Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

Page 29 text:

How Can We Forget , » . ' 34 I ' ; VI I ' rolcssor liinstcin rcteivcs an lionor.iry decree as the class of ' 3K is vvclionuil iiiio llif scIiodI. I lie works are on . . . Sonny Hiscnber ' and Hcrbic Kosher rcpicscnl lln. hoys in khiiu il , . . Doc Ginsberg outdoes Paris when it tomes to sc■llil styles in imn ' s luis (oi sIiduM v. c say hat ) I could have sworn Mr. Zolt v,is hfie. A iK ' w liridtif i ' ' ileiln .iicl i( Yukie — and in appreciation he wears it on Ihc lirst d.iy lo class . . . ■■.SiiowIhiuiuI hcfomes a synonym for inebriation as Dr. Dickson oilers his apoloi its lor l.nliIl lo attend class . . . Sonny, Normie, and Herbie Kosher make (he basketball v.irsily . . . Cuts are still on the house as attendance in Hebrew classes is at a premium . . . Mintz takes the class by storm as he avers that Helen of Troy was a parat;on of pulchritude . . . The Phi Phi Beta society is formed in the house of cards . . . Doc Rcsenberg, the gentleman from Wisconsin expicsses Ins ani.izenient at the seeming state of hilarity which ensues in the class after he tslls the same joke which left Mrs. Rosenberg expressionless . . . Doc Hurwitz criticizes student reports which have never been submitted . . . Tiny Myron Saal is conspicu- ously unveiled before the class and serves as an inspiration for Mit-y Mager to enlarge his daily milk rations . . . The boys become s and ng conscious as a serious doubt lurks in the hacks of their respective minds as to whether Dr. Damon ' s name is really spelled with an A (ha Ha HA HAW HAW) ... Joe Noble has not as yet acquired a middle name and still has to be proctored at exams . . . Chubby starts to TraiL the A ' s and finds Saul ( I ' m frightfully sorry Teacher ) Gorenstein in b.ot pursuit . . . With no effort at all Peretz goes down in history. . . A new vista of entertainment is discovered as the boys declare that it can happen here and the first co-ed affair is staged . . . The turnout is small as some are still afraid to revel . . .Lenny Waldman is a full-fledged student, majoring in lunch and library . . . The boys chute tlirout;li the ex.uns . . . One down and three to co . . . On To ' 35 U 3 ' i — The class of ' 38 comes back to Sopho-more and is pleasantly surprised to find its ranks swelled by an influx of studious summer toilers . . . Our first taste of Harvard is distasteful, but the English Lit. course turns out to be the year ' s best . . . A new foreign language is mastered — Chaucer ' s English . . . Normie Siegel sub- limates by delivering a flaming lecture on the intimate life of Burns after his lecture passes the Board of Censors — Mrs. Purvis ... In mass revolt against Chemistry, Dr. Lsaacs is sentenced to solitary confinement during lectures ... Eli Levine reigns in the Lab but the boys pour out none the less ... A cry of I wuz robbed goes up from Kid Greenberg as a 100 in the Chem Final nets only a B in a class of 12 A ' s . . . Mintz is seen sporting a pillow to classes as he finds class-room seats a little hard on the cist . . . It may not be as deep as a well nor a s wide as a barn, but it will suffice . . . Louis is now eligible for regular ablutions in the ritual bath . . . Eisenberg and Goldklang are sent to council . . . The legend of King Roger and Prime Minister Silas begins to appear in bi-monthlv installments ... A new movement is on foot and the Prime Minister is knocked ofl both of his . . . ( The old order changeth yielding 1 9 :i « Twenty -seven

Page 28 text:

MASMID SENIOR CLASS Twenty-six

Page 30 text:

place to the new ) ... A moonlight sail on the M.indalay nets the class $19.03 (Mager brings his kid-brother) and a swell time . . . French marks go up with the smoke as Doc Rosenberg receives a box of cigars from the boys . . . We become Intra- mural Champs . . . Joe Noble can be seen sans spats . . . Lou Satlow, le medecin malgre lui, heroically comes to relieve Azoff ' s hernia with an aspirin . . . Bewildered physicists run into an onrush of Dr. Lowan ' s triple integrals . . . The boys become negatively charged when the office starts to take Hebrew subjects seriously . . . Ike Miller blos- soms forth as class genius while he still thinks that the office is a place for work . . . The Dramatic Society reaches )ourney ' s End . . . Exams come and go and some boys betake themselves elsewhere . . . Two down and two to oq , . . MASxMID Then ' 36 1936 — Vacation is a thing of the past as the itinerant rabbis, waiters and council- lors return only to find Yeshiva transformed into the house that Jack built . . . Upper- classmen at last ... A choice in the selection of courses — take ' em or leave ' em . . . We take ' em . . . Picketing seems to have become an integral part of college work as the boys obtain a first glimpse of the widely heralded Litman, the peripatetic . . . That ' s it!!! Discipline Uber Alles . . . Doc seems to be determined to answer the perplexing question Who is the greatest man in the world, and why am I? . . . Roll calls are of little avail as a few industrious students become social-minded and practice the forbidden arts of ventriloquism . . . Gersion Appel becomes news-editor of the Commentator, and togethei with the class officers is invited by Dr. Litman to resign . . . Rangoon, India is put on the cultural map as its itinerant prodigy, Elias Levi, becomes one of the highest ranking students of the class . . . Raw carrots taste good in the history class, though Dr. Brody deems the accompanying masticatory sounds as quite unaesthetical . . . From the theoretical to the practical is but one pint of liquor as we imbibe food on the house when Dr. Litman invites us to the house for a dis- cussion of Plato ' s Symposium ... A heavy downpour does not quench our thirst (for learning) and we appear on time much to Doc ' s amazement . . . Ethics?? Our physiognomies turn crimson as we develop an antipathy to our naked subjectivity when we are informed that ambiguity resulting from polarity cannot be dissipated by castration to the beautiful beast . . . With empty ink wells and filled note books we await a solution . . . Faith comes to the rescue . . . E. V. Mollis, pedigree, Southern drawl and all plays to a full education class on opening night (only . . .) ... Greenberg and Goldklang are dispatched to council . . . Free movies in the psychology class contribute no little towards the selection of Doc Sells as the most popular teacher of the year . . . Just another one of the boys . . . Dr. Sidney ' s boys have reason to be happy as they look into Dr. Litman ' s room at 9:15 Friday mornings as they leisurely stroll to class . . . Logic is illogical (Quote Benjamin Bernfeld alias Benedict Burns, seen of late in the environs of Cincinnati) . . . Culture is imposed upon us with the sugar coated pill of Dr. Damon ' s music appreciation course and Mr. Renov ' s art appreciation which follows (without the sugar) . . . Even the slides of nature in the raw can ' t keep the boys in class after the lights go out . . . We ' re Intra-mural Champs again . . . The Class runs a boat-ride but half the boys run after the boat trying to catch Greenberg ... A Baseball Team is formed and Chubby is taking his daily lick . . . Ike Miller cops the Medal for the Highest Ranking Junior Twenty-eight