The_Rambler_1958-02-13

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STATE
UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L. I., N.Y.
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FARMtNGlME, NV ^ JITSa
Vol. XXVIII, No. 7 )ruary
The Name's The Same
LI.A.T.I: Remains On Rings
The graduating Seniors, accor
decided to keep the same school
have been using in the past.
It seems that the rings were
aheady ordered when someone
suggested that they change the
senior rings for a different style.
Thus, the issue was dropped.
It would be wise for the pres-ent
Freshman to go to the book
store and look at the rings now,
and if they desire a change in
the present rings or a completely
different ring, start action on
this project now, while you have
plenty of time to plan an improv-ing
and advancing change.
Since the name of the school
has been changed to State Uni-versity
Agricultural and Techni-cal
Institute (SUATI) shouldn't
the inscription on the rings
(L.IATI) also be changed to co-incide
with our name?
•ding to the Senior Board, have
rings this year as the ones they
Dental Hygiene Club
Sweetheart Swing
Once again the Dental Hygiene
Club is sponsoring its St. Valen
tine's Day semi-formal, "The
Sweetheart Swing." This year
the dance is being held in the N.
C. O. Club at Mitchell Air Force
Base, Stewart Avenue, Hemp-stead,
N. Y. The terrific multi-talented
"Victors Combo" will be-gin
playing at 8:30 P. M. "Good-night
Sweetheart" will be played
at 12:30 A. M. putting the linish-ing
touch on an evening long to
be remembered by all.
The evening will be a comfort-able
one as well as an enjoyable
one as the D. H.'s are seeking a
limited number of tickets which
are on sale at the present mo-ment.
There will be no tickets
sold at the door on Friday Night.
Everyone will be assured a table,
thus eliminating standing auto-matically
takes some of the
pleasure out of the dance.
A buffet consisting of cold cuts,
fish and salads will be served at
9:30 per anyone is welcome to dig
in as long as the food lasts.
As advertised, tickets are be-ing
sold for the benefit of a schol-arship
fund. A $100 scholarship
will be given to a Dental Hygiene
Senior of the coming school year
1958-59. The proceeds of the sale
of tickets will be put towards the
scholarship. The scholarship
must be used for educational pur-poses
here at the institute. The
Dental Hygiene Club is really ex-cited
about this new idea and
equally excited about February
14, 1958 at 8:30 P. M.
See you at the N. C. O. Club!
Remember, no tickets sold at the
door.
Senior Class
Announces . . .
Saturday, March 15, the out-standing
event of on campus ac-tivities
will take place. The ex-act
program for the evening can
not be divulged, but you can be
suro of one thing it's different.
So remember, reserve March 15
for the time of your life in
Knapp Hall.
Framed Art
Masterpieces to
Brighten Dormitory
The Faculty-Student Associa-tion
has purchased with its funds
many fine and most beautiful
French Lithographic reproduc-tions
of well-known paintings by
such artists as Van Gogh, Rem-brandt,
Monet, Chardin, Rous-seau,
Renoir and Degas. These,
along with other reproductions
by equally well-known artists are
to be mounted and placed in
beautiful oak frames.
The Art Department aided the
Faculty-Student Association in
the selection of these fine paint-ings
by picking out varied pic-tures
that will meet many dif-ferent
tastes in art. The Stone
Lithography used in reproducmg
the paintings is so fine that even
under a magnifying glass, these
paintings look as good as the
originals.
The paintings are now handled
by the library committee ana
may be rented soon. Doimitory
students will leave only a dollar
deposit plus a small rental fee
for these masterpieces and hang
them in the dorms. These pic-tures
will add warmth and charm
to the dorm walls.
AG. Student
On r.V. Feb. 16
Again the Long Island Agricul-tural
and Technical Institute will
be represented on one of the na-tion's
leading television pro-grams,
the Youth Forum. This
program will be seen Sunday
morning, February 16, on Chan-nel
5.
The show will consist of one
adult who will lead the show and
three students, who will repre-sent
various colleges. The theme
will be automation and how it
will affect our future. One of the
students will represent engineer-ing,
the second student will rep-resent
business and industry and
the third student, who is Fred
Hoffman, will represent agricul-ture.
This will be Fred's second tele-vision
appearance this year. He
also represented the school, along
with other boys, on "Let's Take
a Trip." Besides being an out-standing
senior Agricultural stu-dent,
he is also married and at
present is living in Halesite, on
the North Shore. His former
home was Massachusetts where
he graduated from the North
Boro High School.
I'm sure that you will all want
to watch the show. Don't forget,
it will be Sunday, February 16
Unfortunately, we are uncertain
of the time, so you will have to
consult your weekly television
guide.
Report on Bookstore, Student Union Facts
The following statement prepared by Director Medesy was read
and approved by the members of the Faculty-Student Association
on January 29, 1958:
"Among the several enterprises over which the Faculty-Student
Association has guardianship, the Bookstore by far is the largest in
terms of business volume.
Up to 1946 the Bookstore was a small operation with books and
supplies purchased from one or two jobbers and sold at list price
to students.
In 1947 the Bookstore operation had to be expanded to care for
the needs of the new Technical Division and Evening Program stu-dents.
There was no money to stock the Bookstore or buy equip-ment
such as display cases, cash registers, etc. Sometimes jobbers
had to wait six to nine months for their money.
The basic philosophy of the Bookstore at all times has been to
obtain the supplies required by the students at the lowest possible
cost and to sell them at the lowest possible mark-up.
Up until June 30, 1954 profits, if any, were plowed back into the
business. In the year ending June 30, 1955 the equity (books on the
shelves, equipment, etc.) was $27,008.37. In that year the Bookstore
sold items totaling $122,414.44 with a net income of 3% or $3,540.83.
In the year ending June 30, 1956, the equity was $34,977.64. Sales
totaled $158,713.10 with a net income of 5% or $7,969.27.
In the year ending June 30, 1957, the equity was $47,051.09. Sales
totaled $172,494.51 with a net income of 7% or $12,073.45.
During 1956-57 the members of the Association agreed that the
greatest need at the Institute not cared for by State appropriations
was a student Union. Accordingly, the Association voted unani-mously
to open a savings account to be known as the Student
Union Fund into which moneys not needed for the operation and
expansion of the Bookstore or for the operation of other enter-prises
would be currently deposited until such time as sufficient
funds accumulated to begin building a Student Union.
The student Union Fund at the present time has $10,000. It
should be explained that the net income of $3,450.83, $7,969.27, and
$12,073.45 shown respectively for the years 1955, 1956 and 1957 as of
June 30, is not all "cash profit." Some of it is "paper profit" in the
form of inventory which in turn is a part of equity.
On January 23, 1958 the Association voted unanimously to revise
Article 1 of its By-Laws as follows:
3. A long term purpose of the corporation will be to build and
maintain a student union building.
4. To further the long term purpose of this corporation, it shall
be the policy of the bookstore to make a profit and yet give the
students a discount on most articles purchased.
5. Any future business enterprises owned and operated by the
corporation shall be run on the principle of making a profit while
keeping prices in line with or below current local levels.
6. Surplus profits that accrue from the enterprise operated by
the corporation shall be placed in a fund which will be allowed to
accumulate for the student Union Fund. This fund may be used in
an emergency for other purposes if three fourths of the corpora-tion
members voted to do so."
Signed
William A. Medesy, President
Faculty-Student Association.
{Eclilor's }iole. Space does not permit us to comment edi-torially
on this significant report. We feel it is self-explanatory.
Should any,one feel further clarification is needed they may address
their comments to this newspaper, in care of the Editor.^
Horts To Stay
Until June
In the past the Horticultural
Students have left the Institute
at the end of the second quar-ter
of their Senior year. This
year, the Horts will remain in
classes until June.
One of the reasons for the
change is that it is thought that
a greater uniformity is to the
advantage of this college. It
has often been difficult for the
Horticultural Seniors to return
to the Institution for Gradua-tion.
Many have taken positions
in other states and cannot at-tend.
Another reason for the change
is that the Horticultural grad-uates
are more assured of a sat-isfactory,
permanent position if
they are hired in June, rather
than in the Spring, when busi-ness
in their field is at its peak.
If the Horticulture student is
hired in June, he is sure that
he is being hired because of his
ability and the excellent train-ing
he has received at the In-stitute.
He need not worry that
he has been employed as a tem-porary
worker during the rush
season.
New Curtains to
Blackout Gym
Arrangements have been made
to supply the windows of the
Hangar with blackout curtains.
The Faculty-Student Association
approved an expenditure of
$660 for this purpose.
For some time there has been
a very great need for a method
of darkening the Hangar. The
Assembly Committee has been
hampered because, in the past,
they have been unable to sched-ule
any attraction that required
a darkened room.
Institute athletes have com-plained
that d u r i n g sports
events held in the late after-noon,
it is almost impossible to
see when facing the south side
of the Hangar.
Corrections to
Director's List
Payne, Gail
Goutches, Linda
Wilson, Robert
Williams, Judith
New Talent Queen
Chosen This Spring
Each year the Institute Coun-cil
Club holds the Talent Queen
Contest in which girls trying out
are sponsored by school clubs.
The semi-finals are held in
Knapp Hall, and at this time five
girls are chosen to enter the fi-nals.
The finals, which will be held
in the assembly on March 14, is
the final decision with the stu-dents
voting for the queen. The
girl chosen will be one whom the
students consider a combination
of talent and that extra special
plus. At the Valentine Day as-sembly
the students of SUATI
are going to see the finest talent
the school has to offer.
Fire Brings Structure
To Ground on Campus
A fire brought disaster to 200,
five-day-old, single comb white
Leghorn chicks on the Thursday
evening of January 30 at eight
o'clock. It brought a brooder
house to the ground.
The cause of the fire apparent-ly
was the spilling of some hot
coals on the peat moss floor cov-ering.
The fire was reported by Pro-fessor
Hickish of the poultry de-partment.
When he happened to
look out the window of the Staff
Room he observed the fire was
completely out of control.
The Institute fire department,
under the direction of Chief Joe
Wyman, brought the fire under
control and remained on duty
until the danger had completely
passed.
Let us take our hats off to the
Institute Volunteer Fire Depart-ment.
The East Farmingdale Fire
Department responded to our
distress and a small write-up ap-peared
in "Newsday."
EXTRA, EXTRA
SAVE MONEY
This is just a word to the wise
— the Senior Prom is Friday,
Juno 13, so, fellows, start saving
your pennies and girls, get to
work on "you-know-who." You
will dance to the music of Leroy
Holmes and his orchestra at the
spacious and modern Fairlanes
Ballroom. The Senior Board is
planning on early ticket sale
blocks which will guarantee re-served
tables for groups of
friends. Remember, that's Fri-day,
June 13.