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

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calf -'mqsvf J 9 'L 3 JL l After two years of experience, we didn't even bother opening the envelope. The circumstantial evidence was enough to convince us that this was our annual invitation-R.S.V.P. We walked into room 307 and sat down. We had awaited the arrival of Dr. Shapiro for twenty minutes before we discovered that he had been there all the time. The rasps and gurgles were not coming from a faulty radiator. The remainder of the period was spent in distributing and translating the question sheets. Does class is fondly remembered for his periodic examinations. l-Who killed Marat in the bathtub? 2-Wluo escaped from Paris in a balloon? 5-Wliere did King Willielm chop wood? 4-How many box cars did Germany send in reparation? 5-Was he or was lie not? True or False? Repeat that please, Doc? Stop that talking, Mister. 6-Who was lie? Junior Year 7-10-Four provisions of the Treaty of Shimonosakee. 11-15-Five provisions of the Treaty of Neuilly. 16-How many words are there in the Constitution? 17-Where did he go when he was sentenced the second time? And so on. In the Yeshiva, hardy Rabbi Shatzkes again weathered the annual storm of noisy buzzers, tapping pencils, math homework, and lingers beckoning through the door. Historians claim that Columbus discovered America. Similarly, Yeshiva boys claim that Rabbi Shatzkes, in nineteen daily steps, had discovered all of Amsterdam Avenue. A daily event was the 11:45 air raid and he never did find out Ver hot dos powderrf' It was dur- ing our Junior year that Rabbi Zaks' fin- gers were saved by the advent of king- size cigarettes. After two years with Dr. Brayer, Pol- and's contribution to English syntax, we had not yet discovered that mysterious thing that you don't supposed to do . The mastication of the English language

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Prejudice MILTON TAMBOR In Rhodesia, a white truck driver passed a group of idle natives and muttered, They're lazy brutesf' A few hours later, he saw natives singing in rhythm while heaving hundred pound sacks of grain onto a truck. Savages, he grumbled. What do you expect? In South Africa, the English are against the Africansg both are against the Jews, all three are opposed to the Indians, while all four conspire against the native black. In Hungary, the saying is, An Anti-semite is a person who hates the jews more than is absolutely necessary. Polish people often call the Ukranians reptiles to express their contempt for a group they regard ungrateful, revengeful and treacherous. The Germans called their neighbors to the east Polish Cattle. The Poles retal- iated with Prussian Swine. As can be seen, no corner of the world is free from scorn. Rivalries and harreds between groups are nothing new. Moslems distrust non-Moslems. jews who escaped extermination in Europe find themselves surrounded by anti-semitism. Many of the colored people of the world suffer at the hands of the whites, who invent fancy doctrines to justify their attacks. However, this problem of prejudice and discrimination has been aggravated all the more in our present Atomic Age. Technology has brought these groups too close for comfort. Nations once safely separated by barricades of water or mountains, are now openely exposed to each other. Radio, jets, television, paratroopers, atomic blasts, all products of the modern age, have thrown groups of homosapiens in each others' laps. We have as yet not learned how to adjust ourselves to this radical change. Two world wars have been ample evidence of this fact. Yet, the situation is not without its hopeful features. Chief among these is the simple fact that human nature seems, on the whole, to prefer the sight of kindness and friendliness to the sight of cruelty. Normal men, everywhere, reject the path of war and destruction. Especially encourageing is the fact that, in recent years men in large numbers have become convinced that scientific intelligence may help us solve this conflict. Since the end of the Second World War, universities in many lands have testified to this idea under Social Science. Human development, social psychology, human relations, social relations, all branches of this new science, have found considerable welcome not only in universities, but in public schools, churches, industries, government agencies, and international bodies as well. By simple definition, prejudice is the forming of an opinion without conclusive or substantial proof. It is based on complete ignorance. Reasoning and logic cannot influ- ence one's way of thinking. It is necessary then, to educate the younger generation, not through propaganda, but in the liberal way of thinking. This can be done only through careful consideration and observation. Then and only then, can one arrive at a satis- factory conclusion. Knowledge is the first step towards understanding, and ignorance is the first step towards misunderstanding.

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SLEPYHERG. rf? O 0 ep Y s 1 was assured for future generations by the appearance of an addition to the Brayer family after many hours of Hoor pacing and .fzveating As of yet, no one had been able to decipher the Brayer Code' After the first week of Mr. Clarence D. Berger's Chemistry course, juniors were seen walking around muttering inco- herently, and peering at little white cards from under seared eyebrows. We learned many things that term. First, of course, we were notified as to who was the great- est living chemist. We were then in- formed of a practical use for the pages of our Jaffe chemistry text. We com- plained that the pages were not suffic- iently absorbent. During the study of HQS, longglass tubes were seen protrud- ing from the oddest parts of the juniors' anatomies. We elected Ray Weinberg Secretary of T.A., learned that we were a bunch of squares when it came to Intermediate Algebra, parlez-voued with Mr. Freed, and finally exam week rolled around. boxer of nodoz appeared . . . bleary eyer . . . alarm cloehr Jet for pnz inrtead of ant . . . recret tranractionf inzfolzfing last year: exanzr Cami :hir yearrl . . . t'hillim , . . dior came out with the new look nr with the glazed loole . . . more t'hillirn . . . harty repentance for all sins during the year . . . rtill more t'hillim . . . half the clan flanked intermediate algebra Spring came. T.A. boys' thoughts turned, along with their stomachs at the prospect of a fresh crop of caterpillars at Moishe and Harry's. The sap ran from the maple trees into the buckets, and Herr Schmidt came from Germany into T.A. Herr Schmidt was Germany's revenge on the Treaty of Versailles. The end of the Stern Cafeteria's regime was approaching but they were deter- mined to give us the last lick. We all thought, that bright afternoon, that the calf liver was deliciouS, but . . . three am in the morning . . . hnrried clamping feet . . . the midnight rider . . . pazzl revere aftrule hu faithful white Jteetl shouting the liner it coming rf We never ceased to wonder how john- ny kept all of his fingers while wielding his two foot machete behind the counter in Moishe and Harry's. This was the only restaurant where you ate yesterdays and today's meals from the same plate. Besides the footprints on the knishes, it was very disconcerting to cut into a blintze and find a hugh bloated caterpillar, stuffed with cheese filling, grinning at you. We discovered an animal whose entire anatomy consisted of an outstretched hand, a scribbling pencil, and a little W5 t rflgvep' I c f J-W ,fy X ,nf -W