The_Rambler_1960-01-27

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VOL. XXXI, 6 January 27, I960
Winter Weekend Prediction
Comes True
In our last issue of the Rambler, we predicted that all who
went on Winter Weekend would have a terrific time.
On January 8, 85 Aggies loaded their suitcases, themselves,
imd some extras on two buses and started on their way to
Pocmont Lodge, Bushkill, Penn-sylvania.
After five hours of
fun and frolic, several wrong
turns, and unscheduled stops,
they finally arrived, to find no
snow to greet them. Naturally,
they were disappointed that
there was no snow, but at din-ner
they were welcomed by the
management and Vulcan, the
manager's pet, and assured that
the ice skating was excellent and
that skiing was possible nearby.
A three-piece band and juke
box near the snack bar provided
dancing until the small hours
of the morning. At the comple-tion
of these planned activities,
individuals gathered for other
entertainment.
Saturday morning and after-noon
were filled with ice skating,
hiking, horseback riding, and
ping pong contests. Deena
Braunstein and Marty Firestone
proved to be superior in their
ping pong abilities and were de-clared
the winners of the "con-test.
That night, in the recreation
hall,there was a dance accom-panied
by two dance contests.
The winners of the lindy and
cha-cha contests were selected
by impartial judges; two honey-moon
couples. Prizes in t h e
form of bottles of champagne.
were awarded to Bill Schwartz
and Arleen Lorenzetti, as win-ners
of the lindy contest and
H a n k Pipta and Gwen Mead,
winners of the cha-cha contest.
Dancing with one of the newly-weds
was an added prize for
Hank.
During the intermission in the
two contests, the King and
Queen of Winter Weekend were
announced. They had been
chosen by votes of the 85 that
morning. Their "Highnesses",
John Fitzgerald and Nancy Perl-man,
were presented with tro-phies
as proof of their royalty.
Dancing continued until 12:30
A.M. and was supplemented by
a weenie roast. Again, the re-mainder
of the evening was fill-ed'
with entertainment.
Sunday morning, after church,
was again "filled with ice skating,
games, and squeezing clothes
and souvenirs into suitcases
that seemed5to have shrunk.
The buses left at 4:00 that aft-ernoon.
The trip home encoun-tered
a very bad hailstorm.
When they finally arrived at
SUATI at 12:30 A.M., 85 very
tired, but very happy people es-caped
from the buses into the
awaiting snow.
Our prediction came true. The
85 had a terrific time.
Dr. Hamilton Addresses Students And Answers All Questions
Circle K Officially Opens Campus Store
On Monday, January 11, Dean Willenbrock cut the ribbon
that officially opened the Campus Store. The store, which is
located on the north end of the Student Union Building, is being
run by members of the Circle K Club. The Circle K is the only
service club on the campus. All profits made in the store are
students.
The Campus Store handles a wide variety of convenience
items as well as candy, soda, and cigarettes. The store is open
during lunch hour from 12:15 P.M. until 12:45 P.M. and Monday
through Thursday nights from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.
The Campus Store is here to serve you.
If you don't see what you want
Don't raise a fuss,
All you have to do
Is just ask us,
If we don't have it
We will get it.
It's motto is;
Dean Willenbrock Opens Campus Store
Dr. Thomas Hale Hamilton,
pleased with the turnout of stu-dents
on his visit to SUATI on
January 5, addressed the stu-dents
in Knapp Hall from 4:00
to 4:30 P.M. Dr. Hamilton had
begun his tours of the 46 units of
State University on September
15, 1959. These 46 units are
greatly diversified — agricultur-al
and technical, medical, mari-time,
teachers colleges, com-munity
colleges. SUATI was the
36th unit to be visited. In these
visits. Dr. Hamilton wanted to
find out the problems, hopes,
and aspirations of the schools.
According to Dr. Hamilton,
the most important activity in
any university is that which
takes place between the faculty
and student: in the classroom,
in the library, in the laboratory.
The important things are the
changes that occur in the stu-dent
— both overt and covert —
they are products that come
from the lab, classroom, and li-brary.
This applies to either
private or public universities.
The convictions and philoso-phy
of Dr. Hamilton on universi-ties
is that a university's pri-mary
purpose is intellectual in
nature. It is concerned with
knowing as opposed to willing
or feeling, although these parts
of life are worth while. Over
the centuries, societies have dis-covered
that unless they develop
institutions of learning, they
cannot survive. A university's
three responsibilities are: to pre-serve
knowledge of the past, to
discover new knowledge, and to
pass this knowledge on to the
students.
The following questions and
answers were considered after
Dr. Hamilton's address to the
students:
1. Plans for the future of this
college — two year institute,
community coUege or what?
A two-year institute is not half
of a four-year institute and a
four-year institute is not twice
as good as a two-year institute.
They are unique because they
have certain kinds of objectives
which are not part of four-year
institutes. Too frequently, two-year
institutes become four-year
for the wrong reasons. As a
matter of local pride, the citi-zen
groups want a four-year in-stitute
because it is their policy.
The expense involved is not the
same for the first two years of
an Ag. and Tech. institute or
Community College; it gets pro-gressively
more expensive.
There was legislation intro-duced
last year which permit-ted
two-year agricultural and
technical institutions to operate
in a community college fashion.
This legislation was defeated.
The able and intelligent young
must be provided an education
without concern about his par-ents,
background, etc. Educa-tional
opportunity should be
given to all. This theory is
relatively recent. The nature of
this contribution is better recog-nized
in other nations than in
the United States. The State is
an educational society and has
an obligation to permit the citi-zens
of the State to come to
college regardless of economic
opportunity.
"It would be well for us to
pledge our fidelity to make the
State University of New York
highest."
Several months ago there was a
meeting of presidents and coun-cils
. of the six Ag. and Tech.
institutes. There were objec-tions
to assuming complete roles
of community college.
There was no statement as to
tuitioh if a community college
was 4greed upon. When it was
established in 1948, the legis-lation
said that there would be
no tuition at those institutes. In
institutions established since
that time, tuition is paid. Har-pur
is an example of a school
with very high tuition. There
is no uniform tuition policy as
of yet.
2. Cut in University Budget
and Effect?
This year, there were three
budgets drawn up instead of the
usual one. One was based on
what the universities really
need, one on what we have now,
and the third with a 5 per cent
cut. The first was the only one
that was recommended; the last
two were turned down. If there
was a 5 per cent cut in the bud-get,
the results would be very
serious. The enrollment would
have to be cut. Now, it is up
to the legislation to approve the
budget.
3. Standing on a New Gym
for SUATI.
The budget for next year has
included appropriations for a
new gym. If they cannot get a
permanent gym, they hope to
get a temporary one. Approval
of the budget and legislation is
a very involved and long pro-cedure.
Dr. Hamilton Greets Dick Sands
Emanon Ball Is
This Friday Night
It's here!! January 29, at
8:30 P.M., the Society of High-way
and Bridge Technicians is
sponsoring the Second Annual
Emanon Ball at the Page Two.
Tickets, only $2.50 per couple,
can be obtained through High-way
and Bridge students or at
the door.
The Page Two, located in
Long Beach, has a great band,
a trio, and plenty of room for
dancing. At 12:00 midnight,
horns and hats will be distrib-uted.
Last year the profits from the
dance were used to pay for
beach parties.
Fun will be had by all who
4. Transfer Credits.
According to Dr. Hamilton,
this is a situation that must be
studied very carefully. There
is no difficulty now if the sub-jects
you are studying are rele-vent
and you want to change.
Where you do have trouble is in
subjects that are not fully recog-nized
for transfer credit by the
other colleges.
With time running out, the
questions and answer- period
was brought to a close. Lou
Volpicella presented Dr. Hamil-ton
with a gift from the students
—a SUATI beer mug. Dr. Ham-ilton
assured the students it
would not be used to drink tea.
attend this year's Emanon Ball.
So, fellows get your best girl,
your ticket, and I'll see you at
the Emanon Ball.