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UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.I., N.Y.
Volume XXXIY - No. 1 October 18, 1963
AND THERE WAS POPPA BEAR, MAMA BEAR,
AND BABY BEAR. . .
These bull-dozers were the first signs of the beginning of the
construction of new Library-Laboratory combination, which is
planned to be completed in August of 1964.
DRAMA CLUB TO "ENTER LAUGHING
Casting Call for Next Week
A theatre party inNew YorkCity
•for Drama Club members and
guests will be not the first, but
second feature of the Club's fall
activities. "Enter Laughing", a
popular Broadway hit, is the play
sdected for Friday evening No-vember
1.
On Friday of this week, the
Drama Club will act as co-sponsor
of a dance at the Log Cabin, the
first time this term that club mem-bers
tiave had an opportunity to get
together. Drama Club's regular
casting call is set this year for
October 24th at 7:30 in me usual
meeting place, the lounge of Ward
Hall. Mrs. Sherman, mculty ad-visor
to the club, informed The
Rambler that a preliminary sur-vey
of freshman hopefuls makes
her quite optimistic about select-ing
a talented and dedicated cast
for this year's production of TAKE
HER SHE'S MINE. She added, how-ever,
that unlike previous years,
the Drama Club does not have the
wide range of technical student
volunteers they have been accus-tomed
to. For this reason, Mrs,
Sherman urged all young men or
women who have experience or
desire to act as stage managers
or members of stage crew to ans-wer
the cast call. One unusual re-quirement
this year is for girl
volunteers who can PLAY THE
GUITAR. Mrs, Sherman also added
that, contrary to the usual im-pression,
there are never enough
boys answering casting call. BOYS
WHO CAN ACT are urged to re-serve
the evening of October 24th,
A Brief History of Our School
By Bob Coiro
With the registration of the freshman October 2 SUATI has entered
its fifty-first year of teaching. The purpose of this article is to
famQiarize both seniors and freshman with the earlier developements
of our school.
The first concepts of establishing an agricultural school on Long
Island were presented by Dr, Franklin W. Hooper, the Director of the
Institute of Arts and Science, Brooklyn, New York. Mr, Hoope? and
many Long Island residents of importance constantly pressed for.
legislative actions. The results produced the Harte-Thompson Act of
1912, This act provided for the establishment of the New York State
School of Agriculture, later known as the State Institute of Applied
Agriculture and still later The State Institute of Agriculture. The
fourth title, its present title, is The Long Island Agricultural and
Technical Institute. The original purpose of the Institute was to
prepare students for agricultural occupations and to advise farmers
and people in related enterprises with regard to their problems.
After a board of trustees was appointed, a site on the Nassau-
Suffolk County line consisting of the R.S. Mott farm and three smaller
farms was purchased by the State. As the buildings were being con-structed
the Institute, under its first director Albert Johnson, accepted
its first group of students, about 60, in March, 1916,
Under the Antin Bill (1923) the Institute was placed under the
jurisdiction of the State Board ofRegents, That same year the Director-ship,
after the resignation of Johnson, was authorized to Mr, Halsey
E Knapp, who had previously organized and developed the New York
State School of Agriculture at Coblestone, N.Y.
In 1946 a large building in the village of Farmingdale was leased
as temporary quarters for a new Industrial-Technical Division, The
building, known then as the Nazareth Trade School, is now more
commoniy termed the Tech building or Lupton Hall,
In its early years, the school offer^ regular four year courses
and some shorter training programs in Agriculture. The regular
courses reduced to three years in 1920, and again to two years In
1935, consisted of general information for beginners and areas of
specialization including animal husbandry, vwetaBle production, dairy-ing
and rural engineering for upper classmen.'^e division of Ornamental
Horticulture offering specialized training In floriculture, nursery and
landscaping has been In operation since 1937,
Among me many special courses given during the years, the Teacher
Training Program from 1924 to 1934, the Woman's Land Army Training
programs In both World Wars and the War Industries Training Programs
of World War II were most outstanding. Evening courses included
Polutry Disease and Egg Laying.
In 1946, the school passM the one thousand enrollment figure. The
Industrial Tech Building was finally opened In 1962. SUATI now has
a present enrollment of approxlmat^y 2,000.
Phi
Theta
Kappa
Chapter Opens
In 1918, forty-five years ago,
at a meeting of the presidents
of the Missouri Junior Colleges
at Hardin-'College in Missouri,
the Phi Theta Kappa fraternity was
born.
The fraternity was developed
when two hundred twelve junior
colleges selected it as the best
means for giving recognition to
their outstanding students. Only
under the following conditions may
a junior college have a chapter...
(Article VI. Establishment of
Chapters Section 1) "Active chap-ters
may be established at any
junior college which offers two
years of college equivalent to the
freshman and sophomore years of a
fully accredited four-year college
or university; provided that the
college applying is a member of
the American Association of Jun-ior
Colleges and of a regional
accrediting agency, or fulfills the
requirements of • the Executive
Committee."
Financially, the application and
membership as a chapter total
slightly over $60. Scholastically,
the membership means much
more. Qualities such as leader-ship,
competition (for national
awards), culture, and service to
the school are of great sig-
.nificance.
Through the efforts of Professor
Wallace and Dr. DeLlello SUATI
will found a chapter of the National
Honorary Scholastic Society of Phi
Theta Kappa, The founding mem-bers
are eagerly awaiting the of-ficial
assignment of the chapter
name. The spear-hear of the Ag-gie
entrance into the Fraternity
was lead by the Chairman of the
Steering Committee, Bruce Bas-kin.
The results of Farmingdale's
acceptance will first become notic-able
in the form of a lecture series
entitled "Expanding Horizons,"
Floats Prepared
For
Homecoming
Homecoming Day, October 26,
will feature a bigger and better
float parade and will highlight a
football game between SUATI and
the C.W. Post Frosh.
The parade, sponsored by the
Alumni Association Inc., Is opened
to any faculty advised student
groups. First prize Is $50 with
me winner's name Inscrlb^onthe
Kawanls - sponsored trophy, sec-ond
prize Is $35, and the third
prize Is $25, The winners will be
decided by a three member panel
of outside judges at 1:00 P.M. at
the last side oF AUard field house.
A net award of a $25 savings bond
will be awarded to a student by a
drawing from names submitted by
each group for the individual who
has done the most on his group's
float.
Prizes will be awarded following
a parade at halftlme. Forms and
applications are avallaUe from any
member of the Alumni Ass'n, Inc.
or Float Parade committee.
MUSTN'T TiRE THE BOYS ! ! I
Coach Tom Watt is taking no chances in his bid for another winning
football season.
Introduting the Drama Club
The year 1961 is a memorable
year in the history of SUATI. For
it was this year that marked the
conception and birth of a club
whose goals and ideals were, to say
the least, quite radical for a tech-nical
university such as Farming-dale.
It was the year that saw Mr.
Gerald Tavenier and Mr, William
Lattimore pool their efforts to
form the Drama Club of the State
University at Farmingdale. It was
with their help thattheDramaClub
successfully staged their first pro-duction,
"The Man Who Came To
Dinner", by Moss Hart and George
S. Kaufman.
The following year the club pre-sented
"Auntie Mame" by Jerome
Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, once
again under the direction of Will-iam
Lattimore,
After Mr. Lattimore left the
SUATI campus Mrs. Bernice Sher-man
of the General Education De-partment
assumed position as fac-ulty
advisor.
This past season the Drama
Club presented Gretchen Draper
and Neil Rose as "The Great
Sebastians".
But enough of the club's history.
Now why snould you, as incoming
freshman, be Interested In the
Drama Club as a major part of
your extra-curricular activity?
: Number one, the Drama Club offers
to Incoming freshmen a sort of
challenge and personal satisfac-tion
that can be found no where
else on campus. Number two, as
the Drama Club endeavors to put
on one major production each sea-son,
all those concerned are able
to let any hidden desires they may
have haa In the past emerge and
become a reality. Let's face It, all
of us, at one time or another,
have had the desire to actually get
out on a stage whether It be In a
costume or with a guitar slung
over our neck. For those who can't
quite bring themselves to get up
on a stage, there is always the
radio microphone and a good part
in one of the club's radio plays.
How about this year; what's in
store? Well, that's up to you. For
the past couple of years the Drama
Club has wanted to produce a
musical. You shower-room croon-ers
and would-be Kingston Trios,
lend us your talent and we'll do it.
The Drama Club is by no means
limited to those interested in act-ing
and theater, per se. You fresh-men
with an interest in lighting
and set construction, sound and
audio, there is a place for you.
Don't forget that it is the people
backstage and in the wings who
are the backbone of any produc-tion,
Future ET's and BC's take
note. To those who showed any
interest in their high school pro-ductions,
you have already re-ceived
personal invitations to be-come
part of the Drama Club, To
all others, consider this your invi-tation.
Sure, you'll work hard. You'll
wish you were dead those last few
days before opening night. But by
the time that final curtain falls
you will have a feeling within you
Impossible to describe, a feeling
of accomplishment, awe, and sat-isfaction
you'll find no where else.
You'll be working with a great
group of kids. YouUl be working
hard, but you'll be enjoying your-self
at the same time.
George Cogan
President of Drama Club
THE RAMBLER MEETS
EACH WEDNESDAY AT
11 IN THE RAMBLER OF-FICE
ABOVE THE REC
HALL, ANYONE INTER-ESTED
IS WELCOME TO
TO ATTEND