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

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In sincere appreciation of one who has won undying respect and admiration in tie hearts of all T. A. students by his untiring efforts, inimitable sincerity, and ever last- ing interest, we pay tribute to Benjamin Kronish. Five jrigufe

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flevlicafion Four '- As a token of appreciation of his long assiduous service in the Yeshiva and of his unflinching duty to his students, the editors respectfully dedicate this issue of the Elcha- nite to their guiding spirit-their teacher, friend, and benefactor- V Rabbi Dr. Solomon Wind

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i 1 117158 DNR' 7131 RTW' THE RAEBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SENIINARY AND YESHIVA COLLEGE AMSTERDAM AVENUE ll IBSYH STREPI' NEW YORK uses: was-won-vu 7-one UTWW WNW TTWD iQ THE GRAQUATING Q51 Q 1955 ly dear young Friends: You have spent a number of years within the four walls of the Yeshiva, lhere you have received a dual form of education: one a Torah and traditional education, the other, a secular education-one endeavoring to inspire you with the divine word of G-d, and the other with human knolledge, with the creative ingenuity and theories as formulated by the human mind. This is what our late Rosh-Yeshiva, Dr. Bernard Ravel, of blessed memory, uead to call the 'harmonious blending between religious and secular eduoet1on.' There les a time when people thought that s secular education would be the salvation of humanity from the misfortunes and bigotry that might befall mankind. The twentieth century, however, has refuted this theory, for never in the history of the world has knowledge been so widely spread ee in our present century, and never before in the history of mankind have human knowledge and secular discoveries been used for auch destructive forces as they are at the present. Whatever technical progress the world has made is used today destructively, by leaders, whose morals are of the dark ages and the Jungle. The fact is, however, that human knowledge can never serve as the salvation of humanity. The fruits of human knowledge can be used for both construction and destruction- As human beings, we are naturally interested ln the mysteries of the universe and in the various research of the human intellect, but such a farm of education, as important as it may be, will never serve as a mode of living, will never lift one to higher spiritual and moral levels. It is only through our faith in our Creator, the sacred origin of mankind, and through the spiritual and ethical values of the Torah that we can serve a higher purpose in life and be true to ourselves and our Creator, to whom we ole our being. The Yeshiva, through its teaching of the sacred mode of living based upon the concept of the Torah, endeavors to give you a spiritual and moral way of life. Whatever secular education you have received here merely complements the Jewish religious and moral training, which affords you the directive value of the good life. These sacred values above all you must bear in mind. Smvwsll SAMUEL BELKIN President of Yeshiva - Six