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

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Felicia: Rebecca, are you awake? Rebecca: Oh no. is it that time again? Felicia: Vup, it ' s time! Rebecca: The letter? Felicia: TONIGHT Rebecca: But what are we going to write about? Felicia: Well. I want it to be something meaningful . . . Rebecca: but funny. Felicia: and we should add a few words of Torah. Rebecca: and of course it has to have our special touch! Felicia: Ok. let ' s get started. Rebecca: To begin, we should thank Rachel. Shani, and Sharon for layout. They did a great job; there ' s no doubt. Naomi and Lisa for their figures, and Donna for her candid pictures. Felicia: Ellie for her funny wit and Shira for her ingen- ious lit. Rebecca: Marsha for her magic keys and all the rest of the committeesl Felicia: What ' s next? Rebecca: Let ' s talk about our good times and our fond memories. Felicia: You mean the two a.m. singing and dancing in the street. Mazel Tov. Mazel Tovl And the walks across the street, and the walks across the street, and the walks across the street. Rebecca: And what about the all-nighters we put in? Fdiciai U ith the non-stop munchies (from the walks across the street Rebecca Leading us to the Jane Fonda workout in the new exercise room. Felicia Jld returning to the sporadically hot or cold showers. Rebecca Don ' l forget about our favorite — those wonderfully, always working elevators! Bui sen ousl . the school really has grown with the vending cafe, the student lounge, and the new Stern gym the purple one. the one we ' re allowed to use). Felicia: So how do we finish up this letter? Rebecca: Well, we need to reflect on the experiences and education Y.U. has given us in preparing us for our roles as Jewish women . . . Felicia: . . . and how we ' ve explored academic pur- suits encompassing our traditional values . . . Rebecca: . . . while still meeting the challenges of the modern world. Felicia: (Whew, we made it through the serious part!) Boy. I ' m sure going to miss it here. Rebecca: It ' s been a couple of wonderful years: how do we leave it all behind? Felicia: Hey. what about some Divrai Torah? Rebecca: Ok, how about this — In the beginning. 100 years ago, Bernard Revel founded Yeshiva Univer- sity. A few days later, Bernard thought to himself, ' In today ' s modern, Torah-U-Mada world, when ev- eryone is looking for equal rights, I have to estab- lish an institution for the women. ' So on the sixth day, Bernard created Stern College for Women. The rest is history. Felicia: Not bad, Rebecca. Now let ' s just wish every- one Hatzlachah Raba . Wishing you the best and brightest of it all Love, UUO-u. o- M Li -. P.S. We want to say a special thanks to: Mrs. Zuroff — for her patience I6E and I6B — for putting up with it all David and Steven — for all their participation and of course, Mark!