Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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because of the intense pressure at yeshiva, students are forced to indulge in unique forms of relaxation, most imfamous among these is room 024, which is better known as jack schachnow ' s vice parlor. In addition to the pool tables, the numerous games of skill and chance provide thrills and adventure while gobbling up your quarters, a more conventional form of recreation is found in morg lounge, for those who find ping-pong dull, there is always the color t.v. the most exciting part of that activity was watching the fights develope over what to watch — the rangers, the knicks, or m a s,h . those students who find t.v. unintellectual participate in a more advanced form of letting off steam-the water fight. to be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. bertrand russel S ' ' ' ,X- -v ' N ' t !« » 26

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the average student has little association with the dean ' s office, those students who require the dean ' s approval for anything usually dealt with that all-knowing admin- istrative assistant, mrs. epstein. though few students had much contact with dr. bacon, everyone knew a great deal about him. there was universal disdain for both the dean ' s occasional sneakiness and for his constant, unyielding adherence to regulations, some students even gained the impression that the only word in the dean ' s vocabulary was no! yet there were times when dr. bacon actually did serve the stu- dent ' s interests, despite these in- stances, the dean ' s image as an arch-villain prevails. wronged shall be live, insulted o ' er, oppressed, who dares be less a villain than the rest. John wilmot 25

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what is food for one man is bitter poison to others. — lucretius m H . B .A j . ff% k m £S ' 1 I K ' i - B m m there are certain everyday occurrences that nnanage to spice up the yeshiva experience, the various culinary concerns provide this service, if a person wanted to eat at the greasy spoon, an appropriately named luncheonette, he had to pay an arm and a leg for a meal, parker ' s cafeteria was much more reasonable, especially if you could stomach the specials, but a relationship developed— as prices went up, the size of portions went down, for the more adventurous individual, there was always chopsie ' s and mc dovids. those of us at yeshiva know that it was chopsie, not the arabs, who originated the oil crisis, after draining a slice of pizza, one could get started in the oil business, for the students with gourmet tastes, mc dovid ' s was the place where the delectable greaseburgers and cold pieces of chicken were served with that special touch — thrown at you. ' let them stew in their own grease. bismark 27