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- - . \ r VOLUME XII NUMBER 3 THE STATE UNIVERSITY MARITIME COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 9 NOVEMBER 1959 ■ ' \ - i f - \1 I ■/ -j ■I ■,‘s 1 ■i ^ I • J Long Island Naval Exhibit On the 26 and 27 of Oct. , the Long Island Naval Re serve Association had an exhibit in the Mid Island Shopping Plaza, in Hicksville, Long Island. The ex hibit consisted of various phases of the Navy’s units, and auxiliaries. Several civilian and military concerns. all dealing with the equipment, train ing, and operations of the Navy’s personnel were present. The State University of New York Maritime College was one of the units rep resented, with one of the finest •displays in the exhibit. The Maritime College, essentially an officer’s training school, was contacted by the Naval Reserve As sociation. Through the efforts of the Commandant Of Cadets, the Dean of Students Office, a display for the show was designed. It consisted of a representation of every phase of a Cadet’s life at the College, and his experiences on the Training 'CiUises. Instruments used in Nav igation, Marine Engineering, and Seamanship were shown. Each de partment contributed books, so that a general idea of the course of study was there for the public to see. The on-lookers were amazed that cadets studied courses ranging from Physics to Hispanic Culture to Strength of Materials. Pictures of the college facilities, of the training cruise, and of Ca dets in general were prominent. Col lege catalogues were given out to those interested, and after the first two hours, the supply was depleted. A miniature of a Portugese Caravel, a ship model of solid gold, presented to the EMPIRESTATEIlIonthel958 Training Cruise, was a source of extreme interest to those present. A Geiger-Mueller radiation detector and counter, loaned to us by the Nu clear Physics class, was by far one of the main attractions. It contin ually gave out a count of Beta p a rti cles, emitted bya Carbon-14 source, in a separate unit. The\ entire display was set up, and manned by the following Ca dets: Sammel 2/C, Nolan, 2/C ,Syre 2/C, Leiding 3/C, Blue 3 /C , Bres- nan 3/C , Johnson 3/C , Vohs 3/C. The “ crew” was complimented by the Naval Officers in authority, for the splendid job they did. It was ob served that close to 1,000 people viewed the exhibit, and that the pub lic at large was more informed in Naval and Maritime endeavors, due to their combined efforts. New Club In Making A new activity is in the makings at the Maritime College. It’s to be called “The Fort Schuyler Society of Model Engineers’’. The motto of the new organization is, “ All that Man Manufactures Can Be Repro duced in Minature.’’ The Fort Schuyler Society of Model Engineers, is by no means a new organization, and is in no way restricted to engineers, as the name might imply. The projects of the activity will range from the build ing of model speed boats to the con struction of miniature steam engine power plant. The choice of projects shall be left to the members who have the satisfaction of knowing there are other members ready and willing to help them if the need arises. The main purpose of the club will be the increasing of the knowledge of engineering principles of its members. To help the club attain this purpose Prof. J. J. Foody,Head of the Engineering Department, has offered limited (based on ability of members) use of the college machine shop to the club, and Mr. R. Rowen, instructor of engineering, has offered his time to a s s is t the mem bers in choosing, planning, and com pleting their projects. Another function of the club will be that of assisting the engineering de partment. Work will be done by the club to aid the College in attaining its engineering objectives. The club will display the a r t of engineering in miniature, and of e r their display for use in instruction. Special p roj ects will be offered to the club by the engineering department, and members who work toward the com pletion of these p rojects will receive all credits available to them through the club. Weekly meetings will be held to discuss the projects of the members, and occasionally a g u estspeaker will be feamred. Visits to Model En gineering Societies, and places of in terest to the club a re planned. The work done by the club on the most part will be done in the machine shop. Membership is still opened to all those interested. A constitution has been drafted, and officers and the by laws are to be voted on in the near future. Upon the completion of the organizational work the club will b e gin functioning toward its goals. Dr, Thomas H, Hamilton, recently-installed pre sident of the State University, will visit the Mari time College campus next Friday, He will make an official tour of the campus and all its facilities in the morning and will meet with the faculty in the afternoon. Other events such as a student assembly, review, and a College Club reception are not def inite, Unless otherwise announced, classes will go on as per schedule. NEW PRESIDENT FOR S.U.N.Y. Dr. Thomas Hale Hamilton was installed as the third president of State Uni versity on Thursday evening, October 29, at Albany's College of Education Page Hall before a packed house of well wishers. The attendance over-flowed into an adjacent building where the late-com ers were able to view the ceremonies via closed-circuit television accomodations. Among the distinguished partici pants on stage were Governor Rock efeller, Frank C. Moore, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, who p re sided at the program and made it all official by draping the medallion of office around the neck of Dr. Hamilton, other officials of the State University Administration, and rep resentatives of the unit heads, the faculties, and the student bodies who were given the opportunity of wel coming the new president, wish ing him well, and volunteering everybody’s full cooperation. Mr. Carl F. VanderClute, Chairman of the Maritime College Council, ex tended the official greetings on be half of the various Councils and the Boards of Trustees of the State Uni versity Colleges. The viewing assembly included Admiral Harold C. Moore and Pro fessor j . Thomas Hidalgo, who marched in the procession, Mr. Hi ram Gandelman, business officer, and Cadet Engineer First Class Adrian Joyce from the Maritime College. And besides, more than a hundred representatives of colleges and universities throughout the country and delegates from learned societies and educational and pro fessional organizations were there to pay tribute and homage to the new head of New York’s publicly-sup ported higher educational system. In his ina-’gural address. Dr. Hamilton successfully launched an all-out attack against two prevalent anti-education groups, the so-called neo-aristocrats and the uniformi- tarians; at the first, because they believe that higher education should be only for the wealthy who can af ford to pay the astronomical costs; and at the second, because they be lieve that it is undemocratic for any one student to be more intelligent than another and who would therefore shackle all individual minds, no mat ter how far apart in ability, into one, solid, grey mass of mediocrity from which neither excellence nor in efficiency would tend to be dis tinguishable. He added that if these kinds of attitudes continue to pre vail, they can only result in \anti- intellectualism” which wouldtendto make for very low levels of purpose, effort, and attainment. Using “ The Democracy of Excel lence” as his theme. President Hamilton hammered away at the stolid granite walls of public ap athy, indifference, antagonism, and sometimes ridicule. He proclaimed that a student should have the op portunity to show superior intellec tual and creative ability and not be denied such a chance because of any condition attendant upon his birth. Although lip-service to the ideals of public education is prevalent throughout the country, neverthe less, too many responsible persons use the term s egg-head, high-brow, and ivory tower in an effort to ridicule the stalwarts of higher ed- Dr. Thomas H. Hamilton ucational achievement. Distinction of mind holds a very secondary place in the esteem of the Amer ican public compared to the athlete, the tycoon, and the social blue- blood. And despite the piety of the recently-converted and the ardorous and sudden love affair between the public and its schools and colleges, there still exists a strong suspicion of learning in our society. Dr. Ham ilton emphasized that it must be repeated over and over again that it is not subversive or in any other way unpatriotic to have ideas, that it is not dangerous to think, and that it is not dangerous to be intelligent beyond one’s fellows. He concluded that to best contribute to a dem ocracy of excellence, the University must see that no young citizen of the State is denied an education con sistent with his talent and dili gence. In his speech, the Governor praised Dr. Hamilton’s distin guished character and performance in the educational field. Hecongrat- ulated the Board of Trustees upon their excellent choice and called the recent expansion of the Univer sity to 46 units a “ rem arkable ac complishment’’. He added that the State has “ a responsibility in the years ahead to help provide facili ties for the steadily increasing number of young people graduating from our high schools’’. “ Unfortunately” , Governor Rock efeller concluded, “ we cannot give all the financial support which our State University may want or need. At a morning session, before the gathering of central administration officials, college unit heads, and faculty senators. Dr. Hamilton ad mitted to the enormity »f his task because of the Heterogenous- and far-flung aspects of his academic empire. He pledged all-out and con certed effort on his part and re quested all assistance and coopera tion possible from his listeners. He opened that adm inistrative and fac ulty salaries were t*o low and prom ised to work for their improvement. He likewise showed determination to improve wherever possible, the various other aspects of the Univer sity components such as physical plants, adm inistrative and teaching programs and facilities, and the c a l iber of graduates, so that within the next several y ears of such growth and progress. New York could claim and boast for what it justly de serves and can a f f o r d ---- the best publicly-supported university in the United States. Dr. Hamilton is a family man and prefers fire-side, intimate dis cussions at home with Mrs. Hamil ton, their son TTm, 15, and their daughter, Anne, five, to the demands, frivolity, and fish-bowl aspects of the social world. He seems tto have the background, the aspirations, the attitudes and the personality nec essary for an excellent president. .1
