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

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rediolenf 3 ewage 0 June 29, 19-I9 To the Student Body: You, the students of our Tahnudical Academy, and particularly the Gradu- ating Class of 1949 have great reason to rejoice, for your period of transition from boyhood into manhood was spent in the ideal atinospherc of Torah learn- ing and modern culture. I watched your gradual progress and I was inspired by your spirit, and by the selfless devotion of your Roshei ha-Yeshiva and teachers. I exhort you to rcinain steadfast in our religious beliefs: in the inode of living' and in the ethical and spiritual convictions which are the essence and guiding spirit of our lives. It is only by the innnortal truths of the Torah and our sacred traditions, by being true to ourselves and our sac-red heritage that we can best serve ourselves and our fellowinen. Godliness as the foundation of our livesg obedience to the Divine Law of the Torah. and usefulness for the common-good of mankind are the fundamental parts of the training of a Yeshiva man. These sacred values you must always bear in mind. as well as in action. Sincerely yours, SAMVEL BELKIN. President. '-' TI! VCL' '-

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WiofAer O! fAe .ibeaj .WIARTIN K.AHANE The graves lie quietly in the night, No noise, no sounds, but gentle peace. Sweet silence encompassing all of these, XYho fought and bled for good and right. No ordinary dead are they. These children ripped from mother's womb. For they have chose the book and tomb. And died -- O G-d, so cold they lie. An eerie silence grips the land The lambs, the wolves crouch fearfully. As stepping, gently, tearfully, Comes Mother Rachel with outstretched hand. The heavens darken way up high, Stygian darkness awful, black, The liglitning flashes, crack, As the tomb doors open with mournful cry. Stepping softly, tears in eye, Soft hair flies wildly in the Wind, At last to reach her goal and find, Those graves with bodies piled up high. The mother kneels beside the dead, And tears, tears How down the tired face. O who can this hellish sight erase, Of mother weeping with bowed head. This she hears: Oh sweet Rachel, Your bitter tears have reached my throne. No more shall they roam: they have their home, And peace to our sons. Israel. -- T200 -

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rincqaafii edaage My dear young friends: Thirty-one years ago this month, a small group of six young pioneers received their high school diplomas from Talmudical Academy, the first, and for many years, the only accredited high school organized, managed, and super- y vised by people of the Jewish faith. Since that first grad- uation in 1919, several thousand Jewish young men have gone forth from our sacred Walls to swell the ever-growing tide of young men and young women who complete their high school studies each year. To-day, you are about to join their ranks. Many were the obstacles you have had to overcome. Many difficulties beset your path from the first day you set foot in our Yeshiva, but great is the achievement you have accomplished. Not only have you received a secular education which, judged by any and all standards set up by the local and state departments of education, has been proved to be at least the equal of that given in the public institutions of our city, but you have also received that rich heritage of learning and spirituality which has been handed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. XYll61'Q2lS your brothers and sisters in the public high schools have received only a secular education, you, the graduates of Talmudical Academy, have received, in addi- tion, a thorough grounding in Talmud, Bible, Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history and cognate studies. Your lives are richer and fuller and more closely attuned to the traditions and hopes and aspirations-to the heartbeat- of our people. Even a casual examination of the roster of names that appears in our high school alumni bulletin will cause the heart of every self-respecting Jew to swell with pride and satisfaction. Among their nunrber one finds some of the most worth-while citizens of our community and country. Every walk of life. every trade and profession is duly represented. Not only rabbis and preachers, religious leaders and teachers, but communal workers, teachers and adminis- trators in secular schools, colleges and universities, la.wyers, artisans, business men, engineers, dentists, doctors. artists, and musicians received their first train- ing in Talmudical Academy. Every part of our country, every segment of our national Jewish life, is permeated and enriched by the contributions which our graduates have to offer to make up the sum total of human experience. As we look back with justifiable pride upon the thousands who have pre- ceded you, we can only hope and pray that you, their younger brothers, will follow in their foot-steps. XVe pray that you will hold precious those high stand- ards and lofty ideals of citizenship and service, of faith in. and loyalty to, our American democracy that we have tried to ineulcate in you, and that you will put into living practice, and uphold in your daily lives, the sacred laws and tra- ditions of our holy Torah. May you prove a source of pride and joy to your parents and your Alma Mater! SHELLEY R. SAPHIRE. Prznczpfzl - Four-