Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Yeshiva University o ' f ' q ' president February 27, 1985 TO THE TESHIVA COLLEGE CLASS OP 1985: Bv accident of the calendar, you have a very special distinction: You are the last class of the first century of the existence of Yeshiva University. Your class has achieved a splendid record at Yeshiva College — competent, constructive, and cooperative. You are an ideal microcosm of Yeshiva College as a whole. As you march on to the future — in careers, families, and personal growth - we are confident that you will represent Yeshiva University with dignity, implementing the ideals of Torah Umadda In a manner that will reflect glory upon your alma mater . I wi a cr sh you the years, the strength, and the happiness to m? a i;ieative contribution to your communities, to America, Israel, and to the Torah which you studied so assiduously during your years here and which, I hope, will continue to be your life and the length of your days. Cord ially y ours NORMAN LAMM President SCO West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033 • (212)960-5280

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The yearly cycle or Yeshivo is rhe Jewish cycle. Our college doys ore filled wirh Jewish legrnir g and values; our yeshivo doys ore filled wirh rhe (Iberol orrs ond in- volvemenr in Western sociery. The whole atmosphere is sorurored wirh rhe Holocho as o lorke is sorurored wirh oil. If you wonr on ideologicol exominorion of Toroh U ' nnoda, rake a look or Robbi Cormy ' s excellenr Toroh U ' nnadQ reader. If you wonr a mindless gloriflcorion of rhe concepr, YUPP, con provide you wirh sufficient moreriol. If you would like a poetic description, Cynrhio Ozick has a beautiful one in her lorest novel, The Can- nibal Galaxy. But if you wont to understond, or ro remember, how Toroh U ' modo offecrs us srudenrs os we study ot Yeshivo, take o simple look at any aspect of student life. Stop ond consider: this college is not like oil other colleges. There is something very special obour it; wirh oil its foults this ottroction mokes it sometimes irresistoble. That is Toroh U ' modo.

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OFFICE OF THE DEAN YESHIVA COLLEGE 500 West 185th Street New York. NY 10033-3299 (212) 960-5214 March 15, 1985 Dear Graduates: You have successfully completed your studies at Yeshiva College. This is more than a personal achievement. As members of our fifty- fourth graduating class, you share with your classmates and more than a half-century of alumni a commitment to the Yeshiva University ideal of Torah u ' Madda. This commitment has required an enormous investment of time and energy. You have chosen to involve yourselves in a rigorous dual program, each component of which is in itself demanding of full time attention. You have accepted the challenge of integrating your Torah studies with what is best in Western civilization and culture. Your success in meeting this challenge and realizing the University ideal will be reflected in your lives and careers. You are fortunate tn having as models those graduates who have demonstrated in their lives and careers that this challenge can be met successfully and that the Torah u ' Madda ideal retains its freshness and vitality. Therefore, as you leave Yeshiva College, I congratulate you, I wish you well, and I urge you to bear in mind that you will be the models for future Yeshiva College men.