Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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M A S M I D Juniors, upper classmen at last, thoughts of commencement and careers begin to germinate . . . two majors! . . . required courses . . . In elective fields the class broke up, but by now we ' re all well acquainted . . . Highbrow stuff; we ' re introduced to Dr. Stuff Litman and the universal against the par- ticular . . . and we really should have taken his logic course if we want to talk sense . . . And psych — Dr. Xerxes Zubin with lab periods and intelli- gence tests . . . And that other required course . . . Oh, yes! Ethics . . . Can we forget so easily the ambiguity of life, the conflict of the wills and the ever elusive solution? We did get practice in taking dictation, but think of the fun we missed! If only the bon-fire of ethics notes had come off as expected . . . And did you read Werfels notes of Dr. Ward ' s education class? . . . the silly wise-cracks of Itz Goodman and the rest? , . . And the competition of Gordon, Wall and Gorenstein for the coveted title of chief T. L. . . . And the new equestrians . . . those pony-riding Greek scholars who slowly dwindled in number but gained in ability. What a class! Even Eleazer Goldman, the prodigy and genius of the class, had to struggle to maintain his position as ranking student ... In general, clean interesting fun . . . ahswering the roll call for each other . . . slipping out of Ethics, chairs and all . . . Al Koaltch sending a freshman In his place to the education class . . . Rabinowitz losing two elections . . . Satlow vs. RIbner campaign . . . Lleber disappears . . . Pictures of Dr. Gutkind taken — without films! — and the playroom opened too . . . and the first social affair! Werfel in his yarmuike, Wolfe and Sissy win a contest, and Lou Cohen, too . . . And Journey ' s End with Stanhope Charney, hHIbbert Polikoff, Trotter Novick, Osborne Rabinowitbz, Raleigh Silverman, and that rare species of Yiddish-speaking colonel, Levltan . . . and oh, yes! Mason Kaplan. Some fun, wasn ' t it? And do you re- member the constant stream of new secretaries at Scripta? (Some were nice, too!) and the time Dr. Ginsburg forgot to come to a junior final examination? . . .and Singer throwing dates at Dr. Margallth? . . . And the Commentator with Gabriel as managing editor? . . . And SI Kornfeld ' s reveille bugle? . . . and the election? — RIbner, Kolatch, Werfel, and Kaplan head the Student Council, but that ' s for next year, the Senior year . . . and we almost forgot: Deanship Is dead, long live the registrar . . . And hienkin and Karlin won medals . . . Are we good! September ' 36 — The final year . . . three years are gone and more time going every day . . . Thirty weeks to commencement . . . Mr. and Mrs. Simon in the dormitory . . . they do serve good tea, you know . . . our second affair a neat success and a financial failure (do you remember the downpour) . . . Mid-year exams . . . Spring, the final stretch . . . last minute reports . . . classes on the roof . . . the boys are still what they were four years ago; M. Hurwitz still the great mystery . . . Aaron Kaplan still the most conscien- tious; don ' t the boys In International Law know It? . . . Mike Karlin had an article In the Scripta Mathematica . . . President RIbner still scores 98 ' o on the Barnard Purity Test — we hope! Oh, yes! Some change there Is! Heraclitus be praised ... his eternal flux has worked wonders. After four years, Sam Prero finally has a red beard . . . Less face to wash, anyhow . . . and oh, yes! Max Levy has accumulated enough energy in four years to enable him to ascend the platform for his diploma. But Father John Be ' -nfeld? — He still seeks a dowry (the young lady is unnecessary, it seems) and he still uses his pony for Greek quotations In his sermons . . . And Al Kolatch has acquired an automobile to help shade his scalp against the sun . . . and then exams . . . and now commencement! It ' s all over! Yes, we remember, and if the memory of these glorious years begins to fade, posterity will exist to judge and remind us. The future will remember the class of ' 37. Here is our chronicle — judge us! Twenty-eight

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M A S M I D DO YOU REMEMBER... September ' 33, and fifty awo-struck fresfiies rush to their first class. Forgotten are Higfi School commencement and summer vacations. ' 37? Oh, just a silly way of designating the greatest class ever! June ' 37, and fifty sedate seniors bowed with the weight of their dignity and their cap and gown march up the aisle at the close of commencement and out of Yeshiva ' s portals forever. College days are over . . . Pleasant days, weren ' t they? Do you remember . . . Freshman year . . . Gee, isn ' t college tough! . . . What IS a function, Dr. Sinsburg? . . . Say, do all college instructors have beards that vanish overnight like Dr. Johnson ' s ? . . . Duke Landman ' s hiistory Manor! And who ' s this teacher ' s pet — is Ribner the name ? . . . who continues to supply him ith ch ewmg gum . ' 3ntar ' . . . We ' re Introduced to Rahmin Sion — an interesting first snow! Interesting speech and a peculiarly pleasant talk on an Or accent, too. The Biology class! Remember the ten weeks with Dr. Safir on classifica- tion? And fhe Dodger-Giant feuds with Dr. littler? ... Dr. Rhodes? He finally smiled at the end of the year, but we didn ' t. What marks! College French must be tough! . . . Summer school . . . fifteen perspiring chaps trying to catch up to the sophomores . . . and did they perspire! A seven hour final with Dr. Lowan, and he must have thought he was still teaching Prof. Einstein. . . . He found it otherwise, though . . . what a slaughter! ... At least, P. T. was a snap. Free rowing and hiking every week . . . and that telegram collect to Dr. Horowitz? Ours was some class! With Karlin and F. Kolatch in the Student Council . . . and Levy on the Varsity in his first year we must have been good. ' 35 — Sixty of us, thanks to the summer school. What a mob in chem- istry! And the late Sunday lab. hours ... At least those stout hearts who dared brave Dr. Lowan and became the physics pioneers had a small class . . . they enjoyed it, too, what with Doc ' s black magic, and the off-key singing of Palestinian songs by Rosenfeld and Tenenbaum as they did their experiments . . . and even then, Lenny ' s ingenuity — he made Doc think that our religion commanded the yodeling! And do you recall how frightened we were when Dr. Home roared Beowulf at us in the original Anglo-Saxon? . . . Or were we more frightened when we came to class without having memorized four lines? . . . And French Lit., with George Sand ' s influence on Nietzsche, the years of Wisconsin, and our minds so pregnant with ideas, though we could only regurgitate? . . . And Eh, bien, dansez main+enant? . . . We did, too. eh Wolfe? And that Wise-guy Werfel, with his tirade against Moliere? And how did you like the prize Henkin won — Montaigne ' s essays in French! Remembe ' - the weekly lecture on Ike Hoover ' s book? . . . Excuse us, it was really a lecture on American history; but we did enjoy Dr. Margallth ' s anecdotes ... It was our toughest year, but we enjoyed it . . . There were plenty of bright spots: — Mike Karlin, despite his genius, allowing his interest in the scores to Interfere with his physics experiments . . . Rabbi Mazo and some of his cohorts doing the stride and straddle . . . the Ail-American baseball team . . , Our officers ? ... Si Kornfeld and Boris Rabinowitz . . . and Eieazer Goldman won a prize — our first classmate to participate in commencemen- .... were we jealous! But summer came, and when we returned — Twenty-seven

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M A S M I D PI-IILIP BARA5CH Now YoiK N. Y. BENJAMIN BERNFELD Brooklyn, N. Y. UJ- ' n not WOLFE CHARNEY Bayonne, N. J. ABRAHAM COHEN New York, N. Y. Twenty-nine