The_Rambler_1964-03-20

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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.L, N.Y.
Volume XXXIV - No. 8 MARCH 20, 1964
, Visitor From Cliile
Or. Juan Gomez-Mi/Zas (center), president of the National
University of Chile is seen conferring with Dr. William C. Spen-cer
(left), assistant secretary general. Council on Higher Edu-cation
in the American Republics, Institute of International
Education, and Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr., president of State
University's Agricultural and Technical Institute at Farmingdale,
N.Y. The University of Chile is currently pioneering the develop-ment
of two-year regional colleges and Dr. Gomez, who is visit-ing
this country by invitation of the Council, met with Dr. Laffin
to discuss the development and role of the two-year college.
The Council, which is sponsored by the Ford and Carnegie
Foundations, was established to bring together presidents of
universities in the United States and Latin America for the ex-change
of ideas and to be of mutual assistance in educational
development. After State University at Farmingdale, Dr. Gomez
will visit the University of Minnesota and the University of
California at Berkeley.
Al Hirt To
Visit SUATI
AL HIRT, WOW.D-FAMOUS
JAZZ TRUMPETEER AND HIS
BAND. WILL PRESENT A JAZZ
FESTIVAL SATURDAY, APRIL 25
AT 8:30 P.M. IN ALLARD FIELD
HOUSE AS A GRAND CLIMAX TO
A WEEK OF MUSIC SPONSORED
BY IDC. Admission will be $2.00
for SUATI students and staff and
$3.00 for non-students. Tickets
will be on sale at various places on
campus after Easter vacation and
exhibits of his records will be in
the Lupton lobby Student Activities'
showcase along with radio concerts
of his top-selling releases by
WATI.
Wednesday evening, April 22, a
free choral concert will be pre-sented
by Broome Technical Com-munity
College 80-Voice College
Choir and Men's and Women's Glee
Club under the direction of Charles
M. Greene. The Choir will sing at
the World's Fair April 23 and stay
at Farmingdale Motel for a few
days while performing at nearby
colleges.
Thursday, April 23, the last as-sembly
of Ae season will feature
the Ivy League Trio, a young folk
singing group.
Marines Are Bacli
R.P. Green, Captain U.S.
Marine Corps, will be on Cam-pus
on April 13th from 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m., to discuss
opportunities with the Corps.
They will be located in the Main
Lobby of Lupton Hall.
STUDENTS TO MTEND
MOCK SENATE
Each year, colleges from all
over the state send delegates to
the assembly chambers in Albany.
Each delegation presents a bill on
some phase of New York State law.
The delegation consists of 8 mem-bers
w&) have 4 votes between
them.
At Mock Senate, each bill is pro-cessed
exactly as bills are pro-cessed
in the actual lerfslature.
The student senators wrw attend
are able to see the state lawmaking
process at work and they also have
a chance to participate in the pro-ceedings
the same way our elected
lawmakers turn the legal wheels up
at Albany.
The fifteenth session will beheld
April 23 to 26. The delegates will
stay at the Shine Ten'eych hotel
where a banquet will be held.
The faculty advisor isMr.Le-vine
and the senior senators are:
Bob Brown, Ron Ovens, Bill Cubing
and John ^saule. Any interested
freshmen will be welcomed with
open arms. Since no regular meet-ings
are held, notices of meetings
are placed on bulletin boaros.
ASSiHlBlY
Mr. Leon Volkov, Soviet Affairs
Editor for Newsweek Magazine,
was the featured speaker at the
Assembly held in the AUard Field
House on Thursday, March ISL at
11 a.m. Mr. Volkov, who defected
to the West shortly after the close
of World War II, was born in Mos-cow
and was trained as an engineer
and pilot. Mr. Volkov, whose life
story and escape from Russia is
recounted in William L. White's
book, "Land of Milk and Honey",
has written articles on Russia and
has served as observer of world
relations with Russia,
ATUNTioM commmi CHAIRHHIN
ATTiNTION CLUB mSIDlNTS
The next issue of the RAMBLER will not be pub-lished
until Open House so that the RAMBLER staff
may concentrate on the publication of a "Goodwill"
twelve page issue. This publication will represent both
the college and the college paper.
The RAMBLER staff has promised to produce an
is sue that will form a strong and favorable impression
upon the public. However, we cannot do it alone. We
need the complete cooperation of the various curricu-lums
and clubs planning to take an active part in Open
House.
We now welcome any and all articles that the com-mittees
representing the curriculums wish to have
printed. Similarly, if you have or will have photographs
taken of your committee in action (setting up displays,
drawing up plans, etc.), we will, if they are in good
contrast, print them along side the copy submitted.
All material that you wish to submit should be placed
in the RAMBLER mailbox in the student post office.
The deadline is April 17.
The most critical time in forming an image of any
college or institute is the day or days when the public
is invited to visit the campus itself. If there is a slack
in student and faculty participation in campus activi-ties,
the time to dismiss such a situation is now. This
is a team effort. For two days at least, we must all
become public relations men. Given a chance, it could
be a lot of fun!
RAMBLER PLACES
SECOND AT CSPA
Three-day Conference Ends At Waldorf
The RAMBLER, representing the State University
of Farmingdale in the Columbia Scholastic Press As-sociation
Conference, placed second in a field of 30,
in the junior college category of school offset publica-tions
, Second place was shared with the WOODEN
HORSE, of St. Petersburg Junior College, Florida.
First place was shared between
the COLBY COURIER, Colby Jun-ior
College, New Hampshire, the
MOUNTAINEER, Eastern Okla-homa
Agricultural & Mechanical
College, Wilbertan, Oklahoma, the
Dr. Laffin Baiks
4'tear College
rOR<ATR Pensacola Junior r o l - ^ Dr. Cha^rtaletse WU.nLiavfefrisni,t yJ'rs .,pArgersi--
CHIEFTAIN, Itawamba Junior Col-lege,
Itawamba, Mississippi.
The judges based their decisions
primarily on content, make-up, and
editorial writing.
The Conference was attended by
eight of the RAMBLER Staff. The
eight members were Bob Coiro,
Jean King, Len Guardino, Jane
Cohen, Charlotte Butler, Paul
Aquavella, Jack Mattis and Mrs.
McColm, the advisor to the RAMB-LER.
During the first two days of the
three-day conference, the mem-bers
spent the major part of the
time attending various "work-shops.'
' These wo rkshops, of which
there were over one-hundred and
seventy five, were one-hour meet-ings
in the form of lectures, clinics
(question and answer periods), and
round-table discussions. The staff
spent ^total of over eighteen hours
at Columbia University atternling
workshops, special features (such
as luncheons with Bob Considine
and David Susskind as guest
speakers), and various other signi-ficant
events.
The highlight of the conference
was the Saturday afternoon lunch-eon
at the Waldorf Astoria, at-tended
by three of the staff mem-bers
(Bob Coiro, Jack Mattes, and
Charlotte Butler), Among honored
speakers were Dr, Grayson Kirk,
President of Columbia yniversity,
and Warren Wiggins, Acting Direc-tor
of the Peace Corps.
All of those staff members who
attended the conference stated that
it was, not only enjoyable, but edu-cational
as well. The staff hopes to
employ what it has learned at Co-lumbia
in all future I^AMBLER
issues.
cultural and Technical Institute at
Farmingdale stated that his college
enthusiastically endorsed the plan
for a new state four-year college
at Mitchel Field as outlined by
Speaker of the Assembly Josepn
Carlino on Friday, February 28,
"In addition to providing an op-portunity
for our graduates to con-tinue
their education. Dr. Laffin
said, "it will afford us fuller utili-zation
of 'Planting Fields at Oyster
Bay' than if the four-year college
had been located there,
"Farmingdale has been admin-istering
theCoe family estate since
it was willed to State University in
1955," he said, "Thepark useout-lined
by Assemblyman Carlino is
in keeping with tne objectives of
the present Arboretum,
"It is our opinion," president
Laffin said, "that the present
buildings at Oyster Bay now could
best be utilized as adjunct instruc-tional
facilities for the Farming-dale
Technical Institute program."
"Good Gays
To Appear
ff
High way Sfwdetts
Visit USFC
On Friday, February 28, the
Highway Technology students took
part in a field trip to the design
office of the Long Island State Park
Commission,
Professional Engineer George
Barry explained in detail the plans
for tne construction of the Robert
Mo»es State Park at Fire Island,
He explained to the students the
ot such construction instru-
The New York Paramount,
Broadway and 43rd Street, will
offer a special ten day Easter
stage show running from March
27th through April 5th, It is the
first live show at that theatre
in six years.
Headlining the bill will be the
WMCA "Six Good Guys" radio
personalities making their Broad-way
theatre debut. An all-star
pop music show will feature Sam
Cooke. Jackie Wilson, Bobby
Rydell, James Brown and com-pany,
Lesley Gore, The Four
Seasons, King Curtis and band,
and many surprise guest artists.
Ruth Meyer, Program Director
for WMCA, stated that "the Good
Guys" are making their Paramount
appearance in honor of B. Mitchel
Reed on the first anniversary of
his rise as the Number One air
personality in New York,"
ICC
use
ments as the Photo
surveying the area
lie fill in the construction "of the
highway and parking lots to requir-ing
elevation.
This trip, one of the many trijos
taken during the semester, enabled
the student to see in practice the
methods learned in class.
The Inter-Council of Clubs, pre-viously
a seperate and individual
organization, last month became
a standing and active committee
of the Student Senate,
The purpose of the club, which
was voluntarily suspended last
ian^d Stnfe SHyLdrnau"- ^F^e^b^r uary, is to^ ^foj^rmg ^ a^ny o^r^g^a^n iza^-
have council on various issues.
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