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

 - Class of 1945

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a protest hy herman potok i am against capitals and punctuation marks no i don't mean capitols like washington fl c london or moscow but capitals like when you got to 'bang down on the shift key of your typexwiter and make a big a instead of a small a when you start a sentence or something i think you can all readily see the advantage of such an elimination for instance when a person is writ- ing something that has to meet a deadline he wouldnt have to stop and wrack his brains to make sure whether epsom salt is spelled with capitals or not or whether a comma belongs there or maybe a semi colon i cannot understand why capitals and punctuation marks were invent- ed in the first place however i must give the inventor credit for doing such a terrific job he no doubt went nuts trying to figure out rules for punctua- tion marks or what words should be capitalized and what words shouldn't be capitalized he probably ended up in the nut house poor guy i know my english teacher will throw a fit when he reads this but after all this is a free country and a mans entitled to his owm opinions anyone can see what a great help this would be i would like to tell you why i am against capitals and punctuation marks capitals and punctuation marks once got. me into enough trouble to put ten guys in that hot place downstairs i do not care to go into details with you because every time i recall that horrible incident a shudder plays a harp on my spine i would however like to say that if you would have und- ergone the same experience you would back me up one hundred percent but since i cannot go into particulars with you youll just have to take my word for it i still cannot understand why when i mentioned the above suggestions to my english teacher he gave me a very funny look i am now taking that :same english over again i deem this a very unjust punishment since i be- lieve it is so much easier to read when you dont have commas or periods interrupting you t i am going to ask my congressman to introduce a bill in the house of representatives that will no longer make it necessary for anyone to use capitals and punctua.tion marks i will probably go down in history as perfecting the most expeditious form of writing in the world Q0

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XXXI From single little men great nations grew. Nations have come and gone hut ever anew Others fill their unquestioned lofty place.- For the Ship of life engages a changing crew. XLVII Like the inconspicuous pine that mostly thrives When winter with its icy paws arrives, And outlives statelier stems,-the modest soul Outwears the sudden glory of emptier lives. LVII Amid the thoughts on life's great enterprise, In vain, in vain! a voice resignedly cries, Repell ng aims and actionsg-but right behind A healthier call, For endless glory! replies. LXVII The Flask may fill itself from falling rain But the warming sun will empty it again: For men who wish the moisture to preserve hzlust veil it with the shade of work of pain. l LXXI I The rose we have plucked from a dying stem Preserves its perfume thoughtwe may condemn Its hueless parent:-so todays light thrills hlay come from yesterday's sore lack of them. LXXVI Be not bewildered at the crossroad maze, But pick for yours one of the many ways, And tread with first unhesitating stepsg- Since having ventured none, the spirit strays. LXXXI I Depart for your daily rounds with hope and cheer And spite each marring melancholy fear: For days are too escaping for regrets: So fill, not blacken the wasting' waninf ve-ir , A , ,, 1 . . XCVII No one that lives can claim a guiltless page: For others, not ourselves, our faults must gauge: So only heading toward the worthy goal, Though interrupted, earns the mcrit's wage. 19



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This Lihrar uf ine hy Manfred Fulda YVHEN I INIOVED into my present home three years ago my library moved with me. Strong, perspiring men staggered with the packing cases, filled with my books, to the van. On their arrival at my new home, the men carried the books into the room selected for my library. Since the most important thing at the time was to have an emptier room, I hurriedly put the books on the new mahogany shelves which awaited them, the order in which they stood being of no matter, so long a.s they were off the floor. So I got the books up at last, and there they are still. I told myself that as soon as a rainy afternoon would come along, I would arrange them properly. When the rainy afternoon came, I told myself that I would ar- range them one of these fine mornings. As the books are standing now, I have to look along every shelf in search for the book I want. If I come to a. book by Bacon, I have no guarantee whatsoever that Shakespeare's books are nearby. Shakespeare's works, if they haven't dropped out on the way, are probably standing next to a book by Maimonides. Every time I need a book, I tell myself that something has to be done about it. But I can't do anything about it. Suppose that I decide to have all the poetry books together. That souds reasonable. But Byron's book is eleven inches high white Latimer's book is only four and a half inches high. I think that it would look very foolish if my tallest poet CByronj would occupy a place next to my smallest poet flaatimerj . You see my difficul- ty? If I arrange my books according to their contents I'm sure to get an untidy shelf. If I arrange my books according to their size and oolor, my shelves would look more beautiful. Ah! but if my poetically - inclined teacher should visit me he may lose sight of Latimer's book. QPerhaps you have never heard of Robert Latimer and his poetry, but I assure you that he was a genuine poet.l Indeed, when I look at my library, I do feel that it is sufficiently orna- mental as it stands. In fact there was a man at my house yesterday who, upon seeing my library, remarked: How pretty your library looks. Of course he dlidnlt know that it always takes me twenty minutes to find a book I want. Yes, on one of these rainy afternoons for fine morningsl I'm going to correct the outstanding fault of my library. Oh, no! It's not the arrangement of the books tha.t's going to be changed - I've given up hope for that long ago, and besides, my library looks very pretty the way it stands now. The change I'm going to make is quite simple. There are a few books - oh I'd say about seven hundred - which are still standing upside down. QI

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