Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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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

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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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every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only in the history of penholes. —Oliver Wendell holmes the hectic atmosphere at yeshiva affects not only the life-styles of many students but also the functioning of various institutions. tal e the library, for example, for most of the semester the library rarely serves as a place of study or meditation; rather the library is merely utilized as a spot to relax between classes, however, when reading week arrives, the situation changes dramatically, students strive to catch up on all the outside readings they had neglected, some carry the additional burden of endeavoring to piece together a last-minute term-paper, the frenzied state of affairs reaches Its peak when a student has to frantically search for a good set of class notes, it is at this point that the library facilities really come in handy, for the yeshiva student, it is not the volumes of books which prove valuable but rather the photostat machines. the richest minds need not large libraries. — amos bronson alcott