Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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7llLllllillll'l'Il JUNE, 1946 . . . Spring fever and exams . . . Wfhat a combination! A week later . . Exams over, vacation announced . . . Orenstein jumps in lake . . . SEPTEMBER, 1946 . . . School again . . . Freshies just arrived . . . happy kids . . . They'll learn . . . Play room made into classroom , . . dining room used as play room part-time. OCTOBER, 1946 . . . Frosh Goldstein complains about Hebrew . . . what, a con- cession? . . . Finally learned why bees buzz . . . WoL1ld11't you buzz, if somebody took your ................ and ................ too? DECEMBER, 1946 . . . Mr. Grossman, and MUSIC REGENTS! Wlizrt next? . Albany, here he comes. JANUARY, 1947 . . . Happy New Year with Spanish regents just around the cor- ner . . . What's the past pluperfect of the imperative indicative of the verb ......,..,... . . . or is it a noun? . . . Got admit from Marilyn . . . Have decided to come home late again tomorrow . . . Library opened on 4-purpose top floor . . . Qassembly hall, dining room, play room, libraryj. FEBRUARY, 1947 . . . All fainted in unison when heard we passed language regents, except those who failed. MARCH, 1947 . . . History, civics, math, Hebrew-some load for poor Mr. Lilker . . new custodian . . . poor man . . . Kolenu is born. MAY, 1947 . . . Lag B'Omer, Alley Pond Park . . . Bienenfeld and Weislwerg missing . . . Ramaz too JUNE, 1947 . . . Another year . . . rumors of a two and one half year course . . Normie learns to dodge falling ceilings. SEPTEMBER, 19-i7 . . . First day of senior year . . . hand to face. no beard . . . why, an addition . . , Krumbein, the 13th man . . . does this start our hard luck? . . . Top floor partitioned-new classrooms . . , now, S purposes . . . OCTOBER, I9-I7 . . . Beginning to hnd it is not easy to get high marks . . . Mr. l-lorn, the underlying theme . . . Wfhat .ure 'Z im:n,.li.1t,- rpuires ol' the fir.: XY'orld Walr? . , . Xlifhy does SNJOH N CSHS CI7l-IRSCOZJ N CSHS tO if . . . or does it? . , . ll' .1 man invests Sl765,l' .il 3 1' KW, inIei'est for sixteen years. four months, live days. .mtl tlmirteeu minutes, how mutli nmouey -lot-s he iueixe' , . . work out by logarilhms? . . . tanybody know the srore?l gN,ll.'e.'L'L f.'

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,fra p-.l ,-.1 ?. 14 - DXARY A Taro SEPTEMBER, 1945 . . . Received a letter yesterday . . Dear Sir: You have the honor of registering in our institution for its first term in Brooklyn. Rabbi A. Zurofi' Talmudifal Academy Building located corner Bedford Avenue and President Street. Elated . . . Set out this morning with my best yarmulke in pocket . . . At corner of Bedford and President, thought there was some mistake-no magnificent edifice as expected . . . inquired for T. A. in odd-looking two-story building . . . place in uproar, painters, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and rabbis all over the place . . . faint idea this was what I was looking for after being relieved of 58.50 . . . personal tour by Rabbi Zurott . . . Large room on first floor . . . This is our beautiful laboratory, he explained. Saw four walls, ceiling, fioor . . . no laboratory . , .Upstairsz classrooms? library? lunchroom? auditorium? . . . the third floor and playground hold unlimited possibilities, don't they? OCTOBER, 1945 . . . First day , . , Building cozy . . Even a play room . . Met swell bunch of fellows . . . also teachers . , . getting acquainted takes a long time. JANUARY, 1946 . . . CRAM FOR EXAM . . . Three days later . . . Exemptions an- nounced . . . aw, nuts, studied all that for nothing . . . have to take PT finals. FEBRUARY. 1946 . . . Same teachers . . . great, got them all figured out . . . New Biology teacher . . . XVhy do bees buzz? , . . Dining room opened . . . MARCH, 19-16 . . . First words of new Geometry teacher: XVhat's the score? APRIL, 1946 . . . Aaaaah! New secretary . . . Marilyn . . . Wliat, no last name? Eighteen

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Lllll ITE 1 DECEMBER, 19-i7 . . . No time at all to study . . . Rabbi Faivelson's plan for a student to spend his leisure time . . . one cheerful evening' a week at his Hebrew Club . . . raise money for Food for the Hungry' campaign, for T. A. publications . , . sell tickets for his annual Tzedaka affair . . . write articles for Elchanite, Tatler, Kolenu . . . Gala Chanukah affair. JANUARY, 1948 . . . Three regents . . . buttons, pins, rings, senior hats, senior day f... Somebody make a committee! . . . Tatler appears . . Top floor partitioned again-new classroom . . . 6 purposes, includingfstudy hall. FEBRUARY, 1948 . . . Two histories, two Englishes, seeing double . . . Q Double double, toil and troubleuj . . . Willie runs for sec-treas . . . gives out 26 bow ties, gets 25 votes . . . GAZLAN! MARCH, 1948 . . . Nisson Shulman in city wide oratorical contest 4 . . What are you going to do with the 325 . . . Rabbi Faivelson see you yet? APRIL, 1948 . . . Senior buttons . . . Vffinograd stocks up for next ten years . . Starishevsky starts concession . . . both Fred and Seymour came to school on the same day! . . Sandwich bar installed . . broken . . Porky sells sandwiches . . Lockers installed . . . No more halls . . . MAY, 1948 . . . Moving faster . . . Elchanite, assorted rallies . . . 100fk disatten- dance . . . glass enclosed bulletin boards . . . JUNE, 19-18 . . Graduation . . solemnity . . thoughts go back to the beginning . . new building on lot next door . . . Bedford Avenue and President Street. Mordecai Katz l , Tweizly