Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ADMINISTRATION The college student ' s life is one of abstractions, of ideas, of philoso- phies — it is a life too often devoid of nature, of reality, and practi- cality. The faculty only strengthens this, perhaps, enviable situation and goads the students into still loftier flights of the intellect and imagination. It is the administration which must face the practicali- ties of college life and integrate them into a wholly intellectual world. The quest for knowledge and understanding is often plagued by the exigencies of reality — of closed-out courses, of program changes, of graduate and scholarship applications, of transcripts and of bursar ' s matters. But a competent bureaucracy is always capable of seeking the techniques most conducive to a university atmosphere. It realizes the difficulties of these four years and appreciates the mission and zeal of its subjects and handles them as the fragile soul-searchers and soul-seekers they are. 14

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Message from the Dean Undergraduate colleges have been placing too much stress on professional prepa- ration thereby helping to create what Ortega y Gasset calls the most specialized barbarians who know the finest nuances of their specialty but are ilhterates in every other respect. At Yeshiva College you were privileged to receive a broad humanistic education of the kind which rather than undermine or destroy will — I am sure — reinforce and strengthen your traditional Jewish patterns and foster the highest moral and ethical standards and spiritual growth. As you, members of the 35th graduating class, leave the sacred halls of Yeshiva, the best wishes of the faculty and the administration go with you. I hope that whether you be far or near you will always retain interest in your .AJma Mater and her concerns, and I wish each and every one of you farewell in the sense that you may truly fare well. Sincerely yours, ISAAC BACON Dean 13

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L Professor David Mirsky Dean of Admissions Rabbi Abner Groff aoa: OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS r.