Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Speaking of History of Education — that course was BASIC . . . The Class Menagerie. under the whip of Meyer Terkel. a Dewey man himself, contained all sorts of . There were the realistic Science majors who needed the TI diplomas and would stop at nothing to get them — not even Ed 11 or 12. This group — Gus Solomon. Phil Silverstein. Shimmy Hellerstein — did stop at nothing. Then the Hegelian Sophists, i.e. Nadelman. Fleischman. Twersky. Wohl and Weitz. whose concepts of society are all embracing, pragmatically reasoned — two credits is two credits. And last but not lost — the essentialist. classicist, reactionary school consisting of Red Finkelstein and Moish Lamm who were determined that they ' d go out knowing at least as much as they knew coming in. The point I want to make is — Orientation. One word for this movement? — Pragmatism. Thats it. One word for the Realistic approach? — Science. — Yep. One word for Hutchins and his colleagues? — One word for this course? — What is one word for this course. Red? Basic, roared the wrong answer.- — This course can ' t be given in one word. It ' s a three word course — History of Education. Oh yes, Dave Mogilner enters the school . . . gives up engineering and tries organic chemistry along with Jack Adler who admires English . . . And the Lord said. ' ' Let there be light. The Dorm Committee agrees but only till one A.M. The poor students must sleep, said Smiley as he sweetly tucked Mr. Baer into bed . . . Hilty Dryspiel urges the students to become better fans and pleads for more inter- mural intermurals. Aaron Mann outlives athletics. Yeshiva gets a fencing team and a good one. ' What epee-phenomenalism! That ' s Shimmy Hellerstein ' s . . . well I don ' t want it! A certain junior writes certain senior write-ups for Commie. Seniors aren ' t pleased. So what? — What time is it. 1 can ' t sleep. — Hold it . . . it ' s 3:30 O.K. I ' m going to sleep ... I can ' t read this page any more, anyhow — Turn off the lights. — I think they ' ve been off since one. — Oh. I knew they forgot to tuck me in. Hilty Dryspiel writes an impassioned plea for inter-class intermurals and berates our class for lack of spirit. Whatever happened to Purvis ' s dog? Oh — Victor Balowitz! The senior writeups are being written by that same person and we wish he ' d be more genteel . . . cut it out or we ' ll tell! Groans are being heard from the full Physics department. Harry Rashbaum, Steve Jaffe and others are getting a Broady education. Godwin Fleischer is pleased with his new batch of English majors— Al Solomon, Ruby Gross — they speak it. Bill Solomon is a sociology major whose background is obtained from acting in every college and TI play. Red Finkelstein and Al Solomon collaborate wdth Wordsworth and ode the siyum of one of Words- worth ' s pomes. He ventured, ' May I, too partake of life ' s effervescence? ' We gave him a glass of soda. Hilty writes a stirring piece in which he casts his lot proudly along with Stein. 1500 words of Stein, Stein, Stein, Stein . . . who carried on alone, sick, dejected, weary, a picture of sheer will power, struggling fiercely and successfully until forced to the sidelines by overpowering fatigue and Nathan Hale went down into history! It ' s probably anti-Semitism!!! The sudden passing of our beloved Dr. Klotz, Professor of Bible, on Thurs- day, December 22, 1949 shocked the Junior class greatly. Those who had the genuine good fortune to be his pupils mourned the loss of a friend and a teacher. A specimen of humanity that will remain as a symbol of Prophetic Judaism in our hearts forever . . . January 7, 1950 witnessed a mixed Music for YLl — remember that date well! What a term!! Here come the finals. TI in the morning and college in the afternoon. But don ' t worry . . . you ' ll live . . . there ' s always the GEM. I think I ' ll give the whole class in Mechanics incompletes. You really should have a note- book of problems. I should have told you in advance but . . . well, you should have read my mind . . . Oh yes, Jack Adler and Dave Mogilner — late of organic — decided to forego the rest of the Chem Dept. and forewent it. Josh is still in Chem and Barry still taking Physics and ... oh yes, Azriel Rosenfeld and Boris Rackovsky (Satisfied?). During final week the FIVE — Lane, Empress, Gem, Heights and RKO — report an increase in attendance . . . quite mystifying. 20

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cnlion lias Icfl iis slif lilly iiriijj Iml il liaTi I iufci led us with iiiiytiiiiiK iiKuralili ' as yet. P(Hlantry — Mama. Ii.iu ( .uih- |Ih .li.ln ' l , ,,n„- l,a.ky Wh.-r - ' s IJIi.,! KiM-iil.ach. what lia|)|iciic(l Id I ' clii LculiiMilin. |j|,|, VVi-is-. Ike Azosi-. clc.? I li ln ' l - ■.■ lh -(ii llii- i-iu: Did llir . . . ? — Hush, Imsli, llicy w ' ril away dti a lurj;. ' Iiip and lln woii ' l he hack. You w» ' they were Chemistry majors . . . —Oh . . . — And nii lindcisland. cnic uaiilid In ■ n In Vh-d Sihool. other- wrni hark home, and one liilchcd ulT lo Syracuse. - Docs Ihal mean that I can jn) loo? — No, you re stayin; licrc and finishing. ' . No« run ahmj. ' and major m something like a good little Junior. — Is it necessary to major? Can ' t one hmadin himself? Docs one have to restrict himself to one phas( of knowledge, one line of thought, one flimension of wisdom? (Literary, huh? I — No, you can always lea c colie ' e . . . Oh, have you heard? it ' s (juite the thing to he a Physics major in college. Nine out of every ten Hunter High School seniors jjrefer fellows who can integrate. Izzat- so? Gus Solomon. Bert Mond. Chile Wenger, Leon Levy, Phil KaLsman. Harry Weinstein, Paul Teicher and Fud Lieherman all storm the Physics front, as Dr. Arnold N. Lowan becomes a full-time full professor, head of the new full Physics Dep ' t. Three full year courses are given. Ah, what fulls these mortals be! Wwwwell! Anyone who doesn ' t know what e to the x is just doesn ' t deserve to live. H one is sufficiently mature, one just knows! You may have written exactly what the book has word for word BUTT I can read between the lines. The intoxicating Hydrogen Sulfide fumes lured four unsuspecting juniors, who joined Gerry Krakower. Wishy Wishnitzer and Wolf Helmreich in the Chem lab. Gil Shoham. Dave Rosenhan. Moish Kranzler, and our editor Hertzberg threw reason to the winds and for some obscure reason or other (Med School or lust for life) chose work. Jos h gives up Math, English and the Ghost and is heard from no longer until he — Well . . . The retreat, or shall we say the organized withdrawal of Editor-in-Chief Sol Blumenfeld and Associate Editor Lou Lauer from the college caused some changes in the Commie staff. Moish Stadtmauer becomes Ed.-in-Chief with Rakowitz and Leon Levy (back from Israel) as News Editors. Hilty Dryspiel in at the Sports line. Henry Keller is President of the Student Council this year. Now, perhaps, his resignation will accomplish something. Bob Kurtzman Veeps and Arkv Landes in as Sec ' y ( Nu, so you ' re mentioned. Big Deal ! ) . Dr. Luchins, who took a leave of absence, was replaced by Isaak Orleans. In this course you must analyze every event carefully. That ' s Psychology! If I do some- thing there ' s obviously- a reason. Now. why do you think I gave you this exam right now? What is tlie underlying factor? Ah. you hate your father. Bim. Bim! Brother Smiley, Director of Guidance at Yeshiva I where else — Young Israel? — Yeah, there too, he ' s a big man) was appointed lo instruct the newly instituted Freshman Orientation. The lab assistant to his course was often seen in the Dorm late at night serenading everyone with exquisite verbiage and scintillating phraseol- ogy-. Your majesty, may I interest you in this exquisite tie. this voluptuous yarmilke. this lascivious arba kanfos? Danny ogel is the new instructor in English replacing Mandelbaum. who as you recall replaced Miller, who as you may remem- ber replaced . . . What will happen? ho will replace whom and when? Lloyds of London refuses to insure his stay due to the prevailing high mortality rate. YL ' , according to the Juniors, has a tremendous Agriculture School. The Messers Twersky. Weitz. Vi ' ohl — all stalwarts of the Landsmenschaft ( IRS i — cul- tivated the fields of Political Science which in turn fertilized their patterns of thought. 19

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' I III- S|)riiii. ' si-imi-h|i-i I)ioii; ' IiI nulliiii;. ' ii(rw cxcr ' i)! ten junior HWt annfi they wiiiilil ili(i|) a iiil.iiii Ir.irlici ill Scplinil.ii. lifliifaliod II now hcroinf ' H 12 — llixtory (if K(l ! • iiiiw riiild 111 :, . We also know llir one nhout ihi; rye. of a n ■. ;rl|( Philo 11 liccdrnis 12. .S(i|iliisli V II lii ' coiiics SopliiMlry ii I I with n approaching infinity, Udsliidd liiiiviTHily |)iil)li.sli(-H nil ()i i.iilalor which announces iha! I ' .uhhirlo haft icicJM.I ihc Holy Law. Sliidcnls lifl out in Cod.- . . . d.-nionslralc violent approval. One of iIk- iHovisions .if lli.- 11., K l„iv i- llial -lii.li-iilv an- l.i he treated like mature, r.-s|.on.sdili ' lii.liviclNak iiiilil llii (..■-in 1.. .i. | a- such, al which time they will he licaled like lh( dirt the) aic. Sludcnl (iouiicil vole.s to spon.-or an open r-laHw nijiht with oulsid(! {;ucsls altendin;;. l5oh Kurl man is now president with you-know-who finally ficllin ; his .li.iiin- lo nwij n. SludentH vote for (lass ni;.dit in n-ferendum an 100 Hal. his p,r sinidia. Class night, Henry Keller and the Hundred Hahhis arc never heard of a aiii . . . Our class achieves douhlful fame as Hilty. in a doleful dirge, pens, Indillcrent .Juniors make tragic travesty of current intermurals . . . He ' s right Junior.s — wake up — get in lli.rc and fight — Please? Kslher Adier (Basic) le(-tun-s ii.fon- the Math Cluh on (ioedal ' s .S stem of Ax ' oms Sigma — nu, and vat else is new hy you? The Krasna Twins get their senior writeups. Look here Red, cut out those digs and slurs or . . . there I ' ve told! TI inaugurates Hchrew dohates with .Sue .ShifT representing Herzliah. As Pinky Churgin said when he heard of it. This will he the very last word in Hehrew dehating. — It was!!! Gee, Litman hasn ' t heen mentioned once this year. The Commie celehrates fifteen years of rahhie-rousing. More power to them! Fud Lieherman takes the French .Scientific Exam. He claims that French should first pass the strict Lieherman scientific test. No one. hut no one. agrees with him Student Council abstains from the Dean ' s Deception ami in this case an ah.stenlion amounts to a veto . . . Oh. here they go again. The ll[ misrepresents Uruguay (our former ally) at the Model UN. Twersky, Rakowilz. Weitz and Natie Gordon (all of whom should have known better I are on the Committee for Human Rights — such lack of experience! ! Rumor has it that a Basic Society is being formed. At the word ' s mention heads nod. mouths emit uh! and index fingers rap three times. The word is used everywhere . . . yes, even there. Speaking of there. Seymour .Aronson. There is the Chem lab. Ha, ha. Can it be that the Josh-Chem romance is dissolving? .As we intimated earlier — they had been united too late. Rubie Gross wants to know if the leaf in Paradise Lost stands too. Our sports scribe mourns the passing of the Mite Basketball season. He ends the memorable hoop campaign with a dis- cussion of the merits of Artie Stein. Say. who is this Stein, anyhow? Litman lectures on Freud and Aristotle at a Fireside Chat — there he ' s back! Yeshiva announces a raise in tuition . . . S15 per credit. We are now as expensive as Columbia. Who says we ' re not expanding? Somewhere along the line thev open the new dorm. Even the lights are opened. Time marches on. The term is coming to an end . . . Elections are held and Arky Landes. running unopposed, is swept into office. Some would rather be right — others would rather graduate. Artie Schnier becomes Vice. Leon Levy becomes Editor of Commie for our SINior vear. Will he survive the summer? is the popular question. Hilty Drvspiel signs off with the note that the summer will not thrill him. His is a dear old YU Edifice Complex. — Of course, now that the finals are coming up you ' ll no doubt want to impress me. The final, announces Dr. Lowan. will be on the whole term ' s work in English and in good hand vriting plus the two problem books that vou owe me. Hand your term papers in this week — announces everv prof of Social Sciences . and some otliers including Philo. Freshman Philo (Hygiene). English and Philo of Ed. Phil Silverstein in Ed takes the first five lines of the introduction to some book and gives it a mature, penetrating treatment in a stvle similar to what any rigorous math major would pen. If I get away with this Fll know that I can graduate college doing nothing. Needless to say three years of college had really taught him sometliing. Dr. Lisman shuffles his caaards and gives a Vector exam. Straighten tliese out 21