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

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DIARY OF CLASS OF JANUARY, 1951 We were received in a special room set aside for our freshmean orienta- tion by Rabbi Zuroff, Dr. Sapphire and Co .... Sent tothe office because am tolcl am late .... But Rabbi Zuroff, am here on time, bells are early . . . Piracy runs the school ragged as we learn Treasure lsland . . . Small Pox breaks out in N. Y .... Get vaccinated in lab with T. A. serum . . . Mr. Lilker teaches us Hebrew and learns a bit himself . . . The horn blows at 2:30 p. m. every day . . . Had a test in Civics . . . One question . . . Tell all you know about the federal, state and city government. Use books, if necessary, and crayon if you have no pen . . . This is High School? . . . Yavne breaks Through ceiling . . . Detective Cantor to get to bottom of it . . . P. S.-He did . . . Ping-pong room becomes class- room . . . Firecrackers set off in school . . . School paints windows Green on Sr. Patrick's Day. We learn Spanish songs in Senor's class, and his jokes really make a hit' . . . FuIl well they laughed with counterfeit glee at all his iokes . . . We have to pass the course, don't' we? . . . Rabbi Moshe Klein wins scholarship to Hebrew U . . . Mr. Allan grows mustache . . . Wotta bush! . . . Students supply broomstick . . . Class starts daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers . . . Marty teaches us math and how to know figures fMath figuresi. DIARY OF CLASS OF JUNE, 1951 Greetings! The Talmudical Academy High School cordially invites you to attend the first day of instruction for this year. Bring 52.50 for Gemorrahs . . . So this is IT! IT wasn't like This in Those pamphlets. Where's That big dome? . . . Meet' a swell bunch of fellows. Crown Heights, Etz Chaim, Toras Emes . . . Hum, this looks like war . . . Wise guy senior tries to fool a smart freshie like me with elevator stuff . . . What do you need one for? A Soph told me the swim- ming pool was on the first floor . . . Classes begin . . . Tell me Rabbi Shusheim, what was Lou Gehrig's batting average in 1929, from April 23, to July 8, when he played for The Bluetail Spinners? . . . The Senor's room is turned inside out. Secret Service organized . . . Take your face off and l'll slap your glasses . . . Since when does sulphuric acid leak from these fluorescent lights? . . . But Senor, how can we learn? lt's dangerous . . . Finals, and nobody takes one in Spanish . . . Something called exemptions' '... G, O. elections in June. Little Leible Green dares To run against upper termers, and wins for athletic manager. . . What a man! . . . - TWENTYSEVEN -

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DIARY OF CLASS OF JANUARY, I95I Mr. Landowne teaches us Biology . . . He tells us that Bio is a subject to loin in Goiman or Spinich lSpanishJ . . . I can learn Spinich . . . Hal. Hablamos, hablais, hablamos, hatatos, haseidashababas . . . Mass cut as 8747: of school goes to Pike Street to say Tehilim . . . Exemption mark upped to 90? . . . Julie hears a noise . . . Says, There's a boid inna tree . . . It's a robin. Spring is here . . . Heh, heh!. . . Music teacher blinks at us . . . Bathroom basketball players start league . . . Baseball, too . . . Everyone exempt from Bio final . . . Bees can buzz while Julie plays golf instead of marking Bio finals . . . Mr. Turetsky uses his Shass -math sefer with his Lamashals to teach us Geometry . . . Class learns to dig ditches as they help to fix sidewalk near school . . . School sends ambulance to Israel . . . Landowne says to boy, You're going to fail . . . You're too quiet. Heh! . . . Result-this boy gets 872 on regents . . . Wha! . . . Cannot believe it . . . Dr. Sarachek tells the boys, Do not make noise or else leave the rooommm and go to a salooon . . Landowne says, When the bell rings I don't give a rap. I leave the class . . . Then he runs down the fire escape . . . O DIARY OF CLASS OF JUNE, I95I Well, we're big sophs now, and can sneer at those little freshies . . . Morton J. Richter unanimously elected editor of the Spanish paper, La Nueva Voz' '... New subiect-Bio .... Hey, when you go into a shoe store, what do you get? Kaynig - Kaynee - Kotkees. Who, Mr. Landowne? . . . I don't give a rap. . Heh, heh, you git a zeeero . . . BPABBP . . . Pretty easy course. 3f4 of our class fail first third . . . Well, finals again . . . Bio final and average mark IOO, Music final . . . Write a composition of what you think of the music class . . . Three more boys drop out of school . . . Lag B'Omer outing comes fast. First time together with another school . . . What's the name? Sounded like Central . . . We'll be seeing more of them . . , Rabbi Yogel makes speech at assembly . . . Students' day in June . . . Bob is brought to trial . . . takes off iacket, opens tie and collar , . . Good sport . . . CAren't we devilslt G. O. elections in June again . . . Our class becoming known . . Bernie Hoenig starts office holding by being elected athletic manager . . . Regents, and Spanish A again, and then the long awaited vacation . . . CYawnJ . . . - TWIINIY-NINE -