Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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' 47 CLASS HISTORY ' 51 oo ' .v hniin ilinrsls j,liil(is,,iili nih, lolly, srirrirr iiili, Mifif, sliliiin. iiii ' i iirl irilo liriliiiili ) . iliiKr iiitiifl sily r l iiriitinn . , . Okohi K Hkhnahi) Shaw I ' KOI.OM !■; With llif scplcniri ;i(Kirr cil ii|i|)ii classiiK n ringing in cur care. Take certain teachers, Hiaiiii. I,..umii. LiaIuc. iI .. ;n(pi l llirsc . . .. we cmimrkMl on a eruiwr up the creek ol inlcllcrl. VVc urif iniilnhd inin ihr ' |uiri. Huhlinic halls of Ycchiva at approxiiiialcU luriii .(i c u uu II. A. (Ilcfoic lli - Advent of Avruml. In thoxc clays of aiili(|Mil ilnrc ucic main |iri)|iliits who preached the greatness of the potentialities of ' csliiva Collifii-. It was lliu.s that Yf ' hiva tiecame known a» a hig college where hursar receipts and absence m(iI vmit- iln- means and ends of Yeshiva education. After the advent of Avrum the inslitulioii was to be known as big, strict college where the concept of We ' re college men. We are trustworthy during examinations was prevalent. After the ijroohets and the miraculous entry of Avruin there appeared the Amosonian Magna, the coining of which was inevitable ill a liif; sliiil college. Cliiiiieifleiilalls . Hrilaiii devalued the pound. These events were llie iialiiial se(|iieii(e aller Aliiain- l» ' cainc M.ialiaiii aii.l Isaac became Dean. It is during the four vear reign of our blessed class ihal the famous historian Josephus Al Enbcrgi wrote the best seller St. Ipend. the Influence and the Works. The later historian Herman B. Groan.stone attempted a revision with the accent on Works. These were the years of dramatic political events — the Kellerian Kevolution. the Kurtzmanian Counter-revolution, the Administration Revelation, the Student Revulsion. These are the stage settings — here is the background: and now — ring up the curtain. Folly Mr. Mandelbaum is still a good boy. He teaches and studies Hebrew and English — it looks like he ' s here to stay. Tf I have to stamp my foot on the floor the very next time — it ' ll be your fault. Babe Lobel doesn ' t take off his five-inch brim hat. Who closed the lights? Mandelbaum rips off Y ' armilke — half for student and half for teacher. Ah. they cleaned the windows. Lamm asks questions. Mandel- baum draws diagrams, Lieberman is stunned. It ' s absolutely tangential, peripheral and esoteric to the conversation. I Will we be able to talk like that when we graduate? — Gee. we hope not.) Dave Rosenhan schedules double date with . llen. (Gosh, he acts like a senior. I How do you spell college education? CHLTZP. . Krakower. Eisenbach. Mond act in freshman play Submerged. — Drama about freshman social status — no doubt. School becomes dramatic conscious. Gershon Stern and Zimmerman declared subversive. Zimmerman gets a tuition-free course in English through the generosity of dean (editor ' s slip — supposed to be Dean I. Class night becomes lass night and then gets the el knocked out of it the next year . . . Keller resigns — but to no avail, he ' s not president vet. Damon-Ryan fun till end of term . . . What mark would you like? Hal Ha! D! What Litman calls comedy-tragedy hyphenated. Orenstejn ' s right hand resembles a mechanical tov. Fredman ' s gesticulations are a minute later than his words. Damon and Lamm hum up and down the scales — no talent scouts present. Frednian. Davidman and Dryspiel align themselves with the Y ' eshiva Hopsters. Every freshman class for the past five vears boasts of contributing Artie Stein to team. Aaron Mann remains undiscovered talent. Ruby Davidman has a bu-bu. Dryspiel does his famous imitation of Abrams. Entering s tudents who hear Abraius for first time accuse him of poorly imitating Drvspiel. At Frosh-Senior Smoker we are initiated into the sport of vault-ing and safe-guarding against bacteriological professors. Dr. Freed teaches 1.5

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Juniors Ssated I to r: S. Seigel, S. Jaffe, H. Eichelberg, R. Rozen, S. Katz, G. Marcus, N. Katz. Standing I to r: B. Horowitz, R. Starishevsky, M. Stadmauer, D. Mogilner, W. Wealcatch. S. Bahn. 14

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us how to imprison syphilisation by the new Zipper Technique. Don-Dare is hero of hygienic lectures. Some of us go swimming in pool, others in sweat on the basket- ball court. Travelling to 28th Street becomes ordeal — students lose gym — get raw deal. The first good advice we get in First Aid is to call someone who knows first aid. This remains our motto till the end of the term. This was Arty-Fishel perspiration compared to the natural sweat we got up in Moish Kranzler s course in the Junior year. There are sonu- Ik) take Latin and Greek uilli llmli. A useful language down under and we don t mean Australia. Other colleges oiler Chinese — to be able to read laundrv tickets — but not eshiva. We learn Latin which is perfectly Greek to us. so that if we wish to travel to Latin-America where they speak Spanish we should at least know Latin. Ismar Lifshitz agrees that Latin and Greek are not dead languages — with whom is he agreeing? Not with an one 1 know — chas v ' chalilah. Dr. Floch is considered most desirable professor on faculty. Monsieur le professeur Braun initiates college men into his kindergarten . . . Orenstejn becomes teacher ' s right hand tongue (this is probably a misprint I. Rashbaum shakes his head and promises to take French for the rest of his life. Fiszman and Ish Cohen actually know the stuff. Braun demands we buy book . . . we ' ll never want to get rid of it. Second-hand books are bought from the Yeshiva book store. Je ne comprends pas. Fud Lieberman ' s Moici Boucoo. Braun demands that we study. Toutle Mend had French in T.V. Braun demands we suck French loUypops. We demand Braun stop demanding. Lamm gets a B plus, plus. Freshmen learn early that Dr. Linn chooses his words. Freshman — choose — word. Nation-alists get A-rating. Ruby Gross runs after presidency and gets in. Phil Goldman is vice. Gerry Krakower takes the Devine chem course and gets high- Jaked. Eli still can ' t balance an equation. The experiment usually works. There ' s the dean I editor ' s slip — Dean) where ' s Levine. Gus Solomon, Harry Weinstein, Elliot Eisenbach and Pete Lewinsohn take physics with Weiber. All this is done tongue in cheek as Benny explains the difference between mass and weight by saying sweetly if the answer is too small I multiply by 980 — if it ' s too big I divide by 980. The difference between A and B is attained through the same reasoning. The tongue is always in the cheek. Benny leaves in February and Dr. Lisman, a card shark, takes over. A certain stop watch and breakage fees were never heard of again. Scheinfeld and Twersky like Dr. Brody, to be sure. No one knows what the prof means when he says readings. Twersky and Scheinfeld produce tongue twisters in their competition for the love o ' Brody. Rosenhan sits in the back of the class and studies the prof ' s physiognomy. He doesn ' t double date Alexander however. Dr. Brody likes Scheinfeld and Twersky. (Editor ' s note — substitute Margalith for Brody to produce same effect.) A two thousand year old dream is fulfilled as Israel becomes a nation. Leon Levy goes over to protect her against her enemies. School given whole day off a posteriori after unanimous a priori decision not to come. Dr. Litman is not yet in Vogue. Some T.I. students take freshman English with Fleisher as the class receives hints of delights that our soph year has in store for us. Rosenberg has an ear for German songs. Terkel has a nose for news. Braun demands. Solomon, Ginsburg, Lieberman, Hertzberg take Math — Why, was it missing? Yukie receives Bury Ginsburg ' s love letters . . . There ' s the dean (Ed. ' s slip — supposed to be Dean) where ' s Levine? Rashbaum, Hertzberg, Lamm, Solomon and Botwinick take two F.A. courses — Fine Arts and First Aid. Phil Rabinowitz tells Cherubino Nallin about the Detroit Philharmonic and is only one to buy book. He gets his A. So does Conductor Kenner who changes records on victrola. Ruby Heisler works on Doc. Ruby Heisler works for Doc. Miller, another one of the many English teachers around, gives two Freshman courses. Daffinition — an English teacher is a transient, ephemeral being, in the hair today and gone tomorrow. Bygones will be bygones, quothe the Dean. Bye, begone! In a recent sociological survey among English teachers, which was held along the bread-line, it was found, they say, that many of them have pinkish — nay — 16