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

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MR. H. FRIED DR. S. CHARLES MR. E. CLEMENT MR. H. SCHOFFEL RABBI ZIONS The Ides of March presentation LANGUAGE In the last half century, with the advent of the airplane, radio, and television, the world has shrunk greatly in distance. Yet, the distance between peoples and ideas is still too great for a world where misunderstandings can easily become catastrophes. Now, more than ever before, it is important to reach one's fellow human being and to communicate with him in the language he understands, his language. Our foreign language department, under the able guidance of Mr. H. Fried, has flourished in the Hfty-year history of our school. The languages offered range from ancient Latin to modern French and Spanish. At one time German was also taught but it was discontinued in the 194O's. All students now take the language of their choice in the junior and senior years. Hebrew is taken all four years and thereby satisfies the foreign language requirement for the Hrst two years. Formerly, students took their language in the sophomore and junior years, but under the present system the language may be continued by the student in college without a year's lapse during which the student may forget his foreign language.

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inn!!! 5143 jfs... 'iiigg . 'kts To be, or not to be . . . what? ENGLISH In recent years, Yeshiva's English curriculum has undergone relatively little change. Instruction in grammar, vocabulary, and composition is geared to the students' indi- vidual needs such that the best possible results are achieved on the College Boards and Regents Examination by the senior year. Concurrently, the student is afforded an en- riched literature program including the study of Greek and Roman mythology in the freshman year, divers readings in the sophomore year, and American and English literature respectively in the junior and senior years. Variations in the course from year to year are subject to the teacher's individual taste, for he enjoys carte blanche in choosing literature for outside reading, This may include poetry, essays, short stories, and any of the great novels of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. An intensive study is usually reserved for Shakespeares major plays. By the time the average student has completed the four year English program, he is well prepared to meet the advanced requirements of a College English course. MR. E. BLOOM MR. L. COHEN QV MR. R. BERNSTEIN 'e f ,S MR. RACHLIN l 'ipx gf RABBI N. GOLDSTEIN MR. KLEIN MR. A. SHAPIRO RABBI L. DULITZ

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-4- ' G ' ,.. ...,... Demonstration of the slide rule-2X2 MATHEMATICS During these past lifty years, mathematics has been recognized as a major field for both business and industry as Well as for scientiic research. Realizing the ever-expanding role of the mathematician, the administration at Yeshiva has taken steps to provide its students with the best possible preparation in this field. To the x's and y's of the elementary and intermediate algebra and geometry courses, Y.U.l I.S. has added the vectors and matrices of twelfth year math and the integrals and derivatives of analytic geometry and calculus. The fourf year honors math program permits the mathematically inclined student to explore different number systems, the theory of sets, and truth tables. Motivating the student in his quest for mathematical knowledge, the calculus and analytic geometry program enables the student to receive college credit while still in high school. judging by the results achieved by our students on the MAA, Merit Scholarship Exam, and College Aptitude Tests, our math department, led by Mr. J. Stepelman, is one of the finest and most successful in the city. u if 1 x :r-7 ,,. . Lg - .5 . , 1 . , 'J ' 'n'- . lg K MR. J. STEPELMAN MR. L. WACHSMAN 'IIA S49- MR. H. GROSSBERG 4 , ,ee an RH f '. 'Ni' .,,4 E MR. M. SCHWARTZ me MR. H. BARON