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

Text from Pages 1 - 126 of the 1942 volume:

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X Xvi X MX, ,.X,XX:-mnQ4!'T 'i'aJ,1::'- ,VX ... :Vit ' W y E 'E I E I1 'HUM 'WNW PHI TH B I , , W S'tdtA lPbl 5 Tl cl lAd y 5 HghShl K , W W 1 'LMT HQ W Brhiraiinu Dedicated To The Translation Of The Four Freedoms Freedom Of Speech, Freedom Ol Worship, Free- dom From Want, Freedom From Fear, Into A Fuller And Richer Life For The Millions Of Decent, Hard-Working Men And Women In Ali Countries Who I-Iave Been The Vic- tims QI Poveriy, Ineoualiiy, Insecurity, Or IvVClI'. - DEDICATED TO WINNING THE PEACE - A VOICE IN THE LAND - By MONROE STRICKBERGER From the mighty mountains To the mighty rivers To the giant oceans To the great wheat plains of Kansas And the Dakotas, ln the great vastness Of this flowering earth Wonders the soul of freedom. l hear its different voices Dinful sometimes, ln the throat of the big cities. Sometimes like the clanging roar Of ancient armies, ln the gigantic factories. Then, far in the plains lt dissolves into peaceful serenity Quiet and monotonous, Yet beautiful, Broken only by the seasons. By the beating of the night vvind in 'Winter By the patter of raindrops in Spring. By the rushing of fishing brooks amidst the si- lence of Summer. By the shifting of the fallen gaudy leaves in Autumn. Throughout all The mighty voice Battling hate and preiudice Sometimes triumphant Sometimes failing. Yet unconauerable forever ln the heart of this great land,- The Voice of Freedom. 5 - A MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1942 - My dear young friends: You, the graduates of the Talmudical Academy of 1942 are not for- tunate enough to commence your transition from boyhood into manhood in time of peace and tranquility. One of the most brutal and barbaric wars has broken out. A conflagration, unparalleled in the history of mankind, has spread throughout the four corners of the world. The flame and sword of paganism swept western civilization, and democracy is fighting its bat- tle for life. Still, you, the sons and pride of the Yeshiva, are the most for- tunate and the best prepared of the present younger generation. You were taught in the Yeshiva of the eternal struggle between brute force and spiritual ideals, between matter and spirit, between the everlasting Book of G-d and the sword. We, Jews, have always put our faith in the universal iustice of our Creator and in the final triumph of spiritual values over the materialistic conception of history. No sooner had the world lost its faith in the G-d of Israel and in the divine pinciples and universal truths of the Torah than it has also lost its humanitarian ideals, its faith in the dignity , in the infinite worth and free spirit of every man. Such ideals can exist as long as we believe in the divine origin of humanity and the divine Providence of the Almighty. ln the four walls of the Yeshiva you received together with your sec- ular education, a spiritual and religious interpretation of our history. You must remain steadfast in the religious beliefs, in the mode of living and in the ethical and spiritual convictions which are the essence and guiding principle of our lives. It is only by the immortal truths of the Torah and our sacred traditions, by being true to ourselves and our sacred heritage that we can best serve our fellowmen and help preserve the American democracy. Godliness as the foundation of our life, obedience to divine Law of the Torah and usefulness for the common good of our democratic form of government are fundamental parts of the training of a Yeshiva man. Samuel Belkin, Dean of the Yeshiva. 6 - A MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1 94 2 - - Once again as azure skies and verdant nature herald the approach of the summer season, our thoughts turn from books and examinations and graduation requirements to the long awaited, happy day of Commence- ment. After four years of hard and conscientious effort, you, young men of the class of 1942, are ready to take your place by the side of those thou- sands who have preceded you in the course of the twenty-four years that have elapsed since the first Talmudical Academy graduation in 1919. On this ioyous occasion in young lives, when you have reached an im- portant milestone in the course of your preparation for the fulness of the days to come, I am happy to greet you and to wish you well. You have completed successfully the course of the Yeshiva High School - some with great distinction - all with credit to yourselves and to our institution. Du- ring the four most formative years of your lives you have been taught not only the required secular subiects, the languages and the sciences and the social studies, but also by precept and example, the message and the meaning of our priceless heritage, the concepts, teachings, traditions and ideals of universal Israel. Whether you choose as your life work some phase of the domain of human knowledge and dedicate yourselves to study and teaching, whether you give your energies to the fields of daily human needs or devote your- selves to the realm of the Spirit, remember the philosophy and the way of life that you have been taught here. Though the problems that you, as Jews, must face in this confused world are not always clear, you must, each and all of you, cling to those elements of our cultural past that have made us great as a people. It is upon these cultural backgrounds which are strongly rooted in our study of the Torah, and not upon false values and strange ideologies that you must build your personalities and your future lives. You, graduates of the Talmudical Academy high school, are pioneers. You have had an education different from that of the remainder of the Jewish youth in this country. You have had an opportunity to learn the value and significance of intensive Jewish study, for a deeper and truer understanding of the Jewish consciousness and soul. With this great com- mon bond, you are strengthened to withstand the material influences of 7 the time, less prone to fall prey to the disintegrating forces which are threatening to sweep away everything that is dear and precious in life. Strengthen that bond, united, assert yourselves and your influence in the lives of our youth, so that by your example you may. effect. that. these twenty-four years of the Talmudical Academy shall not have been in vain, but that the instruction and the inspiration you received here shall be a blessing to you and to those who are to be influenced by you. Continue to be one with the Yeshiva, to accept and to feel its influence. Unite un- der the banner of the ideals for which your school stands, so that its spirit may widen and deepen, a current of faith and culture in American Jewry. Shelley R. Safir May, l942. 8 CCNTENTS Seniors Senior Annals Literature Activities Advertisements s w I ADMINISTRATION - Shelley R. Safir, Ph.D. .. Norman B. Abrams Principal Administrative Assistant - FACULTY- Philip Abramowitz, B.A., M.A. Frank Blume, B.A., M.A. ,..... . Sascha Charles, J.D., Ph.D. ........ . Instructor in French .. Instructor in French and Spanish Instructor in Latin Charles Friedman, B.A., LL.B. .... Instructor in Chemistry and Mathematics Jacob D. Godin, B.A., M.S.E. .... . Samuel Greitzer, B.S., M.A. ...., . Rczbbi Sidney B. Hoenig, B.S., Ph.D. Beniamin Kronish, B.S.S. ........ . Samuel H. Lebowitz, B.S., M.A. .. Emanuel Leibell, B.A., M.A. ..... . Joseph Lichtenberg, B.S., M.A. .. Joshua Matz, B.A., M.A. Joseph Noble, B.A., M.A. .. Isaak Orleans, B.A., M.A. Rabbi Moshe A. Reguer, B.A. . .. Israel Renov, B.A. .......... . Irving Sarot, B.A., M.D. Maurice Schain, M.S. ........... . Israel Seligman, M.S. ........... . Beniamin D. Shapiro, B.A., M.A., J.D Maurice C. Small, B.S., M.B.A. ...... . Joseph B. Strum, M.A. ......... . Hyman Wettstein, B.S., M.A. Rabbi Solomon Wind, M.A. .. Instructor in French .... . . . .. Instructor in Mathematics .. ......... Instructor in Bible .. Instructor in History .... . Instructor in Physics ....... Instructor in English .. . Instructor in Mathematics Instructor in Mathematics ...... Instructor in Hebrew Instructor in English ... Instructor in Hebrew ..... Instructor in Art .. . . School Physician .... . .. . Instructor in Biology Instructor in English Instructor in History, Civics, and Eco. Instructor in History and Economics .... Instructor in English and Latin Instructor in Health Education .......... Instructor in Hebrew , 1 'Q 'V' 'WM' 1' ' - GOVERNING BOARD - CCHARNY 5'a!z'zf0f S4 A 0 22954, Oaffgjdwfqf V A , SREICHEL-A DQMLIFSHITZ , A ' A Qwssffww, ASSOCIATES S. W. Bloom 'ML 'Bloch W. J. Flexo T. Comet J. Rubinowitz 12 K Cc SE 10128 fi 1 A 4 Qzfx'-' AZ ' Qlxg E 'PK t 4 ,X If J ff- W V fix kk F-NN N! f I Q Q, Q N- CZ.3ooaev'?:Z' -- CLASS OF JANUARY, l 942 - BESSERGLICK, DAVID When the ianitors began to complain that they tound too many portraits of the teacher strewn on the tloor after classes David decided to stop. An ex- cellent artist and cartoonist, T. A.'s Rembrandt, was always wished Besser-Glick by Doc after the history exams. Bessie said he was going to pass the English regents by cramming, which proves that artists and true geniuses are crazy. i . i 1 i l l l l GEWIRTZ, ARTHUR 'Arty' be nimble, 'Arty' be quick, 'Arty' sink that basket, quick! And sure enough he al- ways has. The captain and sparkplug ot the T.A. auints, Arty has brought home many a victory because ot has never-auit keep-'em-fighting brand ot play- ing. Handsome, iovial, lively Arty reached his pinnacle when he led the attack which defeated Morris High last winter. FLEXO, WALTER JACK Walter was going to compete with Atlas, but he decided to give the poor fellow a chance. When not excercising he's either playing punchball, basketball, writing an essay or debating. Oh yes! We forgot his greatest virtue - singing. But after all, we'd rather forget it. Walter has set his heart on chemical en- gineering. He expects to attend City College. HERMAN, HAROLD Hcindsome Horold wos the bountiful recipient ol Doc's freshly toosted, olwoys tcisty Iotkes. He seems to hove set his heort on o business future. For, upon groduoting T.A., he ontered the Drcike School ot Bu- siness cis well os the City College of Commerce. A quiet, hond- some, eosy-going boy, he will, no doubt, succeed in his com- merciol enterprises. GORDON, MORTON L. Mortie, our future moyor of Putnctm, Conn., from where he hoils, come to T.A. in Jon., l939. He is one of the chosen seven who broved the three yeor course. The Connecticut Yon- l4ee lKing Abrcim's courtl en- tered politics by becoming vice- president ot the student council in his lost term. Morne, o quiet hord working student with high schoicistic stonding, wos oi notu- rol choice to the honor society. KAHN, MYRON Our genius lwe took his word for itl from Boro Pork, will long be remembered lor his sor- ccistic witticisms cincl extrciordi- nory obility of writing ond debo- ing. He never believed thot the teocher is cvlwoys right, so he tound out tor himself in his nu- merous encounters with Mon Sewer Godin. - CLASS OF JANUARY, l 942 - f - CLASS OF JANUARY, l 942 - KASSIN, SAUL J. The respected representative ot the Stordim ot TA., Soul J. liossin, disoppointing no one, edited one ot the very best ' in T.l. history. Possessing d fluid Hebrew literdry style, well versed in the Iores ot Judoism, he will long be remembered os o quiet, intelligent, scholorly young mdn. Nir's' VOGEL, SAM Som is one ot Doc s myrmi- dons, i.e. he is d libroridn. Be- couse ot his otticidl cdpocity he tinds little time in which to do his history homework, ond, there- tore borrows yenem's work- book. Friendly, hcippy, Som is never out of sorts ond ccin ol- wdys be tound smiling. LEVY, RAPHAEL Undoubtedly the best reod student in T.A., Rophciel is ci se- rious minded tellow who con be tound either reoding philosophy or studying Tolmud. A true lvlosmid, on excellent English lish student, Rcieph surprised no one by getting ci 96 on the English regents. l-lis obility to study ond his knowledge ot li- teroture will oid him tremendous- ly in the Rcibbinote. LEFKOWITZ, YEHUDI Me? I got speciol permission from the editor to vvrite my ovvn personol. My nome is Yehucli. l'm the model T.A. student. When- ever there's cu substitute l'm pres- ent. I got 250 credits ond ex- pect to groduote. I eot in Hor- ry's ond get yelled ot by lvlr. Orleons. I hove oi morvelous personcility. PASEORNEK, STANLEY Ston come up from the crowning heights ot Brooklyn to loin the numbered ronks of the three yeor coursers, even though he hod to toke o dose of night school to do it. A represento- tive ot the Brighton Commerce Commission, Ston would never ceose telling you vvhot o vvon- dertul gome of hondbcill ond vvhot o stupendous custord cone you con get there - lie knovvs. KASTENBAUM, MARVIN The three yeors ot 3hody's story in T.A. hove been occompo- nied by o most stortling meto-- rnorphosis. From ci squot, plump Yeshivo d'Bronxite costing o vvide ronge ot umbros ond penum- bros he chonged to the lody- killer he is tocloy. I-lis high school doys novv over, he's going to continue typing his tomous notebooks os ci sturdy son ot City College. N - CLASS OF JANUARY, I 94-2 - -F sq S 1,1 'IIE - CLASS OF JUNE, l 942 - ADLER, JACOB It you're looking tor class Talmudist, Yonkel Adler, iust look for Bulman. Arriving from Germany 2 years ago, after hav- ing studied in the Berlin Rabbi- nical Seminary, he soon cement- ed a friendship with Nachman. The 2 are now inseparable cro- nies, constantly arguing about the Talmud. They are T.A.'s Corsican Brothers. Yonkel is the only one ever to take 'Doc's immortal Civics course in Yiddish. BLOCH, MENACHEM Menachem is one fellow who can call Shakespeare a liar. He certainly did not creep like snail unwillingly to school. He rushed in, at a tender age, and rushed out, via the three year course. He has gained an enviable repu- tation as a writer in Hebrew and English and as a capable deba- ter. He aspires to the Rabbinate. His greatest achievement was getting a 95 in History despite the fact that he called Doc , Doctor Shapiro. BERGER, HERBERT Zvi is a fervent member of the Shomer Hadati and a tor- mer bibliothec in Doc's library. He has amassed a grand total ot 2lO credits while in T.A. He is an idealist. He expects to at- tend Cooper Union to tultill his ambition ot becoming an engin- eer and a mathematician while vet continuing his studies at T.l. It not at Cooper Union he will pursue his studies at Hunter land we do mean pursue.i BLOCK, DANIEL You vvonnci tight? You vvcinno c1rgue2 No, don't go to the cir- my. lust look up Donny, Donny, despite his unccinny c1- bility os ci quibbler, is liked by cill lor his sense of humor ond sports- mcinship. I-le spent most ot his school cdreer ds dthletic mcinct- ger. l-lis post cis test-mdrlcer hos mode mciny ci tellovv green with envy. Consequently, vve ore grciduoting. BULMAN, NATHAN Class Tcilmuclist, CIciss Oro- tor, ond Most Respected, Ncichmon cuts on imposing tig- ure lot speechl. l-lis orotoricczl delivery ot even the most incon- spicuous phrose hos mode him the nemesis ot dll tecichers ond opponents. l-le is, ot course, ct member of the Deboting Tecim ond Senior Council. Serious minded ond sincere, he vvcis the obvious choice to tctke Dr. Sci- tir's picice on Senior Dcty. BLOOM SAMUEL Sctmmy Shmu ihonest to goodness, thot's his nicknomel Bloom ccirries lots ol weight in dll the circles in vvhich he moves. l-le hopes to be ci doctor. But the vvoy he mutildted those GO. minutes while secretory we think he hcid better coll ci doctor. Sommy is gifted with the gitt of gdb. A term hc1sn't pcissed without Sc1m's being on the in- trdmurol or interscholcistic debci- ting tecims. - CLASS OF JUNE, l 942 - i i - CLASS OF JUNE, T 9 4 2 -- CHARNY, CARMI l vvc1nT Those ods! Thc1T's The Summo Cum Lciude lcid him- self, Cdrmi, The ediTor on his doily rounds. lT's no wonder Cormi hos been elecTed MosT Popu- lc1r. A giTTed public spedker cxnd debdTer, dn excellent com- edy dcTor, Cormi hds seen ser- vice in mosT school c1cTiviTies, STudenT, ExecuTive, ond Senior Councils. l-le's going on Through Yeshivo College. COMET, THEODORE IT you see d meticulously dressed smile TioczTing ciround The school you'll know iT's Ted, one of The Boys lrom Cleve- ldnd. AlThough This populor sTudenT hos been in T.A. only d yecir, he hos been ciciive on The sTclTTs of The ElchoniTe dnd The Acddemy News, in dddiTion To being on The inTerscholosTic ond closs debcning Tedms. I-lis hobby is vvriTing - leTTers To The girls in Clevelond. CHOMSKY, AARON Be They ever so modesT There's none like Aoron. A quieT, undssuming Tellovv, Adron hos mdndged To go Through his school coreer wiTh os liTTle hub- bub os possible. A Tormer gdme squod member ond luckless ob- iecT oT lvlr. l.eibel's endec1rmenTs, Aoron sTill remdined ds inobTru- sive os ever. Adron should be oroised Tor mciinToining his mod- esT behdvior uninfluenced by The ciggressiveness of The overoge T.A. sTudenT. DUBIN, MYRCN We present the most trustrcited condidote since Wm. Jennings Bryon. Mike hos lost 2 elect- ions to G.O. offices by I vote. His good-notured smile ond re- sourcetulness, however, hove never been lost to us. Aside from being onthe discipline ond plciv- room squods, Mike introduced big-time cdmpciigning in T.A. by printing cords. His slogon wcis 'Roosevelt hcxd ci third term, why con't I hove one? COOPERSMITH, SHLOMO Filling the shoes ot his tomous ndmesoke, Solomon, Shlomo keeps the ndmes ond oddresses Iond birthdciv dotesi ot dll Sho- mer Hoidczti girls. lHe soys thot non-Shomer girls must till out ca speciol torm.I He surprised Un- cle Ike during the second week in T.A. by getting up ond lectu- ring the cldss on iournolism. A witty, lively, student, Shlomo will cttted Yeshivd College. IRWIN FINKELSTEIN Although hord to believe, ever smiling controrv Yitzik vvos once coptoin oil the discipline squod. His tunnv poems ond punnv plovs, however, vvon for him the title ot Best-IXIotured. At heort on ctrtist, Finky's Uto- pio, drovvn on his Eco. desk, ex- presses those loftier sentiments xlgvhich till his hecirt, C5-d bless im. - CLASS OF JUNE, I 942 - - CLASS OF JUNE, 1 942 - GARFIEL, MORTON An earnesT expounder of The reTurn To The Sfardil pronun- ciaiion movemenT, Tel-Avivian Garliel expecTs To become a pro- fessor of SemiTics. MorTy is an honor graduaTe of T.l. He is abouT The only Senior ever To seT fooT on The sunny shores of Florida. He expecTs To reTurn To PalesTine To sTudy aT The Heb- rew UniversiTy. GOODMAN, MORRIS NoT a goody, buT a nice guy. When he makes a friend he keeps him. A auieT unassuming -fellow, Goody can be seen aT dll baskeTball games, 1'aulTlessly dressed, incessantly chewing gum, with one hand holding his 'koppel' and The other keeping score. Goody is wiThouT doubT our mosT all-around sTudenT. He is a wow wiTh The maidelach! GELLER, VICTOR Silence is golden, buT Vic is off The gold sTandard. His a- biliTy To speak exTemporaneously on any subiecT has made him The undispuTed relief man of all class meeTings. Lively and en- ergeTic, Vic is a paradox. Liv- ing in The very shadows of The Yankee STadium he reTains his idenTiTy as a sTaunch GianT Tan. He was The TirsT aThleTic manager To insTiTuTe a compleTe inTra-mural schedule. ln These hecTic days his ambiTion is To grow up in l piece. IT he leaves TooTball a- lone, he will. C.C.N.Y. Tor Vic. HULKOWER, WILLIAM Red is one of The members of The Old Guordn vvho hos seen service on every sguod, sTc1TT, or ocTiviTy The school hos To oTTer. I-lis unTiring eTTorTs on behcilf oT T.A. hcive vvon him in his senior yeor The co--ediiorship of The Academy News ond The cdpToincy of The discipline sduod. Red, cin ecisy-going, vvell-liked fellow, dlso conducis doily ex- cursions To The Yeshivci cinnexes. LEVI, LEO Chessmcin Leo Levi, who does noThing dll ddy buf Think obouT The queen ThoT double-crossed The king ond Then morried The bishop, come To us ci yedr ond ci holT cigo Trom Germdny ond im- medicnely begcin To Teoch us English. SomeTimes he Teciches lvlr. Orleons, Too. I-Ie is T.A.'s prolessionol vvriTer, hciving vvon ci 55 prize in ci nciTion-vvide Ameri- ccinism coni'esT. KRIEGER, ISRAEL The only Toreign correspon- denT on The Academy News sTc1TT, Yisroel hds vvriTTen, ond Tor ci sIighT exTrci chdrge will Tell you, in cm beoiuTiTul King's Eng- Iish, of his hcirrovving experience in The BliTz on London in Sep- Tember, I94O. ln T.A., where he soughT refuge, he quickly rose To Tome ds d high ronking mem- ber of The vicTorious inTer-schoI- osTic Teom. - CLASS OF JUNE, I 942 - ,il - CLASS OF JUNE, 1 942 - 4 . LIFSHITZ, DAVID M. One of the 6 contrary iail- birds, Lit has been the guard- ian angel of almost every school and class publication by virtue of understanding the mysterious machinations ofthe mimeograph machine. This knowledge has 'ed him to the managing editor- ship of the Academy News. As a result, he usually carries a sty- lus around with him in his back- pocket. Lit will atend Yeshiva and intends to teach Hebrew. ORGANICK, AVRUM Dimples Avie certainly gets around. One of the Etz Chaim boys, he virtually monopolized the class poll when .elected Handsornest, Most Likely to Succeed and Most Brilliant. His 99 in Chemistry earned him the additional crown of Class Scientist. Summa Cum Laude, ladies' man, Avie still found time to be secretary and vice- president of the G. O. He likes medicine. MIRSKY, LEON Leon, our class lady killer and professional chazan, is also a professional class officer. His business ability and resourceful- ness were soon discovered and he was put in charge of the El- chanite finances and the firs suc- cessful varsity show. lan Pierce and Nelson Eddy had better watch out. Leon is an able sing- er and expects to become a mu- sic teacher. PERLOW, IRVING Here is one of those Pearls who is praised by Mi. Orleans for having the guts to stand up and assert his rights in the Eng- lish class, when he thinks he's getting a raw deal. His sports- manship and school spirit are demonstrated by his years ot work as playroom and ping-pong tourney supervisor. He topped off his school career by being elected president of the senior class. REICHEL, SOLOMON Whenever Sol takes over during a class meeting everyone relaxes, for they know they will laugh until their sides ache. When the time comes tor him to be serious, however, he can do so, as witnessed by his exempla- ry term of office as the most con- scientious president T.A. ever had. If you hear, however, in the halls of Yeshiva College the strains of the Bachanai, make no mistakes about it, that's Sol. RABINOWITZ, JACOB Class Rabbi 'n vitz, Jake has done quite a bit while at T.A. He is editor ot the grandest little paper in the world, the Academy News, lBoy! can we talk our- selves into itl and is a staff mem- ber ot the Elchanite. This Jack- ot-all-trades is also a member of the Senior Council, discipline squad, Student Council. . . lthe printer says we have to stop here.l - CLASS OF JUNE, l 942 - - CLASS OFJUNE, 1942 -- ROSEN, MORTON This Camden-New Jerseyite is another one ot those recently imported out-ot-tovvners who has auickly soared to dizzy heights ot popularity. Morty's spark- ling, spontaneous humor has ot- ten held Doc and the Eco. class in stitches. lt has also won tor him the position of VVittiest on the class poll. His gift of ora- tory has vvon tor him the chair- manship ot interscholastic deba- ting. SENDERS, MEYER Mike is Cleveland's contribu- tion to the vvorld ot sharpies. His big red wave and flashy side-burns are the envyiot the class. When not doing Eco. or dating the girls from Brooklyn, he works on the Academy News. He took up typing in night- school iust to give the girls a break. Sotty2 Nope, not as captain ot the Discipline Squad. Next stop - C.C.N.Y. SAFERN, ZEV The most renowned scripture twister in T.A., Zev took both Trig. and Advanced at the same time in order to graduate. He was usually cutting one subiect to do the regents ot the other. Zev is an active member ot the Shomer Hadati. He has a keen sense of humor. He is a whiz at typewriters itaking them aparti. He will pursue llvliss Gribetzi his studies at Yeshiva. - CLASS OF JUNE, 1 942 - SIMON, NORMAN J. This hoppy product ot Brook- lyn is G-d's gitt to young wo- monhood. Shorpy is ci hcippy ond contented slove ot Doc, ond the only member ot the Se- nior clciss on the bcisketboll vorsity. Most ot his lite-blood hos been spilt on the oltor ot Eco. His interest is pointing, so ho'll probobly end up ds ct low- yer. Don't be surprised to heor thot Horvord Low School is pciinted red one morning. SCHAPIRO, HERBERT Toll, blond, ond hondsome, Herby Schcipiro is constontly coming up with ci new book he lust reod ond proving to us thot we didn't reod it. Sometimes it's mighty emborrossing. Any doy now we expect to see on onthology ot misspelled words by Dr. Herbert Schcipiro. A conscientious student, he hos been ct member ot the Student Council, school bcisketboll, tennis, ond ping-pong teoms. O SUSSMAN, GAVRIEL Gobby, o modest fellow with his eye on ogriculturcil en- gineering, wos in mortol teor of being elected closs politicion. He hod reoson to be, since the closs presidency is o trodition with him. But his modesty ond the powerful Shomer clique, ot which he is o devoted member, soved him trom this dire tote. The ronks ot Pctlestinion pioneers will soon be enriched with the odvent ot Gobby. WEILER, LARRY One of the few quiet, unassu- ming fellows who help maintain T.A.'s equilibrium, Larry was rightfully voted class Silence But don't let that seeming lack of alertness fool you, for a high brand of thinking and hunior em- anate from behind that veil of Silence. He is an excellent pai for Vic Gel'er, since Vic al- ways does the talking. Larry numbers among his acnievements being marked absent in Eco. be' cause Doc never necird him say Present SUSSMAN, HERBERT, N. Despite the fact that Nehemiah hcfs been here only 2 terms, we mutt go into superlalives. He is undoubtedly one of the most lvilliant fellows ever to come to TJX. His clear. analytical Ihink- ing has astounded many a teach- cr He is a whiz at history. ln his short stay in TA. he has been a member of the chess and deba- ting teams and has been on the exalted Senior Council. 'vVE!SER. JONAS A fellow who knows the cloth- ing business inside out lget it?l, James hails from Crown Heights. He intends to become VVeiser by attending C.C.hl.Y. We can picture him now seated behind his executive desk - ci successful business man. His theme song will probably be, James, you made the pants too long! -CLASS OF JUNE, l 942 - -- CLASS Ot- JUNE, 1 942 -- 6 l this WOLF, LAWRENCE, E. Loize hos immortolized the expression, But, Doc? No one con give it thot plointively defi- cint ring which Eliezer hos set down tor posterity. When not soying But, Doc, Loze is o lib- rorion in Doc's librory. Thot's the only woy lots ot us poss Eco. We hove still not figured out how good-notured, soft-spoken Loze could be o member of the dis- cipline squod. l-le will ottend Yeshlvci College. M l l ZION, LEONARD Len, o Bonnie product ot Redding, Po., is olwoys Redding, willing ond oble to push o good pown ogoinst Mr. Blume or Dr. Chorles. Besides being o win- ning chess teom monoger, Len hos copobly ossumed ieodership of 'lost yec1r's deboting teom ot- ter o long ond eventful extro- curriculor ccireer. This son ot Zion is well known tor his ioke Telling exploits during closs meetings. LEFKOWITZ, YEHUDI Yup! l'm still here. I thought l'd groduote, but the woys ot N. BA, ore wondrous. didn't poy my tuition in l932.Mr. Orleons still yells ot me. l still cot in l-lorry's. After lO yeors school is getting o bit boring. l hope I groduote this term. Mr. Abroms soys he'll be glod to get rid ot me. l om going to Yeshi- vo College ond my morvelous icorsonolity is still morvelous. lt seems l ,gf- f.,, , -Q 4.1, A '5 -, In EQ I Qsism . gi .r'w1-, 5Yl 1 ..:.1::L:s nr-fsntlrszw . 1 2613302 All The World's A High School . . ---And all the men merely students, They have their absences and cuts, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being eight ages, - At first the freshman muling and puking in Yeshiva's arms. Yeah! I'm a freshman. But this is September, 1938, in U. S., and I got rights. I'm not scared of you. I'm bold, see? a-and aggressive. gYeah, aggressive. I'll tell Bulman, my president, and Rabinowitz, my Vice-president, on you, if you don't let me alone! Or, l'lI tell my English teacher. He's big and tall, and he'll yell at you and get you sore. Or I'lI tell Mr. Laub. He'll throw a basketball at you. I won't tell Doc 'cause he'll iust tell you to stop talking. And I won't tell Mr. Lichtenberg, 'cause he'll try to explain it to you in a nice way. And I won't tell Mr. Renov, 'cause he'll tell you that it's very nice but you have to curve it a little more. I know what l'll do! l'll tell Monsieur Brown. He'li start talking French! Ha-ha. You'll run away. The whining school boy with his satchel, Creeping, not yet unwillingly, to school l've been learning a lot of things since l've been in T. A. ithat's what you call Talmudical Academy for short - T. A.l In the first place there is NO escalator. I found that out after I tried to follow the directions a senior gave me to get to the fourth floor. In the second place there are a lot of courses all planned out for the students. There's the three year course, the three and a half year course. The four year course, and the five year plan. I found that out this February, when the three and a half year course boys came in. That's nice fellows. We elected Scharf and Gordon to the Student Council, and Moish Lifschitz for the Secretary- treasurer. We have a nice time here, even though the work is very hard. I go down to play punchball in my free period, but I saw a iunior down there once, and I asked him how he was down if he didn't have a free period. He looked at me with a funny smile and said, You'll find out, kid. I wonder what he meant. And then the Sophomore, sighing like a furnace. VVith a woeful story made to his Administrative Assistant, for an admit. lhis forst cutl I'm still learning. I discovered a group of three year coursers in our class. Yesterday i also found out what the junior meant. Mr. Orleans 32 for the first time in three terms I had him, was late to class twenty min- utes. The Upyebunny club figured out that we couIdn't learn much in twenty minutes even it he would come, and, besides, how did we know he would come at all? So half of us went to finish publishing the Echo, cmd the rest went down to the river: Sol Reichel and Gabby Sussman, our Student Council members, Walzer, our athletic manager, cmd Moish Lifschitz, Secretary-treasurer. We discussed our basketball team with Wernick, our star, Waltzer and Vanshe Rubenstein who goes around yelling Yeah Roobenshtain - I had a good time laughing with Terry who won our class nite for us with his fifteen vests and Oh boy! Ich schvitz! He's our class comedian now - I have a pretty good time at school. I keep on laughing at how you can always get Doc off the track by starting him on rattles. And I still can's understand how Lifshitz got away with telling Doc about Croton Dam when he didn't know any- thing about it. Boy, are we in a rut. I iust helped reelect Moish Lifschitz class secretary-treasurer. We have an enormous amount of 43 cents in the treasury. Gosh, a bunch of little geniuses iust came over from Aitz Chaim. Between themselves they talk about .... i-am-bic-pen-ta-meter. lt seems to me that most of the teachers mistrust the boys. For instance Doc made a row A and a row B so that we shouIdn't copy. But tha,t's all right, we can't- blame him. What with our 'study cards' and prepara- tion sheets. Another way we raise our marks is by T. l..'ing. Liss- - all of him - polishes Mr. I.eibeI's car. Zion plays chess with Mr. Blume. And unethically beats him. Finkelstein opens and shuts the windows for Mr. Orleans. l'm beginning to understand more and more what that iu- nior meant. It's getting to be more and more ot a habit. t'm sorry, though, that I was absent when Geller, Organick, and Charny won the Debating championship of the school. I would have liked to see them beat those seniorsil I went to a student council meeting and saw Gordon and Gabby Sussman. They iust sat and listened. It seems the seniors run the whole show. Wait till I'M a senior! Then a Junior, tull ot strange thoughts and habits, Seeking the bubble reputation tor June elections. Yup! Vxfe're in school politics. Those seniors control everything. Gor- dor. was defeated by the illustrious Pincus Pyser. But we beat the se- niors, with Wernick for athletic manager. And iust when we thought we were warming ourselves in, he resigns. The iob doesn't pay, he says. Finkelstein and Strickberger are stifled when they try to speak in the stu- dent council. I'm still learning . It seems Mr. Leibel cracks the same iokes every year. His poor family: Mrs. Yifnit, Uncle Looyeh, and cousin 33 Paski. We're getting tougher and tougher. As witness three French teachers in one term, Mr. Orleans giving us up after three years, and school having to pack up at six. Mr. Laub, Mr. Renov, and Dr. Sarot ab- dicate. I iust lent a half a dollar to Bobby the Beast from North Adams. When I gave it to him he said Vote for Willkie. I was in Doc's class yesterday, and when I took the tack off the seat for him, he called me a T. L. Zion and cohen are winning chess matches for the Alta Mama. As I was walking down the street with Krieger and Levy, who iust came in- to the class, I saw something horrible. Mirsky was smoking! Pretty soon we'll be seniors. Then the executive with eyes severe, Learned, of the formal way to cut. Yippee! The Shomer Hadati is in. Berger, Lifshitz, Bloch et al pre- fer same to boy scouts. I guess I'll stick in the same old rut. Sussman for president, Lifschitz for secretary treasurer. The Sunshine committee continues to spread vitamin D to all our sick brothers. Sick of school. l'm sick of school. The whole thing wouldn't pay if I hadn't the Lane, the river, and being a senior next term. I heard Mr. Kronish's warnings at the beginning of the term and started worrying. False alarm, maiority gets over 85. Pearlstein and Grossman put my letter to the editor in the Echo. I told them to let Soled become a cow if he wanted to. Gosh, l've been in this school a long time. I know all the ins and outs. I even know why Mr. Godin stands by the window looking at the reflection during French tests. I know pretty nigh everything. But I still can't un- derstand how Mr. Strum got me to like poetry. Well, two months will pass and I will become a wise and powerful senior..ha, ha, ..ha, ha. This age shifts into the ancient wizeneol Senior. With spectacles on nose and tobacco pouch on sicle. I-lis manly voice turning again toward childish trebles, Pipe in mouth and big whistles at the passing fem parade. I A l'm a senior! l'm a senior! l'm a senior - Well what do you know I'm a senior! l've taken over the school. Strickberger president, Or- ganick secretary, Gordon vice-president, Kahn treasurer, Zion takes over inter-scholastic debating while Flexo manages same for classes. And, of course, the ELCHANITE editor - Charny. What was that Freshie? Did you want to know how to get to the fourth floor? .lust walk down to the end of the hall and take the escalator. Oh, that's quite all right. The Echo editors get promoted and we print anything we want in the Aca- demy News. U. S. declares war! WE START SELLING T. A. VICTORY STAMPS!! Moish Lifschitz decides to get the class out of a rut. He de- clines to run for secretary treasurer. 34 l'm getting tired of everything but the river. Especially since the re- gents are coming around. Mr. Godin says the regents insult our intelli- gence. We say that we like to be insulted. We are insulted. Only 5 get above 90. All my friends leave, unhonored cmd unsung: Flexo, Scharf, Pasearnek, Kastenbaum, and last but not least in his estimation, Kahn. There's only one thing wrong with being a senior. By this time I know the teachers very well -and they know me. When a teacher gets to know you, that's bad. I walked in to N.B.A.'s office today and took some paper. The day before that I cut. The day before that I came late to English. The day before that I told Mr. Orleans he was giving me too much homework - You see l'm an UPPER senior. Soon I will graduate. So what have I got to worry about. Anyway Sol is president, Avie is his vice, and Fin- ky holds all the money. We spread all the propaganda we like through Rabinowitz's Academy News. Everything is fine. We run the school. Only I had an argument yesterday with Perlow, our president, about the senior hats. I waited for an hour in front of the building and he still did not bring them. Some nerve! Spring. It's lovely outside. I don't have the heart to go to the Lane, so I go down to the river. I haven't time to finish my homework. I come to class without it. Mr. Orleans calls me an operator and manipulator. Mr. Small tells me l'm mentally dishonest. He says I have mental erosion. Doc gives me a warning. I begin to take Mr. Small's advice. I think it over. Maybe I won't graduate after all. The work keeps piling up. I have a part in class night which is be- ing taken care of by Mirsky. I better learn it by heart. Hey! wait a second. Why didn't you tell me you were taking candids for the EL- CHANITE? Wait till I put on my senior hat. I iust got it yesterday. Say, you know what today is? Senior Day. Yep, first time. See that senior in there? That's Menachem Bloch. See the way he's got those kids in order? That one in there is Charny. He's got 'em spellbound. Vic Geller, over there is buzzin' away about West Point. Hear that fancy Parisian French? That's Organick. Accent aigue and all. Man, today's our day. If only the teacher had sons in this school. Oh my gosh! I'd forgotten all about them. Here come the regents again. This time there's a flock of them. This is the last stretch. I gotta get by. LAST SCENE OF ALL THAT ENDS THIS STRANGE EVENT- FUI HISTORY. IS UP ON PLATFORM, RECEIVING DIPLOMA. MERE OBLIVIONZ SANS TEETH, SANS EYES, SANS TASTE, SANS EVERYTHING. 35 f,-V T Cum ' Eos Sq-mo CLow N ix cfm X 3 v H.Smo CCLPNS N-BLOLH c 'o9'f NIMVEH ui Q x 9916 df QQNMAVX fl iq WYE f Jvff' M, ,ff f'zff+4 X 4 X C X... C CHARNY ' me s-r Fowl-M DI D MOST ron. cms S3 HEBRAIST If 37 I., ? . 1 -g g i 5 BLOOM ' 42MSr P5525-FIQU1 ,. . 5. Agar- -,.!- ,Q-,-if... ,.., Q, . . And The Teachers Most popular ...A Best dressed ........ Best looking ..A..... Best ping-pong player Most modest ........ Most sentimental .. Most co-operative . Highest marker .... Lowest marker . .. Best actor ..... Most excitable . .. Most intellectual . .. Most punctual .... Most respected ..... Most independent ... Least popular subiect Most popular subiects Dr. Beniamin D. Shapiro Mr. Jack Godin ...,... Mr. Jack Godin Dr. Beniamin D. Shapiro Mr. Joshua Matz Dr. Beniamin D. Shapiro Mr. Joseph Lichtenberg Mr. Joseph Lichtenberg ...... Mr. Maurice Small Mr. Isaak Orleans Mr. Isaak Orleans Mr. Joseph Strum Mr. Isaak Orleans Mr. Joshua Matz ...... Mr. Jack Godin History8 .. . . Mathematics, Economics-, English - F A V O R I T - ACTRESS .... . . . RITA HAYWORTH ACTOR ............ ....... P AUL MUNI MAGAZINE ............ .,........... ' 'LIFE ORCHESTRA LEADER .... .... G LENN MILLER 38 XYli.tX'l'lllili . Bot responsible There'll he hlue skies for forecasts o'er the white cliffs over 30 days of Dovef V ti ,C , .ff Volume IIEI June 25, 1952 REICHEL NEW TIMES PRESIDENT PROFESSOR A. OR- GANICK PERFORMS SCIENTIFIC FEAT tU'PJ Before a tremendous erowd in Batlan Stadium, Dr. .Xvruin Organiek per- formed the greatest operation in modern times. By the feeble glare of the floodlights he extracted a grain of sugar from under the fingernail of the renowned multi - mil- lionaire. Irving' L. Per- low. This grain of su- gar, now more valu- able than radium, it was stated. will help millions of families to suhsist in the coming' years. .Xll of ,Xmeriea pays trihute to lilr. Or- ganielc. Mr. l'erlow payed 3100.000 XYt'1l'lll of tribute. Compliments of Escalator Builders -Renovators of T.A.- tlit's illiolll timel FORMER NEWSBOY CLIMAXES CAREER WITH BIG SUCCESS tUP'J Solomon T. Reiehel today was una- nimously elected as president of the New York Times. This e- lection is singular in that he holds all other positions. The eleetion followed a heetie to riches Career which hegau when he was Times representative in Talmudieal iXeademy Popularity soon raised him to the editorship. Feeling' that none Could fill his shoes tsize l3iJ he still held his former positions. lYith the resignation of bl. Ralnnowitz. form- er president, to run his pohtieal sheet in luv-- ervtowu, l'ennsx'ltueliY. Mr. Reiehel was eleva- ted to the presidency. His first act of office will be to produce a varsity show for the Times plumhers. Wie wish him the ht-st of leali. 39 i...... -- .-, TODAYS NEWS AT A GLANCE - . Leonard Zion coni- piles most extensive thesaurus of humor with left hand, while winning' world's Chess championship with the right hand. lliarden XY. llullcow- er of Sing Sing' halts desperate eseape at- tempt hy three Con- viets. hi. llieiser. author of Sam You Made The llants loo Long. re- eewes Congressional medal of honor. Pres. Duhin the finally got eleetedl who awarded the medal, stated: ln these trouhled times we should all strive to Conserve l1lZ1lCl'llli.l:.1'fll one of us should re- primand the tailor for maliing our pants two long NEWS fl: X 211 54 :lf Rabbis Bulman and Adler Carry on Tradition As has been his cus- tom for the past 17 ye- ars, Rabbi Bulman held his daily speech. As has been his custom for the past l7 years Rabbi Adler came to heckle from the audi- ence. IYe quote from Rabbi Bulman, Ah, yes. Man is degene- ratingf' NVe quote from Rabbi Adler, Ai, ai, ai. Levi Discovers Cause For Alarm Failures CP-IR: The reason that New Yorks sub- marine alarm system had failed for lack of Volume. was discovered today by detective I.e- xyi. to be .Xaron Chom- sky. It seems that Mr. Chomsky got stuck in the loudspeaker. Ilis extreme quietitude turned it into a soft- speaker. Mathemati- cian - detective Levy, used the following method in solving the mystery. I noticed that the sine-wave em- anating' from the loud- speaker exceeded the limit of one. This could only occur if the emanator was strepof- orbatedi by an obstruc- tion. Hence, Chomsky. Chomsky was runner up for class silence du- ring high-school days. Irwin. F. Finkelstone Crowned Poet Laureate I.F. Finkelstone, dis- tinguished poet of the 20th century, was to- day crowned poet lau- reate of New Orleans. The crowning' by King' Isaac the lst, affecti- onately known as Un- cle Ike was an im- pressive ceremony. This followed the mo- mentous discovery of I. F. Finkelstone's greatest work, Your Dayn in the store- rooms of TA. by the young archeologist Il. Rosen. jubilant at his success. Mr. Finkel- stone was heard to say This is the happiest day of my life. I wish my lfnglisli teacher were here. Then I'd get exrta credit. GARFHEL GETS CHAIR Mister Morton Gar- fiel was today notified that he had been asked to take the chair as professor of Semitics and French at the -le- 40 rusalem University in jerusalem... His only words were I knew I'd get the chair some day. fx: s Hn bk WANT ADS XVANTED: Printing machine which will print only excused ad- mits Cwith a certain signaturej N, Simon Wlanted Urgently: 50 pounds. Charles I . VVANTED: A new history teacher. Must Wear Yarmalka. Senior Class In desperate need of a Baal Tefilah who can reach Kedushah be- fore Doc reaches the door, Michael Bloch FOR SALIY: One Znd hand slide machine. New and interesting' slides. Explanations enclosed on record. Ap- ply Doc Situation XVanted: Architect - past exper- ience in desk work. I. Finkelstein FOR SALE: Eco. book. Neyer opened, M. Garfiel. . .ic Staff Editor: B.A.Mann! Man. Ed.: l.M. Won Pub.: U.R. Knott! :li 251 21' 214 :lf EDITORIAL I'ractice what you preach. IYe, the ed- itors firmly uphold this maxim. The following news item is, therefore, brought as an editorial. It should teach us all never to violate this age-old proverb. GELLER COMMITS SUICIDE t'L'Pl Following the premise set down in his essay, Murder, that murder is merely help- ing someone commit suicide, Victor Geller commited suicide on Mi Kahn, famed um- pire, during a heated debate over the kash- ruth of a foul. After J. Kahn had ruled a- gainst Geller's side, Geller suddenly drew a razor blade and slit Kahn's throat. Since this was against all murder etiquette as ad- vocated by Mr. Geller himself, he will be sen- tenced to retake his lico, course. Further misbehavior will re- sult in the addition of Hist. S with Hr. Dim- inutive. These are the maximum state pun- ishments. INQUIRING REPORTER Question: Who was the first woman in your life? Place: Bowery Asked of veteran T.A. students . Hi. woman. ller com- plexion was healthy pink, her hair dom- in colonial style. She remained inotifmlt-s,- smiling. I put on my glasses and -- uchl- It was Martha XYash- ington, on a 3-cent stamp. SIMON, Norman Occupation: Professor of Sign languages. It was 10 years ago in Ft. Tryon Parlc.She was standing on a grassy knoll silhouet- ted by the moon. I gasped. I dropped my kerchief. She bent. She straightened. She gave me my lcerchief. That was all I wanted. I left, happy. She was the first woman in my life. fs sv :s 1: R.-XBINOIYITZ, .la- cob. Occupation: Soap linux u1'2ltOl' . It was 10 years ago at the mail-box. I drew the letter from my pocket when of a sudden there appeared before me a beautiful 41 '--v SUSSMAN. Gabriel. Occupation: Shomer. It was 10 years ago in Mr. Abrams' oliice. I was just a freshie then. I had gone down for an admit. Probab- ' 1 ly, she too. wanted an admit. Such grace. thought I. such poise. She seated herself, raised her angelic face. smiled and said, Your excuse, please? S P O R T S GOODMAN STARS IN SOCKEY Before a capacity crowd of 150,000 in Batlan Stadium yester- day, sockey history was made. At 61:62 in the second half of the game between the Good- men and the St. Louis Blues. Morris Slug- ger Goodman. ace sockey player. scored an octuple shotdown, This extraordinary feat was accomplished as follows: N. Simon of the St. Louis Blues had just scored a shotdown and the score was 7-0. The Goodmen socked off from their corner of the diagonal stadium. Flexo holding the can- non and Goodman shooting. The Blues re- covered the hall. but u- pon their shot, Good- man stopped the ball at center court. Only shotdown would now prevent a shotout. al- though the Goodmen needed this game for the universe champion- ship. Nevertheless. w i t h characteristic courage, while Flexo held the ball. Goodman shot straight to the har. But wonder of won- ders! Instead of hit- ting the har and contin- uing on its course. the ball sprung together with the bar on its spring hinges straight to the ground. was thrown back with terri- ble force on the exact same path along which it had come, straight to the mouth of the can- non. The two mem- bers of the Blues' team were lying on the ground exhausted from their attempt to stop the ball from hitting the bar. as was Flexo. Indeed. Goodman alone was up to the situation. Keeping the cannon in place he poured in more powder. and once more off went the hall, true to the mark. Six times more he did this until he collapsed from sheer exhaustion. But he had won the L'niverse championship for the Goodnien. Back in the locker room. as Simon shook hands with the Slugger, he was heard to say, This is the first time the Blues have been beaten eight to the bar. 'Xllant to dance? You can learn the Conga the easy way, by the four man line. One, two. three. Block etc. See G. Sussman CRITICS HAIL CAR- MI CHARNY IN ROLES OF ROMEO AND JULIET Last nite at the Lam- port theatre, the old- est playhouse in the New York theatre dist- rict, history was made. Carmi Charny for the first time succeeded in playing both the lead- ing roles in Romeo and Juliet. We reproduce a section of the dialogue when he was kneeling at the feet of Juliet. himself. Charny: I love you .... Charny: I love you ....,, Charny: tsighsl. After all these years. Dr. Herbert Schapi- ro stated. -Scleeping rentations of The Cril- lup tree, incognia foi- mentia, woe's mel Lawrence E. IYolfe then turned to Dr. H. Schapiro and voiced his objection. But Doc! WRESTLING TONIGHT -at the 186th St. gym- Main attraction: Mess'em Up Comet vs. Damitall Garfiel Referee - Dr. E. K. O. Shapiro First prize: - S25, or a life-like picture of Miss Gribetz 42 Legacy Now wait, Father Time .... Yes, I know my time has come, but today I, Senior Class 1942 am a man. Tomorrow I will be a corpse. Can't I please wait a little while to write out my last will? You can't take it with you, you know. You've got to leave it to those who are rightfully de- serving. You'll give me time, won't you? lWhew, my last bull story worked! I always said the Senior Class could worm its way out of any- thing, from Mr. Abrams' suspension down to GabrieI's horn.l Well, mustn't get Gabriel angry. Better hurry up. Let's see. Sworn on this, the last day of June, 1942, I, Senior Class 1942 do hereby will the following: To our mathematics teacher, Mr. Lichtenberg, we leave an excel- lently constructed left angle whose sine equals infinity. As we are in an extremely generous frame of mind we also leave him a class that will never dare to raise its hands when asked, 'Are there any questions? To Mr. Wettstein, our pedagogue in physical phytness, we leave an adding machine to aid him in counting our score at all future basketball games. To our teacher of biology, Mr. Schain, we leave a perfected means of explaining to little freshmen the reproduction of -- flowers. To our somewhat somnolent student of sciences, Mr. Charleslyl Friedman, we leave a term in which he can finish the prescribed course before the prescribed time. To Mr. Lebowitz, our all-around head of the science department, we leave Mr. Friedman. To Mr. Abromowitz, our bass-voiced bachelor of arts and French, we leave a frightened freshman who will, immediately upon the command with accompanying gestures of thumb and contortions of face, 'Get up, outl' To our artless teacher of art, Mr. Renov, we leave an artist who prac- tices artistry artfully and loves art for art's sake. To Mr. Orleans, we leave a clean desk and a mimeoscope with which to inspect admits. VVe also bequeath him a superman , a student who is not an operator, who is not a manipulator, who is not an exhibitionist, who has the guts to say he wants a million bucks, who keeps an assign- ment book, who returns borrowed books on time, who volunteers for proiect work at the slightest provocation, whose idea of success and hap- piness coincides with that of Mr. Orleans. In short, we leave him-HIM! To Rabbi Wind we leave a perpetual chocolate and coffee ice-cream soda fountain. To Mr. Strum we leave a basso profundo. Pour Monsieur Godin we leave another Friedman. To all future 43 senior classes subiected to the agony of French we leave a translator. To Mr. Blume we leave a successor to Zion, who can play chess with him while the class slaves over a French test. To our petit pedagogue of social sciences, or should we have said Small, we leave a class that will think it over. Ah, and to Doc, to Doctor Beniamin D. Shapiro, we leave a minia- ture stoclc exchange, a Tel-Avivian who is interested in his scholarly dis- ltlortations, a Wolf who never heard of, But 'Doc'. . , and, well, an au- tomatic rafile seller. Oh yes, we also bequeath him a Student Council meeting on any day of the week but the first four and the last three. To Mr. Leibel we leave a never-ending flow of ginger ale. To Mr. Orleans' pet mouse, Ike, we leave a time-worn, digestible edition of Boaz and Cheese. To Mr. Purvis, Charlie, and their co-workers we leave iust a fellow who doesn't eat in class, tear paper, stuff desks, break windows, scratch tables, loosen chairs, spill ink, ruin blackboards, stay after class on the second floor, crush chalk all over the place, - and who doesn't breathe. To Miss Rosenblum we leave an N.Y.A. boy who doesn't look over her shoulder. To our Administrative Assistant, who never endowed us with one, we leave an excused admit. To Dr. Safir we leave an assembly in which he will recite the good things first, and then the bad. Let's see now, is it all done? Yep, that's the way it' looks. O.K. Gab- riel, blow your horn! Sworn and signed this 25th day of June, l, the Senior Class of 1942, affix my signature. -XXX 44 ww lIKl2llTlIRC y ,W Mit W Vi 1 w X! 'Ml W The Bible As The Source Of Democracy The Bible is the most democratic book in the world. - T. H. Huxley Stride on, democracy, strike with vengeful stroke! Yet democracy did not heed Walt Whitman's passionate command. Democracy did not stride on, nor did it, loyal to its own values, forge ahead. Rather dem- ocracy staggered on, with the feeble, hesitant steps of old age. Dem- ocracy became weak, and as a consequence was attacked. Then, with the ominous crescendo of goose-stepping legions pounding at our ears, we, of the democratic nations rose to defend our democratic ideal. We knew our present mode of democracy was shallow and superficial, but we also knew that a totalitarian victory would obliterate even our dreams, our ideals of what democracy might become. Individual rights would be a thing of the past, and in their place would come state domination. Equal- ity would be replaced by bigotry, preiudice, racial and national inequal- ity. Peace, the policy of the degenerate democracies, would be a for- gotten word and almighty Mars would be glorified. God, love of man, iustice and tolerance would make way for ersatz nationalism and fanatic chauvenism. All this we knew, and so we rose and prepared for the gigantic strug- gle. We hope that this war will cause men to ask themselves, What are we fighting for? , and we hope that the answer will be that we are fighting for a democracy that will be revamped and rehabilitated in the post-war period. lf we are to seek this true and basic democracy wnich is not only political but recognizes the equality of man economically and in the domain of the spirit, would it not be wise to turn again to the source of democracy, to read again the fiery upbraidings of the prophets against all forms of tyranny and iniustice? Should we not prepare our- selves for the reconstruction period by reading the Magna Charta of the poor and oppressed, the most democratic book in the world! That the Bible is the source of enlightened governments, past and present, none will deny. lt was in the name of the Bible that King .lohn was compelled to affix his name to the Magna Charta. It was in the name of the Bible that English democracy was created, that America was freed. Throughout the history of the Western world, so states the great Eng- lish controvertialist, Thomas H. Huxley, the Scriptures have been the greatest instigcstors of revolt against the worst forms of clerical and poli- tical despotism. 46 What is it, then, in the Bible, that inspires men to sacrifice themselves on the altar of freedom and equality, that serves as the basis for so pure and great' an ideal as democracy? During the past few years the term democracy has been so much used and abused that its true meaning has been obfuscated. Welzster defines democracy as a form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the people collectively. But even more important, democracy represents certain ideals. These ideals, it seems to me, fall into two general categories: I. Ideals of human equality, 2. Ideals of social iustice. For a period of over three hundred years, following the conquest and settlement of the .Iews as a nation in Palestine, the people were ruled first by heroes and then by iudges. The maiority of the leaders came from the heart of the nation. Gideon was a simple thresher of wheat, Samson was of common lineage, Amihood was a rank and file soldier. A people ruled by leaders who have risen from the heart of the nation is bound to be democratic both in government and in spirit. We can more easily appreciate this fact if we draw a parallel to American history. Abe Lincoln, Andy Jackson, simple backwoodsmen, are famous as two of our most radically democratic presidents. The most important fact, however, is that the people themselves re- fused to be Hitlerized. The attempt of Abimelech to institute a one-.nan rule caused a revolt which eventually led to his death, for the nation would not tolerate a leader under whom they could not adhere to the basic principle of democracy. Thou shalt follow a maiority. l Soon the nation of Israel, however, emulating its neighbors clamored for a king. Samuel, expressing the spirit of the Bible, attempted to dis- suade the nation from this undemocratic form of government by threat- ening, And he will take your daughters to be perfumers .... he will take your fields and vineyards .... the tenth of your seed ancl of your vineyards. 2 Yet the people, that we may be like other nations, 2 insisted on a monarch. Yet even after the king was accepted as the undisputed leader, the prophet would still reprove him if he did evil. Eliiah boldly met Ahab and cried, Host thou killed and also taken possession? .... In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy bloo':l!i 3 lt required more than ordinary courage, it required a supernatural faith lExodus 2312 2First Samuel 843-I5 3First Kings QI :I9 47 in the final triumph of iustice to face a king who made a pastime of butch- ering prophets and to tell him that his corpse would rot in the streets. .!ere:niah's censuring of .lehoakim and Samuel's upbraiding of Saul are two outstanding examples of prophetic supervision. Yes, even our own king David, loved and respected by all, was reproved by Nathan. Na- than came to David and recounted the simple moving tale of a rich man who, sparing to take of his own flock, took the only lamb of his poor neigh- bor to feast his guest. He was, of course, drawing a parallel to David's crime in sending Uriah to the front lines so that he might marry Uriah's wife. After hearing Nathan's parable, David blazed in anger, The man that has done this deserveth to die. 4 And Nathan confronting God's anointed one, the hero of the people, pointed the accusing finger and shouted in prophetic wrath, Thou art the man! 5 That David was the chosen and pious king did not exempt him from prophetic accusation. ln fact it subiected him to the minutest criticism. The democratic spirit of the Bible opposed kingship and compulsory monarchization. When kings were accepted, they were severely limited by Biblical laws and were under the constant moral surveillance of the people and prophets. Throughout the ages the prophets, regardless of personal danger, confronted king and peasant,,' statesmen and farmer, iudge and herder, and pointing to uniust deeds exclaimed, Thou art the men! The bond between the form of government of a nation and its ideals is, of course, very close. lt is inevitable in a country where there exists a free press, maiority rule, and where the people themselves control the government that the ideals of equality and social iustice should be stressed. The people know their own sorrows and misfortunes and attempt to re- medy them. The Bible states in the first chapter of Genesis, And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him. 6 ln these simple words is expressed perhaps the broadest and most comprehensive thought of the Bible. lt states that all children of this world are children of God. That each human being, each individual life is inviolable, a reflex of Divinity. It flatly contradicts and denies any differences in races regardless of color, nationality, or religion. All sons of God are equal whether they be brown, yellow, white, or black. This is the law that serves as a basis for the enlightened passages concerning the bondsmen, the thief, the homeless and the poor. 4Second Samuel T215 5Second Samuel l2:7 48 With this law as the origin, from between the paws of the rock-hewn sphinx was developed and reaffirmed by the prophets the code of uni- versalism, i. e., a democracy of the spirit. The Bible recognizes no dif- ference in moral demands between Jews and non-Jews. The prophets are universal! Never do they cease expounding that the heathen will also come to salvation. The only requirement is that they be morally iust. They proceeded, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver declares, to summon all men regardless of birth or station to share in the kingdom of moral values and live as equals in the free domain of the spirit. 7 Ample proof to the universalism of the prophets can be found through- out the Bible. One of the most widely known is the famous call of Isaiah and Michah. And it shall come to pass in the end of days .... and a l l the nations shall flow unto it. 8 This idea is reiterated when Isaiah cautions, Neither let the alien that hath ioined himself to the Lord, speak saying: The Lord will surely separate me from his peoples .... for my house shall be called a house of prayers for all peoples. 9 Similar prophecies testifying to the universality of the Biblical laws are to be found in Isaiah, Jeremiah, First Kings, Zephaniah, and other sources. To this we must add the eloquent proof of the book of Jonah, in which a city of strangers, enemies of Israel, was spared because the inhabitants repented of their iniquities, and the book of Ruth which describes how it came to pass that the royal family off King David should descend from a foreigner. Finally, not to be ignored is Job's moving expression of hu- man equality, in referring to his servant. lil! Did not He that made me in the womb make him And did not one fashion us in the womb? l0 In the eyes of the Bible, all racial and religious differences are obli- terated. The criterion of iudgment for all alike is that of moral values, the righteousness of, the spirit. This was a democracy of life and of the spirit unparalleled even today. IV This is our heritage today: a Bible which sets before us an everlast- ing social charter, a charter for humanity which has as its basis the doc- trine of complete equalityp an equality which extends even into the domain 6,7 The Dramatic Impulse in Jewish History by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver Slsaiah 2:23, lvlichah 42l,2 9lsaiah 56:3,7 l0Job 3l 115 49 of the spirit. With equality as the basic and fundamental precept, the Bi- ble painstakingly erected a citadel. Slab upon slab, strength upon strength the citadel was built until it became impregnable, the Gibralter of humanity. In the halls of this citadel - for those who seek -are to be found the foundations for an ideal, untainted, democratic society. Knowing that equality is the underlying motif of the Bible, we have found a logical cause and effect sequence for the existence of the many enlightened laws concerning the underprivileged of society which we have grouped under the term social iustice. Since all men have the divine spark within them, it follows that being a laborer, a slave, that being poor or unfortunate is merely an accident of the time and does not alter the innermost makeup of the man. It also follows that any iudicial unfairness, exploitation, oppression, and the like is an insult to the divine within man, and consequently an insult to Divinity. Hence the elaborate system of laws in the Bible designed to protect humanity. Yet coupled with equality as the moral and ethical basis of social iustice there was still, what we might term, a practical reason for the intricate web of decrees safeguarding humanity. The great seers of the Bible, the prophets, understood that there could be no true nationalism or devotion to any cause so long as there existed two distinct classes, ex- ploiter and exploited. What difference did it make to the underdog if his country was defeated? Perhaps he would still be crushed, but there might be a chance for improvement. lt was the socially abused and maltreated who did, and still do, serve as the best material for internal disintegration. Had England applied this reasoning in its dealings with India at a much earlier date, certain difficulties would not have arisen. Jeremiah and Nehemiah are the two most outstanding examples of prophets who had applied this moral principle. Jeremiah commanded a mass liberation of slaves when Jerusalem was besieged by the Babylonian forces.ll lt was a critical moment, unity was necessary and dissension had to be abolished if lsrael was to survive. Only by giving each citizen a feeling that he is an important part of the nation would it have been pos- sible to survive. Nehemiah ordered a similar liberation and cessation of evil economic practices when faced with the gigantic problem of rebuilding a nation and a land. To complete his tremendous task Nehemiah needed absolute cooperation which could only be secured through the eradication of social dissatisfaction.l2 The field encompassed by the term social iustice - i.e., the laws of the Bible and the admonitions of the prophets deserve much more space .L1.ii. l1 llJeremiah 34:9-l7 l3Nehemiah 51l -13 50 than they can be given here. However, we can get a general idea from the following few examples. Of paramount importance and in need of greatest protection was the slave, regarded by all other nations contemporary with Israel as a chattel, an obiect to be used in any way one pleased. Not being able to abolish slavery completely, the Bible set down such stringent laws as pointed to the gradual disappearance of this institution. Representative of these laws is the command .... he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. . l3 Slaves were to be treated as members of the family.l4 They were to rest on the Sabbath as did the family.l5 A clearer example of the desired re- lation between slave and master is given in Deuteronomy. Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock .... l6 The termination of the period of enslavement did not imply that the master was to discard the slave as he would a worn garment. The slaves were human beings. The slave had fulfilled his debt to society. Now it was the master's moral duty to pave the road for a new state in life. The enslavement of captured women was outlawed.l7 A clarion call in the wilderness was the decree, Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondsman that is escaped from his master unto thee. l3 This preceded the American fugitive slave law by fully 3,000 years! But the slave was not the only unfortunate. There was no end to the exploitation of the poor by the rich. With the coming ofthe lsraelite na- tion to Palestine and their adopting the barbaric Caananite culture, eco- nomic conditions changed. Classes were created. Evils which the Bible foresaw materialized. And the prophets demanded a return to the Biblical concept of moral iustice when they found that the rich buy the poor for a pair of shoes. l9 Ezekiel stormed against usury. Behold l have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou has made, he thundered in the name of the Lord when he found that thou hast taken interest, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression. 20 Amos inveighed against holders of pledges. And when enumerating l3Deut. l5:l2, Exod. l2:26, Lev. 25240154 l4Exod. l2:44, Deut. l21ll,l2, Lev. 25:6 l5Exod. 2O1lO, 23.l2 '6lbid. l7Deut. 2114 l3Deut. 2346, l7 l9Amos 8:4-9 P 20Ezek. 221l2, i3 51 the sins of Israel did not fail to include, And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge. -'ZI An evil upon which many a prophet vented his fury was iudicial un- fairness. The welfare of the community depends in a large measure upon the fairness of the courts. The book of Leviticus therefore provided, Ye shall do no unrighteousness in iudgment .... nor favor the person of the rnighty. 22 In Deuteronomy, besides a repetition of this law emphasizing the poor, there is an outright imprecation, Cursed be he that perverteth the iustice due to the stranger, fatherless, and widow. 23 Small wonder that Jeremiah demanded, Shall I not punish for these things, saith the Lord, when he viewed with dismay that despite the many prohibitions they are waxen fat and the right of the needy do they not iudge. 24 Small wonder that Amos promised speedy retribution to those who turn aside the needy in the gate. 25' ' ' ' -- ,.'t' , ' ' - T I f'ff7 1 Civil liberties'-was,? and still is, a problem of societyg The'B'ibfle, of coursefprovided complete freedom- and civil liberty to the stranger and foreigner. '-But1in a-broader sense,'the mere' existence of theffftprophets signified the fightfor civilfliberties. 'Thrown into7 muddy death-traps, con- frontedby. murdering henchmen of the state, faced with a horrible'-death at the clawsfofflions, cursed by the people-'whom they so'ug'h1t'tofhelp, abused, starved, beaten, they dauntlessly continued the fight for iustice. Had they succeeded,1 perhaps more timid souls would' have ventured into the strug- gle, and freedom of speech and civil liberties would have been established. The fight for civil- liberties, the demands of the prophets, the words of caution in the Proverbs, Rob not the weak .... neither crush the poor in the gate for the LORD WILL PLEAD THEIR CAUSE! 26 all swelled into one mighty roar exhorting humanity the world over, JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALT THOU FOLLOW! 27 It is these exhortations and laws which form the magnificent citadel of social iustice. It is this citadel of social iustice, this guardhouse of the rights of humanity, as found in the Bible, which is so integral a part of democracy. il! III UI! Maiority rule is stressed, kings are censured, duties more than the privileges of the rulers are insisted upon, all men are created equal. In 2IAmos 2:8 22Lev. IQII5 23Deut. 27:l9 24Jer. 5:28, 29 25Amos 5:ll, I2 26Proverbs 22:22 27Deut. l6f2O 52 the kingdom of moral values race, color, creed, are ignored - only right- eousness matters. God is on the side of the underdog. ln the long run the welfare of the state depends on the righteousness ot the citizens - IS THIS NOT DEMOCRACY? Are these not the fundemental bases for an ideal society, for the society we hope to attain? lf the world is ever to achieve its Utopia it must return to the Bible. lt must build its democracy from the source of democracies. True, the world today is dark and somber. But occasionally one perceives deeds of kindness, strokes for freedom, a striving for the ideal society. To us, Americans, the Liberty Bell is repre- sentative ot our dreams and hopes of a perfect democracy. It is this Liberty Bell, cracked but defiant, which anxiously waits for the time when its ring will proclaim a true redemption of humanity. It is more than a coincidence, testifying to the bond between the Bible land democracy, that on the Liberty Bell are inscribed the im- 1 m'o'rtal W6rdfJ'l5f theflBlble,'L'AND YE SHALL PROCLAIM A LIBERTY 1' THROUGHGUT TiclE9lJAlQ-i'D4F3Jt'4ltTCD1fALL THE INHABITANTS THERE- 7'0l:ll 28 Wu-Dv s--3-1.2 .1-in 3:-.i12' L ': 5 ' .-- . ..-, , 5,352.1-.fi SJ.: . . L ,-.'Q: .HI Qffnev. 25510-' v T 7 f A 53 The Chotlim - A Free Translation ol J. Kahn's Hebrew Poem - - by MENACHEM BLOCH The sun has already set, night shadows file into the dingy, poorly furnished room. A silence at once oppressive and foreboding prevails. At the table, in the center of the room, sit Dvasha and her son, the former sewing, the other engrossed in a large Gemorrah. So absorbed is Nathali in his studies that he forgets himself at times, and his youthful Talmudic intonations fill the room. The worry which has wrinkled his mother's face disappears, for to her, his words are as music. They invi- gorate her soul, her entire being swells with renewed love and content- ment. Ah, how truly blessed she is to have such a son born unto her. Yes, she was blessed, in him she had much to be thankful for - and yet it pains her that she cannot raise him as she would like to. This very moment she is patching his little iacketp nor is it the first time that it has had to be mended. lt is already too short and tight for Nathali, slte thinks, and winter is coming on too. What shall l do? She sighs and raises her head toward her precious one. Lord! His face - how pale and gaunt it looks! His fingers are so thin and his body is so wilted. How many illnesses have already visited his frail frame! She can testify that on more than one occasion he has wavered on the threshold of death. She fought for him, yes, she struggled and suffered that her dear one might live .... Now, he sits at her side, his little head buried deep in the Blot. She bends an enchanted ear to catch his words and again congratulates herself on having such a masmid for a son. So she stitches, the needle moving rhythmically up and down. Suddenly she pauses, looks up. Where is her husband? lt is strange that he has not yes arrived ? She turns to Nathali: Take a slice of bread and eat. No mother, rather let me wait for father to return, so that we may have supper together as usual. He turns, and reoccupies himself in his learning, his melodic voice again filling the chamber. The door suddenly bursts open and into the room rushes a tall, middle- aged man. His face is an ashen white and his entire body shakes. They--th--they are coming! Here, to this very room! Do you hear-- 54 they are coming? What shall we do? Dvasha turns pale. What has happened? Who is coming, Elkanah? They -the Chotfim , he cries. From afar I saw them, the informer and a stranger by his side! and maddened with terror he seizes Nathali, and shakes him, as if to convince himself that Nathali is still his. His eyes bulge from sheer fright, he turns in his steps, he sits down, he gets up... And Dvasha - she, poor woman, remains, momentarily thunder- struck, rooted to her seat. She has not budged from her seat since her husband brought her the evil tidings. Her face is death-pale, and her entire body shakes, when suddenly, impulsively, voicing a shrill cry of an- guish, she springs upon her only child, and with all the might of her rage, she pulls him to her bosom, and holds him tight - oh, ever so tight! No! It shall not bel No, I will not let them take my Nathali .... She stands firm, while tears soak her tender face. She is staunch in her motherly love, ready to fight to the bitter end. Nathali, dazed and bewildered, merely looks from one parent to the other absently. He does not understand - yet. Meanwhile, Elkanah paces impatiently around the room. What shall we do? Where can we hide him? Beneath the floor? Above the ceiling? In a neighbor's house, perhaps? No - no - it's to no avail. They'll find him and take him from us no matter what we do. Suddenly, a light dawns upon Dvasha's face, for she has conceived a plan. Not so, she cries exultantly, it is not as hopeless as we thought. I have an idea. We'll pretend that he is dead, and stretch him out on the floor. We'll light a candle, and attire him as a corpse. We'll fool them yet. They will believe that the Angel of Death has preceded them to the robbery of our child .... Still speaking, she begins her work, her husband, who quickly comprehends her thoughts, helps her. ln a twinkling, Nathali is on the cold floor, shrouded in a black shawl. A candle is placed by his side - not a light, but a dull, eerie glare does it diffuse about it ...... Dvasha comes to her son's side, and kneeling beside him, whispers warningly: Be sure not to move a limb! Do you understand? Do not ut- ter a sound, in fact, don't even breathe! The parents work feverishly. In another moment the house is over- turned. A pile of books is scattered carelessly about. The table and bench are tilted. Nathali's bed is smashed and on a chair before it, as silent proof of the tragedy, are the remnants of the useless medicines. .. . 55 Their grim preparation completed, the parents turn to each other, bewildered, for the stark awfulness of their gruesome occupation has dawned upon them. -This pile of blackness before them - what is it? There lies Nathali, they are mourning for him? What is the matter with them? For whom are they waiting? A heart-rending cry bursts forth from their lungs. The father wrings his hands, and from his eyes, gushes forth a stream of tears. The mother, with a piteous little wail, falls upon her knees, and turns to her Maker with tears and supplications. The room is filled with cries and mourning ..... The Chotfim and the informer come. With loud, profane words they smash into the room - and they freeze in their steps. Death, cold and heartless, stares them in the face .... The two unfortunates, in the presence of the men, hated more than Death itself, now feel as if their son really had died. They raise their voices even louder, scream and bemoan their fate - their words, while false, were yet true .... A minute of nerve wracking waiting passes, a minute that stretches into months, years, centuries. The suspense is tortuous. The father and mother feel as if they were hanging over an abyss ready to plunge down to their doom. They are sure that their hair has already turned white. Suddenly, the Chotfim walk out, saying nothing. The sound of voi- ces is heard in the corridor - now are they really safe? They wait yet another moment to be certain that the Chotfim have gone .... The solitary candle flickers on, the lengthening shadows on the wall distort themselves into hideous shapes. The house is wrapped in a deathlike silence .... Dvasha, first to regain her senses, tiptoes over to the window. First, she peers out to the distant horizon, then inward to the dimly, orange lighted chamber. Ah, they have really left us to our fortunes! Would that they r'ot in the southermost regions of Hell! See, Elkanah, we still have our son to reward us for our suffering. Turning to her child, she continues: Arise, my child. Those devils have already departed. Thank God, no one will ever try to separate us again. .... No responding voice, not the slightest move in the region of the bed .... What, laughs Dvasho, you have fallen asleep? Awaken! Ha, he actually slumbers on. And bending forward ioyfully, she carefully with- draws the cover from his face - his eyes - glassy, cold and hard!!! .... Letting forth a piercing cry, she seizes her Nathali's body, and shakes it, again and again, as if to ascertain whether or not the story those glaring, 56 lifeless eyes tell her is true .... He is dead! He is cold! He is frozen! she cries, wide-eyed, maddened by the dreadful sight. Do you hear? - dead! Quick, do something! With a roar, she drags her son to her, and pressing him to her breast, falls to the floor unconscious. . When she next opens her eyes, she sees a group of strangers about her. She recalls faintly, and yet does not recall, what had occurred. She turns upon them fiercely. You! Kidnappers, murderers, you have robbed me of my child! She springs towards them with clenched fists, but her knees fail her, and she topples forward to the ground. Then, she remem- bers all, and sobbing convulsively, passionately, she moans: No, l - l have killed him, l, unfortunate one. , X 'ff 'JZ 'g V J 4101145 J 57 Laughing With The ,lew - By i.EQ?NlARD ZJGN in order to alleviate the teeming turmoil of our mechanized existence it is essential that man occasionally enioy a mental catharsis. And what ccutti ci better outlet to a rnc:n's feeiings than humor? Sigmund Freud has pointed out that wit affords man an excellent outlet for his pent-up thoughts and emotions. The Jew, in particular, who has suffered contin- uous persecution through the ages has had to devise some means of ies- sening his suffering. Ever since the destruction of the second temple the Jew has been the scapegoat of the Gentile world. Although he was dri- ven from land to land the Jew did not lose faith in himself. He survivea, despite the diabolical schemes which attempted to exterminate him. The Jew has been able to laugh in the face of his oppressors because, adapted to his environment, he could criticize and ridicule with a happy counte- nance, The Jew who understands his heritage and tradition finds not only a refuge in his laughter, but sustenance and courage to fight on. The mirth of the Jew does not come to him spontaneously. lt is not an ouizome of the excitement of living or the mere exuberance of being. it may rather be compared to the weapon with which G-d has provided his crecztures whereby they have been able to survive the fiercs struggle for existence. He who is unjustly abused or exposed to the pangs of hate finds relief in ci pool of tears or, in the other extreme, a burst of humor. The Jew, fortunately, has chosen the latter. Speaking of wit as an outlet, Sigmund Freud has stated: I do not know whether there is another race that obtains as much pleasure out of its own shortcomings as the Jews. l Amid the saddest and most depressing environments we encounter the wit ot the Jew which seizes on the unexpected and places it before us in an attractive light. We discover his wit and humor, brief and sharply defined as a crystal. Different ages in Jewish History have, of course, produced different types of humor. The Eastern European Ghetto humorously expresses the iife of the poor .lew who undoubtedly suffered greater persecution than any of his fellow Jews. A circus once came to a Russian town. The next day, an lsraeiite met a fellow Jew on the street. You know, Reb l, l'VVn and lts Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud 58 Avrohom, he says, l'm going to take the next train to go out of town. 'lVVhy? Dont you know? A bear escaped from the circus and the police issued an order to shoot him on sight. i'So what of it? You are not a bear, are you? XNell, says the precautious man, the first thing, you know, they will shoot ci Jew. Then let him go and prove that he is not a bear. . I- The Haskalah period that followed has prociuced a face-slapping humor. The story is told of Moses Mendelsohri, the German-Jewish philosopher and critic, who was traveling in a coach from Munich to Berlin There were three students in the same com- partment. Noticing his Semitic physiognomy the youths be- gan to annoy him. Their efforts proved futile, for the famous writer continued to read his book carefully and paid no at- tention to their pranks. The youths, however, did not lose heart and as a last resort they addressed Mr. Mendelsohn in turn: Good morning, Father Abraham! Good morning, Father lsaac! Good morning, Father Jacob! You are mistaken, boys, replied Moses Mendelsohn. l am not any of the patriarchs at all. I am Saul, the son of Kish, whose father sent him out in search of the lost asses. l om glad that l found them much sooner than I had expected. From these few examples we see that besides alleviating suffering the humor of the .lew also has been a bulwark of defense againse Gentile bigotry. Rather than return a curse for a curse or a bludgeon for a blud- geon, the Jew found an efficient wesipon in tossing a ioke at his neigh- bor. One of the finer stories that indicates the Jew's ability and ingenuity to curb the pangs of hatred and intolerance is one that stems from America prior the great Russian-Jewish immigration. With aclroitness and diplo- macy the Jew could silence his neighbor with a smile. Years ago a Jewish merchant settled in a small South- ern town, where he opened a dry-goods store. l-le was the first lew ever seen in that community and the Christian children who had heard such horrible tales about the Jew dedicated themselves to the task of making the life 59 L of The soliTary lsraelife a burden To him. Wherever he wenT, They shouTed afTer himf Jew! Jew! One day The persecufed man placed The following ad- verTisemenT in The local paper: Boys and Girls, ATTenTionl! Tomorrow aT four o'clock l shall be sTanding in fronT of The PosT Office wiTh a large bag of nickels. Anyone who will come up To me and call me Jew will geT a nickel. Line forms To The righT side. - Max Rosenberg. The following day exacTly aT four o'clock There was a long line of boys and girls in fronT of The PosT Office building. Each in Turn came up To The despised man, called him Jew, received The promised nickel and was Told To come Tomorrow again. The nexT day when The happy youngsTers approached The Hebrew SanTa Claus and uTTered The magic word, They only received Three cenTs. This reducTion was raTher disappoinTing To The young gold diggers. YeT Three cenis was noT an amounT To be snuhed aT, cmd Therefore, when The benefacTor inviTed Them To reassemble The following clay, They accepfed his inviTa- Tion. To Their uTTer discomfifure, however, all They goT for Their service was The conTempTible sum of one penny. We aren'T going To call you Jewl anymore for one penny, persisTed The liTTle PhilisTines. All righT, you don'T have To, replied The Jewish mer- chanT nonchalanTly. And from ThaT day on nobody called him Jew! Today a new Jewish humor has arisen To give venT To The feeling of The Jew Toward The arch-fiend, HiTler. He fighTs The anTi-SemiTic germ Through self immunizaTion - mockery wiTh mockery - freeing The Jew from his Troubles Through healing self laughTer. There are counTless sTories To be found ilIusTraTing how The Jew has counTer-acTed The gush of anTi-Semifism in The modern world. The following anecdoTe shows how The Jew used humor as an anTidoTe To his daily Tragedy. During one of his venomous addresses on The Jews, HiT- ler noTiced ThaT someone occupying a fronT seaT was laugh- ing hilariously. This disTurbed HiTler greafly and when The address was over, he sent word To The sTranger ThaT he wished To see him in The adioining cafe. The sTranger reporTed. Aren'T you a Jew? asked HiTler. Yes, sir. Why Then were you laughing during my address? 60 Don'T you know That The Nazis are going To carry out all Their Threats against The Jews? I am Tully conscious of This danger and ThaT's lust why l laughed, replied The Jew. You see, we Jews have had enemies like you betore. .Pharaoh wished To enslave us and in honor of our redemption we celebraTe The beauTiTul Tes- Tival ot Passover. l-laman wished To do away with us and in honor of our escape we celebrate The ioyous Testival of Purim. The destruction ot every enemy has brought us a hol- iday. You haTe us even more Than Pharaoh or l-laman and I have Therefore been laughing in anTicipaTion of The great holiday which we are going To observe aTTer we get rid of you. Perhaps The time will come when The Jew will be able To Take his place with his Gentile neighbors and laugh with Them not in self-mockery but rather in self-pride. Again, perhaps, when The Jew will return To his ancient homelancl, he will no longer need his humor as an outlet from his miserable state, but as a means of enhancement To his peaceful ex- istence. It will no longer be an apologetic mocking humor, but The humor of a nation with its roots in a land of its own, a vibrant humor which will be The expression of a powerful creative people. ,Q W 61 K ' 1 i i I i l , L.i.Evl 1 l l , W' S.BLOOtv1 lv1.KAHN We present, in this Elchanite, dedicated to the principles of Democ- racy, 3 winners in the nation-wide essay contest, What Americanism Means To Me, sponsored by the American Magazine. Certificates of Honor were awarded to Samuel Bloom and Myron Kahn. Leo Levy received a special cash award. We take pride in the fact that three students of Talmudical Academy have succeeded in gaining national recognition. 62 Lo, I I-lave Wrought In Common Clay - by AVl7lL'M ORGAIXIICK It was fvlarch. The white romance of winter had passed, leaving only stain CYIIFIS of grey snow patching the hillside. A cutting wind slashed my cheeky yet cold as it was, there was a sweet taste of spring in it. I x ',f, is pushing through a strip of greenery, a park lining the rivor. It was late afternoon, an orange sun was iust sinking behind the grey cliffs across the water. Directly ahead stood a towering Colossus, a great bridge throwing a noble roadway high across the river to the opposite shore. I stood insect-like at the massive base of one of its giant towers. I gazed at the modern maze of intricate steel bracework soaring daunt- lessly upward. I thought of the men whose brains had planned it! the engineers at their slide rules, the mathematicians at their tables, the drafts- men at their charts. I thought of the men whose brawn had built it: the men at the cranes, the hoists and the pulleys.: the men at the riveting machines and the welding torches, the iciners, the fitters, and the steeple- iacks, the men who had wielded the sledge hammers and heard the sing- ing metal resound in their ears. I gazed at their work, their harmonies and counterpoints blended into a symphony in steel. I passed on under the sheltering roof of the roadway and out again into the 'failing sunlight. Once more I turned my eyes upward to the sky- scraping tower. Suddenly, as I stood marveling at the combined result of many men's efforts, an intense creatlve desire surged through me. It seemed to charge my hands with some strange new pulsating power which throbbed at my fingertips in search of an outlet. I clenched my fists savagely, stared at my idle fingers and cursed them. I thrust my useless hands into my pockets and trudged deiectedly along. The dirt path which I had been foflowing now led me upon a little rocky knoll where brittle crusts of snow wedged themselves among the bare brushes. I came upon ci little clearing in the shrub where the snow hiicl thawed out. I stooped down to dig my yearning fingers into the moist brown earth. In my craving desire to create, to build, to imitate in my own humble way those men who had built the gigantic bridge which towered above me, I molded a tiny brick of the mud in my hand. I viewed my creation triumphantly. I pressed out ci second brick between my fin- gers and then went on to form another, and still another. My fingers soon became deft at itg o sizable pile accumulated. I had created! My hands had shaped the formless. Now I could build. l stood up, stretched, and scanned my surroundings. A broad flat 63 face of granite rose from under the mud and slush to proiect over the wind- ing path below. Carefully I brought my unbaked mud brick to this high dry site. I lay out about fifteen of them in a circle. Upon this first row fl built up a slightly smaller ring of ten bricks which leaned a bit toward the center. As l lay the next row I could see the shape ofa dome taking place. Flushed by my promising start, l pressed on quickly and assuredly. More bricks were formed, new rings were laid out. I was working, l was building, l was happy. The sun, whose last rays purpled the clouds, had sunk. lt was twi- light. Un a flat rock iutting over a pathway in a park along a silver river squatted a tiny model shelter. ln the semi-darkness l could see the vague shape of some prehistoric mud hut. ,The haughty bridge tower, crowned by her twinkling lights, noble in her evening silhouette, looked down at the low clay at her feet. Yet it was that clay, the feeling of it underneath my fingernails, the fresh clean,smell of it on my hands, that had 'satisfied my desire to build. Some expressed that desire in steel. l, as my primitive ancestor, had expressed it in clay. Yet, whether we build titanic bridges of steel or tiny dwellings of crude clay, we, the builders, sense the ioy of creating and earn the repose of the worker whose house is built and whose iob is done. A brisk March wind blew in on the darkness. l tasted its sweetness and went home happy. :iq WVUI SQ ,i C I1 Ox 7- xx ' . N 'M N Xlxb gn ,-1 ? l llll line.---ir 4 il llll -nllllh' E 64 The By-Gone Days - by MONROE STRICKBERGER High above the snow-filled valley, standing on a little crag, the German professor looked downward. It was noon, and the sharp, clear air of the Tyrolean Alps made him think of those by-gone days when, as a boy, he used to climb as far as he could up this giant mountain, and gaze with won- derment upon the happy scene beneath. Smoke would curl up from the little cabins in the village. Sometimes he would see the horse-drawn runners going hurriedly from door to door as if on some very important mission. He would laugh because they were probably passing around the news of a new engagement party. VVhen he would come home and ioke about the new engagement, his mother would acution him never to laugh at such serious matters. Then his father would gaze up from his paper, puff at his pipe, smile, and say, ls it not so? He remembered the warmth of his home that used to reach out and enfold him before he had even opened the door. Laughingly, he remembered those days when, as a boy, he used to cry alone in his room, without sup- per, for having dunked the pigtails of his cousin Sarah in the inkwell on his desk. HQ supposed that little boys had been dunking pigtails since the day when little girls first wore them. He used to yell from the safety of his room, l'll do it again. l'll do it again. Those were small yet happy episodes in his life. The greater and the more poignant ones he recalled with much more clarity. The professor smiled when he looked back upon that day when he had received his appointment to the Chair of Philosophy in the University at Mu- nich. lt had been fun watching his cousin Sarah, and then his wife, trying to eat her soup with a fork. With a happy glow, the professor recalled the birth of his two sons. He had returned to the village and proudly shown off to his mother and father their healthy grandsons. They used to go back every year, until the village became a supply depot for the army trains going between Germany and Italy. With bitterness he recollected the fervor with which he had Taught the new Nazi doctrines in the years of Hitler's ascendency. German students - remember! To conquer is our destiny! War is our medium. We must win for the Fuehrer! Remember! Remember -those words haunted him, nev- er could he erase them. Who had it been who worote: 6 5 .... each man kills the thing he loves, The coward does t with a kiss The brave man with a sword ? Had he not killed with a kiss? A blasted coward was all he ever was. His own sons had trusted him and believed in him. One was dead, the other lay crippled in some stinking French hospital. His own wife had become af- raid of him. He had become tyrannical and like a demon. He would walk about the house bellowing like some puppet of Nietzche's, HG-d is dead! G-d is dead! G-cl is dead! Then, his wife had left him. Rumors began to circulate that he was crazy. He spoke no more to anyone. He had ex- ceeded fanaticism. He was dropped from his professorship. His mind was in a turmoil, contradictions continually exploded in his head. Now no long- er was he puzzled. The professor was chilled. Never had his mind seemed more clear. As if in prayer, he cursed the Nazi regime. Gazing once more from the crag, he noticed the steepness of the fall below him. The sun was fading slowly beyond the horizon when the German pro- fessor began the iourney down the mountain. He thought- .... For each man kills the thing he loves. Yet each man does not die. 66 W ...-., M, - 3 S E N I O R D A Y We've token over .... Kings for a day .... Terry Reichel hands out the Admits .... Nochmcn Bulmcn looks imposing .... The worm has turned.. . .The integrity of the T.A. student has been recognized. . .. 67 lim Coming .. -- by JACOB RABINOWITZ All his life he had been a good man. Pious and honest he had been trusted and respected by all. But now it mattered not. He was going to die in an hour, and nothing mattered anymore. Only that he was going to die, and that he didn't deserve to die. Executed by the state. Jerry Parish smiled bitterly as he remern- bered what his mother had told him, a long time ago, when man feared the G-d above him. Jerry, my little one, above all remember this. A righteous man can come to no harm because G-d is his watchman. This, mother dear, he thought as he looked past his cell window and saw only bare patches of the blue sky, proves you were wrong. Righteousness before G-d doesn't count anymore because man now thinks he is bigger than G-d. He began to pace his narrow cell. Three steps forward, turn, three steps back, and forward again. The dull monotony soothed his teeming mind and he began to think, slowly, laborously. How futile and barren has been my life. As a child l thought of nothing but the future, and now, as my future is about to become a thing of the past, I can think of nothing but the past. Though it is filled with horrible memories, and though it is soaked with the blood of old wrongs, I cannot escape the realm of yesteryear. And he began to think of his past. He relived the day he was taken into custody. How silly it had all seemed then, and how naively he had clung to that hope of the innocent - Justice. He remembered now how faithfully he had believed in his mother's principles of hope, of faith, of trust. He had believed, he had faith - until the day of the trial. Then, as he stood before the court and announced in his loud, clear voice, Not guilty, he saw the spectators rise angrily from their seats. He heard them mutter dire threats. He saw the iudge gaze at him, a look of supercilious disbelief spread over his stern features. Then, and only then, were his guileless eyes opened and he cried aloud in horror and self-pity at what he saw. This was a cruel and malicious world, indeed, a world in which none but the ruthless might survive. He remembered his last bid for freedom. He had faced those stony 68 faces of the iury and begged them to spare him. Sobbing, he had sworn l,' thc Almighty that he was innocent. Only silence, deafening silence was his answer and he knew he had lost. All knew he had lost and the verdict of the iury was merely for official purposes. One and all hailed this victory of Justice over this enemy of Society, and merriment was the order of the day. But for Jerry Parish the misery in his heart was echoed by the curses upon his lips. There were curses for the G-d who had made and forsaken him, and curses for man, his creatures, who had violated and desecrated His fair world. And now, as the sands of the hour-glass were running out, Jerry Pa- rish became more desperate. Was he not to be saved then by some Divine miracle? VVould He truly torment an innocent man? And he thought with that desperate frenzy which comesonly with the fear of death, Where have all my faith and trust disappeared to? Gone! I have lost my faith because I am doomed. I am doomed because I have lost my faith. And with my faith l've lost my life. He sat down on his iron cot and he fell deep down into the inky black- ness of total despair. For he had lost faith in G-d and man alike. The world which his mother had so carefully erected for him since his child- hood came tumbling down about him. No, there was no good, there was no evil. The wages of sin and the rewards of virtue were alike. Slowly, painfully, he came back to reality. He heard, as if in a dream, the scornful guard cry out, Sinner, prepare to meet your Maker. And he thought ruefully, Well, this is the end. Even if there was a G-d he could not save me. But he was disturbed. Those words the guard had uttered, Prepare to meet your Maker. And the iudge has said, May G-d have mercy on your souI. He could not forget them and he was disturbed. Suddenly surging through him came recognition and understanding. Man, evil, sinful man believed in G-d. He lived by Him, he swore by Him, he punished in His name. Then how could he, the personification of in- nocence, the courageous martyr not believe in Him. He saw now that Justice was being carried out. He was scorned and reviled in the name of Justice. Man iudged as he saw, not as G-d knew. Seeking Justice, man truly sought G-dp true, man made mistakes, as they had in his case, but G-cl atonecl for them. He was yet to get his iust reward. He was yet to reap the harvest of the good,but by His hand and by His means. Mortal Jerry Parish closed his eyes and prayed. They found him thus when they came for him, and as he was led to 69 the death chamber he muttered to himself, Steady now, man. Act the part. It will all be over in a second. And smiling happily, his features aglow with the shining light of a martyr, he stepped to the trap, still talk- ing to himself, lt will all be over in a second. And in a second it was .............. The Realm Of Death - by MONROE STRICKBERGER lnto the realm of death I fly, lnto a ghostly paradise, Where the clarkness doth efface The wail of moaning, earthly cries. Where the veiled, becloucled mountains Touch their heads to a tranquil sky, And at their feet the mists arise Like seraph bancls that wave and fly. Where l can waik the trodden paths That creep a solemn mountainside And pass the naked leafless trees That there in solitude reside. Where l can feel a whispered breath Of stillborn-blackness 'gainst my cheek, A sweetened draught to feed my soul ln thine solitude, O Death, I seek. 70 How To Sell Raffles And Alienate People - by CARMI CHARNY I am inspecting my wife's budget. lt is truly a revealing document on present-day customs and foibles. ln it I find the surprising items: charitable donations - 578.33 food - 58.00 What surprising and powerful magnet, I wondered, has succeeded in tearing away such a large sum of money from my wife's clutching fin- gers? But, of course, you know, it is the horde of scheming, conspiring so- cial workers, a cunning group that causes men, women and children to part with their hard-earned pecuniary assets. For centuries the social workers remained the most hated segment of society. There is no doubt that they have succeeded in garnering the root of all evil. But how much have they accomplished toward alienating their donors? The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to analyze the various means of soliciting money and to deter- mine which is most successful in alienating people. The catalogue of our social workers contains tea tete-a-tetes, parties, picnics, theatre outings, card parties, appeals, box collections, and raffles, as the principle means of amusing and pirating m'lady. Let us begin by an- alyzing the first four means. At the tea-parties and luncheons they gossip, eat, gossip, gossip, and sip tea. What would a woman rather do than cry. exchange recipes, and gossip? No, this will decidedly not serve our pur- pose. They actually enioy themselves. We must now, therefore, turn to another contrivance of the social work- ers' fiendish minds - appeals. It is true, that you feel tiny pangs of remorse at parting with a potential hat lor, as the case may be, a skirtl. But you re- ceive ample compensation. For on the platform staunchly stands the syna- gogue loudspeaker roughly chanting - Ha? Yeh! One dollar lemphatic pausel for Mrs. Goldberg lrising inflection and then decrecendol of. .eh.. 4-7th Street! lwlth a look of triumphl. Eyes stare at you enviously. Mouths begin to whisper. You look straight ahead. You shrug your shoulders in- clifferently. A slight tinge creeps into your cheeks and blends with the rouge. At the completfon ofthe services you leave the synagogue with your cheeks a bit reslder, your head a bit higher, your step a bit firmer - and your poc- ket book a bit emptier. But even so, this is your day, even though you have lost your skirt - or hat, as the case may be. Having eliminted the various parties we turn our attention to boxes 7 I icommonly appelated pushkehs l. You will find upon consideration that boxes are the most democratic means of soliciting money. The collectors approach anyone and everyone on the street. You are under no com- pulsion. You give if you please. And that sneaking suspicion that hund- reds ot eyes are peering at you, observing whether you give the few pen- nies, is merely an hallucination. No! All these means have failed to make the grade. But rattles are the answer to an alienator's prayer. Imagine, dear reader, for a mo- ment, that you are the typhoid Mary, that you are the transmitter of that pestilence to mankind - rattles. Imagine the tragic scene that takes place when you sell the victim the raffle and what torture and agony this raffle will later cause the innocent victim. Your friend enters the office. lmmediately a gleam lights in your eye, for you behold a prospect! You ask him about the wife and kiddiees. He answers. You ask him about the latest business deal. He answers. You ask him about the toreign situation. He answers. But already he begins to sense that there is an ulterior motive. He tries to leave. You detain him. Your hand reaches into your pocket .... He quivers, he stifles a shriek, he steadies himself for the eternal question, By the way, Norman, our lodge is running a raffle for a one dollar Waterman's pen. Would you mind buying one? You have him cornered. He can't refuse. He reaches into his pocket and with a nervous little smile says, Sure thing! You rip oft the rattle enthusiastically, you write his name in a frenzy, you grab his money, you pat him on the back, Thanks, old man. Poor Norman, his trials and tribulations are not over. He knows that he hasn't a chance of winning. Nevertheless, he takes it home and puts it on the table. His kids see it. They begin to argue as to who is going to get the prize. Norman loses patience and says he'll keep it. Mother ac- cuses him of partiality .... Dishes are broken .... scenes ,... scandals..At the next meal a strained silence reigns at the table. Another family has been disrupted. But the hope is kindled. The father takes the raffle and hides it un- der his pillow - He spends sleepless nights counting pens iumping over a fence. Then -- the date of the drawing is delayed - and so ad inti- nitum .... Alas, for until eternity - The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on to sign another rattle stub and to disrupt another happy family. 72 . . . .Somewhere in the hereafter there must be a special nook for these hm-m, criminals, yes, criminals, who sell rattles. A cozy little corner where they hang by their thumbs over seething cauldrons of rattle stubs. A warm, well-heated place where the angels announce a heavenly raffle, the win- ner to be liberated, and to enter the gates of Paradise. And then the drawing is postponed .... ad infinutum ........ CHESS THOUGHTS -- by LEONARD zioN Depth of thought and concentration, Complicated cerebration Long and patient meditation, 'Ere your man moves on the board. Slow and meditative planning, This move making, that move banning, As your chessmen you are manning, Makes a patient watcher bored! 73 Lin The liileaning Of Democracy -- by HERBERT N. SUSSMAN Three score and nineteen years ago, Abraham Lincoln said a few words which are as true tozicfy as they were then. This country, he said, is a na-- tion conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great .... war testing whether that nation, or any other nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. Vtfe cannot find a better analysis of the present war in so few wards, This war is not a war for commercial supremacy, nor is it a struggle for new markets orcolonies. It is a conflict of ideologies, a War of Sur- vivial between Totaiitarianism and Liberalism, between Dictatorship ana Democracy. Not that all the United Nations are liberal, rather that the outcc: :ci of this wzzr will decide which Ideology will prevail. Vie who are fighting on the side of right, as G-d gives us to see the right, hear the term Democracy often used, misused, and abused by our Eeaflers and misleaders. But do we, you and l, have any conception of the meaning of the word? Does Democracy mean undisciplined, cor- rupt, inefficient government such as is eigezztplified by Tammany Hall? Or does it signify government by the rich, the good, and the wise, as aolvof cated by Hamilton 81 Ca? Perhaps Democracy does imply weakness, indecision, and unpreparedness, as Hitler wants us to believe? X'Vebster defines Democracy as a form of government in which control is vested in the people, or, as Lincoln put it, Government of the people, by the people, for the people. But who are the people? lf we define the people as the whole body of citizens, how can it be said that one hundred thirty million beings, less than fifty million of whom go to the polls, and less than ct few thousand of whom take an active interest in government and politics, control the government? ln that case we must come to the conclusion that ultimate control is exercised by those few thousand, too of- ten regi.i:'cGoni'eci by corrupt politicians, such as Boss Tweed, Huey Long, or any other ward-heeler. But if such a government is really Democracy, is it worth fighting for? ls that what American men are dying for? lf this is not the real meaning of Democracy, we have to find a better definition. Pure Democracy is government by ALL the people. ln a society like ours, however, it is an ideal which we can never reach, but toward which we should always strive. Now all government is based on power. This power may be physical, economic, or intellectual. The form this power takes determines whether a government is, or is not, democratic. A dicta- tor exerts physical power over his people. Nineteenth century laissez- 74 taire government existed by virtue of the economic power which the rulers wielded over the ruled. What kind of power creates a Democracy? Dem- ocracy is that form of government in which the rulers are chosen because of their power to convince, without monopolizing the means to convince, a rcztlonally thinking, intelligent body of citizens that their government is best for the interests of the community. These types of government are evident throughout history, even through the short span ot American history each of them may be found. George the Third's unsuccessful experiments with his American colonies were in- tended to create a rule backed by the bayonets of Redcoats and Hessians. More successful was the similar attempt by the party that freed the slaves to enslave politically several millions of southern whites by the very peace- ful means of stationing Federal troops all over the South, for the dozen years following the Civil War. Closely following that form of Republican democracy came the era of Big Business. We should keep in mind the T896 election, when millions of workers were told by their bosses that they would not have to return to their iobs if Bryan won. The same economic coercion was used to run the government during what are sometimes known as the good, old days of Grant, McKinley, Taft, and the triumverate of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. The United States has had little experience with government by physi- cal force. Thus the opposition to Democracy has come mainly from the economic powers constituting the invisible government in the era of Big Business. Consequently, the only presidents who may be considered dem- ocratically elected are those who were chosen not only without the support, but against the opposition of the commercial, financial, and economic ru- lers of the country, the so-called Wall Street interests. In ll800, the Hfimiltonians predicted revolution, moral decline, and economic collapse if .lefterson were elected. Twenty-eight years later the finacial classes knew, feared, and fought Andy Jackson's negative attitude toward the Eastern bankers, represented by the United States Bank. Again, Lincoln's election was the immediate cause for the secession of the land-owning Southern aristocracy. After the turn of the century, Teddy Roosevelt had critensively used the Big Stick against the trusts when he defeated Judge Parker of Wall Street. In 1912, Wilson was nominated over Champ Clark who was supported by both Wall Street and Tammany Hall. Finally, Hoo- ver, laissez-faire, and prosperity-around-the-corner were defeated by Franklin Roosevelt, whom Wall Street and Big Business certainly did not and do not love, as can be witnessed by the substantial contributions by Ford, Morgan, and DuPont to the campaign chests of Hoover, Landon, and Willkie. lt may be interesting to ncte that the men we usually consider the greatest chief executive of the country were all elected because of their intellectual, rather than their economic power over the electorate. 75 Democracy, therefore, or the form of government nearest to that ideal, is government by the representatives of a rationally thinking, intelligent electorate, uninfluenced by physical, economic, or otherwise coercive factors.. Add to this government by reason, equality, social and economic as well as political, and we will have a system near perfection in govern- ment. . . . . We are not nearly rid of the economic power as a factor in govern- ment. But a good start has been made. lt is the hope of every true believ- er in Democracy that the victory of the United Nations will greatly advance the cause of true Democracy. lf it accomplishes the task of instituting a true Democracy, then we may proudly say with Milton: .... Peace hath her Victories, No less renowned than war. Y AW., .Ne 2 7 6 ...I HA VE SET BEFORE THEE...LIFE AND THE GO0D...DEATH AND THE EVIL - by NATHAN BULMAN And before the beginning there was only a void, an absence of all entity. There was only G-d. And He, who is omnipotent, was desirous of giving impression to His prowess, of transforming nothingness into entity, of giving form and con- tent to the void which was permeated by His presence, of infusing Life into the inanimate. So there were created myriad concordant bodies, all of which were blended with harmonious perfection, to form a coalescent whole - the Universe. There was the Divine will, that on one of these multitudenous bodies, the Earth, there should be implanted - life, not single, not uniform life, but life varied and manifold in form and composition. In man life was expressed in its highest form, for man was created ln the image of G-d, with a celestial spark. While lower animals could merely comprehend, man was endowed with the ability to think, to create. Lower animals could use whatever mental power they possessed, merely to preserve their material existnce, the earthly body of man, however, was to be well kept only to foster the well being of its inhabitant-the mind. lt was to be the task of man to suppress the beast in his nature, and to preserve and enhance his spiritual, the G-d inherent in him. Only by so living, olny by so appreciating the nobility of his task, and striving to accomplish it, could man be worthy of occupying the exalted position which has been reserved for him in the scheme of Creation. But man was rebellious. He wished to defy the purpose of his Maker. He stifled completely every humane aspiration that stirred within him. Man gave free reign to his courseness, to his bestiality. Man utilized his intel- ligence, not to further the well being of all mankind, but rather to devise more deadly methods of waging warfare against his fellows, so that, by subiugating them to his will, he might satiate his lust for power. ln the place of G-d, his omnipotent Creator, he worshipped deities made of stone and wood. 77 Man failed to accomplish his task. He forsook his trust. Then it was that one people, Israel, was chosen to be the moral guide, the preceptor of all humanity. For G-d had seen the evil which man had implanted on earth, and so, that humanity might not destroy itself, He gave to the peoples of the earth a code of behavior, the Torah, in accordance with the principles of which they were to lead their lives. And although not all the tenets and precepts of the Torah could be understood, never- theless as a composite whole they were calculated to instil in man the noblest concepts of conduct: to teach man how to live. But man refused to submit to restraint, to prohibitions. Man wanted to be free to live instinctively, not rationally. He had not the moral strength to inhibit his animal nature, so that he might become a higher being. Of all the nations, lsrael alone accepted the Torah, and Israel there- fore became the Chosen People. Through the ages man subsequently ate, hungrily, voraciously, from the fruits of the tree of knowledge. In every field of technical and scienti- fic endeavor, man's achievements flowered. Yet, though he learned so much about life, though he eventually developed complete philosophic and ethical systems to preserve his very existence, he never utilized his know- ledge to fol'ow the true way of life. But if thy heart turn away .... ln a small German town, there lived happily, respected and honored throughout the world for his literary achievements, a brilliant German- Jewish writer. ln his life there was exemplified all the refinement which characterized German culture and civilization. But while he was Jewish with all his being, he had, still in his early youth, ceased to consider him- self a Jew. While a student at the university, he had been inculcated with the spirit of the age, with the modern concepts of enlightenment, of liberalism and progress. He had come to look with disdain upon the filthy, unedu- cated, ill-mannered Jews of the small Polish towns. ln their narrow-minded outlook and in their bigotry, they had refused to modernize and educate themselves, thereby retarding their own salvation. He came to the conclusion that a new era was dawning for humanity, 7 8 that in this modern day and age mankind had advanced too far to subiec! people to persecution merely because their ancestors had been adherents of a particular faith. The Jews, he felt, need but leave their filthy ghettos, need but discard their ridiculous garb, need but renounce their antiquated way of life and their salvation would be achieved. Consequently, he thoroughly assimilated himself. He became educa- ted and cultured in a worldly sense. He sought to cultivate only the friena- ship of non-Jews, and in a short while he completely forgot his lewis! heritage. Possessing an admirable literary talent, he became a writer. ln the course of but a few years he became famous throughout the world. l-lis novels were translated into almost every language, and they were read in almost every country under the sun. His life was indeed a fruitful one. He was happy and content. Then came Hitlerism. ln the course of but cz few months all his f-:sith in the approaching salvation of humanity, all that he had ever believed in, his entire way of life, was shattered. Persecution of the .lews was renewed with a savage brutality, a thoroughness which had never been known be- fore. At first he thought that these were only the actions of cut-throats and bandits, but the painful realization soon dawned upon him that almost all of his cultured and educated friends were acquiescing to the violation of their mutual faith. When they passed him on the street their eyes were downcast, or else they looked at him - with hate. He was, however, personally but little affected by this persecution. Through the aid of friends he was soon able to escape Germany and come to America. Here, banquets and celebrations were held everywhere in his honor. A South American government presented him with a spacious mansion, where he could reside quietly, serenely, unmolested, where fe could carry on his work anew. But he could not start life over again. He no longer had a way of life. He :cw that mankind was destroying itself, for the world still had not learned how to live, despite all of its cultural and scientific progress. He could not understand how G-d, who was the incarnation of good, could ifttplcant :cw much evil on this world. He no longer had the will to live, he despaired of G-d and his life. One morning he and his wife were found in each others' arms...dead. They had committed suicide. lt could not have been otherwise. Their drearf world had died, and they died with it. This writer's name :night 79 have been Stefan Zweig, or it might have been any one of hundreds of other names, but that is of little consequence to our story. Therefore Chose Thou Lite... ln the ghetto of Warsaw there lived an elderly Jew, one who typified the maiority of Polish Jews, one who knew not the ways of the world, one who adhered tenaciously to the faith of his forefathers and to their way of life. The call of emancipation from the outer world had never reached him. Even before the Nazi conquest of Poland he had not been too well off economically, but the was happy and contented with his lot, and he thanked G-d for what he possessed. But then the hoards of barbarians from the West swept into Poland, and in the course of three weeks, completely overran that uphappy coun- try. During the bombardment of Warsaw from the air, a missile struck his house and his two sons were instantly killed. He and his wife, however, received only minor bruises from which they soon recoveed. Three weeks after the Nazi occupation of the city several German soldiers entered the wretched hovel which was now his home, and their commander dishon- ored his wife before his own eyes. ln the course of several weeks his raven black hair had turned white. But he never for one moment harbored the intention of taking his own life As he contemplated how little man had done to achieve his task on earth, he understood that his own way of life was the only true one, that if the purpose of G-d in creating man was not to be undone, Israel, who repre- sented the way of life would never be destroyed. He now understood why the world had been plunged into a conflag- ration. He understood now that the evil which man planted on earth was being uprooted with fire and sword, that man was paying for his crimes. Never for one moment did he doubt that through these sufferings man would ultimately learn how to live. Never did he doubt through these sufferings the salvation of mankind would ultimately be achieved. 80 THE BLACK PLAGUE -by MONROE STRICKBERGER From the tepid heart Of the sing-song East Arose a wind of fire, Dressed in black The plague .... The death Killing lofty man And lowly beast. As one, in death. It gave a gentle touch And where it touched It left .... The Plague .... The Death. lt killed the beast ofthe land, The fish of the sea, The bird of the sky, This wind of tire Blowing From the East. Deep in that tepid heart It rose, And devoured the strength Of the East, its host. lt moved on, shrouded ln the black .... The death, From a dying East To a living West, By caravan to Tauris And from thence To dancing Venice And gay teeming Alexandria To Cairo and Avignon To London and Munich To put a world to rest ln death. 81 ,llll.ll ,l... ... - ,i.l.. Your Dav l- , ... l- - , .l.. .. .l..1l - YOUR DAY - -by IRWIN FINKELSTEIN ln this story I'll try to relate the tale Of iust a plain fellow who's weary and pale Because he decided a chochum ' to be, And go to Talmudical Academy. N'Ve will take any one ofthe days of the week, When darkness makes things look especially bleak, The reason for darkness can plainly be seen, Or rzther it can't - for the sun hasn't been. Under the blankets you comfortably curl, And dream that you're kneeling and wooing your girl, And iust when you're about to tell her-she's the only one that matters .... An awful noise the silence shatters! An alarm clock is clanging under your head, f nil what is worse you're home in bed! But worse of all - today's a new clay, ln which you must pacify N.B.A. New trials, no triumphs, new troubles galore, Until you fear you can bear it no more. 83 'Tis a shame and a pity that thus must it be, But it does you no good to fight fate's decree So you creep out of bed and get dressed in a trance, You put on your shirt and you put on your pants. You glance at the clock-you're on the spot, lf you rush you can make it-otherwise not. You're in such a rush to get down the stairs You almost forget that shoes come in pairs. The dressing completed, the washing deleted, You fuss and you cuss till you're well over- heated, As soon as you're finished with Tfillin and YQU mugT PALIFY praying, N.B-A. 'F' . . Q I . L Coffee again, ma, l'm lute. You gulp i' down - slam the cup on the table-scoop up your books - tumble through the door and down the steps. Out of the house at la-t! Now the race. Time, tide and the sub- way mort for no man. Much less you. So you rush. Faster. If these people didn't czlxvays get in you way! The nickel! Where is it? You fumble through all your pockets for the elusive slug. Stupid idiot! Why didn't you prepare ci nickel the night before? Wait, - ah, yes, there it is. Now to find an unoccupied turn- stile. There's one. You ram the nickel down You sit at the table and find yourself saying- 1, '. K .65 i Y wu t' n X 1 ' 00:9 ot. 0.3: I . li.. I the throat of the unsuspecting machine. lf those only books weren't in the way! There... You arrive at the door, but it's shut in your face. ln the process you forfeit the tip of your nose, A flap of your iacket and bits of your clothes. You crumple before you get inside, Get ready, son, you're in for some ride. A speck, a mist, a shape, you wist - 84 You dive for the seat but your nose hits a fist. You stand. A sardine can is heaven. They don't support you around the curves, so you hold on to the straps. Right hand on strap, weight on right foot, Shift. Sway. Left hand on strap, weight on left foot .... Shift. Times Square pulls up to the train. People go out. Peo- ple come in. Whew, sit down! After resting your weary legs, you're cii' a loss as to what to do. You could, you suppose, study math, but - but - lthink of a gcozl one, quickl you might strain your eyes reading on the train. So you sit back and watch the stations go by. Seventy-two and ninety-six, if you come late you'll be in a fix. One hundred ten and one hundred sixteen, you might have a chance, unless the secretary's mean. One fifty-seven and one sixty-eight, you'll have to push the train if you expect not to be late. ...And iust when you think you're about to burst, You open your mouth - lT'S ONE EIGHTY FIRST! Run clown to Audubon through St. Nicholas, Youve done it so often you're gosh darn sick of this, Chase up to Amsterdam, passing by Audu- bon, Ey lateness you're haunted, by autos you're roared upon. 'Till finally comes like That great institution a balm to your nerves -- the public serves:- Vlfhere the pupils sweat and the teachers play- Can it really be? There's Harry's! lt is T.A. T.A. - not a bad looking place, when you look at it from the right angle - from the outsicle. You suddenly remember that you're on the brink of d'etre en retard, 85 you rush up the stairs, burst into class, only to find that the attendance roll has iust been handed in. Another day late. You get checked off, and sit down in class exhausted. The first period is hard, but by the second your mind tires, by the third you retire to the back of the room to sleep it out. The fourth involves a change of class, so while walking wearily from one room to the other you look out the window. Nice day. Spring. Sun. You on- ly have two cuts in Bible. One more can't hurt. All of a sudden you're more tired than ever. You decide that lunch will pick you the door. f ' x AU DU DON 4 X D -G51 The scene that confronts you, resembles closely The morning rush hour. Some students ver- bosely Discuss everything while eating their food. At small crowded tables, others iust brood. You pick up a ticket, squeeze through the mountain Of your fellow students, to get to the foun- Q5 tain. -6 By the time you've your food it's been up. So into the self-service cafeteria. Open ly fi x l? , 1 X i U W p,,.,3 L 1 mashed to a pulp. So you down it at once with a masterful gulp. You eat like a madman, rush, pay your check, Run up to class to get it in the neck, - l'm sorry, Yehudi, you'll have to go down for can admit. Eifzhausted and irre- vocably defeated, you slump downstairs step by step. A little brown door confronts you. You open it. A little freshman rushes by with a small white piece of paper in his hand shouting, l got it! You walk inside to hear a gruff throaty voice call out, Next. You tremble in. A small stolid man with a bored expression on his face sits there as if to say, Well? What have you got to say for yourself, but you might as well not say 86 it because I've heard it all before. So you say it anyway. You decide a change in technique. This tfme you'lI tell the truth. l'm sorry Yehudi, that's no excuse, Nor would another be of use. Yehudi, with me you cannot be a liar, Yehudi, I tell you, you're playing with fire! Nevertheless on the condition Of no further cuts you will get your admis- sion. lFor after all, you pay tuition.l An unexcused admit. Averted hath Been Mr. Abrams' fiery wrath, And iubilantly you walk into Math. At the board stands a teacher fluently lec turing, Changing some figures and quickly coniec turing, lt could be a five or maybe a ten. Vlhat does the answer book say again? Eleven? Let's see., Yes, that's right. This is three. The answer is obvious, as you can see, lWith a gleam in his eyes quite triumphant- lvl And all the class quotes, Of course, obvi- ously. 87 And now, are there questions? The class understands? Half of the class are up with their hands. 'iSin:c there are no questions, we'll go right ahead. The class looks astounded, nothing is said. S For ci moment they're quiet, for all are quite peeved. And iust as he starts, the teacher's relieved By the sound of the bell. The prof. heaves a sigh. 'Wipes his forehead while fixing his tie. ln the hall bedlam reigns As the discipline squad feigns To keep the boys in order, For all T.A. is gushing Cut of classrooms, and they're rushing:- Pushing through the corridor They've two minutes and no more So they pull and they maul Anil they holler and they call. Then as the bell rings, the tumults subside, And all of T.A. in their class rooms abide. You walk into room 201 and sit down, And prepare for a period minus a frown. The table is empty without any flaws, Except for a Ginger Ale, empty, and straws. Enter a man with his hat on his ear, 8 8 He sits down on his desk as if he had no care, Round the edge of his table he winds his feet, Never once contemplating using his seat. Did l ever tell you of my cousin Pusky - Short for Paskudniak-who was very husky? You can lead a horse to water but a pen- 'i cil must be led, And with that he screws his mouth round and his face becomes quite red. All his iokes are full of corn, but they get a certain grace, Every time that he repeats them with a new twist - on his face. Enioying yourself, the bell rings too soon, And you enter the hall as you whistle a tune. You have a late admit, so early why come? fThis logic follows as two follows onei Five minutes after the class' beginning ln you walk happily, practically grinning A tall individual, thin and grim Whose bones hang quite loosely round Cl-1 bout him, Whose neck cartileges are fastened by A royal blue color and purple tie, Whose nose and whose mouth together are tied By a firm black mustache, stands at your side. Like an upside down V , the one of his feet 89 ls rested at length on the cracked wooden seat. The other appendage he rests on the floor, And glares at your face 'till you're scared to the core. He takes the admit, stares at it, and soon you hear him say After great deliberation, Un-ex-cused, Ehhhy? You stand there rooted in your tracks by that majestic frown, 'Till uprooted by Crescendo, Well, don't stand there - s-i-t D O W N You do But The period continues and you do not say a word For fear the indignant pedagogue will give you the bird. So you listen and you hear resounding from the walls, Make a report, do a proiect, take these notes, the prof calls. The class lists to assignments that are given by the ton Resolving formly that they will not bring back one. in the back of all the shouting and his manner icy cold You sit there and think that he has a heart of gold. And in spite of looking at you iust as if his eye's a dart, You think that all in all he's got your interest in his heart. But enough of worrying self about your teacher and his duty, lt is high time that you woke up for the bell has rung, Yehudi. So you get up very slowly and you cross the narrow ford, There's an up-brimmed-harted man who is writing on the board. 90 So every one gets sezttesl and assignment copies down- Not a word is saicl on either side until the prof turns around. A clean cut fellow. Daintily dressed. And very nice indeed. Until he starts talking at his mile a minute speed. Fifteen minutes after he's begun in that same monotone He thinks he'5 Speaking to the class, but real- ly he's alone. For some are with MacArthur, fighting ,laps and other rats, And some are wondering when they'lI ever get their senior hats. ' 0Ul,0Ul,VlDLEx . E I t ,A cgzfsmf a N. li i l -J t 5 g N--,-'.e' When the bell rings, a collective sigh of great relief is heaved For the class was waiting for it, by its tinkle they're relieved And they file out, one by one, to the Cinq- uieme period class As they wonder how on earth they'll ever manage to pass. Back to 201 - the period's begun. This time a tall man well dressed, hand- some, whose tie and hankie always contrast with suit and shirt, enters, with a box of chalk grasped in his hand. He starts muttering and nasalizing in French lyou thinkl and when you 91 ask him, oh so politely, what he is talking about, he says, Monsieur Lefkowitz, vous comprenez francais comme une vache espag- nol. Very touching. More than touching. Scrapping. Absolutely biting. And cold. Brrr. No use thinking of something to ans- wer back. He's always two steps ahead of you anyhow. So you take it. lt's not so bad, anyway. He always smoothes it over with a half-friendly, half-honeyed, sarcastic smile. Sometimes he socks you and makes you like it. Quirk of human nature. Have to-Rrring! You pick up your books, and walk through the halls, Afeeling of tiredness over you falls. But there's one period, what the heck,- To be at your teacher's call and beck. But what a period! to yourself you exclaim, When you get out of this one you're never the same. You're always infected with a certain kind of dizziness. Bnt enough of self-pity. Now get down to business. -PLL So you sit down, adiust your compatriot's Poet's license no. 386579 92 back To make sure the prof will not guess at the stack Of books that conceal your wide open text Which you have held ready, in case you're called next. As you look round the room you're amused to see, That each one has his book hidden different- ly. One has his book in his desk, cover peeled. Another has his on his seat well concealed. As the class, oh, their riot, so slowly, calms down from And they try, finally, tor a semblance of quiet, A nasalized voice chants Sit da-own - dop dawkingf' And you at your seat hear the whole class still squawking. But finally sounding like troubled by sinuses His voice rings out threatening the class with some minuses. The class quiets down. On the book he relies In asking you questions. And from the book replies. But he questions a student whose book's not at school And the class is quiet, wondering, but the stu- dent keeps cool He motions to the guy whose duty is teachers to baffle, And the boy comes up with, Sir, l have sold for you a raffle. That reminds me, he begins, I would like to find all told Just how many single raffles every one ot you has sold. When l call your name iust tell me the amount to a T Of rattles you have sold, and the rest leave up to me. On he rambles, still explaining when and how to raise your hand 93 Till unless you're one that wouldn't, you lust had to understand. By the time l1e's finished talking, you're more tired than before The period started, when you could be tireol no more. And you sweep up the books, fly down the stairs And you sweep up the books, fly down the stairs Push by each student without any cares Down through Amsterdam through Audubon Still by autos roared upon ln and out of the el'vators still in a rush Down the stairs, in the train, by people you brush. Flop right down in the seat and fall right a- sleep Till your station's right upon you, your eyes dont even peep. You get off the subway wherever you're at And squeeze through the turnstiles for now you are not fat You speed all the way to your house in the run A more beautiful home in the world there is none. L fNf'N And you do not rest till you re well inside Holy smokes Nc' that was sor' ride' Y ln this story l hope Ive related the tale Of iust a plain fellow who's Turned weary and pale Because he decided a Chochum to be And go to Talmudical Academy ...... DEUDED A 'Uxocuun 'FO BE 94 HCTIVITICS A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Tradition has it that all messages from the president must begin with .... For the first time .... 5 so I guess this one will, too. For the first itme in a long time the student body has witnessed a coopeating, functioning, and successful student government. Because of the close cooperation and school spirit of the Executive and Student Councils, our extra-curricular achievements have surpassed all former years. This term, law and order have dominated the General Organization meetings because of the adaption and use of Talmudical Academy's first constitution. IEd. note - And the president's personality.l Agenda were instituted at the meetings to eliminate waste of time and to deal with most important and pressing problems first. G.O. membership reached a height never before thought of- 96 per cent. G.O. funds were used intelligently and close to a hundred dollars have been left for next term. Our school basketball varsity completed the most successful season it ever had. The highlight of the many games being the trouncing of Morris H. S. Our mighty mites from the Heights under the inspiring coaching of Hy Wettstein, outshone all but themselves by making the unbelievable record of I2 wins, a record which remains to be broken. Not only have we shown the outside world our athletic prowess, but also in the field of oratory do we excel. Our inter-scholastic debating team climaxed an amazing schedule by defeating the invaders from Camden, New Jersey. Ai' home, the various appointed officers carried out their iobs faith- fully. Topping them all was the concert bureau, which FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ANNALS OF T.A. brought in a tidy profit. Running neck in neck was the ACADEMY NEWS, which astonished all with its scoop of the first Senior day in T.A.'s history, and the scoop of the Arista members. An- other accomplishment of the G.O. was the taking over of the high-school lockers in order to increase the G.O. treasury. In the entertainment field, an all-star varsity show and class-nite is on the road to fame. Last, if not least, the best ELCHANITE - ever yet - has been issued. As president of the G.O. may I say that it has been a pleasure and an honor to preside over the Student Council meetings which made history in the short period of one term. And so I give my thanks to you, the stu- dents of the Talmudical Academy, for your altruistic and full-hearted sup- port in assisting me to make this term's General Organization a goal for all future administrations to attain. So hats off to you, the T.A. boys, who have made all this possible. - Solomon Reichel 96 5, REI CH E L c!Ore51Zfe1fzZ NW fs, .ORQ.?7f65- N mee CCHARNY gfck. fd LOUM M G0 .YS ' O ggevffm-77 mffiggifi - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL - 9 7 - STUDENT COUNCIL- JA N U A R Y PRESIDENT: S. Reichei. Vice-president: A. Orgonitfq. Trezasurnzf I. Finkelstein. Secretory: S. Bloom. Athletic Mongzger: N.. Coocimon. EI- chcmite ecliior: C. Chcxrny CLASS OFFICERS: I. S. X'Vc:'l3r M. Fe'f er 2. B. Ifreo'1. Bw-Iiorzirtn .-2. D. I.ev i- son, A. Rwppng'-oa'i' ff. N. Seodstefn, CS. I-Ionirafiiiz 5. M:miIeIF:ofs', G. VYIOLT 6. .L Gr-vscmftn, IN. Stifern 7. '.. Mfvsky, M. Tcniior 8. E. Perlow, M. Rosen. S E P T E M B E R PRESIDENT: M 5Iricfi'f: -er. I!f:f:firoi?i'1iT M. f?ox I2'w. Treas- urer: M. Kohn Secreffiry: A. Orgtmick. Afhfefic Manager: ri. Goodman EIfImniIe editor: C. Chcsrny. CLASS OFFICERS: I. A. Sfern. I-I. Dolcsnsky 2. M. Kronenberfi, E. Rosen 3. N. Seoelstein, H Aihssky 4. A. Weiss, VV. Segelsfein 5. H. Schopizo L. Zion 6. S. Reichel, M. Lifshifz 7. I. Rcbinowiiz, Vf. Hulkower 8. R. Levy, W. J. Flexo. 9 8 - ELCHANITE STAFF - EDITOR: CARMI CHARNY ASSCCIATE EDITC RS: A. Organick, I. Finkelstein IIUSINFSS NlAl'IACER: Leon Mfrslxy ASS'T.: S. Reichel ART EDITOR: P. Peyser TECH. EDITOR: D. Lifshitz LITERARY STI' FF: M. F-Iaclz, V. Geller, T. Comet, N. Bulman, N. Sussman L. Z'on, I. Finkelstein, J. Rabinowiiz. BUSINESS STAFF: S. Krinsky, S. Adler, I. Perlow, M. Kramer, M. Good man. N. Schuchatowitz, S. Blah, S. Green, .l. Sherman, J. Rabinowitz, S Sopher. ART: A. Tannenbaum, B. Gopin PHOTOG. STAFF: S. Adler, R. Wolkomersky 9 9 - INTER-SCHOLASTIC DEBATING - As always, debating was second to none, as far as school interest and school participation are concerned. Out ot a team of twenty, two teams of two each were chosen to participate in the Queens College Debate Tour- nament. After being coached by Mr. Lichtenberg, Zion and Charnyj Bloom and Rabinowitz, entered the contest, and taking all obstacles into consi- deration came out very highly. Lenny Zion, fall term chairman, led the team to other victories. During the spring term, in which Mortie Rosen took over the chairman- ship ot the society, many debates were held, the outstanding victory being the one over the invaders from Camden on ese topic: Resolved, that Anti- Semitism is basic an ineradicablef' Mr. Rosen and Mr. Charny performed creditably and brought home a unanimous victory. Strongly established as a permanent organization, the society looks forward to more and better debates next year. l0C - DRAMATIC SOCIETY - The crowning triumph in T.A.'s history was achieved when the newly- formed Dramatic Society, under the chairmanship of Leon Mirsky, made a successful debut before a Tremendous crowd at Lamport Theatre this Spring. The boys of T.A. contributed their talents toward a choir, short subiects and two main plays, a riotous comedy, Deep In the Heart of Moscow and a rip-snorting, heart-rending melodrama, The Lives and Loves of Angela Upright. The show, produced by lM.C.l Mirsky, l lch Shvitz l Reichel, and l An- gela Charny, and starring l Tasha l Perlmutter, l Yusha l Cohen, l Boots'l Kramer, l hero l Organick, and l Coises l Finkelstein, proved a stupendous Success. A great measure of the success was due to the voluntary co- operation of Miss Mariorie Lichtenberg, for make-up, and of Dave Twersky for lighting and coaching. In all, it was a gala evening which has gained for T.A. a lasting reputation. More than the momentary success, however, is the fact that this hit firmly established the Dramatic Society as a permanent organization in T.A. Officers have already been chosen and plans are being formulated for the next production. 101 A A 1 - ACADEMY NENNS - Two f'reftfcs'1fc1'Tf steps were made in the past year on the ACADEMY NEWS. During the editorship of Pearlstein and Grossman, our school pa- per, for the first time, was printed in book form, 3 columns on both sides. During the regime of Robinowitz, Hulkower and Lifshitz the ACADEMY NEWS was extensively illustrated. Scooping Class Nite and the new Ar- ista, has made the ACADEMY NEWS a true school newspaper informing the students of what is going on, expressing student demands and giving a chance for literary expression to the students at large. The ACADEMY NEWS has fulfilled its tczsls this past year as a true school organ. 102 - CONCERT BUREAU - T.A. boys were seen at many top-flight radio entertainment programs this yeiir through the services of the Concert Bureau in procuring compli- mentary tickets. NVe extend our thanks to Mr. Schuchatowitz and his start for their untiring efforts on behalf of the school. NV. SCHUCHATOXfVlTZ, Chairman. Committee: S. Adler, l. Weisel, E. V-'cfic, B. Goldman, A. VVeiss, P. Strassberg. l O 3 - PLAYROOM SQUAD - ' I Since its GENESIS in l939', the students in the entrance cmd EXODUS to the playroom managed by Red Hulkower and Irv Perlow, LEVITICII, have exceeded the NUMERII of attendance of all previous years according to the DEUTERONOMY of Doc Shapiro. In short, more visitors. All this despite the ffict that in January, the G. O. made the great sacrifice and gave up the playroom to Civilian Defense. But not in vain, for it contract- ed to use the College Playroom from one to six every day. The new quart- ers with more light, air, space with new ping-pong tables and with an effi- cient staff successfully accomodated all the students who came there to seek recreation. SQUAD MEMBERS: lSeptemberl R. VV. Hulkower, Levi, M. Lifshitz, J. Rabinowitz, L. Wolf, G. Wolfe. Uanuaryl: I. Perlow, M. Lava, A. Perlmutter, R. Levy, S. Margolis, M. Meyorowitz, A. Chomsky, N. Goldstein. 104 . . 5 -LIBRARY- Progress is not the word for the advancement made by the Talmudi- cal Academy library in the past year. A super efficient library staff under the active supervision of Dr. Beniamin D. Shapiro, with the aid of a cooper- ating student body, made the 2000 circulation attained possible. ln contrast to the 100 volumes the library had at its start, it has now accessioned over one thousand four hundred volumes, including a large reference section virtually necessary for high-school work, and a pamphlet collection now ready, which will be available to the student body next fall. After the war the library expects to install itself also in the room it has given over to Civilian Defense. Today, with a new system of lighting, with new tables, chairs, paintings, with the addition of several hundred volumes, the library has firmly estab- ilshed itself as a high-school library copious enough to fill all the needs of students' library work. Credit for this marvelous advancement is due mainly to the untiring efforts of Dr. Shapiro anc! to the incessant work of S. Zeides, chief librarian. 105 1 9 .1 V E , I J - DISCIPLINE SQUAD - Under the captaincy of Yitzie Finkelstein, Red Hulkower, and the Boys from Cleveland, the I94I-I942 discipline squad came out on post this year to make a remarkable transformation in the halls of T.A. As ot yore, the discipline squad working in collaboration with the sanitation squad not only kept decorum in the halls but aided in keeping the school clean. The student body owes a vote of thanks to Yitz , Red , Ted, and Mike for their untiring efforts on behalf of the school. SQUAD MEMBERS: Uanuaryl W. Hulkower, I. Perlow, I. Finkelstein, M. Goodman, M. Dubin, J. Rabinowitz, M. Lifshitz, H. Schapiro, D. Younger, T. Comet, M. Senders, K. Siegel. lSeptemberl: I. Finkelstein, M. Goodman, A. Organick, S. Green, V. Geller, C. Charny. I06 1 , , ,, I L 'T - Hi 7 YT to - ATHLETIC COUNCIL- Working as a strong integrated unit, under the direction of the ath- letic manager, M. Goodman, the athletic council accomplished a great deal this year toward the furthering of intramural ping-pong, punchball, and basketball. ATHLETIC MANAGER: M. GOODMAN PUNCHBALL: E. Plotsker BASKETBALL: V. Geller PING-PONG: I. Perlow PUBLICITY: L. Bernstein Emil Rabinowitz, Denny Geller, Stan Green, Abraham Rubenstein, Manny Doppelt, Albert Protis, Morris Seltzer, Sidney Sass, Daniel Block. I07 . -' -'-'- 7 ' sf -1 - BASKETBALL TEAM - The proud possessors of a '40-'41 record of ll wins and no defeats, the '41-'42 Quints captained by Arty Gewirtz and coached by Hy Wett- stein, went on to complete a highly successful season to the tune of T2 won, and 7 lost. A first time loss of 28-22 against Bronx High School of Science did not dishearten them. They followed this up by three straight victories. First the alumni were our victims. Shamefaced, they left the courts af- ter a 44-40 skinning. Another two victories followed before we met the formidable Taft team and we were crushed, 42-26. Victories over St. Jo- sephs, Franklin School, Madison House and the proud Morris Team then followed. Finally, the most widely publicized, most widely attended game of the season arrived. Before a large crowd at Stuyvesant Gym, Arty Gewirtz with seven points led the team to a 27-26 score with 2 seconds to go. The crowd had already risen and prepared to go when one of the Brooklyn Academy boys, grabbed the ball, tossed it, and sunk a freak shot. Thus it caused us to lose a heart-breaker, 28-27. Undoubtedly this was the most active and successful season the T.A. Quints ever had. 108 - SENICR COUNCIL- Meeting at least once a week, the Senior Council handled all 1942 Senior affairs capably and efficiently. Through the determined efforts of Irving Perlow, president, and Morton Rosen, Jacob Rabinowitz, Herbert Sussman and Nathan Bulman, and the other members, Senior hats were secured in the early part of the term. Pins and rings then followed. The success of the Senior farewell affair is also due to the work of the Senior Council. The outstanding achievement of the Senior Council was the suc- cessful planning and managemet of Senior Day. Hats off to the Senior Council! You made our last few months gay and entertaining. 109 SENIOR CLASS 110 HDV RTISLRS Complimems of: -O- BNAI ISRAEL of LINDEN HEIGHTS ..Q.. V EUKH Complimenis of: -V.. YOUNG ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE OF BORO PARK ..V- 363 - 5O'rI'1 SI. - Brooklgn, N. N. BEST WISHES To VICTOR GELLER ond ALL ACADEMITES from YOUNG ISRAEL of Concourse Complime-ms ot: O ,I 2 Mr. and Mrs. PHILIPP BODEK loi E. 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COMPLIMENTS OF FREDMAN BROS. l To the sainted Memory of our Departed Leaders: ri DR. BERNARD REVEL RABBI MOSES SOLOVEITCHIK MR. S. J. TURBOFF 'Iv 3 ff' QQNATED 47' Agua-1.97'lvD .-3 , .......-,., - ----- --- V -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT - XfVe Talce This opparlunily To Thank Mr. l. Orleans, head of The English Deparlmenl, for his kind assistance, and Mr. Norman B. Abrams, for his helpful advice and encouragement. 120 i ,