The_Rambler_1962-04-06

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VOL. XXXII. No, 17 State Uhlversity Agricultural And Technical Insfitute At Fdrmingdaie April 6, 1962 T ^ l f F J H t I M
Dr. Laffin
To Be
Inaugurated
On Friday, May 11, 1962, Dr.
Charles W. Laffin, Jr. will be
inaugurated as President of the
State University Agricultural and
Technical bistitute at Farming-dale.
Being President of SUATI is not
a small honor. The State Univei^
sity of New York is one of the
largest educational bodies in the -
nation. It consists of 51 units of
which Farmingdale ranks 5th or
6th in size.
The inauguration of Dr Laffin,
as President of SUATI - is a
formal ceremony, traditional to
institutes of higher learning. It's
importance to this institute may
easily be compared with tfie im-portance
of the inauguration of
the Governor of a State or if the
President of a coimtry. This in-auguration
will be a most splendid
affair for SUATI; especially in its
affects on our associations and
upon our position in educaticmal,
professional and political circles.
Many colleges with whomwe have
associations have been invited to
send delegates for tiie formal pro-cessional
and ceremonies. Each
delegate will wear the academic
rob es repres en tin g his college. A1-
so present will be represeitatives
of State Government, the Board of
Regents, the State University, the
State Education Deprtment and
other persons prominent in com-munity
affairs.
The provisional program will
begin with a luncheon in Knapp
' Hall at 1:15 PM for guests and
delegates. Because of this
luncheon, it will be necessary to
flndother facilities for dormitory -
students on that day, A committee
consisting of Mr. Tolino, Mr,
Becker and representative of-
I,D,C. will make the necessary
changes.
The inauguration program will
begin in the gymnasiums at 3:00
PM with Mortimer J. Gleesai pre-siding.
The processional will stait the
Inauguration Program.The student
body will march in ahead of the
processional. Following the stu-dents,
the faculty and official dele-gates
will proceed. After everyone
is seated the National Anthem
will be played,
TUtj Very Revertnd iiUgar P.
FRESHMEN TAKEOVER
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McCarren, Secretary of Echicatian
of the Diocese of RockviUe Center
will deliver the faivocaticn. When
the invocation is completed, five
people will bring greetings to the
new President. Included in tis
group is Mr. Boyd E, G<dder from
Udca, New York, who is Chair-man
of the Committee on Two-year
colleges and institutes and
also on the Board of Trustees of
State University. Dr. E.R. Fret-well
is Associate Commissioner
for M^er Education in the State
Education Deprtmait. Dean Paul
Orivs, executive Dean of hsti-tutes
and Community Colleges is
directly responsible for the opera-tion
of the six Agricultural and
Technical institutes and 23 Com-munity
Colleges. Also bringing
greetings to Ae President will •
be a repres ffltative of students
and a representative of the
faculty, both to be chosen in the
near future.
Upon completion of the greet-ings
to the President, a repre-sentative
of Bishop James P. De-
Wolfe will deliver a prayer.
~ President Thoms H. Hamilton
will then give an address and
formally inaugurate President
Laffin.
President Laffin will then
deliver his Inauguration address
after which Rabbi Morris Kertzer,
National Director of Religious Af-fairs,
American Jewish Com-mittee,
will give the Benediction.
After tiiie recessional, a re-ception
for the guests will take
place in Knapp HalL Again dinner
for the dormitory students will
be delayed.
To the new President, this will
be a most magnificent occasicm,
one made even more significantby
the presence (rf faculty, staff and
students, and as well as other
friends, r^esentatives of odier
colleges, and of the community.
The students part in the inaugura-tion
will beorganized by a com-mittee
of Mr. Mittlener, Mr. E.
Griffiths, Mr. ZuUi, and a re-presentative
of Student CounciL
Classes on May 11th will end at
12:00. Students do notneed tickets,
however, if they wish to bring
relatives or friends they will have
to get special tickets for these
guests. The time and place to
<*>tain these tickets will he an-nounced,
All students are ecpected
to attend the inauguration to join
in wishing Dr, Laffin every suc-cess
possible cm his memorable
day.
All Students Are Cordially Invited To Attend
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The newly elected Student Coun-cil
officers held thefr first meet-ing
last Monday night in Knapp
Hall Lounge. Retiring President,
Tom Jackson, delivered a deeply
moving address to the assembly
before presenting the gavel to the
new president, Jon Gaciola. He
expressed confidence in the new
executive board to carry on the
endeavors of Student CounciL In
spite of the depressing attendance, '
a thundering standing ovati(m was
given Jackson as he took his seat
among the other student repre-sentatives.
It Is unfortunate that
organization have such lim-ited
tools for expressing
gratitude to retiring
'leaders. Few students will ever realize the difficulties experienced
by Mr. Jackson and his executive board. Our hats off for a job well
done, to Tom, Bill Hobby, Heather Roberts, Dick Keckler, Jay Hell-man,
and Anne Bienil^
The "New Frontier''
Assuming their duties with President Gaciala are Henry Kogak,
Vice President; Larry Nelson, Treasurer; Beverly Dejesu, Record-ing
Secretary; Marilyn Rakovich, Corresponding Secretary; and Jane
Hall, Parlimentarian.
Gaciala displayed the same dignity and compelling authority that
was characteristic of Mr. Jackson and Mr. Adamo before him. This
one characteristic had made him an almost (^vious successor to Mr.
Jackson.
Mr. Gaciala* s policies, set forth in his campaign speech, sparks
with all the vitality of a "New Firontier" for Student Council. He has
already appointed a Student Council Historian to record all major
actions taken by the Council for possible use by future Councils. He
has set down definite plans to shorten future Council meetings, a
h a i ^ note for many representatives. Also instituted by the new officers
is weekly Student Council announcements over W^.T.I. This will
very definitely supplement the poor communications on campus.
Time of announcements will be cOTveyed to you by your representa-tive
as soon as it becomes definite.
A resident of Yonkers, N.Y., Mr. Gaciala is a member of NOMA
and will be seai in the Drama Club's presentation of "Auntie Mame".
Henry Kogak, an ACHR freshmen from Maryland, has begun his
duties as Vice President. Among diese are editor of the student
handbook and Hue & Cry, chairman of die Traffic Court and the
myriad of duties and responsibilities of being right hand man to the
Presidait. We have every right to believe that Mr. Kogak will be an
effective and cwiscientious student leader.
Larry Nelsoi, an Agronomy major from New Jersey, can expect
to be knee-deep in ledgers and journals as he assumes his duties
as Treasurer. And in case you don't see much of Bev Dejesu and
Marilyn Rakovich around campus, they'll probably be off somewhere
trying to decipher their minutes in time for the next Council meeting
or typing up the dozens of letters and requests that come to the floor
each meeting.
A note of caution to freshmen: most people will agree that even the
best leaders only reflect the support of flieir followers. Don't let the
talents of these enterprising students be wasted by apathetic students!
Present ideas of benefit to the student body to your representative. If
you have a gripe, the right place to expound on it is at Student Council,
either throu^ your representative or personally.
You, tiie class of '63, hold the key to the future success of YOUR
Student Council,
ICC Elects New Officers
The start of a new year and
new achievements for ICC has
begun. Under the guidance of the
ndw officers, ICC plans for reor-ganizatin
and adherance to the
proposed constitution have been
accelerated to transform your stu-dent
organization into the best one
seen on this campus in many a
year.
The new officers, A1 Mears-
President, Mike Rabin-Vice Pre-sident,
Jim D'AIbro Treasurer,
Arlene Gertzen-Secretary, and
Anita Rolavs-Seargeant at Amis,
have already intergrated many
ideas into the future workings of
the council.
Some of the main {X)ints under
discussion are as follows; a
budget, attendance, publicity,
scheduling of meeting and dances,
correspondance between ICC and
the various clubs, and changes in
the council's constitution.
These are simply samplings of
the work and creativeness which is
being poured into the making of
an efficient, well organi/^i.^ and
well coordinated ICC.
The cooperation ol the various
clubs at SI ATI will Iv deeply
aKJreciated by the rxecuiivt r>oard
of ICC during the all in\tx)nani
upcoming weeki< and loUowui;
moiiitu>.