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

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MAJOR LANDMARKS IN STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ' S HISTORY SEPTEMBER 1954 MAY 19-JUNE 19, 1958 MAY 22, 1958 JUNE 19, 1958 ■ ' ' ' OCTOBER 1959 DECEMBER 1964 SEPTEMBER 1965 MARCH 26, 1969 SEPTEMBER 27, 1970 SEPTEMBER 1971 SEPTEMBER 1977 Stern College for Women opens at 253 Lexington Avenue with 33 students— the nation ' s first liberal arts college for women under Jewish auspices. The School is established through an initial grant of $500,000 by Max Stern. Mayor Robert Wagner declares Stern College Month. Eleanor Roosevelt has a Fireside Chat with the graduating class. First commencement of Stern College for Women. Twenty-six students receive degrees, A 10-year, $70,000,000 Blueprint for the Sixties development program announced. It includes classroom and residence facilities for Stern College for Women. Police station on 35th St. is sought for Stern College. $4,000,000 hotel-apartment structure at 50 East 34th Street becomes dormitory of Stern College for Women. Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for new 11-story classroom-administration building at 245 Lexington Avenue, Midtown Center, for Stern College for Women. Classroom-administration building is dedicated at Stern College for Women. Stern College Senate established to provide students participation in University goverance together with administration, faculty, and alumnae; range of authority is generally similar to that of Yeshiva College. Stern CoUege for Women begins Beit Midrash Program, enabling students at any level to study the original rabbinic texts, using the traditional combination of lectures and individualized group study.

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MESSAGE FOR KOCHAVIAH 1980 FROM MR. MAX STERN It is with great pleasure that I extend warmest greetings to the 1980 graduates of Stern College for Women. I am deeply honored that the yearbook staff has chosen to dedicate this Kochavish to me. Graduating during the 25th anniversary year of the College, you have participated constructively in the continued development of alma mater. As new opportunities in law, medicine, the physical sciences and other fields open to today ' s woman college graduate, she can play an increas- ingly vital role in the general community and experience ever greater personal fulfillment. Stern College has contributed immeasurably to your growth whatever your career goals. In addition to the knowledge acquired in liberal arts study, the College has offered you a unique opportunity for spiritual development. Here the rich treasures of Judaism and the arts and sciences of Western civ- ilization are perpetuated in one program. Stern College concentrates on the moral purposes of human knowledge while researching the mysteries of the universe, seeking a better understanding of the world in which we have been placed, attempting to achieve a greater appreciation of the lives and destinies of the people among whom we live. In your various roles in the professions, and as guardians of our Torah traditions in the home and community, you will find the years spent at Stern College taking on ever greater significance. I have abiding faith that you will utilize your education for continued growth and service, and extend my very best wishes for the future. Sincerely, Max Stern

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 5D0 WEST 1B5TH STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 1DD33 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT September 19, 1979 To the Class of 1980: You have the special privilege of graduating from Stern College for Women dur- ing its most significant anniversary in its young life: its 25 th anniversary. As I write these words, it occurs to me that you are all younger than the school itself and therefore can hardly be expected to appreciate the novelty that it repre- sents and the imagination and creativity that went into its founding. Stern is a school that ought not to be taken for granted and its singular contribution should not be underestimated. You now take your places in the ranks of its alumnae armed, I trust, with that special loyalty to the school and commitment to its values that derives from the spe- cial character of this year ' s celebration. May you achieve success in all your undertakings, and bring glory to your alma mater, to Torah, to Israel, and to our country. Cordially yours, NORMAN LAMM President