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

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1927 volume:

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Safir Brhiratinn gramtrful rrrngniiinn nf hia iirrlrza rffnrm nu hrhzllf nf Ihr smxhrnta nnh in zxpprrriaiinu nf his iuuzlluahlr rirruirrs tu ihr srhunl, upnn Ihr rulmiuatiun nf his truth gran' in this inuittutinn, Ihr rhitnrs rraprrifullg hrhirzltr Ihia izaur nf Ihr Elrhamitr in nur hrlnurh prinripul emit frirnh Br. Svhrllrg IK. Svafir 7535 THE FACULTY THE FACULTY 40-00- Bernard Ravel, M. A. LN.Y.l'.j, Ph.D. CDROPSIEJ ...... Prrsitlfnt of thf Faculty Shelley R. Sahr, M.A. CC.C.N.Y.j, Ph.D. CColumhiaJ . Samuel Bernstein, B.A. fC.C,N.Y.l, M.A. fColumbial Alexander Efron, B.A., CColumbial ..,........ Bernard L. Green, B.A. fC,C'.N.Y.j ................ . Arthur Hirschberg, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. CColumbiaj Max Horowitz, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. lColumbial, LL.B. . ............... Prinfipal ....Hislory, Civics .....Il1at1n'rnalics ........ .I1i:torJ', Ciefifx CN.Y.L'.j .E1zg1i.rl1, Lafin Eugene Jackson, B.A. fCornellJ ......................................... Carman Nelson Kline, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.l ................... .... B iologzy joshua Kunitz, B.S.S. lC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. fC'olumbiaj .......,. English Lucian Lamm, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.A. QColumbial .... Lafifz, Ilirtory Max Lieberman, B.S. CC.C.N.Y.l .... ........... . Jerome Magon CPratt Institutej ............,..,...... . Alexander Markson, B.S. CC.C.N.Y.l, M.S. lN.Y.l'.l . XI. Edward Moses, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l, Pd.M.M,A. QN.Y.I'.J Wlilliam Ober,, B.A. fC.C.N.Y.D, M.A. QN.Y.L'.l Samuel Rakowitz, B.A. CC.C.N.Y.l .............. Vvilliam S. Sachs, B.A. lYalel, lN1.A. lflolumbial ........... lsidore A. Schwartz, BS. fC'.C.N.Y.l, M.A. CC'olumbial Benjamin D. Shapiro, B.A., M.A. CSyracuse Lnivcrsityl , Joseph T. Shipley, B.A. fC'.C'.N.Y.l, M,A. QC'ulumbial ., Reuben Steinbach, HA., Ph.D. ljohns Ilnpkinsl .... . David Sussman Stern, B.S., M.A. QColumbial Milton Berger, M.D. CLong Island Medical Schoolj .. J. R. Rosenthal, LL.B. QN. Y. Law Schooll ........ .. Norman B. Abrams ....... . ..,, ....., . 'On leave of absence. ....Pul1lif Sf1'dki71fl .,.Pl1y.riz'.f, Cflrmixlry . ....., fllalhffnafim .........I1i.rfory .....Frrm'l1, Laiin ......lIaIf1rr1n1Iif'f ...........Frrm'l1 ....1li.f10f'3', Grrman .........E71fj1fJll ......Eng11i5l1 . . . ..'lIa1l1frnalit'.f . ..1lIt'Jit-al Dirrftor ....AI.1rnini.ftrali-zu' Clerk .. ..1.lmirzi.f!rati+z'r CI,-rk Y. H Twelve THE ELCHANITE ddress of Dr. Bernard Reve All Corlzcrrlonc Laying Exerciser To the g1'eat assembly of faithful sons and daughters of Israel, who on this day, sac1'ed to God and significant to the entire House of Israel, have assembled from near and far to express their unfailing allegiance and devotion to God, and to rejoice in the fulfillment of the hope and vision of a shrine for the Shekina, of a sanctuary on this continent, dedicated to the glory of God, and the spiritual enrichment of our country, to the worthy representatives of the national and local organizations, com- munities and religious congregationsg to the eminent scholars, master builders of American cultural life, presidents, oHicers, and members of faculties of our great uni- versities, the nurseries and the lighthouses of American civilization, who grace and en- hance our assembly with their presence and sympathy, I bring the greetings and the blessings of the House of God,-the Yeshiva. This day marks the dawn of a brighter glory of the Torah on this continent and sounds a note which finds an echo in the heart of every blew who loves God and is loyal to the Torah. This memorable day, this rising sanctu- ary, this representative assembly of tens of thousands who have come distances to pay homage to the Torah, mark the resolved expression by American Is1'ael of its inner urge to create a sanctuary in its heart and in the hearts of their children, to perpet- uate Israel's spirituality and steadfastness to God and his Torah, its aspiration to a true and creative Jewish life, which rises from the sustaining strength of the Torah and its historic and abiding home, the Ye- shiva. The Torah is Gods pillar of light pointing the way to truth and righteous- ness. It constitutes Israel's supreme con- tribution to the spiritual and mo1'al unfold- ing of humanity, its influence is funda- mental in the expression of the true Jewish spirit and genius, wherever and Whenever it reveals itself. With us in this solemn hour, is the spirit of Israel's countless mar- tyrs of all ages, pure and sublime souls who have given their lives to sanctify the name of God and that Israel and his Torah may live, the spirit of the unnumbered sages and scholars of the Torah, men of heroic sta- ture and steadfastness, selfless champions of their people, the spirit of the sage in Israel, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan, whose ideals will forever be a living reality in the Yeshivag they are yvith us in this solemn hour, for it is in their spirit that we are striving. Their abiding faith in Israells everlasting spirit- uality, as a kingdom of priests whose sanc- tuary is the Universe, and as a holy nation, in the unique destiny of Israel, as a servant of God and mankind, is the foundation stone of the sanctuary that we are rearing for God and his Torah, which is dedicated to the perpetuation of the ideals, aspirations, and hopes for which they lived and died. This sanctuary is consecrated to the THE ELCHANITE Thirteen teaching of the truth of the Torah which stand eternal in a world of changing and shifting standards and valuesg to the affirm- ations of the faith of our fathers concern- ing God, Israel and the Torah in their totality, to life in the spirit of these af- firmations, to the Jewish ideals of life and conduct and the sanctifying power of its institutions, in union with the creative cul- ture and humanizing forces of the time, with unshal-:en loyalty to our beloved coun- try. It is for this, our Torah, and for our traditions, which have made possible the very existence of Israel and which have maintained the historic and spiritual unity of eternal Israel, that the Yeshiva stands. Infinite have been the significance and the influence of the Yeshiva in the life of Israel. Throughout the ages, the Yeshivoth have been the well-springs of the word of God and of idealismg they are interwoven in the fabric of Israelis soul and the life of thought. The Yeshiva brings to American Israel this message of a living and creative Judaism, the message of the Torah which goes to the heart of life, that through the ages has been the solid rock upon which Jewish life has buildedg it is dedicated to the transformation into living expression of the ideals of the Torah. The Yeshiva movement in this country is American Israel's recognition that there is only one sure approach to the problem of the perpetuation of Judaism: the culti- vation of the extensive and intensive study of the Torah, developing a higher standard of Jewish life and a deeper understanding and appreciation of the opportunities and obligations of Judaism in this land and age. The one power which American Israel can summon in the war it is waging for self-preservation, against the forces of dis- integration in our surroundings, is that of the efficient and complete Jewish school, culminating in the Yeshiva. The Yeshiva will bring to ever increasing numbers of youth the true pe1'spective of his- toric Judaism in the complex organization of modern life, combining with the learn- ing of the world to-day those values and ideals which have been the strength and the sustaining faith of our fathers, for the en- richment of the life of the Jewish com- munity and of America. The Yeshiva will help span the widening chasm between in- tellectualism and faith in Jewish life and thought. It will embue our Jewish youth with an active and abiding interest in, and a spirit of service, to the cause of Israel. Fourteen THE ELCHANITE TEN YEARS of the LM DICAL ACADEMY Dr. Shelley R. Szzfir Ten years ago, during the last week in December 1916, I first became acquainted with the Yeshiva and its new high-school, the Talmudical Academy. lily friend, Dr. Israel Kliegler who is now chief health of- ficer of Palestine and Professor of bacterio- logy in the L'niversity of Palestine, was then the instructor of biology in the Yeshi- va high-school. In order that he might be able to attend the meeting of the National Academy for the Advancement of Science then held in Philadelphia, he asked me to take his place in the Yeshiva high-school during the week of his absence. A month later. February first, 1917, Dr. Iiliegler re- signed his position as instructor of biology. The late Dr. Solomon T. H. Hurwitz, the first principal and beloved leader of the Talmudical Academy. offered me the posi- tion he had relinquished. It is often said that first impressions are lasting ones. I shall never forget the im- pression the Yeshiva made upon me the first time I entered its portals. I had expected to see a large structure situated in an en- vironment conducive to uninterrupted and concentrated study and provided with all the resources which an institution like the Rabbinical College of America might beex- pected to possess. Instead, the directions which I had received led me to a modest- looking. unimpressive, little brick building. situated in the heart of the clatter and noise of the crowded East Side. of 9-11 llont- gomery Street. It was not long before I became ac- quainted with the other instructorslin the school-there were only five others, includ- ing the principal, llessrs. Stern, Rosen- garten and Lieberman and Dr. Barcarat- and with all the thirty odd students thell attending the school. 1 must COHTCSS that the earnestness, not to mention the ease and facility with which they grasped the subject that I taught fa condition so different from that prevailing in the public high schoolj fascinated me from the start. Bly students and I were soon fast friends and a troop of them used to accompany me to the sta- tion every evening, asking questions or seek- ing advice or offering information gratis. Thus the school went on without much excitement until the fall of 1918. lily one small class had grown to two classes, and at my suggestion a laboratory for twenty- four was fitted out in the basement of the building. During the summer I had gath- ered much biologic material at the llarine Biological Laboratory at VVoods Hole, llass., where I had carried on research work, and when I came back we had a small but fairly well equipped supply room, including even a compound microscope. The year 1913 was the year of the de- vastating influenza epidemic and I soon heard that Dr. Bacarat, our French teacher, was seriously ill with pneumonia. A little later, the news reached us that our beloved saintly principal, Dr. Hurwitz, was also dangerously ill. Our ranks were increased by the coming of Dr. Steinbach from Johns Hopkins to share the teaching of English with Dr. Hurwitz, the addition of Dr. VVinkler brought us a good teacher in Latin and German, while lllr. Heller had come to take care of the artistic proclivities of our young llichael Angelos. illy surprise was deeply commingled with grief when I was summoned by the head of the institution, Dr. Bernard Revel, and with tears in his voice, he informed me that Dr, Hurwitz's illness had taken a tu1'n for the worse and that he was not expected to recover and that I was to acquaint myself with the office details, preparatory to as- suming charge of the Talmudical Academy as acting-principal. Soon after, in Alan., THE ELCHANITE Fifteen l9l9, Dr. Hurwitz passed away. His spirit will last as a treasured memory among the early pupils of the Talmudical Academy. The school had grown and I found my- self in charge of some eighty odd students and seven teachers. Among these was an increasing number of teachers drawn from the public high school faculties. The of- fice administration and routine were com- pletely reorganized in conformity with the practice which obtains in the modern, up- to-date high schools and the ,equipment and facilities improved so as to meet the re- quirements of a modern school house. The results of the Regents examinations proved that we were doing work of a very high calibre, fully equal to that done in the lar- ger and better equipped city high schools. Visitors from Albany came to inspect our work from time to time and, our school was successively recognized as a junior, lliid- dle and Senior high school. By that time our first class, a doughty band of five, was ready to graduate, and we wondered what Albany's attitude would be. Would we be recognized as a full-fledged high school empowered to grant diplomas admitting our graduates to the colleges? After many anxious days during which we were in- spected and examined and reexamined word Came to us, Nov, 2-l, l9l9, that we were recognized as a complete high school and authorized to grant our own diplomas, en- titled to state scholarships and to academic and college entrance Regents diplomas on the same basis as the city high schools. Ac- cordingly, our first class of five was gradu- ated in June, 1919 and among their num- ber there was one winner of a state scholar- ship. This happy event served as a spur and stimulus to interested Jewry. SUIGCHYS from all sides began to apply for admission. and we soon found ourselves outgrowing our crowded quarters. XVe moved over into our present building in 1921, in order to accommodate the ever growing school which now numbered over two hundred students. ln the new building, as in the old, the school continued to expand, grow- ing in the course of two years, from two hundred to four hundred. Parallel with the growth in numbers there has been a growth in effectiveness of teaching ,in the spirit of cooperation, in efiiciency of admin- istration so that to-day the Talmudical Academy is known far and wide for the splendid academic training it affords its students. G During all these years the thing that has impressed me most is the spirit and the idealism which pervades the institution and particularly its students. Contrasted with the boys of the city high schools one finds much to commend in our boys. In compar- ing them with those of the city high schools one must take into consideration the many handicaps they have to contend with. lllany of them are but recent arrivals in this coun- try, the language of which is foreign to them. lliost of them come from homes where English is spoken imperfectly if at all. Nloreover, there is the long day from 9 A. IW. to 7 P. RI., during which our boys carry double the burden of the average high school boy combining with the Talmud and Hebrew work of the morning hours, the secular studies of the afternoon. And yet in spite of these handicaps, per- haps because of them, it would be difiicult to find a student body among whom there is developed to such a high degree the in- tense seriousness of purpose, singleness of aim and application and devotion to their studies both religious and secular. lVVith them, unlike their brothers and,sisters in the public and private high-schools, educa- tion is not so much a training or making a living but a training for lifeg to live the lives of Jews conscious and mindful of their heritage and the culture of the past as well as that of the present. It is almost superfluous to mention again the high achievements of our students in scholarship. The records from year to year demonstrate the high standing that is main- tained by the students of the Academy. The Regents examinations are passed with aver- ages, and by a percentage of the pupils, that exceed those of most of the city high-schools. Another interesting indication of compara- tive achievement may be secured by observ- ing the records of those graduates of the various high-schools who have sought ad- mission by entrance examinations into the College of the City of New York. lnvari- ably, the graduates of our high-school make Sixteen THE ELCHANITE a better showing than those of any other high-school. It is rare that even one of our graduates fails to pass the entrance exam- inations, whereas the average for all appli- cants is about twenty percent passing. State scholarships awarded on the basis of uni- versal competitive state examinations also indicate that our boys are among the best. The records for the past five or six years show that from fifteen to twenty percent of our graduates have won such schoiar- ships as compared to from one to live per- cent for the average city high-schools. In general, our scholastic records is such as to justify the hope that in the years to come our graduates will reap a rich harvest from the seeds here sowed. Thus the Hrst ten years of our life have passed and we now stand expectant and hopeful on the threshold of the second de- cade of our existence as a high-school in the home of the Torah in America, the Yeshiva. We have reached the turning point and we are looking forward with anxious eyes to' ward our large new home on the heights where, amidst healthier surroundings, with splendidly equipped and furnished build- ings, with a larger staff of teachers who will be able to give their full time to our institution, our combined message of Juda- ism and the modern world will reach a larger number ot our youth. In this development you, the graduates of 1927, will play no little part. By word and through living example you will carry to your communities the spirit and the mes- sage of the Yeshiva. You will come to the life outside the schoolroom wtih an equip- ment that is your unique power with the combined values of the ideals and traditions of our eternal faith and the contributions of modern culture. You are the ripening fruit of the orchard of the Yeshiva by which its work will be judged and through which its ideals shall be perpetuated, and you will find the harmony of a full jewish conscious- ness and a rich American life. With you go our wishes and our hopes and the knowl- edge that you will achieve their realization, that you and those of the Talmudical Academy and the Yeshiva College who come after you will carry into manhood and through life for a more rounded, better life the influence you have drawn from your years with the Talmudical Academy and the Yeshiva. THE ELCHANITE ilu iflilvmnrlam Qiahht -lKurknnnig Buch Fllluu 19 1521 Mgman Qvnktn 2'-II 'llwh .Frhruarg 24 1521 1 D 1-1 nv , Av 0 1 4 -, in , Av 9 0 Q ' Q N. nt. 4 , ..- CLASS OF JUNE 1927 Xf Twenty THE ELCHANITE Senior Clay! Ojfcerf ABRAHAM GOLDSTIEN President Dr. DAVID SUSSMAN STERN Honorary President BENJAMIN E. LIKE Vice-President i t l'I I,e1 If 'IIIA LEO PFEFFER HARRY STEIN Secretary Athletic Manager THE ELCHANITE Twenty-One Who's Who CQ. Who's Not -0001 Most Popular Teacher ,,,.,,,,,, .,w,,,,.,A, M r. Arthur Hirschberg Most Popular Student ,,,,,,.4.. ,A,.,.,, A braham Goldstein Class Optimist .,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,.,,,,,,, B enjamin Hurwitz Class Pessimist ,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,4,,, B enjamin Like Class Scholar .,,,l,... ,4,,,-,,, E manuel Rackman Class Bookworm A,,4.,,,.,, ,,,,,,-, M ax Hirschman Class Linguist ,,4,,, .,.,,,v4,4.,,, I sidore Blum Class Chemist 4.4,.,., ,,,.,,,,,,, N athan Glustein Harry Siller Class Mathematicians .,,,,,,,, ,,,,,4,,, a nd Nathan Shapiro Class Economist 44,,,,,,,,, ,,,,4,,,c, S eymour Bernstein Class Lawyer ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,A,4,., H yman Weiser Laziest Student ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,., Class Philanthropist H Quietest Fellow ,,,,,,.,,,w4,,, ' Class Humorist ,,,,,,,A,A4 Class Midget ,,,,,,,,4c Class Terror ,,4,,, Thinnest Student ,...,... Maurice Eisenberg Louis Draizin Benjamin Lnpidus Sidney Rosenblum Jacob Schaefer Red Mnrgolin Leo Pfeffer Handsomest Student .. .,..,...,,,, Harry Stein Class Giant ii.ii,i.,...,..,....,... .l...........,i. J Oseph Keilson Class Business Man .. .l..,,, ..,.,,,,, A :Iron Wachrclkoenig Class Sphinx ..,,,,,,...,...,........,....i..........................,....,.....,,... ,,.....,. S amuel Kaufman Who Never Did Their Homework ? .P F ,,,.A,,,.., ,.,,,.,., C lass of June '27 Twenty-Two THE ELCHANITE BERNSTEIN, SEYMOUR Sim New York Hobby-Solving trig examples. Ambition-Business. Favorite Subject-Blathematics. Szlpply Store Comm. 6, 73 filanagcr 7: Seiji' of dass 6: Vita-Pres. of class 5: Debating Counril 6, 83 Chairman 8: Plozzrc of Reps 3, 63 SNIIIIPIZZXJ .iid Comm. 4, 6, 75 Pin. Comm. 7g Jdwr- fixing Jlgr. 6g JU. Business Jfgr. 85 Sanitary Squad 73 Class 111156-ball Nam 2, 4, 6, S3 Class pzuzclzball team 2, 4, 63 Clam basket-ball iram 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, Cl1f1llZf7i07I.Y bare-brzll 4. BLIKI, ISIDORE Cicero B'klyn, N. Y. Hobby-VVriting Ciceronian sentences. Ambition--Rabbinate. Favorite Subject-Talmud. Debater 3, 8, Discipline Squai S3 Sani- tary Squad SZ Stzzdmts' Jia' Comm. SQ News Editor Elrharzilf S. DRAZIN, LOUIS ..LOu,. Ottawa, Canada Hobby-Disciplining the Discipline Squad. Ambition-To be the first pres. of Canada. Favorite Subject-Talmud. Disrijvlinf Squad 7, S3 G. 0. fire-Pres. S3 Class Prvs. 53 Stuzlfnts' Couniil 5, S5 Excl: Comm. S5 Chairman Szzpjviy Stork S5 Chairman First .lid Comm. S5 Chair- man Dixriplizze Squad Sg Jlath Cfub S3 Sanitary Squaa' 5. I THE ELCHANITE Twenty-Three EISENBERG, KIORRIS Acc Brooklyn, N. Y. Hobby-Oratory. Ambition-La'.x'. Fnvoritc Subject-English. Erliforinl Staff 6: rlxs. Eflitor 7: Porrry Ezlifor 83 Drbalvr 5, 6, 7, S5 Clzanzpion 5, 75 Sturlwztx' did Collzm., 7, gp lrar- .vity lmxf-lmll ianm -I-, 6, 9: Clary bzzrkff- lull tram 3, 5, 75 Class Base-ball from 2. -P, 6, S: 6vllIllIlfli0IIX bnxkrt-lmll 5: Clumzfviozzr Bzzxcjbzzll 4. GLUSTEIN, NATHAN Glush.', Rloutreal, Canada. Hobby-Studying review books. Ambition-Rabbinatc. Favorite Subject-Chemistry. First fllfl Conlnz. 83 Alllfll. Club S. GOLDSTEIN, ABRAHAM h --oem' New York. Hobby-Editing. Ambition-The Lord knows! Favorite Subjects - Rlathematics and Frcnch. rlxx. Editor lflrhnnitf 7, 85 Clam Prrx. S5 Sfllllfllfii Counril, S3 Jlyr. Supply Story 8: Stuflrnls' .lifl Comm. 6, 7, 85 Dixriplinr Squad 7, Sy Sffyflllll 83 Elm'- rion mzfl ljlll1'UflI.VlIl!j Comm. 7, 85 Suni- fary Sqzmzl 7, Sq First flizl Comm. 83 Jlafh Club S3 Clnsx fillllfllbllll from 4, 6, Sy Class lmsv-lmll from 4, 6, S: Pir- fllff' Comm. S. ASQ GER Twmty-FQuf THE ELCHANITE GORODEISKY, ISIDORE Gordy ' ' New York l Hobby-Solving lVIath. Examples. A Ambition-High School Math Teacher. - Favorite Subject-Nlathematics. lllath Club 83' llouse of Reps. 3, 63 Stu- dents' Aid Comm. 6. HIRSCHBQAN, MAX lVIaye1'al,' New York. Hobby-Studying Talmud. Ambition-Rabbinate. ' Favorite Subject-History. Alrt Editor Elclzrlnite S3 llonor Roll 73 House of Reps. 3, 63 Students' Aid Comm. 4, 6, 7. HURVVITZ, BENJAMIN Ben Hurl' . Far Rockaway, L. I. Hobby-Discussing G. O. activities with lXfIr. Efron. , Ambition-Engineer. Favorite Subject-Matheniatics. Pres. C. O. 85 Exec. Comm. S3 House L of Reps. 2, 33 Discipline Squad 73 . Students' 1-lid Comm. 73 Stu- , dents' Council 7, 83 Athletic Council 73 : Vice-Pres. Class 73 Chairman Pin 3. Comm. 73 iss. Editor G. O. News 83 .D Business llflgr. Elchanite 7, 83 Adfuertvis- 3 ing llffgr. 43 Delmter 5, 63 Champion 53 3 llffatlz Club 83 Library Staff 73' Bose- e ball team 2, 4, 6, 83 Punclzball team 4, . 63 Basket-ball team 3, 4, 5, 6, 73 Buse- lmll clzumpions 43 Varsity Basket-ball team 73 Sanitary Squad 7. THE ELCHANITE Twenty-Five KAUFIXIAN, SAMUEL Iiaufic New York Hobby-Being Serious. Ambition-Teaching Favorite Subject--French Stllzielzts' did Comm. 7, S9 Library Sfjurzn' S5 House of Reps. -i, 6. KEILSUN, JOSEPH llJ0ey'l Brooklyn, N. Y. Hobby-Doing somebody else's Latin as- signment. Ambition--Law. Favorite Subject-Latin. Exec. Comm. S3 Stuzlmzfs' Cozmfil Sq Secretary G. O. 85 Circulation Illgr. El- vlzrznitz? 7, S5 Discipline Squad 75 Sani- tary Squad 75 Stzzfimztr' .lid Comm. 73 House of Reps. 63 Class baseball team 6, 85 Clam brisket-ball 1011111 5. LAPIDUS, BENJARIIN i Ben Baltimore, lXId. Hobby- Sticking up for Baltimore. Ambition-Rabbinate. Favorite SllbjCCfiixI2ltl'lC'Il1?lIiCS. S a'4i 'y of 11111111 Club: Ijiififlfilll' Sljllflfl S3 Slznlmlr' A111 IIUIIIIII. Sq Cfzzss bnxlwt- ball fran: 5, 6, 7, 83 Clary jwzllzrlzbfrff learn SQ Class base'-ba!! ivan: 6. V Twenty-Six THE ELCHANITE LIKE, BEN-IARIIN EUGENE Gwen , Brooklyn, N. Y. Hobby-Being excused on Sundays. Ambition-Nledicine. Favorite Subject-German. Clzairmazz Eleetion and Caafuassing Comm. SQ Students' Couneil 7, 8, Dis- ripline Squad 7, S3 House of Reps. 4, 63 Hlagazizze Comm. 6g Sefy of Class 65 Class basket-ball team 1, 3, 5, 75 Class base-ball team 2, 4, 6, S5 Cllampions 4, Class punrli-ball team 2, 4. 6, 83 Varsity base-ball team 6, S3 Library Staffsg Glee Club 6. NIARGOLIN, WILLIAINI B. 1X'Iargie New York. Hobby-Science. Ambition-Scientist. Favorite Subjectg-Physics. lllath Club 83 Base-ball team 8, Basket, ball team 85 Punrlzball team S5 Students' fliil Comm. S, 79 House of Reps., 65 Diseiplizte Squad 83 Sanitary Squad S. PFEFFER, LEO. Virtu0us New York Hobby-Ejecting Siller from G. O. room. Ambition-None in particular. Favorite Subject-Same Answer. Class Sev'y S3 Dlath Club S3 Picture Comm. 8g House of Reps. 3, 4, 5, 63 Disripline Squad S5 Sanitary Squad 83 Library Comm. S3 Supply Store Comm. 7, 83 .Humor Editor Elelzanite 7, 8. E 'Q E S n THE ELCHANITE Twenty-Seven RAUQMAN, EMANLTEL RIcncly Albany, N. Y. Hobby - Trying to regain resigned staff lncnibfrs. Ambition-Rabbinatc. Favorite Subject-Talmud. Hvvvzzfifvr Comm. 6, 7, S, Svrrflrzry G. O. 65 EI17f0l'-ill't'lllt'f Elfllanitff 7, 83 Sfzulmzls' Counril 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Class Prvs. 5: Clasx Virf-Pres. 3, 4, Clrux Df- balor 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 85 Chauzpirnz 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6:llHl7'll1IlIl Drbaling Counfil 5, Elvrtiozi and Carzfvasxing Comm. 53 Stu- flrrztx' flifl Comm. 4, 5, 6, 7, S5 Library Staff 7, Housr of Rcps. 4, 65 Segulah lllvmbrr 6, 7, 8, Sunmza rum laude' Stu- zlivzi 6. ROSENBLUNI, SIDNEY Rosie New York Hobby-Collecting for the Elchanite. Ambition-Retired business man. Favorite Subject-Study-Period. Jllagazimf Comm. 63 House of Rrps. 6, Class Srfy 7, Pin Comm. 7, Stuflrnts Supply Siorf 7, 83 fllatlz Club 8, Dis- riplinv Srjuarl S, 1155. Cirrulafion lllgr. 7, 8, JM. 1 llllIl0!' Editor 7, S. SCI-IVVARTZ, HYMAN uNiU-VV P5 Pittsburgh, Pa. Hobby-Atliletics. Ambition-To know the world we live in. Favorite Subject-History. Ifxrr. Comm 8, Stuzlrnis' Counril 8, rlllzlvfir Comzril 4, 6, Sy Clzairnzarz .fth- lrtir Caznzril 85 Class lulxv-ball fl'IllI1 2, 4, 6, 3, Class plnzrlilzall tram 2, 4, 6, 8: Class lzaskri-ball tram 4, 5, 6, 7, S3 Capt. lmsa'-lull! vlzanipionx 4, l'arxity Han'-lzall 6, 8, Capi. S5 fllath Club 8g I'l0IlSt' of Rvpx. 4. Twenty-Eight THE BLCH ANITE SHAFER. JACOB jake 1 1 Hobby-Athletics Ambitioii-Soicli me. : Favorite SLlbjCC'C-F1'CllCh. Dixrijvlizze Squad S, lllrztlz Club 83 San- X itary Squad 8: Ban'-ball team 6, S5 Bas- ket-bull Izumi 7, S3 Pulzrlz-ball team, 6, S. SHA PIRO, NATHAN Sliap', New York Hobby-Solving lllatli Problems Ambition-Retum to Palestine. Favorite Subject-llIatliematics. Stznlezzts' Jill Comuz. 6, 7, S3 First dia' Comm. 73 Dixrijvlizze Sqzzrul 7, 83 Lieu- twzazzt S: Supply Sion' 6g lllagazine Comm. 6: iss. Lilzrarimz 8: Vice-Pres. fllarlz Club S3 Sanitrzry Squad S, House of Raju. -I-, 6. SILLER, HARRY Little Silly XV2lfC1'bL11'5', COIIII. Hobby-Trying to laugh at Pfeflefs hu- mor. Ambition-None. . Favorite Subject-Psycho-Analytic theory of Timiseeiideiital lllath. .lux Editor Elcllfzlzite 7, SQ Editor. G. O. Neicxsi S, Debating Counfil 75 Clzanzpion YQSIZIIJCIZZSJ dill Comm. 7, 85 Discipline Squad S, Pres. lllatlz Club 83 Sanitary Squad 85 Glee Club 65 House of Reps. 4, 6g Puzzclzball team 8. THE ELCHANITE Twenty-Nine STEIN, HARRY Doc New York Hobby-Science. Ambition-Law. Favorite Subject-Physics. Dv llvitt Clinton 1, 2, 3, 4, Discipline Squad 5, 6, 7, 83 Sergnznt 75 Captain 85 Sll1liF11f.Y, Aid Conznz. 85 First Aid Comm. 7, 83 lllanagfr 83 Sanitary Squazl 7, S, I'I0ll5f' of Reps. 65 Elertion and Crznvassing Comm. 85 Pin Comm. 7, fllath Club S5 Athletic Council 7, 85 Varsity ,base-ball team S5 Class base-ball tram 6, Sq Varsity basket-ball team 7, S3 Clam brzsfvi-llall fmnz 5, 6, 7, 85 Class Punclzball Iranz 6, S. ' VVACHTELKENIG, AARON Archie Brooklyn, N. Y. Hobby-Eating apples. Ambition-French and Spanish Teacher. Favorite Subject-French. J1lz.'f1'1'i.iirzg lllgr. Elrlmnite 7, 85 Lib- rary Staff S3 Hlafh Club 85 Clee Club 65 Hausa' of Rcps. 25 Elfrtion and Can- 'vasxing Comm. VVEISER, HYINIAN Englishman Rfontreal, Canada Hobby-Reading. Ambition-College P1'ofcssox'. Favorite Subject-History. 2' ' 5 .il .-. sf fi - Y L, 94' Ffvi '-111. :gm Ely: .I , X - 2 T, . I .- Sg... . k. 5.5 CLASS OF JANUARY 1927 THE ELCHANITE Thirty One 4 1 Class of June 1927 ,,.:.. y...g .L President MEYER MACHLIS Vice-President ' THEODORE LANGBAUM Secretary HENRY GROSSMAN BENJAMIN BRILLIANT HARRY COHEN LEON S. COHEN SAMUEL E. GROSS WILLIAM HERZIG MAX HOCH MEYER KIMMEL JONAS LACKS ABRAHAM LAZER WILLIAM MARGOLIS Athletic Manager MORRIS SHAIN ALEXANDER NISSENBAUM INEHEMIAH PILLER ABRAHAM PLOTZKER ISIDORE ROSANSKY NATHAN J. ROSNER DAVID RUBIN JOSEPH STEINBERG SANDERS TOFILOVSKY ISRAEL UPBIN MAX ZELDNER TT' Y F Thirty-Two THE ELCHANITE Last ill and Testament c CLASS OF JANUARY, 1927 When in the cou1'se of scholastic events, it becomes necessary for the graduates of a school to sever the educational, political, and social bonds which have connected them with the institution for four years, and to assume, among the scholars of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature entitle them, a decent respect to the Alma IN'Iater and its student body re- quires that they leave a last will and testa- ment in which they dispose of all worldly fortunes amassed during their high-school careers. Whe1'eas, we, the Class of -lanuary '27 of the Talmudical Academy High School, are about to leave the realms of our most noble and beloved institution, and Whereas, we are both legally and physi- cally mature enough to accomplish this arduous task, we do hereby make, write, and inscribe our first and last will and test- ament. VVe dispose of our property in the follow- ing manner: To Dr. Sahr we bequeath a liberally-sal- aried, special, certified public accountant fC.P.A.Q, to save him the trouble and pain of adding, re-adding, and re-re-adding our l70 credits. , , To Dr. Steinbach we leave all the con- nectives, including the by the ways. how- L I ' J! ' ever's, fhencesf' and 'I means, so fre- quently used in our compositions. To Dr. Stern we leave a Bureau of De- tectives to stop the further borrowing and never returning system practised unin- tentionally on board erasers. To Dr. Hirschberg we leave the respect and esteem with which he regarded all the members of our class, to be conferred upon all future graduates. To lXIr. Illarkson we leave free access to the new laboratory and a few badly-need- ed assistants. A To IX'Ir. Efron we entrust the training, disciplining, and ruling of future rookie Discipline Squadmen who replace resigned veterans, To Norman B. Abrams we leave all seemingly new but appareiftly old announce- ments coupled with the famous signature fN.B.A.j which signifies the close of all these documents. I, Sanders Tofilovsky, leave all the dust gathered on the book shelves of the G. O. Room to the janitor who shall sprinkle it upon the upper lips of future G. O. presi- dents. I, Illeyer Illachlis, bequeath my office of Senior Class President to those who have the patience to act as chairmen, and listen, at least once a week, for 43 minutes, to the orations of roundabout, circurnlocutive and nonsensical speakers. I, Theodore Langbaum, a member of the Imaginary Send-Off Committee, leave all imaginary sweets and fruits to future grad- uating classes. I, Henry CAlefD Grossman, leave my dictionary of connectives to those who in- tend to inffratiate themselves with Dr. Steinbach. D I, Israel Upbin, leave all my political activities, including troubles, worries, sleepless nights, etc., caused by indulging in this held, to future politicians like my- self. I, IlIeyer Kimmel, leave the secret for my late success in the political field-my small stature. ' I, lVIorris Shain, Athletic Nlanager, leave new uniforms for future varsity teams. I, Leon S. Cohen, leave all the goals, fouls, and hits scored in basketball, and base- ball games played during my high school career. THE ELCHANITE Thirty-Three I, lllaxwell I-Ioch, leave my resentment at being bossed by faculty advisers to fu ture Discipline Squads. I. Nehemiah Filler, leave my heated dis- putes and discussions with my friend T. Langbaum to future soap-box orators. I, David Rubin, leave a composition for Dr. Steinbach. I, IVilliam I-Ierzig, leave my shrieking, squeaking, and mimicry practised by me within the walls of our institution. I, lllaxwell Zeldner, leave all jokes Chu- morousl to future comedians, both to those who possess a good sense of humor and a sense of good humor. VVe, Abraham Lazer and Benjamin Bril- liant, leave our oblivion from politics to those who desire to live like hermits. I, Harry Cohen, the philanthropist, leave a radio set, which is to be installed in the assembly hall of our new institution, VVe, Samuel Gross and Alex Nissen- baum, the New Jersey aristocrats, leave a vast sum of money which is to be expended on bulbs for our institutionf VVe, Isidor Plotzker and Samuel Stein- berg leave our remarkable improvements and coming into our owns in English, to Dr. Steinbach. I, Philip Rosenhlatt, leave my aristoc- racy. I, Jonas Lacks. leave my popular word .i ,. . Stuhd away to those who intend to he- come popular. I, Nooson Rosner. leave my talkative- ncss to old washwomen. XXIII, Hans Sachs, College Boy XVan- efsky, and Teddy , Ollender, leave our humorous and witty remarks in llr. Bern- stein's class to those who think they are wise guys. Last but not least, we appoint our friend and benefactor, -lack Rosenthal, B.A. CBachelor of Admitsj, as executor and trustee. VVe sincerely hope that the above mentioned executor will carry out to the dot this first and last will. Done in the G. O. Room of the Talmud- ical Academy High School, on the twen- tieth day of Shevat, in the year Five Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty-Sew en 156875, in the presence of two C21 mature witnesses. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. CSignedj llleyer llachlis. LEGACY OF CLASS OF JUNE 1927 lVhereas, we, the class of June 1927 having been oflicially ejected from the school as a penalty for passing too many subjects, lVhereas, we have for four years success- fully withstood all the malicious intentions of the Board of Regents, lVhereas, the school has given us pos- session of most of its offices, organizations. honors, etc., YVhereas, it has always been, is and will alwavs be luntil someone breaks itjthe cus- tom for a student or a group of students. before they die or leave school, to draw up a last will and testamentg VVhereas, we always were and always will be firm believers in the age honored customs Csueh as giving send-offsl g lVe, being fully sound in mind and body. do hereby apportion and bequeath to the school all our possessions and belongings, To Dr. Safir, we bequeath a key to the G. U. Room to aid him in finding most of the absentees every day. Thirty-Four THE ELCHANITE To Dr. Stern, we bequeath all that we know about cosines, sines, angles, permu- tations, etc., those mathematical enigmas about which we still are not clear, but which we convinced the Board of Regents we are fully acquainted withg To Dr. Steinbach we leave all the friend- ly advice which he offered us in our eighth term, and we hope he will speak of us in our favor, as he has done of our predecess- orsg To hir. lvlarkson we leave the fear he has implanted in our hearts that some day. due to the friction of the tides, the earth will stop revolving and go rushing into spaceg To lVIr. Hirschberg we leave all the in- side information on Harding's administra- tion, and a new up-to-date malacca cane, To Mr. Horowitz we leave a pound of pretzles and a box of checkersg To Norman B. Abrams we leave a sum of money to pay for the 1,376,932 admit slips we used up during our four-year stay, To lVIr. Lamm, unfortunately we cannot leave Rackman to substitue for him when he is absent, but in his stead we leave Meiz- lick, To lVIr. Shapiro, we leave fifty-five pounds of butter, To Mr. Rackowitz, we leave an inter- esting lecture: The Origin of the Hebrew Letters, To Mr. Schwartz we leave the amazing piece of information that the sum of the squares of the arms of right triangle is still equal to the square of the hypotenuseg To lX'Ir. jackson, we leave the joy of teaching ignorant freshies, sophs and juniors Cseniors can't be ignorantj the correct manner of pronouncing such words as: mich, ich, naturlichg To lVIr. Shipley, we leave a pair of long pants and a hat? To Dr. Kunitz we leave all the honor and respect which are due a Doctor, To Mr. Sachs, we leave a box of cough drops as a reward for the amazing courage and bravery he displayed in holding his class in during a nre drill to give them their home-work, To lVIr. Kline, we leave a frog, ' To hir. Lieberman, we leave the follow- ing sentence to be used in his classes for practice, The early bird catches the wormng To lVIr. Green we leave a written com- parison of this school with Thomas jeffer- son High School, To lklr. lklagon, we leave the tempera- ment that proves a good artist, To Mr. Efron, we sadly regret to say, we cannot leave anything. All that we've ever had he has taken from us, IVIOreover, I, Abraham Goldstein, Pres- ident of the Senior Class, leave all the ad- vice given to me on how to run a class meeting. I never used it anywayg I, Benjamin Like, Vice-President of the Senior Class, leave my middle name Eu- gene, which I never used in school, I, Leo Pfeffer, secretary of the Senior Class, leave all the minutes of the class meetings to future Secretaries. These minutes, when read must take up at least ten minutes time and must be oral. I, Benjamin Hurwitz, leave to the next G. O. President all the points of order, information and enlightenment, which have been generously showered upon me by Rackmang I, Louis Drazin, leave the school with- out a good Vice-President, We, Harry Stein and Hyman Schwartz, leave our athletic ability to the faculty, they can make good use of it at Lag B'Omer outings, THE ELCHANITE Thirty-Five I, Emanuel Rackman, leave to the school a large whip to be used by editors in coaxing their resigned staf'f-members to return to their jobs, I, Harry Siller, Editor of the G, O. News , leave to future editors the great Cll'CUIZlIlOll which that publication has at- tained, , I, Isidor Blum, leave a collection of my many admits, I, Sidney Rosenhlum, leave my record for latenesses to the Victor Companyg I, Seymour Bernstein, leave the ads I have solicited to Rackmang I, Aaron Wachtelkoexiig, leave my per- sistence and perseverance to those who want to become advertising managersg I, joseph Iieilson, Secretary of the S. O. T. A. H. S. leave all the minutes of the meetings from which I was sent out, I, Benjamin Lapidus, leave an essay on How to come late successfullyug I. Nathan Shapiro, leave my raving phil- xx osophy on VVhat is history? g I, lVilliam li, Margolin, leave my math- ematical knowledge on how to trisect an angle, I, jacob Shafer, leave my small stature to the freshiesg I, IXIaurice Eisenberg, leave those hor- rible grimaces of my face to future oratorsg I, lNIax Hirschman, leave The Art of Being an Artist, written by myself, I, Samuel Kaufman, leave a book to the High School Library, We, Weiser and Glustein, leave our Canadian loyalty to His Illajesty King George Vg Signed, this 31st day of june in the year 5687 to the Creation, in the absence of the witnesses, Norman B. Abrams, A. B. CBachelor of Absencesj, and jacob R. Rosenthal, L. L. B. fliachelor of Late- nessesj. LEO PFIQFFER. HARRY SILLER. A PROPHET IC DREAM I Come in There was no response. The well-built, portly gentleman, who sat at a desk type- writing, arose, walked to the door, and opened it. A messenger boy shambled in and proferred him a telegram. Taking the envelope from the boy, he entered a door marked Private, Telegram for you, Professor Schafer, he said. The person he addressed, a short, chub- by, bald-headed gentleman, was seated at a large library table, surrounded by volumi- nous, mouldy tomes, over which he was ravenously poring. Again: Telegram for you, sir. No response. Professor, a telegram! Huh ? The professor had finally real- ized that someone was addressing him. YVhat do you want, Iieilson? A telegram? Tell him we don't want any today. Oh! A telegram, he said, finally understanding, and st1'etching his hand out for it, his eyes still glued to the massive volume over which he was poring. Absentmindedly, the professor tore open the envelope and withdrew the following message: Lvniversity of Hoboken, Department of Archaeology. Professor Schafer: Inform you a stone with hieroglyphic in- Thirty-Six THE ELCHANITE 371 V. ,fi f scriptions discovered in Arabia stop Can't decipher stop Come stop. LXR. The professor stood staring' at the epistle for some time, then, grasping the import of the message: Keilson, procure two reservations on the Transatlantic Airline to Arabia. Immedi- ately, pleaselu VVithin several hours the professor and his secretary were safely arrived at the air- line station in Arabia. As they alighted from the plane, they noticed something strangely familiar about the pilot, who was standing several yards away, drawing his Schafer! Keilson l As they were greeting each other a man in chauffeur's apparel approached them. f'Professor Schafer? Yes, Professors Lapidus and Kaufman of the Arabian University sent me to conduct you to their laboratory. Their car is waiting. However, when they had seated them- selves in the auto, the chauffeur, to his dis- may, discovered that he was out of gas. Hearing this, VVeiser suggested that he take them over in his plane, which suggestion they followed. ln a few minutes they had landed on the university campus. As they were quitting the plane, two excited individuals came run- ning towards them. One, a short gentle- man, rotund of body and round of face, the other, a lean. pale individual, with a drooping moustache. A look of ri-cognition lit up the aviators face. XVhy! Tliat's Kaufman and Lapidus. Remember those two from the T. A. H. S.? You know - always asleep in the English periodfl A ,i huge gloves off. He faced about and then- lf 'Ein 'Wveiserln W Ap Sin' Q if ff 'Fifgj - ii i ' ' ' 'sur V 1 rainy f 5 y 1 ! E S5-C ' 2 1: l . S 0 'f V X ' C 4 is ,Q f Jf 'Ci ' Ti 'P ,W i i f A . Z f E Z ' After lengthy greetings, Professors Kauf- V man and Lapidus literally dragged Profes- W I sor Schafer into the laboratory, leaving THE ELCHANITE Thirty-Seven lieilson and YVciser chatting on the campus. Carefully locking the door, Professor Lapi- dus withdrew from a closet an oddly shaped rock, on which queer symbols were carved. You see--,H began Kaufman. Noi cried Lapidus, he's all wrong! It was all different. An Arabian, during a desert trip, stumbled upon this stone and brought it to us. VVe've tried to decipher it, but so far couldn't make anything out of it and? So thatis why we've sent for you, in- terrupted Kaufman. VVeyve heard -even here of your research in this branch of sci- ence. Nowiu Now, you see what you can do with it,', , .' A Q- i 1' cried Lapidus. 'And besides- Nol exclaimed Kaufman. 'lYesll' argued Lapidus. UNO! Yesl Whol VVait a couple of minutes,' laughed Schafer, let's settle this like gen tlemen. Now, you say yes, and yOU SHY no. VVe'll call it a draw. All right, said Lapidus, l'll ring for Secretary Pfeffer. He'll show you your room. l, I V312 . PN ' 4 Q .f sw ll 11122 ' . ANC' -. qi 6 5 S R J 4 Wll?Hi ? .- Pfeffer? Pfeffer? WhC1'C have I heard -Oh! Pfeffer! Not that supposed-to-be humorist of Dr. Steinbach's English class? NVhat's he doing with you anyway?'l Oh,l' replied Kaufman, he's been with us for some time. His experience as secre- tary of our class helps him a great deal. And, all in all, he's not such a had secre- tary when he doesn't try to get too funny. just then the object of their discussion entered. He was a rather stout fellow with a smiling face. ln one hand he held a notebook and in the other a fountain pen. Immediately he rushed up to Professor Schafer and grasped him by the hand and began talking excitedly. Days passed. Keilson, Pfeffer and VVeis- er were worried. The three professors had locked themselves in, admitting no one and stopping only to eat once or twice a day. One dark night, the three friends were sud- denly awakened from their sleep by wild cries. Rushing into the corridor, they be- held three men-rather three creatures-- unshaven, unkempt, with dishevelled hair. shouting incoherently to each other. Professors Schafer! Lapidusl Kaufman! Your dignity! cried Pfeffer. Dignity your grandmother-in-law, answered Professor Schafer. We've deciphered it-we've deciphered itl Don't you understand, you fools? De- ciphered it! Yes, and besides- began Lapidus. No I exclaimed Kaufman. KlYeS !Yv Noi One moment, said lieilson, let's hear what you have to say about it, Professor Schafer. YVell, you see, it was this way. XYC were working on the stone for a long time. We naturally thought that the carving on the stone was some very old language. Then we discovered that it was an old form of Egyptian-prehistoric Egyptian. And now we've Hnally made it out. Here it is: 280 ft. from ravine-Blt. Gilead-I mile Thirty-Eight THE ELCHANITE SSW Lake Zephaniah-subterranean cave. Now, we must raise a few thousand dol- lars to equip a scientific research expedi- tionf' Only a few thousand ? asked Pfeffer. Well, I'm willing to make my contribu- tion. VVho has a nickel change ? dodging a heavy missile flung by Keilson. Why not try to get Drazin, the famous philanthropist, to help you out ? asked Weiser. I see by the papers that he's in Jaffa, considering the financing of a rail- road. . A it arm af.. I ,gr 9 Q. i n ' ,,.f an I Q u ,gg H4 Good idea! ejaculated Keilson. The first sensible words you've uttered in a long whilef, Nightfall. Around the glimmering fire sat the members of the expedition, each deeply engrossed in his thoughts. Hurwitz again broke the silence: I pleaded, promised in vain. They refuse to continue with the work until they receive their payf' Hurwitz was the contractor and a good one at that. He wasable to keep the labor- ers at work without pay longer than seem- ed humanly possible. However, men must eat and food cannot be procured without money. And nothing from Drazin yet? con- tinued Hurwitz. Absolutely nothingf' answered Profes- sor Schafer. The earth must have swal- lowed him. Oh, well, he sighed 'resigned- ly, guess we'll have to give it up. I hate to. And we'ye almost won. The look in his eyes was almost pathetic. Silence ensued-a silence that breathed melancholy and despair. Irony of Fate! Success almost assured and then- Then there rushed upon the scene a wild looking, dishevelled person. It was Keil- son. In his hand he held an envelope. He's cabled! He,s coming with Schwartz. Donlt you remember 'iNig ? He was athletic manager. He's a Pitts- burgh steel magnate now. We win, you ,A 7' ,ta JI, I iv .529 .1 - 5' c gy -it ia v .I I' if 3 blamed fool! We win-we win! Then, grasping HLlYXK7ltZyS hand, he began dancing joyfully. A tear rolled down the cheek of Profes- sor Lapidus. Hurry, professors, the men are clearing the debris away and will soon affect an en- trance into the cave. Get your torchlightsf' We're coming, Hurwitz. The profes- THE ELCHANITE Thirty-Nine sors came scrambling out of the tent in their eagerness to reach the goal for which they had striven so hard. They were coidiroiit- ed by the sight of sweaty, dirt-begrimed figures emerging from the cave entrance. Wl1ee! They've entered ! And with these words Professor Schafer rushed by the men into the dark passageway, closely followed by the others. This passageway, about 100 ft. in length, led into an open space shaped like an am- phitheatre. At equal intervals in this semi- cirele were massive doors of iron. The members of the party excitedly rushed to several doors and would have opened them had not the cool-headed Hur- witz stopped them with: Wait a moment. We'll do this system- atically. We'll begin at the right and pro- ceed towards the leftf' The party, following this sound sugges- tion, approached the first door and Hurwitz placed his hand on the huge knob. To his surprise, the door immediately swung open. The sight which greeted their eyes was amazing. The flickering rays of the torches played about the walls of a high-domed cave. In the center stood a bearded and long-haired individual. His clothes. though torn and tattered, showed signs of having been rather fashionable in their prime. The words that fell from his lips were still more startling. What is Life ?!' his voice grated harsh- ly on the ears of his listeners. What is death? Is death the continuation of Life or--ll Then for the first time noticing his audience: Schafer! Hurwitz! Pfeffer! Keilson! Drazin! Schwartz! Ixaufman! Lapidus! Weisei'! he cried. rushing over to them. VVhy, if it isn't Eugene Like, raving philosopher and woman-hater UH quoth Pfeffer. W'hat in a he-man's world are you doing here? Ah, he exclaimed, mine is a long and sad tale! ? ,. -,LTI TX 1 A l 21 By thistime they had reached the amphi- theatre. The group approached the sec- ond door and again it swung open. Before them was a room similar to the one they had just left. In the farthest corner of this cave was a man wearing a green smock. In his hand he held a brush, but neither paint nor canvass could be seen. This, however, did not deter the artist in the least, for he was painting with bold and sure strokes on the air. He did not seem to notice his visitors although they stood directly opposite him. Hirschman! someone cried. 1 fi! fy! ' ' . 'fr l . , i . V I .,i.Qfl!'i ,: W rl 1' f' , jf i K 5- 5,5 , I Forty THE ELCHANITE Don't annoy me, he 1'esponded impa- tiently. This is my masterpiece. I ex- pect to get 525,000 for it. I will, however, accept less. Do I hear an offer of SIU? Then, as if taking a canvass off an easel, he went to the light to show it to them. However, he acompanied them to the next door. The next cave was a replica of the two previous ones. In here a man was walking to and fro. Peals of oratory fell from his lips. Have you no school spirit? Are strang- ers to go about with that sarcastic smile on their faces? For, whoever may be second, Alexander Hamilton must be first! lVIaurice Eisenberg, what are you do- ing here ? queried Lapidus. I I Kb , H If V 'V 'x Do you not see? The voice that thrills millions! Hear, oh hear, the tremendous applause of that vast audience lu They trooped into the next compartment, their numbers having increased to a full dozen. They were met by the thundering voice of Rackman, shouting at Siller, 'Tm telling you, you canlt resign! I don't ac- cept your resignation! Sit down and do work! while Siller, grinning diabolically, emitted a shrill 'owooh'. The angry tiradc ceased, however, as soon as the band en- tered, and Rackman yelled, Hurry up! Get into the next cave! Goldstein is in there convulsed with laughter. Rosenblum is locked in with him and Goldstein hasn't even some cotton to stuff into his ears so as to drown out Rosenblum's chattering. He tapped a message to me, asking for helpf' Q all RZ,-f. aj 9 g a gg g --A-3 The group rushed into the next. There was Goldstein sitting against the wall, con- vulsed with laughter, While Ziggele,' was saying, Don't laugh so much! You'll get fat. If you do, herels a remedy. Lemon peel will reduce your Weight, and a banana peel will bring your weight down. Now, here's another onef' Stop, you?-l' gasped Goldstein. I'll --.U Suddenly, catching sight of the group which had been silently looking on, he let out a ell Saved! and ran towards Y i them. aoasrme' Q95 5' ft Voissff Elf? Mfsf X 1 Tl' ,Wf- z- .5 9. A ef ? ' Expecting to find a similar situation in the remaining caves, they hurried out. How- ever, it was quiet in the next one. At first they thought it was unoccupied, but soon noticed two persons kneeling on the Hoof. They were whispering to each other and held some gleaming objects in their hands. They looked up. Why! It's Bernstein and Glusteinf' ex- THE .ELCHANITE Forty-One Claimed Lapidus. Hey, there! Now y'ou see, Bernstein, Cilustein was speaking eagerly, after this I obtain the formula, 2NaOR2l-ll. NVith an applica- tion of sulphuric hydroxide and calcium chloride, I would be able to procu1'e H20 or water. Yesl continued Bernstein, and having water, all I would need would be a strong pressure jar, a small and large lever, two valves and several other things. Having these, I would be able to construct a hyi draulic press, with which, in the course ot time, we would be abfle to wo1'k our way out of heref' Hurry up there, you! YVe want to open the rest of the caveslil and the CVCI'-IHCFCZIS' ine band entered the next compartment. g . Here again they were met by silence. Only a scratching was heard. Suddenly a voice, which they recognized as Shapiro S. exclaimed: Considering this, Blargolin, we lwaye Sin, A-Sin B- Sin I-2 IA-BD cos .1-- QA-Bj. Therefore, it would be posSlblC to trisect the angle and-- And, continued IX'Iargolin, taken for granted that if the bisectors of the base an- i gles of a triangle are equal, the triangle is isosceles, then we could judge the distance from here to the outside of the cave and escape and-. VVhy, look at this! Anil both sprang forward, excitedly greeting their rescuers. VVhen they approached the next door, they heard a pleasant voice: The Elchanite is published by the stu- dents of the Yeshivah. Knowing you to be a well-wisher of the Yeshiva, I came here to solicit your ad. Our 1'ates are- The rescue party rushed in to behold VVachtel- koenig wildly haranguing and trying to convince-no one-to give the Elchanite an advertisement. ,Qld ,kid , ,I V 57 ., ' 'I fail fe ,MT l j aw I Immediately, upon seeing the group, he rushed up to Rackman. I've just received another S300 in ads and now we'll be able to put out a successful Elchanitef' The next cave they thought empty at first, but discovered in a far corner a short person wearing eye-glasses, who appeared to be thinking deeply. They recognized their old classmate, Blum, who looked up just then and calling them to him, pointed at some inscription on the wall. He said. That inscription reads: 'The causes are therefore not similar to those of the previ- ous case which deals with the conclusive proof of the comparison of those matters above the normal wisdom of the average man and therefore since the causes are not alike it is plausible to state that the results derived from these causes are not alike. which leads one to believe that since the law of impenetrability of matter states that no two things can occupy the same space at THE ELCHANITE Forty-Two ff... Y .:::'-..tg:g W 4'5OMP0seD learn... PIU-,.:',.. h..T'g1'.':i::1 'e SENTENCE H--sd -- - -. fzgvsf.. XM., ,, -w. ..... ' ...MW J' fv, .H ,fL-.w- I ! fkxxx ...J 1 X' 1 I l at X I 3 -Y I I the same time one ought not to consider the cases of different ideas alike to those that are I10t alikef Now, I'm Sll1'C that if I could solve that sentence, I would have solved a sentence of similar length in no time, but this one has very few connectives, which fact causes it to be doubIy difficult to solve. IVhile Blum paused for breath, a shrill whistle was heard from the adjoining cave. sal, Entering, they beheld in the center, a tall man with a whistle in his mouth. Every few seconds, this fellow, whom the company recognized to be Stein, blew shrilly and turned half-way about, arms outstretched, As he perceived the group, he bellowed: Line up to the curb, there. VVhere are you going? To a fire? VVhat's your name? Yeh, you there! VVhat, Goldstein? Hello, Goldyl Pfefferl lNIargolin! The whole class of June l927! The entire group walked into the amphi- theatre. Say, fellows, how about having a class meeting? Everyone's here, said someone. Sure, come on, Goldyf' All right. In the name of the Class of June 1927, I hereby call this meeting to order. VVill the secretary please read the minutes?,' Pfeffer hemmed once or twice and said UI beg to be excused, for I have not the minutes-book about mef, Shapiro then said: I move that we have a Class Reunion within a certain date. Second itll' g'Very well. Is there any opposition ? asked Goldstein. The motion is unani- mously passedf' I awoke to find my man addressing me: It's time for you to dress for your class reunion, sir. ABRAHAM GOLDSTEIN LEO PFEFFER THE ELCHANITE Forty-Three 9: I1 Q , Q Jn a THE STUDENTS Q El 4 7-I Eglin. ORGANIZATION V -' 4 1 N 1 J: ' ,- 1 i ,TT4 r 1 61-5 .'z?fi'5 ,-ff. f ,C -413 , I 3 2331 EF,E'5S'5if?'.5 129- - RE 3711- 7 i . i e ' will it . y 1 H , 1 ii i-ir i 455233 '21'Z1if.frfi35?Q3Q',g Qi I i ii- 'M il' y 1 L ' ,' +515 ,H ' ...bf a . ii li .1 M. if i as . 1, i - will I --S L- f .'f. .fIlll , . 'i n l' mill ii U ll. I, i i ii ll ll . i Y, , i iili,'.i.'lfiillillii'i ' H i-' 1 BY BENJAMIN I-lL'Rw1Tz P1-rsidv nt Nine years ago, a group of students de- cided to form an organization that shall attend to the needs of the school. During the first few trying years of its existence very few things were done but the organi- zation was put on a firm basis. Once found- ed and recognized as a noteworthy and per- manent institution, it started to increase its sphere of activities. Year after year, term after term. more and more work was ac- complished by the G. O. There is, however, one thing that served as' a drawback to the elliciency of former administrations. The G. O. would and could have done more for the students and the school were it not for the apathy of the student body. After each term's hectic elec- tions the school suffered a relapse. The S.O. T..J.11.S. students neglected their duty and let the otlicers do the work. If the students would not have shirked and would have coaoper- ated with their oflicers, they would have gained much more by it. And it is with pride that we can point to this term as one in which the students have co-operated with the administration and a growth of activities has been the immediate result. ive hope that the student body will understand the meaning of the wo1'd co-operation to its full extent. XVe thank llr. lffron for his invaluable sei'vices in rousing the students from their lethargy, for bringing them to the realiza- tion ot the fact that the G. O. is their organization, functioning for their welfare. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FALL TERM LEFT TO RIGHT: Leon S. Cohen, Athletic Managerg Sanders Tofilovsky Presidentg Meyer Kimmel, Secretaryz Emanuel Rackman, Editor STUDENTS' COUNCIL FALL TERM SEATED lleft to rightj : Leon S. Cohen, Athletic Manager: Emanuel Rackman. Editor: Sanders Tofilovsky. President: Meyer Kimmel. Secretary: Theodore Langbaum: Ralph Silverstein STANDING lsecond fowl: Benjamin Hurwitz. Solomon Lippman. Meyer Machlis. Harry Stein. Sergeant-at-Arms: Benjamin E. Like. Hyman Paine. Samuel Turk. lThird Rowlz Israel Kravitz. Milton Dershowitz. Samuel M. Koenigsberg. Joseph Koenigsberg. Abraham Levy. Samuel Levine EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE s P R IN G T E R M Seated Cleft to rightj Louis Draizin. Vice-President, Benjamin Hurwitz,, Pres Joseph Keilson, Secretary, Emanuel Rackman, Editor, Hyman Schwartz, Athletic Manager Mr. Alexander Efron Faculty Advisor STUDENTS COUNCIL SP RING T is R M Seated Cleft to rightp Joseph Keilson. Secretary, Louis Draizin, Vice-President, Benjamin Hurwitz, President, Emanuel Rackman. Editor. Hyman Schwartz, Athletic Manager Standing tsecond rowj Lefkowiitz. Israel Kravitz, Abraham Goldstein. Harry Stein. Sgt.-at Arms. Ralph Silverstein, Benjamin E. Like. Samuel Turk Standing lthird rowl Jacob Katz. Samuel Levine. Milton Dershowitz Hyman Faine. Leo Meizlick. Abraham Neches. Irving Ganz DISCIPLINE SQUAD SEATED lleft to rightj: Samuel M. Koenigsberg. Sergeantg Nathan Shapiro, Lieutenant: Louis Drazin, Chairman: Harry Stein, Captaing Abraham Goldstein. Sergeantg Irving Levine, Sergeant STANDING tsecond rowj: Leo Pfeffer. Hyman Muss. Solomon Lasky. Harold B. Cohen, Benjamin E. Like, Jacob Solomon, Harry Siller fTbird Rowj : Irving Ganz. Sidney Rosenblum. Isidore Blum. Morris Berman, William Margolin. Benjamin Lapidus, Jacob Schaefer LIBRARY STAFF SEATED Cleft to rightjz Emanuel Rackman. Aaron Wachtelkoenig. Jack Greenberg, Chief Librariang Israel Upbin, Jacob Solomon STANDING: Nathan Shapiro. Benjamin Hurwitz. Samuel Kaufman. Benjamin E. Like. Leo Pfeffer DEBATING COUNCIL F A 1. L T E R M Seated fleft to rightj Emanuel Rackman, Milton Dershowitz, Israel Upbin. Chairmang Jack Greenberg, Harry Siller. Standing CSecond row left to rightj Samuel Turk, Max Gendel Harold B. Cohen. Theodore Langbaum, Sanders Tofilovsky, Sidney Cottin Third Row Cleft to rightj Ralph Weisberger, Greenberg, Solomon Lipman Hyman Faine. Solomon Feldman. DEBATING COUNCIL s P RIN G T E R M Seated fleft to rightl Ralph Weisberger, Emanuel Rackman, Seymour Bernstein. Chairman, Milton Dershowitz. Hyman Paine. Standing: S. Wenofsky, Samuel Turk. I. Knmenetsky. Morris Berman Joseph Koenigsberg. Koenigsberg. Berman. Solomon Lippman. Joseph Dolgin. Paul Block, Sidney Cottin. ATHLETIC COUNCIL FALL TERM SEATED tvleft to rightj : Meyer Machlis. Morris Shain, Leon S. Cohen. Athletic Manager,' Harry Stein. Saul Berenbaum. Youner. Benjamin Hurwitz. Hyman Muss ATHLETIC CCUNCIL SPRING TERM SEATED fleft to rightjz Hyman Muss. Hyman Paine. Hyman Schwartz. Atl: Mgr., Harry Stein, Ralph Silverstgin STANDING: Milton Rabinowitz. Samuel Persky. Silber. Abraham Gulkcr Morris Jablonowitz, Goldsmith SUPPLY STORE COMMITTEE Left to right: Hyman Muss, Leo Pfeffer, Abraham Goldstein, Manager Harry Stein, Manager, First Aid Comm., Louis Draizin, Chairman. Sidney Rosenblum THE ELCHANITE Fifty-Five l.lll'lhl HBCOVZG, Alumni Activities FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET The greatest event in the history of the Alumni Association of the Talmudical Academy occurred on February flst, l927 when, at the Fifth Animal Banquet of the Alumni Association, the Tenth Anniver- sary of the existence of the Talmudical Academy was celebrated. The banquet was given in honor of Dr. S. ll. Fiafir in recognition of his ten years' valuable ser- vice to our Alma lNIater both as teacher and principal. The Alumni were honored by the presence of Dr, Bernard Revel, the president of the Yeshivah Faculty and all the members of the high school Faculty. Other notables present were hlr. Rosen- garten, editor of the Jewish Forum, Ur. liacaret and Dr. Gross, all former mem- bers of the Faculty. A The toastmaster for the evening was Illarcus Abramson 'lO, who in his opening remarks struck the keynote for all later speakers to follow. i.e.. the establishment of beneficial and fruit-bearing activities which would ultimately place the Alumni in a position of a positive force in the school. Dr. Revel then spoke of thc wonderful achievements of the Talmudical Academy in the scholastic field, and paid tribute to Dr. Srifir as the one responsible for such high attainments. llr. Shipley addressed the gathering in the name of the highe school faculty and described the true friend- ship and co-operation existing between the members ot the Faculty an-,l Ur. Salir. Rabbi Lookstein as an Alumnus delivered the next talk which touched upon the past and hoped for the future ot the Alumni As- sociation. He also praised the line work ot Dr. Saiir in connection with the Tale mudical Academy. The guest of honor, Ur. Safir. was the last speaker of the eve- ning. He paid tribute to the mentory of the late Dr. Solomon T. H. Hurv itz, the founder and first principal, and congratu- lated the Alumni on establishing the Rabbi .lacob S. llorgenstern Scholarship Fund in honor of one of the best-loved men ever graduated from the Yeshivah, llr. Saiir called up from the past many pleasant rem- iniscences as well as the many trials and ha1'dships during the early years of the Tal- mudical Academy. He also pledged his sup- port to the Alumni Association in the fur- therance of its activities whose purpose it is to maintain and advance the past standards of the school. Dr. Salir was heartily greet- ed at the end of his speech. The members of the Executive Commit- tee of the Alumni Association who arranged the banquet are: Israel S. Flax, President, Lawrence Al. Hordes, Vice-President: BI. N. H. l'loffman, Secretary, lliilliam lier- Fifty-Six THE ELCHANITE man, Treasurer, R. Rosenthal, Social Di- rectorg Rabbi A. H. Rosenfeld, Historian, and Ill. S.iEskolslty, Editor. The Social Director arranged the program for the eve- ning. RABBI JACOB S. MORGENSTERN MEMORIAL FUND A year and one-half ago the Alumni As- socaition began to gather money for this fund and about S150 was obtained. The profits realized from the Souvenir Journal issued this year at the Alumni annual ban- ALU Robert Gordis, '23, and Solomon Hur- witz, '23, have been elected members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society by the chapter at C. C. N. Y. We have it on excellent au- thority that lVIr. Gordis who has recently received a Fellowship in Dropsie College Philadelphia, has a brilliant future in ex- cavating the past. Qui' f'Nordic friend who dwells on the VVestern coast of the U. S. A., the tall and light-haired joseph Cohen, '22, has been awarded a Fellowship in the University of VVashington. Samuel Genauer, '2-l, also of Seattle, will this june be graduated from the same university. Isidore Kolatch, '20, who is our only pharmacist, is taking care of physical ail- ments, while our accountant Jay Kirshen- baum, '2l, is well on his way to a C.P.A. degree. In our own city, I. S. Flax, '20, H. Fro- mowitz, '21, and I. David Satlow, '21 Cne Zatlowskyj are still in the employ of the educational authorities. Among those in the business world we find Joseph Lesser, '19, from whom you might obtain for a consideration insurance against even inclemency of the weather, ex- cepting only the insurance of Rabbinic po- sitions, Abraham Klempner, '23, who is recorded as our star salesman, Charles Shi- nensky, '20, who is listed as both salesman quet on the occasion of the Tenth Anni- versary of the Talmudical Academy, in- creased the fund by over 5200, the present total of the fund being over 55350. Every year the graduating student who distin- guishes himself in both his Hebrew and secular studies will receive an award from the fund. A Board Of Five Trustees has been chosen by the Alumni Association to organize this fund. The Trustees are: Dr, Safir, Rabbi Lookstein, I. S. Flax, as presi- dent, Williani Berman, as treasurer, and lN'Iitchel S. Eskolsky, as editor of the Alum- ni Association. They will decide when the Hrst award will be made. -I-TEMS and buyerg Jacob Padawer, '26, who has a whole lot to do with real estate, lyleyer Hurwitz, '26, who is our sole representa- tive of the Hebrew Publishing Co. Amongst our legal talent whose shingles are still painfully bright and new and who, with one foot on the old-fashioned third- rail have cautiously approached and suc- cessfully passed the Bar, appear the names of Frank Gottliem, l2l, and Hyman lylark- owitz, '20, both practicing in this city. Over in jersey City, Theodore Chazin, '22, has cornered the professional market due to the fact that he passed the barn with highest honors. Samuel Kofka, '22, and the Maze- Meiidelsohii twins, '21, are out for the Gold Dust and intend to clean up in the same profession. City College is every year honorably dis- charging in increasing numbers many of our fellow Alumni. Those graduating this year are: Joseph Shapiro, '22, Hyman Simckes, '22, Isaac O. Gimprich, '23g Sidney B. Hoenig, '23, Ralph Simon, '22g lliitchel S. Eskolsky, '23. The legal firm Schoen, '2l' S Rosenthal, '23, will after June of this year enter in legal competition with our fellow Alum- ni lawyers. lllax Steuer, beware l ll Ario S. Hyams, '21, is still singing arias, while Charles Rubel, '22, another Operatic star, has taken a liking for the ra- THE ELCHANITE Fifty-Seven dio- the listens to his colleaguesl Captain Bill Lu rie, '23, has waged war on the Attempt to Abolish lllilitary Science from C. C. N. Y. Forgive him, boys! Lightning has struck Hoboken for the hrst time in many years. William GeH Berman, '23, has spoken there a few times. lylorris lllax, '21, is being imbued with a fatherly attitude while taking care of hun- dreds of children at the Uptown Talmud Torah. lll. N. H. Hoffman, 121, is studying at the Teachers Institute and will soon become a Alewish Pedagogue. He will need to as- sume a more wrathful attitude to be suc- cessful in that Held. Nlarcus Abramson, '19, and M. S. Es- kolsky, '23, will visit Palestine this coming summer. The spiritual needs of American -lewry are ministered by representatives from our various classes: Joseph Burg, '19,the dean of the Alum- ni Rabbis has recently returned from his second tour thru Europe and Palestine and is now the Rabbi of a Congregation in Yon- kers. Herman Rosen '19 is still holding forth in Altoona, Pa. Philip Greenstein, '22 CFeivel, as he is affectionately calledl is a landsman ei his, being happily married and comfortably situated in Shamokin in the same state. Tzvi Glickman, '2ll, our own thundering Demosthenes, is now giving the people of Charlotte, N. C., an oratorical treat. lllaurice Stiskin '22 is smiling up in the snowy tops of lllontieello of summer fame. Abraham H. Rosenfeld '22 is in-stilling the proper spirit in his community in Klas- peth, L. l. We are happy to record, among the other notable Alumni events of the past year, the activities of Dan Cupid in our midst 3-the engagement of Rabbi l. llliller of Youngs- town, Ohio, to llliss Ashinsky of Detroit, lNfIich.g the marriage of Rabbi Joseph ll. Lookstein of the 35th St. Synagogue to Bliss Schlang, grand-daughter of the venerable Rabbi KI. S. hlargoliesg the marriage of Rabbi S. hlichnofsky to llliss Cielner of Boston, lVIass.g the marriage of Rabbi B. Axelman now located at Richmond, Va., to bliss Rubinroth of New York. At the same time we may as well inform you that the stork that recently visited their little nest in the South, dispatched a little bird to whisper of this event to our historical ears and we so record it-it's a boy! lllazel Tov to All of You!!! 1 To the Alumni of the Future RIITCHEL S. ESKOLSRY, Editor T. fl. .ilunnzi 4JX50t'fIlffOl1 Although the Alumni Association is only in the sixth year of its existence, it is, never- theless, already on its way to the goal which it has set for itself at its founding. The Alumni activities which have been launched during the current year, if staunchly supported and continuously main- tained, will bring us nearer to the ultimate realization of the aims and purposes for which we exist. The desire to faithfully foster, uphold and further the lofty ideal and fundamental principles which were imparted to us by the Yeshivah is the raison d'etre of our organization. This desire has led us also to look forward to the time when the Alumni Association will assume a position of beneficial influence within the walls of the Talmudieal Academy in order to more fully cooperate in the work for the future growth and development of our 1Continued on page 869 FF TA ES TH THE ELCHANITE Fifty-Nine J 1 Board of Editors Editor-in-Chief EMANUEL RACKMAN Associate Editors ABRAHAM GOLDSTEIN HARRY SILLER News Editor Poetry Editor ISIDORE BLUM MAURICE EISENBERG Humor Editor LEO PEEEFER I Associates SAMUEL M. KOENIGSBERG SIDNEY ROSENBLUM Art Editor MAX HIRSCHMAN BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager BENJAMIN HURWITZ Assistants SEYMOUR BERNSTEIN HYMAN MUSS Advertising Manager AARON WACHTELKOENIG Circulation Manager JOSEPH KEILSON Assistant Advertising Manager SIDNEY ROSENBLUM Typist JACOB KATZ io ? Sixty THE ELCHANITE Undoubtedly, when the student will read this issue of the Elchanite, he will read it with a critical eye. Such has always been the custom of the Yeshivah students. They will always look for points which to them may seem rather unsuitable for a pub- lication such as the Elchanite. VVe do not say that such an attitude is totally objection- able. On the contrary, we admit that the only way anything can ever be improved is through earnest and constructive c1'iticism. There is, nevertheless, another phase of the question that ought to be considered. The Yeshivah student body has I10t yet attained that Lvtopian state when it will be able to consider the Elchanite a part of itself and IlOt a publication in which only the staff is interested. The only affiliation which the student feels towards the Elchanite is that he pays fifty cents for it. Xvhen he reads the Elchanite he reads it with a superior air, and very often he even derides it merci- lessly. lVe, as members of the staff, are not fit judges to offer any opinions on the worth of the Elchanite. VVe can say but one thing-it represents our best. Very few students, if any, realize the tremend- ous hardships under which every staff la- bors to put out an Elchanite. Until one becomes a member of the editorial staff, the issuing of an Elchanite seems mere child's playg but when one is confronted by the problem the situation appears in its true light. An almost infinite number of things must be taken care of. Pictures. poems, essays, cuts, humor ads,-all must be attended to in the short allotted period. Perhaps the situation would I1Ot have been so hard to grapple with if the handful of staff members knew that they had the school behind them: but sad to say, the support of the students has never been whole-hearted. Let anyone try to picture a small group of students inexperienced in editorial work undertaking wtihout any eX- ternal assistance to issue a publication the cost of which amounts to a thousand dol- lars. It seems almost a hopeless task. an impossibility, but under such conditions have all Elehanites, including this one, been issued. Anyone can see that whatever the Elchanite staff has succeeded in accomplish- ing was indeed a mighty achievement. It is therefore a gross injustice for any Ye- shivah student to come and sneer at any- thing he finds in the Elchanite. If there is anything wrong with the Elchanite, let the student consider it his own fault. It is but through his own lack of support that the Elchanite is not as good as he would XV21I'lt it to be. It is, by far, due time that the Yeshivah student should break away from this passive attitude toward the El- chanite, and that he should begin to take an active part in the issue of his own school publication. A contribution in any form whatsoever,-an advertisement, a poem, a short story, even a piece of humor-will always help toward making the Elchanite THE ELCHANITE Sixty-One a better and bigger magazine, worthy of a school such as ours. Circulation has al- ways been a vital factor in the issue of the Elchanite. lt is here that the true attitude Of the students is displayed and it is here lNIay l, 1927! The most eventful day in the history of American Jewry! In the presence of thousands of Jews and Gen- tiles, assembled from eve1'y corner of the Continent, in the presence of the most im- portant personages of both the political and educational worlds, the cornerstone of the new seat of the Yeshivah was laid. Four years ago, a group of men, pos- sessed of noble and generous souls, assem- bled, and at a banquet, which is of historic importance, launched a live million dollar campaign for the new building. These men realized the signihcance of an insti- tution such as ours. They realized in what dire need American Jewry was of an in- stitution, where its youth might receive both a secular and religious education. They conceived of the importance of a Jewish College, where the more advanced arts and sciences might be taught in a purely Jew- ish environment. And for four years they have untiringly and unswervingly labored to bring about the laying of the corner- stone amid the rejoicing of all men, in whose veins Hows true Jewish blood. And as all undertakings of great import- ance are not piloted to success until strong opposition is overcome, so is it with this campaign. Impossible though it may seem that this cause should not meet with the unanimous approval of Jewry, our directors have been confronted with a hypocritical There can be no doubt that the Yeshivah type of school life is one which has practi- cally no duplicate in any omer institution. VVithin Yeshivah walls, a new sort of re- lationship has sprung up between the teach- ers and the students. lllost of our teachers teach in other schools also, but nevertheless. it cannot be doubted that they feel much more aFtinity towa1'ds the boys here than that the staff always meets its first disap- pointment. The school has never yet, in patrum niemoriau, attained 10075 circu- lation. This is yet to come. H. S. and ungrounded opposition. And 'tis still more incredible that this opposition Ends its source among some of our so-called ar- dent co-religionists. VVho would ever sus- pect that there would be some men who still adhere to our ancient traditions, who still abide by our laws and who still recog- nize the supremacy of the Torah, who would be blinded by jealousy and preju- dice, so as not to give their undivided sup- port to this undertaking? Who would ever dare to think that when in America, in the land where our brethren have for- saken their religion, an attempt would be made to revive Jewish learning, every Jew would not disregard everything save the cause and to that devote himself whole- heartedly? This campaign should have been conducted with that same religious fervor,with which our brethren fought to save the Temple from destruction. And yet, instead of this, Satan entered the hearts of some of our co-religionists, and especially into the hearts of some of those. who should have been the first to pledge their suppo1't. The cornerstone is laid, The first half of the work is done. lVe sincerely hope that those to whom our editorial is intend- ed, will realize that they have erred, and repentance is never late-coming. E. R. towards the boys in the other schools. ln a school of so few students, the teachers must necessarily come into closer contact with the students. This has been mani- fested with the advent of three new teach- ers to the Yeshivah. ln the lower terms, Ur. liunitz and llr. Uber have made an everlasting impression on the hearts and minds of the students. They have always Sixty-Two THE ELCHANITE been ready with words of advice and cheer to the timid and inexperienced freshmen and sophomores. In the upper terms, a new teacher has also taken an active part in student affairs, although he has done it rather modestly and therefore the students are rather unaware of it. XVe refer to lX'Ir. Hirschberg. The graduating class, especially, is very grateful to him for his attitude toward them. From the first day of his entrance into the school, the students already found in lllr. Hirsch- berg both an excellent teacher and devoted friend. His pleasant and friendly remarks were something which the student was looking to during the entire day. In the schools behalf, the Elchanite wishes to ten- Last December a testimonial dinner was tendered the president of the Ycshivah, Nathan Lamport, upon the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The ofliccrs of our beloved Alma lvlater, her directors and her faculty assembled to pay their respect to the man who has done his utmost for our wel- f 211'C. It is not for us mere students, to laud a man that has gained the greatest f1'lbLlKC from our superiors. lt is I10t for us to include our humble opinion among those forwarded by our elders. But thanks and appreciation are always in place. Vve, the students of the Talmudical Academy High School, though we have never openly ex- pressed our feelings, appreciate his services. We are fully aware of his incessant devo- tion to our beloved institution and of his unrestrained generosity in its support. Our labors are now completed. For months we have toiled to make this paper a success, and now this work is done. lt only remains for you to pass judgment O11 it. But, whatever your verdict may be, we wish to thank those who travailled so perseveringly to bring this magazmegto completion. For the welcome co-operation and kind assistance we have received, our der the hearty appreciation which the stud- ents feel towards these teachers. At the same time, no less gratitude is felt toward the teachers who are here from be- fore. The fact that we have become ac- customed to their help and good will does not change the fact that they have been very valuable to the students. VVe cannot think of our older teachers in any other way than of men who are always prepared to do their best for the students. We have become so accustomed to their favors that their pre- sence is taken as a matter of fact, but this does not decrease their value in the least. These teachers know our appreciationg nothing more need be said. H. S. VVe students are looking forward to the day when our Yeshivah will have its new seat and will be recognized as the foremost institution of learning in America. And it is to our directors we will be indebted. The faith of Judaism in this country to-day depends upon the response our people give to the problem of education. The Yeshivah College Campaign is an important phase of the work and it will be our directors who will have successfully piloted this great cause to a safe harbor. lt will be they who with their unswerving devotion will have so liberally contributed of their time, their talents and their possessions. Their reward is yet to comeg for us it is to ex- press our profoundest gratitude and exhort them to continue in this eeiprn nzxbro E. R. gratitude is the only reward we can offer. Without the labors of the many who strove far from the public eye this Elchanite would never have been produced. So it is a labor of unselfishness, a product of love. When we are gone from this school, it shall remain our sole monument, and its words our epitaph. A. G. 'THE ELCHANITE Sixty-Three VVL' take this opportunity to thank our beloved English teachers for the kind ad- vice rendered us: for the precious time they devoted to the judging of the three con- tests. VVords cannot express our profound- est gratitude to themg for without them we could not have completed this magazine. Thanks are also due to lllorris Cohen, for his excellent art contributions, and to lllervin Lipzin for his photography, Accept our sincerest thanks and appre- ciationl THE COR ERSTO E LAYING The first day of lllay ushered into the annals of American .Iewry the beginning of an era of cultural prosperity. That day -a memorable one indeed-witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshivah College. Grandstands crowded with peo- ple eagerly awaiting the ceremonies, Ameri- can and Hebrew flags Huttering in the breeze and adding color to an already gay scene, tall frameworks of steel, silently sug- gestive of a future giant structure-all bore evidence of a holiday. In one co1'ner, in an enclosed space, a band broke in occa- sionally with a burst of music. Gaiety and enthusiasm pervaded the atmosphere. Yet beneath it all was a strain of solemnity- slight, perhaps, but unmistakableg for those who had gathered to rejoice knew and felt that the occasion was a momentous one and that its importance, far from transitory, de- manded something more' than mere expres- sions of joy. They realized that they were gazing upon something immense enough to demand that their happiness contain a tinge of solemnity. Such was the assemblage that had gath- ered to be present at the inauguration of jewish prosperity in the field of learning. And it was upon the expectant ears of this assemblage that the strains of the Star- Spangled Banner broke in, followed imme- diately bv the Hebrew national anthem, 'Hatikvahf As the words sa 'IU WJDWPD H728 floated above the heads of the thousands, who, indeed, was there who was not impressed by the thought that our hope has not yet been lost? VVh0. indeed, was there who did not associate with those words the significance of the celebra- tion which they had come to witness? As the note of the song faded away into the distance, lllr. Harry Fischel, the chair- man of the building committee, approached the microphone and waited a moment for silence. Then, into the attentive ears of the hushed audience, he poured the history oi the Yeshivah, and offered his congratula- tions to the members of the building com- mittee and to those who had done their bit, however small, in the great work. ln con- clusion, he uttered thanks to the Almighty, in the words of the prayer. i At the close of the applause which fol- lowed his address, lllr. Samuel Levy, the chairman of the executive committee, de- livered a short talk in which he thanked the various participants in the immense task which he himself had supervised. After he had concluded his speech, he introduced Rabbi B. L. Leventhal, who spoke in He- brew about the importance of the occasion, the future of the Yeshivah College, and the thanks and appreciation due the beloved dean of the Yeshivah, Rabbi Dr. Revel. The close of his address was a blessing to the eollege. in the words of the blessings of the priests. After Rabbi Leventhal had finished speaking, the audience was entertained bv the -lewish lllinisters Cantor-s' Aggoqfatioll of America, who sang several songs. And then the thousands who were there wit- nessed and heard the spice of the program, in the shape of an address by Rabbi lijr, Revel. The words of the person who piloted the Yeshivah through the years of her existence, and to whom students of the institution will never be able to express their thanks and appreciation, sank deep indeed. Not a man was there but who wasn't swayed by the very earnestness of the Ye- shivahs beloved dean. Dr. Revel said Sixty-Four THE ELCHANITE Dt. Revel Addressing the Audience little. But what need was there of words when the entire assemblage knew of his tire- less efforts and endless energy. His mes- sage was addressed to the entire audience and to the eminent scholars, master builders of American cultural life, presidents, oHi- cers and members of faculties of the great- est universities. He pointed out that the occasion marked the dawn of a brighter glory of the Torah in America and sounded a note which should echo in the heart of every jew. ln conclusion. he showed that the Yeshivah movement was the sign of lsrael's recognition that there is only one sure approach to the problem of perpetu- ation of Judaism, and that this approach is the cultivation of an extensive and intensive study of the Torah, The close of his ad- dress was followed by a thunderous burst of applause. Wheii the handclapping had subsided, Mr. Levy read to the audience a message from President Coolidge in which the chief executive of the country expressed his regrets at not being able to be present at the laying of the cornerstone and sent his hearty congratulations and blessings to the project. Besides these speakers, there were many other prominent men who delivered addres- ses, among them, Senator Copeland, Joseph Nlcliee, chairman of the Board of Alder- man, John Finley, former commissioner of education in the State of New York, and James C. Egbert, Dean of Extension Dept. of the Columbia University. In addi- tion to the scheduled program, the master of ceremonies read a cablegram which had just been received from Rabbi Cook, Chief Rab- bi of Palestine. When all the speakers had concluded, the ceremony of laying the cornerstone took place. Under the cornerstone was placed a magillah bearing the history of the Ye- shivah. At the close of the ceremony, Rab- bi Margolis delivered a short address and Rabbi Inzelbuch read the concluding prayer, and the assemblage broke up. X The Layers of the Cornerstone THE ELCHANITE Sixty-Five The ceremony was at an end. The be- ginning of cultural prosperity for American Jewry had passed into Jewish annals. Some of the people present, returning home to the steady routine of daily life, dismissed from their minds what they had just witnessed. Some-only a few-had returned to com- plete the holy task. Some, in turning again to the problems of life have laid away thought of the Yeshivah College. But the project continues to grow. Some day there will be in these United States of America, a university for Jews, of Jews and by Jews, where the younger generation will be able to study the Torah and be proud to say Wt' are -IEVVSH. In the evening the event was celebrated by a banquet at Hotel Astor. The main speakers were judge Otto Rosalsky, Prof. Robinson of C.C.N.Y. and Prof. hlarsh of the University of Boston. All of these men laid special stress upon the necessity of a college where a religious and ethical training will be added to the regular edu- cational program. And was it not most logical that being a nation hrst and foremost in the field of education and the champions of religion, the Jews should set the exam- ple? COPY OF TELEGRAM OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON My Dear Dr. Revel: April 29, 1927. I regret that it is impossible for me to be present. at the laying of the cornerstone of the new building of The Yeshiva Rabbi Isaac Elchanan. IN'Iark- ing as they do a new era in the development of your institution of higher education, which stands for culture, learning and scholarship, and for re- ligious training so vitally essential to the welfare of our country, the exercises on Sunday have a peculiar significance to all true Americans. Long eminent in philanthropic, social and communal work, the -lews of America, through the increased advantages at the disposal of The Yeshiva, will be able to ' broaden their field for the training of scholars and religious leaders for their people. This is of importance, not only to them but to our national life as a whole. I send my congratulations, greetings and best wishes. Very truly you rs, DR. B. REVEL Prr'xidz'nt of the Faculty. The Yeshiva Rabbi Isaac Elchanan 301 East Broadway, New York, N. Y. lsignedj CALVIN COOLI UGIC Sixty-Six THE ELCHANITE E VV FALL SEASON THE FIRST ASSEMBLY The election of our school oflicers is an event that has never failed to arouse the utmost enthusiasm among the students of the Yeshiva. The fall term elections were no exceptions to this rule. On the day pre- ceding the election when the names of the candidates were to be announced, the audi- torium was filled with students, busily dis- cussing the approaching elections and offer- ing guesses as to the probable results. The very atmosphere seemed suggestive of sus- pense. As 1Ir. Langbaum, chairman of election and canvassing committee, ascended the platfonn, the hum of voices subsided. IVith' out any undue loss of time, the chairman opened the meeting and after explaining the purpose of the assembly, introduced Dr. Sahr, who was greeted by an outburst of applause. The man who has piloted the Yeshiva High School through years of trou- ble and diiiiculty, then brietly related to the students his plans for the future. He ac- quainted them with the fact that he was to spend the whole day in the Yeshiva, in charge of the attendance in all departments. The importance of the address lay in the fact that it set the students thinking of the deplorable conditions prevailing in the school and caused the student body to con- sider methods of eliminating these evils. The conclusion of his speech was marked by the awarding of three medals, donated bv llrs. Revel, for proficiency in drawing. The first, a gold medal, was presented to llartin Goldsteing the second, a silver med- al, to Rlorris Cohen, the third, a bronze medal, to Israel Renov. A fourth student. llilton Rabinowitz, received honorable mention. llr. Langbaum then read to the students the School-service record of the candidates and instructed them to cast their vote for the man whom they thought most or the otiice. The assembly was then closed and the students returned to capable f their respective classes. THE CHANEIQXH ASSEMBLIES Time has often shown that with repeti- tion enthusiasm wanes. But strange to say -or perhaps not so strange-the celebra- tions of the Jewish Holidays, time-worn as they are, have repeatedly failed to uphold the truth of this opinion. Cn the contrary, each year the holidays seem to inspire us with additional ardor. On the eve of the lighting of the first Chanukah candle, the synagogue of the Yeshiva was filled with students discussing the occasion. As Pres. Tofilovsky ascended the platform, conversation ceased and the final murmur of voices subsided. Explain- ing briedy the purpose of the assembly, he called upon one of the students, lXIr. Eich- enbaum, to perform the ancient jewish rite of lighting the candles. Amid silence, expressive of solemnity such as only Yeshiva walls may witness, llr. Eichenbaum recited the prayer and lit the candles. Immediately after this, llr. Tofilovsky sprang the sur- prise of the evening by introducing Dr. Stern, who, during his sojourn within the Yeshiva, has made his way into the heart of every student. IVith simplicity, which was in itself eloquent, he laid before the assemblage the facts of the holiday in its significance to our present age-so-called ad- vanced civilization. In conclusion he re- minded the students that it was up to them to uphold the traditions of our nation, as did the blaccabees in the days of old. After the applause that followed Dr. Sternls ad- dress had died down, the evening services were held. After all was over, the students returned to classes. During the remaining school days of the week, similar assemblies were held, and as additional spice to the regular programs, Rabbi Burack and one of the alumni, lllr. Berman, delivered addresses. THE ELCHANITE Sixty-Seven SPRING SEASON THE FIRST ASSEMBLY Repetition has established the custom of calling an assembly the day before the G. O. elections each term, for the purpose of reading the records of the candidates to the students. These assemblies serve likewise as excellent opportunities for our worthy prnicipal, Dr. Safir, to deliver his semi-an- In accordance with this, nual message. therefore, an assembly was called in the early part of the spring term, under the supervision of our faculty advisor, hlr. Ef- fron. The assembly was opened by the chairman of the election and canvassing committee, Benjamin Like, who lost no time in calling upon Dr. Sahr., The latter in a short address congratulated the stu- dents upon their excellent record in the january Regents and exhorted them to help retain the high scholastic standing of the past. He expressed the hope that through -the faculty advisor of the G. O., who would serve as a mediator between the organiza- tion and the office, conditions would under- go considerable improvement. Harmony and co-operation, he pointed out, should be the formula of our success. In conclusion, he read the honor roll of last term, which was headed by Emanuel Rackman. At the close of his message he called upon hilt. Rackman, who laid before the students the status ofthe Elchanite and his plans for the future. He appealed to them to give hun their whole-hearted supports both in hnan- cial and literary matters and promised them that if he gains this, the project would be a complete success. The next speaker was hir. Efron, who made an impassioned ap- pcal fm- 10098 membership of the G. O. VVhen he had concluded, the chairman read the records of the candidates for G. O. of- fices and after asking the students to vote for the best man, closed the meeting. The students then returned to classes. TH E ORATORICAL CONTEST Several years ago, the New York Times introduced into American school- life an idea having as its aim the careful study and appreciation of the Constitution of the United States of America, This was put into effect by a nation-wide oratorical contest in all the high schools. Last year an invitation was extended to our school to participate, to which we responded through our representative, VVilliam hlargolis. This year, in the early part of the spring term, an assembly of the upper class men was called for the purpose of choosing the stu- dent to represent our school in the contest this term. hlr. Lieberman, our instructor in public speaking, presided and acted as one of the judges. For a few minutes, after the students had taken their seats, an ex- cited murmur of voices filled the air and varied conjectures as to the probable results could be heard on all sides. Finally, llr. Lieberman ascended the plZlffOl'IU and after the voices had died down, announced that the other two judges would be lXIr. Lamm, instructor in Latin and hlr. Hirschberg, instructor in History. After telling the contestants the rules of the contest, he called upon lXIr. Emanuel Rackman, to speak. After a burst of hand clapping, the latter launched into an eloquent address on the subject The Contributions of the Consti- tution to Government. The second stu- dent to speak was George Gross, sixth term- er. His address for the most part was cen- tred upon .lamss lladison and upon his share in the formation of the Constitution. After him, lllilton Uershowitz, of the sev- enth term spoke about Alexander Hamilton and his services to the Linited States. The fourth and last speaker was Klaurice Eisen- berg, of the graduating class, who presented to the audience his idea about Hamilton and his work. Wvhen the last contestant had concluded his address, the opinions of the tContinued on page 83h sixfy-Eighf THE ELCHANITE QEJE 51169 WEE YES' lf3llQ?El EJ By M ll zzrife E iflllfff g To the old, Your head droops low, your eyes grow dim With aging years and aching partsg And sallow too, and gaunt and slim Becomes the heart as youth departs. Besrnirched in dustg in tatters frail, Awaiting the snap of rusty nail At each new rising sun. And yet your soul Hghts on anew, And guides right on the chosen fewg E'en though your task is done. To the new, The echoes of acclaim and praise, Enwrap your lofty nodding spires. And chortle chants of strong built ways, That list like notes of living lyres. VVith verdure green your carpet floor, And dew-Hlled zephyrs at your door Untouched by lurid din. VVith borrowed soul though aged yet gay, That lived when all did crumble 'way. Your task must now begin. THE ELCHANITE Sixty-Nine PRIZE STORY THEIR MUTUAL GIFT lXIercy! Ben llliller clasped his hands to his ears in a vain attempt to ward off the unbearable sounds that came through the window. What can that be ? Oh, it's that little pest next door, his wife groaned. Awfull he sputtered angrily. And we've bought this house and have to endure his racket. VVonder how his family can stand it ? There are only the grandmother and grandson living in the cottage. The boy is an orphan and his grandmother is old- and I suppose deaf. Come to the window, Ben, and look at the rascal. Ben went over to his wife's side and peered through the curtains. The object of their disapproval was a smudgy-faced lad of live years, dressed in a heavy sweater over faded blue overalls, with a ragged cap from which escaped several stray locks of hair.' He was seated in a small, battered, child's automobile, devoid of tires, every movement of which wrung from it a noise that was nerve-racking. His right hllllll held the wheel, which groaned at every turng his left clamped a contrivancehthat honk-honked a warning to the imaginary crowds that sought to impede his progress. A foot pounded a clanging bell while a whistle between his lips added to the gen- eral confusion. Sly head! l'm going to do something. And with these words, Ben tore out ot the house, bent upon silencing the no1se-pro- ducer. VVith some trepidation, Norma watched her husband hurry from the house to the yard. The llflillers had been married ten years and Norma had never been able to overcome her regret at having been denied life's greatest consolation and blessing-a child. However, during the last few days, since they had moved into their new home and had become acquainted with Bobby, that little pest,l' she had been more recon- ciled, realizing that if she had been denied the blessing of having a child, she had at the same time escaped a great trial. The truth was that, being totally unaccustomed to children, the lllillers were naturally im- patient with them. VVith a seowl on his face, Ben made his way to the boy. Say, you- he began. Oh, it's you, lXIr. Ben? The lad's face gleamed with pleasure. How d' 5 like my car now? I'm makin' my 'ehine jes' like your'n. Like mine! Ben gasped. Then, as he looked down at the dirty, wistful, little face, a smile lit up his countenance, while his anger fled from him. Nice little ear -line Carl Er--Sonny, come over to the garage. I've a new kind of oil. VVant you to try it. O--hl Gleefully Bobby followed him to the rear. Oh, but y' got a swell 'mo- bile, hlr. Ben. YVhen l'm big l'm goin' t' have a car jes' like that. Little old worn-out car, Ben scorned good-naturedly as he knelt down to apply a liberal dose of badly-needed oil to Bobbvs vehicle. Seventy THE ELCHANITE That was the beginning of Bobby,s friendship with the lllillers and time and again, Ben and Norma would hold up their hands in dismay, wondering what and when the end would be. Bobby, without questioning their feelings about the matter, adopted them. The ma- jority of his waking hours were spent in their yard, their house, and in their garage. His toys were scattered over their formerly well-kept lawn, their carefuHy-cut hedge showed signs of frequent collisions with 11 four-wheeled contraption which the boy called a 'chinelg the pillars of the white porch bore the imprint of soiled fingers and even the new house was scarred in a way they were forced to resent. Bart had more to endure than Norma, for the lad followed him like a shadow. VVhatever repairs he made to his car, Bobby imitated with his little tin make-believe. Wlieii it came to changing tires, Bart was convulsed with laughter as he watched the boy, for though all was pretensejthe child followed faithfully every move the man made. Realizing that there was no possibility of getting rid of the child, the lllillers seri- ously considered selling their home and moving elsewhere. And then, one morning, the boy's aged grandmother failed to open her eyes. During the night the Angel of Death had quietly summoned her to an eter- nal home. Bobby was too young to see tragedy in the decease of his nearest relative. Wide- eyed and trusting, he accepted Norma's ex- planation that Granny had gone to Heaven to live in Gods lovely mansion where all her pain would be eased and her illness cured. He was glad that she would not have to suffer any more. Of course, held miss hergbut he'd just always stay with the illillers now. He never questioned leaving them. lt was the week before Chanukah and during the sad time preceding the funeral, the lllillers were busy in neighborly kind- ness. Klany friends, a few distant rela- tives, and a bachelor uncle of Bobby's had come to the funeral, and the lliillers heard snatches of their conversation about the boy andrhis future. As the bachelor was a travelling salesman, he had no home to of- fer the child and it was deemed advisable to place him in an institution. Norma and Ben grew strangely silent when they heard this decision. Normals thoughts were troubled. The boy was a nuisance. Ben insisted upon that and she had no occasion to deny it--but what would she do without him? Unconsciously, even while complaining of his noise and the dirt he made with his numerous toys, he had found a place within her heart, hungry for child-love, and now she could not endure the thought of his leaving. She wanted to take Bobby and keep him, care for him al- ways. But Ben-oh, she coulclnot ask that of her husbandl If the boy were a quiet, well-mannered child, it might be possible, but a little pest like Bobby! llleanwhile Ben was in the garage pre- tending to tinker with the car, but in real- ity entertaining thoughts that made him most miserable. The bachelor uncle had just left after calmly thanking him for car- ing for Bobby until they could take him away the next day. Bobby was going to an institution-dear, little, mischievous, dirty- faced Bobby. The man looked at the boy who, too, was pretending to be busy with his 'chine. He gulped, then smoth- ered the sound with a cough. You sick?', Bobby was on his feet, rac- ing t0 the man's side. You cough like Granny. a No, Sonny, nof' Dorf yy get sick, llflr. Ben. I like y' much 's Granny an' more'n Uncle. Unclels goin' away to-morrow, y'know it ?l' Yes, Ben again gulped. How had he ever called that child a little pest? How he would miss him! His lovable little hands, tinkering with the old plaything of a 'chine, his dear voice sympathetic and trust- ful, his wistful eyes seeming to beg for love and attention-Oh, he couldn't see the boy go from him-and yet he dared not ask THE ELCHANITE Seventy-One Norma to assume the care of such a little p-, he hesitated even in his thoughts to call the boy by the old familiar appellation. If he were a nice, clean, quiet lad, it might be different. Then, squaring his shoulders, he turned to the boy: Back soon, Bobby. A'righ. In the kitchen Ben paused, uncertain how to begin. I say, Normal he began. Yes? I'd like to have-oh, say, I don't know just how to tell you - but would you - Could you - give me something that I want awful bad ?H VVhat is it, Ben? Tell mel I want Bobby for a Chanukah gift! Norma-please, I know he is a little pest- but- I-Ie paused for the simple reason that two arms had twined themselves around his neck, strangling speech from him. Through the window came a terrihle racket of tireless wheels and clanging bell as Bobby motored down the walk. Come to the window, Ben, and see our Chanukah gift-our little son. They approached the window and peered through the curtains. Hobby looked up and smiled at them: VVhat 'cha think o' this lil' worn-out 'Chine Ty he demanded in childish mimiery of Ben's way of discussing his car. 'S all right, ain' it ? Pretty fai1','y agreed Ben, but Sonny, wait till you see the line, big rubber-tired 'chine youlll have tomorrow. The noise ceased , as an eager child tumbled out of the old plaything to de- mand more particulars concerning this com- ing gift, and at the door he met a man and woman with out-stretched arms, who took him to them, to be theirs forever, their mutual gift. HO OR BLE ME TIO ,ug---1' Vengeance -- Al Kidclush Hashemn 177 By Ifrlrry Siffrr, - The little Russian town of Khimeslav nestled cozily amid the protecting hills that surrounded it. The town's population con- sisted of about two thousand Russian peas- ants and of about three hundred Jews. There was no town, or hamlet, for that matter, anyavhere near Khimeslav: and if anyone wished to see a face outside of the familiar ones which one was accustomed to seeing, day in and day out, he must needs cross the majestic -hills to the neighboring town of Vizhnigrad. Spring! The song of birds, the fra- grance of flowers, the chirps of insects- n all heralded the arrival of springtime. The very atmosphere was perraded with the feeling of new life. The waving grass and the green verdure of the hills added to the lustre of blooming Nature and made one feel the urge of life and the keen pleasure of existence. The peasants were busy about their work, joyfully greeting the planting season with song and merriness. The Russian moujiks, in their high boots, baggy trousers and open-collared shirts were at their mer- riest during the springtime. High hopes fOr a large Crop at harvest-time spurred each Seventy-Two THE ELCHANITE H1311 OI1 tOig1'CHtC1' CI1dC21VOI'. On one of the most secluded cowpaths, a solitary person was walking. His pace was slow, measured, his face, stolicl, his hands, clasped behind him and his eyes, fixed on the ground ahead of him. The advent of spring, the sprightliness of the birds, the murmuring of the cool zephyrs playing on the green trees - none seemed to have any effect on him. He appeared bored, un- interested. This was Berel the enigma of the little village, Khimeslav. i Berel had no father. He had died be- fore Berel was born. A posthumous child does not feel the lack of a father as keenly as an orphan who has had a parent and lost him and so, Berel took his fate as a matter of course. Berel's mother was a hard-working woman, attired in rags, al- ways besmirched by labor, her hair dishev- elled. Berel saw her dressed in clothes half-way decent only on the Sabbath or on one of the holidays. He seemed to have no filial love toward her. He took her as a necessary evil, so it appearedg he spoke to her only when the necessities of life com- pelled him to. His mother had no time to notice and analyze his attitude, so busy was she about her daily toil. Berel did not come into contact with his fellow jews more than was necessary. He had no friends. He spurned anyone who endeavored to make advances toward him. This was not the result of conceit, how- ever. He was bashful and taciturn by na- ture. His mother had tried to educate him in the Cheder, but he had been a total failure. His only achievement during his stay at Cheder was to learn to read the prayers. Berel could be found without fail in the synagogue every morning-always in the same corner, praying silently, his eyes star- ing blankly into space, his body erect. His voice could never be heard, he never swayed to and fro as the other worshippers were wont to do during prayers. He would finish his prayers, pack up his Tephillin . and quietly slip out through the door. He was not engaged in any work? he was a chronic failure at everything he un- dertook. His lack of interest in all things and his unwillingness to come into contact with other people led to his inability to learn a trade and consequently his mother was forced to support him even when he had grown to adolescence. His most frequent occupation was to stroll along that narrow, century-trodden cowpath-in winter on the white snow, in summer, on the green grass. The Jews and the Russians at Khime- slav lived in peace. The peasants did not feel any particular love for the Zhids but, still, conditions continued in a strained state of peace. The business men for bour- goisie, if the term may be applied to people of such small meansj were in the main, Jews. They owned the half-score stores in the town, the little flour mill, and the small bakery. The mouiiks worked as laborers in the fields and in the flour mill. Although there was usually peace be- tween the two races, a feeling of animosity would arise from time to time which would often lead to actual conflict, and on infre- quent occasions, would result in fatalities, but such occurrences were rare. , On this spring day, Berel was walking in the fields. From afar he could hear the merry voices of the peasants-singing, yell- ing, seemingly intoxicated with the feeling of spring. Berel did not mind them, he continued to walk on with that same meas- ured pace. Apparently he was immersed in thought. Suddenly he sensed that the voices were coming closer to him and out of that motley of howls he could discern the words ZhidI Zhid! There goes a Zhid!', Before he knew what was happening, a group of moujiks were atop of him, yelling at the top of their voices, flinging their arms about wildly. He set in at a run, but in vain- before long they overtook him, and began to beat him. The smell of vodka reached his nostrils. The blows fell thick. He was too bewildered to cry out. The Russians soon became tired of this monotonous beat- ing. They threw him to the ground, stripped him of his waist-coat, ripped his Arbah Kanfothu from him, tore it, spat THE ELCHANITE Seventy-Three on it, trampled on it and ran back to their work, clamoring as loudly as when they had come. Berel lay prostrate, bleeding . . Spring againl A continent plunged in war. The world aflame with arms. Battlefields, corpses, moving armies, marching feet, shining uni- forms -all heralded the advent of destruc- tion, pillage, murder and devastation. Russia was in chaos. Nihilism, Anarchism, Bolshevism, hlilitarism, Czarism-all mix- ed in a chaotic tangle. The mighty Ro- manoff dynasty had fallen. The Czar lay murdered. Anarchism raged. Hungry mobs stormed Petrograd. It was 1789 re- born. The little town Khimeslav slept serene- ly. It had not yet been touched by the havoc of war and revolt. It still lay as cozily as ever in the midst of those sur- rounding hills. lt was a spring morning--no different from any other. The Jews were in the synagogue saying the morning prayers. In that same corner stood Berel, as quiet as ever. The passage of four years had left their imprint on Berel's face. He was no longer a boy. Services ended. The jews streamed out. Berel alone remained. He had not yet lin- ighgd his prayers. The ShamushH looked at him with mingled wonder and pity, and with a deep sigh, followed the men out of the synagogue. Berel remained all alone. His staring eyes were hxed on. the HATCH Ha'Kodesh before him. His.face was.ex- pressionless. His lips were quietly moving. He was too much engrossed in prayer to hear the rumbling sound of running feet outside the synagogue door. All at once. a heavy p ounding resounded on the door. echoing and re-echoing throughout the va- cant synagogue. llerel's attention was dis- tracted from prayer. He looked behind him at the door. VVith murderous looks on their faces, armed with clubs and knives, a group of Hmoujiksl' came running in. Their hurried glances did not fall on the erect figure of Berel who was anxiously fearing and awaiting results. Not perceiv- ing anyone, the savage group ran out,-but one remained. Berel noticed his presence. The peasant glanced around him hurriedly, ran up to the Aron Hakodeshf' tore down the Porocheth and opened the doors which hid the scrolls from view. Berel was bewildered. He knew that this goin meant no good. The moujik grabbed hold of one of the scrolls, threw it on the ground and began to stamp on it. Berel came out from hiding and ran up. The UIHOLI-lilill wheeled about. A mo- ment later found the two engaged in arm- to-arm conflict. There was something strangely familiar about that goi's'l face. It was the peasant who had attacked him in the field on that spring day four years ago! Thoughts of mingled vengeance and anger filled his mind and lent strength to his efforts. The moujik attempted to use his club. Berel leapt behind the Amud. The Russian raised his club, struck, but Berel dodged and the weapon bfat the empty air. Berel saw that he must also find a weapon. He looked around. His frightened glance caught sight of the golden Yad which was used in pointing to the place during the reading of the Torah. He stopped to pick it up. The goin pounced on him and both fell to the ground. Quick as a flash, the moujik drew a knife and stabbed Berel in the side. Berel let out a cry of pain. He grasped the Yami tightly and with his last bit of strength, plunged it into the goi's th1'oat. . . A half hour later the old shaniush , re' turning to the synagogue, found two corp- ses lying in a pool of blood, with the blood- smeared and trampled Torah between them. Seventy-Four THE ELCHANITE THE WAY OF ALL FLESH By Benjamin E. Like, '27 Isreal was slowly and wearily plodding home from the Yeshiva. Dusk had already fallen and the blinding snow fell faster and faster. Here and there, some people could be seen wending their way home. Now and then, a trolley, crowded with passen- gers, could be seen making its way through the snow-laden streets, In some unaccountable manner, the streets, blanketed by the white snow, gave Israel an odd feeling-a feeling of despair, of solitude. The snow. Ivhite.. Shrouds. The dead. Snow blankets the dormant earthg shrouds enshroud the dead. Isreal shuddered. In the distance could be heard the weird moaning of the river-boat sirens. Every- thing was awe-inspiring. Isreal had a pre- monition that somethingwas about to hap- pen. He hurried onward, meditating. Through his mind flitted thoughts of the home which he would soon reach. His face lit up, then suddenly saddened. VVither was he going? A dreary home, gloomy. cheerless. :X sick mother. But he must not complain. XVith the Lord's help everything would turn out well. Xevertheless, a heavy load bore upon him. Numerous questions raced through his mind. 'Xvhy was his mother ill? VVhat crime had she committed for which she was being punished thus? And if she had com- mitted any earthly crime against God or man, why did she have to suffer? Couldnlt he suffer in her stead? But every- thing contrived to work against him and his poor mother. VVell. who was he to question the deeds of the Almighty? He soon reached a tive-story tenementlo- cated in the heart of the East Side. After knocking on the door of a rear apartment on the third floor. he softly entered. Isreal, my son, is that you? a soft, ap- pealing, voice questioned. Isreal's heart sank within him. His mother was ill and abed ,and another cold meal was to be his lot. Yes, mother dear, he answered with a husky voice while taking his coat off. He strode into a dingy, ill-illuminated, bed- room, where his mother was awaiting him. As Israel bent forward to kiss his mother, she grasped him with two lean, withered, hands which told a heart-rending story of much suffering and hardship, and kissed him affectionately again and again. He began to weep and as his mother perceived this, she inquired as to the cause. 0h, mother, he questioned sobbingly. why shouldn't I cry? YVhy shouldn't I? Vifhile I am away at school, you my poor mother must lie abed, sick, unable to walk about, and with no one to tend you! Oh mother! I am selfish! This cannot go on! I shall find employment and earn enough money to send you to a sanitarium where you may convalesce. And--'I 1Iy son , interrupted his mother, plac- ing a finger upon his lips. f'Don't say that! I can't bear to have you forsake your studies for my welfare. You must continue your studies and then, only then, will you be able to help me. Then, the thought that my son has attained his cherished ideals and has studied the holy Talmud for His sake and my sake shall make me well againn. But mother dear, you are suffering all for me. Let me discontinue mf studies. Then after I have sent you away, I will be able to continue with them with far greater zeal. for I shall be inspired by you and will no longer worry. No longer shall I come to find you sick and in bed. 'Oh mother, how your cheeks have wanedl The beautiful glow has left them. Your hair has turned gray. Your hands which were once beautiiully white and soft have become withered and wrinkled. llother, how I THE ELCHANITE Seventy-Five long to hear your voice cheerful again! Israel, I am your best friend, am I not? And as friend to friend I must tell you this. I have not long to live and you shall soon be bereaved of both mother and friend. But do not grieve. lvhat the Lerd gives He takes away. Israel, I leave it my faith in you. IXIy spirit shall always hover over you and protect youg and shall witness you ascending the great pulpit of Israel, to preach the great doctrine of love and right- eousness for all. Promise me, Israel, that you will not grieve long. Premise me that you will not forsake your studies as a re- sult of your grief. Promise me- Hlllother, I promise, promise to heed your words. Illother, oh mother! He clasped her to him. She drew her arms around him tighter and tighter. Sud- denly he felt her arms relax. His heart missed a beat. Eyes protruding, he clutched her to him savagely. IXIotherl Illotherl Don't leave meg don't-- He came to his senses, suddenly realizing what had happened. He sank to the floor, eyes wide and staring, staring into a bar- ren future, a vast void. 1 lsreal arose and looked at the inert form of his mother. His mother, his erstwhile pal, his friend. Ile was young and needefl a friend to counsel him in the ways of the world. Now he was alone and would have to face the world without the helping hand of his mother. She had always been kind to him, had always advised him when he was worried and troubled. lint now there was no one to cheer him up when troublgi, no one to advise him when worried. No one, no one. The only alternative that re- mained-to follow his poor mother. But his promise to her. He must do as he had promised. Then Is1'eal arose to fullest height and with arms outstretched. as if imploring G-D for the welfare of his mother, he swore to live up to her fondest wish-to ascend the pulpit of lSRATfT.,. Israel strode dejectedly to the window and peered out. The snow had stopped falling and the moon shone softly over the white blanket of snow. The snow. Shrouds. The fo1'mer covered the dead flowers and plants, the latter covered the dead. The snow and shrouds were to be the burial clothes of his mother. ,-Y---ae I HE BAAL TSHU V OH By .,0.Yl'fPlI Segnf, l29 It was a dark and dreary autumn day. peasantry. Sweet and harmonious music The small Russian town appeared lonely came issuing forth from the richly decorat- gmd deserted, the wind dolefully screeching ed salon overdowmg with people - guests, around the corners of the old and weather- ed huts, A storm was approaching, and this accounted for the desertion of the Small winding lanes. In strange contrast to this bleak and qlum appearance of the town, was they resii dence of the townis chief of police, Nikolai Petrovich, a burly and husky man of the for Nikolaiis daughter, Clara, was to he married on this day to the young ,ICWISII lawyer, Joseph Keller, who in order to show his love for this Christian girl, had con- sented to forsake his own religion. and ac- cept the Christian faith. Joseph Heller, the young bridegroom, was the son of 21 pious old jew, the rabbi Seventy-Six THE ELCHANITE of the town's only synagogue. His father, wishing to give his son both a secular and a Hebrew education, gave him the opportu- nity of studying in a renowned Kiev school from which he was graduated a lawyer. When informed that his son intended visit- ing his birth place the joy of the old father was boundless. But this happiness soon turned to sorrow, when rumors about young Heller's infatuation for the Nat- chalnick's daughter and of his engagement to her, reached his fatherys ears. Strive as he would, he could not hold his son back from this mad course and Enally, in de- spair, disowned him - mourning him as dead. He himself resigned from his posi- tion and lived in seclusion with his aged and sorrowing wife. As the young bridegroom stood in the large parlor surrounded by the boisterous guests, not a single thought of his aged fa- ther and his despair occurred to him. Neither did the memory of his old broken- hearted mother, standing at the threshold of her humble dwelling, tears in her eyes, longingly gazing after the quickly disap- pearing figure of her son, troubled him. The past was forgotteng he lived only for the future. The gaiety within increased during the wait for the priest. The guests became more boisterous as the wine went to their heads, the music became wilder and wilder. Dark, threatening clouds came hurrying up, completely shutting off all light. A brood- ing silence pervaded the town. The lull before the storm. Then the storm broke, fiercely, furiously. Peal after peal of terri- fying thunder. jagged flashes of lightning, lighting up for a moment the gloomy sur- roundings. Then the rain, rapidly falling drops, that quickly soaked the thirsty earth. The hilarity in the mansion came to a stand-still when a low knocking was heard. The door opened, and wearily, a dark, middle-aged man, soaked to the skin, en- tered. It was the priest. Xvhile he was getting into some dry clothes, preparations for the approaching ceremony were quickly made. The priest entered, approached the couple. and opened his Bible. But suddenly, accompanied by a terrify- ing peal of thunder, a loud and hasty knock- ing was heard. Amazed at this unexpected interruption, the guests turned to the door and beheldi Within the doorway, water dripping from his drenched clothes, his white beard wet and plastered to his breast, stood an old blew. With a horrible and Wild look in his eyes, the old man took in the scene. The groom was trembling as if with the ague, while a sickly palor spread over his face. Father! Then the old Jew leapt towards his son, his breast heaving with excitement, his breath coming in painful gasps. Suddenly he shrieked in a mad and inhuman voice, You have killed your old mother! and with these words he fell prostrate upon the Hoor. Joseph Heller, with a wild cry, flung himself upon his dying father, while the guests fled. The bride and her parents waited a moment, then also fled, and father and son were alone. As the young man bent over the prone figure of his old father, he murmured, I repent! The dying manls face lit up with joy and he gasped, And l forgive you. lkiay the Lord do likewise! and he breath- ed his last. hiany years have rolled by since that eventful day, and old conditions have van- ished in life as if they had never existed. The little town where all this happened, has grown much bigge1', the Jewish popu- lation has also increased. In one of the busiest streets of the ghet- to, stands the largest synagogue of the city. Every day, in a quiet corner of the syna- gogue, sits Joseph the Baal Tshuvohf' Not the joseph Heller of old, but gray- haired, bearded, deformed of body. With head bowed he sits there thru the long days doing penance, F A THE ELCHANITE Seventy-Seven PRIZE ESSAY GRADU TIG Y -- WH T NEXT? Bv Wll,LI.'XhI lhI:XRG0l.IN, i27 The time for graduation is slowly and steadily approaching. From our grammar schools, high schools, and colleges, will issue forth thousands upon thousands of boys and girls, young men and young women, each one possessing a diploma, testifying to the completion of a certain prescribed course of study. It will be a season of new suits, white dresses, ribbons, caps, and gowns, a season of baccalaureate sermons, commence- ment addresses, and valedictories. Congrat- ulations will be followed by advice in which age will attempt, in one moment, to teach youth that which has taken years to acquire. Forth go these graduates, some to continue their studies, some to seek a livelihood, but each one pins his faith to that coveted and much-prized piece of paper or parchment. called a diploma. In these graduates, who come forth into a new and strange world, there to show their abilities and aid hu- manity, high hopes are centered. The world lies before them. Indeed, there are new worlds for them to conquer. Graduation-what next? Wliat is the purpose of education? Wliy' go to school at all? To be educated means to possess knowledge, and the place to ob- tain it, is naturally the school. We must acquire knowledge in order to appreciate the work of others and aid ourselves in at- taining some goal, be it merely a livelihood. Education, of course, is essential. Thru- out the centuries there have arisen men who lit up the human mind, who made difficulties clear, who forced us to recognize that education is a national i't'Sll0'l5'lf'lltY' and a 1ll0l'21l and public necessity.. Finally it was declared a sacred dnt? :mil lilllomllfi' was branded a vice, for ignorance prevents Us from ,.,.C0g,,iZiiig that power which con- trols the lower instincts. It denies us the power of realizing the existence of God, which is the unive1'sal term of holiness. truth, and morality. The ignorant are blight. They may provide for the daily necessities of life, may even be successfulg but earning a livelihood it is not the chief or sole purpose of going to school. Educa- tion implies se1'vice. VVhen a student goes to school he is arming himself with the wea- pons that will be necessary to overcome the many obstacles in life, to be of use to man- kind in whatever field of endeavor he maS select. Man becomes that which with all his heart he desires to become. The long- ings of the heart express manls true nature, and it is education which generally moulds the nature of man's desires. VVoodrow Wilsoii, discussing university education, once said: Education is the salt of the earth where- with to keep both duty and learning sweet against the taint of time and change: the study of the worlds literature as a record of the spirit is the right preparation for leadership in the world's affairs, you do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed it and tried its way before you were given your brief run upon it. The cultured mind cannot trifle, it cannot complain. it cannot despair-. Education should not be allowed'to be mechanical. One of its main purposes is to stimulate the creative force of man: for there is in human nature an enormous ca- pacity for creative work. lts origin is -leep- ly rested in the primitive instincts. Hut as life is organized today the plain man linds little occasion and less opportunity to be a real creator. His necessary bread labor has become, in most cases, zi monotonous and mechanic:1l business of assiniilating other nu-n's ideas. lit- is essentially nothing more Seventy-Eigbt THE ELCHANITE than a screw of an already formulated ma- however humble will be dark and cheerless chine. For one professional man who is doing business work in his held, there are ninety-nine who move in lockstep or a treadmill. And as for the vast majority of men and women, they tend machines, which so divide the task that the joy of the creator is frustrated. Here we have summed up the ideal edu- cation. Liberty without education is apt to de- generate into license. That is why our great American republic lays so much em- phasis upon national education. Instead of maintaining a large standing army as some other nation might do, she concentrates her best efforts upon her public schools, the real foundation of strength and wisdom. ln- stead of training her young men to wield the sword, she teaches them to wield the pen, on the principle that the pen is mightier than the sword. VVhile another nation might boast of her armies, this nation takes pride in her educational institutions and her school children. VVe must not, however, think that edu- cation ends with the school. Education and life are parallel. The school is only a prep- aratory step to higher efforts. The world is the real school-the laboratory in which the theory is tested and practiced. ln order that life be complete and har- monious in all its parts, we must combine theory and practice. Life then becomes richer, purer and truer. As sunshine and air are free to all, so the light of education can penetrate every homey for no dwelling, where the rays of knowledge, secular or sacred, shine. No man is so busy in life as to be unable to devote one hour a day to the study of something. A little less gossiping, a little less triding with that pre- cious gift, Time, would enable every one to ennoble his mind, both by acquiring knowledge of things unknown to him yet important, and by preserving a sane and moral process of thinking. We work about ten hours a day for food, clothing, and shelter. All that is for the body. Now how little time indeed is given to the de- velopment of the mind, that which is of the most importance, that which uses the body merely to make its presence known upon a world in which only physical movements are perceived. Why' do we neglect our minds so completely? VVhy? And yet, blind is the mainspring of all activity. Blind is Life, and Life is lVIind. Blind is the truer self, and to neglect it fs to neglect one's truer self. And of all edu- cation, none is more helpful in building up character and in sweetening life, than re- ligious and moral education. Education in those directions tends to equip us thorough- ly for the many vacancies in the vast held of civilization. And it is these who are graduating who are desired to fill these po- sitions-to be heralds of discovery and un- dcrstanding. The world calls as it never did before. Heed that call, for in that lies the highest achievement. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM By Enzmzzzel Rat-It zzzfzfz , '27 From the very beginning of manls exis- tence on earth, there have been religions. The human being has always desi1'ed to believe in some Blaster, in. One who is su- preme: in one who is responsible for the creation of the universe. lt is an accepted psychological ,fact that a man is always an- xious to have someone to whom he can confess his wrong-doings and 'from whom he can expect pardon and redemptiong one whom he can rely upon when in danger and from whom he can anticipate aidg one from whom he can expect recompensation for good deeds and who will bring to just- ice the perpetrators of crime. In short, one who is omnipotent. And so, indeed, men have always had religions in which they could find solace and comfort in time of distress. ln the course of human events, religion had so affected the lives and actions of hu- THE ELCHANITE Seventy-Nine man beings that it was considered an in- dispensable factor of life, and its ministers the most important personages of society. Their gods were worshiped in a most de- vout though often barbarous manner, and the clergy were the most revered and most beloved individuals of the community. Re- ligion had become so deeply imbedded in the hea1'ts of men that kings sought to gain popularity and respect by declaring them- selves gods. They had idols made of them- selves and ordered their subjects to wor- ship them. lfVe can derive from this fact an excel- lent illustration of the significant part re- ligion played, of yore, in man's life. How- ever, the strength of religion had never been tested. YVhether the love of life would exceed that of freedom of religion was l1Ot determined until a handful Of Jew- ish zealots answered the question negatively. - The Jewish nation was the most fortu- nate of all races. Our patriarch, Abraham, disclosed the worthlessness of the idolatrous beliefs and conceived of the existence of a Supreme Being, Une and Almighty. Abra- ham was the one who discovered the most advanced religion on earth, whose funda- mental doctrine is lylonotheism, and it was upon his descendants, the chosen people, that God bestowed the Torah. And if it can be said of other nations that religion has played an important part in their his- tory, it can surely be said of the jews. that religion made them a nation. That historic day on lllount Sinai marked the birth of our nation. It was then that we were en- listed as the torch-bearers of religious truth. Several nations have endeavored to sub- due this small minority of ardent believers and compel them to forsake their religion. However, in the history of our race, the attempts of the Greek kings to Hellenize Palestine were of special importance. It was our opposition to that powerful and militant nation which demonstrated the strength of religion. , The Greek kings had for a lengthy peri- od mercilessly taxed the members of our race. They plundered ,the homes of the wealthy, emptied all our treasuries, but we offered little resistance. However, when those tyrants determined to go one step further, to rob us of our religion, to ravage our holy temple, to defile the Holy of Hol- ies, our patence was exhausted. VVhen Anti- ochus, a king whose tyranny knew no bounds, resolved to change our nation's faith or bleed it to death, a small group of people, under the leadership of a man of little military experience, though pos- sessed of a great soul, rebelled against the mistress of the world, for those men real- ized that life without freedom of belief is worse than death itself. Twenty-seven years of war ensued and the minority, stimulated by an ideal, won one of the most glorious wars in the history of the world. The wars of the lvlaccabees were the first, in the history of the world, waged for religious freedom. Its heroes were the first to convey to the world this important message: That the religion of a pious per- son cannot be converted by bodily torment. They accepted death rather than worship a god whose very existence their 1'eligion denied. Futile were the attempts of Greek kings, futile were the enticements offered to converts, futile was a long and bloody war to subdue the souls of those martyrs. These wars have gone down in the an- nals of history and almost all men of letters have seen of what importance they were. However, the kings of Egrope, in ancient and medieval times have failed to realize their importance. Each one of them, over confident in his own powers, resolved to bring ruin upon our race. Hadrian, the Roman Emperor, endeavored to abolish our religion but succeeded in merely massacring thousands of jews. Spain and Portugal organized inquisitions to torture the stub- born Jews who refused to accept Christi- anity. They went a step further and built an Auto-de-fe to burn alive the members of our race. They finally exiled our whole nation and used treacherous means to kill us while migrating from the country. Des- pite all this, these two countries gained nothing for themselves save disgrace and disdain from modern historians. And all these aljtlictions were imposed upon us mere- ly because Europe was ignorant of the fact that it is impossible to conquer a soul. The jews were the lirst to prove the Eighty THE ELCHANITE strength of religion but the historiesqof other religions likewise abound in stories of persecution. The early Christians suf- fered greatly from the oppressions of the barbarous Roman Emperors. Luther arid his followers undenvent severe punishment at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. France tortured the Huguenots, and England the Puritans and Separatists None of these persecutors succeeded in ob- taining their ends, for the message of the llflaccabees had been proven infallible and those monarchs did not realize it. During the course of the Jews' existence on earth, they have made numerous con- Asceticism By Lani Before we attempt to find out whether asceticism forms a part of Judaism or not it is absolutely essential to first establish the exact meaning of asceticism. The diction- ary comes to our aid by stating that As- ceticism is the theory and practice of bodily abstinence to self-mortihcation, generally religious. Short as the definition may be, its range of practices is, nevertheless, very greatg for under it come the following: Fasting or abstaining from certain meats and drinks, celibacy, subjection of the body to physical discomforts such as nudity, vig- ils, sleeping on bare ground, tatooing, de- formation of the skull, teeth, feet, etc.g vows of silence for lengthy periodsg avoid- ance of baths and hair cuttingg actual self- infliction of pain, and many other horrible practices. And with this definition clearly in mind we proceed to determine whether asceticism forms a part of Judaism, as it does of other religions, or not. The many laws regarding marriage, our strict dietary laws, the number of fasting days, and other adherences, all are thought by many to be ascetic tendencies. They quote the passage And thou shalt meditate therein fthe Torahj day and night g also from the Ethics of the Fathers, This is the way of the Torah: eat bread with salt, drink Xvater with the measure, sleep on the ground, live a life of privation and labor in the Torah. It is claimed that some of the practices and tenets of the Essenes, as tributions to the world. The Jews are recognized as an important factor in the advancement of civilization. In religion, they were the champions of lllonotheismg and as for society most of the humanitarian problems which this modern age has solved find their origin in their Torah. The lldac- cabees likewise made an important contri- bution. They taught the world how strong the soul of a religious person is and how useless persecution may be in attempting to subdue it. They advocated religious free- dom but to our great sorrow this contri- bution was disregarded and as a result ruin and disaster was brought upon many a family. and Judaism .v Drazin, '27 narrated by Josephus, Philo and Pliny, were of Ascetic type. There were some great Israelites as R. Zadok, R. Hananiah, B. Doza and R. Zirra who were nothing less, it appears, than ordinary ascetics. But as we delve more deeply into the subject we realize the fallacy of our antagonists' point of view. We cannot judge Judaism by the wanted practices of a few, nor by the cus- toms of a sect in Jewry. YVe must first make a thorough study of Jewish literature, the Bible, the Talmud and medieval Jew- ish philosophy before we can come to any conclusion. Asceticism is almost invariably the result of the notion of the original sinfulness of the flesh and of natural instincts. By the Jews, however, the body and the flesh were never regarded as contaminated, and the appetites and passions were not suspect- ed of being rooted in evil. The appeal to mortify the fiesh for the sake of pleasing Heaven could, therefore, not find its place in the synagogue. On the contrary we are told: And thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or fo1' 1c'i11r, or for strong zlrizzir, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of theeg and thou shalt eat before the Lord thy G-d, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household CDeut. l-l:26Jg And thou shalt rejoice in all the good which the Lord thy G-d hath given unto theel' Cibid. 26:llJ, flldan is destined to be called to THE ELCHANITE Eighty-One account for every enjoyment offered him that was refused without sufficient cause Cliid. Yer. at endj. It should not be borne in mind, however, that asceticism is folly, and that it fails in its purpose of uplifting the soul to an envious spiritual height, for as much as we may condemn asceticism we cannot advocate extreme licentiousness. Of the two the latter is, in my humble judg' ment, the worse by far. But what I mean to say is that contrary to the current opin- ion among many people, it is not necessary to seclude one's self from allworldly joys in order to reach a high state of spiritualism. While discussing the Nazarite the Bible says that on the fulfillment of the consec- rated days he should bring a Une ewe- lamb of the Hrst year without a blemish for a sin offering fNumbers 6:l4j. And our sages immediately question how did the Nazarite sin that he should have to offer a sin offering. Their answer being that the Nazarite sinned because he abstained from wine CB. Kama 9lBJ, adding Is the num- ber of things forbidden by the Law not enough that thou venturest to add CMai- monides, De'otj. We clearly see then that the Bible abhors abstinence. We haven't as yet repudiated the con- tentions of our opponents regarding the sup- posedly large number of our fast days. But again their joy is short lived. The distinc- tion between fasts that have as their object the training of the spirit-ual life and those intended to propitiate an offended god must be constantly borne in mind. The Erst type is asceticg the second has no necessary underlying ascetic motive. All the Jewish fasts are of the second type, and the ethical value of public and private fasting consists in its sacrihcial nature and in its being the outward expression of penitence. And even of this type of fasting, only one out of three hundred and sixty-five is officially sanc- tioned by the Bible as a fast day, the Day of Atonement. It is, moreover, very re- markable that on this very day the Haph- torah is from Isa. 57-58, where the prophet bewails the fact that On the day of your fast ye pursue your business . . . ls such the fast that I have chosen? . . . Isn't it to bow down as a bulrush and I0 spread sackcloth and ashes under him?. . . Is it not to deal thy bread to the l111l1g Y- and that thou bring the poor that HTC cast out to thy house? . . . Thus we see even the Day of Atonement assailed by the prophet who maintains that the importance lies not so much in the fasting: as in the motive and in the spiritual uplifting that it causes. And even if we should concede that Judaism stresses fasting and that this fasting is the result of Asceticism-even if we should sanction these misrepresentations, don't forget, however, that upon comparing the number of fast days with the number of holidays, when we are commanded And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord, thy G-d, we will note a tremendous differ- ence. Concerning the Essenes, Dr. Emil C. Hirsch wrote: While some of the prac- tices of the Essenes, notably celibacy, appear to lend support to the theory that would classify the Essenes as Ascetics, their funda- mental doctrines show no connection with the pessimism that is the essential factor in asceticism . . . It is inadmissible to construe the inference that in them is to be found a genuine Jewish order of asce tics.', Can asceticism be a part of Judaism and still have the modern, in the historical sense of the word, Hasidism movement? Cer- tainly a religion which teaches abstinence from worldly pleasures cannot possibly con- tain at the same time a large sect which be- lieves in worshiping the Divine Spirit in a mood of extreme happiness and ecstasy. The fact that a Hasidic movement does ex- ist in Jewry conclusively proves, I believe, that Judaism doesn't sanction asceticism. Now in regard to medieval Jewish phil- osophers Saadia, the first Jewish philoso- pher of importance, Professor Isaac Husik tells us, discusses asceticism as a mode of life and repudiates it on the ground that it would lead to the extinction of the race. if it became general, which is counter to the purpose of G-d in creating man and giving him commandments. Klan, he says, is made up of body and soul: hence both need attention and care. In Bahya ibn Pakuda, the author of Duties of the Heart we have a man ,who agrees with Saadia that it isn't advisable that everyone practice Asceticisni. He differs from him, however, in stating that it is desirable that there should he a few ascetics among the Jews as an object lesson for the many: lffontinued on page l07l Eighty-Two THE ELCHANITE ONSCIENCE 'X'Vith the motor humming faintly, the blue Rolls-Royce sped along the sandy country road. Cn the left, the rippling surface of a lake reflected the broken rays of the sun, while on the right lay a broad expanse of woodland, stretching ahead and behind as far as the eye can see. The pan- orama was such as would attract a lover of beauty. But the man in the car was far from interested in the scenery. Instead, his eyes were fixed upon the road ahead with the feverish anxiety of one intent upon getting scynewhere as soon as possible. Finally, glancing down at a timepiece, he gave vent to an exclamation of impatience, and increased the speed of the car which had by this time drawn near a turn in the driveway. As the machine made the curve, a chill ran down the spine of the driver, leaving him, for a moment, paralyzed, for there not more than twenty yards away, he saw the drooping figure of an old man limping across the road. VVith a cry of warning he applied the brakes. But the car had been going much too fast for the efforts of the man at the wheel to have any effect. and a weak cry issued forth from the lips of the victim as he was hurled violently against a tree. As the Rolls-Royce came to a stop, the man inside opened the door as if to jump out-then hesitated. Again he started to move forward and again he wavered. Drawing a telegram from his pocket, he stood looking at it for a moment. Then turning around to bestow a nnal glance at the motionless Hgure of the vic- tim, he shut the door. Noisily the car moved forward again. A minute later it had disappeared from view. The next night, flaring headlines in the Granville Times proclaimed the news that the body of an old man, with his skull crushed, had been found in the outskirts of the village lying huddled up against an oak tree. At the same time in the neigh- boring city of Burlington, in one of the largest hotels of which the city boasted, a man, clad in a bath-robe, sat in an arm- chair reading a newspaper. The article upon which his attention was centered cov- ered half of the front page. It stated the theory entertained by the police about the afternoon's gruesome find. As he finished reading the last paragraph, his lips curved into a sneer and his eyes showed a faint suggestion of mockery. The police would find out as much about this new mystery as they generally find out about others. Un- consciously, his foot was tapping a nervous tattoo upon the floor. Outside all was still, the world was sleeping-seemingly, trying to wipe out in repose the memory of crime, Fnially, throw- ing the newspaper upon the bed, he rose and walking over to the window, stood for a moment looking out at the world beneath him. The smile of derision that had rested upon his face a short while ago was gone, and in its stead was a look which implied either remorse or despair-perhaps both. Then, shrugging his shoulders as though re- signing himself to fate, he left the window, sat down in the chair, and resumed his read- ing. Turning to the sporting page, he set- tled himself into the armchair, intending to pass half an hour in reading before re- tiring. But somehow, the write-ups of the various sporting events failed to interest him and again he turned the page. This time his eyes fell upon a legal notice, word- ed thus: At noon to-day, the will of the late Dr. Ross was read in his mansion at 22 Bay Drive. By its terms. all his money was to be bequeathed to his nephew, the well- known manufacturer, Benjamin Ross. At- tached to this Provision was a clause stat- ing that the said Benjamin Ross was to at- tain possession of his uncle's money, amounting to about three million dollars, on condition that he be in the house of the deceased no later than noon of Feb. 2. Al- though lllr. Ross was informed of his uncle's death rather late, he arrived at ex- actly five minutes of twelve. As he finished reading the article, a smile of satisfaction lit up his features and the fingers of his right hand unconsciously be- THE ELCHANITE Eighty-Three gan to form figures on the arm of the chair. Taking from his pocket a roll of bills, he began to count them. Suddenly he stiffened up in his Seat and a ghastly look of fear appeared upon his face. It had seemed to him that he heard the turning of the door- knob. He turned about to convince him- self that he was mistaken, but when half- way round he stopped, unable to turn far- ther. Fear had siezed him-fear of some- thing the exact nature of which he himself could not explain. Finally, unable to stand the suspense any longer, he pivoted around in his chair. His eyes sought the door and met-nothing. Greatly relieved, yet unable to rid himself of a vague fear, he got up and replaced the money in his coat-pocket. Then, throwing off his bath-robe he got into bed. For a long time he lay there, desiring, yet fearing, to look about him. He was fighting-fighting to quiet a conscience that refused, to be calmed. After what seemed to him ages, the objects in the room grew vague, and then disappeared altogether. Sleep had c0nque1'ed over fear. The sensation was barely noticeable. He was falling, or rather slipping, downwards. Strangely enough, during the descent, slow and gradual as it was, he did not feel any- thing beneath him. lnstead, he seemed to be travelling down thru space-slowly- incredibly so. Suddenly he felt himself standing. The downward motion had ceased, and with it hebecame aware of the silence that seemed to pierce him to the very marrow. A chill ran down his spine. The cold clammy hand of fear had siezed him in its grip. He was torn by two de- sires: He felt that he must open his eyes. yet feared to do sog fearing, Il0t that he would see something terrible, but rather that his eyes would encounter nothing. Slowly, very slowly, his eye lids quivered. then opened. It was as he had feared. All about him was black, dark, empty space. Cautiously he lifted one foot and felt about him. Reassured by the touch of firm ground, he ventured to step forward. ln doing so, he stretched out his hand to feel the way and encountered an obstacle. At the same moment, he heard a rumble as of thunder, and he felt a pain shoot thru his fingers as a cold vise-like grip fell upon them. By this time his whole body was quiver- ing with an incontrollable fear. And then in the midst of it all, the space around him was illuminated by a 'Hash as of lightning. And in it the watcher seemed to see a pic- ture of a car-an accident-an old man ly- ing on the ground, his body twitching piti- fully. He seemed to see himself driving away, propelled by one force and restrained by another. He was living the past over again. He could hear the voice of the tempter and the plea of his conscience, the one coaxing him to go and gain wealth and the other pleading for him to remain and do what was humane. Then with the re- turn of darkness, the picture vanished. And he found himself standing frozen to the spot. Suddenly he had heard a sound be- hind him. Turning around, he beheld what caused him to shrink back in horror --a shape indistinct but a face at once familiar. lt was a face whose distorted ap- pearance suggested the lines of death. In the hand of the shape was a whip. Slowly -slowly, the whip rose and fell with a hiss. Again it was raised and again it de- scended. A third time it flashed up and down and all was quiet. The next morning, Benjamin Ross was found lying on the floor dead. During the night, the Grim Reaper performed his sol- emn task. fContinued from page 673 students varied greatly. But everyone felt that all the contestants had reached the height of eloquence. The applause at the close of each speech had been so much alike that the decision was bound to be very close. After a conference of the judges for about five minutes, lllr. Lieberman ascended the platform and announced that the judges had awarded the decision to lllr. Racklnan. lVith jubilant smiles spread over their faces and with the sincere hope that their representative would wui in the contests to come. the students liled back to classes. Eighty-Four THE ELCHANITE Rabbi Moses Ben Nachm-an By Emanuel Rarknzazz, '27 Know what thou shalt answer an Epi- cureanf' Thus are we commanded by our sages in Tract Avoth. They, who witnessed the inauguration of the Christian era and saw the number of converts increase daily, realized the importance of knowing how to answer a heretic. They, who lived thru that most critical period in the history of our religion and were frequently confronted with the questions of our less ardent co-re- ligionists, had to be prepared to show the absurdity of the reforms introduced. Con- sequently, our Talmud abounds in stories of Rabbis who defended the faith of our fathers with the most logical discourses and keenest wits. But of the most important, perhaps, in the history of our race, was the debate of Rabbi lloses Ben Nachman, the noted Talmudist and the great secular scholar, who showed how fallacious, un- grounded and hypocritical, were the argu- ments forwarded against our religion. In the Court of the King of Castille, in the presence of the greatest nobles and priests, he brilliantly defended our faith and gained everlasting admiration. Rabbi lloses Ben Nachman was born at Geronda in 119-l, a son to a very noted and distinguished family. The day of his birth, we are informed by contemporaries, was one of the most beautiful ever wit- nessed. The sun shone brightly and not a single cloud could be seen sailing along the vast expanse of blue sky. People interpret- ed this to be an omen of good fortune, for. indeed, a son had been born, that was to serve as an everlasting beacon in our dark history. ln his very early yOL1tl'1, Whffll he had not yet reached the age Of pUlQCff5', he had gained recognition as one of the foremost Talmudic scholars. His ingenu- itv was still further displayed when 215 21 laid of sixteen he compiled the lIilCham0S Hashemf' in which he defended the Alfasils Talmudic decisions against the severe criti- cism of the Baal Hamo-or. This work, well known to all Talmudic scholars, re- veals that tendency which became a distin- guishing characteristic of Nachmani - his submission to the earlier authorities, his be- lief in the integrity and infallibility of the utterances of our sages. We bow before them,' he says, and even when the reason for their words is not quite evident to us, we submit to themfl It was this hypothe- sis that served as his guide thruout his en- tire career. Nachmanadies was likewise very well versed in secular studies. He practised medicine as a means of livelihood, spurning the emoluments of his Rabbinical office. Al- most all of his time was devoted to writ- ingg and the most important of his works were his commentaries on most of the trac- tes of the Talmud and on the Pentateuch. The latter was his chef d'oeuvre and indeed it was a masterpiece. His exposition is ren- dered in a most attractive style, together with the few Haggadic and Cabbalistic in- terpretations, all based upon a very careful study of philogogy and the original text of the Bible. In the treatises on the Jewish religion, its doctrines and its beliefs, we find numerous instances where he differs with llaimonadies. The latter maintained, as did Aristotle, that the body was a hindrance to spiritual perfection. Nachmani main- tained that since both were created by God, both must be accounted pure and good. Neither the Stoic nor Epicurean doc- trines were to his liking for he believed that there is a time for joy and there is a time for sorrow. During the years that followed the birth of Nachmani, a great controversy was tak- ing place between two great and important factions, and the object of controversy was our religion. One faction desired to em- ploy the study of philosophy in the study of religion and contended that llaimona- dies adopted the same methodg but gradu- ally they began to allegorize certain mirac- ulous narratives of the Bible and Talmud. The other faction strove against such a harmful tendency and maintained that the THE ELCHANITE Eighty-Five utterances of the sages were ll0t to be ques- tioned. Nachmani sympathized with the latter but because of his profoundest re- Spect for lllaimonadies did not join its ranks and assumed the role of conciliator. This great dispute which was conducted by the foremost men of that golden age in Jewish literature, had left its painful effect upon many a -lewg and one of these unfor- tunates was Rabbi Solomon of hlontpelier whom the lilaimonists excommunicated. It was to his support that Nachmani came and dealt very severely with his adversaries. But the time had already come when he could no longer retain an indifferent attitude. He was compelled to take his stand on the mat- ter and forward his opinion either in favor of the hlaimonists or against them. And this came about when some French Rabbis disparaged the lllaimonian Code because of its introductory chapters. Nachmani, hor- rified at this, sent a letter to these Rabbis and in it he lauded lilaimonadies and showed that when writing the Guide his beliefs did not coincide with those of the faction he was classed with. He proved that Nlaimonadies surely maintained that a qualification of a faithful Jew, is the be- lief in the integrity of the mavims of our sagesg but his book was intended for those whose belief was slightly shaken and who were led astray by the works of Aristotle. Nachmanadies proposed a compromise which would have ended the struggle, but it was rejected in spite of his authority. This controversy had scarcely been brought to an end when Nachmanadies was called upon to participate in a dispiutation which was to glorify his name forever. Pablo Christiano, an apostate, failing to make proselytes among the jews reasoned before the king that by a debate with the foremost Jewish scholar of the country, the Church could attain its ends. They antici- pated that the Jewish disputant would .not utter anything against the Church for' fear of wounding the feelings of the Christian dignitaries and Pablo felt assured that he could substantiate the claims of Christian- itv bv passages from the Talmud and hlid- rfishf The plan met with the favor of the king and he ordered Nachmani to appear before him. ln the presence of the king. his nobles and the greatest Church dignitaries, the dis- putation was begun. Pablo endeavored to prove from a few passages in the Talmud that our sages believed that the hlessiah had already come. Nachmani, besides refuting this ridiculous conception, contended that the arguments were not to be based upon Haggadic interpretations or llidrashim. Those we1'e the individual opinions of some preacher, but were not the accepted doc- trines of our faith. The Bible and Hala- kaic interpretations were the only sources to be quoted. Nachmani obtained freedom of speech and then disregarded the feelings of the attending king and Churchmen and showed how foolish the claims of Christian- ity were. The lllessaic period was to rep- resent a period when godliness will reign, when crime, violence and injustice will be done away with. And since the appearance of the Nazarene, these have been commit- ted to a still greater scaleg and Christian- ity was by far the most warlike of all de- nominations. Nachmani then proceeded to show that a Jew obeying the law, in spite of persecution and bodily torment, is by far more meritorious than the Jew of the lles- saic period, who will obey it perfunctorily. The debate was steadily turning in favor of Nachmanides and the Jews of the city feared lest the wrath of the king be let out upon them. Thy implored Nachmani to discontinue, but the king insisted upon its being finished. The end had in store for Nachmani a complete victory, gifts from the king, the greatest recognition from his folk and the highest esteem and admiration of all intelligent people. The Dominicians, nevertheless, claimed the victory and Nachmani was forced to publish the minutes of the debate. And it was in this manner that Pablo took his re- venge. He selected certain passages and with these as evidence, brought a capital charge of heresy against hloses. The king was compelled to entertain the charge. though he and the appointed tribunal rec- ognized the innocence of the condemned: for these were minutes of a debate. where freedom of speech was granted. The trib- unal, however, wanted ro appease the Church and sentenced him to two years exile. The Church was dissatisfied and thru the Pope, effected a perpetual banish' ment. Eighty-six THE ELCHANITE llloses left Aragon for the Holy Land, where he intended to pass the rest of his days in study. He settled at Acre and not a long period of time had elapsed when he had crowds coming in to hear his lec- tures. ln 1270 he died and was buried at Haifa. He was mourned by the whole na- tion as a martyr for the cause of his race. lnvaluable were the services of Nach- manides to Jewry. In our literature, as well as in our political history, he will al- ways stand forth as the most illustrious Jew of his time and one of the foremost of all ages. But of far greater significance are CContinued from page 57j Alma lliater. Toward that end we have already received promise of aid f1'om the worthy principal of the Talmudical Acad- emy, Dr. S. R. Safir, and his assistance will no doubt lend impetus to the present move- ment for a progressive and more active Alumni Association, The task of promoting and extending the scope of the activities of the Alumni Asso- ciation is important not only with regard to keeping firmly intact the bonds of friend- ship which joined us during our undergrad- uate days but also to reciprocating to our Alma lX'Iater for bestowing upon those things which we shall carry through and cherish most in our lives. It is this spirit of giving our best in returnifor the good his services to the leaders of our race to- day. Cur opponents have already abandon- ed their former methods of religious war- fa1'e. They have been awakened to the treachery of the Crusades by which men are instigated against an innocent folk, awaken- ed to the barbarity of the Inquisition and Auto-de-fe. They have adopted a warfare of the pen and mouth, of logic and reason- ing. To this we must respond. And in this new warfare, let Nachmanides serve as our guide. llflay his name inspire us so that we may defend our heritage as bril- liantly as he did in the days of old. conferred upon us by the Yeshivah that should actuate and stimulate our desire to broaden the field of Alumni activities so that, in the end, we may in part repay the unredeemable debt we owe to the Yeshivah and the Talmudical Academy. The duty of fulfilling this voluntary pledge of loyal service to our Alma Mater devolves upon you, graduates and under- graduates, as Alumni of the future. You can insure upon graduation with a policy of energetic endeavor and cooperation the purposeful existence and furtherance of Alumni activities. The Alumni of the pre- sent look forward with welcoming eyes to the addition of your strength to its forces. It is our hope and trust that we shall not be disappointed by the Alumni of the future. THE ELCHANITE Eighty-Seven THE REFORMS OF B DDY By sf ,,,,, 1 f-1 13. Knrnigsbrrg, 'zs Oh Buddy, Grandpa's coming! You know, Grandpa udao lives in Europe! lllrs. Lewis b1'oke the news to her eight- year-old son. The child's face lit up with JOY- Will we go to the pier, lklother? VVill we? I love to see how the big ship comes in with all the people waving handkerehiefs 'n' the little boats 'n' the valises 'n' the smokestacks 'n' 'n' 'n' everything. Buddy was out of breath and his mother smiled. Yes, Darling, we'll go to the pier. But first I must tell you something. Did you ever see those old men who go to that synagogue on Lexington Avenue? Those old men with beards? Well, Grandpa is . . . is very much like them, and when he comes he will expect yOu to know Hebrew and many other things you don't learn in school. Now you must listen, Buddy. Pa would like to show Grandpa that you know some of those things, so for the next montu we 31'C going t0 send you to a Talmud To- rah. Heavens knows I should prefer to have you stay home, but your father wants to be proud of you when Grandpa comes. Accordingly, Buddy was taken to a Talmud Torah and was assigned to a beginners class. The Lewises were not very religious. Of course, they used to attend shul, but that was long ago, when their name was Levine and they lived on the East Side. They still contributed regularly and in large amounts to Federation and to the Palestine Appeal, but-there was a limit to Jewishness, wasn't there? One simply couldn't remain .so barbaric, observe such Nsilly cerem0I1lCS, refrain from taking week-end trips On SRF' urdays, in the twentieth century. VVhy, It was preposterous. No, they were no long- er religious. Grandpa Levine, of course. knew noth- ing of all this, and the Lewises would SCC to it that he did not know. The hrsr fhlllg to do was to prevent Buddy from betraying them. Consequently, he would have to study Hebrew. His parents would see to the rest. All in all, Grandpa would forego very little of his Orthodox traditions, and if all turned out well, would continue in a state of blissful ignorance of his sonys trans- gressions. But Rome was not built in a day, nor could a language and customs be learned in a month. So when tour weeks had passed, lX'Irs. Lewis became apprehensive on Buddy's SCOTC. She remembered enough to know the Aleph Beth was not the peak of scholastic achievement, rather, the begin- ning. And she wondered what Grandpa would say. The four were seated around the supper table-Grandpa, Nlr. and Rlrs. Lewis, and Buddy. lylr. Lewis's Yiddish found difii- culty in returning after years of idleness, and lilrs. Lewis attempted to use German, which grated harshly on the ears ot her father-in-law. Buddy sat quietly, taking in the old man with his eyes, for his tongue was mute and his ears deaf to the language of his grandfather. The latter turned to the boy. Was learnst du, Baruch? he asked. Buddy saw that it was he who was ad- dressed, but did not understand the ques- tion. His mother acted as interpretress. Tell Grandpa what you are learning, Buddy, she said. YVell, he answered, l'm studying geography of Europe, 'n' spelling, 'n' mul- tiplication of frac-- In Hebrew, sadi his mother. somewhat nettled, but trying to speak pleasantly. Oh, I'ye just finished the Aleph B- Buddy, llrs. Lewis interrupted again. it's time for you to go to bed. Baruch Eighty-Eight THE ELCHANITE muss schlafen gehen, she explained to the old man. E But it was impossible to continue the de- ception forever. Withiii a week Grandpa became aware of how matters stood. He packed his old valise, delivered a scathing rebuke to his son, and left the apartment. llflr. Lewis took the next elevator down and followed his father. But the latter remained implacable. He wanted to be tak- en to some distant relative, living down- town. He would no longer remain in a house such as his son conducted. His son! He was ashamed to call him his son. And the merciless reproofs fell on the ears of the unfaithful son like lashes. He tried to remonstrate, but to no avail. A few pas- ers-by stopped to see the old man deliver himself of his wrath, and IVIr. Lewis shun- ning the publicity thus afforded him, whisked his father downtown in a taxi. The cab stopped. The door opened on a street lined with rickety pushcarts, rau- cous peddlers, and dirty children. Are you going to live here, Father, in this filthy street, in such a -- Filthyll' stormed Ildr. Levine. You call this place filthy? After what I have already seen, this is a Garden of Edenlll The son pursued other tactics. Listen, Father. Come back to my home. l prom- ise, I swear, everything will be -I' The father stopped his tirade. No, 1ny son, he said gently. First mend your ways, and then I will return to you. At present I cannotf' He began to storm again. Oh, to think that I ate 'trefa, and at the home of my son! Oh? He ran up the stoop and disappeared. It seemed to lllr. Lewis as though a huge and impenetrable steel door closed upon him. He heard the creaking of the hinge, saw the slow, almost majestic swing of the door, started to the sound of the tumblers as they clanged into place, never to be moved. VVell, he thought resignedly. IIC 1128 chosen his way. I suppose I must continue on mine. Little did he dream that the steel door would soon be reopened. You don't have to go to Talmud Torah any more, Buddy, said Ildrs. Lewis the next day. Why not, llfla? And where has grandpa gone ?,' An evasive answer was all he re- ceived. Seeing no good reason for stopping, Buddy continued attending Hebrew school. He had come to like the place. He had a bright mind and had- few friends. Except for the reading of books he had no diver- sions, and his Hebrewistudies supplied him with food for thoughtf Furthermore, he had met some very good fellows at the Talmud Torah, and he was loathe to give up his newly-formed acquain- tances. He remained at the Talmud Torah, was soon promoted, and began the study of the Bible. Wheii he was in the new class for one month, he came home with the first of a series of embarrassing ques- tions put to his parents. He had been learning the portion of Noah. God had told Noah: Flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. The Hebrew teacher had explained the passage and had ended ,his explanation with- And to make sure there is no blood left, your mothers salt the meat before you eat it.', Buddy was puzzled. Did his mother salt the meat before he ate it? Oh yes, he remembered. Eileen, the cook, put a pinch of salt into the pot when the meat was being boiled. To make sure he asked his teacher. Glad of the interest Buddy was taking in his study, the teacher told him the important laws of salting the meat, and dispelled the illusion that Buddy had cherished. , Buddy came home with suppressed ex- citement. He burst into the foyer with a loud lVIa! And then, quietly, he asked, Mother, do you salt the meat before we eat it?U llflrs. Lewis started. Why, no, Buddy, I don't.,' THE ELCHANITE Eighty-Nine Does Eileen? continued Buddy relent- lessly. No, she doesn'teithe1'. Why not, Bla? Inside of a week, the meat was salted daily under Buddyfs supervision. Buddy was learning the portion of Bo. and the class showed signs of recognition when the Matzoth were mentioned. The teacher stopped and explained the Seder fchiefiy on Buddy's account for the teacher had become acquainted with his lack of re- ligious educationj. The last Seder, he said, had taken place three months ago. That night Buddy asked his father why they had had no Seder three months ago, the year before, the year before that, and as far back as Buddy could rememberg and he also exacted a promise to have a Seder the following year. His hardest fight came when he was studying the Decalogue. He made his fa- ther promise never to say By God I when he was angry. It was a violation of the third commandment. Five minutes later, Buddy asked his father what he didi'Satur- days. The teacher had said that the Gen- tiles considered Sunday as the seventh day, the day of 1'CSt, but to the Jews it was Sat- urday. Why was his father away on Sat- urdays-and why was he home on Sundays? Mr. Lewis scowled at Buddy. I've de- cided, he said, Buddy is not to attend the Talmud Torah any longer. Buddy did not attend the Talmud Torah any longer, but his father put his factory on a Bye-day-a-week basis. By nagging, hy coaxing, by pleading, Buddy tried every method, and he succeeded. His father stayed home Saturdays and having nothing to do after reading the morning paper, he would allow Buddy to drag him to the little syna- gogue on Lexington Avenue. Buddy no longer attended the Talmud Torah, but the seed of ,ludaism had been sown in his heart. He continued studying the Bible, now with the aid of an 'Eglish translation. He stole some time from er- rands to step into his old classroom. The teacher always greeted him kindly, helped him over some difficult passages, and bit by bit taught him the alphabet and the style of Rashi. Learning came easier now. VVith the aid of the commentary he was able to pursue his studies in the prophets. He com- mitted parts of them to memory. He showed the poetic English to his mother. He loved his work. Toward the end of his twelfth year, Buddy took a trip to the lower East Side, alighting at First Street, and started on a tour of exploration. His search ended in a street lined wtih rickety pushcarts, rau- cous peddlers, and dirty children. He found the number he wanted, climbed 2 precarious stoop, groped through a dark hall and then up a flight of stairs. One flight-two-three. Buddy -was out of breath. He stopped at a landing, com- posed himself, and knocked at a door. Pres- ently it was opened and he recognized who had opened it. He spoke in purest Hebrew. Grandfather, he said, I should like you to come to my Bar-lNIitzyah. THE ELCHANITE AUTOGRAPHS 'vlhjoy Ninety-Two THE ELCHANITE ATHLETICS FALLTERM By Leon S. Colzwz Once again did the joyous shouts of the players echo thru the gym, at Hamilton Fish Park, as another season in athletics was inaugurated. The anticipation of suc- cess by all served to add to the enthusiasm and keen interest of the students who took part in the inter-class games. Never has a tournament been completed without any ex- citing and interesting games. The fall tour- nament was no exception, for every week the games became more and more absorb- ing than the preceding ones. The spirit of good fellowship and sportsmanship was al- ways prevalent, thus insuring a successful season in Athletics. The able refereeing of lllr. L. gl. Yager, an alumnus, was a great factor in the suc- cessful completion of the schedule. IA ln accordance with former precedents, the freshmen dropped behind in athletics. This is due, no doubt, to their inexperience in playing basketball. Nevertheless, this fact did not daunt them. Under the able guidance of Captain Persky, a team was organized which was quite an obstacle to its opponents. IB lnexperienced as they were, the upper frosh were only eliminated after a hard fight. Capt. Pecker had quite some difli- culty in organizing a team that would func- tion properly. 2A The runners up for the Llunior Division Championship. lluch credit must be given to Capt. Birnbaum. A championship is surely in store for the lower Sophs. 2B Champions of the school! Too much praise cannot be given them, for the Well- oiled machine of Capt. Goldsmith, Youner, Krustangle and Gabel, ably assisted by Ber- man and Harold B. Cohen, speaks for it- self. 3A . For the first time in the history of the 3A class, it has finished a successful season in Athletics. Capt. lliuss succeeded in or- ganizing a team which fought bravely to the end. They are to be complimented for their never-say-die attitude. 3B The upper Juniors had quite a disastrous season, getting the lowest average in the Upper Division. Capt. Rudman had much trouble in getting his men together and in forming a team. However, they succumbed to the superior playing of their opponents. 4A The lower Seniors played a prominent part in the Llpper Division race. How- ever, they were nosed out by the grads. Credit is also due to Nigger Schwartz, lNIurph Fischman, Bernstein and Like, who were always on hand to do their bit. 4B The Grads finished a successful season by winning the Upper Division Champion- ship, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the Champions of the Lower Division. Capt. Shain had a fine team in Chubby,' Cohen, Strully Llpbin, Rosenblatt, Harry Cohen and Herzig. Every one of them can be commended for their splendid work. THE ELCHANITE Ninety-Three The Championship Game Another milestone in the athletic history of the Talmudical Academy was passed with the defeat of the Grads at the hands of the Upper Sophs. An exciting and in- teresting tussle was the reward of the many students who assembled to witness the game. The absence of ill-feeling and the presence of sportsmanship throughout the entire con- test made it a very unusual game. The teams were evenly matched, working with clocklike precision. Con.ven.t11.t of Opinion 2B-The Sophs were slight favoritesg they had gained prestige by their scoring ability and passwork. Capt. Goldsmith. together with Krustangle, Youner and Crabel formed the nucleus of the team. -ll?-Although not favored to win, the Grads are not to be made little of. Their quiet behavior throughout the game made them very conspicuous. In scoring and pass- ing they were up to the standard. Capt. Shain, Strully Upbin, and Chubby Cohen, were the mainstay of the team. THE GAIXIE IN DETAIL Referees: llr. llleyer Feldman. lN'Ir. Robert lllarcus. Timekeeper: lX'Ir. Harry Stein. First Quarter Q8 minutesj-Shain inter- cepted the ball on the jump and tossed it to Chubby Cohen who was fouled by Goldsmith. He put in the foul. A minute later Chubby missed another foul shot. The Sophs were not to be outdone and Kru- stangle shot a goal from the foul line. Gabel then put in a foul shot which was quickly followed by Youner's goal. VVith opportu- nity knocking, lirustangle missed three foul shots in rapid succession. Cpbin put in 21 foul. Krustangle reciprocated with another goal. Time was called. Harold li. Cohen went in as forward for Berman, Gabel thus going to guard. The Grads followed suit, Shain and lipbin changing positions. rl he first quarter then ended. SCORE: ZH-7: -ll?-2. Second Quarter 17 minutesj. The team-a now changed goals. Hardly a half minute had elapsed when Chubby Cohen put in a hand shot for two points. Krustangle came back at him with a goal from the foul line. Upbin then failed to put in a foul shot. Youner put in a goal, increasing the 2B's total to eleven points. Harold B. Cohen failed to put in a foul shot. A goal caged from the 15 ft. line by Shain started the Grads. Cpbin then missed another foul. A spectacular shot from midfield by Shain startled the spectators' into an up- roar of applause. He failed a minute later, however, at two foul shots which brought the second quarter to an end. SCORE: 2B-ll 3 4B-8. Third Quarter C7 minutesl-The teams again changed goals. Rosenblatt went in for Herzig at guard, Upbin playing fora ward. Chubby Cohen then put in a goal. A double foul by Harry Cohen and Krustangle failed to change the score. Shain failed to put in another foul shot. VVith a little more than two minutes to go, the 2l3's negotiated for a new referee and Robert Rlarcus was chosen. The quarter ended with no further change in the score. SCORE: QB-ll: -ll?-10. Fourth Quarter I8 minutesl - Youner put in a goal from underneath the basket. Shain retaliated with a spectacular shot from midfield. Herzig then went in to play for Rosenblatt. Krustangle caged :l goal on a pass from Youner. l.. Cohen evened matters when he received a pass from liphin and put the ball in. He then missed a foul shot, with about a min- ute to play. Goldsmith put in a foul after him. The game ended as Youner caged another goal. Ninety-Four THE ELCHANITE FINAL SCORE: 213-185 413-14. Substitzzfions: - NE IP 1 LI L S -l-B-Rosenblatt for Herzigg Herzig ZB CI' F' T'P' for Rosenblatt. K1-ugtanglq, F, ,,,,,,., ,,,,, 4 - 8 213-Harold Cohen for Berman. Gabel, F., G. ,,,.... ,,,.. - 1 1 Youner, C. .,....,..,, . .... ,,...,,..,,,..,.. -l- -- 8 ii.. Berman, G. ,,,,,,.,....,,,,...,,...,.,,,,... - - - Goldsmith, G. CCapt-D .....Y - I 1 FINAL STANDING OF CLASSES Lower Division 'Q Totals ' S 7 18 Team YVon Lost P.C. ...-4- 213 6 0 1.000 ZA 4 2 0.667 4B G' F. TIP' 1B 1 5 0.167 V 1A 1 5 0.167 Cohen, C., ........ ......, 3 1 7 I-Ierzig, F., G. ..,........., I 4 - - Upper Di'l'iSiOIl A 'A' l l Team VVon Lost P.C. Shain, G., C. lCapt.J ......... 3 -- 6 4B 5 2 0.714 el-A 4 3 0.571 3A 3 3 0.500 Totals ....... ..... 6 2 14 3B 1 5 0.167 ,.,.?.. .?..4. 4.4. ATHLETICS SPRING SEASON BY HYALAN SCHVVARTZ In reviewing the activities of the students organization of the T.A.H.S., one cannot help but rejoice at the prominent part ath- letics is playing. The student body is very much interested in the doings of its athletes. The lower as well as the upper termers are taking an equal part in the athletic activi- ties and for that reason the player is at last coming into his own. The players are to be commended for their attitude towards the game. They con- ducted themselves in a sportsmanlike and friendly manner and were perfect gentle- men on and off the field. Defeat was never recognized until the game was over and victory never turned the victors into swell- heads. In short, no one can gainsay us that a most interesting and most successful season in athletics has just ended. 1A The lower frosh fared very badly in ath- letics this season. The sturdy opposition they met with, and their lack of experience caused their downfall. They were elimin- ated by the 1B's in their opening basketball game despite their Wonderful defense work. They likewise failed to carry off any honors in baseball being again beaten by the lB's. However, in punchball, they made their best showing, by beating their rivals, the 1B's, in a close game. 1B This class made a fair showing in the athletic activities of the lower division, Capt. Persky entered a good offensivg teafn in the basketball tournament. They de- feated the lower freshmen in the opening game by the score of 16-0. In the next THE ELCHANITE Ninety-Five game, however, they lost to the 2B's in a well-contested battle. They made the worst showing in punchball, failing to win any games. In, baseball, however, in their first game, they defeated the lAls by the score of IU-7. Nevertheless, they were eliminated by the strong 2B team after an exciting game. 2A The 2A team did not live up to the ex- pectations of the dopesters of the school. Capt. Gulker was unable to organize a well-balanced basketball team. In punch- ball the team found itself. It beat all corn- ers and won the championship of the lower division. In the beginning of the school championship game, they led by a wide margin, but were finally defeated by the 3A's, losing by the score of 9-7. The de- feat they suffered at the hands of the 3A's, demoralized the team and they were elim- inated by the 2I3's from the baseball tour- nament. 2B The 2B team made the best showing in the junior division. They presented a well- oiled, defensive and offensive machine in basketball and won the lower champion- ship. In the final tussle, however, they were defeated by the lower Juniors of the upper division. In punchball they were beaten at the very start, Silberys efforts to assemble a good team going unrewarded. In baseball they were invincible, being well balanced. Next to the lower Juniors they made the best showing in school athletics. 3A Although the loss of some of last year's stars weakened the 3A team. it managed to romp off with the basketball and punch- ball championships of the school. They opposed the 2A's for the punchball cham- pionship and defeated them by the score of 9-7. In baseball they met with defeat at the outset at the hands of the .ill 313 The 3l3's played quite a minor part in the basketball tournament. Capt. lluss t1'icd to build up a winning team but was unsuccessful. In punchball they travelled equally rough ground. In baseball, how- ever, with Bressler and Greenberg for their battery, they we1'e invincible. -lA Due to a bad start, the -lA aggregation fared rather badly in basketball and was eliminated in the first game by the upper Seniors, the score being I6--l. Capt. .lab- lonowitz was very successful in organizing a good punchball team. They won two of their three games. In their hnal game, they found their masters in the 3A's and were beaten. In baseball, their rivals, the -lI3's, again beat them, thus eliminating them from further participating in athletics. 4B Contrary to the prevalent supposition, the -lB's did not make an excellent show- ing. The team was handicapped by the loss of last years players and Capt. Stein found it hard to assemble an aggregation for a championship. Although the team showed fine scoring strength, this was wasted en- deavor, for the Seniors were doomed to dee feat. They showed a Hue hand of basket- ball in their opening game ar,l defeated the -IA team. In their next game they were eliminated by the 3A's, the champs. They made their worst showing in punchball, be- ing compelled to accept the lot of having won no games. Their lineup in baseball was strong in the infield but somewhat weak in the outfield. 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L ham-ui, Yuan!! hs-nm ram.-n hand bf OVER-A QIIARTIR BILLION DOLLARS REQOIIRCES A,,t,,eNm THE DAILY BLUES PINK Rejected llrom 3:19 -- 6:90 ILIDII ION by the other mf... 1,-WA .V xl-pf ,V ::f:.l.'A' JW :nm Av 1:..M,J,v.L,' fm, 1,wff,f.f Imsne Papers LADY OF THE LAKE DROWNS ws Pink ,,i Stnvry un lnlgr 1 I LLL ILLV N LLL THE STAFF Left to right: Sidney Rosenblum. Leo Pfeffer, S. M, Koenigsberg. icopyright Rogues' Gallery! The real layer of the C01'nc1'stom'. Stmlvnts on ponics storm fort ut' Latin clzxssiu. Two THE ELCHANITE MYSTERY OF STAFF MEETING EXPOSED!! Tyjviml Staff .flleeting Come on, boys-Get to work-Say how do you spell occasion -Let's get sand- wiches-no only one sardine with lettuce- say watcha drinkin' the whole bottle of soda for-will you PLEASE get out of here-aw quit it-say you gonna shut up- aw who turned off those lights-aw John only till ten o'clock-It takes diplomacy like mine to fix that guy-why don't you go in for the oratorical contest-let's get down to work-stop throwin' my books around- say don't the staff get paper to write on- where's my pencil-will you shut that typewriter up-who's knockin' on the door-get outta here fast-what does Nemotechnical mean - how d'you like this and the undulating vibrations of the calm sea lent of their refreshing beauty to the landscape with-'l- aw don't go home-say was that a mouse -I'm hungry-keep quiet for cryin' out loud-why don't you get down to work- say there are five men working at this desk -men d'ja say ?-let's start working-naw I'm going home- so'm I-s'long boys- say where are you all going-well I guess I'll go myself . . . And all was silence. The Discipline Squad asks us to make this announcement: THERE HAS BEEN A SANITARY SQUAD IN THIS SCHOOL FOR THE LAST FEVV TERMS. Read THE BLOOINIING IDIOTH. or THE LIGHT THAT FAILED , today's TREE STORY. GREAT DISCOVERY IN G. O. LIBRARY Jntique books, of great interest, unearthed Some interesting books have been found in the school Library. Unfortunately, they have not as yet been discovered by the eager students. VVe are confident, how- ever, that after this burst of publicity the demand for these books will exceed the sup- ply. VVe have already negotiated with the publishers for additional copies, but the or- der cannot be supplied for two weeks. In the meantime please don't rush. Following are the titles: In English: Handbook of American Gas Engineering Practice. Elementary Dynamics. Differential Calculus. In Italian : I Promessi Spesi. I Figli di Renze Tramagline. In Hebre-zu: lllachser L'chol Hashonoh. Again we request the multitude of Li- brary members, Don't Rush. 18 LIVES LOST IN SUBWAY CRASH Two cats were killed yesterday in a Lex- ington Ave. express disaster. Chinamen were injured for no reason at all. But who cares? There's no more school so no one has to wear clean shirts. Students in English are notified that they are exempt from studying the Lady of the Lakeu. She fell in! The printer forgot to print this advertisement. THE ELCHANITE Three PLAN TO REDUCE TAXI ACCI- DENTS ADOPTED BY COMMISSIONER New Traffic Rules z1lIl10lHll'l'll The Committee of Public Safety has ar- rived at the conclusion that taxi drivers are the most careful people in our city. Statistics show that if the people who hire the cabs would know the proper manner of using them, many fatalities would be avoided. The Committee has advanced the idea that many synagogues be built through- out the city to enable those who come out of a taxi alive to thank G-d for this piece of miraculous fortune. The chainnan stated that rumors concerning the frequent occur- ence of many fatalities were untrue and that only five accidents occurred during the year. fThe five acidents, of course, were the coming out alive from a taxi of five peoplej. Here are THE RULES FOR RIDING IN TAXIS. Art. I Sections l, 2 and 6. Having kissed everyone good-bye and having drawn up a will, walk tearfully down the stairs with a book of Psalms under one arm. Sections 4 and 5. After walking through the streets for thirty-five minutes, hnd a taxi with a Hat tire. Section 3. Jump in with both legs. fPeople have been known to leave one on the street as the cab started.j Section 7. If you are still alive, sit back in your seat and press your foot against the front partition, for when a collision occurs you won't fall and fracture your skull. CVVe do not guarantee against sprained knees and abdomens from the sud- den and frequent shocks of the driver's lan- guage. We suggest that in carrying out this section, you do not get your muddy shoes on the driver's picture.J Section Ili. Grasp hold of anything solid, and hang on for dear lite. Section 39. Take your prayer book and begin praying. Pray until fatigue over- comes you, which it should do as you reach THE NEVVS IN TABLETS New York 111111 1'iri1zily Alvin Oolidge catches two trout in Adir- ondack fishing hunt and one smelt. Only 17 murders were committed in New York this Sunday. Numerous com- plaints have been sent to the Police Dept. Looney Park reported an attendance of 5 million school children. For the fourth time this week the United States has declared war on the North Pole. It's getting to be monotonous. SPORTS Yanks beat Rugs twice. DUN'T ESK ME ANUDDER 1. Who said, Lafayette, we are here, and under what circumstances? 2. Why should you not talk back to an English teacher. 3. How many hot water bags were sold in Hades during the years 192-I-25? -I. YVhat is the answer to the previous question? 5. How can world peace be assured? 6. VVhat is the American tragedy? 7. VVhy is this paper printed? ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS I. Any American when he reaches the first French saloon. 2. He may hear you. 3. Infinity. 4. lX-Iinus infinity. 5. By appointing the heavy-weight champion to the presidency of the League of Nations. 6. This paper. 7. Because the editors must make a liv- ing. For no other reason. about Section Sl. Section 10. If you linally come out alive, then you're too good to die, so run to the nearest synagogue, and bench goniclu. Article 2. All llllg sections. Anyone injured or killed because of violation of above rules will be lined ten dollars ISHN. Four THE ELCHANITE CORNERSTONE LAID LONV BLUES REPORTER INTERVIEWS Greatest fllozzzmr of John O'SuIliz'if111o's Life CEditor's Note: Unfortunately, or maybe it was fortunately, llr. 0'Sulliviano could speak no English. So when our reporter, who was one of the ushers, called on him, they could not understand each other. XVe are forced to print the l1Sl'lC1'iS impression of the day, which follows? At 9:50 A. IXI. I arrived at the VVest Side Jewish Center. I put on my usherls badge as a sign of authority, tilted my nose at an angle of 47 deg. and began to walk about the place as though I owned it. Sud- denly a gentleman with a badge consider- ably larger than mine bumped into me. Of course I immediately apologized for .his bumping into me, and at the same time the realization of my own insignificant sta- tion dawned upon me. Overwhelmed by an inferiority complex, I took my badge off and put it into my pocket. Ep to the tenth Hoot, shouted some- one. So we got into a miniature subway, where everybody stepped on everybody elses toes, and flew up to the tenth story. LID there I found a seat on the Hoor and al- lowed my feet to hang nonchalantly. You fellows here go up to the Yeshiva grounds in the subway. VVe'll follow Ill autos. Several ushers immediately became So- cialists. To put an end to this story, fthe editor is yelling at me to stopj the cornerstone was laid, and I went home tired but happy in the knowledge that I had rendered a signal service to the cause of .AIUCl'iC21l1 Jewry. ,lli-i OUR EFFICIEXT POLICEMEN Our policemen a1'e becoming very CHI' cient of late. During the last winter 37S of them caught two colds apiece. JOHN LIVELONG Lis Told by Il Lim-Q As I already knew the secret of the long life of lX'Ir. Livelong, I did not think it ne- cessary to interview him. As I told the editor, The reason for his long life is his not dying at a younger age. The editor, however, not being a clever person, became angry, and I felt my mother would collect my insurance. However, not being timid, I told him how to run his pape1'. CI made sure, nevertheless, that he didn't hear med I Hed into the street closely followed by an iron paperweight. I was mad. I pictured in my mind, as I descended into the subway. I pictured him an Uncle Tom and myself a Simon Le- greefl As I was bringing down the whip on his back, I came into sudden contact with the door of a Times Sq. Exp. CNote: The door was closedj Sweeping off my hat I made a low bow and said, Glad to have met you. As the train was an express, I reached my destination two stations away, within the short time of thirty-Eve minutes. Fif- teen minutes later I rang the doorbell of Illr. Livelong's home. A butler appeared in the doorway with a tray in his hand and asked me for my card. Placing a jack of clubs on the tray, I followed him in. To what do you attribute your long life ? was the first question I put before 1111 Livelong. VVell, he answered solemnly, every day I get up in the morning and go to sleep at night. I do this 365 times every year and 366 times every fourth year. It has become a habit which I cannot shake off, try as I will. Are there any outstanding illnesses in your family? I asked, VVhat did your father die of?'l f'l7ive aces, he remarked sadly as a tear rolled down his cheek. QThe odor of onions was rather strong.j CContim1ed on page 85 THE ELCHANITE Five BOOK COR ER Rt'z'ii'tt'.t of .lloflvnz Bookv The lovers of good and other novels will be delighted to hear the publishing of a new mystery drama, A'The Overland Peril by Flla Vated. tThe mystery is: how in the deuce did the author escape the lunatic asylum wardenslj The story tells of a man who died of influenza. Everything seems perfectly 1J1'ODCl' and the COl'OI1Cl' is therefore suspicious that some lIlHlC1'l1ZlllLl work has been done. The famous detective. Homelock Shermes,, finally discovers four things: First, if all the gangsters of Chi- cago would go to China, the population of the United States would increase by fifty percent. Second, third, and fourth, if VVrigley had not invented chewing gum. 581,689 stenographers in this country would not be stenographers. An interesting and educating book has been written. In this book, Raising the Dough by Fly Schman, the author states that the people of the U. S. do not make much money because they're afraid of being caught and put in a Federal p1'ison. The remarkable story of the rise and fall of our hero in the wilds of Central Africa 's told in VVait and Hope by Tella Fone. It tells of how Schnitzel lX'IcSmith tried to get his number one bright spring day. Sixteen years later he got the number he desired The poor man died of the shock. Iron by Ray Zinns, is a typical story of life in the G. O. room Thursday night. Fditor Rackman is dressed up to represent the landing of the Pilgrims. Yvith a long whip in his hands, he drives the staff on and on to their goal. CNote: The reason this story is called Iron is because it has absolutely nothing to do with iron, brass or tinj. Slow But Sure is an autobiography on an Avenue B ear by Avan lfbee. The story has H dragging tendency but is all right in other ways which we can't discove1'. The story tells of lXIr. and Hlrs. Bolognia and their little son Lotof liolognia, who is sick. The father goes out for medicine and for- gets to return. Twenty five years pass and Lottof Bolognia is married and has a little son, Lottofa ylr., who is struck with the same sickness his father had been twenty five years before. Lottofa Sr. desires to go out for medicine but his wife does not want him to because she is afraid that he will not return. .lust then the door opens anfl Lotofa Grand Sr. comes in with the medi- cine in his hands. He had taken the Ave' nue B carl One of the most exciting dime novels since the days of F1'ank Illerriwell was written last week for the eighth time. The total amount of copies sold in the eighth edition is three. QNote: The publishers edit this book from force of habit.D These copies were sold to the author, his father and mother. This book, The llark of Zero by Unpre Pared and its sequel, Darn O, Son of Zero . which, by strange coincidence, happens to be by the same au- thor, have been judged by many to contain some of the most exciting adventures ever experienced in Dr. Steinbaclfs English class. The story opens in room 208 and ends in the same place. The worthy Doc had, at the beginning of the term. thought- fully allowed only one student on a bench as it was mo1'e comfortable for sleeping pur- poses. fNote: The reviewer does not know the rest of the story as he fell asleep at this point, just as the Doc was saying, Hr the way, boys- J The best examples of prehistoric and hys- teric humor can be found in 'lThe llorgueu by Paul Bearer. 1Ir. Bearer shows the evolution of a joke through six thousand years. llost of the jokes, however. have not been changed in the least all through the ages. Some were even old six thousand years ago. For instance, Cain asked Abel. VVho was that lady l seen with you last night? That was no lady, begins Abel. that was-- but the poor man never finished. Then again. the joke: XYhy does a chicken cross the road? was found among the ruins of lloki Pokus, the third wife of Chimny Smokus, who died when her Chevrolet collided with the l.imited. QNote: She was in the Che-vrolet.l Six THE ELCHANITE 'Ulloreowr thou art righi from thy point of fviru' but thy point of view it wrong DAILY BLU ES PLATFORM l. Three 8x2-l inch boards and IQ lb. wire nails. 2. No five cent fine for uncovered books. 3. Improved discipline squadmen in the halls after seven o'clock. -l. A gym in the southwest corner of the G. O. room. 5 . lvlore and longer official periods. EDITORIAL The Value of Books It is almost impossible to conceive the height of ignorance that the Yeshiva stu- dent has reached. Few students, if any, are acquainted with the many uses to which textbooks can be put. lN'Iany labor through the entire high school course under the illu- sion that textbooks are useless. Others are even denser than that. In fact, incredible as it may seem, the worthy editors have discovered two freshies who actually be- lieved that textbooks were used for study- ing purposes. The editor, upon hearing this, fell into a dead faint, and immediately upon regaining consciousness against the ad- vice of his physicians, set about writing this article. He will in the next few para- graphs, enumerate, some of the many uses of textbooks. l. To begin with, a textbook placed under one leg of a lop-sided table will exert a marvelously stabilizing inlluence on the piece of furniture and will inevitably result in a balanced equilibrium. 2. If one does not own a lop-sided table. if there is such a Yeshiva student, one will be pleasantly surprised at the results ob- tained by using the book as a necktie press. Obviously, when larger books are used bet- ter results will be obtained. Trigonometry books are found to be most excellent for this purpose. 3. Then again, you can send it home tor your little brother to sit on when he practices on the piano. 4. Furthermore, if the book is not ruined by this time, it is always convenient to throw it at a freshie who can run a trifle faster than you. 5. Of course, in case of emergency, you can always carry your mail in it when it Knot the mail, rains. The mail won't get wet. 6. Still another common use to which textbooks are put, is writing notes on them to the fellow across the aisle. CNote: It is not advisable to use language books for this purpose, as your classmate will find it difficult to distinguish the note you intend for him from your written translation be- tween the lines. 7. Or again, if you want to go to a show from school, you can easily have your books confiscated for being uncovered. If you have enough pull with the G. O. you won't have to pay the nickel fine for each book. Last, but not least, books are invariably used to disguise oneself as a high school stu- dent. Try it and see! A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY VVhat you don't know won't hurt you, but try to get away with an excuse like that on the Regents. THE ELC1-IANITE Sem, X TOGIVE OUR TEBCHERSAN EXAM 1-xuori'-ai.i. THEM some-mine y I f d OUR SECRET AMBITION ATE 'ro LUNFW ye Y ., New York mul l'1O!10fI'f'7l The other day I was riding in the sub- way and I saw something which I cannot understand. Please give me your opinion of this incident. ELSIE D. THE MORGUE So III. T. believes that Hlayor VValker is not a good mayor. Let's review his rece ord during his short time in oH1ce. He has f we MP5 191, NOISE OF THE PEOPLE daily annually. Hollyzeoofl: Slappedf' welcomed a channel swimmer, a heavy- weight champion, gave the key of the city to a queen of Rumania, welcomed a certain European soccer team, went to Cuba to drink, and threw the hrst ball of the sea- son in for the home team. Really there is no question about the adviszibility of his being re-elected. times. 1x1,T,ER tContinued on page 109 Hog'slzezzd-011-tlze-C1ofrzzzq I wish to congratu atc you upon the x cellent editorials you print 'NI untlt u hm is deaf and blind also admires your paper Keep up the good noik all c id x I see that Paramount is producin 1 neu nature picture about the lite ot 1 mo quito I suggest that it be called He IX ho bet BEC P-XRDOX Ive would like to tratk 1 iokr il ut ii hibition, but that n much notice which J Eight THE ELCHANITE DAILY TRUE STORY THE BLGOMING IDIOT' or HTHE LIGHT THAT FAILED QPlots11jwjw!in1 by Fiblzrr Plot Co. Uiords and mzzxiz' by Irfuing Bf'I'lII1.b A dark room it was. It was dark because it had no lights. lt had no lights because the boys, who would rather have gone home than stayed for the past period, had turned the lights out. And now the great ques- tion arose . . . Were the boys dis- missed? The janitor had got on a cleaning spree and was scrubbing the fire pails when the teacher, panicky at the idea of staying in the dark room, excitedly ran into him and pulled him into the dark room and showed him the lights-or rather, the ab- sence of lights. Since it was dark, the janitor could not see what was wrong. The teacher had to explain. You see, the illumination had been imp pairedfy D Uhuh luminatioii bin pair , grunted the janitor intelligently, what do? Due? lllan alive! llly class has been due here ten minutes ago! But, as you may . . . . - .- perceiye, the lighting apparatus is at fault. Uhuh, man alive, said the janitor, with a gleam of understanding in his bright eyes. But he remained motionless. At least, the teacher did not hear him more. Yes! Don't you understand? Yes, we have no- Sure! VVe ha' no bananaslu responded the janitor and laughed heartily at his own joke. QSuch action, dear readers, is not etiquettical. One should not laugh at his own jokes.D The dense silence was now unbroken. The teacher, at a loss to think of a means to communicate wtih the superintendent, stood motionless. The janitor, awaiting the next meaningless mumbling of the teacher, likewise stood silent. The deep stillness was maintained for some time until the teacher acted on an inspiration that had sprung into his mind. He clutched at the janitor and siezed him by what happened to be his shoulders. He pointed to where the lights should have been. Repair, you imbecile! Fix! Fix! Re- pair! Donlt you comprehend? Fix! You have the cerebrum of a moron l Datys right, sure! Another prolonged silence. Listen you fool. We want lights! D'you understand? VVC want lights! LIGHTS! 'kOh, lights? VVhy you no say so? VVhereupon the janitor went out and turned on the lights. But softly, gently, the sweet sound of the school bell rang on the ears of the unfortu- nate teacher. The room was flooded with light, but the teacher saw nothing. The class is dismissed, he said and stumbled out. But the class, a group of prophets, knew before what the teacher would stay 45 minutes laterg and so, when the teacher dismissed the class, those worthy gentlemen were safely at home. tContinued from page 4j Ah, he continued reminiscently, it was a warm day in June when it happenedf' VVhat happened F I queried anxiously. ,HI don't remember, he answered inno- cently. A deathly silence ensuedg I could not go on, the sad tale of this poor man touched my heart and my pocketbook. And so I left him. THE ELCHANITE Nine YANKEES VICTORIOVS OVER li. U. REKIICNTS KNUCKS Ol l' OPPONENTS CEditor's note: The sports editor had met with a serious accident in a draidle game and as there was no one else to report the New York-St. Louis game, it was necessary for Harvey Sillerworthy, the fashion editor, to do it. He is an Eng- lishman and has never before seen a ball game. D I felt rather out of place, don't you know, as I entered the arena o1' stadium, as the sign on the outside proclaimed it. As I showed my card at the box office, I was shown an entrance some distance away. Over this entrance I espied a placard with the words Press Box on it. I glanced about for the box to press and not being able to discover it, I asked a gentleman where it was. He looked at me rather pecu- liarly and did not say anything. I followed him in without doing as the placard com- manded. As I seated myself I glanced about me. In front of me there lay a round field cov- ered with grass. Certain portions of the field, however, were barren of grass and to hide their shame, they were covered with sort of overgrown bean bags. Ou either side of the field there was a hole from which there presently appeared about two dozen ridiculously attired men. They wore knee breeches of grey and white flannel striped and bordered with blue velvet and crepe de chine. All these men commenced running about and shouting at each other. In'the center a man loitered about doing nothing. Behind one of the bean bags, a lunatic stood with a mattress something like a cushion on his left hand and a bird cage on his face. Several feet in front of him another maniac stood with a small sphere in his hand. Between these two men an- other man was standing brandishing a club at the one with the sphere. The l?lfU'l'- finally becoming enraged or frightened by the constant threatening of the other, 'threw the sphere with full force at him. By some Strange trick of fate, the club met the sphere and sent it flying in the distance. Immedi- CContinued on page 10,1 POUR STl'IJlCN'l' THU' 1e4'gl'l1l.i' U. lv.'.v lvifl Sflllftllf 111 Sl'llf'llIIfl'll 5 llnm' ff't'n111r'lry ff.vn1n. FIGHT BY ROLINIJS Round l. Both men walk into the ring with con- hdence written on their faces. Kid Stu- dent leads with an internal tangent and Referee Teacher warns him against using a Geom. book during the battle. Regents drops a congruent triangle to the solar plex- us. The bell rings after an exchange of radii, chords, and angle bisectors. Round Even. Round 2 Student opens the round with a bisector to the base follozved by a mean knock to the proportion. IQ. O. Regents, however, plants an obtuse angle on the hypotenuse, following with an S. A. S. The kid seems to be in a critical position but saves him- self by the clever use of two arms of a right triangle. The bell rings as Ii. O. rains proportions, corollaries and 'theorems on the kidls head. K. O.'s Round. Round 3. li. O. comes back fresh and as strong as ever. He slams the kid with everything but the blackboard and follows with an alti- tude and a median. The kid lets fly a rhomboid which is easily warded off. The kid hangs on to the ropes, cleverly block- ing, with his chin, a bombardment of acute angles, remote interior angles and trape- Zoids. The kid in desperation, tries to use a review book and is warned by Referee Teacher. Then Ii. O. lets Hy a diagonal to the kid's pai-allelogi-am followed closely hy a straight altitude. Thereupon Iii-l Student constructs himself parallel to the canvass as the referee recites his arithmetic lesson. Isiid Student Ifnocked Out. -Il'S'I'lCE Ive admire the exact apportionment of justice rendered by the Discipline Squad and the faculty. The former give some- thing for doing something, while the latter b give you nothing UU for doing nothing. Ten THE ELCHANITE BRIGHT SAYINGS OF YESHIVA TEACHERS CThe teachers are expected to pay for the publicity given them. Do not trouble to send in your contributions. You can throw it into the trash basket directly.j THIS COLUMN FOR HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS AND ENGLISH Student freadingj-Ah, lllacbeth, why art thou so downcast? VVhat is amiss? Siller Cfrom the rearl-A young lady. Fare! cried the street car conductor. Faire, faisant, fait, je fais, je fis, said the absent minded French student. UNESSENTIAL CITIZEN The student who reminds the instructor that he has forgotten to assign homework. Dormitory student-Say, did you get any mail to-day? Second ditto-No, not a cent. Lost: A physics note book. Please do not return until lVIr. Rlarkson examines the note books. Thanx, VVe are compelled as conscientious editors, to call hir. Sach's attention to a grammat- ical error. The fact that he is a geometry instructor does not excuse him from paying proper attention to his English. We suggest that hereafter, instead of say- ing pie are square, he should stick to the more accepted version that pie is round. How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? Some say Adam 8 and Eve 2, a total of IO. We, however, figure it out thus: Eve S and Adam S2-a total of 90. On second thought we believe the above figures wrong. If Eve 81 and Adam 8 also giving us only a total of 89. Scientific men, on the theory that the ancients were a race of giants, figure dif- ferently. Eve Sl and Adam S2-total, 163. Wrorig again. What could be simpler than if Eve 81 and Adam 812 the total would be 893. We believe the following to be the cor- rect solution. Eve 814 Adam and Adam 8124 Eve. Total 8,938 VVhichever may be the true solution, everyone will admit that Adam and Eve certainly got indigestion. -Exchange. CContinued from page 75 Scandinavia: The most amazing thing happened the other day. A very good friend of mine had parted from me a year ago and to commem- orate the occasion we had a half of a pie at a restaurant. Last week my friend re- turned and to celebrate the occasion we entered the same restaurant and again or- dered a half of a pie. After we tasted it we were both convinced that it was the other half of the departure pie. U. R. Dumme. QContinued from page 91 ately, several men on the field began scamp- ering about attempting to recover it. The man with the club, becoming frightened at what he had done, commenced running ex- citedly around the field. One lunatic picked the sphere up and becoming infuriated at the other's clumsiness, cast it at him with full force. The latter, by some accident, tripped over one of the bean bags and fell. The man who hitherto had loitered about doing nothing, ran up and cried 'fOut!', Immediately all the members of the au- dience arose and shouted angrily, Kill the umpire! Illurder him! Shuddering at the ferocity of the American people, I fled from the stadium. THE ELCHANITE Eleven ADVERTISEMENTS GIRDER Sc TRENCH CONTRACTORS l. KETCHAIVI 6: U. CHEATHAM - L A W - O'NEIL St PRAY Sellers of H YM N -BOOKS I. SHMIRR PAINTS and BRUSHES FLAGG 6: GUNN MILITARY SUPPLIES I. SKINNEIVI - - FURRIER - - CContinued from page 81D but he takes care to assert That even the few who are examples should not go to extremes but should be guided by Biblical examples lHusilcj. Judah Halevi. the poet, is also opposed to the seclusion from society, for he tells us: The prevalent cusf tom among us is not to separate one's selt from the world, nor to despise life . . . but to love the world and length of life. We finally reach lllaimonides. Al- though he explains and justifies the conduct of the pious men who practiced asceticism by assuming that those individuals afl0Dfj ed that mode of life to cure themselves ot a tendency to the opposite extreme iibidl, nevertheless, he condemns thc IHOIIHSUC 4- principle of abstinence whether in regard to marriage or to eating of meat and drinking of wine, or to any other personal comfort CSee De'ot iiil, adopting instead the princi- ple of the Golden lllean. Furthermore, lllaimonides says that it is supererogntory for anyone to go beyond the law and ab- stain from that which is permitted for the Torah has in fact provided for the danger of falling into the extreme indulgence by its regularities of our diet, our niarriages, and other things besides libidl. Thus, though our review of the Biblical and Tal- mudical passages and lledievnl 'lewish philosophy was very brief, nevertheless, l believe that we have brought sullicient darn to substantiate our contention that asceti- cism does not form a part of judziisin. J K TlhI J NICK LONGO 86 CHARLES RICCO MASON AND CEMENT WORK DITCI-IES AND CESSPOOLS GENERJL CONTRJCTORS 'C-' WT' 4Q1 .- 126-15 147th STREET SOUTH OZONE PARK, L. I. N ' f T111 1 I9 EAST NEW YORK IRON WORKS INCORPORATED STR UCTURJL STEEL ORNJJIENTJL IRON 825 SACKMAN STREET BROOKLYN, N. Y. COMPLIMENTS ....Of,. amaica Stone Supply Co. JAMAICA, L. I. Y H J K COMPLIMENTS ,lofi- MARSI-IAK MALTMOLAK CO. 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