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

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FACULTY ALUMNI OFFICE YESHIVA UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM AVENUE AND 186th STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10033 . . . lhe bold +eacl1er's docfrine, sancfifled by 'lru'l'l1, shall spread, l-hroughoul' l'l1e world dispersed. Wordsworlh 9

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A f-..,-. ., 4, ,. .--?1. ,-, Yv. A . . . Rabbi Bernslein! Will you please pose 'lor an Elchy pic- lure? . . . l can'l' wasle 'fhe class' lime .... . . . iusl' lake one of me in a nafural pose. You are nol' such a nice class any more . . . lf you pass 'l'he Regenls l will become a prima bal- lerina. FACULTY FOCUS . . . now we shall sing 'l'he Nalional Anlhemz Allons enlanl' .... Who pu+ 'rhe lack on my chair? All righll Who called me lhai? How did 'lhey gel' lhose marlzs? I wonder why people call me Smiley.

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YESHIVA UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL Aus-n-Junam AVENUE AND mam s'mmz'r NEW Yoruc aa, New Yom: OFFICE DF THB REGISTRAR Dear Graduafes: ln a recenf falk fo fhe sfudenfs, Dr. Samuel Belkin, our Presidenf said: The Jewish communify in fhe non-Jewish world musf be one fhaf works fogefher wifh ifs neighbors, buf realizes ifs separafe funcfion and preserves ifs herifage and separafion. ln fhis brief senfence, one can find fhe embodimenf of fhe philosophy of Jewish survival in fhe Diaspora. Throughouf our hisfory, a fremenclous force was exerfed on Jews fo infermingle and fo infegrafe wifh fhe non-Jewish world, fhus fending fo lose our herifage and separafion. This was frue when Jews were dispersed or when alien governmenfs, Persian, Syrian, Greek, or Roman, held sway over fhe Jewish cormmonwealfh. Think of fhe force for Helleniza+ion during fhe Maccabbean period, fhe Romanizafion as exemplified by Josephus, fhe Americanizafion of fhe presenf generafion. Unfor- funafely, only when fhe Jewish people were confined fo gheffos did frue Jewish life and Torah learning flourish fo fhe ufmosf. On fhe ofher hand, wifh fhe rise of democracy, wifh fhe granfing fo us of equal righfs and more ample secular educa- 'lional opporlunifies, Jews were prone fo veer fowards assimilafion or fo false Americanizafion , fhe maior phase of which was fhe exclusion of fhe Jewish way of life. To counferacf fhis evil, fhe Yeshiva movemenf in fhe Unifed Sfafes of America has faken a leading role. lfs growfh, in fhe lasf four decades, has been phenomenal. ln fhe fwen'lies fhere was only one complefe all day Jewish high school lT.A.l. Today, fhere are hundreds of elemenfary Yeshivas and many Yeshiva high schools fhroughouf fhe land. During fhe pasf fen fo fwelve years, in Yeshivas K'fanos, and in our own Yeshiva, you graduafes have also been living in an afmosphere and have been breafhing fhe pure air which spelled fhe dualify advised by Dr. Belkin. Your educafional journey has been a rich one, menfally, physically, and spirifually. You have learned 'lo com- bine fhe highesf level of secular sfudies wifh Torah learning. ll' has been my happy dufy ancl privilege fo help guide you. ln your well- rounded growfh and developmenf, in your abilify fo co-exisf , nay, fo synfhesize Torah wifh fhe finesf ideals of Americanism, I deeply reioice. Accepf my hearfiesf felicifafions on fhis happy occasion-graduafion. Accepl' also my besf wishes for a successful confinuafion of your dual educafional iourney. NORMAN B. ABRAMS Regisfrar