Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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M is for Margaliih, Poli-Librariaii; Matz, financier (who is not proletarian); Meyers of Physics, whose spcciahy ' s Optik, And Mirskv, Hchraisi. who ends this synoptic II gives us Nalhn and music ' s fair charms — It ' s the story of Symphonies, Haydn to Brahms — And there ' s No One beside him to fill up this letter And help me conclude this — the sooner the better! T s tor the Office Girls, long may they stay And attract us to visit the Office all day; What we need in this school is the feminine touch- And a pox on the men who ' d deny us all such! P is for Posen, at Physics a whiz — His Electrical Course is rtuoltmg ' — it is!! And it ' s also for Purvis, our Super so loyal, Whose staff keeps the buildings in splendor that ' s royal. B is the Question your poet must ask Of himself as he labors, bent over his task : Now just what in the world am I going to do When I get to such letters as ' X, ' ' V and ' Q ' f ' R is for Rackman ' s Political Sci. And for Rosenberg ' s dear old Gedanken Sind Frei ; Mr. Ryan, a Speaker, next calls our attention — His work on our accents deserves special mention. H ecjuals Saphire of Bio; Dean Sar; Drs. Sas and Savitsky — they ' re both up to par — . nd, respectively, Spanish and Psych are their fields While to Silverman, Registrar, History yields. is for Tauber, who rose from T. A. To assist us at Speechmaking — that ' s what they say; And there ' s Terkel, whose field is our bcjys ' Education — Which .seems like an awfully tough ficctijiation!

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H ' s llic I ' .iiili iivoi yiiiii |Mi(i IS |)( iiriii)4 ()iii mill I Ins work, wliiili In liii|i(s isn ' i Imriii ; Tlu I Lists lir ' s CUIling, lll IlliK lli.il In s|)l-ll(lill ;, ' I lir k.ir 111 llir |HiiIs wlinln lir lii.i lir (ilfriiilini,;. t is Jul I ' lrisjui, ill, II (iasliiiii; romaniic. Anil l ' ,ii;;lisli, Ins 1,11. course, lli.ii drives lis all Iraiitic; ■(.•l liirilur, liir I ' lucli .nicl Inr all ihiiij s Hellenic, Ami Inially I ' liiil, vvliosc idta ' s Hyj ienic. H L;ivcs us (iiiisluML; .nul liiylur Anili. Which, il seems, was inveiued u torture us with; Sociology (Cioldberg) and drinstein (T. 1.); And there ' s dross, s ' lin s in Physics, and ends the siipjiiy. II is for Hoenig, a Jewish Historian, Teacher of ancient events thai we glory in; Hurwitz, of course, who ' s known better as D(K, Is the man to whose classroom the students all flock. I is for Is.iacs, our capable Dean, He whose power o ' ersways us, though seldom he ' s seen • For his duties permit him to see only them Unto whom he ' s professor of Physical ( ' hem. W is for Joseph, of Chemistry Dept., He who sees in the Lab that good order is kept: And there ' s Jung, who has taught us the Jewish Ideal — Quite the least understood of our subjects. I feel. E is for Kisch, w lio ' s in Chem., and for Klein, A professor of English; yet further, the sign Education means Kraus, who is next on the list — Hut for want of another one, uuess I ' ll desist. L is for both of the men named Levine; For Linn and for Lisman; for Litman (he ' s keen); For Lookstein and Lowan and Luchins ' new station - I haven ' t the space for the rests ' occupation.

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V rcprcscnis Univcisiiy powers, I ' A|i;insion, cMciisinn, new buil(lin ;s, ami showers ()l ( xir.i il( p.iiiiiK Ills, whose meaninj s defy me — I ' m will I sii|i|ioii ilicni? You ' re askin)4? — Just iry mc!! V is iIk- V ' iiliiu; ins.UKlv lie i1iijiiu;1iI Hr ' l ,1 l.iU ' iil l(ir piicliy; now In- is (.iul;Ii| ' Vom ' l 111 I ' jil;Iis1i, Iktc idiniiiL; ilic li.nul. Hrinns iIk- cikI hI iIk- ,i1|i1i.iI)(.I .iIiikisi in h.ind. . w ? Wonderful, marvelous, great, And a dozen more adjectives, plain or orn.ite. Which wc use when describing beloved Yeshi — For they all are germane to the subject, you see. uvn A is the pseudonym I must assume Vov mv health, and in fear of reprisals which loom All around me, provoking a sigh and a moan And a fervent desire for remaining Unknown. •is.ij uiM J |)in; ' siiop 3aj a o v — isaq aqi p si yr.K jno jnqj 3Pj8r 11 noX uinuM lu j puy ' siiiq in ( ' japr.ij juaiir Y Yeshiva — which really, be-emess is Not for Batlonim — in fact, it ' s their nemesis; Also here listed, completing the Y s Is one Young, head of Guidance and plugger for ties. ■ is for Zeides aaci textbooks and so on: The alphabet ' s over, or else I would go on Describing our staff, and, the meter permitting, Including some comments — but now I ' ll be quitrino