Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The funniest thing just happened. This guy comes around every ■ elling grape )uice and getilte fish. Well I guess it ' s not that funny but everyone always locks their doors. It ' s not unusual to have guys knocking on your door for one reason or another. Some want to sell you tickets for a blind date party, some come for blood, some to teach them an entire course in one night and some to sell you 2 Hoagie. That ' s a large, expensive sandwich that contains a slice of meat Every organization has a Hoagie sale at one time or another in order tc raise money . . . . . . Well. I guess I better be going now. Before I do. I just want to thank you for sending me here. Because if nothing else, the Dorm Life at YU is great. This is the place where you make friends that will last with you throughout your life. Then of course there are the memories of talking on the phone in the hall because your roomates studying, staying up until four studying and then sleeping until noon, going out on a date and then praying that you ' ll live through the train ride back, goofing off the whole term and not worrying about school until the night before your final — as well as countless other memories. Your loving son. Yosselle

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Dear Mom and Dad ... Tm just writing to tell you that I arrived safely in New York. School began last week and everything is in full swing. I guess since I have some free time now I may as well write a full letter — especially since this will probably be the only one of the year . . . Not much has changed here smce last year The buildings are still standing give or take a few bncks On the bright side the neighborhood hasn t gotten much worse. The bad news is that I don ' t thmk the neighborhood can get much worse ... I can ' t really complain since I ' m in the Morgenstern Dormitory this year. The benefits here over Rubin Hall are that we have decent dressers in every room, study lounges on every floor, and seperations between the showers. My floor doesn ' t have shower curtains yet, but at least its a step in the right direction. {The separations, that is). Next year maybe I ' ll run for president of some club so 1 can get a suite on the se- cond floor — they have private bathrooms. Do you think people laugh when they find out that having a bathroom is a symbol of stature at YU? . . . ... I hear some guys even study in these lounges. It ' s nice when there ' s a Simcha — such as a guy getting into med school or a floor getting together on Rosh Chodesh and they have a party in the lounge. These are only the small Simchas . . . € - clljC(;LilM(; IS CATCHING! . . . Being on the third floor, we have the extra advantage of not only a lounge but also a Media Centre. It ' s nothing great but it ' s good to have because often enough the lounges are taken. Some clubs meet in the lounges. Sometimes stu- dent newspapers have their layouts there. On the fourth floor they even have the IVDU ES HASHEM B ' MHERA Minyan for MAARIV . . . ... If a guy gets engaged then that ' s a major Simcha dnd he has a surprise party in the lounge on the main floor. They ' re usually in the earl) ' evening because by U O ' clock everyone in the school must watch M A S H reruns. Real problems arise on film nights. I think that ' s why they begin after midnight . . .

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Behind Dorm Doors