Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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

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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

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ami Jtrry Willi walks oil wKli llic Malli Mclal . . . Joscj to his East Siilc fricniis thai he lias become Assistant Dean third act . . . Three down and one to o. S, Nobtl modestly ailmits . ' I ' he curtain falls on the And ' 37 At Last 1937 ( omini; down llic liomcslrctth as the curtain rises for the Imal act (for some anyhow) . . . Gersion Appcl, Norm Goldklang, I. H. Rose and Jerry Gordon arc elected school ollicers with Izzie Miller designated as Editor of the Masmid, while Eisenberg and Ribner offer their services to Council for the benefit of the class. The registrar ' s oH ' icc becomes very popular , . . i ' ' inding Yeshiva students an un- apprcciativc audience for singing talent, Rahmin Sion lurns to politics . . . He starts on the bottom and works his weight up as he becomes dining-room manager . . . Mrs. Simon threatens the boys with stripping (their beds) as Minyan attendance wanes and back rent mounts . . . We regress to High School age for a day, when the T. A. gets complimentary tickets to the Polo Grounds on Lag B ' Omer . . . Gersion Appel is given a set of Graetz in appreciation! of his able leadership . . . Rabbi Lookstein ' s course in Jewish Sociology proves an excellent treat as it is given for the first time. . . . Reserved seats to miserable underclassmen are sold for Doctor Savitsky ' s lectures . . . Teach displays his histrionic proficiency as he tells of his experiences in prisons and lunatic asylums . . . Red Newman, head of the Concert Bureau, inaugurates a March of Slime as he obtains complimentary tickets to Western Waters and Journeymen , . . Doc Abel turns out to be a most regular fellow . . . Heal capital stock . . . Dr. Philip Krause takes time out from education to teach the boys the physical con.stitution of a mummy . . . Doc Margalith hopes that Mathathuthath (Massachusetts) were banished from the Union . . . Sagaciously informs the boys that war determines not who is right but who is left ... Eli forms a synthesis and takes over the Chem Class as Dr. Isaacs is elevated to the position of Assistant to the President . . . We still can ' t distinguish between Dr. Isaacs ' office and a hole in the wall . . . But the Phi-Phi Beta can . , . Many merry moments are spent at Class Night . . . Stars are born as M. C. Greenberg, mike and all, introduces the Senior Satellites . . . Sam Adelman on the Glory Road, Sonny Eisenberg (we just found out that his official monicker is Isaiah) as Prof, elicits some rollicking remarks from pupils Prairie Flower Mintz, Wee-wee Goldklang, Office Boy Miller, City Lights Peretz and Vanishing Cream Hurwitz . . . The seniors monopolize the Basketball Varsity which for the first time in history comes out on top as the fairer sex attends . . . Mintz crashes the faculty . . . Red Newman turns G Man and helps Noble {Joseph S.) track down examination criminals (People in glass houses shouldn ' t ...)... The Phiy Room is rejuvenated by Jerry Gordon . . . The boys get next to Dr. Revel (in the class picture) . . . Kodak stocks boost as seniors don caps and gowns in Commencement preview . . . Collegiate Digest publicizes Yeshiva as the American Seat of Oriental Learning . . . Mager is graduated from High School . . . Max Halpert draws first blood as he beats the boys to the altar ... A grand finale takes place at the Senior Affair which immediately precedes Commencement . . . Now we stroll down the Auditorium which today appears unusually majestic in its serenity . . . The Valedictory, The Degrees, Hatikvoh . . . Our history at Yeshiva is thus brought to a close . . . From our memories it can never be effaced . . . It will never pass into nothingness ... 19 Twenty-nine