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

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Twenty-S1'x THE ELCHJNI TE Qur Legacy li. the Class of June 1923, Talmudical Academy High School. Borough of Manhat- tan. City of New York. be- ing about to depart from the realms of our noble. exalted. imposing and magnificent Yeshiva: and being. as we believe, sound in mind and body' do hereby. collectively and severally write. inseribe. compose. and pro- duce in writing' our first and last will and testament as being the only that ever has been. is, and will be. pro- duced by our venerable self. Art. I. To Dr. Satir, we bequeath our 175 points with interest at 5 29,03-17 percent. compounded daily. Art. II. VK'e bequeath our greatly valued experience in disobeying rules to the next graduating' class. Art. III. XVe. l-Benjamin Briekman and Oscar Raphael, leave our worthy Roman stecds to Rubin t'ohen. CHe needs bothb. Art. IV. We. Robert Hordis. Ben- jamin Briekman. Emanuel Reich. Morris Grilihas. David Andron. Sol- omon Hurwitz, and Hyman VVQ-iner, leave our places on the Honor Roll to those who will be so foolish as to study as hard as we have. Art. V. Vile. Tobias Lieberman. Abraham lilempner. and Irving' tlleicher, bequeath our expectations of being' on the Honor Roll to those who like to be disappointed. Art. VI. To Mr. liernstein, we leave that penetrating and piercing: look that scares the most eouralfeous of Freshmen. rs A1-t.VII. XVe. XVilliam l-Serman. David Andi-on. Joseph Freiman, Ber- tram Levine. and Joseph Klatzkin, bequeath our places line Squad to those become Traffic Cops in future life. on the Discip- who expect to Art. VIII. To Mr. Stern. we leave his extremely simple and interesting discourses on calculus. analytic ge- ometry, the theory of numbers. pro- jective geometry. differential equa- tions. the theory of complex vari- ables and on various other equally simple and interesting' subjects. Art. IX. I, Joseph l reiman. be- queath n1y position as Class Treas- urer to anyone who wishes to prac- tise public speaking. lt 's good exer- cise, fellows. All one has to do is to shout, 'tHey. fellows' hand over some money. about one million times every ll! seconds. then you are sure not to get it. Art. X XVe. Ephraim Bernstein and Maurice Pohoskin, bequeath our good looks and taking' ways to those who part their hair in the middle and have fond hopes of attending dances in the near future. say on June 3l. 1987. Art. Xl. I. Isaac Usear Gimprieh. bequeath my office of Class Presid- ent to anyone who has the faculty of listening patiently to everybody's advise and not taking anyone's. Art. XII. To Mr. Lamm. we leave his patented vocabulary and pro- nunciation with which he may tor- ture his future classes. Art. XIII. I, Usear Raphael. be- queath my place as Class Humorist to David Jacobson.

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THE ELCHAN1 TE Twenty-F1've nez. the final requisite of a corpora- tion president 's paraphernalia. There was Berman who was the Senator from Pennsylvania and had earned the distinction of being' the greatest filibusterer in'the' U. S. Senate. I remember that he promised perfect retieence at our meeting'-whieh he dutifully fulfilled. There was Eskol- sky who was by far the leanest in our assembly. and Levine who was immeasurably more obese than any of his erstwhile fellows, There was Gimprieh who, being' the most erud- ite of a list ot' clerks in a large plumbing Concern, had gradually worked his way into the sanetfum sanetorum-the president 's chair. He still .smiled sardonically-a diabolic grin. There were Klatzkin and Grilihas and Gleicherl who was Vice- President of ffook's and a lecturer at Columbia University. There was the little clique of lawyers-Freiman, Raphael. the little gentle Hurwitz and the fiery-mouthed. vehement little Silverman whose splendid work in aiding' the passage of some kosher bills had won him state-wide recog- nition. There were Reich and Brick- man, partners in a large wholesale clothing' enterprise. where they made enough profits for an ample supply of bread-and-lnitter. There were two lnisinessmen, Tiipis and Klempner. taeiturn but energetic. There was the painful Pohoskin. a painless dent- ist. There was the little mollitiuous Hoenigr, associate professor of Mod' ern History in Columbia l'niversity. A few months ago he published a book on the Great VVar of forty years ago which has been acclaimed the most authentic hook on the subject. There was also another professor, Morgenstern, who taught psycopathy at the University of Kalamazoo. There was flordis. today America's foremost. literary critic. who was then an associate editor of the Dial. also having published books on di- verse subjects-essays. novels. and criticisms. liately, there came the meticulously attired 'tEtiie Bern- stein. He came in his Rolls-Royce and entered into the hall with the haughty, stately air of the Puritan This stiffness, however. was soon 'lost amidst the'eonvivialities ot' all. Re- grettully, Andron. who was then in' Palestine, perhaps 'writing' an editor- ial tor the next issue of his mag'azi'ne. and Rudinsky. American ambassador to Russia this is the distinction of being' the tirst Socialist'ambassador ever sent by the democratic, homea of-the-freej. werenot present at that memorable assembly. Can my mem- ory ever be so cruel as to forget that day? No, never. And now as 1' sit here ensconced' in my armchair .my mind wanders oti'-it does not seek the Ql21l.'l11Q'. hectic days of early youth, nor the active days ot early manhood. nor its habitaual haunt-castles in Spain but quietly, modestly. wanders baeli farther and farther until, with a sud- den screech ot' delight, it reaches the little realm ol the Yeshiva in the year l9233. H. W,

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THE ELCHJXITE Twenty-Seven Art. XIV. Being, in the course of our last term, presented with many jokes by Mr. Horwitz, tsome good and some not so good? we now be- queath them hack to him so that he may amuse and torture , respective. ly. the next grraduating' class. Art. XV. I. Tobias Lieberman, leave my eloquence of address and free manner of delivery Cdelivering' speeches, I meant to Samuel Rosen- berg. Art. XVI. To Mr. Cohen, we leave a copy of Hazen's Modern European History and of Muzzey's HA,l11Cl'IU2Lll Historyf' They are good hooks, Mr. Cohen. Take our advice and read them thorouglhly. They will be of invaluable aid to you in writ- ing that book on Tut-ankh-Amenls recent scientific Art. XVII. Gleicher. leave discoveries. I. Abraliaui. Irving my place as official class comedian to Samuel lllichnot- sky. Art. XVIII. I. Jacob Yankel Ru- dinsky. bequeath my place as of- ficial class wise guy'f to Rubin Co- hen. Art. XVX. To our dear Dr. Stein- bach, we leave our everlasting' thanks and gratitude for the joyful periods spent in reading I-3urke's Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies and in discussing' the merits and de- merits of the Faculty Team. y Art. XX. I. Simon Silverman, leave the athletic goods ot the school, consisting' of a 2.467 inch bat and a ball ,039 inches in diameter, to Ru, bin Cohen. As a baseball player. he might make a ,good conductor on the ll. R. T. some day. At least he has a pair of powerful lungs. We are not saying anything' about his voice. Art. XXI. VVe. Mitchel Eskolsky. Joseph Gi-ossnlan, and Abraham Kl- -l-lcmpncr, beqtu-ath our manu- scripts, consisting' ot liatin verbs written IU, 20, -HD. and 80 times to those unfortunates who will not know the principal parts ot verbs when cross-examined by Mr. liamm. Art. XXII. We, Philip liipis and Sidney Hoenig, having' nothing to leave you. leave some of it to every member of the 4A Class. Don 't rush for your portion. fellowsg there will evcn be enough left over for the rest of the classes. ' Art. XXIII. Finally. I. Harold llloroenstern. the future Mayor of Kalamazoo, Mo., leave you alone for a while. This is the best, legacy. yet. Arty. XXIV. In conclusion. our prestige being' too valuablobto leave to anybody, we leave it to ourselves. After clue consideration. we de- cided that we ought to appoint some- one holding' a minor position in the school. to -execute the provisions of this wonderfully liberal will and test- ament. VVe. therefore. appoint our honored and beloved assistant prin- cipal Mr. Samuel Groenstein. G. A. Qftiver of Admitsl executor of our estate. NVe hope that he will carry out the provisions of our first. last. and only will impartially, except in cases where he wishes to be partial. Since a will and testament, to he a legal document ,must have the signatures ol persons ot weight in the community, I will have to forge the names ot' Mitchel Eskolsky. Ab- raham flleicher, and Robert Gordis as attesting to the genuineness of my signature. tSiQnedl Joseph li. l rciman