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STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.L, N.Y.
Volume XXXIV - No. 2
November 1, 1963
CONTEST
$50 Prize Money
The RAMBLER will sponsor the first in a '
series of contests aimed at promoting student
interest in extra-curricular activities. In this
issue, we announce the start of SUATI's first-
Art Contest and Exhibit. Two $25 checks, one j
for the best work by an art student and one for
the best work submitted by a non-art student^
will be awarded at a future date. !
Original works in oils, gouache, tempera,
pastels, or other medium are acceptable. All
entries must at least be matted (mounted on
cardboard), and it has been suggested that oils
be framed. Providing the work is in good taste,
no restrictions have been placed onsubject-mat-ter.
The contest is open to all day and evening
session students. All hidden talent is encouraged
t o e n t e r . s
Art students will be judged off campus by
members of the Board of the Huntington Town-ship
Art League. Non-art students will be judged li
by our own art department. A selection of the
best twenty-five entries will be on exhibit in the
showcase at Lupton Hall for two weeks preced- :
ing and one week following Christmas.
Deadline for entries is Monday, December 2.
Judges will announce the winners in the following
issue of the RAMBLER. Entry blanks and addi-tional
details will be available in every building
on campus, or from the RAMBLER.
This contest covers the field of art. Future
contests will include a large range of activities
designed to afford opportunities to all interested
•i students.
Senior Morses
Weltome
Freshmen
By Geraldine Pyflak
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On October 18, 1963, the Log
Cabin was the scene of a first
for SUATI. Thefirst nursing class,
now seniors, gave a welcome tea
to the second freshman
class.
nursing
Among those present were the
nursing faculty, which included
Mrs. Clark, Miss Wozniak, Miss
Horiuchi, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs.
Fields. Also present were Mrs.
Phelps, of the department of Ad-vertising
Art and Design, Dr. Th-omas,
chairman of the Dental Hy-giene
curriculum and director of
health services division, and Mrs,
Atlas who assists Dr. Thomas.
Miss Findlay, President of the
Student Nurses' Association asked
Mrs, Phelps, as the designer of
the attractive green and white
striped uniform and perky caps
worn by the nursing students, to
say a few words to thegroup.Mrs.
Phelps told of her experience in
advertising anddesigningforauni-form
company in upper N.Y.S.
She e;yressed thep^surj8§h^(Jfis
ancTciJs the curlriculum.
Next to speak was Dr. Thomas,
win emphasized the problems that
were encountered in setting up the
D.H. and later the nursing cur-riculums,
on the hitherto techno-logical
campus. Both Mrs, Phelps
and Dr. Thomas were enthusiastic
in their aicouragement and good
wishes extended the students.
The attention was then turned to
the cutting of thefirst Anniversary
Cake of the Nursing Class, with its
large one candle. Following this,
coffee, tea and cake were enjoyed
by aW.
The climax was the presenta-
Pr/ie Winning Float
Indian Summer Greets
Alumni At Homecoming
spectators thronged to the annual Homecoming Day".
Highlighting the festivities was a float parade, In
keeping with the weather "Indian Summer" by the
Cattle Club, won first prize,
The committee of judges (Mrs,
Treimer, Mrs, Joan Nicfclas, and
Mr. David Buchan) had a diffi-cult
task to choose 3 winners from
tion of a nursing cap to Mrs. Phelps
as a token of gratitude for her ef-forts,
Word has itthatMrs,Phdps
will have much to do in desi^ng
the nursing pin that all graduate
nurses wear.
Carnival to be Held
at Kiamesha Lake
And Then There Were Nine
Th» niif finalists S9l9ct»d for f/i« Chrysanthemum Qvn
Contest await tho decision of the judges. The final winner was
ludy Kasten, a DH Sr, next issue's Student Spotlight. Judy is
seated third from the left. From left to right:Diane Cutie,Roslyn
Friar, Judy Kasten, Judy Larsen, Carolyn Narocki, Janet Raitano,
Diane Sabia, Lynn Vielkanowitx and Carolyn Zarling.
During the inter-session week
from Monday, February 3, to Wed-nesday,
February 5, the biggest
event of the school year will take
place at the Concord Hotel, Kia-mesha
Lake, N.Y. It will be the
Eighth Annual Winter Carnival
sponsored by the Student Council.
The Concord is considered the
"Cadillac" of the Winter resort
hotels in the Catskills and is only
2 1/2 hours from New York. The
rooms available for S.U.A.T.I.
students are deluxe with private
baths, T.V., and air conditioning
all in the main building. Students
may indicate who they want to room
with.
The facilities available for the
students are exactly the same as
the ones the regular paying guests
use. They include ice skating fa
small charge of $1.00 for individ-ual
session and $1.75 all day if you
haven't your own skates), skUiig
(free if vou have your own equip-ment,
$3.75 includes expert in-struction,
use of tows, skis, boots,
all day), tobocanni^g and the use of
the pool which is operated by
Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe.
There will, however, be a charge
for horseback ridinig and me
facilities run by the Independent
concessions at the Concord for
those who wish to use them.
Students wiU go up on large,
comfortable, heated buses and will
leave S.U.A.T.I. 12 noon Monday
and return approximately 8 PM
Wednesday.
The itinerary for the Carnival
will include a midnight swim, out-door
and indoor ice skating both
nights, an All-Star Broadway
variety show in the nightclub every
night and dancing to three orches-tras.
There will be dance lessons
and a twist contest one of the nights
as well as entertainment.
The cost of the entire Carnival
is only $37.00 which includes
transportation to and from the
campus, 6 meals and 2 nights lodg-ing,
all tips and taxes, full use of
all facilities, and a complimentary
cocktail party on one of the nights
from 6:30 to 7:30 PM before dinner,
with hot and cold hors d'oeuvres,
Rye, Scotch, Manhattans and Mar-tinis
(with no limits set on drinks).
The Student Council committee
co-chairmen, Marie Nlelson, and
Diane Sabia are collecting partial
payments now to ease thetlnancial
strain on the students. They wiU
be In Knapp Hall Dining Room be-tween
11PM and 1PM. Partial pay-ments
are being accepted until the
Christmas holidays, after which
only full payments will be accepted.
the nine colorful floats. "Indian
Summer" an Indian village with
teepee, baby lambs, and two norse-back
riders created by the Cat-tle
Club won the first prize of
$50 and the Kiwanis trophy. The
second prize of $35 was awarded
to the NOMA entry "AlicelnNOMA
Land" -- an unusual office scene
with Alice taking dictation from the
Mad Hatter while a deck of cards
typed. The Art Association float
"The 1964 Worlds Fair" featur-ing
a Unisphere, 4 lovely girls,
multi-colored balloons, and an
artificial fountain took third place,
receiving a $25 prize. Among the
other entries were: "Presenting
the Nurses", a flower bedecks
convertible complete with a hypo-dermic
needle and 5 student
nurses; "Campus Queen 64 B.C."
an A.I.A. student chapter effort
spotlighting a reclining figure of
the grape - eating campus queen
(male, of course) pidled by a 16
student-powered team; the Na-tional
Association of Gardeners
had a "buggy" float — 3 bugs
and a can of Raid; Drama Club
featured Cleopatra amidst her fan
club; a giant T.V. dinner repre-sented
the Food Techs; the Mem-orial
Hall Fire Dep. showered the
crowd "with paper, used cigarette
packs, and water.
The awards were made by Ron-ild
Shircore, President of the
"armingdale Kiwanis, following
the parade at half time. Scoring
was based on originality, effective-ness,
craftsmanship,- and esthetic
quality. A special award of a $25
savings bond was given to Richard
Yellln, from the Drama Club, as
the student who contributed the
most to his group's float.
FLOAT PARADE
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