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

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Surprisingly enough, a great number of our faculty attended our reunion. Joe Judenberg, who took care of the seating arrangement, fixed the seating plan in a very clever way . . . In the right hand corner of the room, almost completely out of sight, sat Mr. Horn, in his gold tie, orange jacket, red yamulka, purple pants, and ballet slippers, right next to Mr. Breinan who was wearing a charcoal black suit and a grey bow tie. While filing his nails with one hand and adiusting his pants with the other, Mr. Horn, with a flutter of his eyelids very coquettishly said to Mr. Breinan, You know Alex- ander, there were some boys in this class whom I could play around with, but as a rule these bums were pretty lousy students. I was so happy when they got rid of me as Faculty Advisor because I didn't have to do any more work for the rest of the year. I really fooled them. You know, now that I think of it, with those Sunday programs and my favorite students from past years coming in, and with playing my records that they had bought for their benefit, if CH 2? ' - N , Really, there was great quality in this class . . . take Wiesel for example, You mean Butch, interrupted Mr. Breinan, yeah, he and de rest of them were the best of its type on the market . . . After excusing himself for not bothering to listen to what Mr. Horn was talking about, Mr. Breinan cracked a smile for Life Magazine, which was running an article on RipIey's Believe it or not. On the other side of the room, Dr. Greitzer could be seen sitting next to his colleague Mr. Woll- man. The first five minutes of their conversation found Mr. Wollman apologizing to Dr. Greitzer. He then whipped out his brown notebook in which he had written the conversation he was to use to make our lesson more interesting. Prof. Beard was the source of his text. When Dr. Greitzer emptied his pipe in the nearest waste paper basket which, this time, happened to be Mr. WoIIman's notebook, Berg- las was heard to exclaim, Gee, what a slob. Mr. Wollman, however, was in dire circumstances. The pages of his notebook had burned and he was at a complete loss for words. Hecht finally came to the rescue telling him that the next word was fine , Mr. Wollman then proceeded with his planned con- versation, Fine weather today. Dr. Greitzer more or less dominated the conversation from then on. AKIBJRF, f 'ff' X , v f Y X it ei- x ' ' A L ,' V . . , A a , . 1 lx 1 ge - 1 - 1 Q , .I Q2 -an J I U ,iid I? si. ' ' v I 'Sq . Q 'X i I I I ,, , t X it 3 5 I Y I IX 9 I didn't have to bother with these guys too much. I I Q. . , . ab

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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.

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r Everyone agreed that they had never seen Doc looking so happy. Never before had he realized his genius. During the course of the year Wieder had helped him out, but now, at long last, he had ad- vanced to so high a level that nobody was intelligent enough to understand what he was talking about. In the corner next to the head table Rabbi Gross- man could be seen talking with Mr. Bloom. I never tried to teach my class quantity. I am more interested in quality, proceeded Rabbi Grossman. I am a man of my word. I wrote a lot of articles on every subject. I know a lot about philosophy but I don't want to go into that now. Throughout the meal, Mr. Bloom sat back crunching on his Clark bar with that understanding sympathetic look in his eyes. Since by now, all of the food was finished, the meeting resumed. The last order of Business was the Election of Chairman of the Alumni. The cliques im- mediately began electioneering. The sight of the Elchy Clique, Yeshiva Clique, T.I. Clique, and all the minor cliques quickly electioneering brought back to memory all of the political scandals of our class. The Elchy elections, Arista's voting, Parson's election and his domination of the Student Council were all as phony as Dr. Belkin's annual graduation telegram. I 5 fc I I I in Mr. WoIIman's class had already left ten minutes eariler, since the service squad was needed to super- vise the dismissal. As the boys left the room, voices could be heard shouting, keep to the right . . . keep to the left . . . I'll stay in the middle if I feel like it . . . fyatch . . . The auditorium is empty. A serene quiet prevails throughout the school. Our days in T.A., full of friends, teachers, incidents, and events are over. Nevertheless the memory of our stay in T.A.-the time of our lives-will remain with us forever. A 3 X, sew v 'IA N rl X, it f Q, t xxli N ' .xx 9' 'ill' f 4 X f Although it had been quite evident that we did not ' Ss have an abundance of brains, as the administration X might have it, we were definitely not at a loss when f ' L it came to politicians. The election concluded the X 5-5. agenda and the reunion was adiourned. All the boys X J if Q' Q I f' lv IX ' ,A , A !..:.77. ' A .- 3 -QI.. , - I 1 . if it -if-.. .Z sg. w Vi- .- Q . ll .g fl Yh,..r .I cf an I 'I s' ' M Q5 Q' I . ' . -' . , .- I z 1 , ,. -1 I I