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

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,i- ff 6444! fe n Qh - llllll- Sv 5 '24 Z2 gift? l l max 77 dl l l 3-'ti X he tit 2 X r- f 2 r- QUUJ s. i W 5 Wi' ci- ,527 ,f ,,. --- be ttf? ,ff X E Z: 7' S: lll'lflOl' QU I' CHAPTER FOUR: s My new coat of paint dried. the class of X5-1 entered the assembly hall. They looked with arrogance upon the Fresh- man and Sophomore classes. but with envy upon the Seniors. Two down and two to go. They received their program cards with a grim look of determination upon their faces. lt would be their most difficult year. Their program was filled with many subjects and far too many teachers. Some of the weaker students privately resolved to study this year. while others with in- domitable spirit. adamantly clung to their princi- ple of 'no studyf The assembly broke up. and the students returned home with the intention of get- ting a good nights sleep so that in the morning their wits would be able to match those of their teachers. The next day another term began officially with morning sessions. They had not changed much since last year except for a few teachers and rabbis here and there. However. the T.I. boys were disappointed when they found that Dr. B. Hoenig would not be with them for the first semester. It seemed that Dr. Hoenig con- sidered it more important for him to learn He- brew than to teach it. and so he decided to visit Israel. Their disappointment was soon forgotten 24 when Dr. Agus introduced himself. Dr. Agus eloquently expressed some very controversial opinions, which provoked argument after argu- ment. Dr. Agus. being progressive. always al- lowed his students to express their thoughts. Mishnah was learned to the accompaniment of the brisk marching music of the Song of the Pllfllllllfll much to the consternation of the teacher. XVhen the one o'clock bell rang, the students gulped down their lunch and were in their first period room well before one-forty. And thus began their junior year. To quote jimmy Durante's words. YVe gotta start off each day with a song. And that they did. led by the brass section of the English Department. Mr. Horn. Amid cheek pinching and TV listings. in which Mr. Horn showed artistic tendencies. they also managed to learn some English. Among his many traits was his unique marking system. Students found it difficult to evaluate their mark from the platitudes which Mr. Horn had writ- ten on their compositions. It was difficult to differentiate between very good and very. very good. But when the report cards were distrib- uted the dilemma was solved-both meant TS.

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he was chased by them to the dorm. They had vowed to return with more of their friends. Someone shouted, Fightl!', and the word echoed through the halls of the dormitory. Homework stopped. Comic books were thrown aside. The empty halls were immediately filled with run- ning, stumbling students, all rushing toward the main building. They poured out into the streets. The noise reached the buildings across the street and soon those doors opened and the buildings were empty. In the main building, Gemorrahs were hurriedly shut. In the Chem lab, experi- ments were inteirupted and test tubes were thrown aside. The street was crowded with angry students. The traffic stopped and they still came from the dormitories, laboratories. and class- rooms. Two students ran out of the dormitory wrapped in towels, still wet with the water of their showers. Down the street another mob formed, and as the two groups met, the tension rose to a crescendo. At the edges of the crowd, the Sophomores and Freshmen, their pride wounded by the older boys who had pushed them aside, scurried around trying to see what was happening. Then, above the noise of the crowd, the sound of sirens could be heard, and as suddenly as the mob appeared, it dissolved. After a few moments of excitement, the steady murmur resumed. The incident was almost over but it was not to be forgotten as unfortunately similar happenings occurred throughout the four years in T.A. ' IW. Typical Scene In High School Dormitory The school year was drawing to an end and the dreaded finals were coming closer with each passing day. A preview to the English finals and Regents were the T.I. Hnals that were to take place beginning May 30th. At this time of year the dormitory gained sudden popularity. With the door shut, a small group of students crowded around the desk of the renowned i'Matt and T. I. Students Studying For Finals Patts' room. It was in this room that a T.I. stu- dent had to learn courses in ten hours that were taught for six months. The night ran by and the students were aided only by mustard and pickle sandwiches. They worked on. The Hrst ray of the sun peeked over the horizon. They were finished. They had studied all they had to know. A system had been devised and each member of the small study group, seating ar- rangement in hand, exhausteclly fell asleep. In the dormitory social hall, the chairs, tables. and couches were littered with these drowsing stu- dents. Empty packages of cigarettes were every- where. At nine o'clock, after some last minute studying, they entered the test room and at eleven it was finally over. The T.I. finals lasted three days. After these, the English finals and Regents started. It was an endurance contest and when it was finally over, they all made resolu- tions that next year would be different. The students slowly moved away from the building. The halls emptied. The last few stu- dents reluctantly left the building. The halls were again silent, save for the sound of the slow methodical movement of the caretaker. Outside. the sun was a golden ball on a scarlet horizon. In the streets, buses and automobiles moved swiftly by. It was getting dark and the lights in the tenements were being turned on. I had a long summer in which to rest and prepare myself. for they would be coming back next year. 23

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Q Mr. Horn The following period, we were overwhelmed by the realistic. objective. and progressive way Dr. Charles taught the romance languages. Dr. Charles would captivate the budding minds of the students of his Spanish class with his excel- lent rendition of Spanish poetiy. His French class seemed to cover much groundg they waited impatiently for the lesson on the subjunctive of savoir. Some of the French students encountered Mr. Fried. They learned such interesting topics as Mr. Friedis first foxhole in France and his ex- periences with the chicanery of French pushcart peddlers. Both Dr. Charles and Mr. Fried proved their capabilities by the high marks their stu- dents achieved on the language Regents. The transition from one foreign tongue to another took the Yeshiva students thirty-five sec- l Mr. Fried onds. XVhile their T.l. counterparts lounged in soft easy chairs of the study hall ftrying to get their names off the absentee listk, the Yeshiya boys were introduced to the professor of Biblical languages, Dr. Brayer. Dr. Brayer conducted his classes with such orderliness that even the office was surprised. This he accomplished by adopting his students as relatives. Frequently, you could hear him af- fectionately speaking to one of them saying, you're in real trouble, Brudderf, Vootkin, Chur- bin, and Frucher were his pet relatives. He liked them so much that he used to correspond with their parents and often wanted to meet them. However, Vootkin, Churbin, and Frucher, being very modest, did not desire their parents to meet the Big Brudderf' And so, Dr. Brayer was very much offended. Dr. Breyer Toward the middle of the term. another stu- dent was admitted to the class. XVhitey Car- tenberg made his entrance in March and at once became a full-fledged 'ibrudder . Such a rapid ac- ceptance into the family has established a new record in T.A. Spring came and the thoughts of the boys in Room 103 turned to girls, especially those that passed by from Ceorge XVashington. Every day at three-thirty you could see all the boys sitting near the windows frantically waying their hands. and in the background, Dr. Brayer would he religiously marking dots in his roll hook. Dr. Brayer had the habit of giying dots for good marks and had marks alike. Since he could not tell the difference. and wanting to play it safe he flunked the entire class. It seems that the administration had enough 25