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

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Last Will and Testament To Dr. Lewin, a well-behaved senior class. Who won't obiect to taking exams en masse. To Rabbi Friedman, who calls a hungry bunch, We leave Cfor a changel an urieaten lunch. To Rabbi Adler, who taught us Dvorim , We leave a bunch of Psookim Nivchorim . To Mr. Annenberg whom we love to please, We leave a class of birds and bees. To Rabbi Barenholtz, who never has to shout, We leave a new dimple for when this one wears out. To Mr. Bassell, a man of abilities rare, We leave moth balls for his coat of camel's hair. To Mrs. Feuer, with whom French was a treat, We leave our coniugations tout de suite . To Mr. Fohr, in much distress, We leave a plate of fughl bouilliabaisse. To Mrs. Gazith, whose sense of humor never fails, We leave an anthology of symbolic tales. To Mr. Grossman, for never letting us get bored. We leave a mile - long entension cord. To Mr. Hoffman, whose Bedicho1 are cute, We leave a tie for his new suit. To Mr. Horn, who is always in style, We leave a banana and a nail file. Iris gave us guidance with art on the side, We leave her, therefore, a volume of psychology applied. W1 To Dr. Jacobowitz, who was annoyed by persistent dance calls, We leave a new class room with sound proof walls. To Mrs. Jaffe, who wears the cutest frocks, We leave a pile of cumulative stocks. To Mrs. Jofen, so short and petite, We leave telephone books to pile on her seat. To Dr. Lichtenstein, who wears a perennial grin, We leave the thought we were yedidin . To Mr. Lilker, whose first love is carrots, We leave cages for students instead of for parrots. To Dr. Linick, we leave a class that is quiet, Or at least one that is not so prone to riot. To Mi. Ravetch, whose popularity formula never fails We leave an embossed edition of Canterbury Tales To Roz - a sponge for a shoulder pad, For the girls who go to her when they are sad. To Mr. Schur, who taught our science class, We leave an amoeba in a glass. Ear plugs are sure Miss Taub to please, So she won't hear the noise of the typewriter keys. To Mr. Wallach, who made Math a pleasure, We leave little Theta, our class treasure. And now to end this will in rhyme, We leave Central for the last time, With our signatures imprinted upon the walls, And echoes of our voices in the halls.

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Now, who would steal a paper bag with a big 100 calory apple in it? . . . Blu, the lone commuter from Far Rockaway ioins our fold . . . After all the absentees raise their hands, we begin learning algebra to the beat of Mr. Hankin's feet. Our math class meets three periods a week and sometimes on Mon- days if the weather's nice for bicycling. Our theme song in Math class is titled There's No Middle Term. Nina's love for animals encourages a cat to loin our Hebrew class . . Central moves to Snyder Avenue building. Goody! Now we can go shopping on Flatbush Avenue in our free periods . . . New roorn - nine windows - hot in summer, cold in winter. . . true confessions with locked door. Moral of History - don't take off your hat . . . Dimples becomes Mishna teacher . . . NO EXEMPTIONS . . . and we all go crazy with sixteen official and twenty-two unofficial pre- finals to be allowed to take the finals . . Help! There-'s a snowball in our History class. K-K-K- - Keep c-calm, girls! Mr. Lilker's here to protect you. . . There are twelve iuniors with pierced ears. Aren't they cold? . . . Mr. Unger marches in with a bunch of test papers. lsn't that iust yofi tofi? The whole class files out silently . . . Rabbi Herskovics delves into the private lives of girls. How does he know so much? Mr. Wallach: Are there any questions, foolish or otherwise? Yes, Miss Newman? SOH CAH TOA society is formed. lt meets every 7th period. Its pur- pose? - Cramming in Geometry. Surprise! We all pass for the term. FOURTH YEAR: At last we're seniors! . . . Rozy and Vivian become President and class Veep . . . Liss and Mintz vie for the title of The one who was most often thrown out of the history period. . . . Mr. Bassell advises us not to pick lemons in the Garden of Love . . . He practices what he preaches too . . . Mrs. Jaffe our new Eco. teacher, inspires Joyce's rendition of The Market . Sheila, who is Rav Hatabachim? . . . Mr. Ravetch proves that knowledge of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is essential to be the life of the party. . . We take an imaginary trip to Bare Mountains as a Prophets pro- iect. . . Mr. Wallach fpointing to a triangle with altitude h D says. You have to go to h--- to find ambiguity . . . We are told in history class that Lily Ukelali was a Hawaiian Queen. Rozy innocently asks: lsn't that on Arthur Godfrey's program? Daisy vehemently insists: But Mr. Bassell, I didn't cut - I iust didn't come! . . . Extra - famous professor lands in jail - then comes out and dances iitterbug at class party- School gets new face and transparent tomatoes. Fanya introduces pantaloons to Central . . Class decides Marion will become president and surprise, she does. Mishna classes become discussions on Communism . . . Our new cafeteria opens. Girls bring hard boiled eggs for lunch and then go downstairs for a three course meal. . . We form the CVA fCentral Valley Authority! to stop the leaks in the pipes in the senior room . . . Ike's in but Liss is out. . . Mr. Wallach, Miss Rosenbaum, I'll give you a 98 in Math. Judy modestly replies, Oh no, that's too high . Mr. Wallach: All right then a 97 . . . 8:50 or classes outside - better get a hearing aid. . . Fanya's dance classes provide us with needed accompaniment to Dr. Jacobowitz's Jewish History lessons . . . What an eventful history class! Mr. Lilker tries to straighten Mintz out Cin her chair that is.J Turk masters the right quarter turn in the circle. Then, stop, an unexpected recess, Mr. Lilker has to move his car . . . Our class average in Prophets is 93 - 93 mistakes, that is. . . Mr. Hoffman Who else has five daughters? From the back of the room, Tslafchad? Mr. Hoffman: No, Eddie Cantor . . . SEMO Rozzy, We saw in history that the demands of the third parties were enacted by the maior political parties . Joyce: Well, there's the Vegetarian Party and we didn't all become vegetarians . . Gee, we can get married in two weeks. By then we'll have finished our Jewish History course . . . Mr. Lilker: Tell us about the election, Miss Baum. Norma: Well, our man lost Dora's affair with the garage man progresses in the Mishna Class. . . Private senior lounge . . . Every week another birthday party, with official costume to match. State Scholarship Exams - Who owes the state money? Comment: lt was an interesting experience. - Annual tzadka campaign . . . Senior Day. . . Hey, they almost took our petition to skip a formal graduation seriously. At last graduation! We breathlessly await the re- quest for all graduates to please pass out.

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