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

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In llvllivalion For his culiglitcuiiig instruction . . . For his clcvotccl cfforts iii forming il truly cuviahlc high School library . . . For his aiiiicahility and friciiclliiicss towurcl thc stuclcuts of our school . . . Ou thc occasion of thc 30th iiiiiiivcrsiiry of hi5 faitliful service to 'll21llHllCllC2ll Acuclciiiy . . . YYC prouclly and XYllUlCAl1C2ll'l'CCllf' clcclicutc thc liilclumitc of WS? to DR. BICNIANIIX D. Sll.-XPIRO

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Message to the 1953 - Graduating Class from the Registrar Graduation 1953! YVhat thoughts arise on contemplating this vital event in the life of a student! In my association with Yeshiva. there have been many such occasions. Yet each one is a new experience with new feelings, new thoughts. One cannot help comparing world conditions in mid-twentieth century with those of an earlier period, when I was graduated from Talmudical Academy. The present scientific and highly mechanized world, with its tremendously constructive as well as destructive potentialities, has been greatly expanded. while physical dis- tances between nations-nations poles apart-have been vastly contracted. Israel in the Middle East, China in the Far East, the U. S. S. R. in Eastern Europe, have become our veritable next door neighbors. The jet plane and the radio assured this proximity. XVithal, the world has been divided-in less than a decade-into two diametrically opposite ideological camps. with intense. almost mortal strife between them, engulhng all nations, great or small, threatening us with fatal annihilation. XVe Iews, in particular, are in the very midst of this struggle, and, unfortu- nately, in both camps. Diaspora saw to that. Because we are scattered all over the world, in all lands, and because we naturally follow and adhere to the ancient dictum, The Law of the Land is Thy Law. we are ever engaged in tight-brother against brother. The Iew, at best, has found from age-long experience that even in peace, he can survive only in a democratic World where liberty, freedom, and tolerance are the rule. It is regrettable that we, of the present generation, whose formative years were spent in the Post XVorld XVar I Era, have been unable to create a world safe for democracy, a world where nations of ideological differences can live in peace. You. members of the 1953 graduating class, are spending your formative years in Post VVorld Wfar II. In a few brief years, you will be called upon to take over the reins of this unsettled world. You will be called upon to help resolve life-and death problems. It is, therefore. incumbent upon you to make the most of the opportunities offered to you in your collegiate life. so that, with the help of Gd. you will do a better job. You will assist in building a better world for Iews in particular. and humanity in general. Good-luck to you. . NORMAN B. ABRAMS Registrar

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I n Tribute 4 Because he has won the sincere admiration of the student body . . . Because he has instilled in his students a rare ardor for the study of mathematics . . . Because of his scintillating personality . . . Because he is a teacher of whom we all can be justiliably proud . . VV e pay tribute in the Elchanite of 1953 to MR. SAMUEL GREITZER