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

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the theater in tears . . . Mrs. Feuer and Mr. An- nenberg exchange first anniversary gifts-paper. However, Mme. Feuer does not appreciate the present.. .A pitgam a day, keeps the doctor away- that's Linickis motto...Mr. Kallner compains about our smelly boots and so we go shopping for mink lined perfumed models . . . Ravetch teaches us the history of the drama for the third time. This is getting montonous! . . . The crossword craze be- gins and reaches a fevered pitch. This is just a sample of whatis to come . . . Ravetch assures us that the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Mid- dle English will be our key to popularity. Come to think of it the boys did stop and stare when we started to recite: Wan that Aprillef '... We sep- arate the Baale Boosters from the Geruteners. You either knit your own argyles or Calas to the un- talentedj buy them at Macy's. The girls invades B.T.A. en masse for the Chanuka Chagiga. Cyn- thia Weisbrod is the fable to make them laugh? M. C .... We come to finals in jeans and Rabbi Friedman gallantly shows us the door. Judy Cohen runs to Lynnis and borrows a skirt for a short while . . . We auction off everything includ- ing our teacher's hat for Arms for Israel Drive, but the teacher doesnit appreciate our charitable nature. Teachers chicken out at our Purim Car- nival Sponge Booth. What drips! . . . This is the first year we take Regents at home. Such a dis- appointment, half the fun is gone! . . . This year we get more for our money - 4 great big economy size Regents . . . 6 0 K -df SENIOR DIARY Q! Regents must have been a breeze ,cause here we are Seniors and ra!! . . . The year starts off with one long final which continues through june. We take time off, however, for midterms. Isrft it fun being Seniors?! . . . Of course we become inflicted with a severe case of Senioritis. The teachers help to aggravate our condition . . . Bassell an- nounces his plan of attack in the beginning of Scholarship and tells us what an advanced course we're taking. It was so advanced that we never caught up with it . . . Did you know that Marat was butchered in his bathtub, or of the seven dating stages of man? . . . To speed up our circu- lation without the use of hot air, Lilker takes us for a run up the down staircase and down the up staircase with buddies . . . . N tilt ' Listen my children and you shall hear Of the daring Seniors and their lack of fear. Weary of school and chilled to the hone The Seniors calmly decide to go home. Down the back staircase and through the door They cautiously sneak out by the score. The phone rings to give the Rahhi the news

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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

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I f He patiently listens and then blows a fuse. Two to the movies, two to the show Two to the library, they go, go, go. Come on right back, Dr. Lewin cries Ancl then through the city ring out our sad sighs. Threatened with punishment we trudge back to school, This is the moral: Isn't life cruel? English with Mr. Bassell: Have confidence in mein To prevent us from getting measles he opens the windows and we get pneumonia instead . . . x ff, S Every day is a bargain clay with Hoffman. Lowest marks in town . . . Dr. Beigleman introduces us to a new brand of Hebrew: Ratzionaliszmus, Psueclo Classissmus, and Klupshtok a la Kreminitz . . . We have reached the Major League: Weinstein labels us Beohina Dodgers' '... Certain Central Seniors fnames withheld to protect the guilty? turn to vandalism at the Chanuka Chagiga, while the hyoungstersv enjoy the good show emceed by Chani Deutsch . . . Spin picks a winner and gives maaser to the Elchanette. Every dollar helps . . . Love is a many splendored thing. Ethel Dworet- sky starts the ball rolling and gets engaged. We My X hope this develops into something catching. Ah me! Only 63 more to go . . . Dogs trail Seniors to school the day they bring chickens to be koshered -sutures, shmutures, there's nothing like hands! . . . Dr. Lichtenstein gives us a short quiz on 2,000 years of jewish History . . . Kussin vies with Methuselah to gain the title of World,s Oldest Man., ,... Mrs. Tessel's new shoes leave her with an Achilles heel' Qrefer to Bullfinchls Mythology? . . . We talk Dr. Iofen into giving up a Yiddish lesson to discuss more important matters-BOYS . . . Mazel Tov to Rabbi Perlman. He breaks up Bachelors Inc. He found a sabra in the midst of the American desert . . . The assembly line is in- troduced to Central when we package Tu B'shoat bags. Our speed and efficiency is hampered by Debby Cohenls fall to the floor While in a Ht of laughter . . . We suffer a case of indigestion and acid stomach after a clay of cookie sales. Anything for the cause of charity-even spend our beer money . . . Mr. Lilker turns 21+ and we celebrate with a birthday party. He distrusts our good in- tentions and insists on teaching for half the period . . . In a Ht of anger Rabbi Rabinowitz pounds on the table and causes the foundation to shift . . . Our Scholarship winners Break the Bankl' at Albany and make us very proud . . . Five, four, three, two, one more days of school . . . Finals, Regents, Graduation-worldly Central alumnae. .. I9 I 4 i