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

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A Message from the President of Yeshiva University To the Graduating Class: I wish to extend to you my heartiest congratulations upon the completion of your four years of I-Iigh School studies at the Yeshiva. Your teachers at the Yeshiva and Talmudical Academy have intellectually and spiritually enriched your lives. You should always look upon your High School training as a foundation upon which you should continue to build a strong structure. In your continuous clevel- opment and devotion to the tenets of our Torah you will find the necessary inspira- tion for a good life. I am confident that you will continue to carry the torch of divine wisdom and human knowledge in your future careers. Wfishiug you well-being and well-doing. I remain Sincerely yours, SAMUEL BELKIN President

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A Message to the Gradlmting Class of I 953 from DR. S. R. S.-XPIIIRIC Principal. 'l'almudical .Xcadcmy Dear Graduates: On this joyous occasion in your lives. vvhen you have reached an important milestone in your preparation for the fullness of the days to come, I am happy to greet you and to vvish you vvell. You have completed successfully the s course of studies prescribed in the lfinglish and llcbrevy departments in our lligh School-some vvith distinction-all vvith credit to yourselves. your parents. and to our great institution. During the most formative years of your lives. you have actively participated in the harmonious blending and fusion of levvish lore and secular learning. You have received instruction not only in the subjects contained in the curriculum of the public high schools. such as English. foreign languages. science. mathematics. social studies and the like. but also by preccpt and example. you have learned the message and meaning of our priceless heritage-the concepts. teachings. traditions. and ideals of universal Israel. NYhether you choose as your life's vvork some phase of lminan knovvledgc and dedicate yourselves to study and teaching, or give your energies to the Eelds of daily human needs. or devote yourselves to the realm of the spirit. remember the philos- ophy and the vvay of life that you have been taught here. Although the problems that you. as levvs. must face in this confused vvorld are not alvvays clear. you must. each and all of you, cling to those elements of our cultural past that have made us great as a people. lt is upon these cultural backgrounds vvhich are strongly rooted in our study of the rl'orah. and not false values and strange ideologies. that you must build your personalities and your future lives. You. graduates of 'l'almudical .'Xcademy. have had an education different from that of the rest of the lcvvish youth in this country. You have had an opportunity to learn the value and significance of intense levvish study, and to gain a deeper insight into a truer understanding of the levvish consciousness and soul. XYith this great common bond. you are strengthened to vyithstaud the material intiuences of the time. and are less prone to fall prey to the disintegrating forces vvhich are threatening to svveep avvay everything that is dear and precious in life. Strengthen that bond: united. assert yourselves and your influence in the lives of our youth. so that by your example you may prove that these years in 'l'almudical Academy have not been in vain, and that the instruction and the inspiration you received here shall be a blessing to you and to those vvho are to be indnenced by you. Continue to be one vvith the Yeshiva. to accept and to feel its inHuence. Unite under the banner of the ideals for vvhich your school stands so that its spirit may vviden and deepen a current of faith and culture in .Xincrican levvry. Slll'lLl.,l'iY R. S.Xllllll1l'l Priricifitll