Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ► - o $ k Crown Heights Week-end W Thursday night, March 21, the dorm was like a madhouse! The doors were banging, girls were running in and out of rooms borrowing and trying on clothes. We, the freshmen, sophomore and junior dorm-girls, were preparing for a long-anticipated S week-end. For weeks we had been looking forward to spending a week-end in an orthodox Jewish community. Friday afternoon we assembled in the lobby of the Hotel Duane and took the sub- way to Crown Heights — our destination. Upon arriving there, we each went to our home. Immediately we were made to feel at home. Friday night, after our de- licious Shabbos meal and Z ' miros, we all met at the Young Israel of Eastern Parkway. % There we participated in an Oneg Shabbos, which consisted of an interesting speech by ► Rabbi Kanatopsky and some Hebrew singing. Saturday morning, we went to Shul at the Crown Heights Yeshiva. There we were welcomed by Rabbi Baumol, who made a wonderful speech about the girls of Stern College. Saturday afternoon, the curious ones, walking from house to house, explored Crown Heights and met the friendly residents. Shabbos night the boys of Crown Heights had a party arranged for us. We were sorry to leave Sunday morning. It had been an unforgettable, spirited k Jewish atmosphere. ► Honor System The Student Council appointed an Honor Committee to investigate the possibilities of an Honor System for Stern. A proposal to inaugurate this system was passed by the faculty. The proposal was then presented to the student body in an assembly. Technical details led to misunderstandings and the proposal did not receive enough of a majority to be officially adopted this year. It is the intention of the Student Council to propose the Honor System again next term and then we hope to clear up all misunderstandings and institute it at Stern. School Ring A pale blue stone, the corundum, has been chosen for the school ring. The setting will have on one side the Yeshiva University shield seal and on the other a represen- tation of the Stern College building. Student Council Elections Audrey Shapiro, vice-president of the Freshman Class, was elected to the office of secretary of Student Council for the school year of 1957-1958. Other officers are Anne Rosenbaum, president; Eva Osterreicher, vice-president; and Martelle Beren son, treasurer. The vote was held after the student body heard three-minute speeches from all the candidates on May 8. 4t Elections For Sophomore Class On May 15, the Freshman Class voted for class officers for their sophomore year, after the candidates for president and vice-president delivered brief speeches. Paula Fogel was re-elected president. Others elected were Tyra Kellner, vice-president, and SRosalyn Miller, secretary-treasurer. Lag B ' omer Affair 4 SA play, a cantata, an award, and installation of Student Council officers — all were part of our Lag B ' Omer celebration. As a change of pace, the Dramatics Club presented a suspense-thriller entitled The Monkey ' s Paw. The cantata was The Seven Golden Buttons, about the Baal Shem Tov. ti,t - e i u i i i u u„ „„n„j ►„ »k. .-...,„„ „.-t „..;kiv S Mrs. Schachter, a member of our faculty, who was called to the stage ostensibly to retrieve her two little lost girls, was presented with a Student Council award for her efforts on behalf of the Honor System proposals. Among the new Student Council officers installed at the celebration was our own Audrey Shapiro ' 60, the council ' s new sec ' y-treas. Since it was an afternoon affair, many of our teachers brought their children. Replete with children, cookies and ices and decorations of butterflies and branches, we all had a very lively Lag B ' Omer. ► 4 O