Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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I ' .Icl ' ntil ImIv. ' s u- .M;iI|i Mr,!, ' .! (.■ind I|h ,l,,n I in.ik. Iii„. piil il ,iu-k ) . . . I.r, in Wdlks for iircsidciicy cf SIikIciiI Cniin, il . , . Oli. . s. I ' liil js iwr srcrrldrv . . . 1938— Wr |ir(|i;irc Inr (.iir l;isl s. ,:;, on I lir ml Irf i.-il r sIm ' , ' c licfcrc- llic- ciirluin Calls . . . ' I ' lir s;Ti|.l c.mIIs (nr I he caliri . ' ind (|iLrl ,,r ;, ly|iic;il sriii,,|- year, hill (-(111(11- tions ad lili ... A sn ciilli ' d nsl.Miir. ' iiil. r Ir.-irli, s iis Imu ,, run miiyli slmd over an fiilii-c inslilulinn if «c .-iit lir;i ,( n i nllll ll . . . i li.-irii lli:il llii- food «i- cat it of iKi concern of ours . . . Second in (diincil lo I, en Iml uilli .-i liii-siiitc growth .sec- ond lo none is I ' r ink Sli;i|)ini . . . Sli;ier mis 1, ' ikes ininiih , . . . Comniic i.s run Uy Ariiic Miller, I ' liil K;i|il;in, ind .lerry Kesleidi.-iinii loo . . . KIciman, n.s its biisincH.s TtiailHj ' ci-, |)iils il on llie prolil side cd ' llii ' ledger . . . . colorful six-))a ic I ' lirim i.ssiic id ' Coniiiiic r;iises l;iiij;liler . ' is liijili . ' is .M.-irs , . . I,. ' indis .-11111 Iir is l,-ik(- over Ihc .Masinid uilli cries id ' dici .-ilorsliiii oiced ;is lliey .-iinly .-illeniiil lo force sindciil coo|)el-.-ilio:i . . . (ierlier ilispl.iys ;i ni.-irked iiil erl ' erioril y eoiii|il( . . . Kreil in.-ill considers lli,-il ,-1 el.-iss |iresidenl is .-ilso ,-1 | r(sid, ' iil .■ind Skl.-irin helps liini old when nol disi rihni iny ( ' oiinnics . . . Dr. S.-i ilsk driMs us .-ill lo Hie mad house . . . ' I ' hc imiialcs don ' l mind us ,-1 hit . . . ' riicy ndc.-isc us .-ifler ohscrvalion . . . The Org-anie boy.s begin to complain hee.-iuse juniors ,-ire disrupting Iheir mor ile «ilh too much stiulyini ' . Didn ' t lliose kids Ic.-irn .-inylhin in c(dlene . . . ' (- nicct in the person of Philip Ivr.-iiis ,-i le.icher who m.-ikcs teaching an .•irl Vii l ' ' , eeuli e Commitlee now runs the school . . . Cia.sses give way lo l.-isses , . . , lerry hi ' l ns I 1 ,1 ye.-ir like .-1 l.-i;nl). and h,-is eomc hack lo us like .-1 woll ' . . . I ' our or (i e more of our m.-il - sl.-irl rese.-ircli in the ways of a fi-malc with discussion groups in Ye Olde .Meelinge lions. Jerome Kes- tciibaum. abscntci- landlord . . . The ' . ' )!) Men prom is ,-i so.ial success in spite of the hall . . . Vc become amateur Dick Tracys ,-is we Iry lo ascertain «hv it wasn ' t a bigger financial success . . . I ' m ,-1 little pr.iirie llouer. growing wilder hour l y hour proves to be the fly in the f.-nully soup at llie Stu(U-:it-I ' ' aeulty Mi.xcr . . . The Hoy.s prove what dainly crealiires tiny can m.ike ;is ciipiil ' s bow.s and blushing cheeks are produced on a (lalid backgrounil with a few deft strokes of the artist ' .s brush at Roxanne Studios . . . Arkie puts Cla,ss Nites on a big-time basis — and at a profit . . . We split the banner with the juniors and then take to walking the corridors in bands for protection, for eaeli m.- n kills the thing he loves . . . Herzl Freed and the Concert Bureau gi c us long-haired slulV with tickets to the N.U.C. Sym))liony and other high-bniw cnlcrl .-linment . . . Don ' t Throw Glass Houses wasn ' t all it was cracked up to be . . . We throw ourselves some seallions for our behavior . . . T ' le senior alfair ends n|i in Staten Isl.-md and Waehty misses the boat to America but has a friend lo console him . . . .Vn exclusive senior affair at the Gottesman penthouse doesn ' t snceeed in excluding a few alien elements . . . Abbv has so often tried to impriss upon us lliat we ' d better Icixi- him a loan that we now dci ' idc to le.-i c him .-iK ' ne . . . Oh, ves. Phil Ka]ilan is our secritary . . . This is our talc, sinijdy and humorcc.isly lold. It m.iy evoke a laugh here and a half-suppressed smile there: but luliind .-ill this bitter-sweet lurks a modicum of pensive sadness as we lca c ,-1 slullercd home with its leisurely and seliolarly pur- suits to enter into the harsh and compctiti c tempo of life. Ttrenty-five 1 «)

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MASMID i-stablislimeiits . . . Di-illiiii; .uid Imililitiu ' an-.ss tlic stnrt prcnidc icrlilr nn.uml for tlie feature rivalry hilwciu Ariiii ' .MilUr and Misli l.andcs . . . Abranis is laki -.i for a ride in the Irish sweepstakes as the iacidly awards iniii a lu-i e . . , Mr. Sar takes it the hard way . . . Miller repla ves Ai)pel as News Kilitor of The Coin meiitati r . . . Murray Lieberman ' s TaLcnts beeome outstanding as exam period nears . . . Sie mi darf; sie mi darf nit; we ; ct Simon in the dormitory . . . Yeshiva has ils own numbers racket as math is brought lioiiu- on a more praetieal scale with each iliH-mitory resident attached to a card and a luimlur . . . Yeshiva night-watch- man discovers that the institution is ompose.l entirely of Cohens and Smiths . . . Oh, yes, Kaplan is our secretary. . . . 1937 — Summer time is over; huge Yeshiva towers above . . . The unique insti- tution has become a true demoeraey, we find . . . No dean — Just an ofliee wherein women have equal duties with men . . . Upperclassmen at last and big shots to boot . . . .Juniors rule the Commentator as the Governing Board includes Levin, Miller. Landes. and Freed . . . The IJoys spend sleepless nights at Patterson as tliey put the Commie to bed — then rush back to make classes next morning . . . P.T. is over — Gerbcr loses his will to live . . . We meet a real orthodox Jew for the first lime as we stride through Plato and Aristotle with the encouragement of Da Good Dr. Litman . . . Amanation ' is added to our vocabulary while the meaning of ton polikos legitae is made intelligible through graphic illustrations . . . With philo- sophic calm, we learn that t!ie answer to the question Which came first, the chicken or the egg} is Both. . . . Murray Lieberman finds that the process of TeLeology is an old story and that the price of reports on the open market is rising ... A will for unit} ' and a will for dispute clash to leave us with a problem; What is the course all about? . . . Another problem is wliy some of the men get A ' s . . . Chem with Eli becomes a search for unknowns which are never unknown . . . Eli plans to get his samples from the Bureau of Standards in Washington next time . . . Dr. Shipley visits his class periodically to watch its progress . . . The registrar seems to be in dire need of English lessons . . . We learn the history of education — like a book . . . We watch the birdies while a photographer cruises around the music room taking pictures of our antics for posterity, The Jewish Forward, The Collegiate Digest, and The Masmid . . . Art for a credit ' s sake . . . We leave Mr. Renov in the dark as the mute walls resound to his stentorian overtones ... A revel-ution- arv step is taken as Prof. Moses Lawgi cr Isaacs becomes Assistant to the Prexy with the blessings of students and alumni . . . With the aid of an Elefant or two, we march through all opposition like a caxalry charge to knock the intramural bas- ketball title for a loop . . . JMustaches begin to sprout after The Boys discover the need for proper straining of Tennenbaum ' s elixir soups . . . Mish-U-Gas becomes a printed excuse for a joke . . . Wachtfogel and Sklarin are delegated to fill seats in Council . . . The Concert Bureau wakes up: We find Western Waters too dirty. Many Mansions, a picture of life in a theological seminar} ' , is pronounced as fitting Yeshiva to a T.L astly comes The Journeyman with its lay preacher who moves us to nothing but disgust for tl.is art for filth ' s sake . . . The Commie Boys with their passes evoke our jealousy until Mish takes a flame to see a Fire- man ' s Flame — and gets burnt . . . The apartment buildings are up — Science stu- dents complain of eye-strain . . . Arkie conceives of the ' 39 Men ... A humid night for our boat-ride turns out all right with us entertaining the entertainers . , , Poliz- cotf has enough hair to do his dictator impersonations . . . Fleishaker, Shaer, Cooper, and Poupko unite to win the first Class-Xite Banner for us. Denk you . , , The year draws to a close with Miller awarded the Alumni Junior Medal and Big Ben Tiv ' ent)i-f(iur

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MAS II) HYMAN BLOOM New York Ci+y MILTON COOPER Brooklyn, New York IRVING EHRENTHAL Bronx, New York BENJAMIN ELEFANT New Cas+le, Penn. Twenty-six