The_Rambler_1956-11-22

              STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. L, N. Y.
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Vol. XXVII, No. 3 NOVEMBER 22, 1956
AGGIE FOOTBALL TEAM BREAKS ALL
SCHOOL AND INSTTTUTE RECORDS
This year the New York Aggies broke all School, and State In-stitute
Records. Their winning streak lasted until the very last game
of the season when they were finally beaten in a very close game
by Hofstra.
They were rated .among the topl/vlOf^ FUrkiflQ SpUCt
;ams in the East, along
with the ^ ^
Ends Morning Race
teams Mar Hill, North Carolina outfit,
and Joplin, Missouri eleven. The
Number One Eastern team present-ly,
is the Junior College of Minn-esota..
This makes them the team
to overtake to win the brass ring.
In the West the Number One team
is Coffyville, Ken., gridders fol-lowed
by the Mesa, Colorado, and
the Victoria, Texas Squads respec-tively.
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The Kiwanis Club of Los Angeles
is staging a football spectacle fea-turing
the top East team against
the pride of the West. The benefits
of this game will go to crippled
children.
When Coach Watt was ques-tioned
about the Aggies' winning
streak he said they played one
game .at a time, doing their best
always.
Possibly the determining factor
in the Aggies' road to glory is their
great line of play. In the first five
games, these hard charging heroes
of the forward wall allowed only
three touchdowns to be scored
against them. This is truly a re-markable
feat. Equally as important
is the well balanced backfield scor-ing.
Having really no individual
scoring threats, but every man cap-able
of galloping the distance made
every play a potential touchdown.
Our Aggies need take a back seat
to no one. Besides having a fine
defense, and well-rounded offense,
they also have very good sportsman-ship.
They are a credit to our
school, and to our fine Coach, Tom
Watt.
Carlson Lauds Staff
On Israel Project
After news was received from
Tel Aviv on November 1 that all
members of the staff of State Uni-versity's
Israel Reserch Project, .and
their families, were evacuated to
Athens, Greece, President Carlson
sent the following message in a
cablegram to Norman Foote, act-ing
project chief of the research
team:
"Cablegram advising evacuation
completed just received. Please
communicate following to all mem-bers
SlINY Israel Project staff:
"All your State University col-
'eagues are cheered by news of your
afety. We are seeking immediUe
-conference with ICA to determine
Uie future of State University Israel
Project team and will inform you
tully and prt)mptly. Israel Project's
•.uccess over past two years stands
as great monument to your magni-ficent
contributions to United States
technical assistance program. We
'.hare your hope that developments
will peimit an early return to nor-rnal
activities.'
Parking space for more than 200
cars will be provided by the park-ing
field currently under construc-tion
near Dorm one.
Located on part of the old foot-ball
field, the parking lot will be
used primarily by the Business
Technology and Advertising Art
students who will be occupying the
old powerhouse that is now being
reconstructed for them.
It is also believed that this park-ing
lot will be of great helo to
commuting students while they are
using the library facilities r>n cam-pus,
since the field is very con-venient
to the library building. Up
to this time it has been rather
a long walk to the library from
the parking fields and the Institu-tion
does not believe in putting
any obstacle in the way of its
students in their search for higher
education.
'i"o a much lesser degree, the new
parking lot will be of some benefit
to students taking night courses
at LIATI. Due to the tremendous
number of cars, night school stu-
•lents have been finding it rather
difficult to park. Of course, this
new parking field will not end
t^his entirely but it will be of some
Help.
It is a well known fact that park-ing
has been somewhat of a prob-lem
on campus. With so many stu-dents
taking their cars to school,
'.t is somewhat difficult to find
space for all of them
When this Darking lot is com-pleted,
it is estimated that wel)
(ner one thousand cars can be ac-commodated
on the upper campus.
\s for the lower campus on
Conklin Street, any student who at-tends
classes there will tell you
that parking is never difficult.
Naturally the administration is
concerned with the parking prob-lem
but they feel that safe driving
conditions are just as important.
At the present time, there is a
committee considering certain safe
tv measures that will not only
make driving around campus a
pleasant experience but a safe one
well.
PATRICIA JENKINS
Queen of Mum Show
N.A.G. Queen Reigns
Over Mum Show
The National Association of Gar-deners
(N.A.G.) held its annual
Chrysanthemum Show here on
campus Friday and Saturday, Oc-tober
19 and 20.
The L.I.A.T.I. Chapter members
gave the senior branches much help
tn setting up the show as well as
•itrong competition in the judgings.
.\side from its participation in the
Mum Show, the N.A.G. sponsored
a beauty contest for the girls her'='
on campus. Candidates were se-lected
by the Institutes many cinbs.
The Chrysanthemum Queen. Piitri-
*;ia Jenkins, a Dental Hygene fresh-man,
was chosen by a group of
impartial judges. She received
beautiful Bulov.a watch besides the
honor of oresiding over the show
and the Varsity Hop, held here on
Campus Saturday night. October
20.
The officers, Ray Malinke. Presi-dent;
Ernie DeAlberto, Vice Presi-dent;
Rudy Eislie, treasurer; Shiela
Goodnough, recording secretary;
Carol Sturdy, corresponding secre-tary,
as well as the faculty ad-visors,
Mr. Barke, Mr. Lewis, and
Mr. Simek report that enthusiasm
is high and they are planning a
very eventful year.
The next event sponsored by the
N.A.G. will be the third annual
"Snow Ball ", the biggest night on
the season's social calendar. This
year it is to be held at the Knights
of Columbus Hall in Lindenhurst.
Tickets, which will go on sale soon,
cost $2.50 a couple. This year's
""Snow Ball" promises to be as
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Rec. Hall, Start
Of Student Union
SCHOOL NEWS
In recognition of the fact that
the Student Council, "The Ramb-ler",
"The Islander", student or-ganization,
and commuting students
do not have adequate space to meet
and conduct their respective activi-ties,
a decision has been made to
provide facilities on the second
floor of the Student Recreation
Building as follows:
The second floor will be par-titioned
to provide (a) quarters
for Institute and Crotty Brothers
employees on the north side of the
building and (b) quarters for des-ignated
student organizations, a
headquarters for commuting stu-dents,
and a meeting place for
other student organizations.
Access to the new student cen-ter
will be via an outside stair-case.
presently under construction
at the rear of the building, leading
into the lounge above the Frozen
Foods Lab and into the south cor-ridor
of thejnain building.
The lounge will be used as
a daytime headauarters for com-muting
students and an evening
meeting place for student organizn-tions.
The Institute will furnish
the lounge with the best used fur-niture
at hand.
In the south corridor of the
building, partitions will be re-moved
to provide (a) ,an Office
for student government, and (b) an
office to be shared by the staffs
of "The Rambler" and "The Is-lander".
Toilet facilities will be
installed. These will be available
from the lounge and the office.
The Student Council has been
asked to provide the labor needed
to paint the walls and ceilings of
the offices. The Institute will
lay a composition tile floor in the
offices and install office type fur-niture.
The lounge is expected to be
ready first and then the offices.
The Student Council will be
asked to set up regulations on the
care and use of these new facilities
with Mr. James .
NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF GOVERNORS. Standing left to right: Edward Fisher, Michael Shme,
R»y BisstL Robm Shramm, Jes«j GAbtus, Carol Stuxdy, Saodra Taylor, aod Barbara Loti.
BOB SCHRAMM ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF SENIOR BOARD OF GOVERNORS
On Monday, October 22, the 1956-57 Board of Governors
was elected by the Senior Class. The Board, which is composed
of four seniors from the Agriailtural curriculums and four from
the Technical curriculums, includes
Ray Bissel, Edward Fisher, Jean
Gabrus, Barbara Lotz, Sandra
Taylor, Robert Schramm, Michael
Shine, and Carol Sturdy. This
group acts as representatives of the
Senior class and works in co-ordi-nation
with the Student Council on
class projects. The chosen eight,
which in order to run, had to be
students in good standing with
more honor points than credit
hours, carried on extensive election
campaigns under the sponsorship of
the Student Council.
The prime requisite was a peti-tion
of 25 signatures which, figura-tively
speaking, placed the candi-dates'
hats in the ring. Literature
was placed at v.arious vantage
points around the campus advertis-ing
the candidates. The competing
nominees also gave speeches at the
time of the elections and the race
was definitely a hard and fast one.
At the elections was >;ome discus-sion
on the subject of Senior dues.
It was explained that part of the
money would go toward a gift for
the Faculty Advisors. With the
remaining money the Board pre-sents
a gift of SlOO to the Freshman
Board of Governors as a start for
their future activities.
Then on Friday, October 26, the
Board met in the Tech Building
in .attendance with the former fac-ulty
advisors, Mr. Abbatiello and
Mr. Wallace, and presided over by
Arthur O'Connor, Student Council
President, to elect officers. At this
gathering, Robert Schramm, an Ag.
student was elected President, Ed-ward
Fisher, Tech. Vice President;
Carol Sturdy, Art, Treasurer; Jean
Gabrus, Tech, Secretary. The du-ties
of the officers ,are to maintain
the responsibilities of the working
business of the Board.
Mr. Abbatiello and Mr. Wallace
tendered their resignations as ad-visors
but both were voted into
their previous positions.
The Board discussed the possi-bility
of meeting in the Pine Pan-heled
Room in Knapp Hall on
Monday nights. This would facili-tate
quick consultations with the
Student Council which meets across
the hall at the same time.
As mentioned in a previous is-sue
of this publication the Board
of Governors is the guiding faction
in Senior Class endeavors. The
Board is responsible for "two pro-jects
which benefit the class ,and
help make campus life more excit-
•ng, the concession stands at home
"^ootball games and the new seniors'
^tore located in Dormitory Three".
One of the most important moves
^f the Board is to close the gap
between the Agricultural and Tech-nical
Students. The credit for the
conception of the board goes t<i
two members of the class of "56,
Robert Polemus, M.T., and Ernest
Schoenfeld, Gen Ag., who were
'."lass officers of their respective
-urriculums. They decided much
•nore could be accomplished by
ioining forces for joint action.
Thereby the Board of Governors
was organized. The recent elec-ions
are evident of distribution of
power as was planned by the orig-inators
of the Board.