Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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a large degree of an entering student ' s acadefriic success is based on lucl . the basic problem facing the yeshiva student is not the studying or hard work, it is simply: will joe freshie be lucky enough to get the key teachers, thereby enabling him to ace out and get into einstein with a 3.9: or will he meet disaster at the outset of his educational journey, and get ambushed with the killer professors? the most important aspect of orientation is that it enables the entering freshman to speak to sagacious seniors who give the straight facts about certain teachers. . . .to bear away upon their backs a burden of hook ... bodmin register ' not one amongst the doctors, as you ' ll see. Philemon The vanity of teaching oft tempts a man to forget he is a blockhead. lord halifax of course, we always managed to get the wrong english comp teacher or the bad news hebrew lit. professor while the other guy always ends up with the y.u. grad, a real fella.

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to be a moral man is to obey the traditional maxims of your community without hesitation or discussion. — Charles s. pierce the clash of differing religious beliefs often marked the yeshiva scene, an ongoing battle existed between the frummie and the secularists , the frummies were the guardians of the values of a traditional yeshiva. they made certain that unyeshivish activities, such as beer blasts, never got off the ground, the secularists, on the other hand, maintained a more liberal religious outlook and thus promoted such social activities as blind-date parties, the two groups tended to tolerate each other and their differences did prompt many reli- gious discussions, a novelty for most members of both sides, consequently, campus life at yeshiva was unequally structured, any activity sponsored by a college organization or club was always constrained by consideration: this was not just any college but yeshiva college. it is peevish infirmity for a man to think himself so funny grounded that the contrary may not be believed. — michel de montaigne

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.there are, on the other hand, scores of professors at y.u. who will gladly answer a question out of context, or spend a few minutes after class with a student. scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, and a scarred or crooked oak will tell of the act for centuries to come,, so it is with the teachings of youth, which makes impressions on the mind and heart that are to last forever. the highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit, to know how to suggest is the art of teaching. ramiel it is impossible to come to an overall conclusion as to the general quality of yeshiva ' s education, the range of teaching ability is as wide as the university budget gap. while certain departments are known for their general excellence, others do not deserve a place in the yeshiva university catalogue, it is hard to imagine more energy devoted by a teacher than that on the part of a certain speech department professor who s pends nights at y.u. perfecting the dramatics society presentations, it is also very difficult to conceive of a more relaxing class than that given by a certain english professor. - society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tribes, ■mm the bdres and the bored. there teachers who sit and lecture about differential equations, hi{ and 1 medulla oblongata with great dexterity, however, try ask] question which is not contained in their lecture notes ... ' that scholarship which consists in the memorization of facts, does not qualify one t ' ■— — •- • ' e