Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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y ( ' ((((•(( ion Fear no more the heat o ' the sun, Nor the furious winter ' s rages; Thou thy norldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta ' cn thy wages . — Shakespeare. The weary vistas of time fade into the dim obscurity and lingering forget- fulness of history ' s spent yesterdays. One bulwark alone stands immutable against the annihilating ravages of heedless time — the all-encompassing reservoir of memory. The printed word has ever served to buttress this sacred fount. Here, then, we r ecord for all time our poignant sorrow at the loss of three valourous champions of freedom ' s cause, of three warmhearted friends. Here, too, we set forth for everlasting ages the incontrovertible faith which inspired them. No amount of eulogizing will compensate for our loss. No words of solace will ever bridge the timeless chasm separating us from the living, laughing friends we knew. We can still recall with what exacerbating fury one tragic report fol- lowed the next, leaving us with a desolate impotence and a crying heart. But when strident blasts of hatred, cruelty, and persecution will have ceased to be, then from these honored dead we will take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. To your sacred memories — JEROME ROBBINS, LEONARD KLAPP- HOLZ, RABBI LOUIS WERFEL — we dedicate this Masmid.