The_Rambler_1953-05-15

              THE RAMBLER
L()N(; ISLAND AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
1 ARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
VOL. XXIV, No. 2 May 15, 1953
- SPRING FESTIVAL!! -
PLANS
I'OR "SENIOR WEEKEND"
DISCLOSED
Everyone is looking forward to
the gala "Senior Weekend" set for
June 4th through 8th. Senior class
officers, with the help of Miss
Senyk, Mr. Hallahan, Mr. Mac-
Donald, and Mr. Palmer, have all
tiie plans made and approved.
The Garden City Hotel will be
"the spot" on this Island of Long,
Thursday night. The swinging and
swaying under the crystal chande-liers
will last to the "wee hours".
The "style of the night" will be
dinner jackets or tuxedos for the
males and gowns for the feminine
contingent.
Friday night a buffet supper,
held in the dining hall for Senors
and their guests, will be the meet-ing
placc. At this gathering, plans
will bo made for an all day picnic
on Saturday at Belmont LaVie State
Park. Belmont will set the sceno
for picnicking, boating, and soft-ball
games. These festivities will
resume at Jones Beach for the
early part of Sunday.
The finale of this weekend will
turn to the more serious s'de with
the beginning of Baccalaureate
Services, Sunday afternoon. Mon-day
morning, practice will be held
for the afternoon commencement
exercises.
Thus draws to an end the carcer
of the Class of 'SB. The members
will all go their separate ways
and take with them the knowledge
gained from L. I. A. T. I.
The Rambler Staff wishes them
the best of luck.
^ on (lon'l even need a dale;
eoine slafi, come draf^, l)ul come!
* * *
A drunk armed with nickels en-tered
an Automat and stopped in
front of the slot marked "Ham
Sandwiches." He dropped in two
nickels and got a sandwich. He
deposited two more and out came
another sandwich.
After he'd collected 20 sandwiches
someone asked: "Hey, Don't you
think you've had enough?"
"I should quit now?" replied the
drunk. "Now? When I'm on a win-ning
streak?" —Pocketbook
LES LAIN HEADS C. I.S. G. A.
Les Lain, an Animal Husbandry
Freshman here at the Institute,
was unanimously elected President
of the 1953-54 Council of Institute
Student Governments Association.
Born at Westtown, N. Y., Les at-tended
Middletown High and upon
his graduation entered the Navy.
After a four year enlistment, he at
last got to college. A member of
the Student Council, he served as
a delegate to C. I. S. G. A. and was
elected Chairman of the Student
Council Committee.
Farmingdale should be quite im-pressed
with itself inasmuch as
the only two Presidents which
C. I. S. G. A. has had are from
our Institute. Nick Poulos served
as last year's President, and acted
as Chairman of this year's con-ference.
Others representing L. I. A. & T.
include: Ray Huntington, Pam
Hatter, Bob Beechinor, John Tank-ard,
Anne Cullen, Rita Wicks and
Ann McCaffery.
Dorm One lost one of its few male
residents on May 5th when little
Toby Owens and his mother moved
out. Seems Toby's a growing boy
who needs more room to run
around. Pity the furniture when
Toby gets up speed! We were all
very sorry to see them leave,
STUDENT COUNCIL
The Council of Institute Student
Government Associations (C. I. S.
G. A.) Conference, for which we
have been preparing during the
past months, is now over and was
very successful. Farmingdale, both
students and faculty, can well be
proud of all its members at the
Conference. They handled their
respective jobs with great ability
and represented the Institute very
favorably.
Other functions of the Council
at present are the blood drive and
the student court. Jim Hotaling
with help from John Tankard,
Keven Culkin, Mr. Wallace, Mr.
Oxman, and all the section and
dorm representatives did a won-derful
job in soliciting and schedul-ing
the able and willing volunteers
for the blood drive.
The student court is another
new and progressing function of
the Council. Two Agricultural club
presidents, two Industrial Tech
club presidents and one Council
member are to form this court.
Next year and in future years we
are expecting this court to be one
of the most active agencies on
campus.
Nick Poulos and the Student
Council wish the new Class Offi-cers
and the new Student Council
members the best of luck for a
successful year tg come,
Hurry, hurry, hurry — he who
hesitates is lost. The reference is,
of course, to the fast-coming Spring
Festival week-end — the greatest
thing ever. The plan, which origi-nted
among the Frosh Class offi-cers,
has been worked on and
developed into three days of fun
and frolic for all. The originally
announced date of May 15th has
been replaced by that of May 22nd,
the next week-end.
It all starts on Friday, the 22nd,
at 6:30 P. M. with a Clam Bake
to be held in the parking lot be-hind
the Industrial Technical Build-ing,
Upper Campus. Even if you
don't like clams, there just isn't
any reason to miss a minute of
the grand opening of L. I. A. T. I.'s
Spring Festival. Also scheduled is
a series of skits (anyone can par-ticipate),
an "egg throwing" con-test
to end all contests, and last,
but certainly not least, square
dancing, with music by the Herb
Schroeder aggregation of campus
musicians.
Saturday will be another event-ful
day starting off with a "not-so-
old-fashioned" picnic featuring
competitive events to keep every-one
quite busy for the afternoon.
Prizes are also being offered for
Saturday's contest winners. Then,
as a climax to a typical college
week-end, the Aggie gym will play
host to a Masquarade Ball. Again
a prize will be presented to the
two most convincing "pretenders".
So get out that Martha Washing-ton
outfit quick, and besides, there
will be music especially for danc-ing
with that special someone.
Sunday, activity shall be resumed
at Jones Beach this time, for a
beach party of the greatest quality.
Now you know just what is in
store, and all that is left for you
to do is get your ticket right away.
They're only $3,000 per, but stop
and think what these mere dollars
are bringing: three dollars doesn't
begin to cover all the expense
involved, so buy your ticket now,
and pray for a sunny week-end
(for a change).
Dorm One held a small party for
Mrs. Knapp in the Dorm One
lounge on May 11th, The purpose
was to get to know Mrs. Knapp
better and we could not h a ve
picked a nicer, friendlier person
to get t9 know.