The_Rambler_1961-12-22

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Vol. XXXII No. 18 STATE UNIYOSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT FABMINGPALg.whlQVEMREfc-14. t ^ l
CAMPUS QUEEN CHOSEN
Seated . . Betsy Andersen, Queen Standing .
Queen, and Anne Bieniek, 3rd Place
Betsy AKdersott
Crowned At Formal
On Friday, November 17, the
Salisbury Country Club was the
place to be at. Here at the Stu-dent
Council Formal at approx-imately
IIKX) p.m., Betsy An-derson
was chosen SUATI's
Campus Queen for the 1961-62
school year. For this blond hair-ed,
blue eyed, five-foot eight-inch
twenty year old TSA Senior, it
was one of the greatest and most
exciting moments in her life.
Everyone could see by her radiant
personality and her natural ways
that she was a perfect queen. The
Queen was presented a crown, a
gigantic teddy bear (which Betsy
has named Salisbury), and the priv-ilege
of representing the school
in many otl^r contests which will
occur during this school year.
Betsy will represent the school at
the annual C.I.S.G.A. Convention in
February.
Betsy enjoys such sports ac-tivities
as horseback riding, ski-ing,
golf, and she loves dancing.
Betsy is looking forward to Win-ter
Weekend and the Senior Prom.
Betsy, who lives in RockvlUe
Centre, attended South Side Sen-ior
High School in Rockville Cen-tre.
While in high school, Betsy
participated in cheerleadJjig and
numerous other sports activities.
She sang with two bands and also
in the school choral group. She
was a member of Gamma Hi'Y
and a G.O. represenutive for four
years.
After graduation from high
school, Betsy attended Bucknell
University. At Bucknell, Betsy was
a class officer, sang in the Chapel
Choir and the Woman's Glee Club.
She was chosen Homecoming Court
and also Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
Betsy was chosen Pershing Rif-les
Queen (R.O.T.C. Unit at Buck-nell)
and represented them at the
MiUtary Ball.
Ar SUATl, Betsy is a memberof
NOMA.
Jerry Flerenza, 2nd Place Sharon Wohlslegal. Last Year's
Svati's Mew Gym is Started
SUATl Changes
Quarterly Program
Our administration and faculty are presently studying the desirability
of presenting our yearly program on a two-semester academic calendar
basis rather lhan on the three-quarter system we now have. The main
advantages anticipated by this change are the consolidation of present
smaller units of study into larger units and the moving of curriculums
into more of a basic and fundamental program.
The actual clock hours that each curriculum now has will be aH>rox-imately
the same next year. This new program will require a certain
number of credits rather than specific courses. In the area of general'^'
education, for exanqple, approximately fifteen credits in English and
the social sciences will be required. The rest of a student's credits
may then be obtained through his specific currciulum program and the
health education program.
More emphasis Is going to be placed on the basic*sciences, prin-ciples.
and theories with decreasing emphasis on specific, applied
skills. In the thechnical areas, the subjects of mathematics and physics
are going to be stressed more poignantly.
Much of the orientation of this program was from the accrediation
team that visited our coUege last February. As they pointed out, with
this change, courses will be quite typical of other c o l l i e s and trans-fer
crpd'ts will be more easily evaluated aa the semester-credit basis
than on the quarter program. The change our school has already made
in the way of its gradii^ system will also greatly enhance the possibility
of more transfer credits from this college to others.
Students will be carried through a full semester before a final judge-
^ment has to be made if they are d^lcient In credits, etc. This new
system will be more beneficial to the student since he will be given
fewer subjects and more time to adapt to college life. It is easily un-derstandable
that a studoit has a b^ter chance to adjust when he is.
given a period of time that extrads from September to January rather
than from S^ember to the aid of November.
This proposal of the new pro-
SUATI's new gym is to be iqp
and ready for use no later than
February of 1962. f
At present, steel beams for the
wall structure of the building is
being worked on. Before that is
completed, a $14,000 wooden floor
will be added. The building is going
to be a simple structure big enough
to house seat the entire stu-dent
body and faculty. As soon
as this project is completed, all
assembly programs and sports i
activities will be held there.
The a{^roximate cost of de-molishing
the old building, pur-chasing
and erecting the new one
complete with floor and bleachers
will be about $60,000. This money
was obtained through unallocated
reserves such as the Student Union
Fund,, income from feeding facili-ties,
and income from die book-store.
Presently, a million and a half
dollar gym is being p n ^ s e d . This
building will be much more elab-orately
built with complete facil-ities
for meetings, sports events,
etc. This gym will be ready for
occi4)ancy by 1964.
The gym that is now being built
plus the one proposed will both
be used in 1964.
CHAIRMAN
NAMED
NONOt socffnr
The Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta
EpsUon, an Honor Society, is being
formed on campus topromoce aca-demic
standards, tlie Interests of
the University: and give reco^ti-tion
to those who have attained the
scholastic recomrnandations set
forth by the society and the Uni-versity.
The charter membership of
ttiis chapter will be comprised
of those seniors whose names have
appaared oocc on the Omi*i Use.
during either their fr—hiaan or
scsiior year. Their deyee ct
membership will Unge on otfier
criteria. This crftcrla wiU be
presetted to those who are ini-tiaUy
eligible «t the next orfpni-zatioatl
meeting which will be
held alter IbeHoUdftys.
Plea«e look IM the notices for
this meeting w4iMsh wiU be posted
during ottr fkM «eek of school
next year.
Mrs. Agnes Clark ai Queens
Village has been appointed Chair-man
of the newly established Nurs-ing
Program at State University
Agricugtural and Technical In-stitute
at FamiiBedale. She wiU
assume hsr duties <m Decembr^
14.
Kbs. Clark is the former Dir-ectar
of Nnrsiag at ttm Fkislilng
llnspitil sad FMspmsary.
A Mtive af New Yorfc City. Mrs.
Cterfc is • graduate of BroeUyn
HsspHel SKl racetved her B.SL
Md ICA. duress at Addphi Col-
Isge. She mm sssecistad widi
Brooidyn Haspteal sadQuasns Gen-eral
Hospital prter to aidisting In
the U«Si Army Nurse Cecps in
1943. She served as a supervi-sory
nurse en the riii npssn Front
for three years and received four
battle stars.
Mrs. Clart has one (iuighter,
?^tBphanle. IS, a student of Oyr
Lady of Mercy Academy In Sy-osset.
Mrs. Clark lost her tm^
band in the Korean Conflict.
Mrs. Clark will be responsible
gram was presented to the Council
on Education of the American Den-tal
Association Evaluating Team
that was here last Wednesday, De-cember
13, as a possible organiza-tion
for the additional hygiene
program in the future. The mem-bers
of the team were definitely
in favor of this type of system.
Our nursing program that will
begin in September fits itself in
easily with the semester play. It
will give the students a better
chance to get acclimated to the
place they are training in. This
system will prevent less inter-ngjtions
in their work.
Our evening division with nearly
3,000 students is presmtly on the
semester basis. By having the day-v
time students on ^ s type of pro-gram,
the same course can be ^ven
during the day and night sessions
enabling students to take extra
courses or make ig) subjects that
were failed.
With the changing to two semes-ters
students will undoubtedly
benefit f m n this, but pq)er work
and other things will be made
easier for the administrative staff.
. Because of diis, they will have
more time to devote to the students
and help them with individual prob-lems.
Students wUl be able to study
better, and administration will
have more time to review, eval-uate,
and grade d>e student nwre
accurately. The learning condi-tions
are the important things to
consider, and it is truly believed
that tiiis reorganizatkm of thecal- ^^^
endar year will give the student a
better ciMnce to arrange his sched-ule
to ^ best advantage; and, thus
make for a better student.
program was made possible
through the Kellogg Foundation
which awarded a grant of $8,500
for this purpose.
for planning and coordinating the
rairsing program which will begin
at SUATl neat September. This