The_Rambler_1963-12-20

              STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
FARMINGDALE, L.I., N.Y.
Volume XXXIV - No. 5 December 20, 1963
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"Small-Frys"
SINCE DECEMBER 3, ELE-MENTARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN
FROM THE HALF HOLLOW
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUFFOLK
COUNTY HAVE BEEN VISITING
THE DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC
AT STATE UNIVERSITY'S AGRI-CULTURAL
AND TECHNICAL IN-STITUTE
AT FARMINGDALE
TWICE A WEEK FOR DENTAL
HEALTH EDUCATION AND DEN-TAL
PROPHYLAXIS.
The children visiting the college
clinic have been separated into two
groups. While one half is taught
dental health, the other half is
given dental prophylaxis, or dental
cleaning. In all, "OOto SOOchQdren
will visit the college clinic.
Affiliation with the Half Hollow
School District has a twofold pur-pose:
elementary school children
learn good dental health and the
dental hygiene students at the col-lege
clinic increase their clinical
experiences.
In the past. Dental Hygiene
students at the college have worked
with various hospitals and Grum-man
Aircraft in the providing of
dental prophylaxis and education
while gaining clinical experience.
This new phase of their program
will give them experience iu deal-ing
with patients ranging from kin-dergarten
to adulthood.
Tne program at Farmingdale is
under the general supervision of
Dr. Kendall P. Thomas, chairman
of the dental hygience department,
and Mrs, Ursula Schwerin, in-structor
in dental hygiene,
Dr, Walter Strubel, visiting
lecturer in Clinical Dental Hygiene,
also supervises the oral examin-ations
of the patients attending the
clinic,
FLOWER SALE
AT
GREENHOUSE
Academy of Music Presents
''Hansel and Greter
"HANSEL AND GRETEL,"
THE FAMILIAR BELOVED
FAIRY - TALE THAT ENGEL-BERT
HUMPERKINCK TURNED
INTO AN OPERATIC CLAS-SIC,
WILL BE PRESENTED
IN AN ENHANCED, RESTAGED
VERSION BY THE BROOKLYN
OPERA COMPANY IN THE
OPERA HOUSE OF THE BROOK-LYN
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
ON THE AFTERNOONS OF
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 AND
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, AT
2:30 PM. The brace of per-formances
will be the fourth an-nual'
presentations at the Academy
of this musical version of Grimm's
"Hansel and Gretel," now accepted
as a traditional feature of the
Christmas season in numerous
cities throughout the world.
This season's performances (on
December 21 and 23) will be the
first under the personal direction
of Franz Waxman, the dis-tinguished
composer - conductor
of symphony and opera, whose work
in Hollywood has twice won for
him the coveted "Oscars," sym-bol
of the Academy Awirds, Mr.
Waxman has conducted the major
orchestras of Vienna, London,
Hamburg, Paris, Zurich, Israel,
Holland, Mosciw, Leningrad and
Kiev. As a composer, he is per-haps
best known for his "Carmen
Fantesie," written for Jascha
Heifetz, which Mr, Waxman
record^ with the famous violinist
ds soioist. He will stage and con-duct
both performances of "Hansel
and Gretel," in his New York debut
as a conductor,
CLARAMAE TURNER
WILL STAR
Claramae Turner will star as
The Witch in "Hansel and Gretel,"
which will be sung entirely in Eng-lish,
The American contralto has
sung with the Metropolitan Opera,
the Chicago Opera, New York City
and San Francisco Opera com-panies
and appeared in the film
of "Carousel," On "Omnibus" on
NBC, she recreated her acclaimed
characterization of Madame Flora
in Menotti's "The Medium," She
is recognized as a great character
actress and is, in truth, a singing
actress whose performances as the
Witch have won the hearts of child-ren
and adults alike,
"Hansel and Gretel" is the basis
of Humperdlnck's claim to fame, •
When he set this popular fairy-tale
to music, his intention was
to amuse his sister's children.
It is a historical fact that he did
much more than that. His opera
"Hansel and Gretel" has amused
and fascinated generations of
children and enchanted adults since
its premiere in the late 19th cen-tury.
It has truly been called an
entertainment "for children' from
eight to eighty.
At the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, on Decemoer 21 and 23,
Waxman will stage and conduct a
full-scale production, complete
with large orchestra, chorus and
ballet. The favorite characters of
Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, the
Sandman and the Dew Fairy—all
make-believe personalities in the
child's world of fairyland and fan-tasy
— will. appear.
TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for "Hansel and Gretel"
are on sale at the box-office of the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30
Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn 17,
New York, Prices are$1.00, $1.50,
$2.00, $2.50, and $3.00. Mail
orders will be filled in order of
receipt and must include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with
check or money order. Information
'on special group rates may be ob-tained
by'phoning STerling 3-6700,
Enrollment Hits New High
It's another record enrollment year for StatJ Uni-versity
of New York which announced an all-time high
of 76, 510 full-time students registered in the Fall of
academic 1963-64.
Increased enrollment resulting from introduction of
the tri-semester calendar at three units is expected
to raise the eventual full-time total for the year to ap-proximately
77, 000.
The Fall total represents an increase of 8,491
students, or 12.5per cent, over last year's full-time
enrollment of 68,019,
In addition to the full-time
students there are 46,669 in part-time
degree credit study and 8,725
taking non-degree-credit courses,
makin<^ a total of 131,904 students
now attending classes throughout
the University.
State University is comprised of
58 units, 30 of which are State
supported colleges and 28 of which
are locally-sponsored community
colleges under the program of the
University,
TRI-SEMESTER
student enrollment at the three
units where pilot programs in year
round operation were introduced
this past summer show increases
over full-time registration for the
comparable period last year, when
they were on the traditional two-semester
schedule. The increases,
however, are not indicative of the
total number of additional students
who will actually be admitted as a
result of the year round program.
University projections indicate
that the three units will still ac-cept
approximately 375 additional
freshmen who otherwise could not
• have been accommodated under the
two-semester program.
1,875 AT FARMINGDALE
At the Agricultural and Technical
Institute at Farmingdale, in the
second of its'three-semester year,
full-time enrollment is 1,875, up
120 from a year ago.
Farmingdale and Hapur College
at their third registration periods
in late March-early February, will
be able to accept an estimated 100
and 148 additional freshmen re-spectively,
New Paltz expects to
accept an estimated 125 additional
freshmen at the beginning of its
fourth quarter in late Mardi,
At Farmingdale students attend
classes for two-consecutive se-mesters
and take the third off. At
New Paltz, students attend for three
consecutive quarters and take the
fourth off. There are provisions
for students to accelerate their
studies if they desire.
The year round program was
initiated to determine the pos-sibility
of increasing full-time en-rollment
through increased utiliz-ation
of existing facilities.
For optimum success, the pro-gram
depends upon equal entering
classes. The University does not
expect immediate accomplishment
of this goal, but foresees a con-tinuing
registration upcurve as the
opportunities presented by calen-dar
operation become better known.
ICC Active
MeetingstobeHeldWeekly
The ICC (Inter-Council of Clubs)
has once again become active on
campus. At the last meeting, the
President, Janet Carrerro, em-phasized
the necessity for frequent
and regular meetings.
The purpose of the organization
is to unite the various clubs on
campus (active clubs number 42).
Among the many aims comprised
by the ICC include the co-ordi-nation
of all the club's activities,
both social and business. Due to
lack of response, these aims could
not be carried out. Th° total re-presentation
of the past few meet-ings
has cast a new light on the
situation.
Meetings will be held every Fri-day
at 11:00 am in the Memorial
Hall Lounge. Every club on campus
must be represented by at least one
member of their organization,
AlumniFraternityPresident
Fred Herrmann, Class of '61
(Highway and Bridge), was an-nounced
as president of the Theta
Chi Fraternity at the Missouri
School of Mines and Mettalurgy,
Theta Chi, a National Fraternity
established at the school in 1960,
participates in campus functions
and intramural- sports. Its ob-jectives
are to develop character,
citizenship, personality, and
scholarship among the members.
Biologist Society
Formed
A SEASON FOR REJOICING...
A SEASON FOR REMEMBERING
With the election of theofficers,
the S.O.B.'s (Society of Biologist)
have recently been recognize as
an official functioning organization
of SUATI.
The newly elected officers are:
Bill Hog an, President, Pat Gal-lagher,
Vice-President, Sandy
Jones, Secretary, Nathan Lafer,
Treasurer, and Dave Driscoll, ICC
representative.
After the officers were chosen, a
committee was established to plan
a party designed to give the mem-bers
an opportunity to become
better r-'quainted. Mention was
made of a possible field trip in the
• distant future.
The prupose of the society is to
unite freshmen and senior Bio,
Tech, students for social and aca-demic
reasons.
The advisors are Dr. Pyenson,
Chairman of the B.T. Department,
and Mr. Swan. Membership in the
society will be open to students of
all curriculums. Meeting will be
held evet7 other Wednesday at
1?:00 pm in Room 114, HortonHall.
LET'S MAKE IT
A SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON