The_Rambler_1964-11-10

              STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE» L.L, N.Y.
VOL. XXXV NO. 1 NOVEMBER 10, 1964
SUATI Appoints
51 New Staff Members
By Barbara Benson
Fifty-One men and women have been appointed
to the faculty and staff of SUATI. These positions
include one assistant desin, five counselors, two
librarians, 22 assistant grofessors, two associate
professors, six instructors, seven part-time in-structors,
and six technical assistants. The
RAMBLER joins the student body and faculty in
welcoming these new members to our school.
Fall Enrollment Breaks
All Records At SUATI
Breaking all previous records for student enrollment during its first
half-century of existence. State University's Agricultural and Technical
Institute here registered a grand total of 6,707 students for its fall trimester,
according to Dr. Charles W. Laffin Jr., president, in a recent report to the
college's Board of Trustees.
Administration; Frank A, Cip-riani,
Asst. Dean of Eve, & Ext.
Student Personnel; Arnold
Cordts, Admissions Counselor;
Richard H, Edel, Admissions
Counselor; George F. Hauck,
Counselor (Residence Halls);
James R. McClintock, Counselor
(Student Activity Coordinator);
Andrew P. Abbinanti, Counselor
(Director of Residence Halls).
Library; Natalie Tsonev (Act-ing
Librarian); Rhoda C. Zulli,
Librarian returning after Jan. 1,
1965.
Biological Technology; Win-ston
H. Lavallee, Instructor;
Robert Rothstein, Asst. Prof.;
Naomi Newman, P/T Instr.
Ans 8t Design; Guy Corriero,
Instructor; Thomas R. DeSalvo,
Tech. Asst.; Robert R.Gladwish,
Instructor; Tad Krumeich, Asst.
Prof.; William Pesce, Tech.
Asst.; Francis Pellegrini, Asst.
Prof.; R. DeSoto, P/T Instr.;
Aldrick E. Dowling P/T Instr.;
George Facella, P ^ Instr.; Ed-ward
J, Sinnott P/T Instr,
Business Administration: Ar-lene
Graffa, Instrxjctor; Alexan-dria
A. Javorski, Asst. Prof;
Alice M. Lewis, Asst. Prof.; John
E. Muehlig, Asst. Prof.; Robert
H. Newman, Asst. Prof.; Paul
Wolotkin, Assoc. Prof,
Construction Technology; Jo-seph
M, DeChiara, Asst. Prof.
Electrical Technolijgy; Salva-tore
Barbasso, Asst. Prof.
Mechanical Technology; Ed-mund
M. Mayer, Asst. Prof.
English; Cornelius McAdorey,
Asst. Prof,; Margaret Breen,
Asst, Prof,; Sheldon E. Fein,
Asst. Prof.; Charles A. Lewis,
Asst, Prof.
Social Science; Robert C,
Blank, Asst, Prof,; Lloyd Jones,
Assoc, Prof,
Mathematics; John T, Dono-hue,
Asst, Prof,; George Zahn,
Asst, Prof.
Physics; Yuen S. Chinn, Asst.
Prof.; Michael W, Robin, Asst,
Prof.; Joseph Shane,TechnJVsst.
Dental Hygiene; Dr. William
Christ, P/T Clinical Instr,; Pam-ela
J, Ellman, Instructor; Mar-garet
A, Lind, Tech. Asst.; Syl-via
Taylor, Tech. Asst.
Nursing; Sylvia Martin, Asst.
Prof.; Eva Thost, Asst. Prof.;
Matilda A. Topliski, Instructor,
Health & Ptrysical Ed.; Alex-ander
Young, Asst. Prof,; S,
Ellsworth, P/T Instr,
Over 6J00 Students Attending
Queensbonugh Community
College Host To Student
Government Representatives
Twenty-five student and faculty representatives
of nine New York Community Colleges met at
Queensborough Community College on Saturday,
October 3rd, to open the 1964-65 activities of the
four year old College and Institute Student Govern-ment
Association's Region 1,
This region includes all two-year colleges within
New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester
counties.
The meeting resolved to call
together the editos of all the
community college newspapers
to discuss creation of a perman-ent
intercollege editorial confer-ence.
Discussion by the editors
will take place at the November
7 th meeting of CISGA at Suffolk
Community College.
Chairman of the October 3rd
meeting was Rosanne Guadagno,
of Queensborough Community
College, who Is vice president
of Region 1. Q.C.C. student
Alan Gassberg is Treasurer,
and Elaine Feldman is Secretary,
Professor Irving Slade of the
Q.C.C. Department of Student
Personnel, is Region 1 advisor.
Participants in the meeting
at Queensborough were; Darlene
Leskln, of the Bronx, and Jane
MUeUch, Manhattan, both rep-resenting
Fashion Institute of
Technology; Henry Frisz of Man-hattan
and Roni Silverman of the
Bronx, both representing Nassau
Community College; Joan Meg-erle,
Brooklyn and Helen
Toppins, Brooklyn, both repre-senting
Queensborough Com-munity
College; Tony DeMaid,
Brooklyn, and Jerry Tritz,
Oceanside, L.L, both represent-ing
New York City Community
College; Ruth Brokowsky, Bay-side,
Mai Press, Jackson
Heights, Diana Brandt, Flushing,
Shiela Rubin, Flushing, Patricia
Pitta, Whitestone, Edward Lind-sly,
Holliswood, N.Y. and Luis
Sanchez, Corona, all represent-ing
Queensborough; Vincent
Abramo, of North Babylon, rep-resenting
Suffolk Community
College and Norene McGee, of
Official figures for the col-lege's
20 Associate Degree cur-riculums
Indicate a full-time stu-dent
enrollment of 2,155, a
14,9 percent increase over the
1,875 registered last year.
The 1,132-member freshmen
class also marks a new high
for"the Farmingdale college.
The college's Evening Division
reports 4,552 students engaged
in part-time study in over 250
Freshman
Queen Chosen
On October 22, at 12:30 in
Knapp Hall Lounge, several staff
members, acting as judges, se-lected
Eve Risucci, S.S.A., TKB
Freshman Queen. First and
second runners - up were
Stephanie Calone and Laurino
Lauro, respectively. Other con-testants
were Sherry Small,
Susan Beneke, Suzanne Lagasse,
Linda Delack, Sharon Riddell,
and Lucielle Terra.
The girls were judged in five
categories, worth five points
each. They were appearance,
poise, voice, walk, and posture.
After walking forward to the
judging area, each girl was re-quired
to give a short talk about
her interests and life at SUATI,
At the conclusion of the con-test
a lovely bouquet was pre-sented
to the newly elected queen,
and corsages given to the
runners-up.
North Babylon, both represent-ing
Suffolk Community College;
Mary Ann de Grasse, Flushing,
representing New York City
Community College; Patricia Ann
lacobazzo, of Brooklyn, and Vin-cent
Frizziola, of Staten Island,
both representing Staten Island
Community College; William
Hitchock of Amityville, L.L, and
Tony Moglia, of South Hemp-stead,
both representing the State
Agricultural and Technical In-stitute
at Farmingdale, L.I., and
Robert Marshall, of Columbia
Heights, Brooklyn, and Sidney
Joe Tremml of Far Rockaway,
both representing New York City
Community College.
Also discussed at the meeting
was the best approach to orien-tation
of incoming freshmen at the
two year colleges. Queens-borough
Community College was
praised by the delegates for
"spirited and enthusiastic lea-dership,
and warmth, comfort
and feeling of unity" imparted
to freshmen during orientation
this semester. These qualities
were stipulated as essential to
any successful orientation pro-gram.
After discussing the problem
of student representation at the
Agricultural and Technical In-stitute
at Farmingdale, the meet-ing
recommended that a student
senate be created to inspire a
feeling of unity within the In-sUtute.
different courses, including 2,293
persons attending courses grant-ing
full academic credit.
Currently operating on a trim-ester
basis, State University at
Farmingdale had 447 students
enrolled full-time in six cur-rlculums
during the summer tri-mester
which extended from June
29 to October 9.
Fall trimester classes will
end February 9, 1965 and the
college expects nearly 300 new
freshmen to register for the
spring trimester beginning Feb-ruary
17.
Enrollment Imreases
for New Term
A total enrollment of 2,155 full-time day students
has been reported as of October 21, by the office
of the Registrar. The breakdown of students ac-cording
to curriculum is as follows:
Freshman 2nd 3rd 4th
Semester Semester Semester
Agriculture
Agronomy 19 16
Animal Science 54 53
Poultry Science Jl^ 6
Total Agriculture 84 75
Food Technology 39 21
Ornamental Horticulture 85 46
Biology Techn<dc^ 74 36
Advertising. Art & .
Design 50 55 49 31
Business Administration 51 35 42 15
Secretarial Science
Advertising 62 45 58 10
Secretarial Science
Industry 11 7 28 4
Air Conditioning 29 14
Aircraft Operation 48 37
Building Construction 85 22 11
Civil Technology (H & B) 21 20
Chemical Technology 36 13
Dental Hygiene 81 65
Electrical Technology 72 36 37 10
Mechanical Power
Technol^y 80 25
Mechanical Technology 78 52
Photographic Equ^
ment Technoloev 21 16
Nursing 46 22 35
Engineering Science 80 14 30
1.132 214 721 81
2nd Semester -
3rd Semester -
4th Semester -
214
721
81
plus Special Students
Total Registration
Total - 2,148
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TKB FRESHMAN QUEEN WINNERS: SfphanU Calomm, first
runiff'Vp; Eva Risucci, Frwshman Qu99n, and Laurina Lauro,
second runnw-up.