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

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THE EL CHANI TE TZz1'rty- ree ish pvoplo in Alm-rica. I do not 11-- for only to those who are to bo rab- bis, but to all Yoshiva students. We are tho future Jews of :XI111f'l'lf,'3, and, C0llSlClCl'll'1Q.1' tho Ell'I1l0Spl1Q1'Q whic-lm has always cuvolopell us, should and must be among' the lncst, among the foremost of American Jcwry. NVQ aus leaving The Yeshiva but not uu- miuclful of lhe lessons wc learucrl there and we go forth to holp sprc-acl tue rloc-triuos for which it stands. 1'5 f'2lvx if wiki, 'w 'xl J , t ? r 0-r-v- 2 W.,-?7:,,:x ., -- .. , . -' ' ' -' - 'rs -linllh-' . X lf

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Tlz frty- Two THE ELCHJNITE mit'our errors and misapprehensions. Perhaps it is that now we are older. more mature. and ean perceive a thing in its true sense. XYe anticipat- ed this and now really do ehange our views. At all events. in this new pieture. we see our teaehers in a. new light. Foolishly, we l1ad marked out some teachers as taskmasters, as tyrants. C onsequently. we looked forward to the time when we eould throw off the heavy yoke of bondage whieh we felt had been imposed upon us by our taskmasters-our teachers. How we hoped for the time when we would be free of our teaehers' merei- less. zero-lashing' peng when we would be free forever. from the neeessity of pestering' Mr. Grinstein for an admit slip. Yet now. when we are to gain our rightly earned freedom. we do not feel exultant at the thought of leaving our teachers. The former thought. that we would no longer be obliged to eudure their tyranny. is now no joy. XYe are not happy with the assuranee that we will not reeeive any more supposed- ly unfair marks. ,Vile do not feel. as formerly. that some teaehers are tyrants or despots. eontriving' all for our harm. Our points ofview and thoughts in this matter have ehanged. XYe see things now in their true sense: we realize that we have judged hastily' unreasonably, and now feel regret at parting' from our sehool. XVe realize that. after all, they never meant any harm: on the eontrary. they are our true friends and advisers, who have desired only our general welfare and well-being. So. at the thought of leaving our teaehers. we feel that we are losing not only assiduous instruetors. but also true friends and advisors... Graduation has always been thought of and imagined to be an event most joyous and happy. And truly. it is a time for eelebra- tion. It is a step. a turning point, a eorner stone. in the life of the graduate. Yet. it is not without its pangs of bitterness and regret.. VVith graduation. most of us will leave the Yeshiva. Our lives will heneeforth never be the same: our rela- tions with eaeh other will be ehanged. Graduation is truly a turning point in our lives. and. as eaeh graduate turns the eorner. he leaves behind what has been dearest and elosest to him during his stay at the Yeshiva. He will sever friendships that only the Yeshiva with its friendly. invit- ing atmosphere can nourish. Friends will separate. enemies will be reeon- eiled brushing' away all misunder- standings... Yow. that the time when most of us will leave the Yeshiva it at hand, our thoughts and feelings mingle. Our four years of study have not been in vain-they are invaluable. It was only our enduranee and per- severance. I may say so without boasting, that merits us this reward. YYe go out into the world taking with us. in addition to the seeular knowledge imparted to us in the Engilsh department of the Yeshiva. an uiulerstanding of the Torah and Talmud. ' The Yeshiva has not only prepared ns I-sr American Citizenship. but also for the future leadership of the Jew-

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