Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SINGER. SHOLOM — Brooklyn, N .Y. TENENBAUM, LLOYD — Rochester, N. Y. SNOW, EDWARD — Bridgeport, Conn. VINIK, JULIUS — Brooklyn, N. Y. SOHN, DAVID — Brooklyn, N. Y. VOGEL, HAROLD — Bronx, N. Y. SUSSMAN, GABRIEL — Bronx, N. Y. WEISBERG, BERNARD Mattapan, Mass. Then in a final burst of strength we elected Reichel (spelled Rabinowitz) as president and re- elected Weiler as vice. In Levin ' s class we had to go fishing for information about psychology. The course was a pipe- dream. Kristeller of Rennaissance fame spoke about Papal Bulls, pronounced with a broad A. Katz ' s course in Greek and Roman Civilization had the first co-ed in Y.C. ' s history — ach, mein Liebe. Council elections were a hotly detested affair. Werner made no Cometments in his campaign speech, so he was elected president. Rosen rode in on his blood and thunder speech and was more than a Goodman . . . Rabinowitz outswam Fish, to become Secretary-Treasurer of S.C. We finally entered our senior year and we were forced to decide what we would do with $4,000 worth of knowledge. The daring red fast faded and left only a . . . BROWN-HEARTED SENIORS . . . dull brown, the color of — the earth. No longer the lords of creation, we were just be- wildered boys who couldn ' t make the first decision thrust upon us by life. We sought again the soil in which as unreflecting kids we played. Our outlook on everything was changed radically. We became practical. Who are we? Where are we going? Why are we going there? Can we ever reach it? Is all our strife worth it? Gone the green of surprises, gone the purple of scorn, gone the red of revolution. There remained only the brown of the earth of which we are made and to which we ' re closer than we thought four years ago. We have all changed involuntarily. Charny looked like an angel and was called the cheerful cherub. He now looks like the devil and is called — into Abram ' s office. Chomsky started out four years ago as a freshman — and now he ' s a senior. Cohen, the Mick, began his stay here as a bio major and now (abnormal psych majors please note) he ' s counting flies. Pearlstein just four years ago was interested in science. Now he feels that Palestine needs him so he ' s preparing to leave as soon as the shomer kibbutz in Palestine strikes oil.

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To further Impress us wiih the importanco of action, a blue tie holding together a threadbare blue suit which almost held together 128 pounds of Alexander Litmon explained to us that our future life depended on the quality of the existence led here, and that, Bulman, tho the Lord can cause the. disintegrated body to retake its original form, we Jews believe that the future world is a world of souls, not bodies, you renegade. The exhilirating feeling of strength slowly gathering within us, the powerful feeling of con- querable might swelling our chests to normal size, the sweeping arc of blinding scarlet which we felt was us, grew in intensity as floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire sprang forth from Milton, and Paradise Lost consumed our hearts, leaving us in adamantine chain ' , slaves to the awful might of words. We felt big and young and unafraid, and in keeping with the general brilliance, to set off the Cjloiing red we elected two pinkies , Werner as president and Weller as vice-president. Gaifiel grew his mustache to keep warm in t!i3 V.C. reading room which he took care of for a cjr. Reiss took over the Yeshiva library and Zion presided over the chess club. Sohn. a quiet boy, had an explosive personality in chem lab. On Commentator, Weisberg became sports editor (and learned for the first time that there was such a game called basketball), Lloyd and Carmi were co-news editors, but Carmi relinquished his position to become editor of Niv. Levy took up his pen again and joined th staff. Werner started wiii-ing and Geller ' s ink kept on flowing. Success beckoned early to Asher who received the award for the best junior and the math award. Alex interrupted his discourse with Pressman and Pressman ' s lieutenant, the Arch-Angel Gabriel, to mount the steps of the stage to receive his prize for excellence in mussar.

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There are slill rruiny omonrj u ' . who ofler four years of Yeshiva sfill refuse to concede that the senior color is and should be brown. Margolies, for instance, insists that red is the ultimate of the spectrum and he refuses to be disillusioned. Zvi Berger can see only two colors — bluo ond white. But Zvi isn ' t the only Shomer of Dottie . There ' s Safren, Dave Lifshitz, ana Jacob ■ ■rue sfalwarts aie quick enough to see red when Dottie is maligned. Bui all must admit there ' s been some changes made. Gabriel was just another student at T.I. Now he is a respected Hebraist, head of the Chug Ivri, and the owner of a black mustache which command ' s Dr. Brody ' s respect. In 1942 Geller was just a pip-squeek from Goose Creek. In 1946 he takes singing lessons — he could do voice. He heads the concert bureau with Goody ' s assistance. Pomerantz, who made a name for himself with his basketballs, was just another basketball player. This year) he is still just another basketball player but with the title of captain and athletic manager of the school. Four years ago one would never have thought Kutner (sight) would have been the first one married in our class. Now that he ' s tasted of marriage he is no longer interested in social life — it ' s social work or nothing. Zion entered Y.C. with a simple yearning for Palestine. Now he ' s a magician. hypnotist, m.cee, bartender, and a Kierkegardianlitmaniac. When Lifshitz first entered college his only ambition was to learn science. Now that he ' s graduating his only ambition is still to learn science. Phyvil Reiss took a course in Popular problems given by Mr. Goldberg and Sholom Singer. Nu Adier, meg men? But Morris Goldberg had the best idea. He didn ' t join us till his junior year. Danny Block had the worst idea — he started the first term in T.A. Some of us got active. G. Schwartz became president of the Classical Society. Comet di- rected the evening gym activities. Mickey took over intra-murals and he ' s working now on the schedule. Rosen singlehandedly took over debating and went down fighting.