The_Rambler_1964-01-21

              STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.L, N.Y.
Volume XXXrV - No. 6 January 21, 1964
HOOTENANNY HITS SUATI
A total of 1200 persons appeared
at the American Hootenanny which
took place at the State U a ^ e r s -
ity of Farmingdale January 11,
1964.
The hootenanny was held at the
Allard Field house in which a plat-form
was set in the center of the
floor and the "Hoot" attend-e
r s were seated around the plat-form
at all four sides.
Things got underway at 8:30 at
which time the announcer, Logan
English, started the "Hoot." The
f i r s t to appear on stage was Joan
Myers. Understanding the meaning
of hootenanny. Miss Myers sang a
song in which the auaience par-ticipated.
It was noted that Miss
Myers' style of folk singing de-picted
that of Joan Baez in which
the soft ballad type of singing was
performed. She accompaniecfher-s
e l f on her guitar for her com-plete
repertoire of songs and was
brought back to the stage for an
encore after an explosion of ap-plauds
and whistles.
Logan English introduced, after
his own mdody of songs in which
he accompanied himself on the
guitar, Lenny and Dick, Aggie s t u-dents.
Besides singing s u ^ songs
as Railroad Bill, Marching to P r e -
toria and others, the boys put on
an impressive comedy routine in
v.'hich the audience was very re-ceptive.
In their song, Marching to
Pretoria, t h ^ asked the audience
for, verbs to fit into the song.They
23ked for verbs of the audience's
favorite activity and the audience
more than cooperated. One mem-ber
of the audience yelled out
thp verb prestidigitate, which was
c l e v e r l y fitted into their number.
Lenny and Dick also sang a comic
song titled F r e e White and Jewish.
Main Attraction
After a ten-minute intermission
in which the audience was able to
obtain refreshments, the main at-traction
of the evening, the Green-briar
Boys, appeared. The mem-bers
of the group are John Herald,
guitar and lead voice; Ralph Rin-s
l e r , mandolin and baritone voice;
and Bob Yellin, 5 string banjo and
tenor voice. The style of music
that the Greenbriar Boys play is
Blue Grass with which they won
the Old-Time Band Competition at
the Fiddlers Convention in Union
Grove, North Carolina, in 1960.
With the closing of the Green-briar
Boys, amateur folk singers
from S.U.A.T.I. performed. The
f i r s t act was a trio of Ken Bass,
Dave Bitters and Helen Yaros-zach.
Their song was called "500
Miles". The next act was a gui-tar
soloist folk singer whose name
was not available at p r e s s time.
Following the solo was Morton
Frank and Jeffrey Umansky, both
of whom played instruments. They
sang two numbers, an African l u l -
laby called "Kum-ba-ya" in which
the audience participated and f i n -
ished with an Irish song titled
"Roddy McCorley". Finisning off
the amateur section and the show
was Pete Lent and Derek Wright,
singing "All My T r i a l s " followed
by "Miraya".
American Hootenanny, being the
f i r s t of its kind at Farmingdale
University, was enjoyed by all
present. At 11:15 the last chord
was strummed and the last note
faded bringing an end to the even-ing.
SUATI Cfcosen
State University's Agricultural
and Technical Institute at Farm-ingdale
is one of the 50 junior
c o l l e g e s in the country selected to
be a part of the American A s s o -
ciation of Junior Colleges'project,
"Appraisal and Development of
Junior College Programs", an-nounced
Dr. Charles W. Laffin,
J r . , president of the college.
The project, which is an inde-
. pendent study established under a
two-year grant f r om the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, will have
as its staff director Dr. Max R,
Raines, dean of students, Flint
Junior College, Flint, Michigan.
Representatives of the selected
junior colleges, together with 20
leading educators in the junior
c o l l e g e student persemnel field,
will attend a five-day conference
in April at the Kellogg Center,
[arl Ubell Speaks
At Assembly
LAST FRIDAY, JANUARY 10,
SUATI PLAYED HOST TO EARL
UBELL, SCIENCE E:DITOR OF
THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIB-UNE
AND PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCE-MENT
OF SCIENCE WRITING.
As a Phi Beta Kappa scholar
and physics major, Mr. Ubell has
written for numerous magazines,
both popular and scientific. As a
worl d traveler, he has covered
most of the major science stor-i
e s of the past decade.
Mr. Ubell has also Received
recognition awards frorti West-inghouse,
the Laskers, New York
Society for Mental Health, and the
American Cancer Society;
"DANCE
CARAVAN '64"
The Brooklyn Ballet Associa-tion,
in cooperation with the New
York State Council on the Arts and
the Rebekah Harkness Foundation,
will sponsor a two weeks' Feb-ruary
tour of its Dance Caravan
unit, introducing Brooklyn high
school students to contemporary
dance forms.
The Brooklyn Ballet Associa-tion
"Dance Caravan '64" i s pro-duced
by Byron R, Kelley, Per-forming
Arts Coordinator, Brook-lyn
Academy of Music, and fea-tures
a group of s i x dancers, with
Sophie Maslow as both coreog-rapher
and narrator.
University of Chicago.
Dean Robert McLaughlin will
represent State University at
Farmingdale during the con-ference.
NIGHT NEWS
"Will the Rtal Bob leaf Phase Stand Up
Santa Claus comes in many forms, one of which is Jim 0*Don-oghue.
Jim took part in a warm welcome to the boys from St.
John's Home.
CHRISWAS VISITORS
On December 19, SUATI played
host to forty young boys f r om Saint
John's Home, welcoming them as
Christmas guests. The visitors
ranged from eleven to fourteen
y e a r s .
The boys were given a warm r e -
ception on their arrival. Accom-panied
by student "chaperones,"
they were taken to Lupton Hall, the
dormitories, and various buildings
on campus.
The highlight of theday for many
of them was the witnessing of the
birth of a calf in the cow barn.
After the tours, the boys were
gathered into the lounge of Knapp
Hall where they saw s e v e r a l f i l m s.
At dinner time, the chaperones
seated themselves in the dining
hall to await the company of their
charges. The boys entered, c a r r y -
ing lit caridles and singing the
Christmas carol "Come All Ye
Faithful,"
During the meal the SUATI
Chorus entertained the dining stu-dents
and faculty with such Christ-mas
favorites as "Silver Bells"
and "White Christmas." The
chorus was assembled around a
Christmas tree, which was com-pletely
encircled with g i f t s donated
by both students and faculty mem-bers.
After eating, the boys were
presented with gifts by "Santa,"
senior Jim O'Donaghue.
Over 200 evening courses will
be offered this Spring at State
University's Agricultural and
Technical Institute at Farm-
_ ingdale, announced Dr. Charles W.
yy Laffin, Jr., president of the col-lege.
Registration will take place at
the college on February 6& 7 f r om
6 P. M. to 8 P. M. and on Feb-ruary
8 from 10 A,M. to 12 noon.
C l a s s e s will begin February 13,
1964.
Associate in Applied Science d e -
gree programs are being offered in
business administration, account-ing,
marketing, secretarial s c i -
ence, mechanical design and po-l
i c e science.
Sixteen certificate programs
also are being offered in the tech-nologies,
art and business.
Courses in photography, interior
decorating, social science, read-ing
clinic, horticulture and math-ematics
also will be given.
Further information can be ob-tained
by either writing the Even-ing
Division, State University,
Farmingdale, or by callingCHapel
9-3250.
Frosh...What Does
the Future Hold?
Senior Class officers and administration members
have discussed this problem in relation to our class
government. There has been some discrimination as
to the methods of procedure applied to previous elec-tions
of class officers. They have discussed the pro-posal
of using electioneering instead of assembly pro-grams
in order to give the students running for office
opportunity to make known their porposals and cam-paigns.
In this manner, it is hoped, student partici-pation
and spirit would be increased. Students who
were to vote could also discern between che leaders
and followers among those running.
EXPECT AN EXPLOSION OF SOAP-BOX SPEECHES,
RALLEYS, SIGNS, AND ALMOST ANYTHING TO
WINA VOTE, Stop.. .look.. .and listen. These twelve
freshman candidates want your ideas and its up to
you to choose which ones will carry through for your
class. And when it's time to vote, look for for elec-tion
booths on campus and give a vote of confidence
towards the future!
Submitted by the Candidates for Class Officers
Bob Lent John Busaule THIS THIS
IS IS
ATHllTIC JPOTIIGHT STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
ATTENTION
THERE WILL BE A BASEBAU MEETINfi IN 114 NORTON ON WEDNESOAY
UN. 22 AT 11:00. ALL PLAYERS ARE TO ATTEND. ALSO, THOSE
FRESHMEN INTERESTED IN PLAYIN6 BASEBALL.