Farmingdale State College - Islander Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTCRY When the class of '56 invaded the academic groves of LIATI, we were greeted royally by Director Knapp with a tea in the Rose Garden, open-heartedly by the Student Council with a chicken barbecue, and hard-handedly by the Senior Class with a Hazing Program. We lined up outside the bookstore with money iangling in our pockets-and by the time we exited past the cashiers, with armloads of books, slide rules, dental instruments, banners, and souvenirs, only our nerves were iangling. Beanies and Student Handbooks were the uniform of the day. The serene autumn stillness of the campus was regularly shattered by off-key renditions of the Alma Mater, done to the imperious commands of sophisticated Seniors. Somehow, we survived Orientation and Hazing, with the promise to ourselves that we would do things differently. Our roommates became our buddies or enemies-as fate and room assignments would have it. About this time, we began to appreciate Mom and her home cooking, despite the best efforts of Crotty Brothers, Incorporated. However, the lines at the Dining Hall never did get any shorter. Freshman year was over before you could say Spring Festival. And there's so much to remember from that first year-but we'll wait and tell that story to our grandchildren. It was another lazy day in September when Senior class registra- tion was held. Last year's freshmen were now seniors. Yes, we had made the grade!