Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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M A S M I D is sent xip to Camp Dix ' down derr . . . Jerry Roscnbluni inherits the Business Managership ot the 1941 MASMID — debts and all. aided and abetted by HeUer . . . Mike Heller ' s conduct as President of the Debating Society shows clearly the distinction between nominalism and realism . . . Frank sleeps his way through a year of Commentator editorshij) but remains awake long enough to do a disappearing act when troul)le appears . . . Aaron Kra shows new business techniques in clearing up a Co-op Schick debt by selling more Schicks . . . Elvin. who came in like a lion, walks out with a lioness . . . Sol Hasiuk turns father, mother and big brother to a litter of rodents . . . Gabe Schonfeld grows note-conscious, musically and stenograpbically . . . ' Shpinner ' Rosenstock. the jibilosopber-gigolo attempts to synthesize the jdiilosophv of love with the love of philosophy . . . Flo Gribetz. latest in secretarial fasiiions. acts as mother confessor to the boys . . . Mr. Gristle teaches us a part and parcel of the subject of education — that is to some extent . . . Mr. Kraus teaches us the rudiments of self-defense against Golden Glovers . . . Hartstein gets an opportunity to add another title to his long list . . . Lilnian climbs another rung towards the Sniicha Committee when he catcher Morris R. Cohen miscjuoting the Bible . . . Yes, we won the Intramural championship but CLASS NITE. CLASS NITE. WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN US . . . This is the Yeshiva we have known. True, it has not at all times appeared the objectivication of its sublime ideology. But, it has been the font of our inspiration, the primary motivation of our constant being and will continue to be the moral and spiritual guide through the labyrinthine paths ahead . . . Physically, we become attached from the institution to which we have dedicated the days of our blossoming years, but spiritually, we sail on, with Yeshiva part of our souls. € yD I luenty

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. . . Olli ' I ' i ' ciirli I ' hiHH JH iinylliiii) Itiit ;i ' -IikIn in ltt;iiiii . . . Sluili ' iitb )£ iifi iriiliiil jr|ilil(iNrs ()( ' llnir iiiHlriK ' lorv :it iIh- (ir-l Slmliril l:iiiilly Mixer (ihi- rrviBcd cill My.slciii vviiw iniiii iiriitrd iil llii ' Ixfiiiiiiiiif. ' i lli Icnn i . . . Mr. I, -viin- iiiHlructH ihc ciifTH of Siiiii l{ccr Iroii ' rr-. mi ilii -iilij.ci i,| .ii imi-pliiric in- Icrl ' rrf-rKcs . . . Slloiilsoii MliU |-(»i|.iii(r for lii- M;ir illr . . . I.. .n;ir l l).viiif i al)!iiiil(iiis iIk ' iiiiiiilcr .m lirii li in favor of tin- Fuller Hrii li . . . Kli Sar i- -till relieenl on llie Mihjec ' l of ' Ileliol . . . Tlie line. ' |{rrm I, .m-. I . , . aroii and Vloisli jio Two-in-Oiie li(ie |loli ■ll one lieller . . . Our li;il- a):ain haek Twilehv l aeluini s pileliin iIiii.k driving; our opponent- lialt . Tlie re-ull? Aiiollier sofll.all eliani|.ionslii|. team . . . Clai- Nile Oli. y- ' . Well, y.,- -till have two more Irie.s. ir Jeeioir Year ( ' alapultic convulsions and revulsions over -onie us ;i- ue lind that nothing is hut l.ilinan . . . The fjood professor hypostatizcs his own alui ' uhen he exclaims. Onolc. there is hut one Litnian, llncpiote (But this is not for puh- lieationl . . . Hartstein waxes Wilds as we ohject to heing hooked up for a i ' ourse in education . . . TIk- cold .Aseh of Psyeholofiv flares up in the lee- lures of Dr. Luchins . . . 7 ' ie ' It ' inpi ' st turns iur trip to Uoe Klein ' s home into a Comedy of Errors, hut we finally fjet there. And the moral of thif- If iiih ' r ' s Tall ' is that Lovi ' s Lithoiir is r( warded Measure for Measure ... In oui- philo class we dis ' over that the onlv orthodox Je« ha- moved in — next door to G-d . . . The flood professor is loyal to the Mo-aic law. Iiul his hetter half invokes the Monroe do -lrine . . . Our registrar sees ' ' Sweet Nellie Home — also Ruth. Augusta, etc. . . . ( .ommentators remark upon the justice of the ] roceediiigs . . . Dachowitz tries to mix j ersonaI with International Relations hut gets the Air-on . . . Moishe hecomes a zadik and finds it doesn ' t pav . . . Lack of space on the fourth floor causes the Executive-Committee lo annex Harry ' s Luncheonette . . . Moses the Law-Giver, inserihes his judge- ments on a Pincns while Samuel stands hy ready to aniioint a new king . . . Silent Saul Gopin was ] rcsident of our class, in ease you ' ve forgotten . . . Daehowitz a])plied the sound eflfocts . . . How high is Hy ? Commentator editor at least . . . The howl of the Wolves penetrates the inner sanctum oi the first floor . . . Doc Litman speaks ahout more than one kind of Peace at a Peace Day Asscmhly . . . The Exec-Connnittee introduces a five-dollar fee — .students ohj ct . . . INo live-dollar fee . . . Moe einherg is Cast in the Dee]) of the Blue when he hecomes an egg in the eyes of his classmates . . . The Wizard of .Az does a vanishing act on his name . . . Need we add that we had no competition in hasehall and haskethall . . . NO. we didn ' t win at Class Nite. but we fi nished third . . . (Ed. Note — The cla. ' s of ' 40 did not ]iartici])ate) . iiir Seeior Year Seniors at eshiva — a place where directors sing a Stein song of ap- l)easement . . . here philosophers call Psychology an airy monster and ahnormal psychologists relegate Hegel lo the realm of the demented . . . The invasion commences as Brooklyn College hlitzkriegs the Quints and LIU sends ])ara-chutists into our English Department . . . Lieutenant Colonel Freed Nineteen 19 4 1

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ke L o omnoiiCe in an of 41 ... is 2(» ' 2 years old. slaiiils (Iti V ' . anil i(:li. I. ' )? | .iiiiiils . . . idiiHiderft Jack Ackcniiaii most |M»|»iilai- anil lianil-onirsl . . . Kpliraini Manilili urn is to liiin ninsl ItrillianI ami most liliiary . . . inliivrs llial Sol (iopin ami Kphraiin Manililroin ari- most irspi ricil ... is of iIk- opinion that M yir Heller is rnosl iinlnsliions . . . sees (Jaliriel Sihoilfeld as the class eonieilian . . . Iielieves that J. Leonaril A .neer and Kli Sar arc most likely to snceced . . . opines that Hynian Chanover did most for Yeshiva . . . thinks that Klvin Kosof ky is thp hiftHest social lifiht as well as th - class athlete ... is of the helief that Philip (Jellis is most naive, and (Charles Shoiilson and J. Leonard A .neer arc iiioet sophisticated . . . deems Knianiiel Kottenltt-rf: and Israel Kurz the class gentle- men . . . and adjiidfies Jerome H. Roscnldnni to he the hcst dressed . . . . . . hclieves that the most rcspeiled meniiier ol llw faiiilt is Dr. iielkin. and tlie most po])ular Dr. l.itman . . . and considers Dr. Savitsky the heft lecturer . . . . . . recalls that his hardest year was the Sophomore ye;ir: his most pleasant, the Senior year . . . thinks Chemistry is the hardest ' onrse. and Ah- normal Psvcholopv the most enjoyable course . . . . . . intends to hecome a rahhi. and niarrv within the next five years . . . iias a notion that his colle iiate career was successful educationally, hut not sociallv . . . (is that whv he recommends co-education for colleges? I . . . would prefer a major service award to a Vi hos who among students kev . . . and considers Commentator the most worthwhile extra-curricular activity . . . hut still maintains that athletics and the movies are the hest forms of recreation . . . . . . hclieves the greatest male mind alive todav to he Alhert Einstein: the greatest female mind. Dorothv Thompson . . . considers Franklin D. Roose- velt the greatest political figure today . . . . . . would take the Bible, the works of Shakespeare (his favorite author and plavwright). and the Tahnud if he were isolated on an island . . . has Ernest Hemingway as his favorite conteni|)orarv author . . . prefers classical nuisic — especially Tchaikowsky . . . considers Maurice Evans and Helen Haves the best dramatic ] erformers. and Paul Aluni and Bette Davis the best cinema performers . . . enjoyed seeing Gone ' n the ind most, this year . . . ... on the radio he prefers either the Hit Parade or Glenn Miller for |)opular music: the Ford Symphonv for classical music: the Lux Radio Theatre for drama: and Raymond Gram Swing as favorite commentator . . . believes that Jack Beiniy is the greatest comedian . . . likes to read the Vpic York Times in the morninir. the ?teu- ork Post in the afternoon, and Life — when- ever he can lav his hands on it. 19 4 1 Twenty ' one