Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Professor Morris Silverman, Regisfrar and Assistant Professor of History Rabbi David Mirsky, Assistant Registrar and Assistant Professor of Hebrew

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Every graduating class of Yeshiva College leaves our institution with the blessings of its teachers and the prayerful hope that it will meet the challenges of our age. At no prior period, however, were these expressions more applicable than today. You, who terminate your undergraduate education at Yeshiva College in the class of ' 58, enter the arena of adult life when the world is at the crossroads of its very existence. I am sure that you are readily aware that the acquisition of knowledge alone was not the overriding philosophy repre- sented at our University. For if mere know- ledge were sufficient to create a better life, then the tensions besetting the world today would have been long eliminated. Man, how- ever, requires insight, he needs understanding, he strives to find the purpose of life itself. Yeshiva College, through the fusion of the spiritual and moral teachings of the Torah with the understanding of our universe and the peoples among whom we live, has sought to provide you with an appreciation of your heritage, to give a spiritual purpose to the human knowledge which you acquire here. Rabbi Doctor Samuel Belkin, President of Yeshiva University As the future leaders of our community, you bear the fearful responsibility of representing the ideals of that community in the noblest light. It is now your obligation to translate the teach- ings of the Torah into the manifold experiences that await you. Use your knowledge to just end l fTsecrate your lives in the service of the Almighty and for the benefit of humanity; up- -WSld your faith and traditions with dignity and honor. I am confident that the inspiration derived at your alma mater will be treasured by you in all the years to come. May the Almighty grant you a dedicated life, a life of peace, of blessing and of sustenance. a-« - -wv XQ.Q- t: ' -. .

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Social Sciences A moment in the sun, . . . the tangled shadows of a net, . . . two men fishing on a stony beach. Caught thus beneath the afternoon sky, they work in a simple harmony of movement, feeling the coarseness of raw hemp, the liquid heat of sun on bronzed flesh, the consciousness of each others presence. Here on the coast of Elat, one step of a universal dance, the dance of humanity, is being performed. The intricate patterns of that dance, however, reach out much further than this beach, than these people, — they spread to the narrow canyons of the city, to the mute world of a baby ' s eyes, to the saddened pomp of a funeral. There are men who have dedicated their lives to trace the patterns of this whirling, ceaseless dance, who have dedicated their minds to reveal order in chaos, to create eternal beauty out of a moment in the sun. If their ' s seems a hopeless task, let the greatness of their failure testify to the daring of their attempt, and let the extent of their success testify to the valiance of the human spirit. Dr. Nathan Goldberg, Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Alexander Brody, Professor of History and Economics