
on the first floor of the Admin-istration
office.
Tobogganing at Mt. Airy Luilge.