Yeshiva University High School For Girls - Elchanette Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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T e Building Speaks While the seniors are saying their goodhyes, I'd like to get a few words in edgcwise. l feel entitled to have my say Since l was with them every day. l'm the huilding, wherein is the school, Sometimes the girls have heen very cruel. l'm sure they did it meaning no malice, But considering 1 used to look like a palace. Wielll But let's go hack to four years ago. I was standing there all aglow: I had just heen washed and was very clean. Then l saw them coming-all sixteen. They looked at me, each in turn. They looked so innocent-Live and learn! The thought of company made me smile For l'd lreen lonely for quite a while. I could hardly wait for them to arrive. For then IRI he filled from nine to five. when they moved in I was tickled pink. Gosh! I'd have a school in megjust think! The girls took over very fast: My loneliness was a thing of the past. The teachers helped to set the pace, And hetween them and the seniors it was some rat race. The teachers arenit kidding. it's far from a game, And no matter what happens. it's the seniors they hlame But to this thought Till put a halt By showing you who's really at fault. The girls are indeed amhitious and lnost of them strive To get from one l'NEW ' teacher a mark over twenty five. But I don't know if it can he done. He fails his students. just for fun. My rooms are nice, my seats huilt well, But from that teacher's actions you can never tell. Having no friends to lose, he makes new foes Wfhenever he isolates those utwo rowsf' He seats the girls with careful prudence, Separating the poorer from the better students. One teacher to keep order has a unique way He takes a pen and tap-taps away. He seems to forget that I am only rented. As a result. most of my desks are dented. - Twenty-Eight -

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TESTAM Mr. Hoffman is a man of many merits, Especially when he calls his pupils Hslieretzfi Therefore, we leave him this interesting sequel. The thought that all students are created equal. To our uptown-downtown Mr. Horn Wllo became a father when Amy Gay was born, Wfe leave a car without ever a flat. lxve hope you get what we're driving at.t To Mrs. .lofen who has taught us many a fact About the birds and the bees and how to react Nve leave a sound-proof room with a lock for the door To prevent male entrance ---- forevermorel Nvhat we leave Dr. Lichtenstein for his new abode ls really a secret-but Agid Lachem sod. We leave Central bus service-door to door' So he wonit have to hike around the block anymore. To Mr. Lilker, who for four years with us has been, Wie leave a class that can take marks on the chin, And something else that he most highly rates, A diploma together with the graduates. To lVl1'. Ravetch we leave a great big smile And students to hoo-doo all the while, . A good play to produce with actors of choice And a boom alay, boom alav, boom for his voice. Mr. Shlosh with his patient, droning voice Doesn't leave us a very wide choice. Therefore, all of us in the Shlosh ward Leave unto l1i1n a broken vocal chord. Miss Taub came here to teach us Sten. And learned all about appendicitis from Rosennian. Since she taught us law upo11 occasions, We leave her a handbook of deviations. To Mr. Wallacli, YVl10qS full of good cheer, YVe leave something that to him is quite dear, A barrel of gum, along with other supplies And infinite questions Hfoolish or otherwise. As we graduate from Central, a will We make, Leaving the school all we cannot take That is why, as we advance into college, We leave walls, desks, teachers and knowledge. - Twenty-Seven -

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But the girls aren't angels by any means, Come, let me take you behind the scenes. The freshies ask to see, upon entering the school, The lab, dorm, campus, library and pool. The seniors, instead of helping them to learn, Sayi Take elevator five flights and make left turnf' Yes, when I think of them l have to grin. They stuck together through thick and thin, All four years like sister and brother: Even on tests they helped one another! At times they make me want to kill. lim referring of eourse to 'GThe', fire drill. In all four years this was the first. I was so disappointed that I almost burst. I actually ahnost raised my roof. The students had been told I was fire proof. Wvhen they were told I had overheard, And I had believed every single word. Well, anyway when that hell rang The seniors got going with a bang. They were told to walk, and away they went This was really quite an event. On they strolled and upon returning, They found their History teacher was burning. He thought they had been trying to hide. Boy, he eertainly was fit to be tied! He stood there and thought and thought, And decided a lesson they must be taught. He told them to just lille up in pairs And make a few trips up and down the stairs. They had to climb every time they spoke Still, they thought it was a great big joke. But sinee it hurt my staireases like murder, I was glad they labeled him h'Marty the HE1'fl61'.,i The students are more numerous than at the start, But that senior class is closest to my heart. Yes, classes may eome and classes may go But a class like that I'll never know. Truthfully I have had a great deal of fun, Together with the Senior Class of '51, BARBARA ROCK - Twenty-N ine -