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

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A motion was then made by Phil Balsam to dis- pense with the rest of the minutes since our guest speakers were in a great hurry to leave. It was not until Felsen introduced Gootch did we understand why Phil had that shining gleam in his eye. When the Gootch cried out in despair because of the lack of lights, Abie Brot shot his flash bulb camera and Gootch took off his hat so as to brighten up the place. ., L 1 T .,c. A c - .- f: 1, -.-295: Q41 A' V'- l3'lL71 Jes Gootch proceeded . . . Listen to my brilliant hark! Ettes is my old trademark. When I see Hiller with a smile, I put an elhles in my file. I warn you boys nor what you are old And think that you are quite bold, Stay clear from the Jewish Zonah and even more so from Avoda Zorah, Don't think that I don't know what goes In men's mighty minds like Moe's For I too have a devil working on me But I have defeated him as you can see. It you don't mind I'll give a hint Concerning that which comes from mint. No matter what one might pay, And no matter what he might say. Never take a iob in T.I. Look what it did to I, i The round of applause was really tremendous. Just listening to Gootch speak seemed to form a lump in the throat of all those who had ever had any connection with him. Sure, they had teachers like Reguer and Lif, but in their classes you either learned something or fell asleep trying, and there was Rabbi Siev who got demoted to the college, but no one was quite as spectacular as the Gootch. Well ,... , There was Rabbi Grossman . . . The second speaker of the evening seemed to be pushing his way through the crowd. It was only proper that the student which he developed should introduce him. Slim Schimmel gave quite a long in- troduction telling about all of Rabbi Katz's contri- butions to Yeshiva, Orthodox Judaism, and his Soul. Rabbi Katz then proceeded. I . s I .,i., ,,,i ,, ,I ss .,i s , I ss s. r .,i ,i When Guedalia started to dray his thumb to help the Rabbi, he exclaimed that he didn't need any shamoshim. May we take this opportunity to thank Guedalia because it was not until then did he get into the real speech .... . 5' :Ari i t id' Ili f Q .i 1 if, 4 W- . U - ,, ' ' Q 6 ' F H Q r ,A-'A 1,5 fbi! I d I X I l V T1 gd, lg, ', A' -fl 1 1, i

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Nobody could decide which of the three evils they should suffer with for two years. Leiter and his eager counterparts decided to take Latin, the Mother Language, so that they could better un- derstand their English studies. Penner and Zuckie however decided to take Latin to learn about the thrilling roman war adventures and orgies. The stu- dents who took French did so with the thoughts of Gay Paree in the back of their minds. Larry Kranes who took Spanish, bashfully admitted that he did so because he was unable to understand what his girl- friend was saying. Pl Rv Ish c--W HORN, , SHAYKSPIRE I U M 14197 .ML my Mr, Frankel's Biology course was very informa- tive........ On the first day, the boys frantically leaped through the pages of their textbooks hoping to find the answers to the questions Mr Schain had so blush- ingly evaded. Having learned a lot about nothing in General Science, everything we learned in Biology was completely new to us. We kind of lost a little bit of faith in the course when Mr. Schain's son won the top honors in the State Scholarship, thereby disproving the whole concept of intelligence being inherited. A great many students found it difficult to understand how a tadpole was able to change into a little frog and then a big one in so short a time. However, when one of the students pointed out that a human being changed in so short a time, Dave . . . Mr. Weinbach . . . Rabbi Weinbach, then they understood completely. 'A new teacher came into the school to teach Geometry. Mr. Berger was his name. Gee! We were really scared the first day Mr. Berger started his Geometry course. With that glow- ing gleam in his eyes he told us how he had given 5 per cent and 10 per cent to students in the trade school where he had taught before. His red pencil, slide ruler, and little dots, all seemed strange to us. As Sophomores we could not understand his complex marking system since it required a thorough knowl- edge of Solid and Analytic Geometry, differential and integral calculus. Since it was getting dark outside and there were very few of us who had davened mincha, Manny Goldblum suggested that we take a break for a few minutes so as to daven. After quarreling for fifteen minutes over who should daven, everyone agreed that Schneider was the right man. 2 - Scrcrrd A I' Q , V sg! gf- f , X f 5 1 X , f 1 . 1 x ' ' --J . .n, .Q ' Q ,,-3 '-5 r' ' lZ'i9'5.- , T?.L i ,.j:5:Q. '11, f.-,V--j, .1 L wi' -'

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Grodner! I don't know what is the matter with you lately. There is something going on with you. Lately I don't know but you are not learning .... Flagler get that smile off your face . . . the protecting Jew . . . ha! ha! the protecting Jew .... As I recall you boys were good boys . . . It took a couple of months for the Rebbie to get used to the Talmidim, and the Talmidim to get used to the Rebbie . . . but I developed you I would say .... Ah! you want to hear my speech ah! you batlonim you...Meiner you . . . the comfortable Jew .... Well . . . I . . . and I of course I . . . and I .. . H AAI As the drone of his speech went on, those who had learned under Rabbi Katz recalled the in- dignant Iook on his face when he saw all the books piled high on the desk . . . when he found out about the cat and the milk . . . when he told us about the boys in Brooklyn. In Rabbi Feldblum we had found a man who was prompt and never sick fBoroch Hash- emi, in Rabbi Tendler, a Biologist and wit, in Rabbi Weiss a man whom we loved and admired, in Rabbi Fishman a man we respected and emulated but in Rabbi Katz we found a man we enioyed immensely. f , J? D, , ' 'Sian fl f ,-, 5 .. yf, , 3. , 0 .d 'I .3 x, L ff s +. 5' HI, F X 3 If A 6.1. 'ixf-7 Kiki . - Following the speakers, refreshments were served. As one might expect, the ice cream and soda did not have quite the same taste as at the many parties we had during our years in T.A. As early as our Freshman year we began to throw parties on those days which try the knowledge of all students who never did any studying. Dr. Brayer never ap- proved of the idea, but when Asch furtively slipped one of his picturesque pocketbooks on his desk with the cover facing up, he concluded that a good talk- ing to fellow-brudders to explain the evils of those books would be more important than one of his oral Nach tests. Not until we sang Or Zorrua la Tsadick, bought a couple of books from Chaver, and Schneider wrote a long note thanking him for de- veloping us, did Rabbi Katz permit us to partake of our potato chip and pretzel. INX, 1 N. ft .. .1 , Q li .i m M X' fl . ' I 'G Y , f !'l I N .. ..i....4.4.