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

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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

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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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brown book. This was the collector of funds for our junior Council. We were a tight-fisred bunch. It was like pulling teeth to get us ro contribute money for our rings. But finally the money was col- lected and the rings arrived. Those who had ordered the antique-finished rings were puzzled upon finding ln God We Trust, and a profile of Lincoln, engraved on the inside of the ring. Thos of us who were more observant began noticing that Mr. Abrams had eye- balls shaped like diamonds. The admin- istration made the life of the student more interesting. How many anguish filled hours did we spend waiting for the little brown door to open, and the little brown finger to beckon us in? Mr. Weinbach was once seen emerging from the office tripping over his tongue. Near the end of the term, the strain began to tell. In the dormitory, trickles of water were seen seeping under the doors and into the halls. The annual water fight raged hot and heavy for forty days and forty nights. On the fortieth day one of the dorm students sent forth a stool-pigeon which roosted on Rabbi Feldblum, who then began his world renowned collection of antique water pis- tols. This was fortunate, since the stal- O lll Q fl lllmlll 4 XX ll ill! - .1 . A!- Q . X l QQ ., 1 2 gy fill uk .. actites were beginning to form on the ceiling due to the efficient heating system. There were other problems which both- ered the dorm students: To be or not to be fat Minyang one could always get an affirmative answer from the right sourcesh That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suf- fer the slings and arrows K of Nech- emiahl And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep fShut off the radio and the lights.J No more: igive me five minutes morel and by sleep to say we end The heartache twhen Nechamiah gets through that isn'r the only aching part of the anatomy,J And the thousand natural shocks the Hesh is heir to. The denizens of the dorm were never at a loss for victuals. Seven soda bottles, five pieces of stale bread, and a rusty can opener could be traded for a jar of slightly green peanut butter and one half dozen eggs with only faint rustlings within.