Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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in order and vou pass. Advanced Calculus is given thus — Take any old caaard, explain it. read it and pronounce the Greek letters. The Physics crowd is seen limping through the halls mumbling Never again . . . again, again. A whole term ' s work. Two days before the end. they are heard vocalizing a little louder. Four topics to memorize plus an oral on everything — what a concession. The night before — certain students faint — a call is made at 11 P.M. Wenger and Solomon are shipped off to the Catskills . . . Lowan relents ... a sick class, head bowed, walks into the exam room the next day and comes out singing. Never again. they exclaim. Agmas Nefesh 12 is not for me. In Ed. the sentence is to be filled in with a word. Guess what word Im thinking of? Sorry. Mr. Finkelstein. however is not correct. The term is over but rumor has it that Hertzberg has left Chem for Baltimore. Others have left too. The summer catharsis is on. . . . Oh well, here comes the Senior year. University Education October of 1950 found one half of our original class back in YU preparing for the final spurt. The seniors returned with mixed emotions — ranging from extreme relief at the prospect of leaving, to utter joy at the hopes of graduating. With Bill Solomon and Gerry Krakower, our class prexy and veep, we, the Senior Class, officially welcome the Class of 1954. We can do this in cold blood with the learned knowledge that time healeth all wounds. Five new faculty members are added as the new term begins. Lainoff and Robinson in at English replacing no one. The school ' s just expanding — that ' s all. Dr. Halberstadt over to Advanced Finkelstein (oops Latin), Imerti in for Speech and Adler relieves Orleans at Psychology who needed relief. A psychology teacher is a transient ephemeral being (period). Academically speaking, there wasn ' t much to say. Last year ' s rather large group of Physics majors had been decimated with Bert Mond, Paul Teicher and Harry Weinstein exclaiming, Veil — ve ' ve had enough! Solomon, Katsman, Levy, Wenger and Lieberman still persisted in taking a variety of Physics courses — namely Electricity and Magnetism. These never again majors of last year ' s Self-Justification course attributed all this to Ayn Breirah (who blamed it on the Dean) and hoped for the best. Dr. Lowan announces that this would be a problem course. His prophecy comes true and solutions to this problem were arrived at as January 30, 1951 rolled around. They went that-a-way ! ! ! The Physics-Math majors along with some Juniors take Theory of Numbers with Yuki and find Arithmetic a very fascinating subject. Sheeye Hertzberg — our editor — returns to his first love. Mathematics, as predicted exclusively in this column. Remember, you read it here first. Despite this love, he takes Theory of Equations, Differential Equations, Theory of Numbers and Actuarial Statistics. There ' ll be no work this year, was his motto. This slogan, it seems, reflected very accurately the turn of the senior mind as sixty-five students, half of them seniors, registered for Psychology 11 with the new instructor, Mr. Adler. Finkelstein, Adler, Mann, Solomon, Borenstein, Twersky, Gross, and Heimowitz all attended occasionally. EPIPHENOMENALISM— epi- phenomenalism epiphenomenalism, rah, rah, rah!!! Scattered applause greeted the name of Freud. Havelock Ellis brought whistles with feet stamping. At Kinsey — Red, Jack and Gus stood up and cheered for five minutes — after which they left and didn ' t return until the final. Anything else after that, they felt, would be anti- climactic. The name of E. J. Wohlgelerenter must be engraved here as it was he, yes he, who, faced with the dilemma of boredom or non-attendance, met the chal- lenge squarely by bringing a radio to class — sat in back and listened to the Sym- phonic Matinee. In keeping with the concept of no work, Dave Scheinfeld has just informed us that he is president of the Economics Society. Ditto with Philo 11, under the 22

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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

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ucliv(r liit ;lunc of I ' rof. Liliiiaii. inlisicd in il« rank) 55 winior arul I (J nil-inn of iIk; Mulh-l ' hyHicM vari -ty. The ..iji-c in Modftrn Philo covcrwl Spinoza very ,i,|,;,(iial ' ly ... if only lln- ' l ss li.iJ lioilntiil lo n-ad him, what lh«ry itiiKht have learned!! I.iliiiari s|MrHl- ami levnlr. ilu.r |,(ii.,ds a wm k to an impartial .l«jc :tive discusHioii tif our Soiilli Arncrriean neinhlior: with their Latin iojiic and Dominican manners . . . isli Ccilien shows his true colorH . . . your pajier haH that Brazilian I, null |,„, iiiiiili ili lliiii . ' irid M(j friiisii-. . . . [■.niiUfih of thi» Gaiizian Kreehtzeiden yon (cilainK ina iiol a; rrc vsilli rni- . . . ev(!ryorie ha.- a ri ' hl to In: ViTDllfl. Hicli, t?iving me a ( if;ur. iven a luenly-fivc cent one, eannot expiate that crime of Imd thinking, l-nsl week Irri .ciil cigar was a shocking exhibition of slip-shod logic ihinking thai I smoke dime stogies! ' I ' lie liasic S()ciel ol lasi year announ (s ihe as-nniplion of ifie ZKS (juite eaiU in liie term and declares the Senior year, IJasic Year. The hoard of permanent Zes m( inhcrs, consisting of Gus, lied. I,ulz, Leon Zes Levy and Huhkins immediately get lo work organizing Peoples ' Movements and evaluating lertain items as Ztrs or Unbasic. A Hasic of the Month Cluh was inslitiiled All Ahout Eve receives the Zes rating. Certain Chem courses were declared iinZrs and Organic was jjuI on the Index. Peoples ' Palace, . ' LS, 302. 424 Zes!! Arky Landes, a distinguished senior, our Prexy. just back from a restful summer at Massad (Zes I, gets to work early. The first Dean ' s Reception takes place, unboycotted and uneventful. The Math Club this year holds its meetings weekly and the Mites take their beatings meekly. I That last line is terrible — P ditor or not, either that line goes or I go . . .) Red Finkelslein. our former literary editor. ex-Ed. of Nir and President of Eranos, resigns himself to the task of graduating and resigns from everything else. Paul Teicher. a Physics major, lowan behold, takes psych with statistics. He just loves numbers. Paul embraces Dianeties and is practically a full-fledged auditor. Dianeties ... is that people with a lot of sugar? In a way. honey. It ' s a science of people who have a lot of sugar and don t care if they spend it. The mind, you know . . . His Registrarship begins to interview the seniors to finrl out who ' s graduating and to get to know us better. It looks like 8 Summas. 9 Magnas and 12 Cums. The January term is coming to a close. Gil Shoham. Dave Rosenhan and Moish Kranzler are still taking Chem . . . Leon Levy, Bury Ginsburg are yet in Physics ... the bird is on the wing ... the exams are in the safe . . . Avrum is sharpening his knives . . . and Fantasia is at the Heights (Zes! I. The week of the finals wit- nesses nothing momentous except that the old. established records for attendance at the Empress and Heights are broken. Leslie Kimmel — EI Mustachio — studies with Barney Koenigsberg, heap big chess man, for exams. Barney figures that the scenery at Llnion City will be much more conducive. Machlaka Vov is declared Basic Zes when it walks out of a certain History exam given by a teacher whose name will not be mentioned. Dr. Pinkos Churgin. (This line is through the cour- tesy of Dr. Litman. whose influence is being felt more and more every day on the land, in the air and especially at sea.) The term ends with the number of summas hahed. the magnas thirded and the cums — well, cum now, your majesty. ' hen the programs are handed in for the February term, the birds are still on the wing but the picture at the Heights has changed. Barry Ginsburg. who despite all warnings took Mechanics 11. decides to dispense with 12 and keeps his A anyw-ay. A quite remarkable achievement. The first social event of the term takes place with the announcement of the new Basic list, as Lennie Aronson is declared Zes! Shimmy Hellerstein is voted a full krechtzer by a peoples tribunal and debasicized . . . Sheeye Hertzberg accepts the assumption in public and gets himself a piece of Zes!! Prof. Litman still pulls them in. Ed Psych has a registra- tion of seventy-five — fifty to Mr. Adler I what, still with us?) and t venty-five to Mr. Terkel (still a Dewey man and still making some points K Twersky. Moish Stadt. Steve Jaffe. G.S. keep the ball rolling as each one gives over his experiences . . . in the field of ed. of course. Dave Steinberg majors in Chem — what, still with us? Babe Lobel still s■earing 23