The_Rambler_1961-11-14

              FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND
NEW YORK
AGGIES
Vol. XXXII No. 18 STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT FARMINGDALE NOVEMBER 14, 1961
S.U.A.T.I. BEGINS
NURSING
PROGRAM
As of S^tember 1962 a two year
nursing education program will be
added to S.U,A,T,I,'s ever-increasing
listof currlculums. The
newly formed curriculum was cre-ated
by our school's administra-tion
under the direction of Dr.
Robert E. Kinsinger, State Di-rector
of the Associate Nursing
Program.
This co-ed curriculum is at-tempting
to help meet Long Is-land's
nursing shortage and in-creasing
needs for health serv-ices,
while leading to an Asso-ciate
Degree in ^^lied Science.
It was created with the inten-tion
of providing high school grad-uates
with an organized program of
nursing arts and general education
at the College leveL The major
goal of the curriculum is to devel-op^
gradually^ sufficient specific
knowledge, skills and attitudes to-gether
with a broad sense of gen-eral
education, enabling them to
achieve seIf~siqn>ort and a satis-fying
position in the field of nurs-ing.
The program will prepare stu-dents
for state examinations to be-come
registered nurses. The pro-gressive
studies are also a p r o -
ration for future college education
at the Baccalaureate level in die
field of nursing or healdi liu^gh
transfer of appropriate credits.
During the two years, students
will pardc^ate in nursing prac-tice
at various hospitals. Public
Health Agencies and other com-munity
institutions on Long Is-land.
Nassau Community College and
State University Agricultural and
Technical Institute at Monisville
will also introduce a two year
nursing curriculum starting in
September of 1962.
Winter Weekend
Set For Jan.12
The Annual Winter Weekend,
sponsored by Student Council, wiU
be held January 12, 13, and 14.
Again this year Mount Airy Lodge,
in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, will
be the site of Winter Weekend.
In an effort to ease the burden
of paying the $37 at one time, and
to promote as big a turnout as
possible, the Winter Weekend
Committee has begun to collect
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
between 12 noon and 1 p.m. Com-mittee
men and women are on duty
in the Tech Building lobby, in Knapp
Hall dining room, and in die Dew
Drop. The minimum payment of
$5 must be made before Christ-mas.
The buses will leave die school
on Friday at 4:00 p.m.. and return
approximately at 10:00 p.m. on
Skmday. Plans are now being made
to have a late bus which would
leave die school late Friday night
so that the basketball players,
cheerleaders, and students who
work will be able to attend the
Winter Weekend festivides. This
bus wUl be provided on the con-didon
that 40 people have signed
for it before the beginning of
the Christmas recess.
All facilides at the Lodge will
be available to the students as
to die regular guests.
FRESHMAN CLASS SENATORS CHOSEN
Back Row: Barry Ruscift?, Tony Orlando, Joe Sisak, Tim Powers, Larry Gons.
Front Row; Tome Krumenacher, Lee Marshall, and Ed Lynch.
'AN EVENING IN THE ORIENT
The second in the series of International Ni^ts was held Wednesday,
November 8, in die dining room at Knapp Hall, The dieme for this par-ticular
ni^t was "An Evening in die Orient*'.
In carrying yout the theme, the dining room was decorated with
oriental lanterns, scrolls, torres, and a small pool surrounded by an
arrangement of flowers.
Traditional oriental food was served. Mr. Louie Chen of Khans in
Jericho acted as food consultant for this event. Chopsticks, the favors
for the night, were used to eat the oriental foods such as egg rolls,
shrimp bok toy, pork and mushrooms, and fried rice and porl^ Also,
egg drop soup was served. A variety of deserts, from fortune and
almond cookies to ice cream and pineapple chui^ was provided.
The guests at this dinner were Mr. C. Y. Peng from the U.N, Consul
of China and his wife. Dr. Lajffin. Dean Willenbrock, and Mr. Tolino.
Miss Barbara Suga a freshman from Babylon 0)ut of Japanese ancestry)
and Sun Chong Chen, a fireshman from Hong Kong, were Empress and
Emperor for die evening.
l l i e purpose of the various Internadonal N i ^ s is to give die resident
students a chance to become acquainted with and a chance to eiqilore
the customs and cuisine of foreign lands. The Dining Hall Comniittee,
under the guidance of Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Tolino, and Mr. Adamo have
dried to offer these to the students throu^ their first two evenings
—"A Night in Italy" and "An Evening in die Cirient".
Left to right: Barbara buga. Dr. LafHn, Mrs. C.J. Peng, Mr. C.J.
Peng, and Sun Chong Chen.
Honor Society
Is Planned
The Administration has seen the
need for the formulation of an
Honor Society comparable to Phi
Beta Kappa in four year colleges.
Organizational meetings for the
formulation of such a Swiety have
been going on for the past three
weeks.
The purpose of this Society will
be to promote higher academic
standards among die students, and
to give recognition to those who
have atuined die Society's stand-ards.
For the academic year, 1962-63,
the criteria for candidacy forper-manent
membership wiU be to have,
an 85 average in two consecutive
or non-consecutive semesters and
to maintain at least an 82 cumu-lative
average without falling below
an 80 averagefor any one semester
in the two years.
This year the candidates for
charter membership will be all
diose students who have made the
Dean's List for any quarter in
1960-61. The candidates for the
society will become permanent
members only iqMn graduation, if
all the requirements have b ^
fulfilled.
Students Attend
Press Conference
The dates, October 26, 27, and
28, serve as memorable reminders
to ten individuals who r^resented
9LJATI at the State UniversltyCol-legiate
Press Conference in Al-bany,
N.Y. Our rq;)resentation con-sisted
of Rambler CO-Editors, San-dra
Larson and Sandra Allen;
Photography Editor, Al Borack;
Feature Editor, Diane Sculler;
Feature writer, Barbara Bunyard;
and Rambler Advisor, Prof. Irving
Levine. The Islander, SUATI year-book,
was represented by Editor,
Diane Rombach; Photographer,
Roger Pruess; Art Editors, Jewell
Meshkow and Penny GoehrLig; and
Islander's Advisor, Mr. Myron
HerteL
The conference was held in die
Sheraton Ten-Eyck Hotel in Albany
which not only housed the delega-tion
but provided die lecture and
banquet rooms.
The 1961 Dynandc Experience in
Journalism, as it was called, saw
state colleges, both two and four
year, attending theconferencewldi
a varied numb^ of delegates r ^
resenting dielr respective schools.
Not all state colleges were r ^
resented, but die cross-section
was large and varied enough to
exchange ideas and theories on
Journalism and 0een knowledge of
many publications' practices as to
format, elthics, and improvements
• needed in all areas connected widi
this subject. Much was learned
dirou^ lectures and workshops
which can be utilized by all pub-lications
which were represented.
The events participated in by our
delegation included a banquet on
die first evening of theconfemice,
woxicshops on fields of individual
(feature writing, photography, art,
etc.) Interests to student and fac-ulty
represenutives, coffee hours,
and tours of die Capitol Building
and odier places ^ interest.
In conclusion, SUATI may be
Justiy proud of its representation.
The effects of the intellectual con-tributions
of die staff representa-tives
will be felt by the officers
of die Conference and all those in
Annual Elettions
Held At Assembly
Friday, November 3, 1961,
marked the annual Freshmen class
elections. Ted Baker, the senior
class president opened the affair
and explained the votingprocedure
to the Freshmen class. Each per-son
was given a ballot and asked
to vote for eight people. Then our
president. Dr. Laffin, gave a short
address on the meaning of elec-tions.
He stated that this event
showed in every respect, "Our
fundamental right of die American
way of liberty." He dien went on
to wish eveyone luck and to urge
die students to make wise deci-sions
in their voting.
The groiq} of newly elected of-ficers
are indeed an impressive
one. They are: Lanny Cans, T<an
Krumenacher, Ed Lynch, Lw Mar-shall,
Tony Orlando, Tim Powers*
Barry Ruscitti, and Joe Sisak. AU
of d i ^ come from excellent h l^
school backgrounds. Lee Marshall,
die only girl, had a wldb variety
of high school activities, both po-
-> litically and socially. Tom Kxu-menacher,
who attended Eastern
Military Academy, was business
manager of the Yarbook and a 1st
Lleutenam. He dien attended the
University of North Carolina for
me and a half years where he
was Vice President of his Fresh-men
pledge class of the Chi Phi
Fraternity. Joe Sisak, was a
Freshman at SUATI last year and
is die very active president of our
Radio Chib—WATL
Many sincere and excellentcam-palgn
promises were made. Tbn
Powers, who gave a very fuimy
speech In the style of Marc An-thony,
is a commuter and he prom-ises
us diis won't hinder his coop-eration
and participation. Lanny
Cans stated diat he "wished to
make the Class of '63 an out-standing
class in every possible
respect." This cry was echoed
by both Tony Orlando and Barry
Ruscitti. Barry also said, "prom-ises
are no good, everthing de-pends
on us, the Class of '63."
Ed Lynch, a member of Student
Council, asked us to consider the
candidates "who are honest and
will do a good Job."
Althou^ there was some mix-up
in the DiH. ballots, the elec-tion
went off very well and every-one
was satisfied widi die new
class officers. As Barry Ruscitti
said, "promises are no good, ev-erything
depends on us, die Class
of 1963."
attendance for some time tocome.
At the Conference's Business
Meeting on the night of October
27, two ammendments were
brought up on the floor by die mem-bers
of the SUATI delegation. On
the following morning diese and
other ammendments to the Consti-tution
of die State Press Con-ference
were voted on by all rep-resentatives
in attendacne. THE
ONLY TWO AMMENDMENTS
PASSED WERE THOSE BROUGHT
TO MOTION BY THE REP-RESENTATIVES
OF SUATI, A
TWO-YEAR UNIVERSFTY, DEF-INITELY
IN A POSITION OF IN-FERIORITY
AS TO THE POWER
r r CARRIED IN COMPARISON TO
THE FOUR-YEAR SCHOOLS REP-RESENTED.