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

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is .14 message gram jde fgreaizlenf To The Student-Body: You, the students of our Talmudical Academy, and particularly the Gradu- ation Class of 1950, have great reason to rejoice, for your period of transition from boyhood to manhood was spent in the ideal atmosphere of Torah learning and modern culture. I watched your gradual progress and I was inspired by your spirit, and by the selfless devotion of your Roshei ha-Yeshiva and teachers. T exhort you to remain steadfast in our religious beliefs: in the mode of living and in the ethical and spiritual convictions which are the essence and guiding spirit of our lives. It is only by the immortal truths of the Torah and our sacred tradition, by being true to ourselves and our sacred heritages. that we can best serve ourselves and our fellow men. Godliness as the foundation of our lives, obedience to the Divine Law of the Torah, and usefulness for the common-good of mankind arc the fundamental parts of training of a Yeshiva man. These sacred values you must always bcar in mind as well as in action. Sincerely yours, SAMUEL BELKIN ' President five

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DEDICATION Currently observing his 30th anniversary as Principal of Talmudical Academy is Dr. Shelley R. Saphire, whose association with Yeshiva dates back to 1916. He is numbered among the true veterans of Yeshiva who have played vital roles in guiding its development and growth. A native New Yorker, he received his B.A. degree in 1912 from the City College of New York, M.A. degree from Columbia in 1913, and his Ph.D. in 1920. He has specialized in the biological sciences, a field in which he achieved an excellent reputation as a teacher and student. Included in his vast experience is an assistantship in the United States Bureau of Fisheries, a thirteen year tenure as a teacher in the New York City High School System and lecturer in the School of Education of the City College of New York. At the request of the late Dr. Bernard Revel, then President of Yeshiva, he resigned from the New York City school system in 1926 and took up full duties with Yeshiva for the purpose of founding the first college under Jewish auspices in the United States. An organizer of Yeshiva College, he became its first Dean and held also the rank of Professor of Biology. Besides ' being Principal of Talmudical Academy, he founded its Brooklyn branch and is currently supervising the Far Rockaway Branch. He is the author of a multitude of scholarly works in biology and related sciences and a member of many important scientific and communal organ- izations. Among his memberships he counts a fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As a token of appreciation of his long assiduous service in the Yeshiva and of his unflinching duty to the students. the editors respectfully dedicate this issuv of the Elchanite to their guiding spirit, friend and benefactor DR. SI-IELLEY R. SAPHIRE LXEI1