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

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1940 volume:

L HANFITE JUNE., 1940 TALMUDICAL ACADEMY Evhiraiinn .I ON THE OCCASION OF HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY, AND THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TALMUDICAL ACADEMY, WE, THE EDITORS. DEDICATE THE ELCHANITE OF I94O TO OUR DEVOTED PRINCIPAL, DR. SHELLEY R. SAFIR, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNTIRIN6 EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL. IN RETROSPECT By Dr. ShelIey R. Safir JusT abouT TwenTy-Tive years ago, The auThoriTies and Ieaders oT The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary IThe Yeshival were conTronTed wiTh The pressing problem oT whaT To do wiTh The boys who had compIeTed Their eIemenTary sTudies in The parochial schools oT The Two or Three YeshivoTh Then exisTing and were ready To enTer high school. Two courses were open To The DirecIors. One was To permiT The boys To proceed To The public high schools To pursue Their secular sTudies, Thereby sacriTicing The rich background oT Jewish learning which was To serve as The basis Tor The TurTher undersTanding and appreciaTion oT The hisTory and IiTeraTure, The Iaws and cusToms oT our people and The knowledge oT The Holy Torah. The oTher alTernaTive was To Tound a secondary school as parT of The Yeshiva, where The boys could conTinue, under one roof, The subiecTs oT The high school curriculum wiThouT disconTinuing or inTerrupTing Their Talmudic and Jewish sTudies in The Yeshiva. Our direcTors and Ieaders solved The problem by Tounding The Talmudical Academy, The TirsT academic high school in America under Jewish auspices, under The compleTe conTroI and supervision oT The Yeshiva, where The spiriTuaI environ- menT is in harmony wiTh The immorTaI precepTs and TruThs oT our holy Iaws: where The Jewish spiriT unhampered, is encouraged To develop To iTs TuIIesT exTenT. In This environmenT, permeaTed by a sympaTheTic undersTanding beTween Teacher and pupil and by a close harmony beTween The aTmosphere oT The school and ThaT oT The home. The besT ThaT is in The sTudenT has been broughT To The surTace, I-Iow well This plan has worked ouT is Tully and amply aTTesTed by The hisTory oT The progress and The successes which our high school has enjoyed Tor The pasT Two and a haIT decades. In all iTs aspecTs, Talmudical Academy has wriTTen a chapTer in Jewish educaTion oT which iTs sponsors and iTs leaders have every reason To be proud. IT was To aTTord These seIecTed Tew, This small remnanT oT The ToTaI Jewish sTudenT body in our ciTy, The opporTuniTy oT conTinuing Their secular sTudies in an environmenT conducive To The preservaTion oT Their rich heriTage oT Jewish knowledge and cuITure, ThaT Talmudical Academy was Tounded TwenTy-Tive years ago. In I9I5, appIicaTion was made To The Board oT RegenTs oT The UniversiTy oT The STaTe oT New York Tor permission To organize courses which would meeT The enTrance requiremenTs prescribed by The meTropoIiTan college enTrance boards, and also Those Iaid down by The New York CiTy Board oT EducaTion Tor iTs own high schools. Four years IaTer, in November I9I9, when our school was already conducTing a ELCHANITE A T T Three compleTe Tour year high school course and was ready To graduaTe iTs TirsT class OT six young men, The Board OT RegenTs accrediTed The work OT Talmudical Academy, and charTered iT, as an inTegral parT OT The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, as a cOmpleTe high school wiTh all The righTs, privileges and immuniTies To which iT was enTiTled. Talmudical Academy grew Trom a school wiTh Tewer pupils Than iT now has Teachers To one OT The besT privaTe high schools in The STaTe OT New Yorlc. IT is by design a small high school, wiTh a body OT approximaTely Three hundred selecT sTudenTs, and a TaculTy Tully capable OT meeTing The excepTional demands such sTudenTs make upon Them. ExperTs in The various Tields OT sTudy, wiTh wide experience and rich Jewish persOnaliTy have been provided, by choosing wiTh The uTmOsT care, Trom The TaculTies OT The meTropoliTan high schools, and complemenTing This group wiTh men OT sound scholarship and rich Jewish background. The aims OT Talmudical Academy may be brieTly summarized as Tollows: I. To provide Jewish youTh wiTh a secondary school educaTion ThaT will meeT The sTandard OT The besT high schools in The sTaTe OT New York, buT which will be co-ordinaTed and closely bound wiTh The spiriT and The TeneTs OT Judaism. 2. To prepare iTs graduaTes To enTer, wiThouT condiTions, The meTropoliTan colleges, or any OT The beTTer colleges in our counTry. 3. To provide a secular educaTion ThaT will sTrive zealously To imbue The American Jewish yOuTh wiTh The conTribuTion OT The spiriTual values OT Judaism, OT The Jewish ideals OT educaTion, oT The Jewish liTe-philosophy and OT The Jewish perspecTive upon learning and lcnowledge. ' 4. To raise generaTions OT American Jewish youTh imbued wiTh a wholesome respecT and a deep love Tor The counTry OT Their adopTiOn, The UniTed STaTes OT America, and Tor iTs insTiTuTions, and Tor Their whole-hearTed co-operaTiOn in preserv- ing and deTending The spiriT OT democracy and liberTy under which iT is our privilege To live. During The quarTer OT a cenTury ThaT Talrnudical Academy has carried on iTs work, TirsT down-Town, on MonTgOmery STreeT and EasT Broadway, and Then in iTs presenT home On WashingTon l-leighTs. iTs academic record sTands almosT unequaled. The consisTenTly high perccrfage OT sTaTe scholarships granTed To iTs graduaTes, The high raTings achieved, and The percenTage OT sTudenTs who pass The sTaTe wide cOmpeTiTive TesTs conducTed by The Board OT RegenTs p'aces Talmudical Academy aT, or very near, The Top OT The lisT OT secondary schools in New Yorlc STaTe. Equally graTiTying is The TacT ThaT over 90 percenT OT The graduaTeS OT The Academy have conTinued Their sTudies in insTiTuTions OT higher learning. Talmudical Academy has Thus proved iTselT more Than an insTiTuTion OT Four ELci-iANiTE secondary learning. IT is aT Once a symbol OT, and a response To, The crying need and The eTernal idealism OT Judaism, by oTTering Them This harmonious OuTloOlc, which prepares Them To Tace liT'e in The hard maTerialisTic world OT Today while remaining sTeadTasT in love and supporT Tor, and devOTion To, The ageelong TaiTh and TradiTiOn OT our TaThers. ln The course OT The TwenTy-Tive years OT iTs exisTence close To Tive Thousand Jewish young men have aT one Time or anOTher been sTudenTs in The Academy. OT This number, nearly TiTTeen hundred have compleTed Their sTudies and received Their diplomas enTiTling Them To go on wiTh college sTudies. AbouT ThirTy per cenT OT The graduaTes OT Talmudical Academy have gone inTo The RabbinaTe and inTo Teaching or supervisory worlc in Jewish schools OT various kinds. Hundreds are engaged as Teachers OT secular subiecTs in The elemenTary and high schools OT our ciTy, Two in The capaciTy OT assisTanT principals in public elemenlary schools, and several in colleges and UniversiTies. Several hundred are now pracTicing law, and a number are licensed and pracTicing physicians. ln general, wherever Their liTe's chosen Tields have Talcen Them, our boys have proved Themselves a crediT To Them- selves and To our school and our people. There were six sTudenTs in The graduaTing class OT l9l9g ThaT OT I94O has sevenTy-six members. YeT The Jewish sTrengTh has never been in numbers. Our sTrengTh is ThaT in our conscience and our spiriT we have Tollowed The conscience oT The Torah and The spiriT OT Universal lsrael, even againsT The prevailing opinions, againsT The mores OT The ouTer world. We Talce hearT noT Trom gaThering numbers, buT Trom The growing recogniTion and awakening consciousness OT American Jewry ThaT, greaT as The diTTiculTies are, There is an opporTuniTy Tor aT leasT a saving remnanT OT our children, OT a Tull and inTensive Jewish educaTion. You, The members OT The graduaTing class are pioneers. You have had an educaTion diTTerenT Trom The remainder OT our Jewish youTh. You have had an opporTuniTy To learn The value and signiTicance OT inTensive Jewish sTudy, Tor a deeper and Truer undersTanding oT The Jewish consciousness and soul. WiTh This greaT common bond, you are sTrengThened To wiThsTand The maTerial inTluences oT The Time, less prone To Tall prey To The sTandards oT gold and OT ease. STrengThen The bond: uniTed, asserT yourselves and your inTluence in The liTe OT our youTh, To share your unique opprTuniTies, To imparT ThaT peculiar and parTicular Jewish poinT oT view, and love OT Jewish knowledge, so ThaT by your example you may eTTecT ThaT This quarTer OT a cenTury OT Talmudical Academy shall noT have been in vain, buT ThaT The insTrucTion and inspiraTion you received shall be a blessing To you and To Those who are To be inTluenced by you. ConTinue To be one wiTh The Yeshiva, To accepT and To Teel iTs inTluence. UniTe under The banner OT The ideals OT Talmudical Academy, as an inTegral parT OT The Yeshiva, so ThaT iTs spiriT may widen and deepen, a currenT OT TaiTh and culTure in American Jewry. ELCHATTIITE Five THE FACULTY BERNARD REVEL, M.A., Ph. D. SHELLEY R. SAFIR, M.A., Ph.D. .. NORMAN B. ABRAMS ., .. ,, .. FRANK BLUME, M.A. .. . SASCHA CHARLES, J.D., Ph.D. CHARLES FRIEDMAN, B.A. . JACK GOLDSTEIN, M.S.E. . . SIDNEY B. HOENIG, Ph.D. BENJAMIN KRONISH, B.S.S. ., JOSEPH LAUB, M.A. ..,.,.,...,,., SAMUEL H. LEBOWITZ, M.A. . . EMANUEL LEIBEL, M.A. ...,...,.... JOSEPH LICHTENBERG, M.A. JOSHUA MATZ, B.A., M.A. ..,,.. ,. ISAAC ORLEANS, B.A., M.A. , ISRAEL RENOV, B.A. ,. .,.. .. . JOSEPH SARACHEK, Ph.D. ,...,.. . IRVING SAROT, M.D. .. MAURICE SCHAIN, B.S. ..,..,. . BENJ. D. SHAPIRO JOSEPH B. STRUM, SOLOMON WIND, M.A. . M.A., J.D. .. M.A. , ELCHANITE ii E Presidenl of Eacully ., . Principal , Aclrninislralive Ass,+. . , French German ,. Physics ., French . . Bible , .. .. ,.,, I-Iislory .. Physical Training Chemislry , , English . ,... ., Malhemalics Malhemalics ., ,,.. English , Ari ., English I-leallh Educalion ,, , , , Biology Hislory, Civics, Economics , , , English, Laiin . ,. Hebrew THE GOVERNING BOARD MARTIN KELLER ISRAEL SCHEPFLER MORRIS VVEINGART DAVID OREENBER6 STANTON KARNBAD Ezgm ELCHANITE Q 'iw APPLBAUM, JOSEPH AUERBACH, LEG BARANY, MEYER BERGMAN, BENZI Brooklyn, N. Y. New York Cily New York Cily New York Cily Yeshiva College Yeshiva College Yeshiva College Yeshiva College H BERKMAN, JOSEPH BERMAN, ELI BESDlN. ABRAHAM BURACK, BERNARD New York Cily Brooklyn, N. Y, New York Ciiy Brooklyn, N. Y. Yeshiva College Q. C. N. Y., Brooklyn College Yeshiva College Yeshiva College K sd ifl . gf- ' QL' i en ELCHANITE A 'QQ '17, lr COHEN, GERSON D. C0l-lEN, STANLEY l3lSl-llvlAN, l-lYlvlAN Brooklyn, N. Y. New York Cily Brooklyn, N. Y. C. C. N. Y. C. C. N. Y. Yeshiva College lk FRIEDMAN, lvlORRlS FRlEDMAN, SEYMOUR GERSHINSKY, MORRIS Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. New York Clly C. C. N. Y. Yeshiva College Yeshiva College FREDMAN, IRVING Peoria, lll. Yeshiva College GOLDBERG, NATHAN Brooklyn, N. Y. C. N. Y., Brooklyn College l Ox -Lg., -ll ELCHANITE Eleven Viv OOLDHABER, JACOB GOLDMAN, MARVIN GOLDSTEIN. LEONARD GORDON, JAMES New York Cily Harlford, Conn. Elizabefh, N. J. Winfhrop, Mass. Columbia Universify Yeshiva College Yeshiva College Yeshiva College GREENBERG, DAVID Columbus, Ohio Universify ol Ohio l-IARTSTEIN, ABRAHAM New York Cily Yeshiva College l-IIRMES, ELEAZER New York Ci+y C. C. N. Y. HOROWITZ, LAWRENCE Brooklyn, N. Y. Yeshiva College 15' 'ffm-f -ous., Twelve ELCHANITE KAPLAN, SOLOMON Brooklyn, N. Y. C. N. Y., Brooklyn College KLEIMAN, MURRAY Brooklyn, N. Y. Yeshiva College KARNBADSTANTON KELLER, MARTIN KOHN. MORRIS New York Cily New York Cily New York Cily Yeshiva College Yeshiva College Yeshiva College KLEINMAN, JOSEPH New York Ciiy C. C. N. Y. A ELCHANITE LEVY, LOUIS Bronx, N, Y. Yeshiva Col ege ..--qi Those LIEBERMAN, GILBERT LEITER, SAUL New York Cily Pillsburgh, Pa, Yeshiva College Yeshiva College NULMAN, lv1ACY Newark, N. J. Yeshiva College Eourleen MOSESON, DAVID Bronx, N. Y. Yeshiva College i.-E OPPEN, ISAAC lvlonlreal. Canada Yeshiva College ORATZ, IRVING New York Cily Yeshiva College 4 MOZESON, LEON New York Cily Yeshiva College PERLYSKY, LAWRENCE Brooklyn, N. Y. C. C. N. Y. E Ci same SI-IARFMAN, ISRAEL SCI-IEEFLERI ISRAEL A PERLOW, AARON POLLACK, ALEX POLLACK, NATI-IAN New York Cily New York Cily New York Cily Yeshiva College New York Universily Yeshiva College 1.41. REMINICK, DAVID Brooklyn, N. Y. New York Universily ELCI-IANITE RUBIN, MORTIMER Brooklyn, N. Y. Yeshiva College Ivlinol, N. Dakola Slale Teachers College. N. .A iw PREII., JOSEPH New York Cily Yeshiva College Brooklyn, N. Y. C. C. N, Y. Ellleerv Sl-lAPlRO, JQSHUA SCHUCHALTER, PAUL SCl-lECl-ITER, SAMUEL SEIDMAN, ARTHUR Brooklyn, N. Y. Balllmore, Mel. Bronx, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. C. C. N. Y., Brooklyn College Yeslwiya College C. C. N. Y. C. C. N. Y. SOLED, HARRY SPIEGEL, JACOB Brooklyn, N. Y. Torono, Canada Cooper Union Yeshiva College STEIMAN, SIDNEY Dorclwesler, Mass. Yeslwiva College STRIKER, LESTER Brooklyn, N. Y. C. N. Y., Brooklyn College Sixreen ELCHANITE -Ua- 1 I zip., 94 SURCHIN, HARRY TALMADGE, ARTHUR TUCHMAN, LOUIS WEINGART, MQRRIS Brooklyn, N, Y. Bronx, N. Y. Bronx, N. Y. New Yorlr Cily C. C. N. Y. C. C. N. Y. C. C. N. Y. C. C. N VHLLNER, EMANUEL New York Cily Yeshiva College ELCHANITE ,avi- WITTLIN, ALBERT Hackensack, N. J. Yeshiva College l ZINSTEIN, SIDNEY Bronx, N. Y. Yeshiva College MOST POPULAR TEACHER IN RECOGNITION OF MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND UNEOUALED DEVOTION TO HIS STUDENTS, THE SENIOR CLASS OF JUNE I940 HAS VOTED DOCTOR BENJAMIN D. SHAPIRO OUR MOST POPULAR TEACHER. Eighfeen ELCHANITE GOODBYE MR. SOYER By Harold Uriel Ribalow lalumnusl The deaTh OT Abraham Soyer deeply grieved his hundreds OT sTudenTs, who loved him, admired him, and imiTaTed him wiTh aTTecTion. They will never TOrgeT him, Though They have leTT his class Tor The lasT Time. ThaT he was an old-Tashioned pedagogue maTTered nOT To sTudenTs who cherished warmTh emanaTing Trom a Teacher raTher Than eTTicienT discipline. To all his sTudenTs l'Mr. SOyer lalways Mr. l was The ideal Teacher, alThough They admiTTed wryly ThaT he was a biT Too exciTable. A liTTle man, neaT and kindly, Mr. Soyer won The love OT all his sTudenTs. His inTense and whOlehearTed inTeresT in Teaching awed Those sTudenTs who had noT yeT Taken seriously The business OT sTudy, and made him asymbol OT Jewish wisdom TO Those who undersTood knowledge and iTs value. The rewards OT a Teacher, especially a Hebrew Teacher, are noT greaT. BUT The Tinal reward OT Abraham Soyer is one OT which any man mighT iusTiTiably be proud. He leTT behind him warm memories, sTudenTs who loved every ThoughT OT him, boys who came To him TrighTened wiTh The ThoughT OT delving inTo The mysTeries OT Jewish cuITure, and leTT wiTh The knowledge OT Jewish ideals deeply imbedded wiThin Their souls. The monumenT OT Abraham Soyer is a living one. lT is alive and young, iT lives in hundreds OT young men, and old men, who sTudied and peered inTo The books OT Jewish lore. Yes, Mr. Soyer's monumenT is carven in living Tlesh, noT a cold high slab OT marble. IT is wiThin The souls OT Jewish men, men who laughed aT his jokes, who nudged each oTher when he looked droll, as he whimsically explained The meaning OT a Hebrew word Through picTures on The blackboard, who smiled wiTh aTTecTion when he kissed an embarrassed sTudenT who had answered a quesTion brillianTly. His sTudenTs gained more Than mere knowledge, They caughT a brieT glimpse inTo a noble soul. ln The monumenT OT Abraham Soyer lies Israel iTselT. So long as a sTudenT OT his lives To Tell his son OT This man, who gave his liTeblood To Teachingg so long as anyone who saT in his class can Teel sharp pangs OT regreT now ThaT he no longer graces This earTh - so long shall Abraham Soyer live. Those OT you who knew him and read These lines, do you remember Those unTOrgeTTable liTTle TraiTs OT his? l know They are deeply eTched on The slaTe OT my own memory. Do you remember how he walked inTO class, dapper, well-dressed, how he saT on The desk, liTTle TeeT dangling over The edge, how he leaned Torward and said, in his curious inTonaTion which we all mimicked, Shalom Y'Ladim He called all his sTudenTs Y'ladim lchildrenj, no maTTer whaf Their age. He behaved Toward all his sTudenTs like a Triend who sympaThized wiTh all Their Troubles, like a TaTher who undersTood Their woes. TWG-My ELCHANITE l-le knew children. And having This qifT, he enioyed The love of all who came info conTacT wiTh him: for, somehow, in some mysTerious way, he realized ThaT all men are children, and acTed accordingly. l-le TreaTed his fellow Teachers no differenTly from his sTudenTs. l-Te beraTed Them for giving difficulf examinaTions: he saT in on Their lecTures when he had a Tree hour: he could noT keep away from Teaching. Toward The end of his years, when The heads of The Yeshiva asked him To reTire he said, in effecT. ReTire? BuT Teaching is my liTe. Pension? Please, if I had The money l would pay To Teach, noT be paid. And ThaT was how Mr. Soyer Took his job of Teaching. l-le was an arTisT. l'lis sons, who are well-known painfers acquired Their love of arT from Their Tafher. IT anyone did noT undersfand a word, Mr. Soyer drew The meaning in some sorT oT picfure language. lf The sTudenT sTill failed To grasp The idea, he acTed ouT The word. lTo illusTraTe The flighT of a bird, he would climb up on his desk, Tlap his hands, and descendl l-le knew ThaT sTudenTs had difTiculTy in learning all ThaT They mighT, because Teachers Took for granTed ThaT They had sufTicienT background in The subiecT. Mr. Soyer knew ThaT Those who saT in his class were bewildered children Trying hard To learn. So, wiTh love and pafience, he coached Them, TaughT Them, learned Their moods and caughT Their ioys and sorrows. He was a sTory Teller. Fafe desTined him To live among The children he loved, and had TiTTingly endowed him wiTh ThaT giTT. T-le Told of children who wondered abouT The ways of The world: he Told legends which capTured The imaginafion and Tragi-comic Tales OT American Jewish liTe. l-le wroTe books l A Generafion Passes , and The Book of Miraclesml, which Told Tall Tales wiTh gusTo and vigor, beauTiTul simpliciTy, and childlike naiveTe. l-le was a child himselT. DespiTe his years, and so-called old counTry background, he was of The world in which he moved. When his sTudenTs grew older and advanced To higher classes, or graduaTed, They Talked of him wiTh smiles on Their faces, wiTh chuckles in Their voices. They spoke wiTh reverence and smiled wiTh admiraTion. ThaT Goodbye Mr. Chips appeared when iT did seems no more Than poeTic iusTice. The Tender sTory of The warm-hearTed Teacher, who had only The love of his sTudenTs To keep him alive, was wriTTen abouf such a Teacher as Mr. Soyer. BuT no Mr, Chips could have won more aTfecTionaTe esTeem Than Mr. Soyer. To Those who knew him he was a grand old man wiTh all iTs warm connofafions. l-le was an experience, pulsaTing, and rich. ThaT he lived a Tull life by ordinary sTandards, and knew The respecT and admirafion of all who knew him, in no way lessens The sorrow of his passing. He should have lived forever. T-le shall live longer Than mosT people, people who are more famous and have aTTained greaTer recogniTion. Goodbye, lvlr. Soyerf' ELCT-TANITE Twenfy-one GRIM DUTY CALLS! By David Greenberg They sTood massed abouT The iron gaTe, hushed, expecTanT, Their aTTenTion riveTed on The relenTlessly advancing poinTer, clicking on and oTT, Tlashing signiTicanT numbers, measuring The inTerminable momenTs OT awTul, nerve-wracking waiTing. Onward, irrevocably, inexorably, crepT The mechanical Tinger oT TaTe. lnch by inch - line by line - wiTh a descenT appreciable only aT inTervals ThaT seemed ages - down and sTill down iT came. Each insTanT broughT Them nearer Their desTinaTiong each Tlickering digiT porTended iTs approach. The seconds slipped by, each an inTiniTesimal grain oT sand in The hourglass oT eTerniTy, each an eTerniTy in iTselT. Time sTaggered on. The aTmosphere was Tense: The heaT was sTiTling. l-le TelT a curious sinking sensaTion aT The piT OT his sTomachg his hearT Tell wiThin him. He was oblivious To all, his senses lulled inTo a sTaTe oT passiviTy by The monoTonous drone oT The massive machinery as iT bore iTs cargo oT human misery down To subTerranean depThs, ThreaTening aT any momenT To TerminaTe iTs TearTul iourney. There was a pause in which all was blank, Then again sound and moTion, a mere consciousness oT exisTence, exisTence wiThouT ThoughT, Then very suddenly ThoughT, a sTabbing realizaTion oT his unTorTunaTe loT. PercepTion, like a blasT oT air on an exposed TooTh nerve, seT him Trembling in every Tibre. There was a sTrong desire To lapse again inTo blissTul insensibiliTy. l-le chided himselT and Tried in vain To Tind consolaTion buT could inoT reconcile himselT To his wreTched sTaTe. No TaTe could be crueler Than his. For iT was hard, especially when one was young, iusT married, and desperaTely in love, To be separaTed Trom one's soul maTe. lT was bruTally inhuman To be Torn Trom The arms oT one's beloved and pressed inTo The service oT some bloody capiTalisT. BuT, iT was his duTy, They had Told him. Only in so doing could he saTeguard his home and loved one. l-le recalled Thar lasT embrace, how proud she had been as he marched down The sTreeT resplendenT in his new uniform, his gold braid and buTTons gliTTering in The morning sun. IT had seemed so manly and noble, buT ThaT illusion had vanished, dispelled by The sTark realiTy oT duTy. l'le had been duped, moved so blindly, so uTTerly beTrayed, merely a puppeT in The dark hands oT greed, which proTiTed Trom his suTTering and privaTion. ThaT There was young warm blood coursing Through his veins, ThaT he wanTed To live, was unimporTanT To Them. They coldly reckoned his TaTe in Terms oT dollars and cenTs. l-le knew now ThaT They were The True enemy, The enemy oT all his kind. TwenTy-Two ELCHAN ITE They were fhe cause of fhis universal misery, fhey, fhe oppressors and exploifers of mankind. He undersfood now fhaf free men could nof resf nor lovers meef unfil fhe chains of fheir fyranny were broken. There was a low undercurrenf of disconfenf, a subdued mumbling and murmuring which rose in crescendo. The poinfer had come fo a sfandsfill. The gafe had opened: fhey shuffled ouf. He felf fainf, and fhere was a sfrange buzzing in his head. His forfured brain was playing pranks. If seemed as if she had come. A vision of efhereal loveliness came foward him, an ephemeral angel in whife. He fried fo brush away fhe specfral picfure fhaf danced before his eye, buf if persisfed. Closer and closer if came, almosf overwhelmed by each succeeding wave of humanify fhaf fhreafened fo crush if, buffefed by fhe coarse mob, buf sfill advancing, closer and closer. Perspirafion bursf forfh from every pore, and sfood in big cold beads on his forehead. She pressed forward, foughf herself free and, rushed fo him. Her hair was dishevelled, her eyes red, her face 'rear-sfained and swollen. His brain had cleared, her form was clearly ouflined now, nof hazy. lf was a frying sifuafion buf he rose fo fake confrol. If was she, undeniably real, her bosom heaving convulsively beneafh her lighf summer frock, as she fried fo sfifle a sob. She pressed her warm body againsf fhe cold machine of sfeel fhaf sfood befween fhem. All his penf up feelings surged wifhin him. His lip guivered fremulously, as he sfruggled fo masfer his emofions. Hasfily, he whispered, Darling, you shouldn'f have come here. - If will only be harder now. He grasped her frembling hand fhrough fhe iron grafing. Go now. Try fo believe fhaf l'll be home soon. There was a click of heels, heralding fhe approach of a superior. He snapped fo affenfion, rigid wifh frighf. Under fhe baleful glare of his over-lord, he relucfanfly furned fo his dufy, faking his place af fhe helm. There was a lasf lingering look, a muffled sob, and fhe iron door clanged shuf. There was a low hum, as he sef 'rhe massive machinery info mofion. He spoke: Going up, fhird floor, ladies wear, shoes, dresses, lingerie, going up! ELCHANITE Twenfy-Three LOVES By Allen Mendelbaum l Myriad discordanl voices ln unharmonious waves did rise Towards The supernal Power above Them Towards The Fashioner of rheir Fares. ln rhe celesfial pavilions A pensive muleness did pervade Unlrammeled by earlhly Turbulence, Unshallered by mundane loudness. Unlil-+ha'r blalancy l+'s source in lvlan's sublunary abode Driffed, Then reached il's deslinalion And aHained God's ear. The quarreling raucous voices Of The producl of l'lis craflsmanship Proved Thai while Peace reigned in l-leaven Disunily was rampanl on Earlh. And God was dislurbed. ll From Heaven showered manna On The lumulluous men ol Earlh And il was as balm of Gilead For The manna's name was Love. And some of Eden's lranquillily Was 'rransplanled now 'ro The World. l-lumanily's seefhing embroilmenls Were oershadowed by lhe olive branch The bickering was sliltled The allercafions rendered mule The blessings ol Love had fallen And had borne Tralernal Truil. Myriad mellifluous voices ln euphonious waves did rise Towards 'rhe supernal power above lhem Towards The lzashioner ol lheir Fales. And God smiled. Twenfy Tour ELCl'lfAlNllTlf ln mulfifarious ways - Does fhis Love reveal ifself lf is a many-sided shimmering diamond Each side a gliffering facef. From one facef ln a mellow warm-hearfed lusfre Radiafes love of Mofher, Born when fo her Man did loolc for food fo susfain Life, Life which she helped give him, And running as a red fhread Throughouf endless vicissifudes When in her sfeadfasf devofion Man does find friendly succor. Then gleams forfh love of Fafher Tempered, perhaps, sferner sfuff Than fhaf found in love of lvlofher, Tempered, perhaps, by a deep respecf Somefimes akin fo 'fear or awe, Love of one's precepfor, Love of one's moral guide, Love of him who loy one's side Sfands and poinfs ouf The wiles of Life ahead. From yef anofher facef Glows love of Woman Love of Mafe, of she Who shares in lvlan's aspirafions, l-lis hopes and his ioys His sefbaclcs, sorrows, and fribulafions, Love of her who gives birfh To fhose who carry on lvlan's name, Love of she who is lvlan's parfner ln Life, fhe greafesf game. ELCHANITE Twenfy five Now is seen The blazing TaceT OT love of lvlan, of l'lumaniTy BroTherly love, love of Those Who in common bond do EaT, sleep, sTudy and Toil 'NeaTh The same slcy. same sun On The selfsame EarTh as we, DiTTerenT, perhaps, in color or creed YeT all possesed of The common link- Living and leTTing live. Akin To love of Man Sparkles love of Life And of l-lim who besTowed iT, God. Love oT l-lim who Fashioned our bodies Then imbued us wiTh a soul, A soul and a hearT WiTh an innaTe desire To indefaligably pump on Driving LiTe's blood Through our veins IV Today, pagan, impure loves Are being liT upon our alTars. ln place of love of Man, bro+herIy love We see abouT us love oT Self, individually AbouT us chauvinisTic love, collecTively. ln place of love oT God We see love oT beasTly Mars, God peers from The sTars Upon The war-Torn World ol ours. God is disTurbed. TwenTy-six ELCHANITE A G A l N By lsrael Scheffler A clear sky illuminaTed The rough gravel road. The sTars pierced The earfh wiTh Their brighf icy rays. Briffle pebbles crunched under his sTiff soles as he sTreTched his sTrides Toward The quainf European village. He pumped in The fresh, spring-TinTed air in a deep, sTeady rhyThm of saTisfacTion. His Thoughfs sfumbled in all direcfions: Here he was, seTTing forTh on The greaTesT advenfure of his life. He, FriTz Dubois, Togefher with many more youThs of his age, would parTicipaTe in The noblesT work which lay in his abilify To perform. He would give his life for his counTry, He, who had iusT finished secondary school aT eighfeen, and had prepared To enTer a universify, he, innocenT, who had never before been beyond a Thirfy-mile radius of his birfhplace. he, Frifz Dubois, was To be given his opporTuniTy To ioin The immorTals, The founders of his counTry, iTs defenders and iTs heroes. As soon as he reached The recruiTing office in The village, he would be given a uniform and a rifle, and would be senT ouT on The glorious quesf for everlasTing honor and fame. His courage wilfed slighfly as he approached The looming wall Thaf en- circled The forbidding whiTe sfones of The graveyard. He remembered The Tales his granclmofher used To Tell. IT is one Thing To be brave in conTending wiTh live, known forces, buT guife anoTher To reTain courage upon encounfering mysfery and The unknown. He had To pass This place of deafh in order To reach his desTinaTion, else he mighT have defoured around iT. He sTepped briskly wiThin The squeaking gaTe, furTively Tossing swiff, chopped glances To every side of him, while eeriness edged inTo his ThoughTs. As he sprinfed pasT an especially impressive mausoleum, Topped by a high sfone dome, a crunching sound caused him To sTarT - a sound as if someone were Tipfoeing sTealThily Toward him. He was now in The Thick of The foresT of gravesTones and saw before him no means of escape. Were The sounds made by a mischievous wind or had The Time come for The dead To rise? His peasanf mind became filled wiTh supersTiTious Terror. He looked abouT him fearfully. A gnarled Twisfed sycamore near him afforded some refuge. He sprang behind iT and waTched exciTedly. The door of The Tomb swung open smoofhly. From iTs depfhs issued calmly a wifhered, brown one-legged, nude man, - a corpse whose sere eyeballs proiecfed Themselves from his desiccafed forehead. The dried fingers of his dead hands quivered as he ToTTered falferingly Toward The concealing Tree. Suddenly, as if by one impulse uniTed, The heavy, ausfere gravesTones all around The Tree moved aside as if swung on hinges and from Their black recesses emerged waddling corpses ELCHANITE Twenfy-seven oT all kinds: squaT corpses, lanky corpses, corpulenT corpses, all oT whom had some conspicuous physical deTecT. , ' A conTender Tor place in The army, where only physical Torce is undersTood, he now remained hypnoTized by The absTracTness oT menTal paralysis and awe. The Ten bodies approached him Trom Tour TronTs, Triple Tile, making a Tarce OT his conceal- menT. When his dead visiTors had come wiThin a Tew yards oT him on all sides, They halTed, and The TirsT brown cadaver Trom The mausoleum, evidenTly Their general, opened his TooThless mouTh. A bubbling purlinq sound rose up ouT oT Thar TwisTed caviTy as a warning ThaT he was preparing To speak. Boy , he said, Ie+ us inTroduce ourselves. We are humaniTy's mosT ludicrous riddle. Oue hands have been Torn oTT Tor noughT. OuT eyes have been gouged ouT in vain. Our skins have been ripped away To saTisTy a whim. Our heads have been bashed in Tor silver, our hair pulled ouT Tor money, our Tlesh sliced up Tor gold, AT The heighT oT our days we were cold-bloodedly murdered beTore we had a chance To live, To see, To love, To read, To work, To Think, To creaTe. We were gladly killed so ThaT - so ThaT you could again be called upon only Two decades laTer To repeaT our performance, and To become like us. We heeded and believed The Trenzied war-cries oT our poliTicians and - we died. We are The paradox. We are The soldiers oT The lasT war. Don'T go, boy: donT live Through our experience and die Through iT. Don'T! Don'T! The dread and revulsion The body TelT Toward his sTinking advisers were choked down by his hoT, paTrioTic impulses. l-le knew Their argumenTs well. l-le had Tiercely debaTed The maTTer wiTh cerTain social ouTcasTs who had spoken Those selTsame words. BUT , he Tlung back aT Them savagely, buT The glory oT my naTion, iTs. powers, iTs presTige, iTs honor - whaT oT Them? Shall They perish meanly only because l am a dasTardly coward - aTraid To risk my liTe Tor my counTry. The dead men sTepped back as if They were aTraid of The TruTh in his words. They Tell back as if They were Tired, Tired, - and quickly he leaped Through Their weary ranks, dodging roTTing Tingers, avoiding The sick scraTch oT nails and nerveless hands aTTempTing To deTain him. BreaThless, heaving, The soTT Thump oT dead TeeT pursuing him, he ran all The way To The recruiTing sTaTion in The village. He sTopped ouTside a while pouring ouT his exciTemenT in gurgling gulps oT breaTh. When his agiTaTion had abaTed, he sTepped proudly inTo The oTTice and answered The surly voice which challenged his enTrance: Name? 'il:riTz Dubois. Age'? EighTeen. TwenTy-eighT ELCHANITE Your number is I7653 - line up To The riohf - def your uniform - qo down To Company M - give The commander This cerfificafe - you've been accepfed - noble work you've chosen, boy - congraTulaTions. He lined up, gof his uniform, wenf clown To Company M, gave The com- mander his cerTificaTe, he had been accepTed, noble work he had chosen - con- graTulaTions. Congrafulafionsl ATTenTion! ATTenTion! March! PresenT arms! LefT! Righf! ATTenTion! Presenf arms! Congrafulafionsl ATTenTion! ATTenTion! March! March! March! Zero Hour! CongraTulaTions! March! CongrafulafionslATTenTion! CongraTu- laTions! March! March! -- His hoT blood sfifled The live grass. For a momenf, he lay on The scarred ground, hunched up, holding Tighfly The hole in his belly, as if he were guarding someThing precious in his arms, his moufh opening and closing. AfTer he died, his mouTh remained open as if he were grinning in curious asTonishrnenT. A clear sky illuminafed The rough gravel road Twenfy years laTer. The sTars pierced The earTh wifh Their brighf icy rays. BriTTle pebbles crunched under his sTiff soles as he sTreTched his sTrides Toward The quainf European village. He ThoughTs sfumbled in all direcTions: Here he was, seTTing forTh on The greaTesT advenfure of his life. He would give his life for his counfry. He sfepped info The cemefery briskly and began To whisTle. Inside The houses of The dead, The dead Talked. LeT's go up and sTop The boy who, aT This very momenf walks To join us. leT us Tell him abouf life. LeT us, who know all, who undersfand everyfhing, prevail upon him. LeT us make him live! shouTed a corpse - No. I7653. He had died bravely on The bafflefield, for his counfry. ,A brown, one-legged cadaver replied. No, Frifz Dubois, we dead cannoT warn The living. l have come To Think of life as an exfremely cooperafive arrangemenf where all members musT conform To rules. Deafh, or expulsion from This social arrangemenf resulTs when The expelled member has ceased To conTribuTe To The good of The whole, when his advice is no longer heeded. A Terror which is so exTraordinary ThaT iT cannoT be imagined by The living, kills The person who had experienced iT. Living people cannoT undersfand The sensafion of a Tremendously powerful elecfric currenf - elecfrocufed persons Therefore die. Seclusion is anofher phase of This Theory. A person who is shuT up by himself cannoT be socially acTive - he dies. A person, as he grows older, finds less and less sympafhizers and lisfenersi he deparfs from his world. We. boy, have had a Terrifying frighT3 we died, for no one could undersfand our sufferings and moreover, no one would follow our advice - noT even you in your day. BuT ThaT ifself is The very reason we died. Now you Too know, for you Too are dead. Do noT repeaf The ridiculous aTTempT we made To save you. The dead cannoT speak To anyone. Only by a long painful evolufion El-Cl'lANlvlE R has V Y liwenTy-nine can There ever be gained on earfh The knowledge we grasped so quickly affer deafh. Then shall fhe frue peace come - fhe peace of living men, when fhe land shall be worked and men shall love, and ideas shall progress foward fheir Creafor. Then - shall we foo, live. The boy above proceeded unmolesfed fo fhe recruifing office in fhe village and answered haughfily, fearlessly, as fhe churlish voice sfabbed: Name? DUST By Morfimer J. Rubin Thaf man comes from dusf, And fo dusf will refurn, Wifh fhaf ancienf adage I have no more concern Since fafe so decreed, Thaf is a final page. Of whaf avail appeal By prophef or by sage? Sfill fhaf decree. Though final in scope, Bears in ifs making A fair ray of hope. Coming from dusf, ere To dusf we are senf, There is in befween A pause fo fermenf. A pause fo creafe, To grow, fo mafure, Thaf a mere speck of dusf May long well endure. In ancienf walls Of learning Fires of Torah flicker Yef burning. Sifs fhe sfudenf As of yore Delves info Torah Law and lore. Gazes info fhe flame's Dying embers THE ETERNAL FLAME Sfirred, He fhinks Remebers. Of a world oufside Calling Serene, beaufiful Yef appalling, Of charming ensnaring Offers Of luring enficing Proffers The Torah calls To reckoning Tenaciously whispering Beckoning. By Saul Leifer Quickly approaches The onslaughf Decisively fhe baffle ls foughf. The pleasure of many He decries 'Tis inane, foolish He sighs. Thoughfs of Torah He minds Mundane fhings He rescinds. He refurns once more To his desire The flame bursfs again lnfo efernal fire. Thfffv ELCHANWE DECAY By MarTin D. Keller And There came a plague . . . The cry oT The aTTlicTed was heard Trom Dan To Beer-Sheba, Trom The depThs oT The grave To heavens dome. YeT The harvesT was bounTiTul: Trom The earTh sprang TorTh The golden billowing waves oT grain. The TruiTs OT indusTry were abundanT1 a sTeady sTream oT produce poured TorTh Trom TacTory and shop. For This was noT a plague oT locusT, nor oT pesTilence, nor oT hunger, nor oT droughT. IT was none oT These. YeT man was Tamished, and The mulTiTudes were parched wiTh ThirsT. Man was bowed down, crushed beneaTh The burden oT his sorrows. For he had creaTed a ServanT. And iT had grown sTrong, and bursT iTs TeTTers, and lo! lT was masTer and man was The slave. No sunlighT peneTraTes The darkness oT The slums, oT The greaT meTropolis. Side by side, wiTh The grandeur of The cloud-capped mounTains oT sTeel and sTone. sTands This symbol oT man's degradaTion. ln a liTTle room, in The cenTer oT This TiITh and squalor siTs a small man, benT, The despair oT cenTuries wriTTen in The deep lines oT his wiThered Tace, and he speaks:- My Triend was a mild man, and he lived and did as he was Told. LasT year he began To cough and spiT blood, and he was Told ThaT he was no longer needed aT The place where he worked. He wenT home, and he cried. He was a sTrong man, a big man, and when he cried like a child, iT was sTrange and Terrible. LasT week his wife Took sick. He wenT down To The sTore To geT some milk and bread. He was noT The same man. His Tace was yellow, and his eyes were dim. He was benT, and Thin, and worn. He had no money. They said, 'NOT' He said he would work Tor The Tood, buT They sTill said, 'NOT' Slowly, he Turned and walked ouT oT The sTore and down Toward The shop, where he used To work. He sTood up sTraighT, and shouTed. He cursed and cried, and casT bricks aT The shop, unTil They Took him away. He died in a cell The nexT morning. His broTher sorrowed Tor him. He lisTened To a man speaking on a box, in a public place. He joined This man's group. He didn'T wish To waiT like his broTher. He wanTed To acT, To do Things, To TighT. MeeTings were held, and we were Told ThaT The Time had come Tor us To TighT and casT The Ercnfwire Wm ii viii Y iWTg,IyQ,Q yoke Trorn our shoulders. BUT, big men in uniTorms came and They beaT The leaders, and They killed my Triend's broTher. Unite l heard a wise man speak, and he said ThaT he knew The Cause oT all our Troubles, and ThaT our problems Could easily be solved, iT we would open our eyes and look abouT us, and undersTand our plighT. I heard anoTher man say ThaT looking and undersTanding were noT enough. We musT acT. Only blood. and Tire, and sTeel could win our baTTle. l am no wise man, nor am l well inTormed. All l know is ThaT l dc noT know The workings oT The world. My TaTher used To say, ThaT in ancienT days There was a small blankeT, and iT could noT cover all, and many were cold. Now The blankeT is big. lT is big enough Tor all, buT a Tew roll iT round Themselves many Times, while we are sTill cold. LasT week There was anoTher man sTanding on a box, a poor box noT made Tor sTanding. And he was Talking To us. l-le said we were sTrong, sTronger Than we had ever dreamed. We had buT To realize This and we could rise and live. l-le said, There was going To be a war, Tor our leaders had beTrayed us. They had sacriTic:ed us on The alTars oT Their power. We musT noT TighT This war. We musT TighT a war againsT our Talse leaders. BuT big men, in The crowd, big men wiTh hard Taces, called him many names, names l didn'T undersTand. They pulled him oTT his box, and They beaT him, and he Tell, bleeding. Then one oT Them was hoisTed on The shoulders oT his Tellows. Flags waved, bands played marching music, and he spoke To us, and Told us To go home and TorgeT whaT we had heard. For ThaT man had been our enemy. l-le was going To rob us oT our belongings and Take away our righTs. So l don'T know whaT is TruTh, and whaT is righT. l am Told To do my work, and believe, and wa'iT. and someday l shall be blessed. BUT l am conTused, I cannoT undersTand. They Tell me we are noT alone. They say There are people like us all over The world. and noT only in The ciTies, buT on The Tarms and in The mines, everywhere. ' . l don'T know whaT To Thinklu A shorT disTance away in an immense building, in a room oT regal splendor siTs a TaT man, wiTh counTless chins, and a Tremendous paunch. He chews a big cigar and lisTens TearTully To The Voice:- 'You now have whaT you have always wanTed, power and wealTh. BuT iT is noT The way you really wanTed iT. WiTh iT has come a sorT oT mania. You cannoT resT. You musT keep on hoarding, grabbing, baTTling .... There is no endl You have losT all human qualiTies. You have reTained Tear and greed. You are aTraid oT The liTTle Tellows, who someday may rise, and Turn on you, wiTh ThirTyVTwo ELCHANITE clenched fisfs. You have almosf succeeded in making fhem parfs of your machine. your wonderful machine, buf you have become parf of if yourself. You have fried fo crush fheir minds, buf some always Think, and speak, and ofhers lisfen. You are afraid, afraid! ' Buf now greaf fimes are coming. The world is going fo WAR. Yes, and you played a maior parf in bringing abouf fhaf war. Buf when you see fhe young men marching off, nof fo refurn . . . Whaf will you say fhen? 'I cannof sfop. I have gof fo keep on making more . . . Vlar is inevifable. If has gof fo come somefimel' . . . Buf you can nof fool yourself, and you cannof fool me . . . You know war is nof inevifable . . . Yef, fhaf is whaf you are compelled fo say, even fo yourself. You are doomed! And fhe earfh frembled and foffered, and reeled fo and fro like a drunken man. The heavens rained deafh and desfrucfion. And man's works were wiped from fhe face of The earfh. The world was defiled by ifs inhabifanfs. The mirfh of The land was gone. Then man rose and looked abouf him and saw The lighf, Buf alas, foo lafe. Where once fhe greaf mefropolis sfood, now sfand fhe charred shells of fhe mighfy buildings, once man's greaf achievemenf. A lone ragged man wanders fhrough fhe ruins. I-le is wifhered and fhin. Yef fhe loose skin hanging from his iowls fells of a faf man, used fo beffer fhings. I-Ie speaks:- Gone, all gone! All fhe splendor of fhe cify, crushed beneafh fhe deadly rain from man-made birds. They came in fhe nighf and casf down fire and desfrucfion upon us, and leff. I-low well I remember fhe days when fhe war began. They fold us we were perfecfly safe. Nofhing could fouch us. They senf fhose among us, who were fif, and young and sfrong fo fhe bafflefields fo be broken and shaffered, and leff fhe resf fo waif for deafh from above. Slowly all our old ways of living disappeared. Ivlen became wolves. They killed and plundered wifhouf mercy. The law of fhe wilderness prevailed. All fhaf men had builf for cenfuries was desfroyed. Machines builf for man's benefif were employed for his desfrucfion. They fhrew men ouf of work, fo sfarve. 'For all fhis was nof produced for fhe sake of fhei producers, buf for a few who hoarded and sfuffed coffers, already oversfuffed. Now even fhey are gone, desfroyed. All alike have been caughf in fhe decay. Af lasf I see, I undersfand, buf whaf is leff now, buf fhe decay? Wild weeds will now clench and smofher whaf is leff of man. I-lis facfories, his greaf cifies, his books, his works of arf, all have fallen aparf, corroded, vanished info nofhingness. All is gone! ELCHANITE Tisa.-iyiisfes Thirfy-four AFTER Tl-IE DAY By Benzi Bergman Nighf! Swiffer and more swiff, Scaifering shadows, her ephemeral giff, Spreading far and wide her slcirfs of ebon, Senf by fhe merciful bounfy of Heaven: Enclofhing in hazy flowing robes of gray The sfaring glaring nakedness of Day: Sfealfhily sfealing over a slurnbering world,- Leaving in her wake blackness unfurled Comes fhe Nighf. ' Nighfl Bearing on her wings laughfer gay Despife fhe fribulafions of fhe Day: Bringing fhe blessing of forgeffulness To a world safed wifh weariness: Covering all base-born freachery, Hiding all sighfs of lechery: Carrying wifh her blessed surcease From foil, and bringing Heavenly peace Comes fhe Nighf. Nighfl If fhou couldsf buf lasf forever Sfay wifh us always, leave us never. Would we would nof have 'ro face fhe morrow Wifh ifs Trials, ifs grief, and ifs sorrow. Come, O Nighf, envelop This earfh, Encompass us wifh Thy blaclc and sable girfh. Shuf our, O Nighf, The Day's cruel lighf, Darlcen fhe Suns naked blighf. Come, O Come, fhe Nighf. ELCHANITE THE SVNAGOGUE By Leon Mozeson ln fhe hearf of Harlem, overlooking Lenox Avenue, sfands a haughfy, rusfy fernple. lfs vacanf mysfic afrnosphere fells of beffer days, when people fhronged fo if, eager fo bafhe in ifs spirifual lighf. Now if sfands forsaken, deserfed by ifs former friends. Silence reigns fhere fo such a degree fhaf one can almosf hear The hushed language of fhe cobwebbed corners, fhe worm-eafen prayer books, fhe empfy dusfy garrefs, and fhe barren benches bewailing fheir miserable condifion. Gone are fhe happy children, and fheir wealfhy, proud parenfs. Gone are fhe cries, giggles, and sweef sorrows of marriage feasfs. Gone is fhe ornafe wooden snuff box fhaf was so freely passed abouf. The color line was drawn fauf and fhe congregafion leff Harlem. Yef, fhe beseeching echoes of The voices of some fen ancienf men, who sfill remain loyal, fwice daily resound upon fhe empfy, crumbling walls. Their small cohesive sociefy confains profound scholars, and men of learning. This shrunken congregafion is shepherded by a learned Rabbi whose life is submerged in a daily holy roufine, fhaf effecfively veils his characfer. l dare nof search his piercing eyes fo penefrafe his secref. If rnusf remain forever, sealed, for so he willed if, when he forsook fame for obscurify. The sexfon of fhis ghosf of a congregafion, is a shabbily dressed, faded old man, known as Mr. Klein, who is forever complaining of fhe pains of some mufilafed gland. Once he was known as Dr. Klein, disfinguished chemisf, creafor of over a dozen American foods. Gradually he sunk info poverfy, affer waging a hopeless lawsuif againsf a large corporafion, fhaf sfole his pafenf, ln refurn for his services he receives permission fo use fhe shul's empfy garref as a laborafory. Trespassers in his domain are unwelcome, buf fhis warning is unnecessary. for fhe room is congesfed wifh a choking, heavy odor of coffee, fhaf would dis- courage any invaders. Briefly, he spends a life of repeafed praying, repeafed experirnenfing, and repeafed boasfing fhaf in fwo weeks more he will have blended a coffee fhaf will asfound fhe world by ifs superior flavor and simple composifion. Anofher of fhe fen is a confenfious, surly, fellow, whose opinions musf nof be dispufed. His word, once uffered, musf decide fhe fafe of Europe. The hapless individual who dares fo quesfion his aufhorify will arouse a deafening ELCHANITE riiif+y.rive TorrenT of profane invecTive proclaiming whaT an audacious ignoramus he, The crificizer, is. As a brolcer, our single-minded friend, is aT pre-senT brolre. As essenfial a parT of every shul as The prayer book, or The rabbi, is The shul beggar. For a nickel, deposifed in his Trembling fingers all one's sins are expiafed, and he is asured special considerafion in The Heavenly Courf, as well as The rapid maferializafion of all his desires. The Harlem synagogue also has iTs beggar. ln facT he is one of The selecT Ten. One day he creaTed a furore when he appeared, his maTTed beard shorn, his iowls clean-shaven and sparkling. Why he underwenf This expensive unlcosher operafion, They could noT fafhom. IT was finally revealed ThaT The old codger had done iT as a sorT of business gamble, banlcing on increased revenues because of his Aryanized visage. Whaf he had failed To realize, however, was ThaT his beard gave him ThaT forlorn, pious look ThaT aTTracTed so many pennies. Thus he will go on begging, unTil deaTh deprives us of his folded, hairy hand, appealing for susfenance. Old Jonah The son of Jacob is The mosT beloved of The Ten. His wiTTy Tongue and warm hearT blend To form an invigoraTing personaliTy. Having weaThered The sevenTies, he looks forward To aT leasT anofher half cenTury of mellow life. His youTh was a rigorous one. He served The Czar and relafes sTories of many harrowing experiences and narrow escapes. His huge frame bears The scars of many campaigns. Now his life is Tranquil, regulafed by a simple rouTine: a long wallc To The synagogue, a glance aT The Jewish paper, a biT of prayer, a cup of coffee, a caT-nap, and a hecfic session of sTory-Telling. His besf friend, Reb Mendel, a shorT, snowy-haired pafriarch, accompanies him To and from The synagogue every day. Since The loss of his wife, his faiTh- ful helpmafe Through The years, Reb Mendel's gaiT has become sluggish, The shadows under his eyes have grown deeper, and his dress has become shabby. He has been drawn closer To his old friend Jonah, The lasT of his companions. There is a deep expecTanT loolc in his dim eyes, as if awaifing The welcome Tread of The Angel of DeaTh. Ten old men, shades of days gone by, reflecfing The characTer of Their house of worship, cling Tenaciously To a memory, waTching Their lives crumble wiTh Their synagogue info dusT. Thirfy-six ELCHANITE THREE SHORT POEMS ELII Rumbling, crashing, Tearing, deTiling The ears of men. Bedlam on sTilTs. A roar, A crash, a peal of Thunder, And he passes, carrying his Human cargo Torward, ever Torwarcl. Proud oT his sTaTion, loTTy, unaTTecTed, l-le plays wiTh The TaTes OT men And The life of The ciTy. TENEMENT llloola walls, dark againsT The greying sky, Wilh Tiny gaping mouTh and dim weary eyes looming, ominous in The TwilighT. Tl e heavens darken. The eyes liTT Tl nir l'ds and glow inTo The blaclc road. The mulTiTudes enTer The mouTh And ascend slowly, painfully, homeward. The cries of children in The peace oT NighT. A shouT, a curse, a blasphemy, Mingle To Torm The TenemenT serenade. A OLD WOMAN A loTTy pine, crumpled, benT, KnoTTed. Eyes sunken, a dim reminder of Days gone by. Young warm breasTs, The alTar By MarTin Keller OT man's adoraTion - empTy sacks, hanging limply Full recl lips, bursTing wiTh The iuice of life - Thin dry pods. A shade of pasT glory, in which Remain buT memories. ELCHANITE ThirTy-seven A U R O R A By Morris WeingarT CAST: Il A narraTor. 2I'Two aged enemies 3l YouTh NarraTor: The skies are clouded black wiTh peril and The sun in secTions where iT is noT obscured is a dull cold red. Gloom condenses and falls upon The world. DesTrucTion is aT hand. l:irsT Enemy: Sons OT The l:aTherIand. The ideals which you hold more dear Than liTe iTselT, which symbolize a greaT and glorious way OT life, and which have aTTained Tor us a golden era, sTand Today on The brink OT desTrucTion. A Godless, murderous, hearTless race OT barbarians is upon us ThreaTening To exTinguish The very Tire OT our exisTence. Yours is The Task OT shouldering The burden OT cenTuries, The yoke OT civilizaTion. I-Iell is on earTh, ripping, Tearing, devasTaTing. DeTend your liTe, your home, your happiness. DeTend your God. YouTh: BuT I shall be a murderer, a killer. I who shudder aT The sigh+ OT blood, how shall I sTand The sighT OT drioping, sundering human Tlesh, Tlesh ThaT is The same as mine, Tlesh ThaT is endowed wiTh IiTeI Enemy: BuT iT is your duTy To kill. Our commerce demands iT. Our Trade demands iT. God demands iT. God wills iT. IT is noT a crime To kill. IT is noT a sin To TighT. NarraTor: And so youTh wenT TorTh upon The Tields OT war To die so ThaT age - and commerce - mighT live. And in anoTher counTry, in a diTTerenT parT OT Godls world The second enemy is speaking. Second Enemy: Sons OT The FaTherland. A barbaric horde OT soulless savages is upon us. Fiercer Than The primordial beasT, iT is sharpening iTs Tangs and licking iTs chops in expecTaTion OT making OT us a TempTing morsel in The saTing OT iTs appeTiTe. IT consisTs OT cold blooded men who lack all semblance OT humaniTy. They will Tear and desTroy and devour. DeTend yourselves. DeTend your God. YouTh: BuT I shall be a murderer, a killer. I cannoT kill. I cannoT kill. Eneyy: My sons, This is a world OT kill or be killed. You musT kill or die. IT is your duTy To kill. God wills iT so. NarraTor: And so youTh meT on The Tields OT baTTIe and waded deep in pools OT rich, red, human blood. IT ripped and gouged and Tore iTs hearT ouT and prayed To God ThaT iT mighT win. And God looking down Trom on high heard The puppeTs' prayer Trom amidsT The fields OT slaughTerg heard and wepT. I-Iis Tears dripped down inTo The obscene puddles OT blood and inTo The mind OT youTh. YouTh looked up aT The sky and saw There wriTTen in IeTTers OT Tire, There and in iTs hearT, Thou shalT nOT kill. YOuTh saw - and undersTood. TWV-eiQh+ ELOHANITE STUDENT COUNCIL We Siuderil Council, beaded during Jrhe Fell lerm by Morris Gerslwinslcy and during ilwe spring lerm by Lawrence Perlyslzy, bas carried oul Els aclivilies willw singular success. Assemblies and sruderil allairs were held regularly, and flue club syslem was greelly bellerecl. Willw llwe pre-ceridenl sel by llwese Councils, flue sclwool can look forward lo successful sludeml aclivily in Terms lo come. Ferry ELCHANITE INTERSCHOLASTIC DEBATIN6 TEAM HAROLD MILLER, LEO SCI-IWARTZ, GERSON COI-IEN, BERNARD BURACK, MORTON SEIGAL, MARTIN KELLER, DAVID GREENBERC5 ELCHANITE EE -hAEwR7EE -R E DEER ' FOr'I'y-Q- L I B R A R Y S T A F F DR. BENJAMIN D. SHAPIRO -- Direclror HARRY SURCHIN CARMI CHARNEY JACK LISS ABRAHAM HARTSTEIN STANFORD GREEN SAM VOGEL ALEX POLLACK ALBERT GERBER MILTON ARM HERBERT SORSCHER I:orIy-Iwo ELCHANITE THE ACADEMY LIBRARY O Progressive is The word for The Talmudical Academy library. Owing To The assiduous devofion of Docfor Shapiro, The sfudenfs, and The library sfaff, bofh spiriT and body have been confinually induced info The library. Originally siTuaTed in a Tiny sToreroom in a corner of The fourTh floor, iT has blossomed forfh info a full-fledged library occupying ifs presenf spacious quarfers. lTs original small number of books has been supplemenfed by a large selecfion of volumes in every field of culfure. From a mere collecTion of I-lisfory and Economics Texfbooks, iT has branched ouT sizably info a considerable sTore of Classical LiTeraTure, The Fine Arfs, and presenf-day culfure, MosT of The credif for This momenTous achievemenf musT necessarily be laid aT The door of Docfor Benjamin D. Shapiro, The library's founder and direcfor. Through periodic raffles, confesfs, and awards, and Through his unsTinTed labor, Dr. Shapiro has indeed earned The admirafion and appreciafion of faculTy and sfudenfs alike who have aT one Time or anoTher used his library. Sfudenfs have found priceless aid in The volumes of The library for compiling reporfs, and doing research work. Many leisure hours have been pleasanfly and profifably spenf in reading The currenT works ThaT are To be found There. Many high grades have been secured because of The informafion ThaT fills The library's books, and many puzzling guesfions have been answered wiTh The help of iTs volumes of reference. More power To him who has made such an imporTanT addifion To The school. Our Thanks and grafifude, Dr. Shapiro. ELCHAN ITE SSW Foriyihfee T E N N I S T E A M LOU RABENEAU - Captain IRVING FREDMAN DAVID GREENBERG LEO AUERBACI-I ENOCH SAFIR Forlryffour ELCHANITE DISCIPLINE SQUAD During The pas? year The Discipline Squad has funcfioned regularly, They have conhibufed greaIIy Io Ihe main+enance of proper decorum. The school has been Icepf cIean and unnecessary noise has been eIimina'red. We all owe a vofe of 'rhanks Io The Squad for Hs exceIIenI work. 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