The_Rambler_1955-11-22

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THE RAMBLER
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
LONG ISLAND AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
Vol. XXVI, No. 3 NOVEMBER 22, 1955
Music Foundation
Presents Concerts
The Faimingdale Music Founda-tion
is a community organization
created to bring to Farmingdale
yearly a concert series of the best
artists available; an operetta pro-duced
with local talent; and a
young artists contest and concert.
The Foundation has hopes of de-veloping
further local talent shows
and a local community orchestra.
Scholarships are given to deserving
high school graduates who contin-ue
with their musical training.
The series for the 1955-56 sea-son
is as follows:
December 3 — Jazz Concert pre-sented
by Eddie Condon and his
group of jazz musicians. One of
the best in the business.
January 21 — Saidenberg Little
Symphony Orchestra. One of
the outsatanding musical organ-izations
of its type—20 men —
each a virtuoso in his own right.
February 18 — Leonard Rose, cell-ist.
Formerly solo cellist, N. Y.
Philharmonic Symphony Orches-tra.
One of the world's out-standing
artists.
April 6 — David Bar-Illan. Brilli-ant
young Israeli pianist. Juilli-ard
trained, he has toured the
United States, England, and Is-rael.
April 27-28 — Operetta H.M.S.
Pinafore. A local talent produc-tion
of one of Gilbert and Sul-livan's
most pleasing musical
comfdies.
May 16 — Young Artists' Con-cert
and Contest Finals. Last
year nearly 100 young musicians
competed for recognition on our
concert stage.
The cost of a season tick-et
is $5.00, student tickets, $3.00.
Door price is $1.75 except
for the operetta which is $1.50,
since we offer it for two nights.
The price can be that low because
from 50-75 persons from the com-munity
each year service the needs
of The Foundation without com-pensation.
Programs at Farmingdale High
School.
Lo£f Cabin Officially Dedicated
Now Open For Student Faculty Use
On the afternoon of November 17th, after three and a half
years of cooperative struggle and work on the part of the faculty
and student body, the great day for commissioning of the Log Cabin
finally arrived. Before an exclusive gathering representing the
faculty and the students, the chairman, Mr. Mowry, gave a timely
speech on the history of the Log Cabin. Then Director Knapp
was presented with the key to the
R.R.A.C, Forms New
Tech Organization
The "Society of Thermal Tech-nicians"
commenced on October 31,
1955, under the guidance and lead-ership
of two faculty members from
the Technical Division of the In-stitute.
These faculty members are Mr.
William Rogers, Head of the Mech-anical
Technology Department and
Mr. Frank Pyne, Director of this
function, and also faculty member
of the Refrigerating, Heating, and
Air Conditioning curriculum of the
Institute.
Elections were held and Mr. T.
Kingsley Leelum, from Trinidad,
was elected president. Other offi-cers
elected to the function are:
Vice-President, A1 Blau; Secre-tary,
Bob Cunningham; Treasurer,
Natluiniel Insley.
The fundamental purpose of the
"Society" is to assist its members
in furthering their technical educa-tion
and advancement. Its secon-
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Log Cabin Interiop—Designed in traditional log cabin style, the large
meeting room has two fireplaces with a deer's head over each.
Seasonal Festivities Commence
With N.A.G. Annual Snowball
The National Association of Gardeners will hold its 3rd
Annual Semi-Formal Snowball Dance at the Knights of Columbus
hall in Lindenhurst, L. L, New York on December 17, 1955.
Tickets may be purchased from I
any NAG member and a small
pocket map affording directions to
the hall will be supplied with the
ticket.
This affair, in past years, has
proven to be one of the most suc-cessful
activities sponsored by the
student body and it is anticipated
that this year's dance will be more
successful than ever.
Heading the dance committee is
Dorothy Strubel and the co-chair-man
is Hope Warner. Many of
the club members have participated
in the arrangement and planning of
support of this pre-holiday dance
is encouraged.
The LIATI's NAG organization
originally began in 1939 as the
Horticulture Club with a grand to-tal
of 40 members participating.
In 1948 Mr. Conrad MacGreger,
William Ash and Fredrick Spartis
of the senior branch, organized the
student branch of the NAG here
at the Institute. The Aggie chap-ter
holds claim to being the only
junior member connected to the
senior chapter of NAG. The meet-ings
are held the 1st and 3rd Tues-day
of each month in Knapp Hall.
Mr. C. Lewis and Mr. H. Barke
of the Agriculture Division are
faculty advisors to the organiza-tion.
Once a month the club is
honored by a speaker, noted in the
field of horticulture. The club's
aim is the furtherance of knowl-edge
in the horticultural field and
of its principles. Field trips to
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JOSEPH YUZZI
President of N.A.G.
nearby estates and botanical gar
dens have been included in the
agenda for the coming year.
At the spring election, Joseph
Yuzzi was elected president; Per-ry
Fairbank, vice president; Larry
Ballas, recording secretary; Neal
Soutra, corresponding secretary;
Mike Raimondi, treasurer, were
the other officers elected for the
ensuing year. At the homecoming
day festivities, Carol Cassis, and
John Perry reigned, as the NAG
king and queen on their float rep
resenting, "Autumn Leaves."
When asked about this year's
affair, Joe Yuzzi stated, "I want to
thank the students and faculty mem-bers
for all the work that they
have done. I hope that this year's
NAG Snowball will be even bettei
than last year."
cabin. The symbolic lighting of
the first fire followed. Director
Knapp, in cooperation with John
Mignarri, President of the Student
Council, participated in the light-ing.
The Log Cabin provides a social
meeting place to be used primarily
for the student groups and faculty
in a setting apart from the campus.
Located on a wooded ridge just
about a quarter of a mile from the
main campus, overlooking Beth-page
State Park, the cabin is .con-structed
of spruce logs from Ver-mont
and designed in traditional
log cabin style. The large meeting
room has two large fireplaces with
a deer head over each. A kitchen
and rest rooms are included. The
main room is tastefully furnished
with tables and chairs of hickory.
The hand wrought iron lamps and
lamp fixtures were designed by
Mrs. MacDougall who also com-pleted
the entire interior decorat-ing
of the Log Cabin.
The outdoor fireplaces are pro-vided
in the neighborhood of the
cabin, with the added landscaping
to be done by the Horticultural De-partment.
It will serve as a head-quarters
for many functions and ac-commodate
much larger numbers
than can be cared for in the cabir
itself.
The cabin which was started in
the Spring of 1952, was built b
volunteer labor of a large number
of the faculty and over 100 student'
under the direction of the Log Cab
in committee, headed by Mr. Guj
Mowry, Mr. Donald Waite anc
Mr. Kenneth Floyd. Funds wert
made available through contribu
tions of various agencies over tht
years, to be used for a purpose
which Director Knapp thought
would be desirable for the benefit
of the faculty and the students. No
state funds or student activity fees
are involved. We extend our hear-tiest
congratulations to the Log
Cabin Committee, the faculty, and
the students who made this build-ing
possible.
New Representatives
Join Student Council
The Student Council has grown
—and now contains one Freshman
and one Senior from each curricu-lum.
On November 7th, the new
Freshmen representatives were wel-comed
to the Council and thus will
add to the success of the organiza-tion.
If the first few meetings are
any measure, it looks like an ac-tive
group of new students, and
once again—Welcome!!
Work on the budgets received
from the clubs of the Institute has
been completed by the Budget
Committee. It was mentioned in
the last issue of The Rambler that
a committee had been set up. Head-ed
by the Treasurer John Simpson,
the committee included Neil Heim-erick
,Pat Gould, Flo Pezzuto, John
Herba and John Cote. All did a
fine job and deserve many thanks.
On November 18th, the film
"Gentlemen -Prefer Blonds" was
shown as a part of the Social Week-
End Activities. Other pictures will
be shown in the very near future,
one of them being "Chcapcx by
the Dozen".
Sunday evening concerts are be-ing
planned by the Social and
Week-End Activities Committees.
The programs will embrace all
phases of music and should be a
must" for all to attend.
For the hard work on the Blood
Drive, and for its success, atten-tion
is turned to John Koburger
and Phil Basilin. They have rea-son
to be proud of the Drive, as
does each of you who gave or tried
to give but for some reason could
not do so.
A reminder of the Council radio
program on W.A.T.I. every Wed-nesday
evening at 7:30. Also, the
Council urges you to read the Hew
and Cry every week. It will help
you to know what's going on
around the Institute. Pick up a
copy!
Your Student Council serves
you — the Student. If you have
any suggestions concerning the
student body, speak to your Repre-sentative.
The member of your
curriculum, whom you elected, is
willing to bring your suggestions
before the Council every Monday
night. Don't forget your Repre-sentative
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dary purpose is to familiarize the
refrigerating, heating, and air con-ditioning
industry with the capa-bilities
and learnings of its mem-bers.
Guest speakers will be in-vited
to lecture to the "STT" about
the rapid changes that are taking
place.
We wish this new club good luck
in the annals of LIATI.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING