Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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LOWER JUNIORS This smallest class of Yeshiva College (In njmbers, that is) showed the unique quality of going from one election into another. With Leon Levy leaving for Israel, Ernie Ruch assumed the Presi- dency, while Ludwig Nadelmann was elecled as Vice-President. Soon, however, the scene changed and. in February. Nadelmann became Prexy and B oner Vice-President. The lower juniors, anxious to prove that there is no direct relationship between iheir quantity and quality, took quite an active part in Yeshiva ' s extracurricular life. Arthur Silver headed the Chess Club which made an exceptionally fine showing in the Intercollegiate Chess tournament. Ruch lead the Arts and Crafts shop, and Brenner became publicity manager of the placement service. ZwI Beltner won the T. I. elections and Dave Rosenhan debated successfully on behalf of Yeshiva. A Lag B ' omer outing and a Melave Maike which never passed bey ond its embryological stage made the year a highly enjoyable one. 29

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UPPER JUNIORS The members of the class of ' 50 returned from their summer vacations, their coats brushed and their nails trimmed, looking like an administrator ' s ideal. They were tired from two months of play and were eager to learn. But, they came anyway. They came to prepare to take over the school. In Student Council, their president, Sonny Schwartz, sat, spraying his throat and preparing to open the Social hHall for a day or so. Vice-Presi- dent hHoitzboig was practicing putting his foot down — he would put both feet down, but he always keeps the other one in his mouth. The Juniors also had captured the secretary-treasurership in the person of Lauer, who had spent the summer vigorously practising his signature. In the Co-op the Juniors had hHonest John Levine with one hand in the till — he ' s only co- manager — and busily making money. It looked like the real thing, too. The Juniors looked forward, to a successful year in debating which culminated in winning the intramural crown. On the Commentator, Matlin took over the news-idiotship and, when he was not busy licking the editor ' s boots, could be seen walking around with a worried look. The Juniors also looked forward, to a victory in intramural basketball. With a team of Danzig, Komsky, Rosenblum, Marcus, Dyen and Lauer, the expected to walk away with the championship. After all, Danzig and Komsky were the best bench dribblers on the school team. Rapp inherited the chairmanship of the Y. U. Zionist Actions Committee and had been practising walking around with a push- ka for months.

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SOPHOMORES From far and wide came a hundred and a quarter sophs back to the halls of ye olde institution for the second lap. The ' 5lers, sporting the largest enrollment in the history of Yeshiva and ably led by President Bert Rogov ay and Vice President Bert Mond, quickly proved their quality as well as their quantity. They participated in a varied program of exira-curricular activities. The intramural basketball team pulled the upset of upsets in trouncing a h ' ghly favored Junior quint for their first victory in two 5ea:ons, and Dryspiel, Fingerhut, Lamm, Botwinick, and Eisenbach are still talking about their tie for the intramural crown. The varsity hoopsters, too, were ably represented by the second-year men, as Dry- spiel and Fredman added their well-proportioned weight to the team. Rogoway and Fredman swung a couple of mean rackets for the varsity tennis team. The sophomore contribution to the literary field at Yeshiva touched all three main student pub- lications. Stadtmauer became news editor of the Commentator, while Rogoway, who also doubled as managing editor of the Maccabean, Rakowitz, and Krantz joined the Managing Board. Gross was the class Masmid representative. This year Yeshiva ended up fifth in the int ;r-collegiatG chess tournament, helped out by the brilliant play and keen mind of David Steinberg ' 51. Steinberg won 6 out of 7 matches which placed him in a tie for individual honors. The history of the soph class would not be complete without mention- ing Bill Solomon who turned in a sterling performance for the second consecutive year in the Alumni Day production put on by the student body for the school. 30