Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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A Message from the President yt A Samuel Belkin, President Yeshiva University Today, when you are leaving the ivory tower of Yeshiva for the world of practical realities, you must be prepared to take continuous examinations alone. For in your daily experi- ences you will be met with unexpected problems and circum- stances and your future success will depend on your ability to take advantage of the knowledge which you acquired here in order to give the proper answers to conditions and circum- stances as they suddenly arise. Many of you will forget the particulars of the subjects which you have studied, but all of you should remember the totality of your education which developed in you an intellec- tual attitude and an appreciation of spiritual values which are, indeed, the most vital parts in a man ' s education. A real edu- cation is one which helps in the developing of the total per- sonality of the individual, not only part of man but the whole man. The type of education which emphasizes only some intellectual aspects of man and neglects his spiritual needs produces a lop-sided individual. Above all remember that Man ' s chief virtues consist of honest and courageous convictions, and his refusal to yield to the temptations of expediencies and material opportunities. I have abiding faith that you will govern your lives by the standards of the Torah and by your American way of life, and that you will consider your education as a means to a greater end — towards consecrated service to God and our fellow men. Samuel Belkin President

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The Yeshiva College of Medicine is the first medical school under Jewish auspices to be established in America. It will be a non-sectarian school with faculty and students to be selected solely on the basis of scholarship and ability, without regard to race, color, creed or sex. The College will have a Board of Over- seers of outstanding civic and communal leaders representing all faiths. Plans call for the new Col- lege of Medicine to be national in scope and world- wide in influence. Already it has elicited interest and enthusiasm throughout the United States. Over one thousand applications have been received from pros- pective students. More than four hundred have ap- plied for faculty appointments, many of them leading figures in American medicine. To the Jewish com- munity, this is an opportunity of a lifetime — to make a unique contribution to medical science and the wel- fare of America. A statistical survey made by Mr. Morris Silverman, College Registrar, shows that since 1917, 1,495 young men have received degrees from the various depart- ments of Yeshiva University (excluding the Talmudical Academy). 927 B.A. ' s; 560 Rabbinical degrees; 436 Teachers Institute Diplomas; 22 D.H.L. ' s; 16 M,S. ' »; 5 M.H.L. ' s; 3 Ph.D. ' s; 1 B.R.E.; 26 L.H.D. ' t; 14 {.iD. ' t; and 1 1 D.D. ' -, have been granted. At present, Yethivo College, with tuition at $18 a credit, consists of 526 student! and 71 faculty members. The lolest faculty additions arc Helmut Adier, Irving Agus, Manfred Halberstadt, Herbert Robinson, Leo Prijs, Arthur Imerti, and Seymour Lainoff. Yeshiva has come a long way since the early doys of its humble beginnings. But it still refuses to resist the tide of progress by resting on past laurels, and it therefore faces the future with unlimited opportunities for still greater service. A re-affirmation of the guiding principles of Yeshivo University was recently made by President Beikin. He said: Yeshiva University has never looked upon itself as a completed university, but rather as a pioneering enterprise. . . We have no ambitions to become bigger merely for the sake of bigness; we rather consider it our duty to make our contribution in terms of service, and in accordance with the needs of education in general. Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Greetings from the Dean The MASMID this year will carry with it to the students of the graduating class a record of a number of milestones reached and passed. Although young, as measured by the life of the liberal arts schools of the country, Yeshiva College will have achieved this year the maturity of twenty-five years of institutional existence. With the largest graduating class on record the total number of graduates for the first time will exceed the one thousand mark. Two sons of alumni are registered students in the College. All these data mean solid achievement, not alone in the world of education but achievement of particular significance to American Jews. With one thousand and more Yeshiva grad- uates in almost as many local communities, whether as rabbis or laymen, educated not alone with fine secular training but with a solid religious background as well, we have finally come to the point where we can make a quantitative impression on Jewish religious observance in this country. The prospect of once again placing orthodoxy in its rightful position of dynamic leadership becomes bright. This challenge comes with partic- ular force to the graduates of the present year because they have more recently participated in the academic analysis of our community problems and have, therefore, the freshest point of view and the greatest enthusiasm and strength. The faculty therefore wishes for the Class of ' 53 all of the best and it hopes that graduation will mean not a sever- ance from Yeshiva College but a continuance of attachment in interest, sentiment, and affection. Moses L. Isaacs Deon Moses L. Isaacs, Dean Yeshiva College