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

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open . . . Art for the masses is the slogan for Sophs. We dabble and babble in paints for Mrs. Lobell . . . Central goes Ivy League when Yale appears. Poison Ivy-or was it Yma Sumac? He asks to see our emotions on paper and violently expresses his when the slides disappear . . . We emerge from our dark dreary basement gym to make quite a hit on Whitrnan's handball court! . . . Kallner XC! teaches us reproduction in Bio. and boldly states: Don,t be ashamed. If you have any questions ask MY MOTHER' ,... An unesthetic Leah .Back- man turns Bohemian as she addresses Ravetch's English class barefooted. Unfortunately she is carried away by the men in the little white suits -Oops! ItIs Mrs. Creen's Hrst aid class . . . SPRING IS HERE! Our Lag B'Omer outing takes us to the wilds of Alley Pond Park for a change in the scenery. Much to our surprise we meet our next door neighbors. Isn't it a small world? The bus drivers think we came to stay and forget to pick us up. We return home late, windburned, 'sr fr f I Q:-,-?:.r2f gc, 16 yn sunburned, and frostbitten . . . Comedy in Mu- sicv is the next stop on our Broadway circuit. We spend all our hot chocolate money for tickets close to C-D. Backstage we meet the star. We were thrilled by Victor and licked by Lamour . . . Pearl Pardes daintily trips into the garbage pail upon leaving a stimulating lecture . . . Central's Sani- tation Squad gets splinters in their hinters as they wash the floors to help jimmy . . . Calisthenics with Mrs. Feuer. She tells us to stand on our toes Q fmlui g if lc but the ceiling gets in the way. Lose more stu- dents that way. . .We visit juvenile courts and find out we,re not as delinquent as Rabbi Friedman thinks . . . You can get in the pink with Grossman by not wearing red . . . Argyle joe Kaplan is re- moved from his post for corrupting Central,s de- baters. So long joe-hello Ivan! . . . Shocked Sophs steal Sing . . . We quiver at the thought of three Regents. Imagine-nine whole hours at Y.U.! . . . We,re still alive.

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Teddy finally take the plunge and make a trip to Niagara Falls-together . . . 'iThe Answer Mani is taken off the air and pasted onto Ravetchs desk. Leah Edelstein and Ethel Stolnitz get quite a kick out of this adventure, we mean it literally! . . . Chanuka rolls around and we decide to buy Kallner a practical gift. A sign reading nXVhy Be Mean VVhen With a Little EHort You Can Be a Real Stinkerf' Teddy reciprocates in kind, 'iThe Reason a Dog Has So Many Friends is He NVags His Tail Instead of His Tongue' '... Dum de dum dum . . . Friday 11:02 A.M. - Room 22 - Mr. Ravetch is accused of petty larceny-After a pro- longed investigation his name is cleared. What would he want with Hinda's ring anyway? . . . Our Freshman Sing We now will start, weire go- ing to rip those others apart -and we did!...Phew! Finals are over and we're still alive and kicking. ,4,Y5hf6!?5 X Q 0 4 V SGPHOMORE DIARY if Eiga' Exams must have been easy cause here We are Sophomores and raring . . . The little red school- house around the corner is now occupied. Have given up the trips to Macy's in favor of a walk around the block. Somebody must have a letter to mail in the PO. please? May I walk with you?? Please!! . . . Ravetch sticks Gramma Gertin's Needle into Ralph Royster Doyster. Mrs. Green. in the nick of time, comes to the rescue with her pressure points . . . Bassell gets engaged. Before we can say Mazel Tov he's married-the begin- ning of the end for Bachelors, Inc .... Our first theater party is a smashing success. All frustrated Sophomores are encouraged to do bigger and betteru things . . . Dr. Lewin and Rabbi Adler go abroad and were left unsupervised. Our principal returns much the sameg Rabbi Adler smuggles through customs-an imported beard . . . I was sure my locker was here this morning . . . Col. f Marlon Brando! Bernstein appears on the scene. An eligible bachelor but not for long. His casual invitation to an open house knocks his house 15

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JUNIOR DIARY Regents must have been a cinch 'cause here we are Juniors and rare . . . This is the year we take Chem, third year language, and Jewish Ethics for BECINNERS . . . First week of Chem-six nuclear fallouts fit seems that Vivian is positively charged and will not leave Kallneris sidej . . . We finish Chem 1 with flying colors in Home Eco- nomics. VVe are now experts at washing coffee pots . . . Get exceptionally low marks on one of Mrs. Feuer's infrequent French quizzes. Told to see the Rabbi immediately to redeem them. we Hnally see him at the end of the term . . . Dramatics with Mr. Horn produces great thes- pians. We are so enraptured that we plan a creative production, Dear Ruth. Lights, cam- era, cast- but no rehearsals. End of produc- tion . . . Tests are postponed due to gay bladesv at the Ice Rink. We collect stubs for Ravetch to prove our unfailing Wednesday night attendance -and spend all our coffee money . . . Horn, head of the Tweed Ring, dresses discriminately. Tweed jacket, tweed pants, tweed socks, tweed shoe laces, leather bow tie and yarmulka . . . Our tears ll ,lu 'll lflll' V57 x . -1 'l w:Fi'5 -f' A 511551 WIW ldl FWIWI MIIIW I All Z V E. , A A A turn into icicles, our fingers are numb, our breath forms heavy mist in the cold air, we take notes with gloves on, teachers sit with earmuffs and mufflers. When we complain to Rabbi Friedman about the situation he replies: Cold? It's all in the mind., '... Mrs. Tessel's Sten Class has an adventure. The door jams and we are impris- oned. Plans are made to spend the night camping out on the floor. Mike comes to the rescue, how- ever, with his handy tools . . . After a year of the birds and the bees with Kallner we start on hu- mans with Dr. Jofen . . . There is a big turnover in students. Tirzah comes to us from Califomia and Debby Marton leaves to take her place there . . . Our beloved Roz keeps pushing her chair further and further away from the desk. We won- der why? . . . The impossible happens-Lilker gets married, and to a former Central girl no less! The irony of life!-Maybe Central girls have more oomph than we thought . . . We are captivated by the Chanuka spirit and initiate Dreidel Day. We lose more pennies that way . . . The first Sweet Sixteen is thrilling. By the 64th we're old hands at the blowing out the candles bit. We send out thousands of invitations and receive one RSVP- from a girl no less. We become Sweet Sixtiesh gray1...To Ai:eh Min Chuzpahi' we add Be Va Ka' Sha . . .A magnificent play, The Diary of Anne F rank illuminates the dreary winter. We leave 17