Yeshiva University High School For Girls - Elchanet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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IN MEMORY of our BELOVED TEACHER MR. ISIDORE EDELMAN

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TO TI-IE INDIVIDUAL . The mind is an attribute ofthe individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such thing as a collective thought. An agreement reached by a group of men is only a compromise or an average drawn upon many individual thoughts. It is a secondary consequence. The primary act- the process of reason-must be performed by each man alone. We can divide a meal among many men. We cannot digest it in a collective stomach. No man can use his lungs to breathe for another man, No man can use his brain to think for another. All the functions of body and spirit are private. They cannot be shared or transferred. Ayn Rand .AND ALL I-IE SYMBOLIZES

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F? TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1963: l wish to talie this opportunity to congratulate you upon the successful completion of your studies at Yeshiva University High School for Girls ol' htanhattan. Throughout history the Jewish Woman has played a vital role in our tradition. She has been the lirst teacher of our youth, introducing them to the vast treasures of Jewish culture. Hers has heen ilu- responsibility ol imhuing the home with the spirit ot G-dliness that is the sole foundation lor the truly moral tile. Thus, the Jewish woman has made possihle the continuation ol our sacred heritage down through the ages. You who have henelited from this comprehen- sive training hear the obligation of carrying out the traditions of Torah as you mature into woman- hood. l trust you will he, hy your future thoughts and actions, a living symbol ol the spiritual and intellectual ideals of your alma mater. Sincerely yours. SAMUEL BELKIN President To THE GRADUATING cLAss OF 1963 On this joyous occasion in your young lives, when you have reached an important milestone in your preparation lor the tullness ol the days to come, l am happy to greet you and to wish you well. You have completed successfully the course of studies prescribed in the Hebrew and English departments ol our high school - some with dis- tinction- all with credit to yourselves, your par- ents, and to our great institution. During the most formative years of your lives, you have actively participated in the harmonious blending and fusion ol Jewish lore and secular learnings. You have received instruction not only in the sulojects contained in the curriculum ol the public high schools, such as English, foreign languages, sciences, mathematics, social studies and the lilac, hut also, hy precept and example, you have learned the message and meaning ot our priceless heritage-the concepts, teachings, tra- ditions and ideals ol universal israel. Vtfhether you choose as your lite work some phase ot' human ltnowleclge and dedicate your- selves to study and teaching, or give your energies to the lviclds ol daily human needs, or devote yourselves to the realm ol the spirit, remember the J philosophy and the way of life that you have been taught here. Though the prohlems that you, as lt-ws. must lace in this confused world are not always clear, you must, each and all ol you, cling to those elements of our cultural past that have made us great as a people. It is upon these cul- tural harlxgrounds which are strongly rooted in our study ol' the Torah, and not upon talse values and strange ideologies that you must huild your personalities and your future lives. You, graduates ol the Yeshiva University High School lor Girls hlanhattan, are pioneers. You have had an education dilrlherent lrom that ot' the rest ot the Jewish youth ol this country. You have had an opportunity to learn the value and sig- nilicance ol intensive Jewish study, and to gain a deeper insight into. and truer understanding ot' the Jewish consciousness and soul. Nvith this great common hond, you are strengthened to with- stand the material inllucnces ol the time and are less prone to tall prey to the disintegrating forces which are threatening to sweep away everything that is dear and precious in life. Strengthen that bond, united, assert yourselves and your inlluence in the lives ol our youth. so that hy your example you may prove that these years in Yeshiva University High School tor Girls lxlanhattan, have not heen in vain, and that the instruction and the inspiration you received here shall he a lalessing to you and to those who are to he inlluenced hy you. Continue to he one with the Yeshiva. to accept and to leel its inlluence. Unite under the hanner ol' the ideals lor which your school stands so that its spirit may widen and deepen. a current ot faith and culture in .'Xl1tL'ftCdD JCNXTY. SHELLEY R. SAPHIRE. Director, Y.Lf.H.S.'s r-A 5