Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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MASMID STAFF ISADORE MILLER, Editor-in-Chief EDITORIAL BOARD JEROME WILLIG SIDNEY GREENBERG JEROME B. GORDON NATHAN LEVINSON HERBERT RIBNER HERSCHEL SCHACTER flik ' Vffin MORRIS A. LANDES . 1. 9.T11U EUGENE MICHALY Six ASSISTANTS ZEV GOLDSTEIN ALBERT LEWIS SAM ADELMAN CHARLES ELKIN ALLAN MIRVIS

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TO rf cni P.- -J - r. f loses t ' O .s y.sctctcs FRIEND, LEADER, SCIENTIST ]Y ' m Ih s i rcserrec ) ' i inicii our cveyhisti)ig adtiiirat ' ioti and friendship broui b bis untiring oicnnrdgcmoit. luyalty, and inspiratioti, uIjo bas inculcated into us a projou)id respect jar and desire to eniuLile tbal syi tbesis of science and faith ubich be so adequately represents, who bas endowed Yeshita with principles ire place so high in our category of lalues, THIS MASMID IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 1 9 :i « Five

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A Decade oj Yeshiva The concept of a Jewisli Collct;e of liberal arts and sciences existing in the midst of a traditionally orthodox Yeshiva was a much cherished ideal in the hearts of Jewish leaders who felt the need for such an institution as early as the closing years of the last century. For a nuniher of years the dream seemed to be mere wishful thinking, only to I ' Lcome realizeci some ten years ago when Yeshiva College was founded. The Yeshiva ' s Theological Seminary has been preparing students for the rabbinate lor some (ifty years. As time went on the students who were receiving their rabbinic training at the Theological Seminary on the East Side of New York City, grew acutely aware of the demands of their American environment. For adequate and efficient leadership in Jewish communities of this country, it was realized by the students that a well grounded education in secular as well as religious studies was necessar) ' . In 1906 a petition suggesting the introduction of English courses was drawn up and submitted to the Board of Directors, yet another ten years elapsed before a high school was instituted. The initial and most formidable barrier having been destroyed, a strengthened desire arose to found a higher .school of secular learning which could supply more than the fundamental processes of secular education. The need was clearly articulated at the first graduation exercises of the high school when Dr. Bernard Revel, President of the Rabbinical Seminary, emphasized the important requirement a college would meet in the preparation of the graduates by supplementing their rabbinical studies with studies in liberal arts and sciences. The courageous vision of our president did not tinj many supporters. The col- lective body of American Jewry very cautiously foresaw the seemingly insurmountable difficulties the plan entailed and were wont to treat the question apathetically. But the dream was too inspiringly vivid to perish without any effort, and when Peter W ' iernick and Rabbi M. S. Margolis joined hands in carrying aloft the banner of an indestructable notion, its practicability became everywhere apparent. 1 9 a » Seven