Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CONTENTS Messages 4 MASMID Board 6 Faculty Divisions 8 The Graduates 12 The Class of 55 44 Student Activities 46 Class History 64 Art and Appreciation - Harold Liebowitz 74 An Introduction to Modern Literary Analysis - Henry Kressel 77 Mann ' s Faustus - Al Sutton 78 The Influence of the Bible on American Democracy • Herzl Eisen- stadt 82 Maimonides and the Karaites - Irwin Haut 84 Of Thought and Paradoxes • Harry Furstenberg 88 Impressions of Agnon - Reubin Huttler 98 Ahad Ha-am and Jewish Culture - Alvin BobrofF 104 Advertisers 106

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MASMID Yeshiva College June, 1955

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FOREWORD It is ten years since the first atomic bomb was dropped and since the United Nations was founded. The fearful implications of the one were overshadowed by the promises of the other. Within these ten years, however, a gradual reversal of feelings has occurred. The pessimism inherent in any speculations about the atomic bomb is in- creasing while the optimism that prevailed with the creation of the United Nations has decreased. The spirit of fear has entered; fear of war, fear of liberty, fear of knowledge, fear of man ' s individuality. A new generation is inheriting these fears. We ore entering a world that has been molded by others and over which we have little control. It is a world where a pattern of thought and action is shaping from which it is difficult to escape. Yet it is our hope that the pattern will change, and that we will in some measure be able to aid thts change.