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

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ones. Until one really smart fellow, figures it out. He does it because the rest of the black- board is covered with writing. His low mono- tone, von 'ahf axe plus von 'ahf vy makes tts chuckle. The marks at the end of the term, though, are nothing to laugh about. Mr. joseph S. Noble has us for Hebrew, which is definitely no enviable position. XVe spend three solid periods every Friday on every- thing but Hebrew. All we get are large doses of culture with a slight sprinkling of Hebrew poetry. Every now and then we say a special prayer on behalf of Mr. Nobles pending Dr. title. Finally he gets his D.H.L. So we try to get used to calling him Dr. Noble, but we slip up every once in a while. The sharp, handsome character dressed in the latest fashions, who has been teaching us Spanish, is Senor Paco QFrank to the unini- tiatedj Blume. He varies his teaching duties with a game of chess, and lets Fulda mark his tests for him. Fulda, arguing a point with him, waves his pen threateningly, and following the law of gravity and the arc made by Fulda's arm, the ink leaves the pen and settles on Mr. Blume's white shirt, tie, and sweater. Mr. Blume now wears this shirt, tie and sweater together all the time. He claims that the ink- stains on all three articles of clothing, make them a matching ensemble. Surprise! Fulda does NCT fiunk. He only gets 99.76 for the term's work instead of a hundred. THIRD TERM Dr. Noble is called away by administrative duties in T.l. and Rabbi Reguer welcomes us back, in his place, to Hebrew. -lack Roth, our class comedian, takes out a pen knife. as Rabbi Reguer challenges him to cot it out, beck dere. We start to learn iiialik by heart, and find Rabbi Reguer a demanding teacher who can't be fooled. Xlle think of ourselves as quite some scholars . . . until the final comes around. Some of tts become exempt, the lucky stiffs. The rest of tis have to sweat it out. XVe get good practice in histrionics by emot- ing The Merchant of Venice with a new English teacher. Mr. Orleans has left the school, Mr. Tauber is in Europe, and quiet. gray- haired and easy spoken Manny Bloom teaches us instead. XYe elect Frankel and Menzin as President and Yice President, and are begin- ning to feel important in school atifairs. XVe don't know who's running the class, Manny or Frankel. Every Sunday we have a class-pro- gram and Kostman is right in the groove, plug- ging his corny jokes. XYhenever there is some class business to be taken up, we interrupt the class-program or even Shylock's speech in a regular period . . . Manny starts feeding us his subtleties and it takes us some time to catch on. Once we do catch on, however, the class is in a continuous uproar . . . Triangles, circles and squares fioat around on the blackboard, as we enter the Geometry class, once again under Litchenberg's tutelage. Berger, Fulda and Rosenberg tthe s1na1't onej are the most popular fellows in the class. They mark the papers. FOURTH TERM Zoot-Suit Brender with the sharp ties and dull jokes gives us a short course in poetry and propaganda . . . The rest of the term is taken up by his witty 1'Clll1ll'liS, which absolutely slay us. Even though his father wasn't a glazier, he proves to be a great pane in the neck. Not that he is cracked . . . On the contrary, his skull is

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with great hopes for the future. As the days go by, however, we find oui' interest slowly waning. Vllell, that's life for you. During the remainder of the term we come i11to frequent, most frequent, contact with our Registrar, Norman B. Abrams. llle often have conferences with him after absenting ourselves. legally or otherwise. The office always attracts us with magnetic pull. 'XVe are just about to conclude that life can be beautiful and go out on our first cut, when reports of wrathful repri- mands send us scampering back to class. Ab- sences, we find out, are carefully tabulated and checked. Some of us, smiling sweetly, manage to obtain the Open Sesame' to all classes, a real live admit signed on the dotted line. Others are suspended indefinitely for three and a half days. XVe learn fast, and soon are independent of the office in the matter of admits. The office, not a little surprised, begins to see less of us, not that we are much missed. Our English project is a success, but not so our chess and basketball teams. Oh well, we'll do better next term. XVe look around for the geniuses of the three year course and learn that they have separate classes. XVe lose touch with them until second term. Time flies on with incredible speed and before we know it, tests loom close on the rorizon. Don't bother us now, fellows. Hand us our cribs. XVe've got to study! SECOND TERM life have joined forces with the three year coursers and, once more in Mr. Orleans' Eng- lish class, elect Frankel and Yoshor for Presi- dent and Yice l'resident. XYe explore the mys- teries of a short story and become so engrossed, that instead of taking up Ivanhoe , we all use the Pocketbook of Short Stories. The English class becomes one seething cauldron of criti- cism, as we tear stories apart, analyzing them in respect to plot, character and setting. In fact, quite a lot of characters in our class plotted during this process. Mr. Orleans is the perfect narrator for the stories we take up. He also acts out all the roles in the story and it is quite interesting to see him accuse himself of various mischievous deeds as the villain, while also, in the role of the hero, making love to the heroine. Yes, no one can deny it. Mr. Orleans is a per- fect two-face. For the first time, we meet that eminent historian, Mr. Benj. Kronish, who is to teach us Ancient History. His course is unique inas- much as we do learn something about our Greek and Roman forebears. It can not be denied, however, that most of his course consists of quite modern history, in our case, in the form of a two man discussion on Conimunism be- tween himself and Israel Margolis, an upper termer. VVe are assigned reports and start scouting around for cheap second-hand ones, survivors from terms past. Searching for an- swers to Mr. Kronish's manifold questions, we find some disagreements between the book and the teacher, whereupon we are told to throw the book out the window. WVe do so and are hauled into court the next day by an unsuspect- ing pedestrian on charges of assault and cou- cealing deadly weapons. A change of atmosphere makes us hope for meshane inokom meshane mazol' as We switch from Lichty to Mr. Matz, but somehow it doesnt work out that way at all. 'VVS try to fig- ure out why he writes on a tiny obscure corner of the blackboard. Eulda and Berger, our two outstanding mathematicians, advance various theories, but none of them seem to be the right if

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as thick and as shatter-proof as autoglass . . . But there's no use going on like this. You get the idea . . . Rabbi XYind tries to teach us about the prophets. IYhat we like most about him is his way of giving out the questions for his tests the day before the exam is given, so that we may engage on some research at home. On top of that. he tells us where to ind the answers. In spite of this. however, we manage to keep our not-so-hot Hebrew marks . . . Rabbi XYind digs up psukim to tit all occa- sions. He tells us that we fulfill the divine prophesy. ve'hayissem meshugahf' . . . XYell, maybe . . . IYe elevate bloc Yosher to the Presiclency. Frankel keeps the Yice Presidency . . . Iiomsky, Shelkowitz and Glaser show their prowess on the basketball court . . . Joe Yoshor and Sid Schwartz do their stuff in debating . . . almost win school championship . . . Yoshor and Frankel take over the Bulletin Board. start the Informer. kick up trouble over Elchanite fund and 2X3 vote . . . We are really in politics now '.., The Rosenberg brothers. Iiostman and Satfern join the Discipline Squad . . . no one stops any of our class-mates for crossing the hall any more . . . Mr. Schain gets us to worrying about the kishkas of radios . . . Regents-we tremble at the thought-loom ominously ahead of us, and we study Geometry line nobody's business. Sad prospects face us in Spanish. XYhat's this? :Xt the last minute Frankie Blume leaves the school . . . doctor's advice . . .Dr. Silver, in a last minute effort. endeavors to knock some Spanish into our heads. Impossible! The Regents are here and goneimost nf us pass and a few Hunk. Oh. well. Better luck next time. FIFTH TERM The one and only Dr. Greitzer has the task of injecting our numb skulls with some Inter- mediate Algebra. He is one of those teachers who admit that, while they may 11ot always be right, they are never, never wrong. He likes to pass away the time, sewing a wallet while teaching . . . TA. puts on the last classnite. starring Frankel as Slobodka Sam I-Ialevi . . . Asked if he was serious. he answered No- I'm Jewish. . . . Yoshor and Frankel invade the Executive Council. They make the grade as Treasurer and Secretary, respectively . . . Iiomsky and Shelkowitz take over as class President and Vice President . . . Sam Singer leaves the school .... A Xrtie Stein makes 'cm look up to him on the basketball court . . . Sam Dyen plays chess for the class .. . jacob Beck heads school debating . . . Jerry Brickman starts writing for the Academy News . . . Sid Schwartz plays hookie for two months . . . Teeth trouble! Che claims . . . I Take it easy. Take it easy. That's Mr. Strums theme song. XYe are as docile as lambs. ill behaved lambs, under his quiet calm rule . . . XYe enjoy poetry. especially Poe's Bells , lI'art of it goes: Bells, Bells, mein shtaitele Bells.l . . . XYhat's that funny noise? That tall man with the dark glasses sounds like a walk- ing case of indigestion. Oh, it's Mr. XVCIIIIJEIUIH, our new Modern History teacher. His standard reply to foolish questions is. XYhy? Because ze cow cahn't fly. He looks somewhat like an ad for an undertaker's parlor . . . SIXTH TERM Oh, oh! Sixth term starts here. Now were in for it. XYe've got Leibel for English. We get ready for Uncle I.ooyah and Cousin Pasky. and are not disappointed. Mr. Leibel also insists on