Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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MRS. CECEIL LEVINSON

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Dedication The secretary runs the institution. Unfortunately this saying has been overused to the extent that it has lost its impact. However, one has only to walk into the office of the Dean of Yeshiva College to meet the women to whom the phrase could well have been originally attributed. The senior class has unanimously agreed to dedicate its year- book to Mrs. Ceceil Levinson. This remarkable woman has the unique ability to combine absolute efficiency with perpetual cheerfulness and plain down -home friendliness. She is, and has been, an invaluable helper and assistant to the four deans under whom she has served. Her current boss, Dean Rosenfeld, sums it up by saying, Ceil is an absolute gem. How much better can I express it? The past four years have been marked by a constant turnover in the office of the Dean, and the concofjiitant instability thus engendered within the institution as a whole. And so, we are all the more thankful for the perpetual calm, guidance, and cheer Mrs. Levinson has brought to that most important office.

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Tradition. Change. Two words that represent conflic- ting concepts, seemingly at odds with each other. Two words that perhaps equally summarize and symbolize the pattern of Yeshiva University from its inception to the pre- sent day. How is it possible for one institution to be both a bastion of Jewish learning, safeguarding the continuance of Orthodox Jewish tradition, and, at the same time, a fountainhead of change in the American Jewish communi- ty. ' ' The answer is to be found in the study of two factors: Firstly, one must understand what was and is the ideal behind the concept that is embodied by it. Secondly, one must examine the history and development of Yeshiva.