Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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1939 W, rchiiii Inr ciiir l;,sl dos.- nf ' i ' l where rresliiiuri yd llieir ye;u- supply iiT iiispi ply .r ciKarcltes at Hie I ' we inejiii siiiiK ' re il enll K iseli. leiii .-inil h rails (a Ijcjilllediis i;irl speaLer lieiiii; ' p female voiilli oi America Inr inilil ir r s siipi ll Senior s ker . leaeliers in lli p Due jjlinan drau eap; ilal, life Ih ll III sell,. , In I (I nl ' lae, il . . . selinnl I. a, le also la Aii.l nil lersliip. kl, V.s, llie same Ycxliivn . . . ml V( mnneli niir yedr ' s sup e I lie K KK is lielielicini . . . I Messiiiirs iiiul I ' rofessors Iv ernuils III prace, iisscirilily I ' efiistrnr trains the. illi sis liniir I liariffes of seerrlaries . . . rsiil.iil ,.l III. selinol . . . His V.I ' . i.S M III. iiaiiii siMinils vn){iicly fainiliar . es, . ' -iliiki r.;ir(l is niir Secretary . . . Krev.sky serves nii I lie I ' .ieiilty-stlKlent 11- (lillieiilt . f. sMii edihirship. and. In- nlniiraplier ulin lakes pi ' liires willinid Iriends uhn i .-in wrile I ' .nfilisli In wrile — and — i)elieve it or not. he ffcts ' i ' ok (ioldnian is .snni: ' neweonier I hut we jiisl e.an ' l ' J o eoniplele I he reliltions ennmull ijellier with A Mans. ■•(•Is lis ;! iniraeli- pli iilni . . . Mike Abraniowilz m.arslialls .-ill liis Ids name in on the l.allnl Inr Allil.lie Mai ill . . . l5ob Schwartz eniisnUs himsell ' with Ihe .•idvcntures of on : llichard Tracy in the dormitory corridors at 1:00 A.M. . . . We niv.- sniiK (,lher .lass a hance at the lirst class nitc by not Jiarticipatinij; . . . Gil Klaperm.iii. Seliii.ill and linhhy Schwartz iio through the loups as they gain official reeoiinilioii .is wnhcs . . . Henry Zeisel takes the good Doc seriously and joins the raidis of the jiroletariat. leaving lis sans proxy . . . Sid JSferrin takes over and Hiiiehiii aehi( v.s his life ambition by getting into council so that be may second all th. ' m.ilinns . . . Jilai li.iwitz modestly dis- claims all honors concommittant with being . 1. il. .1 pnsid. nl nl llii d.liatiiig society . . . But don ' t get him wr.mg . . . Hlaeki. lines llkuki. . . . I ' liysies knowledge goes TAUv ' an lower as Solly Maininii intimi.l.di s tin Iriple int. gr.-il . . . ' i ' iie C ' lieni boys begin to size up Eli as tliey .sla . ' .iw.iy ,il ( n.ili and Quanti . . . We lose our inferiority complex when we visit King ' s Cninly uiuler Doe Sa itsky ' s guidance . . . they let us out . . . Our presentation at the second class nitc comes dangerously close to winning but we can hardly blame them . . . they just couldn ' t see us . . . Ulackie and j Iike Michaly travel around the country on S.C. dougli but show that they ' re Yeshiva bread by out-talking opposition . . . Dlugacz and (iorodetzer go deeper into red, the latter as Business Manager of Commie . . . Caj) and gowns flutter in the Spring breeze as we prepare for graduation . . . and then eimimeneemcnt brings it all to an end . . . Yes, this is the Yes hiva that we stand ready to leave; but don ' t get it wrong, the Y ' eshiva undoubtedly loves us. 19 4 Ticcnty-seveii

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MASMID Iroiii liis |)l;u ' i- on tin- ;irsity luiuli . . . ' i ' woiulrr wliy w r ilun t h;i f two iiuire men on Ilk- xarsity. as Kri sky ;uul Mli ' I ' Iii almost l)rin ; ' us an int i-arnural cliam- l)ionslii|) . . . 15uililin!;s lo tlir rij lit of ns. buildings to the k-ft of us. anil now huild- inii ' s iio u]) in front of us as the rivets volley aiul thunder . . . Satir earries on for tile dormant Dramatic Society with his vivid Hio lectures . . . Mr. Sar (he teaches ]?iMe. you knowe) uses totalitarian methods liy liquidating- (51.1 111 ' J of the class as he mis-lays his liijih marks . . . Koslnwe is still Koslovsky . . . I5ut don ' t get us wrong, we love Yeshiva. 1937— I5aek from our first vacation as full-Hedged collegians to that same Ycsliiva with tlie Harlem view blocked out by Venetian I)linds . . . Jilachow it , has by now talked himself into the class presidency while Goldman starts u]) the poli- tical ladder as V.P. . . . K idently !iot acquainted with Yeshiva bottlonim, Shipley endeavors to teacii us the art and science of wasting time. ' hat a course! A diarrhea of words and a constipation of thought, to quote the ])rof . . . YESHIVA, where Biblical confusion reigns: Chem prof gives way to atom and .Jacob gives way to Isaac(s) as the clamoring for a dean produces results — ; but he prefers to be called Assistant to the President . . . Goldman becomes Business Manager of Com- mie and a fortunate Burro Park lassie sees all the leading Broadway shows . . . Hinehin is startled by Doc Frecd ' s revelations on sex . . . Our stage debut at the first Class Xite is a success but our screen test in Damon ' s roof garden class remains in the negative . . . like ' Abromowitz shows us that a sneeze is not always a sym]3tom of a cold . . . He redeems himself by flashing light on the sub.ject in Dr. ISrody ' s class . . . an iineiita, no less . . . Written reviews are what they now call term exams . . . A rech joins the Levin bandwagon and gets himself elected Athletic Manager in the landslide . . . Oh yes, Kos is still known as Kosloxsky. . . . But don ' t get us wrong, we love Yeshiva. 1938— YESHIVA, a place where Alexaiuler the Great teaches Philosophy and history is made by another Alexander . . . where kings will be ijhilosophers and philosophers would be on the Semicha committee . . . Where the Sar and a Ger- man caterer beat the Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact by a year . . . where soup pots become rat traps . . . !Merrin and Klaperman, at a loss for amusement in the evenings, sit in on Levin ' s Council . . . where the Psych class storms the Bastille .-.nd bombards the Sells with chalk ... A psychological experiment in self-analysis reveals the startling fact that Schechter ' s emotions are more easily stimulateil by a pencil than by a KISS . . . Sclmall covers his head with a Yarmulke antl himself with glory as he keeps the class team in the intra-mural running . . . We lose our dignity and Bronstein his pants in the Junior-Freshman blitzkrieg . . . America votes a dummy its top entertainer and Yeshiva follows suit with top class nite honors going to Sliikey Bard ileCarthy . . . Organic Chemistry is one small night- mare. Wait till next year for the big one . . . The fellows begin to meet major catastrophes . . .Three of us get a preview of things to come as they aisle it at the 1939 commencement . . . Povzea cops the Junior medal, Bronstein gets the Matli award, and Goldman receives the Fishel Essay prize . . . The latter becomes a fifth columnist by writing On the Sidelines while breaking onto the faculty via the Physics laboratory . . . Bobby Schwartz spends quiet evenings at home picking out splinters from his basketball uniform . . . Irv (yes, sir, still Koslovsky)- captains and irtually coaches the basketball team . . . The 1939 class leaves us a Shaer and the bad debts of Sol Aber . . . That ' s Yeshiva, but don ' t get us wrong. We love it! Twenty-six .

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MAYER ABRAMOWITZ Tel Aviv, Palesfine MASMID ABRAHAM AVRECH Brooklvn, N. Y. ISAIAH BARD Dorchester, Mass. M. ELIAS BLACHOWITZ New York, N. Y. Twenty-eight