Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 224 of the 1968 volume:

Si fi w ■fp ' f ' ' ? jfp f I ? « ' lir - THE DREAM CONCRETE was a dream: the dozen Jewish laborers of the lower East Side of New York, who in September of 1886 founded Yeshiva Etz Chaim, could not have foreseen the university they were spawning. They wanted only to teach their children Torah while giving them as good a secular education as they were able MASMID • 1968 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY Amsterdam Avenue and 186th Street New York, New York Ivan Michael Schaeffer Editor-in-Chief Martin C. Kartin Business Manager It was another dream; the scope of Yeshiva Etz Chaim was not broad enough. A single class, which was being held in a private house, was developed into a yeshiva to satisfy the needs of the high school and college age student. They called it Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. A t the new school there were ney dreamers, dreamers who wanted tp combine secular and religious education. To many this new idea was too radical a departure from tradition; while to others, including the students, the idea was seen as a necessity. In 1908 a committee was established to develop a curriculum of secular studies in order to produce devout and observant rabbis . . . equipped with the knowledge of the times. Yeshiva Etz Chaim and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, both founded in the same synagogue by the same rabbi, shared administration, faculty, and facilities. In fact they were suffering from a dearth of duplication. In 1915 the two schools merged, and Dr. Bernard Revel became president. m ' m- i Dr. Revel was the greatest dreamer ever to come to the yeshiva. Under his guidance the dream began to take form as a concrete reality. He wanted to synthesize, to make the study of Jewish culture equally as important as that of classical and modern cultures. In 1928 his efforts bore fruit: Yeshiva College opened its doors. Dr. Revel brought the greatest rabbis and scholars to Yeshiva. He drove himself compulsively to strengthen the fledgling college he had formed. His great guiding work for Yeshiva came to an end with his death in December of 1940 at the age of forty-five. In 1943 Dr. Revel ' s successor, Dr. Samuel Belkin, assumed the presidency. Two years later the college became a university. New colleges— Einstein, Stern. Harry Fischel, Bernard Revel, Ferkauf Cantorial Training Institute, and the Jewish Studies Program— were founded. In addition, preparatory high schools were established. As the University grew. Teachers ' Institute, which had been absorbed in 1920, became Erna Michael College, and the Jewish Studies Pro- gram became the James Striar School of General Jewish Studies. As the University expanded over four campuses, science centers, hospitals, dormitories, libraries, and classroom buildings were constructed for student use. Ai very best those founders back in 1886 might have hoped for perpetuity, rather than growth, of their yeshiva. Growth, had it been considered at all, could not have been more than a chimera. The degree to which the yeshiva both grew and metamorphosed was unimaginable, incomprehensible. They could never have foreseen the concrete reality of a major fortress of learning, still in flux eighty- two years later. 3 _ ' ttI ■ extend mv warmest congratulations and best wishes to the Yeshiva College Class of 1968. You go forward from Yeshiva College to face new challenges which will draw on the knowledge and strength you have gained through your studies in the liberal arts and sciences and the moral and spiritual teachings of Judaism. Men, like institutions, must forever develop their resources if they are to cope with the pressures of modern life. You have had the unique opportunity at Yeshiva College to build a foundation for further intellectual and spiritual development. In the years ahead it is to you that we will turn for the leadership of our communities, for the inspiration of our youth, for service to the nation and the world. It is you who will carry forward our sacred traditions. I have abiding faith that you will utilize your education for consecrated service to the Creator and your fellowmen. May you be granted the blessings of life, peace, and understanding. Sincerely vours. Samuel Belkin President 4 ki 1?: Our traditional ideals of Judaism coupled with our continuing search for new knowledge are included in our motto Torah U ' Mada. The epigram signifies both pride in our past and surety of our continued leadership in American education. You pick it up someplace in Greenwich Village, chase it up the D train tracks to Times Square, watch it flicker in headline lights around the Chemical Tower building. It ' s life. New York is life — a happy, breathing, carefree, playful life that reflects In the people ' s faces day and night. By day it ' s Wall Street and Madison Avenue, and by night it ' s Forty-second Street and the Village. It ' s the theater. It ' s Bimboes. It ' s Bergdorf ' s, Ohrbach ' s, Tiffany ' s; it ' s the shops on the Lower East Side. It ' s life in the face of a Bowery bum sprawled lifeless, asleep in a doorway, his clothes tattered, his breath reeking, his blanket a torn overcoat; and it ' s life in the sheen and polish of the well dressed, supercilious financier being chauffered through the city. It ' s life crowding into elevators, racing down stairs, squashing into subways, elbowing through doorways. 1 In the life that is New York hippies sing in downtown parks while Harlemites fighting rats swelter in a mixture of the smells of waste and garbage, the great ships of the Atlantic tie up at West Side docks, City Hall governs the nation ' s largest city, delivery men push racks of clothes through the arment district ' s already jammed streets, and the jet set prepares for another night in the luxury of Midtown. You pick it up someplace in a play- ground on the East Side, follow it up through backyards and playgrounds to Central Park and see it glitter in a little boy ' s face as he plays in the grass, watch it as lovers stroll hand in hand. It ' s peace. New York is peace — a gentle, blissful, homey peace that is obvious whenever the city ' s people are able to relax, to enjoy themselves. By day it ' s a model sailboat, or a rowboat ride, or a horseback ride in the park. By night it ' s a date for a very special boy with a very special girl. In the peace that is New York two little boys build sandpiles in the park while an elderly couple sits nearby sharing a newspaper, a student studies for an exam, a baseball game is played, an oar dips into the water as a young man rows his favorite across a pond, and a calliope plays as a merry-go- round turns. At night the city goes on happening. As business stops and the parks empty, lights begin to flicker, and curtain time draws near. The night spots become filled with happy, noisy, drunken people out to enjoy themselves without regard for the rest of the world. For eight million people New York is home, and for almost half again as many people it ' s a place to be visited once, twice, again, and again. For that small group of us in Washington Heights New York is, for four years, a seat of culture, a center of learning, a place of study. For those four years New York is our city. V ■i- e m L movement He Teaches You to Use Your Own Mind to Be a Man. The lectures are rough, and the questioning is constant. The hours are long, and the tests are stiff. You sweat, yet through it all the material is covered completely while you learn rigorous, thorough work habits, and methodology. It comes not only from your own labor but also from the instructor ' s example. You can see in his eyes and face that it ' s as hard on him as it is on you. You know the reward is worth the effort, and so does he. His work doesn ' t stop in the classroom or the laboratory. His door is open; his office is yours. His ears and his mind belongto you until you no longer need them. He teaches you to use your own mind — to be a man. He shows you that Torah U ' Madah is not just a meaningless epigram. He combines them and would have you do the same. You don ' t have to be told that in words. You look at him, and you know. You learn how to live Orthodoxy in the computer age. You learn to think in the future rather than in the past. You learn about man, his universe, and his G-d. And you learn that you can fear a man fiercely until that fear becomes honor, admiration, and love. The work is done, yet all the knowledge remains. He will never fade from memory. It is with the greatest respect, devotion, and honor that we dedicate Masmid 1968 to Dr. Eli M. Levine. From the very beginning of our college career it seemed natural that we would one day have the honor of dedicating our yearbook to Rabbi Morris Besdin. He scares you at first. There ' s no doubt about that. It takes time to develop the deep, strong, fervent love for him that is characteristic of all of his students. He ' s really a jovial man who always has a warm greetingand a broad smile for everyone. He ' s a friendly man. You can talkto him; he ' ll listen. He has a wonderful sense of intellectual honesty. When he interviews a prospective freshman, he ' ll tell the truth about student life at Yeshiva. Success requires a commitment, he ' ll say, firmly enunciating each syllable. You must be totally dedicated to Torah and Torah ideals, otherwise you can ' t go on here. We ' ll part, but we ' ll part friends. I ' ll respect you, and you, I ' m sure, will respect me, but you won ' t be able to go on here. Most stay, and most learn to appreciate that intellectual honesty so much that they don ' t fear to discuss anything with him from G-d to Christ to sex. At Yeshiva he built a school and guided it so lovingly and devotedly that you can sense his presence in every single class. He is dedicated to his students and revels when they have learned their lessons well and are ready to go on to higher, morechallenging work. Years after those of us who studied under him have left Yeshiva, we will remember the first words he uttered at the first class meeting. Gentlemen, the chumash is Bereshis. the sedrah is Bereshis, the perek is aleph, the pasuk is aleph . . You Must Be Totally Dedicated to Torah and Torah Ideals, Otherwise You Can ' t Go on Here. Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Rackman Yeshiva University has flourished in a period of dynamic growth. No two men have done more to foster this growth than Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin and the Assistant to the President for University Affairs, Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Rackman. Dr. Isaac Bacon Dean Yeshiva College In our present day society it has become fashionable to accept conclusions predicated on premises which upon closer examination have, at best, questionable validity. The unhealthy climate thus created is causing cherished values and ethical standards to crumble and to dis- integrate. This state should be of deep concern to every thinking human being. The unique education at Yeshiva College has given you the oppor- tunity to confront and to see through the pseudo character of the presently prevailing philosophies of life, and has guided you toward developing the kind of critical judgment which does not merely reflect somebody ' s prej- udices. Your Jewish studies have provided you with the signposts which should make it possible for you to find meaningful and purposeful answers for a life which, false prophets of our time proclaim, has no meaning. As you, members of the 37th graduating class, leave the sacred halls of Yeshiva, my best wishes as well as those of the faculty and ad- ministration go with you. I hope that whether you be far or near you will always retain interest in your Alma Mater and her concerns, and I wish each and every one of v u farewell in the sense that you may truly fare well. ytriu: i I ' i L Dr. Isaac Bacon Dean June 13, 1958 Administration Rabbi Jacob M. Rabinowitz Dean of Students Mr. Norman B. Abrams Administrative Director, RIETS Dr. Hyman B. Grinstein Director, ElVIC Dr. Emanuel Rackman Assistant to the President for University Affairs Rabbi Morris J. Besdin Director, JSS Dr. Issac Bacon Dean, Yeshiva College Mr. Gary Kornspan Assistant to the Director of Student Finances Mr. Sheldon E. Socol Director of Student Finances Doc Abraham B. Hurwitz Director of Student Services Rabbi Jack Nussbaum Assistant to the Director of Student Finances Dr. EliSar Mr. Jacob Blazer Rabbi Jerry Witkin Rabbi Abner H. Groff Director, Medical Director of Buildings Assistant to the Dean of Assistant to the Dean Office and Grounds Admissions of Admissions Mr. Morris Silverman Registrar Mrs. Peggy Cahn, R.N. Nurse Rabbi David Mirsky Dean of Admissions Mr. Solomon Zeides Librarian Dr. Abraham Duker Director of Libraries First it ' s the early encounters, either as a high school senior applying for admission or as a freshman going through registration. It takes a while before you really get used to it, but soon you realize it ' s the system; it ' s Yeshiva College Administration. Dedicated to a world of Torah and committed to its desire for scholarly achievement, the administration has guided Yeshiva students towards self-fulfillment and the ability to take positions of responsible leadership. In the face of such problems as the different phases of Judaism on the American scene and their reconciliation with Traditionalism, the dangers of unintentional chilul ha ' shem, and the practical aspects of confrontation, we have continually been given the knowledge and the tools needed to forge our way as contributing Jewish members of American society. The glory that comes to Yeshiva through both her students and her alumni is due entirely to her administration. Rabbi Edward Diamond Guidance Counselor Rabbi Moses M. Kransler Guidance Counselor Mr. Max Baer Administra- tive Assistant, Residence Halls Rabbi Meyer H. Edelstein Assistant Registrar Mr. Sam Hartstein Director, Public Relations Dr. Menachem M. Brayer Consultant Psychologist Rabbi Joshua Chiefetz Director, Residence Halls Judaic Studies Rabbi Abraham Berman Instructor of Bible, JSS Rabbi Reuven Aberman Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Dr. Herman C. Axelrod Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, EMC Rabbi Meyer Berglass Rabbi Joseph Arnest Instructor of Talnnud, JSS Assistant Professor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Benjamin Blech Instructor of Talmud, JSS Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free. And we are taught in each of our religious divisions thattheTruth is the Torah delivered to Moses on Mt. Sinai and passed through the ages by the learned men of old. We are taught honesty and fair play as we learn the laws of torts and damages. We are taught that that which is hateful to us should not be done unto others. We are taught to look upon our religion as a growing, dynamic religion forall times in order that we may be men for all seasons. Constantly affected by religious social changes, the ecclesiastical department of our university has grown from a private class in a single room to three separately-oriented divisions. Though each is distinct in approach, material, and outlook, the basic philosophies of JSS. EMC, and RIETS are essential to the university ' s very existence. Rabbi MosheChait Assistant Professor of Talmud, JSS Dr. MosheCarmilly Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, YC, EMC Rabbi Noah Borenstein Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Zevulun Charlop Instructor of Mishnah, JSS Rabbi J. David Bleich Instructor of Religious Philosophy, JSS Dr. Solomon Gaon Professor of Jewish History, EMC Rabbi Morris S. Gorelik Instructor of Talmud. J SS Dr. Greshon A. Churgin Professor of Hebrew, YC Rabbi AvigdorCyperstein Assistant Professor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Aaron Gewritz Instructor of Talmud, JSS Rabbi Manfred Fulda Instructor of Talmud. JSS Rabbi Harold Rabbi Chaim Ber Gulevski Kanatopsky Instructor of Talmud, EMC Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Dr. Elazar Hurvitz Instructor of Bible, EMC Dr. Meir Havazelet Instructor of Hebrew, EMC Rabbi Aron Kreiser Instructor of Talmud, EMC Mr. Josef l-lausner nstructor of Bible, EMC Rabbi Pesach Oratz, Ha ' Levi Assistant Professor of Bible, JSS Rabbi Pinchas Peli Assistant Professor of Hebrew, EMC and YC Dr. Norman Lamm Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Pfiilosophy, EMC Rabbi Samuel Raphael Assistant Professor of Hebrew, EMC and YC Mr. Hayim Leaf Assistant Professor of Hebrew, EMC and YC Rabbi Joseph Lerner Instructor of Talmud, EMC Rabbi Itzhak Kerstein Instructor of Hebrew, EMC Rabbi Solomon Skaist Instructor of Perek, JSS Cantor Mary Nulman Instructor of Jewish Music, EMC Rabbi J. Mitchell Orlian Instructor of Bible. EMC Dr. Andre Neuschloss Instructor of Jewish History, JSS Rabbi Samuel Volk Assistant Professor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Dr. AsherSiev Associate Professor of Hebrew, JSS.YC Dr. Mayer Hershkovics Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, EIVIC, YC Rabbi Efrem Steinberg Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Dr. Aaron Lichtenstein Assistant Professor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Harry Wohlberg Assistant Professor of Bible, EMC Dr. Abraham Stern Instructor of Jewish Education, EMC Rabbi Philip Paretzky Instructor of Talnnud, RIETS Rabbi Sherman Siff Assistant Professor of Talmud, JSS Rabbi Jacob Lessin Mashgiach Ruchani, RIETS Rabbi Hershel Schachter Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Simon Romm Assistant Professor and Chairman of Department of Talmud, EMC Rabbi Phillip Raymon Instructor of Mishnah and Dinim, EMC Rabbi Steven Riskin Instructor of Talmud, JSS Rabbi Dr. MosheAron Reguer Assistant Professo r of Bible, YC Assistant Professor of Hebrew Literature, EMC Mr. Zvi Reich Instructor, EMC Rabbi Philip Reiss Instructor of Talmud, JSS Rabbi David Lifshitz Assistant Professor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Abraham Krupnik Instructor of Talmud, EMC Rabbi Julius Parnes nstructor of Talmud, RIETS HaRav Joseph B. Soloveichik Professor of Talmud. RIETS Rabbi Aaron Shatzkes Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Dr. Michael Katz Assistant Professor of Talmud and Bible, RIETS, YC Dr. Isidore Margolis Associate Professor of Jewisfi Education. EMC Rabbi Dr. Aaron Skaist Assistant Professor of Bible. JSS, YC Dr. Sampson A. Isseroff Instructor of Jewish Education. EMC Rabbi Gershon Yankelewitz Instructor of Talmud, RIETS Rabbi Dr. Eric Zimmer Assistant Professor of Jewish History, EMC Assistant Professor of Bible, JSS Rabbi Abraham Zimels Instructor of Hebrew, EMC Rabbi Israel Wohlgelernter Instructor, EMC Religious Division Clubs Soy Erna Michael College Student Council Bnei Akiva lizrachi Hatzair James Striar School Student Council Hamevasar Language, Literature, and Fine Arts Dr. Karl Adier Professor of Music Dr. Maurice Baudin Visiting Professor of French Mr. Anthony Beukas Instructor of Speech Dr. Maurice E. Chernowitz Professor of Fine Art Mr. Jacob I. Dienstag Associate Professor of Library Techniques Dr. Murray H. Feder Visiting Lecturer of German Language and literature, as well as all the fine arts, concern themselves with man ' s definition of his world. English, foreign languages, and speech are the media of man ' s verbal expression: art is man ' s pictorial cosmos; and music is the aesthetic statement of the harmony and discord of human interaction. The consanguinity among all of the arts constantly records the sociological movement of man as it reveals itself in his creative outpourings. The movement of the arts helps man to learn retrospectively; it enables him to re-evaluate, to gain new insights into his own nature, and to redefine himself in the light of true progress. Mrs. Lawrence King Instructor of Speech Dr. David Fleisher Professor of English IVIrs. Selma Glanz Visiting Assistant Professor of French Dr. Shirley Harrison Assistant Professor of Speech Miss Sheila Hershow In structor of English Dr. Louis H. Feldman Professor of Classics Dr. Seymour Lainoff Associate Professor of English Dr. Irving Linn Professor of English Dr. Ernest Simon Associate Professor of French Rabbi David Mirsky Professor of English Mr. Thomas Knudsen Visiting Lecturer of German Mr. Edward Levy Instructor of Music Mr. David Plank Instructor of French Dr. Ralph Rosenberg Professor of German Mr. Gene Krupa Visiting Lecturer of English Mr. James Montesinos Instructor of Spanish Mr. Bernard Sarachek Director of Athletics Dr. Louis F. Sas Visiting Professor of Spanish Mr. LeoTaubes Instructor of English Rabbi Dr. Maurice Wohlgelernter Assistant Professor of English Dr. Aaron Lichtenstein Visiting Lecturer of Bible Dr. Manfred Weidhorn Assistant Professor of English Miss Judith Watts Visiting Lecturer of English Dr. Nina Syniawska Visiting Lecturer of Russian French Honor Society 54 English Honor Society Over forty students worked at Yeshiva ' s newly opened radio station, WYUR, preparing for its opening and tinen presenting special features such as a simulcast with Columbia ' s WKCRand coverage of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol ' s address here. Prospects for the future Include increased live and remote broadcasts, and expansion to network status of the existingtie line with Stern College. The station is a member of the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. Fine Arts Clubs 55 Wyur Staff Station Manager Dramatics Society Yeshiva ' s thespians had an excellent season beginning with the acclaimed presentation of Incident at Vichy and the four hour Fall Talent Show which starred both students and members of the faculty. The end of the season saw another highly successful production, the musical Oliver, which capped off an outstanding season for the Dramatics Society under the tutelage of Society President Drew Kopf. Debating Society KOL Tempo Witt (H omm ator Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College ffily? (Eommftttator SOO Wett 185 Street, New York, New York 10035, 923-5700. Published bi-weekly during the academic year by the Yeihlva College Sludent Council at Diana Preis Co. The view expressed In these columns are those of THE COM- MENTATOR only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the faculty cr the administration of Yeshlva College. GOVERNING BOARD GARY SCHIFF Edltor-in-Chi f Under the expert guidance of editors Schiff and Rosen- blatt the governing board of The Commentator pub- lishes issues each two weeks. Here the editors confer with a man in the street. GARY ROSENBLATT Attociato Editor WILLIAM BRUSTEIN Executive Editor TED MILLER Projects Editor RICHARD CHAIFETZ Contributing Editor MORTON LANDOWNE Maice ip Editor RAYMOND REICH Newt Editor ALLAN FRIEDMAN Senior Editor HOWARD BODNER Managing Editor BURTON RABINOWITZ Literary Editor EDWARD ABRAMSON Feature Editor GARY EPSTEIN Copy Editor BRUCE SPINOWITZ Sports Editor JOSEPH KAPLAN Contributing Editor ASSOCIATE BOARD Atslstont to the EdHer-ln-Chlef: Bernard Firestone; Typing Editors: Michael Schoffman, Abraham Zerykler; Business Man ■gers: Abe Friedman, Alan Radzin; Exchange Editor: Barry Axler; Photography Editors: Israel Stein, .Michael Friend; As- sistant Projects Editors: Samuel Kapustin, Howard Klein; As sistant Copy Editors: Aaron Lewin, Gary Brick; Assistant Faa- ture Editors: Aaron Bulman, Frank Mandel, Noah Baer, Yaakov Rose; Assistant Make-tip Editors: David Savlttky, Mlchaal Stain; Assistant Sports Editorti Efrem Zurofi, Kenneth Ko - lowe; Assistant News Editors: Mark SIcklick, Mark Haber- man; Theatre Editor: Joseph Weiss; Israel Correspondvnf: Arthur Levenglick; Communications Manager: Arl Goldman. STAFF NEWS STAFF: Henry Finkelstein, Arnold Mendelssohn, Sheldon Miller, Andrew Geller, Danny Kurtzer, Mark Bodner, Aaron Relchel, Paul Pollack, Jeffrey Sava; COPY STAFF: Ira JaskolU Danny Kurtzer, Jay Rcsenblum; TYPING STAFF: Alan Cohen, Herman Fisherman, David, Fruhman, Samuel Gelbtuch, David Kamelhar, Paul Pollack, Michael Wendroff. PHOTO STAFF: J. BIrn, T. Borenstein, L. Bruckner, N. Cantor, U. Caplan, T. FIshman, W. Herlzberg, D. Kesselscmidt, M. Kurtzman, D. Leibtag, N. Leist, A. Liftman, N. Moskowltz, L. Presby, A. Relchert, R. Roth, M. Schneider, J. Szmidt, 1. Teil- eibaum, 1. Tesser, T. Zahavy; SPORT STAFF: AvI Borenstein, Ronny Gottlieb, Sheldon Feinstein, Ira Osier, Michael Faber. MASMID 68 Masmid Editorial Board Ivan Michael Schaeffer Editor-in-chief Elliott Gellman Associate Editor Bruce R. Bekritsky Literary Editor Charles Parker Assistant Literary Editor Paul Palefski Clubs and Activities Editor Martin Kartin Business Manager Hillel Schneiderman Assistant Business Manager Joseph Kaplan Associate Editor William J. Brustein Correlating Editor Michael Goldman Sports Editor How ard Weinstein Assistant Sports Editor Michael Stein Art Editor Danny Gordon Administrative Assistant to the Editor-in-chief IVAN MICHAEL SCHAEFFER Editor-in-Chief Editorial Board Yeshiva University, we are told, is unique: It is first a yeshiya, then a university. This statement becomes ludicrous when we consider the existence of over one-hundred other religiously orientated institutions of high learning. On the other hand, it is a , :;! rationale, for in many respects Yeshiva University is unique. At the other unique ji institutions, studies are presented within the framework of a religious ideal. At Yeshiva, however, we are presented assorted concepts from two points of view and admonished ;- not to look to our religious divisions for answers to questions posed in thecollege. And 1 then there are those in the administration who would chastise usfor being just a bittooi independent. ' Supposedly, there is an ever open door to complaints and suggestions at Yeshiva. The ' ' ' administration, however, has shown itself to be both arbitrary and subjective in several instances. Perhaps that is why the students complained this past year about the very same things that they have been complaining about for many years: better, more varied courses; more frequent offerings of presently catalogued courses; a library instead of a poorly stocked reading room and a collection of books; unlimited absences (without any conditions); stronger athletic teams; an available guidance staff; more faculty interest in the students; a competent residence hall staff. It is said that for extenuating circumstances a student will not be punished for laxity in minyan attendance. While nonsectarian colleges struggle to keep their students in school and off the draft rolls, the students at Yeshiva, with the extenuating circumstances, were until recently the first to find their enrollment in jeopardy. On more than one occasion the residence hall office has shown its contempt for students ' supposed denial of responsibility by disavowing its responsibility to the students. Be proud, they say, of what you are, who you are, where you are. After all, right or wrong is acquired through authority. This year Yeshiva College Student Council tried to give meaning to the phrase student power. Council showed its regard for the students by threatening a strike that could do no one anything but harm. The Council sponsored faculty-curriculum evaluation was demeaning, insulting, and impertinent. The administration has serious flaws, but Student Council in its actions has shown an even greater lack of sensitivity to the values of this institution. Perhaps this is the source of the malaise at Yeshiva. Annoyed by what Blake would have called a garden of thou shalt nots, many students find themselves opposed to various University policies yet powerless to take a significant stand. Quietly, then, they go abouttheir daily tasks realizing that nothing is forever. There are too many people to whom I owe thanks toenumerate individually. My thanks are, of course, extended to my editorial board. It would have been difficult to have found thirteen men more capable than they. Special thanks are extended to my mentor and constant advisor, the one person available to me twenty-four hours of the day, to whom no task was too great, Joseph Isaiah Berlin. To a man with whom I have worked before, who has channelled all of our efforts in a more positive direction, who has through his capable knowledge of yearbooks provided us with suggestions that haveturned into some of our best innovations, and who has tempered some of my wilder ideas and schemes, go my warm personal thanks. Philip F. St. Pierre and his associate Richard Lupardo of American Yearbook Company are largely responsiblefor our success. No editor could have more capable help than Phil and Dick rendered to me. I am similarly appreciative of the efforts of Hal Piernickof the Burton Studio, our official photographer, and of our faculty advisor. Professor David Mirsky. Acharon, acharon chaviv there remains to thank only one more person, the one person who influenced me the most, who stood by me during tine roughest hours and when it most seemed that all was for naught. It was her guidance, love, and understanding that made me work on when all my inclinations pointed in other directions. It is to Candy, with my deepest love, that I have dedicated my efforts. , M M- ' Editor-in-chief Dr. Helmut E. Adier Professor of Psychology Dr. IrvingA. Agus Professor of Jewisfi History Mr. Herbert Bienstock Visiting Lecturer of Economics Dr. Alexander Brody Professor of Economics and History Miss Ruth A. Bevah Instructor of Political Science Dr. Joseph Dunner David Petegorsky Professor of Political Science Social Sciences The social sciences are primarily concerned with the systematic study of man and his behavior as it manifests itself in the diverse social institutions he has created. Psychology seeks to identify the processes through which man perceives the world and prepares himself to respond to it. Sociology charts the character of man ' s interaction with his fellows as he participates in the life group. Political science and economics investigate the formal and governmental institutions and processes that regulate man ' s political and economic activity. The social sciences afford man the tools to view his actions critically, to evaluate their causes, and to enable him to channel his behav- ior more purposefully in the future. Mr. Warren Harvey Visiting Lecturer of Philosophy Dr. Irving Greenberg Associate Professor of History Mr. Marvin Hershkowitz Visiting Lecturer of Physical Education Dr. Martin Golding Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Meyer Feldblum Assistant Professor of Talmudic Literature Mr. ESi Epstein Visiting Lecturer of Physical Education Dr. Charles A. Liebman Associate Professor of Political Science Mr. Albert Marrin Visiting Lecturer of History Mr. Lorand Marcell Assistant to the Fencing Coach Mr. Abraham B. Hurwitz Professor of Physical Education Dr. Jerry Hochbaum Associate Professor of Sociology Miss Amy Nakumara Visiting Lecturer of Education Dr. Jonas Prager Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Emanuel Packman Associate Professor of Political Science . ss-J7: f , c Dr. Sidney Pleskin Professor of Education Dr. Sol Roth Rabbi Joshua Shmidman Visiting Lecturer of Philosopfiy Instructor of Philosophy Dr. Walter S. Wurzburger Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy Mr. Michael Weinberg Instructor of History Mr. Hyman Wettstein Visiting Associate Professor of Physical Education Dolis Editorial Board Yeshiva College ' s Political Science Society has been one of the most active groups on campus over the past four years. The group is a mem- ber of the College International Relations and United Nations Asso- ciation. Through CIRUNA the Society attended the Mid-Continental Model United Nations in Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin where Yeshiva was awarded the prize for Nation Best Represented. The Society attempts to give all students a view of world politics and the democratic structure through various lectures, talks, and the annual student-faculty tea. OR- .;j id Continental Model United Nations Delegation Yeshiva College Student Council YCSC Executive Council Student Court Senior Class Officers Psychology Club Psych Paths Economic Mind Sociology Club f i Psychology Honor Society 73 Pi Gamma Mu Dr. Ralph E. Behrends Associate Professor of Physics Dr. William Etkin Professor of Biology Dr. Samuel Blackman Visiting Lecturer of Chemistry Mrs. Ida Dobkin Instructor of Chemistry Natural Sciences The natural sciences embody man ' s study and codification of the physiochemical phenomena attendant upon G-d ' s creations. Biology is the study of the form and function of plant and animal life; chemistry investigates the construct of the universe from its most minute and irreduceable ele- ments to its largest combinations and forms; physics explores the relationships and reciprocity of reactions among mass elements; mathematics is the means by which cosmological functions are charted, measured, compared, and calibrated. The natural sciences are man ' s nexus with a rational appreci- ation of his world. Dr. Graham Frye Assistant Professor of Physics Dr. David Finkelstein Young Men ' s Philanthropic League Professor of Physics Mr. EduardioGalli Laboratory Assistant in Physics Dr. Leopold Flatto Associate Professor of Mathematics Mr. Harold J. Gans Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Mr. Jonathan Ginsberg Teaching Fellow in Mathematics ■ Mr. Leslie Katz Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Dr. Emil Grgin Instructor of Physics Dr. Martin Goldstein Professor of Chemistry Dr. Max Hamburgh Visiting Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Benjamin Gross .Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Mr. Morris Klein Instructor of Biology Dr. Joseph Lewittes Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Eli M. Levine Professor of Chemistry Dr. Ezra Levy Assistant Professor of Chemjstry Dr. Judah Lando Visiting Lecturer in Biology Dr. Leon F. Landowitz Associate Professor of Physics Mr. Joseph Levovitz Laboratory Assistant Dr. Nathaniel Remes Associate Professor of Chemistry Mr. Perez Posen Assistant Professo ' r of Physics Dr. Henry Lisman Professor of Mathematics Dr. James Synder Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Harvey Senter Visitng Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Harold Shulman Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dr. Moses D. Tendler Professor of Biology Mrs. Devora Wohlgelernter Teaching Fellow of Mathematics Dr. Arthur Woodruff Assistant Professor of Physics Physics Dr. Saul Wischnitzer Associate Professor of Biology Mr. Rudolph Stern Assistant in Biology Mr. Stephen Zager Laboratory Assistant Physics Club Math Club Being cognizant that a well rounded education is supplemented by participation in extra-curricular activity, the Yes- hiva College natural science major is a very busy individua In addition to long hours of class and labo- ratory each natura science major is involved in one or more of the science clubs, societies, and publications. Math Honor Society American Chemical Society Pre Med Honor Society We wo ' ke up early that morning. Fighting was raging in Gaza and in the Sinai. Troops and armor had clashed in Jerusalem. Although action in the air was heavy, Israeli planes had raided airports in Jordan. While the USSR demanded that Israel move out of Egyptian territory, the United States took .a neutral stand. Egypt and the Soviet Union blocked the United Nations ' call for a truce. In the United States, even on the first day of the war, military analysts in America expected a short w ar which Israel would win. By the second day Israel had swept ahead on all fronts. The Israelis had taken Sinai. Egyptian tanks lay battered, the Jordanian defense line had collapsed, and Jerusalem was united. Egypt broke diplomatic relations with the United States on the grounds that America had aided Israel. The UN voted for a cease fire. On the third day Jews were once again weeping and praying at the Wailmg Wall. The Arab forces had been routed. General Moshe Dayan was promising that Israel did not intend to capture the Suez Canal, and the Gulf of Aqaba was reopened to Israeli shipping. The nations of the world began to seek a durable peace. On the fourth day Israel held all of the Smai Peninsula and reached the Suez Canal. President John- son and Premier Kosygm conferred over the hot line. The nations began to see signs of peace. Millions of dollars began pouring into funds for Israel. Some gave all they had. while others stood on street corners and received contributions from Jews and non-Jews only too happy to help. Israel accrdentally attacked a US ship while the Soviet navy continued to harass the Sixth Fleet. A Soviet ship was in the Gulf of Aqaba. On the fifth day President Gamal Abdul Nassar of Egypt assumed personal responsibility for his nation ' s grave setbacks and resigned from office, but his government insisted that he remain in office. The Israeli army was reported to be thirty-five miles from Damascus, and the Security Council met at four in the morning to attempt once again to end the crises. On the sixth day, almost as suddenly as it had started, the war was over. Israel counted two dead, five hundred sixty-three wounded. A cease fire had been signed. At one little border kibbutz a nineteen year long siege had ended. Committees were set up to administer the newly won territories, and Egypt was replacing her generals. A peace, if not a settlement, had been found. We slept a little more easily than we had in a week. A SIX DAY MIRACLE The peace in the Middle East this fall was as uneasy as the peace at the end of what has come to be known as the Six Day War. This winter, Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol journeyed across a continent, an ocean, and half of this nation to meet with President Lyndon Johnson on his Texas ranch. After that meeting Eshkol returned to New York where he was to address a meeting of the student body at Yeshiva. He thanked us for what we had done in June and asked us to come to Israel. We applauded him loudly and then slipped back into the apathy that is Yeshiva. ATHLETICS TEAM RECORD YU 77 Queens College 82 Pace College 56 Kings Point 59 C. W. Post 73 Brooklyn Poly 86 Adelphi University 81 Brandeis University 64 C. C. N. Y. 64 Kings College 56 Stony Brook College 77 Drew University 66 Bridgeport College 61 New Paltz College 68 Monmouth College 61 Pratt Institute 51 Sacred Heart College 49 Hunter College 66 Hartford College 68 Brooklyn College 65 Paterson State College 79 Marist College WON 7 LOST 14 PLAYER No. Games Field Goals Free Throws Rebo unds Points 1 Scored Atts. Pct.% Scored Atts. Pet Amt Avg. Amt Avg S. Poloner 21 160 361 44% 123 160 77% 139 6.6 443 21.1 R. Aboff 21 133 343 39% 58 95 61% 226 10.8 324 15.4 H. Shimansky 21 50 117 43% 39 53 74% 53 2.5 139 6.6 P. Palefski 21 39 71 55% 47 55 86% 46 1.7 125 6.0 L Schiffman 21 49 117 42% 20 29 69% 75 3.6 118 5.6 D. Hershkovits 21 28 85 33% 14 29 48% 48 2.3 70 3.3 E.Zuroff 18 8 20 40% 2 8 25% 25 1.4 18 1.0 I.Kurz 18 2 8 25% 1 1 100% 5 .3 5 .3 D.Wiener 15 8 26 31% 11 16 69% 7 .5 27 1.8 J. Fisher 10 43 101 43% 17 25 68% 35 3.5 103 10.3 ■ H. Winderman 9 8 20 40% 10 24 42% 41 4.6 26 2.9 A. Blumenthal 8 1 3 33% 0% 1 .1 2 .3 N. Stern 7 1 3 33% 1 1 100% 3 .4 J. Friedman 5 1 4 25% 0% 2 .4 A.Waller 4 2 0% 1 0% 2 .5 M. Koenig 1 1 0% 0% 1 1.0 Team 58 2.8 TOTALS 21 531 1282 42% 343 497 69% 752 35.8 1405 66.9 OPPONENTS 21 594 345 553 62% 1533 73.0 statistics do not tell the whole story of the 1967-58 basketball season. The record reads 7—14 and yet this year represented an achievement considering all ob- stacles the hoopsters had to overcome. Before the season even started the team suffered its first tough loss. Coach Red Sarachek ' s having undergone an operation forced him to miss part of the season practice and the first five games of the season. Under assistant coach Manny Greenblum. the Mites were slowly jelling as a team. They narrowly missed up- setting highly touted CW Post and trounced Brooklyn Poly. At this juncture Coach Sarachek came back and the team ripped off a 5—2 tear upsetting Adelphi. and defeating arch-rival City as well as K. C. Jones-coached Brandeis, Drew, and New Paltz. However, at the end of the first semester, the team suffered another loss. Joel Fisher decided to leave the school. Probably the finest defensive player on the team, as well as a key to our offense, Joel had a steadying influence on the fresh- man-studded team. After the New Paltz victory, virtually all was downhill as the mites suffered from an inability to generate any kind of offense and board strength. The highlight of the second half of the season was a magnificent comeback from behind against traditional foe Brooklyn But this was the only time the Blue and White seemed to be able to put a good game together. Individually, Stuie Poloner led the Mites in scoring while Ray Aboff did a tre- mendous |0b off the boards in addition to scoring consistently in double figures. Captain Henry Shimansky performed admirably both on offense and on defense, while Paul Palefski supplied the clutch play to clinch quite a few victories. Davey Hershkovits, who was the team ' s defensive ace. directed the attack as well fol- lowing Joel ' s departure. Although the loss of Shimansky and Palefski will hurt the cagers, they should be able to look forward to a more successful campaign next year. The return of seasoned, experienced tettermen should provide . LJ, rooters with the hope for a winning season. VMSlluso T8 E HOME Points 32 FGll FT 10 Poloner vs City 1 6 68 Field Goals 13 Attempts 27 Poloner vs Marist 3 2 68 Free Throws 15 Attempts 16 Poloner vs Brandeis 12 21 67 Free Throw Attempts 16 Scored 15 Poloner vs Brandeis 12 21 67 Rebounds 21 By Team 36 AbofI vs Pat. State 2 27 68 Wrestling Statistics TEAM RECORD YU 0pp. 21 West Side YMCA 18 17 Marist College 23 21 Brooklyn Poly 16 9 Seton Hall 30 28 Hunter College 13 10 L. 1. U. 29 19 Bronx Com, College 16 30 Drew University 12 13 C. C. N. Y. 20 18 Adelphi University 19 13 Suffolk Com, College 30 Brandeis University 29 Wrestlin ■ 1 ■ 1 Hn-y H F V I r m M li KHmB ' II 9 1 L , , - ffi CTlof fgl B iiTTr IflBI iMBB5|np r il B m - l.llISniJii iw. % ' ■■ •- ■ l-liHM w -.1 1 - •-■ ' — ,, - ■ INDIVIDUAL SCORES 1968 Won Lost Draw Pins Arnold Weiss 123 5 7 2 Robert Weiss 130 5 6 1 Neil Ellman 137 10 2 Milton Sonneberg 145 4 3 1 Harry Aronowitz 152 2 10 1 Lou Shapiro 152-160 9 Lewis Cohen 160 1 1 Paul Rolnicki 160 2 3 1 Jeffrey Troodler 167 4 2 Martin Twersky 177 7 b 2 Harry Bajnon UNL 4 8 2 TOTALS 44 59 5 FENCING TEAM YU Opp 14 Rutgers (Newark) University 13 16 N. Y. Com. College 11 14 Brooklyn Poly 13 15 Brooklyn College ' 12 16 N. Y. Maritime U 17 Fairleigh-Dickenson 10 13 Drew University 14 18 Jersey City State College 9 16 Fordham University 11 15 Brandeis University 12 16 St. Peter ' s College 11 16 Paterson State College 11 9 St. John ' s University 18 FOIL Won Lost AlexZauderer 21 12 Norman Siedenfeld 27 7 Lazar Fruchter 15 15 Jack Lazarus 2 1 Stuart Ettinger 1 3 Solomon Hochberg 2 Martin Reinman . ' 2 Aaron Fertig :0 4 .Herbie Khantman 3 Solly Dan: . 1 Sabre Won Lost Adiey Mandel 26 10 Arthur WaltuGh 22 13 Leo Brandtstater 16 16 JeffSilber 1 3 Irwin Hametz 3 Lester Vogel 3 Tom Fodor 1 L ' Epee Won Lost Jack Petersen 21 8 Dave Bernstein 16 9 BernieLipman 14 12 Frank Mandel 2 4 Mauricio Gluck 1 6 AkivaWulkin 1 2 arry Schwartz 1 JackBeiler 2 4 Solly Dan 3 Israel Gettman 1 2 Bruce Marcus 1 2 Nat Rothman 1 2 MikeSchotfman 1 3 Fencing Lieberman Memorial Award Philip Lieberman of Blessed Memory The Lieberman Memorial Award is awarded annually by the Class of 1966 in memory of their beloved classmate Philip Lieberman. It is presented to the senior who, in the opinion of the class, most exem- plifies Philip ' s traits of character, personality, and service to his class. 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KRIEGER IRWIN KURZ EMC English REITS Philosophy EMC Classical Languages EMC Political Science langer, larry political science society; psychology club; student handbook; junior justice, student court lefkovitz, earl commentator staff; associate chairman, speakers committee; emc Israel committee; wyur lerner, henri manager, soccer team; radio club lessem, Joseph h. editor-in-chief, kol JOEL KUTNER LARRY LANGER EMC English RIETS Political Science MICHAEL LAZERUS EARL LEFKOVITZ MARK LEHRMAN HENRI LERNER JSS English EMC History jss Pre-Dental RIETS Pre-Medical iiiikik JOSEPH H. LESSEM JSS-RIETS English levin, mark vice-president, senior class; associate editor, chemical journal; alpha epsilon delta; assistant contributing editor, hamevaser lightman, mordecai shalom tennis team lipman, bernard fencing team; chemistry club luber, joel chairman, weekend committee; chairman, bikur cholim and shivah committee luchjns, david chairman, senior dinner; editor emeritus, editor-in-chief, feature editor, hamevaser; dean ' s list; pi gamma mu mandel, adiey f. captain, fencingteam; chemistry club marburger, steve big brother; psychology club BENJAMIN LEVENE MARK LEVIN MORDECAI SHALOM BERNARD LIPMAN RIETS English RIETS Chemistry— LIGHTMAN EMC Chemistry Pre-Medical JSS Pre-Dental DAVID LUCHINS ADLEY F. MANDEL LOUIS MANDELBAUM STEVE MARBURGER RIETS Political Science RIETS Chemistry EMC Mathematics JSS Psychology JOEL LUBER JSS Pre-Dental HILLEL ELI MARKOWITZ JAY H. MARCUS MILTON M. MARKOVITZ JSS Mathematics— IRVING S. MARKUS RIETS Psychology EMC Hebrew Physics RIETS Pre-Medical SOL METZGER EMC Sociology marcus, jay h. dean ' s list; chairman, pesach provisions committee: psi chi; managing editor, hamevaser markovitz, milton m. editor-in-chief, nir markowitz, hillel eli fencing team: associate news editor, commentator meyer, david n. editor-in-chief, tempo; dean ' s list: director ' s list: pi gamma mu miller, david efrem dean ' s list: chairman, melava maike committee; president, soy; mathematics club DAVID N. MEYER DAVID EFREM MILLER EMC Political Science RIETS Mathematics EDWARD TED MILLER MICHAEL MILLER JOEL LAWRENCE ALEXANDER NEWMAN JSS-RIETS Pre-Medical JSS Psychology MORRIS RIETS Psychology RIETS History MICHAEL F. NEWTON JSS Political Science miller, edward ted governing board, commentator; dormitory committee; chairman, yeshiva college — stern lecture series miller, michaei associate justice, student court; chairman, athletic committee: sports director, wyur; fencing team morris, joel lawrence dormitory committee; gabbai; shabbos committee newman, alexander vice-president, psychology club; editor, psych paths; student struggle for soviet Jewry; photography club newton, michaei f. intramurals; political science society; sports editor, tempo nunberg, Samuel fencingteam; history journal, emc nussbaum, barry secretary-treasurer, economics club; big brother palefski, paul activities editor, masmid; basketball team; senior justice, student court; alpha epsilon delta parker, charles assistant literary editor, masmid; chairman, speakers bureau; exchange editor, commentator SAMUEL NUNBERG BARRY NUSSBAUM PAUL PALEFSKI CHARLES PARKER EMC History-Classics RIETS Economics EMC Pre-Medical JSS English peterseil, Jacob fencingteam; big brother polak, Israel tennis team: student directory: karate club: mtramurals posner, simon secretary-treasurer, soy: editor, gesher potasnik, Joseph sociology club: election committee, jss: secretary- treasurer, jss student council presby, leonard photography editor, commentator; pi mu epsilon: big brother: photography staff, masmid JACOB PETERSEIL ISRAEL POLAK JSS English RIETS Mathematics RIETS SIMON POSNER JOSEPH POTASNIK JAY POUPKO JOSHUA POUPKO History JSS-RIETS Sociology RIETS Biology RIETS Philosophy LEONARD PRESBY RIETS Physics rabinowitz, burton d. editor-in-chief, kol; literary editor, contributing editor, commentator; secretary, scalpel reporter. alpha epsilon delta; tennis team raphael, stan basketball team ribner, davids. president, senior class: chairman, chavrusa committee; curriculum evaluation committee rockoff, alan president, debating society; contributing editor. tempo rolnicki, paul wrestling team romanoff, elihu wrestling team rosenbaum, arthur vice-president, junior class; chief justice, student court; canvassing committee; big brother rosenblatt, gary associate editor, feature editor, commentator; president, sophomore class; president, sigma tau delta; senior editor, kol BURTON D. RABINOWITZ RIETS Pre-Medical STAN RAPHAEL DAVID S. RIBNER ALAN ROCKOFF JSS Political Science RIETS Sociology RIETS Pre-Medical ELIHU ROMANOFF ANSHEL ROSBY ARTHUR ROSENBAUM GARY ROSENBLATT RIETS Pre-Medical RIETS Jewish Studies RIETS Pre-Dental JSS English PAUL ROLNICKI JSS History NORMAN N. ROSENBLUM JEROLD ROSENKRANZ PAUL ROSENSTOCK MORRIS ROSENZWEIG EMC Biology JSS-EMC Economics RIETS Pre-Medical RIETS History JEFFREY I. ROTH EMC-RIETS Political Science rosenblum, norman n. chairman, ycsc publicity committee; student directory committee; big brother rosenkranz, jerold economics club; intramurals; dormitory committee; junior justice, student court roth, Jeffrey i. student-faculty judiciary committee; literary editor, kol; chairman, public affairs committee; israeli correspondent, commentator rotfi, nosan gesher staff safran, bezalel contributing editor, fiamevaser NOSAN ROTH RIETS English BEZALEL SAFRAN RIETS History SAMUEL K. 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A UN woldenberg, harvey president, trench club: president, trench honor society zaitschek, burton instrumental group zauderer, alexander co-captain, fencingteam zdanowitz, Joshua philip make-up editor, hamevaser; alpha epsilon delta; american chemical society: big brother zimmer, leo uri dormitory committee JOSHUA PHILIP ZDANOWITZ RIETS Pre-Medical LEO URI ZIMMER JSS Music mmmmmwfffiinh 1 Ephraim Fleisher Memorial Award: Kohelet George Weicz Anyone looking for systematic philosophy will be disappointed in the book of Kohelet. I confess that when I first began studying the book, I had visions of a neat and structured answer to the problems that I sensed lay beneath the text. Only after my third reading, when my need for ordered development clashed violently with Kohelet ' s dialectic, did it occur to me that I had been on the wrong track all along. Kohelet is a cry of anguish; a groping, often clumsy attempt to find a way out of the lab- yrinth. It abounds in repetition and outright contradiction and it is timeless testimony to the pain and confusion of being human. In sum, it is a pulsating organic work of great power and sensitivity. And it is in this quality that its genius is found. This, more than anything else, is what I have attempted to convey in the following essay. I The central problem of Koheleth is a familiar one to existentialist philosophy, and modern literature: man ' s inability to impose order and purpose on the universe. Though it may, in fact, exist, purpose cannot be found ' under the sun ' . The workings of the universe appear eternally recurring, arbitrary, alternately propitious or inimical, end, at all times, abstruse. All things weary themselves (constantly); man cannot utter them: the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. This is man ' s most profound experience of suffering; the suffering of a being whose intel- lect and will naturally seek order, who seeks to master the universe through the imposition of coherence and significance, but who comes to be shattered by the realization that such concatenations are illusory, and that such knowledge is forever unattainable. For where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain Before this reality, man ' s life is meaningless. Without an anchor of ultimate order and purpose, man can only cry in despair. Vanity of van ities: all is vanity. If as nature suggests all eternally recurs, of what significance are man ' s actions? If all is soon forgotten, what is man to live for? What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot be num- bered. For if life is meaningless, man is ultimately powerless before impersonal forces which rule the world. Why should he act? Man ' s entire moral and religious life acquires an air of unreality. How can man affirm life? This becomes the central, indeed the only question for Kohelet. II His first answer is an attempt to affirm life under the sun and man himself Come, then ... I will have a taste of joy, and thou shalt see what is good. It is not, however, the sensual pleasure after which the witless strive that Kohelet speaks of, but the pleasure achieved by man in the act of creating. The joy stems from pleasure received from one ' s own created work, in exercising power, in being a ' majestic man ' . Man builds, creates, wields power, and takes pleasure from this work. And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil. But an object of worship must be divine and infinite, and man ' s power is pitiful, for in the face of an immense universe, man ' s work is insignificant. For what (can) the man (do) that cometh after the king? only (that) which (others) have done already. It is not, however, the created work which gives man importance, protests Kohelet. It is in their intelligence and in their ' will ' to power that men find joy. But I saw indeed that wisdom hath the advantage over folly. It is the creative genius of men which gives meaning; the ' state of being ' of the man who dominates nature, rather than the final end of his work. But the creative genius as well must die. It too is finite and insignificant. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool? How is it possible that ' majestic man ' comes to the same end as the fool? If man is to be the object of his own worship and the source of his own purpose, he must be infinite and divine. Of what use is contingent and limited power that soon passes away. The ' will to power ' quickly turns to despair. The creative work, which represented man ' s ascendance to the divine, has been transformed into servile drudgery. For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is (mingled with) his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Kohelet is driven to a second answer, which in fact appears periodically through the work, and which presages its final conclusion. If it is man ' s unattainable need for divinity which is the cause of his torment, man can only be freed by submitting to a higher power. Then man can enjoy the fruits of his labour. That it Cometh out of the hand of God But more important at this point, he imposes, by an act of will, the religious reality on the universe. For every thing there is a season; and a (proper) time is for every pursuit under the heavens. All the irrationality, the arbitrariness, is given meaning. For every thing, for every time there is a purpose; for death as well as life, for destruction as well as creation. Perhaps man cannot understand, but there is no need, for in the worship of God there is meaning. Even man ' s finiteness and powerlessness before the universe becomes a virtue, a contrast to God ' s etern al power, in order to augment his glory that men should fear him. All this, however, requires rejecting man ' s perceived reality, and Kohelet is not yet ready to take this step. For reality rebels against the religious conception of the universe. And moreover I have seen under the sun, (that in) the place of justice, even there was wickedness; and (that in) the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. Reality cries that moral and religious order is illusory. One can answer that in the end order will be demonstrated, and God will judge the wicked. But Kohelet cannot escape the perception that before death all is unanswerable. In its face, how can one know that salva- tion will ultimately come? Who knoweth the spirits of the sons of man that ascendeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that descendeth downward to the earth Who can know and who can base his life on such a thin possibility? The finitude of man ' s life demands that it be built on a more tangible, more certain basis. Kohelet never rejects God, who is mentioned even in the moments of greatest despair, for God is as much a reality for Biblical man as is the perception of vanity. What he cannot accept is God as an answer to the dilemma. The search must be conducted in the world of man, the world of under the sun, where perhaps certainty is possible. Ill Returning to the world of man, Kohelet once again realizes that it is the striving for majesty which is the root of oppression and injustice. Again I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is (from) the envy of one man for his neighbor. Springing from envy the creative impulse is perverted into a will to power over others, in a constant att empt at domination. Kohelet laments both the oppressor and the oppressed, neither of whom has a comforter. Unhappy man plagued by his ambition becomes alienated from himself and from other men who become objects of manipulation. There is one alone, and he hath not a companion; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his toil; his eye is also not satisfied with riches. That man is doomed to eternal discontent and isolation prompts Kohelet to declare: Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive. The dead at least have escaped from the endless cycle of conflict between men, symbolized by the continual deposing of kings by unknown upstarts. He longs to view man not as an object of manipulation but as the source of love and friendship. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. Man must find a way to escape his need for divinity and majesty. Once again the author returns to the religious answer, but this time the emphasis is on submission. Man must conquer his suicidal majestic drive by realizing his absolute nothing- ness before God. He must learn humility and silence. When he worships at the temple he must silently listen rather than proudly offer sacrifice. For God is in the heavens and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few. The divine radically transcends man. Worship based on pride is presumptuous. But rather fear thou God. True worship can be based only on fear, on man ' s total vulnerability before the divine. Submission applies as well to this world. If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteous- ness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter: for one that is high watcheth over the hi gh; and over them the highest Power. Man should not be indignant; rather, he must accept evil and wickedness, for they will eventually be judged. Rectification is not man ' s domain. Better is what one seethe with the eyes than the wandering of the desire. He should be a spectator, accepting the existence of evil and injustice, for he has no power to challenge it. All that is has been ordained and is immutable. And further— For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of days of his vain life. Man cannot know that challenge will improve his lot. Conceivably, he will only replace one evil with another. His imperfection and finiteness mean he must learn to accept his lot. But why should man accept misery? If all is unchangeable, why continue to live? His answer (like Camus ' ) is because death exists. Man must live because soon he will die. The man who is face to face with death affirms life. Thus he must become intimately aware of death. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; inas- much as that is the end of all men: and let the living lay it to his heart. When man trembles before nothingness, life assumes value. Thus only the fool searches forsensual distractions, for in doingso he negates life. There is place for wisdom, but only in order to arrange life as painlessly and as peacefully as possible. The search for ultimate wisdom dooms man. Similarly, man seeks to serve God, but to crave absolute righteousness and moral perfection is a reflection of man ' s desire to be divine and must be suppressed. Be not righteous over much; neither show thyself over wise: why wouldst thou destroy thyself. The will to divinity, in whatever form, will destroy man just as surely as evil. Man can only tremble before God, who is all powerful. For whatsoever pleaseth him, can he do. Evil is suicidal rebellion against God, and is as futile as an attempt to conquer the wind. No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practice it. And yet evil triumphs in the world. Can this only be temporary? Yes, this is the answer. Men embrace evil because judgment is not immediate. They deceive themselves, for there shall be a day of judgment. It will be well for those who fear God, because they are afraid of him. And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God. Kohelet, however, fails in his attempt to convince himself. In the end he cannot deny the present for a promised future. There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the wicked; again there are wicked men to whom it happeneth in accordance with the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. Once again he returns to the world of man. Man must live for the moment, creating and enjoying the fruits of his labour. He must seek wisdom in spite of the fact that the attempt will torment him, since he can never understand the work of creation. Yet Kohelet remains obsessed with death. It falls upon all men, the sinner and righteous man, the pure and the impure. This is the great joke the universe plays on man: that in the end, regardless of how he lives, all is nothingness. But somehow, in death Kohelet once again finds life. The live dog is far better off than the dead lion. For the living know that they will die; but the dead know not the least; nor have they longer any reward; for their memory is forgotten. In an unfathomable universe there is only one certainty: death. This is the only knowledge man possesses, and he makes it the basis for an affirmation of life. The constant awareness of death gives value to all life Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, are now already lost; and they will have never more a portion in all that is done under the sun. Not only love, but hate and jealousy assume value in the face of death. Therefore man must live for the moment. For the infinitely short time given him, he must seek pleasure and companionship to share the vanity of life. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do with thy might that do; for there is no work, nor experience, nor wisdom, in the nether world, whither thou goest. He must experience all he can, must live to the fullest, for his time is short. Man is totally subject to the whims of the universe. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; and that also the wise have no bread, nor yet the men of understanding riches, nor yet men of knowledge favor- but time and fate will overtake them all. Man is like a bird caught in a trap or a fish in a net. For in an absurd universe tragedy falls suddenly and all of man ' s abilities are powerless to save him. Still Kohelet finds hope. Was there not once a small town attacked by a powerful king, and a pauper saved the city with his wisdom. The man was soon forgotten but in wisdom there is power . . . and hope. Moreover, it is precisely the incomprehensibility and arbitrariness of life which is the root of man ' s highest moral expression. Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters; for after many days wilt thou find it again. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth — Man, when fortunate, is aware of how precariously balanced is his success. A flood, a storm, and the rich man has become a pauper. Men must therefore realize their inherent unity and provide for the less fortunate, for life is fickle and tomorrow the tables may well be turned. Sentenced to a common helplessness men develop ethical sensitivity. As thou knowest not which is the way of the wind, as little as what is enclosed in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou canst not know the works of God who maketh all. Man is doomed to ignorance, yet he must act. For if he attempts to wait for certainty he will sink into the mire of total paralysis. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand rest; for thou knowest not which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both of them will be alike good. Man must rebel against inaction. Condemned to uncertainty, he must act with hope. Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun; For if a man live (even) many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will be many; all that cometh is vanity. Despair is the basis of affirmation. Men must learn to taste life to the fullest, for the days of vanity will not be long in coming. At the same time the experience of powerlessness and despair, and the knowledge that God will eventually call man to answer for life, should lead to ethical living. And remove vexation from thy heart, and cause evil to pass away from thy body; for childhood and the time when the head is black is vanity. IV The book ends on a somewhat paradoxical note. Abandoning the moderate optimism of the last few pages, Kohelet gives a graphic description of old age— when men lose all taste for life, when limbs and organs are no longer able to function, when man, like a broken vessel, passively waits for death. Vanity of vanities, saith Kohelet, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. He warns, do not search too deeply for knowledge for there is torment in great numbers of books. The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his command- ments; for this is the whole (duty of) man. For every deed will God bring into the judgment concerning every thing that hath been hidden, whether it be good or whether it be bad. Forthe end all man can do is fear God and fulfill his commandments. One wonders if Kohelet returns to God as he did at the beginning of the book, in a last desperate lunge for order to ward off despair. Or whether in his searchings under the sun he has found a glimmer of hope and purpose upon which he can affirm God and the religious reality as he affirms life, in spite of absurdity and death. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both views. Certainly in the dialectic complexity of the author ' s soul, there is room for paradox. One thing however is clear: the respite is only temporary. The search is far from over. Yeshiva College: A Quick Backward Glance dr. irvinglinn In this fortieth-anniversary season of Yeshiva College, and amid the congratulatory recog- nition being paid a college better known for its present rigor than for its venerable past, it is well to pause and look at our simple (some would agree that humble is more appropriate!) origins before the fugacious years obliterate them completely. I am glad that the editors of Masmid have asked me to provide them with a series of recollections dealing with the birth pangs and infant discomforts of an ancient edifice reaching confidently toward the half- century mark. Although the College was first opened in 1928, I did not join the instructional staff until the end of the 1936-37 academic year, when I came in to finish the term ' s work of my old and much respected colleague Proffessor Charles F. Home, a founding me mber of the Yeshiva College faculty and a lifelong member of the City College English Department, from which college, incidentally, a majority of the instructors of the new Yeshiva College came. Profes- sor Home, who was then not well, was a Professor-Old-Style. He was one of the last profes- sors, or at least one of the last professors I knew, who taught in a Prince Albert coat, with its characteristic long tails holding a convenient pocket for lecture notes and correspondence. He spoke in measured phrases, was formal with his students to a point almost of coldness, and was easily identified by a white goatee, watery blue eyes, whispy white hair, and a grace- fulness of movement noticeable chiefly in non-heavy old men and attractive young girls. Though a non-Jew, Professor Home took it as a great compliment when addressed as Rabbi by some visitor to the synagogue who was still unaware of the presence in the building of a secular faculty. He was also frequently seen going and coming, I understand, in the company of Professor Nelson P. Mead of the College ' s History Department, who was later to serve as presidentof C. C. N. Y. In those days we looked upon a freshman class of forty as successful achievement of the annual recruitment policy. About half of it came from New York City itself, the remainder from all over the world. Even a cursory glance at the rosters, with their familiar family names, will show at once that the Yeshiva family contributed heavily to the early student body. Because the local enrollees went home after their last class of the day, they were called day students as against dormitory students, who came from afar. To my knowledge this distinction disappeared shortly after World War II, certainly with the opening of the second dormitory, small though it was in terms of present needs. The dormitory residents made up a noticeable cosmopolitan group bound tightly together by their religious beliefs and practices. Undergraduates from India, South Africa, Iraq, Latin America, and Europe lived side by side without any feeling of difference with native Americans from all over the United States. Students from what was then Palestine were especially welcome, because they were students of modern Hebrew. Canadians from nearly every Prov- ince were even then hardly distinguishable from boarderers of the south. Beginning around 1936, first a trickle and then a substantial flow of students arrived from Nazi Germany and German-influenced countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Many of these boys were soon cut off from all contact with their families, even the trickle of random letters ceasing. One of the historical glories of Jewish communal life — the ability to perform deeds of charity and mercy quietly — came into activation, especially through the women ' s organizations, and made living bearable for a number of students bereft of adult ties. It should also be pointed out that in those days of general depression, when parents could not, or would not, give their sons cars, hi-fi sets, cameras, recorders, and other present tokens of admission to the electronic age, there was no obvious distinction between the economically comfortable and the depression struck. Jackets and neckties levelled all, and the wearing of white or black-saddle tennis shoes continued all through winter, no matter how high the snow outside, to be consumed before the changes dictated by the next summer ' s style. Friday at noontime marked a general exodus for Shabbos. The One hundred Eighty-first Street stations of the IRT and the recently-opened independent System were crowded with Yeshiva students. The housing of college and high school students in the same quarters created unexpected and unsought problems. On school days and in the evenings at the end of a long day in numerous classes, the double program being even more concentrated then, tension would build up beginning with dinner, which was served in cheerless quarters in the space now occupied by the Gerofsky Physics Center at 526 West 187th Street. In addition to the problems which arose from the difference in age, there was also the historical fact that the College was thought of at first as an upward thrust of the high school, itself a revolutionary step when it was begun in 1916. The first dean of the College, under whom it was a privilege to serve, was Dr. Shelley R. Saphire, who was also principal of the high school, a careful and farsighted administrator. Dr. Revel, of blessed memory, had at- tracted Dr. Saphire many years earlier from the New York City schools to help him found a system of education for American life with in Yeshiva auspices, and the College was the second step in this program. But, as proved inevitable, the College became of paramount importance, because it pro- vided a most important need of the community. But it was then looked upon as something of an upstart, and the hall bickering of high school and college students was due, at least in part, to this attitude. After the death of President Revel, Dr. Saphire devoted all his energies to the high school, and Dr. Moses L. Isaacs, professor of chemistry, became Dean of Yeshiva College. With the separation of dormitory facilities for college and high school students, week-day peace was once again installed. It was everywhere observed that for Shabbos brothers, cousins, and friends joined forces and aided in carrying each others ' books, papers, garments, both clean and soiled, home. What social life there was, then, was pretty much restricted to Riets Hall and Lamport Auditorium. With the first success of the Yeshiva College Dramatics Society there arrived on the scene an angel in the person of Mr. Harry Shumer, who not only made valuable theatrical equipment available to the players but also through his many connections was able to obtain blocks of theater tickets for Broadway plays waiting to pick up business after favorable reviews. This meant that Yeshiva students were able to see many plays on the second, third, and fourth nights after they had opened. The price was dress like a gentleman! This was little enough to pay and provided a rich cultural life for a couple of years. This article is not the place to state why we lost the privilege, but I am sure older alumni will at once recall with me the occasion. The educational curriculum of Yeshiva College right up to the United States entry into World War II followed closely that of the City Colleges. War-time conditions, growing inde- pendence, the needs of the Jewish community energetic in its support and the planning for a medical school under Jewish auspices, all helped strongly to provide independent curric- ulum orientation. In the early days of Yeshiva College, ninety per cent of the student body was humanities directed with the rabbinate or rabbinical-allied activities the chief goal. The recognition of the profound change which came over the changing ambitions of Yeshiva College students marks the beginnings of the second phase in the story of the growth of Yeshiva College. SEATED left to right: Dr. Jacob R. Silverman. Instructor in Sci- ence: Dr. Isaac Husik. Professor of Philosophy: Dr. Charles F. Home, Professor of English: Dr. Bernard Revel. President of Yeshiva College: Dr. Shelley R. Saphire. Professor of Biology and Dean of Yeshiva College: Dr. Nelson P. Mead. Professor of His- tory: Dr. Bernard Drachman. Instructor in German: Mr. Jekuthiel Ginsburg. Assistant Professor of Mathematics. STANDING: Mr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, Instructor in Health Education: Dr. George Falion. Instructor in Latin: Dr. Solomon A. Rhodes, Instructor in French: Mr. Gustav. F. Schultz. Instructor of Public Speaking; and Dr. Moses L. Isaacs, Instructor in Chemistry. Lost Monday alan schwartz Alan Schwartz, Yeshiva College Senior, is this year ' s winner of the Jerome Robbins Memorial Short Story Award. An important lesson for Mr. Schwartz during his college years has been realizing and appreciating the mercurial unpredictability of our mundane existence. The following, an excerpt from the prize-winning story, concerns a day in such a life. Like most people, Martin Black loved surprises. So when his employer sent him downtown to deliver some new books to the Librarians ' In- stitute—instead of spending his afternoon on rather tedious office chores —he figured it was going to be a good day. Besides giving him the chance to break up the regular daily monotony, the long subway ride would enable him to catch up on his reading. A bachelor by choice and an introvert by nature, Martin considered reading his most productive and satisfying activity. He had long before decided that his facility with women was weak, although he was sure he would not mind being married: his parents— at 41 he still lived with them, though, to be sure, he now did most of the providing— seemed happy enough. He knew there must be women as introspective and anxious as he, so he would just keep an ear poised for the unsolicited knock of opportunity. Let ' s see, he reflected as he walked quickly in the cool autumn air, if I make this delivery quickly enough, I may have time to stop in at the main Branch. I wonder if they have anything else by Kahlil Gibran. Martin made his subway connections quickly and as he walked along 59th Street toward his Park Avenue destination, he was feeling that self-satisfied feeling one experiences when plans go right. He was happy to have this chance for change, certain, at the same time, that it was well- deserved. His attention was soon arrested by an unusual display in front of the small store. A mountain of old books was piled in uneven stacks near the street, each one topped by a multi-colored sign which invitingly announced: SPECIAL SALE! ALL BOOKS 25 . Martin couldn ' t resist. He had often found veritable treasures in similar circumstances. As he began thumbing through some of his discoveries, he noticed that a crowd had gathered on the street only a few feet from him. Replacing the books, he made his way through the thickening group. He found they had surrounded a young boy and girl who seemed to be pulling each other toward the sidewalk. Closer examination, however, showed Martin that the boy was crying, failing in his attempt to pull the heavier girl from her supine position on the street. Then noticing her convulsive movements and the position of her hands, Martin quickly realized what was happening: he remembered learning about epilepsy from a Red Cross handbook he had come across at home, and the next instant he recalled seeing a film on television about an epileptic. He thought he knew what should be done, but he hesitated for a moment and looked at the others, none of whom, however, seemed much inclined to do anything but con- tinue standing around. He felt a cold sweat on his arms and legs: his heart was beating as though it would leap out of his chest, and he shuddered. Now he was putting his package down next to him, and, almost mechanically, kneeling beside the girl, her body rigid, arms and legs aquiver. eyes rolling . . . Cora Zermak had come to work that morning in a mood of frustration she hoped she could mask. Men! Once they get beyond 35 without marry- ing, watch out — there has to be something wrong with them. She had had such thoughts before, but this time it was particularly galling, for she believed she had made a fool of herself. She was the oldest of three sisters, the only one still unmarried, and at 38 she could not deny (at least to herself) that she was worried. She knew she was still rather attractive, but that quality certainly wasn ' t going to last much longer. Several recent dates with a Wall Street lawyer she had met through a friend had convinced her that this time she was, at long last, altar-bound. But a broken week-end dinner date and a tearful conversation had both disillusioned and angered her. Now. the cold, grey anonymity of her Madison Avenue office building seemed somehow inviting; she even looked forward to her work, which, while boring, would at least fill her thoughts forthe time being. Morning, Cora. she heard someone call as she walked quickly past the three other desks in the small outer office. Oh. hi, she replied, tryingto sound properly cheerful. Well, how was the big week-end? Cora knew that Gertude Belin- sky would try to wring out all possible bits of information regarding her date. Oh, it was just fine, she lied, but of course, only time will tell. Cora was in no mood for nosy know-it-alls. Martin ' s hands were working rapidly, folding his own jacket into some- thing of a pillow for the girl ' s head. He suddenly realized that the boy was still crying, unable to say anything except. Lisa! Lisa! over and over again. Pressing down firmly on the girl ' s chin, Martin pried her mouth open. Later he would remember thinking how amazingly powerful were her jaw muscles, and how fortunate she was that she had not bitten down on her tongue, which, he was sure, would have been cut right through. He held her mouth open with both hands, using his right forefingers to keep her tongue in place; if she swallowed it she would probably choke to death. He was at once fascinated and shocked by the eerie rhythmic pulsation of her body, the continuous gasping and gurgling noises emerg- ing from her throat, and the pain in his own fingers caused by the sharp- edged teeth in her vice-like mouth. Once again he became aware of the boy ' s pleading voice. Is she your sister, son? Martin asked him, looking up for only an instant as he continued to struggle. Yes, answered the boy anxiously, quickly adding, What is it? What ' s the matter with her? Please, Lisa! Martin looked up again, this time examining the boy ' s face closely. He was around 13 or 14, and wide-eyed in tearful bewilderment; yet Martin discerned a look of gratitude, also. What ' s your name, son? Lenny. Please, what ' s the matter with her? Listen, Lenny, has this ever happened before? No, never. He had stopped crying. Did you ever hear of epilepsy? asked Martin. Lenny looked as though he had not heard the question. El ... el ... , the boy stammered, Ep-i-lep-sy, said Martin laboriously. It ' s a kind of sickness. Is that what she ' s got? Is this going to happen anymore? He wanted to cry again, Look, Lenny. Martin tried to calm him, don ' t get so excited. She ' ll be okay. Look, is there a phone around here? Go and call a policeman. They always know just what to do. Go ahead. And my aunt. My Aunt Cora works near here. I ' ll call her. all right? Lenny asked nervously. Yes, fine, go ahead, replied Martin. He was still struggling to keep Lisa ' s mouth open, and he felt as if he had been there for hours, although five minutes had not passed since he first spotted the book shop. He wished to God for the thing to be over with already, but he knew he had to stay with it no matter how long it lasted. A frightening thought shot through his mind. My God, she could die right here. And I ' d be held responsible! Could they do that? Yes, of course: even doctors can get sued for negligence or ignorance. No wonder people always just stand around! But then, as if in answer to his agonized wishes, the convulsions began to subside; Lisa ' s breathing became more relaxed, then quite normal. She was sweating profusely. Martin wiped his saliva-soaked hands on his pants and brushed her hair away from her face. All right. Lisa. he said, you ' ll be fine, now. Understanding that she might be in a state of shock, he tried to make her stay just where she was. but she seemed to want no part of him at all. He realized that she remembered nothing of what had just taken place. She looked quizzically at this stranger embracing her on the sidewalk and retreated, searching for a familiar face, for some link to fill the void between walking down the street and lying there on the ground. Martin saw that Lenny was returning from his mission, and he began to take stock of just what he had done. All in all. a rather skillful, courage- ous, life-saving performance, he summed up, modesty not interfering with objectivity. He looked up unsmilingly, expecting at least a few accolades for a job well-done. To his amazement, no one seemed much impressed. Struggling to retain his own pride, he returned his attention to Lisa, who was still staring at him queerly. Lenny arrived. My aunt is coming right over to take us home. he reported. That ' s good, Lenny. Then Martin remembered something else he had learned about epilepsy. Remember what I said, Lenny. Epilepsy. It ' s just a kind of sickness. It ' s nothing to be ashamed of. Remember that, he repeated, although he saw that Lenny did not really understand. Lisa was still in a kind of daze, and still lying on the ground, when Cora Zermak arrived. Lenny ' s frenzied telephone call had certainly not done her state of mind any good, and she seemed rather agitated and nervous as she knelt beside her niece and asked her what had happened. Receiving no answer, she turned quickly to Lenny, who attempted an explanation but faltered, and looked, in turn, to Martin for help. Cora eyed Martin uncomprehendingly, even suspiciously, as if she had only that moment seen him for the first time. She assumed that this man had, like her, just arrived on the scene. He was thin, even wan. but pleasant-looking; inocuous, in fact. She wondered — and next moment was surprised at her own thought — whether the Wall Street lawyer she had met would have stopped to help Lisa. Staring back at her. Martin saw a frightened, concerned look on a face that was still firm and rather pretty, although he knew she must be around his own age. He took her hand, wanting to seem properly helpful, unaware of any other impression his acti on might give. But what was farthest from his mind was uppermost in hers. Epilepsy, he whispered slowly, It ' s epilepsy. She had a fit. Lenny said it ' s never happened before. Her eyes flashed. Martin saw she was shaken. Their hands separated. Another one of those nosy smart-alecks. Her voice trembled. What do you know? Look, it ' s nothing that you have to — Sure, to you it ' s nothing! You stay away from us. She probably fainted. She ' s not sick. Are you, Lisa? Lenny couldn ' t understand Cora ' s anger. He helped us. Aunt Cora. He says Lisa has el . . . elip . . . Never mind, Lenny. Just stay with Lisa while I get a taxi. Cora couldn ' t decide what had embarrassed her more— her own con- spicuously flustered reaction to Gertude ' s announcement of an impor- tant call for Miss Zermak, or what she considered a thoroughly insulting and foolish indiscretion by a typical middle-aged man in front of so many people. Had he really done anything for Lisa? One thing she was sure of—this was a day she should like to forget, though she knew she never would. Martin was, for the first time since the whole adventure began, con- fused. He wanted to say something like, You can ' t talk to me like that. I ' ve done a great thing! But of course, he couldn ' t let his ego run that wild. He turned to the boy. Listen, Lenny. Your aunt ' s just a little upset. When you get home, tell your mother what happened. Tell her she should go to a doctor with Lisa. Understand? Yes. And thanks. Lenny was serious, but not sad. Picking up his package, Martin left them and walked up the block, toward Park Avenue. The sobering thought struck him that if Lenny had been right about this being Lisa ' s first attack, then anyone, including himself, could suddenly and without warning fall victim to a damaging, even deadly, epileptic seizue. But Martin was even more disturbed by something else. He wondered whether he had spoken rashly to Lenny ' s aunt, whether he might be mistaken about Lisa, whether indeed he had done anything so earth- shattering after all. He felt a gnawing compulsion to return to the scene and make his position clear, to calm the woman with an explanation of what he had done and what should be done for Lisa. He started back for the book shop. Perhaps, he realized, he was returning merely to try again to garner some glory for his deed. Well, so what? he reflected. Anyway, I should give them my name and phone number in case they or their doctor want to know just what I saw and did. He walked hurriedly back toward the midd le of the block. When he finally reached the now quite familiar little shop, he looked about squint- ingly, searchingly. Near one of the book stalls he found his folded jacket and, next to it, a tiny puddle of spittle. It was all that was left. The street floor of the building consisted of administrative offices, an auditorium, and a large synagogue, a section of which contained chairs and long tables. The entire second floor was a library, a beautiful library, with maze like stacks. ... It had bright fluorescent lights — that didn ' t flicker or change color, I noticed immediately the first time I walked in — and a trained, professional library staff. It also contained a large reading room, with long tables, chairs, a superb collection of reference books, and an oil painting of Samson Raphael Hirsch which was prominently displayed on a white wall — Hirsch had been a well- known Orthodox rabbi in Germany during the last century and had fought intelligently through his writings and preachings against the Jewish Reform movement of his day. The third and fourth floors had white-painted, modern classrooms and large, well-equipped chemistry, physics and biology laboratories. There were also classrooms on the fifth floor, as well as a psy- chology laboratory, which contained rats, mazes, screens, and a variety of instruments for the measuring of auditory and visual responses. The sixth floor consisted of dormitory rooms for out- of-town students. It was a rigidly Orthodox school, with services three times a day and with European-trained rabbis, many of them in long, dark coats, all of them bearded. For the first part of the day, from nine in the morning to three in the afternoon, we studied only Talmud. From three-fifteen to six-fifteen or seven-fifteen, de- pending on the schedule of classes we had chosen for ourselves, we went through a normal college curriculum. On Fridays from nine to one, we attended the college; on Sundays, during that same time span, we studied Talmud. Chaim Potok, The Chosen, copyright 1967 by Chaim Potok, pub- lished by Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York. Used by permis- sion of the author and the publishers. For what? For Money for Money for Money for Money for Money for Money this is tiie ad section CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1968 YESHIVA COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1968 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY WOMEN ' S ORGANIZATION ON 447 Plandome Road • Manhasset, N. Y. AAA 7-4044 OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF MASMID 1968 Bf ?■ ?..;. .,Rl% ' iV ' Mazel Tov and Best Wishes to ALAN CINER AND HIS CLASSMATES on Their Graduation Mom and Dad Hindy, Sammy, and Barbara Mazel Tov and Best Wishes To Our Son and Brother GULF ALL CAR SERVICE, INC. JOSEPH ELi DEUTSCH 4320 Broadway (Corner 184th St.) Mr. and Mrs. Myer Deutsch New York, N.Y. 10033 and Family HF Tc n 3 ra t u i all on;; to ■ K ' JOSEPH DEUTSCH dern Builder ' s Supply Co., Inc. H| H||ch Abrc iham Meltzer KJVSC h Dc ivid Meltzer iJ H Wi iV ' ii ,. ' • ' ' ' ■  , ' illll Best Wishes to W THE CLASS OF ' 68 Pinhas Friedenberg ' 67 j Abner Groff ' 60 Gary Kornspan ' 63 Jack Nussbaum ' 59 Larry Wachsman ' 63 Abraham Wahrahaftig ' 66 H Jerry Witkin ' 61 - Congratulations to BRUCE On the occasion of his college graduation may he enjoy the best of luck always, and may he be a source of nachas in all his future endeavors. Best Wishes Grandma and Grandpa Weinman. 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Keep sound wisdom and Discretion ' (Proverbs 111:21 Mom, Dad, Lawrence, and Rena Mr. and Mrs. Issac Gross Rabbi Hirsch Kaplan To Honor My Grandson Melvin H. Davis from Mrs. Rachel Hochman azel tov and Best Wishes r Future Success to Our Son ( and Brother, Harvey rom Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Woidenberg and Irving Congratulations to HOWARD BODNER on His Graduation May he pursue tiis studies successfully Mom and Dad, Gilda, David, Ronald, Cindy, Jeffrey, Allen, Robin, Jodi, and Deborah Mazei tov to our son and grandson, Gary Rabbi and Mrs. M. Rosenblatt Rabbi and Mrs. L B. Friedlander Mr and Mrs David Wallach Oavid Wallach and Family Congratulations to Paul on his graduation Mr. and Mrs. Al Shulman Congratulations to our son Paul on his graduation Mr. and Mrs. Jack Palefski CONGRATULATIONS MARTIN and the Class of 1968 Mr. and Mrs. J. Kartin r In Honor of Our Son RONALD DEAN Cantor and Mrs, Irving Dean and Family of Houston, Texas jnd Best Wishes to ?OSENBAUM Graduation Carmel Weaving Corporation Mr. and A Irs. Emery Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Goldstein COMPLIMENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO A GREAT CLASS Bob Callow John McDonald L.G. Balfour Co. 55 Northern Blvd. Greenvale, Long Island New York ATTLE BORO MASSACHUSETTS CLASS RINGS AND PINS • CLUB INSIGNIA • MEDALS TROPHIES • PLAOUES • DIPLOMAS • INVITATIONS Spiritual realization and in self-fulfillment. Congratulations to our son BENNY on his graduation. AAr. and Mrs. P. Kraut Eastland Woolen Mill. Inc. rrlanu.factu.feri of -jrlne AJooteni CORINNA, MAINE Congratulations to the Graduating Class James Striar School of General Jewish Studies Student Council Elliott Glazer, President Michael G. Witkes, Vice-President Robert Sacknovitz, Secretary-treasurer MR. AND MRS. DAVID TROODLER OF CENTURY PLUMBING AND HEATING CORP. 872 MORRIS PARK AVENUE BRONX, NEW YORK EXTEND THEIR VERY BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATING CLASS. MAY YESHIVA ALWAYS BE PROUD OF THE GRADUATES. Compliments of Your Dodge Dealer HOLMAN MOTOR SALES, INC. 14 Jericho Turnpike Floral Park, New York ' Ood Luck and ' Best Wishes to HARVEY BABICH Zadee and Aunt Dora Uncle Teddy and Aunt Francis Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Kat: H K Lake Cc CAMP MORASHA Lake Como, Pennsylvania Greetings from YOUNG ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE OF BROOKLINE CROWN DRUG STORES, INC. Cranford, New Jersey Best Wishes to HARVEY BABICH Uncle Aaron and Aunt Gertie L. M. FOOD CO. 1336 Carnegie Cleveland 15, Ohio Maze! tov to Gerald Sutofsky Rabbi and Mrs. Maurice Simckes, Kenny and Terri To our son, MYER, lOy you rise to tremendous heights our Torah and bring us naches, Mr. and Mrs. F. Fund Congratulations to Class of 1968 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bendheim Trumbull, Connecticut 06611 Congratulations to WILLIAM J. BRUSTEIN from Uncle Herman and Aunt Beatrice and Rudy Mantler The very, very British Byf ord pure lambswool sweater. $16. Full fashioned. Unique saddle shoulder. A paragon amongst sweaters. Lordly look. Even after a whirl in the washing machine. Designed by Hardy Amies in sizes 38 to 46. Congratulations to BURTON upon hos being graduated. From Mom, Dad, and Marilyn iki ' iMM tCiM BEST WISHES TO MICHAEL W. GOLDMAN AND HIS FELLOW GRADUATES MR. AND MRS. BERNARD GOLDMAN RABBI AND MRS. JACOB REINER BARRY, KENNY, AND TOVA DR. AND MRS. JOSEPH S. EISENMAN SARA BLU AND DAVID Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Tannenbaum 750 Troy Avenue Brooklyn, New York To DAVID HOFF: You should have Mazel Love, Grandpa Congratulations to HENRY SHIMANSKY on his graduation Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rutta Compliments of YANKEE METAL PRODUCTS CORP. Norwalk, Connecticut to MARTIN FUCHSMAN Congratulations to MARK LEVIN Compliments of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Heinowitz Mr. and Mrs. M. 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Ijj, to HILLEl MARKOWIT; ClOVERLEAF RESTAURANT Goshen New York FRANKS PASTRY SHOP 4234 Broadway York, New York 1 0033, Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Yeshivo Graduates from North Bergi From Ben Schweber Maze! Tov and Best Wishes For Success In Your Chosen Profession To a Wonderful Son and Brother JOEL LUBER Mr. and Mrs. Murray Luber and Debbie Compliments of Rabbi Bertram A. Leff and family KRIEGER HEYMANN, INC.-Meots 4191 Broadway New York, New York 10033 n B Best Wishes to my nephew N- S MARTIN JEROME on his graduation EPSTEIN TRAVEL SERVICE 2437 Albany Avenue West Hartford, Connecticut Congratulations, MICHAEL MILLER Mom and Dad To HILLEL From your parents Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Markowitz Best Wishes to MARK LEVIN METAL FINDINGS CORPORATION 152 W. 22nd St.-New York, N.Y. Best Wishes to our Uncle MARK LEVIN Ariel and Adeana Klein Best Wishes GEORGE STANISLAWSKI Congregation Anshi S ' Fard H. 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Ketubot 104A To those who have lost their lives so that we may be free. to fight the unbeatable foe . ■ to bear with unbearable sorrow . to run where the brave dare not go to right the unrightable wrong ROBBERY TREAT FOR ACTION ADDICTS! N.Y. NEWS - _ JB i ; a 5 1 s, F. ii b M ' w i«B , - m: j