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

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Published by The Senior Class of June 195 7 Yeshiva Univer sity

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Dr. Shelly R. Saphire was born June 20, 1890. He attended P.S. 20, and then went to Townsend Harris High School. He attended City College, and after having been graduated was taken on by Y.U. as ci substitute for the regular Biology teacher in the high school. Dr. Revel, president at the time, was so satisfied with Dr. Saphire that, in 1915, he appointed him regular Biology teacher. After two years at this position, Dr. Hurwitz, the principal, was taken ill, and in 1917 Dr. Saphire was appointed principal. From 1932 till 1935 he was, in addition, a visiting lecturer at his Alma Mater, C.C.N.Y. ln September 1928 he organized Y.U. and was its dean until 1936, when he resigned from his position there and at C.C.N.Y., in order to devote more time to his position as principal of Talmudical Academy. ln his forty years as principal, Dr. Saphire has noted that there has been a definite change in the type of students attracted to our school. From the Talmudic, foreign born, Hebraic type of student evolved a typical American type. The T.A. student, today, is tall, good-looking, and much more aware and preservant of health than ever before. He notes that the discipline has remained the same. There has been a tremendous rise in extra-curricular interests. As he puts it, the outstanding features of our school are: The high caliber of our students, the zeal and seriousness of purpose with which the students devote themselves to their studies, the high standards achieved by our students in com- petitive exams with students from all schools In Esteem Dr. Shelley R. Saphire of New York State, such as the State Schol- arship and Regents examinations, the large percentage of graduates entering college for higher education, and the excellent records they achieve. Wheras forty years ago the T.A. student was entering the studies leading to the Rabbinate or Hebrew teaching, Dr. Saphire notices in our class a strong inclination towards science, which he feels is due to more opportunities for scientists brought about by a scientific revolution. Dr. Saphire has been closely associated with many scientific research programs sponsored by Columbia University and the U.S. government. More than five publications on biological research have been released under his name. ln the past, in Y.U., Dr. Saphire has held the position of Praofessor and Head of the Biology de- partment. Chairman ofthe Pre-Dental and Pre-Medi- cal advisory committee, and Dean of Faculty. Pres- ently he is the supervising principal of the Yeshiva University High Schools. He feels that our most outstanding problem in high school is the inability of the administration to separate the high school students, from the college atmosphere. Erecting a new high school building may overcome this. We were at a disadvantage be- cause of the present physical difficulty. lf a new building weqe added to the Y.U. campus, many press- ing problems such as the lack of both chemistry and physics laboratories and conference rooms for stu- dent-teacher discussions, would be eliminated.