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THE RAMBLER
Long Island Agricultural & Technical Institute—Farmingdale, N. Y.
VOL. XXI, No. 6 MAY 25, 1950
SENIOR PROM HELD AT BETHPAGE COUNTRY CLUB
The srniui cl,ij;s hclrl their Proiri
on May oLh, 1950, with about 1L5
couples attending:. The daj' was
iMthei- dark and dismal, but it
did not affect the spirits of those
who plajnned to go. Everyone had
looked forward to going for so
long, and had planned so much,
ihat nothing could really dampen
their spirits.
Faculty guests and chaperoncs
were: Mr. and Mrs. Willenbrock,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, Dr. Luhan,
Air. and Mrs. Pyne, Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith
a;nd Mr. Zingoni.
The dance was held at the Beth-page
Country Club with music by
iOrankie Mann. We must say the
music was wonderful! Towards
the end of the evening, though,
no one paid much attention to
it; everyone seemed to settle in
different groups and drift toward
different places. We believe that
everyone heard birds the next
morning. Oh well, we all had fun!
The ball room was decorated in
very pretty spring colors, yellow
and greei.i. A trellis was built
over the doorway and covered
with yellow forsythia. A white
picket fence was also built, lead-away
from the trellis. On the
fence, inter-twined with the pick-ets,
were daffodils and forsythia.
Streamers were draped on the
walls with a very natural and
springy effect. Those who were
on the decorating committee and
who did all the worlc to make
the ballroom look so nice were:
Vera Watts, Bob Christman, Bob
Srange, Don Sourbeck, Joan De-boben,
and Irene Heikaus.
To carry out the spring colors
the girls wore pastel colored
gowns of all descriptions—strap-loss
and backless. Everyone looked
t)oautiful! The fellows, too, look-ed
quite hiindsome and resplendent
in their tuxedos and white dinner
jnckets. Everyone, it seems, had
the spring feeling.
There was no planned entertain-memt,
except the ring dance. This
was not held, as the class rings
did not arrive in time. However,
there wore many unplanned floor
shows and entertainment going
on at all times. Even though
we did not see it, we hear that
Sylvia Marcella and Jimmy Ca-nino
did an excellent Samba and
lUuimba. We also hear that Dr.
Luhan was dancing with Mi'. Wil-lenbrock.
Has Barb finally found
her flowers? Sylvia and Frank
Marcella were there building up
their "bromo-seltzer" trade. To the
enjoyment of many, there was
group singing on the porch of the
ballroom. Those who joined in
really had fun singing a lot of
"old timers". Oscar Martinez
showed us how to do an honest-to-
goodness Samba.
The Bethpage Country Club pro-vided
an appropriate setting for
the Senior Prom. There was
plenty of room for everyone to
move about in, and a beautiful
lounge where sofas were provided.
The general committee for the
whole dance was made up of: A1
Modderno, Joseph Filiberti, Mary
Healy, and Oscar Martinez.
The ticket committee was: Dom-inick
Gagliardo, Bruce Billings,
Henry La Pore, and Richard
Brinckerhoff.
The refreshment and enterain-ment
committee was made up of:
Barbara Cropsey, Jimmy Canino,
Sharon Liinstruth, Phyllis Mark-graf,
Ann Frye, and Kay Norton.
Everyone had a "swell time" at
the class of '50's Senior Prom.
We all would like to wish them
the best of luck in their bright
future, and to hope the following
senior classes will do as well.
Good luck. Seniors!
A Word From
The Main Office
While classes, examinations,
graduation, job interviews and
summer plans are consuming much
of our time at present, I would
like to say something of extra
curricular activities.
First I want to compliment the
groups, clubs and class officers
on the completion of a very suc-cessful
year. Activities such as
the Theatre Club, Rambler and
all the rest are extremely val-uable
experiences and will be
remembered longer than the inr
egral of or the theorum of Py-thagorus.
Each class has added something
of permanence to the traditions
and operations of these activities.
I hope that they too continue to
grow with further classes. I hope
that the present class, when you
are seniors next year, will organ-ist
Row (left to right)—Mary Healy, Al Madderno. 2nd Row—
Ann Frye, Florence Tennon, Phyllis Markgrof, Oscar Martinez,
Barbara Cropsey, Kay Norton, Vera Whatts, and Sharon Einstruth.
3rd Row—Bruce Billings, Richard Brinckerhoff, Dominic Gagliardo,
Henry La Pore, Joan Deboben, Irene Heidau, and Jimmy Canino.
ize early and form a stronger
council and that all organizations
can look to the council for litera-ture,
assistance and advice. Mr.
Weillace, Mrs. Roberts and many
other members of the faculty have
devoted a great deal of time to
assist students and their various
activities. AW the faculty stand
willing to lend a hand when
needed. But it remains the func-tion
and the responsibility of the
students to take the leadership,
organize and effectively operate
these activities. Let's make them
grow and improve.
D. W. Allee
Alumni Notes
We. of the faculty, reap our
reward as each graduate in the
Class of 1949 obtains successful
employment. We advise the grad-uate
that patience and peresrver-ance
will be the main assets of
the job hunter. A neat, clean-cut
appearance, a friendly smile,
a knowledge of prospective em-ployer's
needs, a quiet faith in
one's potential competcnce will
add up to an A-1 Interview.
The Institute Placement Service
measures Its success on the co-operation
of the graduates. Make
it a MUST to keep us Informed
of changes of address, additional
work experience and difference ln<
employment status. Without this
Information we will have diffi-culty
In locating you for better
employment opportunities.
Guidance Counselor
The Rambler staff has very
kindly consented to give us "Old
Timers" a bit of space so that
wo can ramble about campus
developments, alumni doings, and
whereabouts.
Building Is going on apace here
at Farmingdale. "Alumni Hall",
a hundred-student dormitory, will
be one of two new units ready
for occupancy before September.
The new quarters for the Tech-nical
Industrial Program will 1,P
under construction very sooni, as
will the Poultry Instruction Build-ing.
You alumni will have to visit
us frequently or you'll be lo.sl
without a guide on Homecoming
Day. You'll also have to keep
us informed of your whereabouts
and progress so that we can re-port
them here. Address us:
Alumni Section
The Rambler
Care of the Institute
The world Is full of willing
people; some willing to work, the
rest willing to let them.