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

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The Service Squad, formerly the Discipline Squad, instituted a system of hall patrols during periods during the fall ter'm. In the spring term, un- der the captaincy of lNIathew Katz, it patrolled the third floor during the first periods of the afternoon. There has been much speculation among -, ' - 1 Service S quad student leaders, and also among students in general, as to the role that the Service Squad will play in the proposed and much discussed Student Court. Turning to sports, we report a general decline in the quality and in the quantity of T. A. interscholastic and intramural sports. The basketball varsity, despite the enthusiastic and whole hearted efforts of old standbys such as Kid Felder, Geller and Simon, did not even come close to the rec- ord of the teams of a few terms ago. To a large extent, this is due to the unavailability of the gym for practice. This also accounts for the virtual disappearance of intra-mural basketball. That is all as far as sports of the body go. No longer are there talble tennis and punichball tournaments. For the remaining sports activities one must turn to chess and debating. These two never have had a large fol- lowing, being practiced by a small group only. The interscholastic teams in both fields have however upheld the honor of T. A. against all comers, Yeshivas and public high schools alike. A fairly successful intramural de- bating schedule was completed. Wle finally come to journalism. The bane of all T. A. activities, lack of student participation and cooperation, hit the two school periodicals, the Academy Newsu and the Elchanite. If the top men of any T. A. pub- lication are in the game for the experience they ca11 get out of it, they soon find out that they get more of that than they bargained for. Two or three men have to take care of all the work and detail. That is an unfair con- dition and a self-destructive one, for a st.udent publication canot exist unless it is published by students. Working under these handicaps, several issues of the Academy Newsl' and a belated issue of the Elchanite fthe one you are now readingj appeared. The editors of the Academy News were Martin Halpern, Simon Deutsch Qwith lNIathew Katz as managing editorj and Melvin Bunim successively. All received and acknowledged the in- valuable advice and help of Stanley Wexler, managing editor of this Elch- anitea' under editor-in-chief Simon Deutsch. Q6

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was XX M. Home wa' Xi Missa 2 by ,gsm fxw w gelksgm CHARLES BAHN His component parts Make a good blend To write the letters To his buddy's friend. SOLOMON BURACK His pop is a rabbi And he is swell too. We all like him. Wouldn't you! MAX FRANKEL Politician's politician, Raconteur of note, No one can ever Get Maxieis goat. SIMON DEUTSCH He always seems willing to trv To lend a hand to the other guy A very versatile person is he Doing everything from A to Z Q8