Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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B? ! - -m laiong wiin bottom half. Igone the cry of forward, forward est within a growing gloom; pst or only heard in silence rom the silence of a tomb. iialf the marvels of my morning iriumphs over time and space, staled by frequence, shrunk by usage i into commonest commonplace. — tennyson !the shortcomings of yeshiva should not be allowed to ov good sides, sides which are often overlooked, certain excellent in every respect, many classes consir — - - — - students, allowing for some very personalized e

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the attitude of the student body concerning the academic program is as varied as the quality of the program itself, many students take their studies very seriously, and for good reason, the rewards are obvious: hard students are commonly troubled by gouts, catarrhes, rheums cachexia, bradypepsia, bad eyes, stone, and collick, crudieits ' oppilations, vertigo, winds, consumptions, and all such diseases as come by overmuch sitting, they are most part lean, dry, ill-colored, spend their fortunes, lose their wits, and many times their lives, and all through immoderate pains and extraordinary studies. — robert burton unfortunately, not all students are as dedicated, it is easy, in many cases, to see why. for example, it is difficult to get overly excited or educationally stimulated about a university department that boasts of a chairman, a senior professor and faculty all rolled into one, and not a very good one either. many students reacted by developing a hardened cynicism about education, others, in order to save their sanity, simply decided to stay away from class as much as possible. for reading new books is like eating new bread, one can bear it at first, but by gradual steps is brought to death ' s door by a mental dyspepsy. — James russell lowell when a test came along, there ' s always a simple solution. don ' t steal; thou shalt never thus compete successfully in business, cheat. — ambrose pierce first class term papers were never a problem, what is originality? undetected plagiarism. 12

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throughout the term, each student followed his own path, however, as the term came to an end, the forks in the road always converged toward that ultimate period-finals, suddenly, there were no more joes or jocks, only sweating, trembling students. many run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. — daniel 12:4 during finals no one eats, sleeps or talks, life is reduced to one big book, always present, always a part of our consciousness and subconsciousness. revelations are frequent during final week, who would have dreamt that joe basketball could actually read? who would have believed that F024 minnesota fats actually knew where the library was located, studying is only one weapon against finals, there are, hopefully others. your messages i hear, but faith has not been given; the dearest child of faith is miracle, goethe soon, however, it is over, or is it? 0, that a man might know the end of this days business ere it come! but it sufficeth that the day will end, and then the end is known. — Shakespeare