The_Rambler_1959-10-30

              A L U M N I R E T U R N^
Tomorrow Is Homecoming On October 31, 1959, the biggest and best Homecoming Day
for SUATI will arrive. This occasion provides an opportunity
for the alumni to come back to the old hunting grounds to see
their former instructors and friends, and to witness the changes
that have taken place since their
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VOL. XXXI - No. 3 October 30, 1959
Dr. Medesy, Catherine Lobasso, Prof. Amidon were representatives
of SUATI at Dr. Hamilton's installation yesterday.
Dr. Medesy Speaks
In the October 5 issue of THE
RAMBLER there appeared two
editorials. One was entitled
"Thank You" and dealt with
thanking all concerned with the
planning and execution of the
Orientation Program. The sec-ond
was entitled "Are You Re-sponsible?"
and dealt with dam-age
in one of our dormitories.
I wish to add my "Thank
You" not only for the conduct
of the Orientation Program but
for the many fine things students
do in demonstrating their ap-preciation
for the opportunity to
attend our college.
It is unfortunate indeed that
THE RAMBLER and the head
of the college find it necessary
to ask "Are You Responsible?"
for careless and thoughtless ac-tions
which reflect upon the
total student body.
There exists on our campus
a small group of students who
apparently do not take pride in
being associated with an attrac-tive
campus. I refer to the stu-dents
who litter the grounds,
corridors of buildings, and park-ing
lots with cigarette stubs and
wrappers, matchbook covers,
lunch bags, Kleenex, and other
items oven though the college
has provided many receptacles
for trash disposal.
These same students persist in
walking on the lawns instead
of using walks thereby causing
damage 1o the grass and making
the campus less attractive and
more expensive to maintain.
The daily condition of the new
food and drink vending machine
building between Conklin Hall
and the Library is a disgrace.
Although the State contributed
the building and provides heat
and light, it was renovated and
equii)pcd from student activity
fee funds and in a sense is a
student-owned building.
Every lime a
LOBASSO CHOSEN; REPRESENTS
SUATI AT INSTALLATION
On the 29th of October, Dr. Thomas Hale Hamilton was
installed, at the State University of Education at Albany, as
the new president of the State University of New York.
Dr. William A. Medesy, Pro-,
fessor Joseph S. Roesch- and
Horton Amidon, and a Dental
Hygiene senior, Catherine Lo-basso,
aLtended the installation
as representatives from SUATI.
Dr. Medesy represented the col-lege
as awhole. Professors
Roesch and Amidon represented
SUATI on the Faculty Senate in
Albany during the installation.
Miss Lobasso had the great hon-or
of representing all of the
student body of the State Uni-versity
of New York. She was
chosen by the General Educa-
The costs of cleanup are now
in excess of the commissions
and unless there is an improve-ment
in the care and use of the
building the Association 'will
have no alternative but to close
the building and deny all stu-dents
a service they need and
which most appreciate. A con-tinuation
of littering and walk-ing
on the lawns may require
other disciplinary action on the
part of the Administration.
If you are responsible for any
of the above examples of un-satisfactory
behavior, I urge you
to be more careful. If you are
not responsible, I suggest you
appoint yourself a committee of
one to remind others that you
would like to see littering and
other abuses of property elim-inated.
Let's all get together and keep
our campus clean.
tion department to give the wel-coming
address at the installa-tion
for the 16,000 students in
the State University. She was
also invited to attend a recep-tion
and dinner before the in-stallation.
It was indeed a great honor to
have a student, in the person of
Miss Lobasso, chosen from
SUATI to give the welcoming
address at Dr. Hamilton's in-stallation.
Miss Lobasso was
chosen over many others in giv-ing
the address. Our hats are
off to her!
SAYLER TO SPEAK
TO SCA
On November 4, the Student
Chi'istian Association will have
as its guest speaker Mr. Arch
student grinds |E. Sayler, Chief Probation Of-a
cigarette butt on a table or; ficer of the United States Court,
on the floor, spills his drink, dis-! Southern District, who is an ac-cards
a wrapper, or fails to use | tive church member and deals
a trash receptacle, he creates | with approximately 2200 crim-an
expense of cleanup to be inals and delinquents each year,
borne by his fellow students.; He will speak on the topic "A
This o-.'>;-p-e-n-s-e comes about Strand in the Rope". The
tlu'ough a reduction in commis- 'meeting is scheduled for 7:30 at
sions from vending machines to the Log Cabin, November 4. All
tiie Faculty-Student Association are welcome! Refreshments to
because of large and uuneces- follow speaker. Come one, come j evident.
134 Give Blood
The Institute Blood Drive held
last Friday was, as usual, very
successful. Of the 178 people
who showed up to give blo(jd,
there were 44 rejects, or a grand
total of 134 who gave, which is
two more than last year. The
Inter-County Blood Bank, which
ran the drive, said that SUATI
has the best turnout of any of
their colleges.
Thanks is due to Madeline Do-lan
and- her committee, the
members of the faculty who do-nated
cake, and the Crotty
Brothers for coffee and juice.
graduation.
Homecoming will never be
forgotten by the alumni because
of the many events that will take
place. Included are a footabll
game, a soccer game, a cross
meet, and, to end the
nquet and dance. There
_ be a float contest which
URBfM prove enjoyable to all.
Members of the faculty and
alumni will judge the float con-test,
and four prizes will be i
awarded. The first prize is a
cup and the next three are cash
prizes. A prize will be awarded
to the float with the most orig-inality,
cleverness, and quality.
The Banquet will be held in
Knapp Hall at 6:15 p.m. Dr.
Medesy will be the key speaker.
All alumni who will partici-pate
in the festivities at Home-coming
will never forget this
wonderful day. Hope to see you
all there. Hamilton Officially
Installed
Representatives of more than
100 colleges and universities at-tended
the installation of Dr.
Thomas H. Hamilton as presi-dent
of the State University of
New York on October 29. The
ceremony was held at Page Hall,
State University College of Ed-ucation
at Albany, at 8:30 p.m.
Because of the limited capacity
of the auditorium, admission
was by invitation only.
Frank C. Moore, chairman of
the University Board of Trus-tees,
was the installing officer.
Governor Rockefeller and Dr.
Hamilton delivered the princi-pal
addresses.
Most Reverend William A.
Scully, Bishop of the Albany
Catholic Diocese, delivered the
invocattion. A prayer was of-fered
by Rabbi Julius K. Gut-mann,
president of the Capital
District Board of Rabbis. Rev-erend
Carlyle Adams, president
of the Capital Area Council of
Churches, gave the benediction.
An orchestra made up of State
University faculty members was
organized for the ceremony by
Maurice Baritaud, associate
professor of music at the College
of Education at Potsdam. Har-ry
A. King, associate director
of music education at the Col-lege
of Education at Fredonia,
was the conductor. The orches-tra
included facult ymembers
from the State University Col-leges
of Education at Buffalo,
Cortland, Fredonia, New Paltz,
Plattsburgh, and Potsdam.
Greetings were extended to
the new president by Chancellor
John R. Brosnan on behalf of
the Board of Regents; by Carl
F. VanderClute, chairman of the
HOMECOMING PROGRAM
October .31, 1959
Registration—
11:00 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
Ind.-Tech Bldg. Foyer
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Football Field
Snack Bar—
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Ind.-Tech Building
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Football Field,
Senior Class Concession
Soccer—11:00 a.m.
Brooklyn College
Cross Country—11:00 a.m.
N. Y. City Community
College
Football—2:00 p.m.
Hofstra Freshmen
Float Parade—Aat half time
On display from 1:00 p.m.
Alumni Meeting—5:00 p.m.
Room 213 Administration
Bldg.
Banquet—6:15 p.m.
Knapp Hall, Director
Medesy will speak
Dance—9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
K of C Hall, Lindenhurst
Reservations for the Banquet
and Dance may be picked up at
the reservation desk in the In-dustrial
- Technical Build i n g,
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and at
Knapp Hall immediately before
the dinner.
Council of the Maritime College,
on behalf of the State Univer-sity's
colleges; by George W.
Gleasner, chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Erie County Tech-nical
Institute, on behalf of the
trustees of the community col-leges;
by Foster S. Brown,
president of the College of Ed-ucation
at Oswego, on behalf of
Reilly, Volpicella, Kline
Attend Hofstra Conference
sary costs of cleanup. ,all!
In commemoration of Hofstra College's twenty-fifth anni-versary,
the college will hold on Friday, November 6, a con-ference
on the subject, "Higher Education Looks Ahead," to
which representatives of thirty-five Eastern colleges have been
invited to participate. Fordham University, Princeton University,
and Vassar College as well as SUATI were among the schools
who received invitations.
Farmingdale's delegation will be composed of Professor Wil-liam
Reilly, representing the faculty; and Lou Volpicella and
Marcia Kline of Student Council representing the student body.
Among the outstanding speakers at the all-day meeting will
be John Cranford Adams, President of Hofstra College, and
Arthur S. Adams, President of the American Council on Educa-tion.
Among the pertinent topics to be discussed will be "Higher
Education Looks Ahead 25 Years", "The College Student of To-morrow",
"They Come For the Best of Reasons", and "The
Roles of Private and Public Colleges in the Next Decade."
In light of the technology and sociological complexities of
modern living, the importance of such a conference is self
We trust that much will be gained through our college's
partieipatifn in this timely conference.
DR. HAMH^TON
the administrative heads of the
University's colleges; by Charl-es
P. Stokes, chairman of the
Department of Music of the Col-lege
of Education at Albany, on
behalf of the University's facul-ties;
and by Miss Catherine Lo-basso,
a student at the Agricul-tural
and Technical Institute at
Farmingdale, on behalf of the
students.
The installation was followed
by a reception at Brubacher
Hall, College of Education at
Albany.
Representatives of colleges in
the Albany area attending the
installation included President
Richard G. Folsom, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute; President
Val H. Wilson, Skidrnore Col-lege;
President Lewis A. Fro-man,
Russell Sage College; Rev-erend
Edmund F. Christy,
O.F.M., President, Siena Col-lege;
and Dean Charles W.
Huntley, Union College.
(Continued on Page 7, Col. 4)
The results of the Fresh-man
Hoard election: George
lirauu, OH; Mike Harrison,
OH; Hruce Bahret, 4H; John
rierney, DI; Tony Adamo,
TAA; Arleen Lorenzetti, DH;
Richard Warner, AO; and
Richard Codrington, HB.