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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.I., N.Y.
VOL. XXIX, No. IV February 3, 1939
Director's Message
(This is the third of a series
of reports on the college pre-pared
by the administration)
Canripus Village
The removal of Campus Vil-lage
marks the end of an im-portant
era on our campus.
From 1946 to 1956 these units
provided low cost housing for
hundreds of student veterans
and their families. There are
no plans at present for use of
the site.
New Stud«!nt Center
In order to provide better fa-cilities
for both day and eve-ning
students, one of the Cam-pus
Village units, the laundry
house, located between the Li-brary
and the Art and Business
Building, will shortly be reno-vated
and converted into a tem-porary
student center under the
sponsorship of the Faculty Stu-dent
Association. Food and bev-erage
vending machines present-ly
housed in the Student Market
will be located in the Student
Center. Tables and chairs will
complete the furnishings of the
Center.
Buildingifi Named
The Board of Trustees of the
State University has approved a
recommendation made by the In-stitute
Buildings and Grounds
Committee to name the Art and
Business Building Conklin Hall,
the Poultry Building Horton
Hall, and the Horticultural
Building Hicks Hall. Cere-monies
naming the buildings
will be held in the spring.
Replacement of Hangar
Word has been received from
the State University that steps
have been taken to replace the
present hanger with a steel-framed,
metal-skinned building.
The administration has re-quested
that the work be com-pleted
by September 1.
Community College
Developments
Negotiations to convert Farm-ingdale
into a Community Col-lege
are still in progress be-tween
the State and Nassau
County. Assurance has been
given that tuition will not be
charged in September 1959 for
incoming freshmen or returning
seniors.
Planting Fields Arboretum
The State has accepted the
sum of $75,000, the first of an-nual
contributions expected from
a private Foundation, to be
used to develop and expand the
arboretum at Planting Fields.
The arboretum is being estab-lished
for enjoyment of the
general public and for the in-struction
of students of Orna-mental
Horticulture.
Improvement of Teaching
The faculty of the college is
currently engaged in exchanging
ideas o n teaching methods.
Eight papers on the subject se-lected
from 26 submitted were
read and discussed at a Work-shop
on the Improvement fo
Teaching held on January 10.
About 40 members of the faculty
will meet with representatives
of Westchester, Staten Island,
Bronx and New York City Com-munity
Colleges and the Fashion
Institute of Technology at a re-gional
workshop in New York
City on January 23.
William A. Medosy
Director
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Having a Ball at The Snou' Ball
Snowball Leaves a Warm Memory
Aching feet and aching heads, but oh, what a wonderful night!
This aptly describes the fabulous Snowball of 1958. The Snowball,
which is sponsored annually by the National Association of Gar-deners,
was held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Lindenhurst
on December 19, 1938.
The highlight of the evening
was the "Soc Hop", in which
each girl took off one shoe
and placed it in a pile in the
center of the dance floor. Then
the fellows went in, picked a
shoe and found and danced with
its owner.
A Snowball Queen was chosen
by means of a dance contest.
The charming winner was Babs
Brainard, an A.A.D. freshman.
Babs received a bouquet of white
chrysanthemums, a tiara, and a
bracelet with the inscription,
"Snowball Queen" 1958, from
Mr. Joseph Roesch, dean of the
Department of Horticulture.
Some of our esteemed faculty
members present were; Dr. and
Mrs. William Medesy, Dr. and
Mrs. Louis Pyenson, Mr. and
Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs.
Beauvais and Mr. and Mrs.
Mormon.
Art Scholarships
Awarded
Knapp Hall Lounge v/as the
scene of much excitement on
January 20 as the art students
anxiously awaited the annual
presentation of the Halsey B.
Knapp Advertising Art &Design
Scholarship given by the Cory-don
M. Johnson Company of
Bethpage, Long Island.
Mr. Cook, account executive at
Corydon M. Johnson Company
gave a short resume of the work
done by his company and then
presented the scholarships.
One scholarship is usually pre-sented
to the art senior who has
progressed and excelled in his
or her work during their fresh-man
year; but because of the
difficulty in choosing the most
deserving student Corydon M.
Johnson decided to present two
awards this year.
Lucy Bly, a dorm student was
awarded the first prize, a $100
scholarship while second prize
of $50 went to Mrs. June Layden,
mother of two children. Both
winners were presented with
identical scholarship plaques.
Every year five art seniors
are chosen to represent the In-stitute
at the Art Directors Club
in New York City. Those who
will be attending this year are:
Frank MacDonald, Robert Mal-in,
Douglas Otto, William Pesce
and Marcella Putala. Chosen
by the art teachers on the basis
of excellence in their work, the
students are given an opportun-ity
to meet various art directors
and also compete with other art
schools in work done for the
club.
You seven seniors have proved
to your fellow students thai abil-
Snow Ball Queen
And Her King
YourStudentCouncfl
Many students here at SUATI
are not aware of what their
Student Council does for them.
For example, it was your Stu-dent
Council that ran the entire
Orientation p r o g r a m ending
with the successful Student
Council Formal on November 22.
The Council also sponsored the
pep rally and hay ride. As far
as weekend activities are con-cerned,
your Student Council
sponsors Friday night movies,
Sa,turday night Record Hops,
and Coffee Calls on Sunday.
The Student Council acts as
the medium between the Admin-istration
and students. It brings
to Administration your sugges-tions,
many of which can be seen
around the campus. The vend-ing
machines in the Student
Market and in the dorms, the
new sidewalks, and improved
parking facilities are the result
of your Student Council and Ad-ministration
working together.
At present, y o u r Student
Council is working with Admin-istration
on installing book racks
in the Snack Bar, checking fire
extinguishers in the dorms and
other buildings, and installing
an intercom between the patrol-men's
office and the Lodge. In
addition, a roller skating party
and an ice skating party are
planned in the near future.
Student Council meetings are
always open to the student body.
Your suggestions are welcome at
any time. Come to the meeting
or give your suggestions to your
Student Council representatives.
The meetings are held every
Monday night at 7:00 p.m. in
Knapp Hall Lounge.
ity and hard work are necessary
for success and may your ex-ample
help to influence next
year's seniors to bigger and
better things.
AGGIES INVADE JUG END BARN
And a "blast" was had by all! The always to be remembered
Winter Weekend of 1959, held at Jug End Barn, South Egremont,
Mass., was the greatest yet.
The seventy-one Aggies who went, packed on to the buses at
3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 9., ^hile others lingered at the fire-place.
Some hardy souls even
went skating again in the sub-zero
night. Apparently, "some"
people were not completely in
control of themselves because
Sunday morning a pair of men's
hockey skates were discovered
in the girls" room on the girls'
floor of the girls' wing.
Sunday morning, after quite a
run on black coffee, everyone,
with sad feelings, began to pack
for the trip home. Some got
in a little more skating, skiing,
or horseback riding before lunch
and the homeward trip.
At 3 p.m. with sad and heavy
hearts, we boarded the buses
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Luggage galore was stored in
the baggage compartment and
even more was carried on to the
buses. (Our girls were the best-dressed
guests.) The bus took
off at 4:00 p.m. and with spirits
high, seventy-one Aggies were
off on a wild weekend. Strains
of familiar songs filled the buses
and everyone settled down for
the trip.
The first stop was to be at
Brewster, Mass., the half-way
point. Long before Brewster,
however, a chorus of male voices
interrupted the singing with the
plea, "Please, stop the bus!" All
of a sudden, we hit bumps and
more bumps and the pleas be-came
louder. Finally, we got to
Brewster, and had a chance to
stretch our legs and get some-thing
to eat. What an invasion!
That diner hasn't seen such busi-ness
since the stagecoach days.
(They'll never forget us, either!)
After all needs were taken care
of, we piled back on to the
buses. (Look out. Jug End, here
we come!)
About tw^enty minutes beyond
Brewster, we spotted snow and
knew it wouldn't be long now.
We arrived at our destination
at about 9:30 p.m., tramped off
the buses (some slid), picked up
our luggage and headed for the
lobby to register. The man at
the desk held his head, called
for help and then disappeared!
(How would you feel if seventy-one
Aggies were stampeding
your way?) We milled around
like cattle for a while but even-tually
everyone got a room. Lug-gage
was heaved into the "large,
airy" rooms and everyone inves-tigated
everyone else's rooms.
Then someone yelled "To the
Rec. Hall," and like a shot, we
all took off. There we played
table tennis, danced to a band
and/or just sat by the open fire-place
meeting new people. The
secret words w e r e "nobody
sleeps tonight". As a result, Ag-gies
could be seen ice skating
on heard whispering (HA!) at 6
a.m. Saturday morning. Then
came the shock: Breakfast at
8:30?! The turnout wasn't too
bad.
Saturday saw us ice skating,
skiing or riding flying saucers
down the frozen slopes, only
taking time out for a delicious
lunch. (The food was excellent.
Served family style. We'll never
forget the young waiter with his
finger waving in the breeze, "Ex-cuse
me, you have a choice be-tween.
. . . ) Despite our ama-teur
skiers and their lack of
knowledge, we had only two
casualties on the ski slopes.
Fortunately, neither was very
serious.
Happy Hour at 5 p.m. saw
everyone singing and dancing.
. . . Supper was served at 6 p.m.
("Excuse me, . . .") Afterwards,
everyone, feeling satisfied and
lazy, drifted to the living room
and the cozy fireplace. Here,
Aggies joined with the other
guests in the singing of some
old favorites accompanied by a
guitar and bongo drums. Shouts
of "Arriba, Rriba" and "Bim-bom-
bay" will always be remem-bered.
After a while, some of
us drifted up the Rec Hall
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Swing Your Sweet
She May Be Queen
There's a surprise in store for
all you Suaties. Bet you don't
know who is the Sweetheart of
the "Sweetheart Swing". Neith-er
does the D. H. Club, the an-nual
sponsor of the dance, which
is referred to as "the most to
say the least". Voting for the
campus Sweetheart takes place
at the dance on February 13,
1959, and the fellows cast a vote
for the lovely Miss whom they
consider worthy of this title. The
entrants are girls nominated
from clubs on campus, with the
only requirements being the sub-mission
of her picture, which is
used on a poster at the dance,
and her presence at the dance.
Fellows, this is the chance you've
been looking for. You can bring
your favorite gal to the dance,
and also appreciate the beauti-ful
female nominees.
D. H. gals have thought of
everything to make this affair
successful. The dance will be
held at the Bethpage Country
Club, and feature the fabulous
music of Tommy Carter and his
band. All proceeds are to go in-to
a scholarship fund which is
presented to a worthy Freshman
entering her senior year.
Tickets are limited so you'd
better get on the stick anti pur-chase
them pronto.
MISSING MODEL Between a late afternoon
hour, Wednesday, January 6,
and 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan-uary
8, a model of a Grum-man
Aircraft was stolen from
room 179, Tech Building, Mr.
Rogers' office. ,
This was a model of a
Grumman F-9-Tr. two-place
jet trainer, about 14 inches
long and 10 inches wide, in
white and orange plastic.
The stand was not taken.
This model cannot be pur-chased
in a store. It was
presented to Mr. Rogers by
the Manufacturing Engineer-ing
Division at Grumman
Aircraft Corporation for his
contributions toward educa-tion
of Grumman employees,
in our day and evening divi-sions.
If you know the where-abouts
of such a model, please
contact Mr. Rogers in 179T,
or on extension 280. A reward
of $5 will be paid.