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

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fffff NORMAN QL ffflxbwxvxs ffwfff ,ff gf!! ' Moi-s1rxAo. gwfff ff O f ff!! ,X . 4 Aj fl K l , TO THE l959 GRADUATING CLASS As you are complefing your secondary educafion, you are abouf fo enfer fhe nexf phase in fhe building of your fufure-College. There, you will discover fhaf your horizon grows, in scope and in depfh. Af lasf you will be fhinking of fhe fufure, as well as fhe presenf. College requires many careful decisions. You will be wondering, for example, whefher emphasis should be placed on fhe arfs or on fhe sciences, and if in fhe sciences, which special area will be your goal. The sfudies you underfake will have a posifive and definife bearing on your life. Also, fhe complex world in which we live-fhe scienfific and nuclear age- necessifafes greaf care in your college work. Proper selecfion of courses is very imporfanfg and, once selecfed, each subjecf deserves individual aHenfion, so fhaf if is fully undersfo-od and becomes meaningful. Lafer in your universify life, you will be asked fo selecf some specialized curriculum. This decision may nof be an easy one-buf if will be your decision fo make. ln gaining fhese righfs, however, if is imporfanl' fhaf you recognize cerfain responsibilifies. Regardless of your choice and direcfion, fhere is an addifional facfor which you musf fake info accounf. This is epifomized in fhe dicfum: Nof by bread alone dofh man live, buf by fhe spiri+. 'sa mem 5: 53: :a nwsn nm' 11:5 nnin iw sz5 H: A full life is much more 'rhan making a living. You musf assume a social and a spirifual responsibilify. Thai' is frue of all cifizens who wanf fo live a full and rounded life, a life useful nof only for himself and his family, buf fo fhe communify af large. For fhe Jews in parficular, if is essenfial fo fhink of 'rhe fufure in ifs broader aspecfs, nof only in ferms of service fo self, buf also fo fhe counfry and fo fhe Jewish peo-ple as a whole, wherever fhey be, in fhe diaspora or in fhe Sfafe of Israel. We musf all be parf and parcel of fhe movemenf which direcfs ifs energies fo fhe preservafion of fhe Jewish people, of fhe Jewish way of life, and of fhe Jewish herifage. Only by such efforfs will fhe preservafion of Judaism be assured. This aim, fhis fask, falls especially on you, graduafes of Yeshiva Universify High School. You musf plan fo be fhe leaders of fomorrow. If is, fherefore, incumbenf upon you fo plan your work in fhe nexf phase of your educafion. You musf be pre- pared fo assume fhe fremendous responsibilifies fhaf will resf on you-fhe leaders of fomorrow. Whefher you confinue in our Yeshiva College or elsewhere, our prayers and good wishes will always follow you. Norman B. Abrams Regisfrar

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ears MZEQLLEQ7 Iliff z:?1?n1wce.urP b From fhe vanfage-poini' of forly-+wo years of con'l'inuous relarionship wi'l'h Yesh- e Universiry High School lTalmudical Academyl, 'lhe lasl' foriy-'l'wo years as il's incipal, l have been a wilness 'lo il's phenomenal grow'l'h 'From a mere handful of Jpuls and 'leachers in 'I'igh+ and squalid quar'l'ers on ihe lower easl' side of New rk, lo i'l's presenl' home in +he solid granife, brick, and s+eel s+ruc'l'ure on +he up- r wesl' side of our ci'ry. l have seen il' grow from a school wil'h 'Fewer sfudenis an l'he presenl' number of 'Facul+y members, from a few-and-+wen'l'y youngsiers 'l'heir early ieens +o il's presenl' enrollmenl' of nearly four hundred young men be- een l'hir+een and eigh+een years of age. During fhal' period of +ime, l have seen over 300,000 brighi' young men d young women, if we include our 'two Brooklyn Yeshiva Universily high schoolsl 'forlh from 'l'hese sacred halls 'l'o conlinue l'heir educaiion, mosl' of l'hem in our own shiva and i'l's College, and some in ofher inslifulions of learning. Whal' advice, wha'l' unsel, can l give you on +he fhresholcl of your young manhood? Perhaps l can l' ll' briefly by saying ihal' in your endeavors and slrivings for l'he fu'l'ure, make sure al' you will be preparing yourselves noi' so much 'For making a living, impor'l'an'l' fhal' may be, bu+ for making a life. Try +o separafe 'lhe frees from 'l'he foresl. n'l' heed slogans and do noi' follow blindly l'he leadership of l'he blind. Think for urselves and 'l'ry +o figure oui whal' will be besl' for you in 'lhe life you are planning ead. When you go io College, as everyone of you will, 'l'ry +o enroll in 'l'hose courses 'I' will lead fo l'he developmenl of a full, a comple+e personalify. Make your edu- ion as broad as possible. Do no+ load up on sciences because 'l'he presenl' +rend, a'l'ever l'he causes may be, is 'l'o worship al' 'I'he feer of malhemalics and sciences. member you will have fo live in an environmenf in which you will come in con'l'ac'l' Ph all kinds of people. You will have +o learn +o gel along wi'l'h 'l'hem and 'lo speak very wise man once said +ha+ 'l'he +ruly educa+ed man is one who has con1'ac'l' many of 'l'he face'l's of one's environmenf. ln planning your educafion give due ice 'l'o ma'l'hema'lics and +he sciences, for we are living in a highly scien'l'il'ic age, l'do noi' neglecf l'he humani+ies-The social sfudies, languages, English, music, arl', :l 'l'he ofhers. Plan wisely and make 'lhe base of your cul+ural background as wide broad as possible. Take care 'l'o become no'l' only an efliicienl' engineer, a capable physician, a well- med feacher, an eloqueni' lawyer, a shrewd business man, a learned rabbi, buf, h i'l' all, a cull'ured and well-informed man. l wish you good luck in all your endeavors, and expec+ +ha+ you will so conducl' .urselves in 'rhe fufure as fo rel'lec+ honor, and glory, and happiness on your parenrs, :l on all fhose who have had a hand in 'lhe shaping of 'l'he forma'l'ive years of your SH ELLEY R. SAPHIRE Principal F ii . i l l l a V . air language. A ,l 5 i es. l l