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

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DEDICATION The living concept of Torah Umadah, of religious devotion and scholarship synthesized with secular knowledge, has al- ways been the goal of Yeshiva University High School. The ideal pedagogue is therefore one whose love for the precepts of Judaism is enriched, but not offset, by a vast knowledge of the philosophies of the modern world. Rabbi Label Dulitz is such a man. Although he entered Yeshiva late in life, he quickly developed a proficiency in. religious studies which has rarely been equalled. At the same time he worked diligently to further his scholarship in the areas of English and French. With this significant preparation he became not only a fine rebbe but also a masterful instructor of his secular fields. Supplementing his wisdom with his own personal warmth, Rabbi Dulitz has always been a true friend and confidante of his students. Although severe at times, he possesses a genuine desire for a spiritual and intellectual development in his students. In short, he symbolizes an ideal to which all can aspire. It is therefore that we, the senior class, with the utmost respect and gratitude, dedicate the 1965 Elchanite to Rabbi Label Dulitz.

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IN SEARCH OF TOPI The development of man can be viewed as a pro- gression of desires and of the resultant attempts to sat- isfy them. A naked man tries to get clothes, a hungry man food, a lonely man friends, a poor man riches. But few people have had the foresight to plan further than for their immediate future, and fewer still for the future of their Children. It is only the uncommon person of genius and foresight who has been able to express the ultimate aspirations of the human race. These are the men who perceive Utopias. Visionaries like Sir Thomas More, jean-Jacques Rous- seau, Samuel Butler, and Henry David Thoreau have conceived of a perfect existence and have propounded it under such names as Utopia, Erehwon, and Walden. Their critics claimed these states appeared too perfect, too idealistic-simply unattainable. Their objections, however, served only to clarify the contention of the Utopians. For Utopia is not intended as something to actually be achieved, but rather as something to be con- stantly sought. It is a standard by which our actions are to be measured, a guidepost towards which we can orient ourselves. Utopia is the epitome of all that is good and the antithesis of all that is,bad. It does not embody perfection, but rather defines it. But the fact that Utopia defines goodness does not preclude the fact that definitions may diifer. Superficially, Utopias may seem to be diametrically opposed one to the other. In some Utopias man lives in harmony with nature and in others he dominates it by means of super-