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Election Extra Official Undergraduate· N ewsp~per_ of Y eshiya College -
_VQLUM E XXXVII NEW YORK CITY- MONOAY, MAY· 18, 1953 ·No. 5
Reichman Elected New Staff Divided New-~.0. Y:Head; Essrc;>g, Spear Ai• Talansky Is Veep Raphael Reichman '54, was Into Three Boards elected · president of the student Chosen V.P!, Se.ti Rosenak Named Associate Editor; Organization of Yeshiva by, de ..feating. Marvin Sugarman '54, Hul~er C~sen·_ At~ktic -M:~8~r!_1! Pear.lmutter and Hoenig Join Board 275-113.. Reichman, a native of New Club Hour Refer~iulu:m.,"'P,;.ti,~«i> ) S}:leldon Rudoff '55, was named Editor-in-Chief and Michael 7he Bronx, who graduated T.A. Joel Balsam !54, was elected presi~t,_·$eymopr lllm.~a,.··<,;55_·.•····~ • Manhattan; succee·~1 Irving H. . · e,- Rosenak •54._ Associate Editor of the revamped Governing Board of Goodman· , :r. . vice-presid~~t, Howard Spear '5{$, ~®re~:-trea1f,Ul'eJ;' · _and> :1'-'d'. 5 THE COM~ATOR for the coming year, ann.ounced Irwin Witty '53, Hulkower '55, athletic manager in a record election tumout/ W@~ · Moiijhe ';I'alansky '54, alumnus · · · ·· · ·· . .• • ~ outgoing editor-in-chief. The new setup calls for a five-man board of Yeshiva Chofetz Hayim of day, May-13. The· referen:du.m cal!j.ng for a club period dtuiilg ·school which will be rounded out ?Y Fishel A. Pearlmutter '55, as managing hour.a was approved by a vote af 226 to 182. · ..., - · · ..,, . Baltimore, and now residing in _/ · · · ' ' · editor; Bernie Hoenig '55, Brooklyn, gained the vice-presi------Mr. ~. def~t.~'. Ml~ Sports Editor; and· Irwin Pech Rosenak '54, 217-202- on the ·sec- man '55, Business Manager. dency with 238 ·votes.. His. run- Mic .ev Orlian ond ballot. -Hetshel '.\\reinbE!rger The new system, proposed by Marv Pachino ner-up opponent, Sµnon Raskin, . . . k .; · · ·· ,55, dtopp~·oµt· on the- ·flrstJ~. 126 Mr. Witty, subject to the approv pQlled b~ots. .V[ d p lot with· 34 votes•.. The vice-pr.est"\ al·,<>! •the new board, calls· for a The secretary-treasurer's post J.!,J1 .ecte . res. d t 1 t s· .~·· ,- .. E·. . .,, d. • rNamedGabbai will 'be occtlpied by· Sherni.an. Siff en -e -ec I.. t!.,. ... &o,u~ ~ ssrpg._.. e::- tripartite divisio:r1 of the entire feated .. his opponet\t,.. Ab~ · , staff into the governing board, ·•54,. The' Worcester; Massachus- · 1n· -T.. 1 Ba· llot. Morduchowitz •55:·2•1$8.. ·· .. the editorial board and the asso- In Close Vote setts graduate• of Torah ·Vodaath, . . • , • . . . Mr: Spear was elec:'ted-1:M~~' 1 l·at b O ard ran tµ1opposed and garnered ~SO -•Mitchell Or· 1·an •55·,· was elected tary-treasurer on--tlie~ ~j.•·~::· · -· _ c e • Marvin Pachino "55, · defeated first place votes ,. - j. • • • ~~ ., ,v· · •~ The_.w:;r:;_u::~~rtin8%1:e::~ Arnold Bramson '56, for Gabbai Tlie ~lec.tio~~ . were .. held . in pj~sident,. Irving S~psty, vi~e• lQt, defe,.tm,g Silnon Col.(. -:. 07., board ci ~.. ~ . in an election held Wednesday _ .Pt:esident, .Leon Chameides '55,· 193.·- Sheldon, IC6~!ijib;:·!M{i~~\~ hut '56, _~ews ~tor,_·_ ~~~ldon :evening, May , in· R.I.E.T.S. Stem's Cafeteria, Wednesday, sE:cretaTy, and David Zweibel''56; ceived ·12;J.·JirSt'i~~y~~" ·_.-;<' . 13 13 -~o~~l~~,~~ •. cop~-~~~~; ~~1?1 ..Hall.. Mr. Pachino, the first May \- ,-.-.,r----,-- treasurer, in elections held by the·· ·Vel -H~~\.Ve_~~i¾tfli~:1:t~~~c··•· .. · ~C'i~pS,.Jeature edif:Or;·Mur-:;,.,."" ...... 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' ~- ' . :· . :c, - . ,, ""o .• . . 8togria}~r.~~J:c.•:~ . arris_/55,"'~f'!',':,f>'VOt~_to ;~±.-.I.:.~·~.,'.:~ .. ~,:,_:~.·.-.P.'.·.·.•,:., __ • ·.. -.. ; ,:.W,,:·'i•· Rec,._!;,.::.,,: •>.::~,v }!l\9PJl!l!H'Q!, N!O>:" 114 baJIOf& -· :;, >'.:J;, cC,•'.'/';~0#·:·i•···•····•:.. ,\ ... • • .- ··.,,. •::_, .' •• .; • • . ~ 7 ' \. This: e}ettion ..lllarked the'··~-· -~- '•;,_~ .---~~•·im,:;;; -·.,,:-~-:¾~ -~~- • ~r~:t""' :. _i,~.~~~?':~~i.ttf~~~-:i~: ~·' , ,\ ~c,tJ'¥c ?~~;\t Associate, Boa'rd- . : .. , · --:. __ ,, · . ,, Di'., S:i:u1.1.u~~ .. ;- ;-~vf.!r.eSidmt write-an V S for.;;_ _ ._ .-,~ ·•?··:- :m:,:c·theJ .. , .· . .. ·. ·.. ' . :·· . ~},<•,[:;,, The Associate. Boa.re( the third in which 'Teach~l's. lh_$titute stU- of . Yeshiv, -University, !~as the Mr.. Ch~eides r receiv.~ . 119 - -'Hecht .•54f an,t':~014:;~rigYti\',~4;:J . division, will COIJlPrise: Simon ~-~rtts were eligible to run -(~r principal ~speaker at a. dinner . votes to defeat Marc Ingber and ..were elected _senior ,cl,ass. p~.. , Cohen '55, assistant managing Gabbai and in which on_ly dor-, sponsored'lby the Brooklyn bran- Herman Manesse '55, for the po- . dent .and _vice-pi:esidenf~reSJ!ec~ editor; Aaron He~owitz '54, as- mitory students were pern'li~d- . ches of Yeshiva University's high sition of secretary. _ Mr. In~ber ~iv~ly.. M:r. Hecht received 55 sistant business manager; Joseph to vote. Eighty-tbree per cent schools, held Sunday, May 3, at garnered. 76 votes and Mr. votes while hts: opponents; Abra;. Kaplan '58, associa.te news editor: of the dormitory residents cast the Hotel Roosevelt. M_r. -LE>uis Manesse 55. - ham Kramer 'M, ·and· Sam: April Sammy Roth '56, associate fea- ballots. Edison and Mr. Max Rosenberg Mr. Zweibel defeated Alvin '54, · garnered" 10· and · 5 . ·ballo~. ture editor; Melvin · Cohen '55, Mr. Pachino, a Psychology were the guests- of h6nor.· Shreiber '54, 173-80, to secure the Mr. Knoll's lone opponent for th~ office manager; and Ralph Schu- major, is a native of Baltimore Both Messrs. Edison itnd Ro- treasurer's position. vice-presidency,6 Murray,. ' Leifer- chalter '55, exchange editor. and a graduate of Talmudical senbe~g have. been leadillg figures Mr. Orlian attendec_l Brooklyn '54, received 22 votes against Sheldon Rudoff, the incoming Aca~emy Uptown. He has been in bringing about the establish- Talmudi,cal Academy and Up- KnoWs 45.- · editor - in - chief, formerly df a member of lhe Sholosh Seudot · ment. of the Brookiyxr 'Talmudi- town T.A. While at the· tatter - Judah Harris '55, won the jun- ;
Brooklyn 'r.A., is a Political Sci- Committee for two years and the · cal Academy · a.-nd· -t-he - Central - schooi, from which--oo- graduated, ior class presidency over Herbert 1 ,' ence Major in Yeshiva. He has Gabbaut Committee for one year. Yeshiva ..High Sehool for Girls. he ·was captain of the-basltetball -R~seiibe;g '55, on the th~ ~ot been on THE COMMENTATOR staff team.. Mr.- Orlian• is.. ~.?!l..P. mem- by a vote of 67-33. Irwin Pech._,' for three years, the latter two as . ber of both the soccer·and· basket- man '55 and Fishel Pearlmutter Sports and Associate Editors Nine T • I. Students· "Awarded ball f~~s in the College.· and '55, Mr. Harris' other opponents, respectively. - . - - serve4 ·as class collector for ·the .dropped _out on,the .ftrst .. ballqt. The new associate editor, J • h A h l h • · Emanuel. Gold '55,. was elected Michael Rosenak, has served'-0n eWIS gency· -sc _o ars -,p· s· Y.U. Drive. · Junior class vice•president.' He THE COMMENTATOR staff as eopy . Mr. Skupsky, .a -resident .of defeated Heney Hartman- i55, 58- th and news editors during his three Nine students of the Teachets Instlt~e ha~ been awarded Brooklyn, .is .a graduate ?f e 4:1 on the third bajlot,,.. Atn9ld years ·of service. His activities scholarships for a six-months period of "tour and-study" in Is:rael. Brooklyn Branch of T.A., and is Enker ~55, received 18 · first bal- outside of COMMENTATOR. include Recipients of the scholarships, which is.sp6llS()red by the Jewish curr_ently a senior in the T.L 1·-.----·01. voes: ·t M anesse •55, ·Herman I Editor of the first "You, the Stu- Agency for Palestine, in conjunction ,..vith vai1ous Hebr~w Teachers was disqualified becij:qse :tie di9, dent," and member of the stu- institutions in the United State,,&, -Hecht Made Pres. not have suffl.cieritjredits"to'pface dent-faculty relations comniittee. are: Daniel Bonchek '53, Abra- quired _to :~e for ~ ~eave of ab- .him in the J.untor class. _His 8 Mr. Rosenak is a Sociology ham Bruckenstein '55, Ed Jaku- sence, and will receive credit 'for Of I~ R~ s., Socie'ty" - ~-~ot votes·were-coun~ as major. bovitz '53, Bialik Lerner '55, their courses in- Israel upon ·their · write-ins. . Hailing from Baltimore, Mary- Joseph Mogilner '55, Philip Rud- return in January. They will be Neil . Hecht '54·. was ·.elected . - · . Sophomoie Vote; . land, Fishel Pearlmutter, the in- nick '53, Manfred Saffern, Jacob given credit for courses in His- President of, e rnational 'rhe • Sop~omore Class. el~ted coming managing editor is an Zev '54, and Myron Zundell '55. tory, Literature, Bible, and Relations Society at .a _mee g •Yaakov .Jaffe '56, ~.~~~~!- English major in Yeshiva College. The group is scheduled to leave Geography. held Wediiesday, May 13. Ot.lter _ Mr. Jaffe, ·with 66 votes clef~ted His ~ti_vities 'in Y.U. include the New York August 21, 1953, and -officers -who_7~were elected.-are:; .Jeny Co.hen"56, and SmnuelRoth'~-- -. 4 Th The T .I. senior dinner will be presidency of. the Debating Team. retu rn in J anuary, 1 95 • ey Sheldon. Ruc)off 'M,- -vic&presi- -- !56; on/the-third-ballot. .. liJessrs. He has served.on the news staff will spend three_days in 11:,alY· held Sunday, May 17• at Sclirieb- .dent, and_ Herbert -Panitch ·'54,- ·eoJien.-and Roth recei,ved.28\yotes of THE COMMENTATOR for one The students met with Dr. er's ·Restaurant, - Manhattan, Mr. secretary-treasurer. . . . , ,each.. JJLC}{ . Helle~ '56. and?_J6s. , Pinkhos Churgin, Dean of the Abraham Bruokenstein, T.L Sen- At one· of the most· hotly con- - Kaplan '56, .. were. eliminated on - year. Managins Editor - Teachers- Institute,· Monday; May ior Class-,presi
GJi lori a f:J " W!Jt va's real beginning cannot be merely traced Wanted: A Thucydides brew Literature; Rabbi Leo The most remarkable part of back to twenty-five years, but to thousands Jung, as Professor of Ethics, the first class was the whole of years, to the day of the election of Israel In the course of publishing the largest Professor Kenneth Damon in hearted cooperation which they Public Speaking; and Professor gave in building the institution. and our acceptance of the Torah. issue of THE COMMENTATOR ever to appear, Litman in Philosophy. Each of Such things as ·student organiza It is Yeshiva's purpose to transplant we had occasion to do more than just a these faculty members have tions had to be formed; Which the age-old heritage of Pumb~a and usual amount of research into the history many memories of incidents in i in the crowdeq. atmosphere of Sura on the American scene. --The success of Yeshiva. We gathered a great deal of the life of the college, amusing the double program· of work, re- quired a real sacrifice on the of this venture lies in the combined dedi information, much of which is not being and ot~erwise, in pa~icular, of part of the student. published on these pages. students who left lasting impres- cation of faculty and students to Torah sions of fine achievement and Even such a proje_ct as a lib- true Judaism. In all our plans, in all our The one apalling aspect of all our re promises of future greatness. rary, which should hav~ been designs for the future, and even in our di,s search strucl: us when we realized all the My own memories go back supplied by the institution, was agreements, this, our divine raison d'etre, work that had to be done in order to gather directly to the first class which a product of student organization should be the guiding princi pie of all our simple information and corroborate the met in the Jewish Center on and--work. Students brQught in 86th Street pending the comple- books, so that· contrary to the actions. most elementary matters of fact. One of tion of the building on. the Seco?d Law of Thermo-dynamics, the sadlv neglected aspects of the institu Heights. The situation called for the _library at the end of a·day"s tion is the formal recording of its history. 9usmess would have more books -- a group of hardy pioneers who /than at th b . . _ Long Needed ( Worse vet. a great deal of vital material could take the inevitable difflcut-· e egmnmg. 1 has not only been lost beyond recovery, ties that beset any new institri·- It was thi$ spirit that was The recent formation of a new group, ht:t much more material is still being al tion with a sense of bounce and manifested in every activity and ..,.cr'he Philosophy and Ethics Club, whose lowed to go unrecorded. good humor. (Continued on Page 11) aim is to further the study of Jewish Why this situation should exist is per philosophical learning, is indeed welcome plexing. Certainly, there are enough men news. The club can potentially fill a cry We Wish to Thank. . . . in the institution who are capable of tak ing need among the student body. IL preparing this issue of THE CoMMENTATOR, the· edi ing over the task, and with whom perma For a long time now, we have heard tors had the valuable assistance of many individuals who nent records of all matters pertinent to the have long been associated with the University; talk of memorial lectures, fireside chats history of the University should be filed. Special thanks are due to Dean Moses L. Isaacs,. for and study groups whose aim it would be We believe that this work could be under to help the student at Yeshiva guide his his kind assistance and patience; to Mr. Sam Hartstein, taken and handled capably by Dr. Grinstein, for his help on every occasion; to Mr~ Joseph,-EHenberg, thinking on certain basic problems in or another member of the History Depart Judaism. for his constant couns~J; to Dr. Shelley ·Ray Saph~e, who ment. donated the use of his _photo collection and offered much While student government groups only One thing, however, remains unchanged. needed information. · · · discussed the potentiality, and in no small The need for an official University hist.Qrian Special thanks are due the editors of Masm.id for al measuI"e were joined by members of the is pressing. It seems to us that the Silver lowing· the use of the History of 'yeshiva,--scheduied for Yeshiva, T.I. and ·College faculties, it too'k Jubilee mark is a fitting time for his ap publication in the College Yearbook, tO/lie -,incbided 1n a a group of interested, energetic Yeshiva pointment. more elaborate form in this issue. -MONDAY,· MAY·1s,· 1953 THE, COMMENTATOR , Outgoing Prexy's Report New Prexy's , Plans Jn Rea/el,(j. Me11t19e1 Jn /J/J,e,~ID- ly Irwin Shapiro ., • II, . -.· .,--~;---. it~-~·· ----. .a. • I By Joel Balsam ------• In past years, the traditional review of school I wish to express_ my gratitude". to you, · th& activities by the Student Council president has re- student body, for having elected: me •President of , ferred to fierce clashes between students and the Student Council.. You have chosen me for~a pos~- • By lrwln Witty tion of great importance and consequently of. a.clmiliJStration. In this respect. the 1952-53 aca great . responsibility. To represent a large body of stu demic season parts with tradition. True, there 0 There is an odd sensation that comes with any discovery of have been honest differences, but these were, for dents and represent their interests . and righls, fs, change. Many have tried to capture this intangible, almost in no small task. Only a minor· part of the" ,job' the most part resolved in amicable fashion to ev oon articulate, feeling that overcomes anyone who finds himself jolted sists in planning council meetings and J presiding eryone's satisfaction. This aura of good feeling from a stat'U8 qU RALPH SCHUCHALTER ------Ex~anl1e Editor ( Confintwd <>n Page 13) l .·. ... , ....,. ;: PACE FOUR THE COMMENTATOR ~ Mayb~ I',n W~ong. ~:~:ui;:l:y :;~.,~~i:tJllfill~::::~ ------By Michael Rosenak --..------' . . ·'. . . . c·ty- public .- sch~i syste:rrit d~vel~ -_.into.-:.' ajD ; ~ld f Ra,bbinlchl"· fain; ..·. By -Alex Hoffer 1 , · . • , ·- . ·· ' I · h The last president of the Student Council, Simon Hellerstein, in New York City is celebrating oped, the T~ud Torah ~ted Fro~ ~/~ Y ~ge ,. e fook~_d fc : - his concluding report in THE COMMENTATOR last June posed the ques the three-hundredth anniversary its work to Hebrew and rebgtous war~ ~o b~?m~~t-a: rab~~ ~r -:. tion whether "synthesis," the widely heralded sub-slogan of Yeshiva, . . . . th' • struction . only phyS1c1an, with a ~reference f . of its foundmg. As we JOm e m · th i · · • - · - is a reality or a fancy fiction. The Yeshiva student, he complained, rest of New _York City's popula- Until 1825, the Spa.niSh and e orme~. . _ . __ "exists as a creaturt! of two worlds,· the Jewish and the secular." ·t· · 1 bra:ting the -p-he:nom· Portuguese Synagogue was the One·.; day. his .. uncle, a ,:man ,_ - He provoked the question whether ''Torah U'madah" are implanted ion m ce e · · , all th -wo Id spoke to him b enal growth of the greate~ city only one in the ' city. The' sm . e< · ii" ! __· , . · _~ oL ·_ as complimentary concepts within the Yeshiva student or whether in the world we. note that Jew- group of New York Jews, com- his : stu~~~ for the ~abbmatP "a graduate of Yeshiva College has no knowledge whatever of the is history in New Y~rk _is virtual- paratively isolat-ed from 1:he· re:t "You ~on't' w~t _to go into ~-': • relationship between ideas in the secular world and Jewish thought." 1yaso Id as thec1y1e ·t ·ts If . of. Jewry, could not make provi- that_ .no.nsense,. you, should .. stua·:. Does Yeshiva succeed in blending two cultures to the loss of neither In September 1654 twenty- sions for advanced Jewish learn- for the Indian:.Cil1LService," he be- ' ' d . ed Hi el or is the Yeshiva student a three Jews from Recife, Brazil ing. a _Y.IS .. : : - ,_ .§ !!.o_uns~. -~e toe wildered· schizophrenic, absorbing The real question, however, is entered the harbor of Nieu Ani- In fact, until the arrival of Dr. late, For as qr. PooJ s.aiQ, "Kip Jewish learning ~ - the morning whether we will bring the sec~ sterdam. Some Jews had lived David de Sola P9ol, the present . ting's ~all_ to a.ssµme tlie white arid smiling at · it in the after lar world and its culture into in Brazil tpider the Porttigues~ rabbi, there had ~ever been a man's ~u~~n n9 lolJger-appe~ed noon? the tents of Shem or whether rule, as Mairanos, fearing the duly ordained rabbi le~ding the to me. ';l'.ne chall,enges__ , which Mr. Hellerstein gave no answer the beauty of Japheth will lure .spies of the Portuguese -Inquisi to these complex questions. In us away from it. If we do the tion. Some six-hundred Dutch deed the aspects of the problems former we will; have succeeded; Jews had settled there aft.er are so numerous that a single if the latter comes to pass, we the Dutch capturec;l Recife, in answer would be ridiculous in will have failed not only our 1631. its oversimplification. Should selves but the entire Jewish com But when the Portuguese re more emphasis be placed on Jew munity which Will be subjugated captured Recife in 1654, the Jews ish philosophy in collegiate stu- .~ to the dominion of the "I told fled after a costly but vain at dies ? C8.h scientific materialism you so's" of the right and the I tempt of U1e citizens to defend be moral-and is it the task of left. The discuasion and smiles the town against the Portuguese. the scientist to affect this evoked by th1t magical word Most of the Jews returned to change? Is the fault with the "synthesis" shoWd give us warn Holland and others to the various Jewish departments of Yeshiva ing that aftentards "surrender" settlements of the New World, in their failure to recognize the is viewed as r;ality. some few reaching Peter Stuyve forces of the 20th century and If we can agree to the possi sant's colony on Manhattan Is to harness them to and bring bility and nece.sity of such syn land. them within the framework of thesis, perhap~ we can devote As refugees who had lost their Jewish li$.g? Finally, is this ,,, . our energies Jo the attending possessions in a war and in the "synthe~is" possible at all? difficulties. If ~e can see it as perils of the sea, these members Synthesis Is Possible a matter of "Ain Braira,'' and of "the deceitful race" were not The individual who would say thus get the Student Council, the welcomed by Governor Peter that synthesis is impossible family, and everybody else to Stuyvesant. He petitioned the would be bold indeed - bold weigh the problem, some light Dutch West Indies Company in Dr. David de Sola Pool, Rabbi of CongregiJtioil Sb~arith Is,~ei ~bowing enough to relegate Judaism to will be shed on unilluminated Amsterdam for permission to ex News Editor Al Hofler candlesticks that ~ere antiqg.es in__ the days_of the position of a picturesque and variables. It is not simple. Neith pel the Jews. He was told that Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton had visited the synagogue ~d.--was inefficient sect in a God famished er is it a case for public rela.. " ... this would be unreason fascinated by the tall candlesticks gracing the eenb:al rea~g desk world-1.nd arrogant enough not tions or ''flowery graduation able . . . especially because of (aJ right). Photo was taken in the __sma.Jl_ srnag~~e. ·-- · •· ,. · · ,, to care. addresses.'• the considerable loss sustained life had presented in his adoles by the Jews in ~e taking of congregation. Religious questions Brazil and also Qecause of the were referred Jo the London . c~nt _(;IU~~~!9~JAJ~.i.~ ~!t~Jbfli~rl. . ! va eliminations and competed at ficers were elected · for 1953-54. homes and eventually, they were Union of ,Orthodox Jewish Con seminar· -iri :Berliri: 'aila ;--r«eiveq .his ·. Ph.D.~ fron\ _·EeidelbeVgf-lJ~i-• _St. John's University, Wednes- Guest speaker of the meeting allowed a burial ground when the _gregations was organized . there .. • . .. , • . . ... '.. ~- . . 1 -cay, April 22. was Hiram M. Galinsky '55, who need arose. A few of the original and the first classes of the Jew vers1ty., In Berlin.:, -he:Jeatjled'..bow _ Winners of schooJ eliminations c.elivered a lecture on "Interna tombstones still exist in a small ish Theological _Seminary ( then, in lb~ l~c~gs Qf .,:.i).u:\aism, ·_;-Zone: , from _all of the major colleges in tional Language." part of this cemetery, situated more orthodox;) were held there. cotild . find ., -lhe :foundations- .for _the city competed for a chance The officers elected to the ex below Chatharrr Square. A house The Mount Sinai Jewish Hospital virtua.lly.e~eey_~oci~:~_d'.spiritlf~ al cause 1 fo·-,; the-bleasing·-of to speak in the Metropolitan fl ecutive body of Eranos were: for public worship was rented in was organized by Samson Sim mani· kind.;~ ,. -. " : '. .. ·.': . ·_-" _~,,~----- ~ . nals which were held in Carnegie Milton Freundlich '55, president, 1682 and forty-six years later, the son and his friends, all of this Hall, Saturday, May 2. and Moishe Reise, '54, vice-pres Congregation Shearith IsraeJ congregation. . He· call)e. .to_ _Jhe ·:u:11ite.cf' ~la,.t~ ~ topic for this year's tour built a modest stone synagogue in. 1907' to ··ser.ve·-!as 'assistant··to ident. The officers elected to th~ Under the synagogue's aus nament was "John Marshall." Dr.' -H. ·Pereira. _Mendek ·spi~ttial executive body of Gammo Rho on Mill Street, now South Virgi• pices, in 1928, the Union of· Se leader-· of th~ Spimisli · tmd Por \ Sigma were: Herbert Lerner '55, nia Street. In the present edifice, phardic Congregations was built at the close of the last cen tuguese Synagogue. Upon bis ar president; Judah Harris '55, vice founded to bring Sephardic rab -Philo. Club Hears(' tury on Central Park West and rival, stately and dignified Dr. president; and Martin Schnall '55, bis to this country, place rabbis 70th Street, adjoining the main Pool evoked edifurial comment secretary-treasurer. in Sephardic congregations, pub Rabbi Weiss Talk synagogue there is a small c:iapel from the._ New _ Yor~ Hebrew A motion to confer the title lish Sephardic prayer books, and Rabbi Samson Raphael Weiss, with furnishing from the earlier Standard in whi_ch it was pr.o of Honorary President of Garn.mo . render religious decisions. Dr. de Director of the Young Israel synagogue. Throughout the year, phesied that "the y~ung _ladi~ Rho Sigma for life upon Jack Sola Pool has been - president of Adult Institut_e Qf Jewish Studies, daily services are also held in of the congregation would soon Goldman '53, who founded the_. the Sephardic Union since its in addressed the inaugural meeting organization in .1950 and presided that small synagogue. Shearith ception. lose their interest in- poker _a.lid of the Jewish Philosophy and over it for a period of 3 years, Israel, though to a considerable turn to Pool:' pr. Pool .received . Ethics Society, Wednesday, April Dr. Pool was born in London ,vas unanimously accepted. extent Ashkenazic in membership ( Oontinued on p~e . 17) 28, in the Dormitory Social Hall. today, still preserves the orthodox The speaker was introduced by Sephardic ritual. .. - _ Alter Ben-Zion. Metzger '53, pres Wildes New Soc. Pres.; The earliest remaining records S. BRANDT EMPRESS THEATRE ident of the society. of the Spanish and Portuguese Pipe• and Tobacco 181st STREET and -AUDUBON The Sociological Society held Dr. Weiss discussed "The Unity Synagogue date from 1728. There 10% Discount to Yeshiva of G-d as Piscussed by the elections Tuesday, May 5, ~th are also records of a . Hebrew Students : -Mon.-Wed. - May ~a:20. - Maharal.'' the fqllowing students elected to· I School which was formed three . 558 _WEST 181st STREET Th~ Maparal's concept of the office for the coming year: Leon years later. Gradually; a regular "City Beneath-\ the Sea-,'·. universe Qivides it into three gen Wildes '54, President; _ Marvin day school evolved, in which the ·. - - a·od· · · · · eral categories: . low-er order, Goldish '54, Vice-President; and Hazan taught· Hebrew-, Spanish, .,·. . ' ''Meet ltte at th~, fair~!, higher order and man, who stands Sherman Si.ff '54, Secretary. English, writing and arithmetic. s &. w DAIRY. AND .. -- Thurs.-Sun. May 21-24 at the juncture. The "lower or Macy Gordon · '53, ·outgoin-g -In i801, -Meyer Polonies died, . ·GROCERY der" is that of inanimate objects pr:esiden~, disclosed -that work· is leaving nine hundred .dollars ~for ~ Shomer Sbab&,;,s - Open S~nc!ay~ "I Confess" -, and unintelligent creatures. The almost completed on a general the endowment. of the school 1505 St. •Nicholas Avenue .. and angels, heavens, stars and other survey of r~ligious-characteristics which since then ;bears his name .... . Betw~en . 185th .,.,4:: I 86th Sts. ---- '~She's Back · \ -superhuman phenomena compose of the American Orthodox Jewish When: judah Touro of· ·New Or . . - -- -·. . . the "higher order." Comm~ity, · which the :Society : -'leans died, end-owing eveey Jew~ . . on Broadway"· "Both of these orders have pre conduct.eel during the year. Ques- ish congregation in . the States, ROXY BARIER :SHOP ·. t-:bn.-W:id. May 2_5-27 ordained -pieces and functions tionnaires - were sent . to•· ·young · lie -leff thirteen thousand dollar::: · JS-48" St. Nichola~·Avenue and serve as rungs in the ladder Orthodox rabbis · requesting · in-• . to Congregation Shea.nth Israel Bet. 187th -aiul 188th-·Streets . "Cleopatra" · Sda.ncld ., . .. - : ' of man's ascent or descent;'' the fonnafiori _ about : trends in "re-. : and the Poloriies- Talmud Torah. -- " ~~-• .Prop. - and :,::i,21,i1 · ,,,n:::i., _,:in ( Oontinucd ~ !'age 13) liJious observance. After -1840, as · the New York "P~th Fipder'; _.. ,~ONDAY, 'MAY- 18, -1953 THE -COMMENTA:rOR - •• -•~I - ' - • ------~-i-~--~----~!""-----.,,....,-~.----..;.._, -,,-..;,.....;;_~ .~ Dr. R·evel Provided Yeshiva l Dr. BelkiiiL~eti the ·:.,IBstifiiitlD. With . Spirit, Courage, Aints As It ·G:rew i11to a U'rtiy~r$'t{y . ·, • • _'.lo. •• -- - ·-r~ ... ~ .... :" -· •· .._.. By Sheldon Rsdoff success of these schools en"cour • By Fishel Pecarlmutter . Today, ,ten yeigi after .I)r. ',13e1 • aged Dr. Revel to seek the reali kin's el~tion,. th~~e . wol'.d,s seem -~~veshiva is the successor to On June· 28, 1943 two and one zation of his greatest dream almost ·, prophe~c.. :since 194.3, the sanctuaries of Torah of half years after the death of Dr. Yeshiva College. In 1928 Yeshi Yeshiva has, risen to_\miver-sity all ages; uniting Israel in Revel, the Board of Trustees of va College accepted its first class ~tatus,. ~bUsJ'teci. gt'.8.dt1ate· ,de:. aspiration and loyalty to the Yeshiva College revealed their with the hope of developing "the partments in :Mathematics, Edu.:. ~ of our fathers; lighting choice of a successor. complete harmonious Jewish per cation and Community Admm- the way to creative faith sonality." "Our new president is a worthy istration. found~ th'e .Brooklyn and steadfastness." his Thus wrote Dr. Bernard Revel, In 1937, the Yeshiva Graduate successor to illustri~us and and Far Rockaway branches of pf sainted .memory, -fotmder ·and School was founded in which Dr. immortal predecessor, Dr. Ber Talmudical Academie~ ·and ., the ...... - ...... nard Revel. In his own person first president of Yeshiva College, Revel gave a course.;.rn Rabbin:c Central High Schoo} for . Giria. Codes. The Seminary, through he symbolizes the philosophy of The enrollment ' tripled, .the ~ ~ ~e -~ _puhl;s~e.d article be has Yeshiva College. Under his lead fore his death _in December, 1940. its many graduates, was gaining budget has 9oul:)led and a. cha:r recognition throughout the world. ership our institution is looking ter was granied t;o establish, the .An_.· unforgettable figure . to· all 1 Dr. Revel's life-ambition of forward to an era of growth · and who _knew. .him, :Or. Revel sym nation's first n~m-~~tarilPl medi "synthesis" was beginning to expansion as the leading Torah cal college under Jewish auspices. polized "_the :~r,eation of_ a ~yn institution on the continent.'' In all these projects Dr:. B~µtin's thesis behv~en_ the conc~ption of take root. During all these busy years, The Late Rabbi Their choice, of course, was Dr. leadership 118.s been, indispensal)Je. a Jif~ .of .. J.ewish_ spi~tual and Isaac Elchanan Spector ( Continued on page 17) Samuel Belkin. At the time of Dr. Belkin's i:noral teacl).ings 1µ1d the present ascension to the prelJidency.. . .he ~y'. s :hwna.nities/' which. he v.is-. y.ras onl~ 32 years_old,. ~e young ualized as .the afm of Yeshiva...... - ~ ...... est college pi:esident ;in the Puring Jti,s: lifetime the name of · :U.S. He had come "fesltj.va ,eight Dr.". Reve1 and Y~shiva became to : Rabbi IsaacElchanan, The Sage ofKovno, years before as lni4ructQr in synonymous, and with his death an Greek at Yeshiva_ Coll~ge• . ..One .A!]l~riclUl _Je~_ __ lost a _great_ and year later, he appo~ted dyr\amic leader and Yeshiva stu Provided Our Pattern of Torah Learning w~ lf? the faculty of R.I.E.T.S., and The Social Sciences · and The Principle of Integration By Dr. Alexander Brody----- The movement for integration of the social sciences received its impetus during tlie period of two world wars. The rapid development To many observers, the Audio of science and technology, the challe~ge of · totalitarianism, and the Visual Department and its films mecbani~tion of war brought the problems of the social sciences are merely of novelty and enter into sharper focus. Since the Second World War tb:ere has been an tainment value. The use of films, increasing concern with moral values, social integration and with tape recordings, slides, ·and .other safeguarding w estem tradition. There is a reemphasia on the social mechanical devices, however,: ac sciences and humanities and on a humanistic approach to science. tually provide media of better The question of common values, social responsibility, and educational communication techniques in the unity has become more pressing. community. "Film- fortimS can The problem of unity of meth- problem is how to safeguard the be a. very successful medium for -od in social science is of course ideas of the Western religious promoting communications," Mr. not new. An important factor is tradition in an age when sec Pleskin said. Communication . in the following: During the Second tarian teaching in most schools this sense is the building of ideas Alumni Matk V ast'€Lallg'.1~; World War, science and tech has become impractical. based on previously expressed nology were harnessed for the But how is thia integration of thoughts. "In such inter-action, Compare FirSt 'Ten' To 'Sa purpose of war. After the war, the social sciences to be achieved f the film and the techniques used By Sam Sllversteln applied science became nation What is the principle which will in the discussion are medid. to alistic, secretive, and the object make for unity of method and stimulate and facilitate individual It is quite unanimous that Yeshiva, from the very first day of of international competition. In educational integration f Here expression and the formation of its recognition as a college to our present time, has undergone vast all major governments the scien one meets a multitude of con- considered opinion," Mr. Pleak.in changes. This is particularly true since the type of student that tist has tended to become a cog fiicting solutions. There are those said. The fllms, which act as a bore its name the past quarter of a century was in a continuous state in the vast governmental ap who insist tnat religion is the springboard for the discussion, of flux, and its administration was ever aware- of the needs and partus. source of integration. Others and which provide a common ex necessities of a Jewish student student years as compared with The subservience of technology seek the solution in the tradition perience as a basis, are chosen body in a changing world scene. that of the present day. to polities and nationalism. has of Western culture as embodied to ce,nter around the needs and In order to better understand Dr. Eli Levine, Chainn~ of the raised a moral and social prob in the great writers of "the Eu- interests of the individuals who the gravity of these "vast Chemistry Department at the lem.. How can morality and so ropean and American past. attend the forums," stated the changes," I took the opportunity University, ,was_ graduated from cial responsibility be restored to Situation Approach A-V Director. to chat with three typical alwnni Yeshiva in 1932. He is a mem scientific research? How is science A third solution is the func- The forums at Yeshiva are con who had attended our institution ber of the first graduating class to be "hnrneoizP.d ?" tional approach. It casts off the ducted as experiments, testing at various times during the first of Yeshiva College. He pom.ted Science, as such, is neutral and formal division of knowledge various techniques in discussion ten years of its existence, and to indifferent to use and application. and tries to organize knowledge methods. Techniques that have note their respective outlooks on out that in his day, studen~ -~ere continually apologizing for the The findings of science may be around actual problems of con been used include: total audience Yeshiva life at the time of their used to cure• disease or spread temporary life. Here the social relativ,eiy )ow ~dai'ds: at.,Y..C. it, to increase the comforts of sciences are treated less as for This situation, :he aaid,~could be life or wipe out life. The more mal bodies of knowledge and ''Collllllie'' Seeks Permission summed -up'. quite ~i~quatelf by vigorously science is pursued, more as their subject matter is a statement · i;lfa~e.:",rj>y) j t>~an the more acute is the need that directly involved in the social To Peek .:Over Iron Curtain lsaacS, i.~.,,:•!R's 'ti:iutc1pi~L~af- situation in . which the ,student ' fair!' -- In -ot:Jier ·,,fotds~ _~,~;fmeJn society be held accountable for t'I participates. - . . reason for the-,_ . ~ -· ·'· 'es in the purposes to which science is THE --~OMME~TA~OR h~ ~ i?re_ th~ a s~ore of othe~. coll~ge A fourth solution is that of JOlDed '·-·'fh;'qu~ty:-~,f~tf6itt?.~i~ed put. The prob~m i8 not to do newspap~s an ove. the country in signing a message requesting b ' . , .- .,.tu•-d ' '.t-_,- --f 'y- 'sh·.- . " l ';-: i ... , th the pragmatists. The p~agmatists . . . t . ·t th USSR d b lif d diti b y a S en O .1-e · ·1 Va.-.. 1-,l& e -·-·-away· with science but --todirect permission o vis1 e .... an o serve e an con ons e- . ,; ·.J. . .-- ··\ · · - ;, , .... ·:,,1.':a:'..~ ,-~f·· t see in the scientific outlook this . . . . per10~ 1,9 28... '."1 -932 - was ,t\P.e ,·, ac it to moral and social ends. hind the Iron Curtain. The message was sent m a registered letter th t . . ·.- - •-ta -, . :'-"- ... .f. ·ts 1 Fear Q{ "Specialism" needed unity, urging that what t o th e R uss1an• E m b assy, w ash ------,------a -.a arge;,- percen. · ge.. o - 1 is common to modern knowledge · gt D c F "d M The Michigan Daily, University faculty members .w:ere "import- There is, in the second place, 1n on, . ., n ay, ay 1 . d" th . :... n a growing concern over the effect is not so much any over-all A copy o f th e 1 e tter was a 1so of Michigan. -e from. . . e outside.. _ Hao.uy· - _ of science, technology, and scheme as a habit of meeting sent to Andrei Vishinsky, head Also, The Daily Nebraskan, ~y put m fµll t~e ati the col- specialization on social cohesion problems in an experimental, ob of the Russian Delegation at the University of Nebraska; Oberlin leg.e. An inSt ructor would ''.bit" and stability. Science in the tra serving spirit. United Nations, in New York Review, Oberlin College; Sweet his classes at four in the after- ditional view is atomistic. It is The diverging concepts of inte City. Briar College News, Sweet Briar noon and "run"•out an hour later said that science is purely de gration are not easily reconcileu:. The proposal was originally College; W ellesly College N ews, witbout seeing his students until I scriptive, that it operates only Religion, it is said, cannot serve made by the editors of "The Wellesly College; Yale Daily the next lecture hour. within restricted areas of in as the integrative force, for re Crown," undergraduate news- News, Yale University; and THE "SeH-made Men~' quiry, and that it cannot deal ligion does not fully embrace the paper of Queens College, and COMMENTATOR. It is no wonder, then, that in with questions of value. whole of American culture. Neith- "The Spectator," undergraduate Thus far, no answer has been its early stages Yeshiva College er is this culture wholly reflected Because science is mechanistic organ of Columbia College. received from the Russian embas- produced a "self-made man," and can deal only with eternal in any one list of "Great Books," Edith Kirsch, Managing Edi- sy. whose success depended entirely reality, there is an increase of for the books of the past neces tor, and Roy Weber, Business ---- upon his own characteristics, and sarily neglect the relevance of emphasis on the humanities and Manager of "The Crown," first Con.sul whose fate it was to be looked the social sciences. It is also felt present problems and standards. came up with the idea after they - Discusse.fl down upon by various other in- Science, in the "Great Books" that a technological age en had read reports of a group of f z· p bl stitutions of higher learning that courages specialization, division theory is a mere convention, its American publishers and editors • Srae l TO ems he wanted to attend.. of effort, competitive success and orientation is purely practical who returned recently from a Dr. Abraham Harman, Director Another feature noteworthy of and can give· . no insight into vocationalism. It is feared that tour of the U. S. S. R. of the Office of Israeli Informa- comparison is the type of student reality. The "problem-centered" "specialism" enhances the cen The text of th• letter :Which tion in ~ ew York and advisor to and the various attitudes toward ~ trifugal forces in our society in integration has its limitations was sent to the Embassy read as the Israeli U. N. delegation, was Yeshiva. It is Dr. Levine's opin too, for this approach lacks the that it puts a premium on in follows: the guest speaker at a special Is- ion that a student in his time dividual achievement, diversity discipline of formal study and "The recent trip to the U.S.S.R. raeli Independence Day assembly chose a Yeshiva education pri analysis. But equally suspect are of interest, and worldly success. by a group of American editors held Tuesday, April 21, in Lam- marily because his material wel The pressure8 and the demand those who believe that truth is and publishers provided a wel- port Auditorium. The assembly . fare did not permit him to choose for special training have made only to be found in experiments. come sign of friendship between was sponsored by the Interna- any other. His attitude toward clear the need for a balancing Science, it is argued, is tenta our nations. On a student -level, tional Relations Society and Stu- J~wish learning was therefore, force in common purposes and tive, changing, dynamic, and such an opportunity would do dent Council. not up to par since his main pur- social responsibility. hence lacks the framework of much to further international un- Discussing the various prob- pose was to receive a secular permanent direction. No Unity in Religion derstanding. lems which have confronted the education; religious learning was In the third place, the demand Definition Mistaken "We therefore request pennis- Jewish State since its inception of secon~ry importance. With for a "total" approach to social '.I'he meaning of "integration" sion for a group of college news- five years ago, the speaker dealt the betterment of economic con sciences has arisen from the fact has also suffered because of the paper editors to visit the U.S.S.R. with political, social, intema- ditions, however, we find students use of the term in two different that for most colleges religion I in the near future." tional, and econoll}ic obstacles to who, rather than attend' any other i8 no longer a source of intellec senses-the' methodological and The letter was signed by the Israel's well-being. inStitution, attend Yeshiva for the educational. Social scientists use tual unity. A century ago, it was first thirteen college newspapers CUitural differences, economic sole purpose of a religious curri- the term "integration" in the for generally assumed that religion to answer: The Arkansas Travel- needs and constitutional debate, culum ~ addition to a secular , mal methodological sense. Since gives meaning and ultimate unity ler, University of Arkansas; stated the speaker, are long- one. Hence, a more se~ous at to all parts of the American col the First World War there has Brown Daily Herald, Brown Um- term problems which time and tiude toward Jewish· studies. lege curriculum, that it provides been a growing insistance that versity; The Campus, City Col- · skill will have to resolve, but • • • both the ultimate and immediate the social sciences "break down lege of New York ; The Chicago "~e most pressing issue- at the According to Rabbi Asher.Siev, standards- of life. In recent times their disciplinary walls" and Maroon, University of Chicago; mqment" is the need of the Jews a mem~r of the graduating cw,s the question of replacing the "cross-fertilize each other" so as The Colorado Daily, University behind the Iron Curtain. . "Our of 1937, now an instructor in unity which religion once pro to "fill in the gaps." Current pro- of Colorado; The Technique, The overriding duty is to them," he Bible, both in the College in - ( Continued on page 12) Georgia Institute of Technology; said. and vided has become inSistent. The ( Continued on '. Page 11) i. ;f.40. Nl>AY ,{M·A.·.";,1·s ··>1ac.-3· ...· .. ·. . . .~: . .-•·· ,. ...,., ;· THE{ COMMENTATOR ,i I :-·-H ·! C_ompiled and Written by Irwin . -Witty p· •- .. ; .. · ... _·• =··~';_-~- . When Yeshiva• College opened its an~;i-pr,oduce orthodox rabbis who major proJ>Iem,,wae,theJ.Jitnited re- .. classes . Se~tember 25, 1928, at the will be able to deliver sermons in building of the · City Center Syn Engl.is~ so that they may appeal to agogue, it W3:8 an outgrowth of the the hearts of the younger gener• Ycshiva Etz · C~ which was ation. and. at the same time. who ~-i(-.~g tbe,.fimire ,' pnei.,.tions·of'Jew;;·. founded 42 rears :earlier and main \\ill be thoroughly qualified to oc tained classes at One Canal Street cupy positions with congregations in New York City. demanding conformity with the ln 1889, when the Canal Street strict requirement of orthodox grz'.~~31. site was condemned .by tlie city Judaism. A meeting was called ·tor. <>ctobei ' and was to be converted into part "At this point I wish to empha- 21, · 1923 to' discuss·, th~ :i~at:iiiian-· . of what is today Seward Park. the size strongly that the Rabbinical .cud handliri_g· or~e· ~J.~~~,881 Yeshiva moved to new quarters at College does not intend to set it- at the' home of: the·r Jaie,''tiuel 85. Henry .StreeL 1,!elf op in opposition to, or in com f;reenatein •.Here )lt!hat~ .· r~-~a3on Ten years after the Etz Chaim petition wit~ the Jewish Theological the 81'llll ·wmm •· mould ..1,e·,fliisea. Yeshiva had begun to function. the Seminary of Ameri~ of which Pro• Some· .of ...· the· :more''' co-riaiive Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological lessor Schechter is president. On members °of; th~- Co~itee'.;.felfihat , · . . - ; ' ' • •' ·:..: . ... : ... t._":·.~ ·:. ·.~, .·· ·.... -, .. ,,... Seminary was founded in memory the contrary, it is our earnest de the sum of one ·million ~dollars was of the revered sage of Kovno, Rab sire to cooperate with that institn proper to ask of the publi~JOiii:ers bi lsaae Elchanan Spektor. In cur tion as far as is possible for us felt that . the . sum. , of"" t2.ooo;ooo riculum, this was the first advanced to do so. It is true that the Jewish should b«f ·raised.· · ·-" ,. · " •. Yeshiva in North America, in which Theological Seminary is aceo'mplish Wh~n the·· meeting ended/ a .total . the studies were almost exclusively ing splendid results In sending forth of $155,000 was BUbsc~d ·by'thqse Talmud and Rabbinic literature. rabbis who are able to· deliver good p .. esent tow!l"d the ulti~ ·quota Larger Quarters English sermom., but these rabbis, of $5,000,000 whic!i .. was to~ ,raised Mr. Harry Fischel, vice-president with very few exceptions, do not for the new Yeshiva College of 1 of both the Yeshiva Etz Chaim and meet the requirements of Orthodox America. the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theologi congregations. It is the purpose of The Drive Under Way cal Seminary, was asked by both this new Rabbinical College, not When Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein . . schools to find larger quarters to"" only to produce rabbis who are made the announcement at the house the ever-growing student thoroughly versed in rabb!nical cul graduation exercises of. the ,Y0sliiva, bodies. The year was 1915, and ture and who can deliver sermons held December 4, that th~ .drive A BUILDING GOES UP: The present site of Yeshiva had not yet been many students of European Ye- in Englis~ but they must also have for a . five million :do'llar:. hiiftaing completed when the dedication ceremonies took place, witnessed by . . ~~- . ~ _.-·.-.,· ·:,.\: .. -.-:'.k} the authority to decide ritual an overflow crowd. questions. Educated Rabbis In the same year, the Talmudical Yeshiva, and by April of the f }. "It is our aim to produce educa Academy High School was .organ lowing year, this site at 301-303 Ea ted rabbis, yet we are mindful of ized as an integral part of Yeshiva. Broadway was ready for dedi'Cation. the fact that in order to produce A co1,1ference of rabbis, held in A highlight of the •rufair, which was ten rabbis it is necessary to edu- 1908, r~cognizing the students' grow celebrated by various groups over . cate %,,least one>. hundred Y.9ung ing needs for a more gene,-al edu the period of a week. according to boys, so as to have material from cati~n~ decided to allp,w ·. them to the "Jewish Tribune" of April 9, which to select those who are eligi also attend secular institutions. It 1921, ~as tlie recitation · of the: ble to take up the study of rabbi was felt that future rabbis would memorial prayer for Rabbi Isaac nical culture. . . . It is our inten thus b~ better prepared to serve Elchanab, by Cantor Joseph Rosen tion to bring up the students of on the American scene. But within . blat. The proceedings were marred this rabbinical college in the ut a period of seven years, the idea by the absence of Dr. Revel who most religious environment and to had developed that this secular ed conld not attend,· due to illness. enable them to devote their un ucation could be incorporated with The institution. was continuing to divided time to their studies, with in the program of the Yeshiva. By grow. The State's recognition, the out being compelled to earn their the year 1919, when the first high standard of Jewish and Secu• The late Harry Fl•~•~r'· . The late Nathan Lamport 1ivelihood. We have therefore pro Smicha convocation was held ( on lar education which w~s--JDaibtained, shivot managed to leave their na vided in this building an up-to-date March 23), The Talmndical Acade along with the general tre adop campaign was under way, the New tive lands and had come to _kitchen and dining room. . . . my was recognized by the New ted by the High School to grad le York Times carried . the · story the America where they hoped to con• They will be furnished with the York State Board of Regents as an students at a much earlier age, next day that the first Jewish · col tinne their studies. As a result, the necessities of life, so that they may approved high school. more than 400 students had to be lege was to open in the Fall of 1928. Seminary building, situated at 165 concentrate all their energies on T. I. Added accomoclated. Within a period of several months, their religions work and acquire The Teachers Institute, founded a Building and · Site Committee re- Henry Street, in Ne,w Y oi'k City, th and supervised by Rabbi Benjamin the title of rabbi in as short a by the Mizrachi Organization of Idea of e. College orted that it had selected ,the new st Aronowitz. its one man faculty, had time as possible." America in 1917, for the training The resulting conge ion als~ site for the buildilig, and ,had sue brought other problems in its wake. ceeded in. pur~~sing two square become greatly overcrowded and It was also announced on that day of Orthodox Hebrew teachers, be that Dr. Bernard Revel, "an emi came part of Yeshiva two years The board of directors were con- blocks on the'"east ·side of Amste~ many applicants were denied admis th nent pedagogue," will supervise the later, in 1921. cerned not .only in broadening e ·dam Avenue, ·r~ching from 186 sion to the institution. th institution. Plans were al~ forniu• Earlier, in November 1920, the physical facilities of e institution. Street to 188 Stre~t., .C9mprlsing n~t Inasmuch as many of the direc but the educational &amework as · lated for a dedication to be held building of the Home of the Daugh twenty, but approximately smy -or-· \ .· tors of Yeshiva Etz Chaim like well. An overture to the Jewish Mr. Fischel, were associated with December 15. ters of Jacob was taken over by the dinary city buildular Iota-',. Jl'he ·. site the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theologi Theological Seminary of America to chosen,. where .the . Univ-,rai!)' :(!ladle cal Seminary, the proposal to bring undertake the English and secular todav has an elevation>of 300 . ·- . . . ·; w-·• :,. _ ·.. ·· .. __·_.H ,· ~ . r"\ ;F•· r"!_. .:i r:, __ ,. ,,~ , ·--· \ '.. • . . C).'. RY. .'-J ! • • V R··. ·:. o.· . :; . . . -·. ·.1:::: , __ ·. -. i . A ST -,·;;;: ~'-.,: ~ :, A History ~of Yeshiva ·(Continued) . r .. ( Continued from Page 9) cation; Dr, Moses L.~ Isaacs, In• His · Etcellen~y· lJin :: Maeary~ ·JJe~ _ sttuctor in Chemistry; .Dr. Isaac nard Ir'atucli, Hon. :Thom_as·; E ..~, 9e;-,t Temple. When completed the in- Husik, Lecturer · in Civilization; wey, and· Mts.,_ F.taukJin·;:D.:!.Roose?·. 6titution will provide for over 2000 Dr. Nelson P. Meade, Lecturer in vel4 ·joined·· the , -roster-. ,.of ·:h~no~ary: studeuu." History; and Dr. .. D~vid Ho~ alumni. : . } . : : . . ,. . . .. ·. By the earlier part of 1925, the Professor of English, Tuition· was Tragedy etruek ·the Y-eshivi when: t )~ drive was fully under way. Nathan uoo.oo. on Dec. 1. 1940,, Dr~ :Beniatcl Rev;el: · Lampo~ president of Yeshiva, and . Now· exact figures are available passed away after: 2S 1'~3i's -of~:d~;:, · i . Harry Fischel each contributed concerning the number· of students voted work for:the ¥e,hiva/Yee)#ya $100,000 at a dinner held at the As in that first class, bot a total of was stmined.· The :man-who .::had l~c;l tor Botei which was celebrating the nineteen students received their Yeshiva d111'.im :the pangs ,~f ·S!=Q~; taking of title to the two city ij.A. degrees in the first .Commence nW'.IQ.ring it from -ihlancy, w~s -D~: blocks tipon which the Yeshiva was. rhent, held 'June 16, 1932. Of these, longer with it. __ to be built. The response evoked :it actually three were Jone, 1931 To govern the school · ~ : a · ·su~' the dinner, and the whole-hearted graduates, and two were graduated cessor was naliied~- ·Dr. Belki~: ~s. support of the entire community, iu January, 1932. · By that time· the appointed -l)ean o'f the . · Y~shiva; prompted the New York Times, in faculty had doubled, reaching a Dear Sar was made Dean of · Men~· . an editorial entitled "For Jewish to'tal of thirty-three which included and Dr. Isaacs, Dean of the College, Education," to com:ment that the Drs:\ ,P.inkhos Churgin, Leo Jung, in 1942. That same year, Drs. Ger committee in charge of raising the Alexander Litman and Kenneth F. shon Churgin, Bernard Floch and money so skeptically undertaken Damon., and Yeshiva had begon~the Bruno Kisch became faculty mem has "effectively answered the doubts bers. FIRST FACULTY: Shown in group picture taken in 1928 are mem publication of its famed "Scripta of American Jewry. The New President bers of first instructional staff at Yeshiva College. Still teaching are Mathematica." Then, in June of 1943, Dr. Belkin Further Details OD Sit,e Prof. Ginsburg (seated right) ; Dr. Saphire (seated near Dr. Revel); One year later, the charter was was appointed President of Yeshiva. With the financial worries of Prof. Hurwitz (standing, left) and Dr. Isaacs (standing, right). amended to giv.e Yeshiva College the Committees in charge solving the right to ~ward the honorary Bis inauguration took place on May degrees of J..B.D. and LL.D. The 23, 1944, wit.la-dignitaries of the aca themselves with the solid and en Jewish books in the world. Part of Coolidge, advised of the plans by following year Dr. Alexander Brody demic world from all over the. coun- · thusiastic snport of many, attention the campus, overlooking Harlem Congressman Sol Bloom and Rabbi began teaching history and Dr. Eli try attending the ceremonies. By turned to ·the construction of the River, will be utilized for a stadi Herbert Goldstein, wrote Dr. Revel, Levine, the first Yeshiva College this time the school had 267. students new building. um, playgrounds and athletic fields." that ..through the . increased adYan• graduate to join its faculty, was ap and 48 faculty members including Charles B. Meyers, was se The story goes on to describe the tages at the disposal of Yeshiva, lected as the architec~ and Henry pointed Chemistry Laboratory As Drs. Linn and Fleisher and Joshua exact division of facilities in each it will be able to broaden their Beaumont Hertz, a specialist in sistant. Matz, a '32 alumnus, ·as bursar. of the buildings, including syn field for the training of scholars and Yeshiva continued .lo expand at an Jewish architecture, was assigned Graduate Department agogues, cafeterias, infirmary, club religious leaders for their -people. almost dangerous rate. The Harry his consultant. The committee in In 1935 the first graduate courses rooms, libraries, and gymnasia. This is of importance, not only to Fischel School for HigJier · "Jewish charge felt that no effort should be were given at the College and two The first construction contract was them, but to our national life as Studies and the Institute of Mat&e spared to make this venture the years later the Graduate Department not awarded till May 6, 1926, and a whole." matics were formed in most successful in American Jew was organized. Yeshiva now had 1745. On in the interim the money to pro A megillah in Hebrew a11d Eng November 16 of that year the ish history, and to emphasize both 17 4 students and 46 faculty members UlSti vide for all the proposed buildings lish was deposited under the cor tution bec~me Yeshiva. University, utility and beauty in the construc• including Dr. Samuel Belkin, in• was slowly reaching toward the nerstone, relating the history of with the authority granted to bestow tion of the building. structor in Greek, Mr. Samu'el Sar. quota. the first Yeshiva in America, and the degree of B.H.L., M.H.L.,. B.ILE., In the interim the Committee inst.-.Jctor in Bible, · Dr. Joseph B. o! the dt>vchi.,ments leading up to M.R.E., M.S., and Ph.D. . , Cornerstone Ceremorues Soloveichik, Lecturer in Jewish c-ompleted the purchas.! of seven the rise of the present structure. Phi teen additional city plots along the The laying of the cornerstone for losophy and Dr. Jacob Hartstein, The College tuition was raise~. t.o areas between 186 Street and 188 the group A buildings, which were Classes Under Way another Yeshiva graduate, Acting $400 in 1916. Th~ Institute £or Ad Street. supposed to include only three Within the period of some nine Registrar, all of whom had joined vanced Research ; in Rabbinics, the The New York World, April 26, buildings, - the high school, dor• teen months, the building was form• the college faculty in 1936 along Audio-Visual Service. the Psycho 1925, carried the story of the new mitory and auditorium - took ally dedicated, and classes. which with Drs. Sidney Hoenig, Ralph Ro logical Clinic an,d the Educational plans for the building: place Sunday alternoon., May 1, 1927. had begun in September of 1928 in senberg, Samuel K. Mirsky, and Service Bureau were established "Construction of five buildings Twenty-five thousan~ prominent the building of the Jewish Center, Aaron Margalith. Dre. Meyer Atlas, within the next few years. In 1947 will start at once after ground Jews received invitations for the were now moved to the new build Sidney D. Braun, Alexander Freed the construction of G~aduate ~a breaking exercises, May 24. A high occasion. ings. and Joseph H. Lookstein came to Science Halls, the Pollack Library school will provide for 2.500 stu Early that morning the crowds The College faculty consisted at Yeshiva in 1938. and the New Dormitory on Amster dents. A dormitory with 175 double began to jam the area of the Jew first of sixteen men. Among them. The school received permission to dam Ave., between 185th and 186th rooms, twenty-five single, will house ish Center on West 86th Street, were Dr. Revel, President; Dr. confer the honorary degree of D.D. Streets was begun. By 1948, when the new buildings were co~pleted, 375. The Yeshiva. or Seminary from which the procession,. led by Shelley Ray Saphire, Secretary of in 1940. The first reci-pient of this Yeshiva College consisted of 310 building, will take e.are of 600 stu Mssrs. Nathan Lamport and Harry the faculty and Professor of Biolo degree was the late Rabbi Be~rd students and 57 £acuity members. dents. The college building. with Fischel. was esco~ed by motorcycle gy; Dr. Bernard Drachman., Instruc L. Levinthal. And with growth a\.d And the important thing was that laboratories, class and lecture police to 186 Street and Amster• tor in German; Dr. Jekuthiel Gins expansion, other recipients of ho~ Yeshiva alumni were included: Mor. rooms. is planed for 1.000. The lib dam Avenue. Greetings had· been re burg. Assistant Professor of Mathe orary degrees were selected. The· rie Silverman 45. Daniel Block '-'6~ rary is expected to house one of ceived from most of the major uni matics; Professor Abraham Bnr Hon. Herbert Lehman, Prof. Albert the most extensive collections of VP.rsities in America, and President wil'Z, Instructor in Physical Edu- Einstein, Hon. Benjamine Cardoza, ( Oonffnued on Page 18) Before After ·THE: PIONEERS. POSE: Shown above are members of the firs, graduating class at yeshiva. The ·picture was taken· in early 1929, after classes ·had moved into the present bai)din.. \ h • MONDAY, MAY. 18, 1953 THE COMMENTATOR .PACE /ElEV!N. /Je~s for "Synthesis" Differ Among AlUtn.;..; ( Continued from Page 8) the ,harmonization of Torah study .' the T.I., great emphasis was put __and sec~ education of, a: stu on Torah learning in his time. dent in · order that it be mani Nowadays, one walks into the Bet fested in his thoughts and ·· his Hamidrash at night, and finds but practices, is a grave one. ~nfor- a handful of "Bochrim" ~eeping. ~atel wi~ the progress of the Mishmar. . , Yeshivas aim toward such In marked contrast,; Rabbi ~ synthesis has been bampe~ Siev pointed out that m' hls day t~ a gr~at extent. :11is seemed the students themselves, impelled to be umversally admitted. · As to not by rules and regulations set the causes of this situation the down by the yeshiva as in our opinions given vary greatly. As own day, but by their own love to its solution - hardly any are for Torah and Torah learning, or- offered. ganized a large Mishmar once ,- ~ three men felt that syn'.'" week. In fact, since Musar was thes1S. could not be achieved un never given to the students of less the present suspicion pos Yeshiva, they sought it out from sessed by the Yeshiva Depart sources outside. ment regarding the secular de- In addition to these, a special pa_~en~ ~empliftcation ·ot the "Vaad HaPilpul" was organized spint of Yeshiva University, is whereby once a week a Yeshiva eliminated. Wherein the fault CORNERSTONE. l . CEREMONIES.· A group of d1gnllar1es· · · and leaders of the Jewish CoJDJDunity take part student, regardless of which class· lay is vecy.,..difficult to express. •n aying the cornerstone of the first Jewish University in the Western HeJDisphere. he was in,, was given the oppor- An opitiion was expressed to tunity to expound upon a partic- the nature that a good deal of ular Talmudic problem. All these the fault lay with the Roshei estine were confronted with the activities were student inspired. HaYeshiva themselves. At one Rabbi Isaac .Elchanan Gave problem of ShJDitah - the sev • • • time, the Yeshiva Department enth year when all land lies fal Rabbi David Mirsky a member was comprised (?f a group of low - they turned to the great of the graduating cl~s of ' , rabbis possessing a great deal Yeshiva Its Early Inspiration sage for advice. He held that the 1942 now a member of the Jewish Stu- of insight into worldly affairs. ( Continued from Page 5) ment. He was always among the land should not be sold to the dies Division of the College and These rabbis, who were spoken Arabs, as recoB1B1ended by others, picture hanging on the wall serv first to obtain financial aid, even an instructor in Hebrew in the of as "high calibre" knew where for the very earth of Palestine is ing as evidence of the love' every from such countries as Holland Teachers Institute, is impressed to draw the line, so to speak. sacred. Jew in Russia had for the great France and England, for the pur~ by the expansion Yeshiva has un- The relatively more recent influx His deep concern with all prob sage. pose of alleviating the sufferings dergone sin'ce his days. He point- of Roshei HaYeshiva fail to draw lems is particularly revealed in It is well to recognize that his of the Russian Jews. This was th his conduct just a few days be ed out that there are disadvan- is line. genius was also the result of his possible because he was in con fore his death, the 21st day tages as well as advantages that Alumni, for Faculty exceptional physical qualities. His stant communication with such of Adar 1896. He then gave accompanied this expansion. A completely opposite view is sense of hearing coupled with an men as Baron Rothschild of thought to the use of seltzer bot On the one hand, the student also taken. It is argued that in excellent memory, amazed every France, Dr. Adler of England tles on Passover, to the freeing has a greater choice of courses many cases Roshei HaYesh_iva are one. Even forty years after he and others. of some unfortunate Agunas, and than he would have had in 1988. quite justified in their suspicions. had met some individual he could If any internal problem con to the · providing of Kosher meat However, with the increase Science, being as. demonstrative recall his traits. When he once fronted Jewry, it was Rabbi Isaac for Jewish, soldiers in the army. in enrollment and faculty mem- as it is, with its explanatory heard a peculiar knock on the Elchanan who was called upon to He also requested that his bership, a decrease in .intimacy facilities and its manifestations door of his study room, he re solve it.. When in 1857 a feud works be published, for he well and friendly student-faculty re- in our age, is apt to sway the marked to his son, "This is Rabbi arose ovt>.r the leader.;\hiP of the recognized their value . for the lation, which is an integral part student in a. particular direction. Peloni B. Peloni. I heard that Yeshiva of Voloshin, the tbe.;· future. in the perfection of education, is It is for ,this rea!Wn .a suggestion sound forty years ago." Similar young sage was asked to render inevitable.~ ·· is made that 0the University m·ake··· ly, though his library was im his decision. He fought against Many Publications His publications are the Be'er It was also noted that whereas it a policy to draw to· its secular mense, he was always-"able to the governJDental school for rab Yitzchak, containing responsa on in Rabbi Mirsky's collegiate days faculty living examples of syn choose any desired book at a bis. Instead, he aimed at getting all sections of the Shulchan a great percentage of the stu- thesis instead of just happening moment's glance, to turn im governJDent recognition of regu Aruch; the Nachal Yitzchok, dis dents were equally interested in upon a few. ·' Naturally, ·the best mediately to any page thereof for larly trained and ordained rabbis their Jewish and secular studies, reservoir for such a stoc!t of as authorities of Jewish law. cussing questions of civil law of proof of his argument. He would today a larger percentage have outstanding men in a particular Deeply attached to all religious Choshen Mishpat; and Ain Yitz always carefully annotate and drifted to either extreme. !leld who are simultaneously sym- regulations he always attempted chak, which pertains to family file every letter he received, per "Synthesis" Discussed pathetic toward Jewish thought, to maintain them in the face of and domestic laws. His son, sonally making his own copies of Before going into the different is our alumni organization. · economic difficulties. In 1868, Rabbi Hirsch Rabinowitz, who the response. views that the three alumni pre- A third outlook on the problem when there was a lack of pota succeeded him as Rabbi of Kov Added to these marvelous per sented regarding Yeshiva Uni~ ls that the fault may very well be toes, he permitted the eating of no, carried out his wishes. sonal traits was his sense of hu versity's goal of "synthesis," let rectified by the student body peas and beans on Passover so Until his last moment, Rabbi mility: When visiting any city me point out that their state- alone. If the student body were that the poor would not suffer. Isaac Elchanan's mind functioned he would first go !o the Rabbj to ments do not necessarily mean to show that it is synthesis it is most acutely. His last Talmudic bestow upon the head of the ~~m a real difference of opinion. One· after, and moreover practice this Forbade Etrogim discussion pertained to cautio~ing JDunity the deserved honor. Every must consider the frame of mind welta"8Chaaung in the face of In 1875 he forbade the use of those of priestly stock in his dignitary of the synagogue,--can Korfu citrons ( etrogim) because rooJD. He felt that since he was and the period associated with both secular and Jewish depart tor, sexton or gahhai, was equally the merchants raised the price to on the verge of dying, these "Ko the different individuals. ments, enlightenment from both held in esteem, for thereby the an exorbitant level. EY'?n today haniBl" were not permitted ritual The problem of "synthesis" 'i.e., sides would follow. dignity of the synagogue was pious Jews refrain from using ly to he under the saine roof. maintained. such citrons in memory of Rabbi His funeral was held in a pour His modesty and shunning of We Greet ... Isaac Elchanan's decree. ing rain, as if the very heavens honor are revealed in his refusal Particularly was he concerned wept the departure of the great to allow the celebration of his with securing Kosher meat for saint of Kovno. Forever, hi8 jubilee year in the Rabbinate in the soldiers in the Czar's army. Yahrzeit, on the 21st day of YESHIVA COLLEGE'S SILVE~ -J~;BILEE . 1889. When prevaile .PACE TWELVE ·TH£ :COMMENTATOR \> • • . .·. . . -- -:·:.·, - -- ljY/:.,:_·- _·. - ·------';-- _:··<:. _., . the family this week;• explafnetl m8@9~tjllg•_ ber -~p(oft.Y.~~:" _ to- Vp¢al ·Alarms Grace. . - . •, .. ~•1f "~y·:.) •• \ -~/T"tt: ,· 't}\tft{?. : Dormitory· Re·sidents Rise "And how is the, old member?•" :"One la.sf 9.u~on,\pJease,.. ,t:1 As ,Duµ.de's. Grace Shineth on :Y;O/S Halls L asked. "Is be jealous?". begg~- ''What,· are ?'°~- -Pla!m. ~ '•~y--~ol_.Shli11n~ Stern's 'cateteiia-~he~ .. she:was But W,h~tber it is playmg· hos- "Alnioi:Jt: no one. ciui celebrate . relaxing her. moutll ·with:.a ~p of tess or hat-checking or -.dating Wlth -more personal~ pride ··veshi- coffee. . She was dressed jn irome- the bugs· under a dusty . sink. r;kf~l::::=canine a 'ympiiony, if you· loi~w· 'llf1?~1U1Well'.•t<> Hanns~•--ijr_ •~orever"':4tid ~a College•~ twenty-.fifth anniv~r-. thing, out of the pages of. "!!'am -Grace never seems to have a dull sary than.Mr.. and.Mrs. Stewart O'Shanter," and across he~ __sat moment.- "I am not adverse to . my . m~~ing.. . It has become' 'Be~~·~ -.:· ' .. t_,. ~<' . . ;.i: \,;·~:~· -·~xi/;·; .Purvis ... For they. iiterally grew. C}\arlie Thompson, St~w:art;s as- work," sh~ says.. p~~tY dangerous for :one to cross And. at-.thls, · omt slie:. · · ·- i .,··,~1 older .with the··~olleg-e.. -Tlf~y en- sistant. I. (Interviewer) began "Put that in the paper," said_ the dc;,or to _the root.•~ · appe_.;edf ~~lLf!J?.:~~-~~1t? te:i-ed · the alma,. mii.i~r _after,: its the· session by . asking . -~ ..she Charlie. "Adverse. Let 'em know .''V\Tei),•' said- the superintend- . ehance~ -to Jhafuk'llrs.:· - -. geii.esis and -'t°hey have not grad-- though_t that Yes!tlva "iias chang- we went to high school." , ent's _W!fe, _assuming· the super- die' excell;nt·~:;;~~g~-.;!I!-.,~~ mi~- since.. In ,Grace·•s .. owif'• ed mµch. Mr. l-u.rvis? words, 'We sp~t.. the best years "It certainly ha,s,, and I· am ~'And what doeg !4r. Purvis say ~:den,:;;,.,,1r.::: ·~,.:;n•t.::.~~ .±i.~m~~~l-. Qf our lives-ilt'-tltis -instltution." provd of. having seen the. institu- to ajl this?" I asked Mr. Purvis, more. ., • . , to Yeshiva.· Nor:·-was'.'Ji~~~· _ i~ ~ Meanwliile: G~e herself' h~ tion ·grow to towering height.a in one might say, is the silent PB(t· "Alright, :Mrs~ Purvis,·•· brok,e . 'tell her Jiow·~:iffi~,'. ~iifo¥'~ .,, · I?ecoµie quite an institutiop. Hav- Washington · H~ights. ~-~Why~· it's ner. He thinks a lot, but doesn't in I., r~alizing that the interview bless her.b:t·•~~~ ~~·:~· _ 1 -~g,.left .Dunde, Scotland/ for the ~own now -through the· .whole get a chance to say mucb~ - :was go~g to.the dogs. ~e three me-1-lheY,··~dd~s:~~if~~•Ji. United States in i924 · and subse- universe, and. · •" "Why, when. he does talk/' s_ipped fresh cups of co:ff~e ·fi?. r~ '~Let ~,.say;. Gt.-~""\'.1S~,~~~·, quently spending five years in "We even have fellows here said the Missus, "it's ih Yiddish, markable silence, until I. noticed as',,.Gr~1e:l'-41er,it~U'/~~:ai]a:.l1( Brooklyn's Maimonides Hospital from Scotland," interrupted to the old:.timers in the syna why. Grace had stolen out, go~e· minded: .h,i~~:;J,~~ -~,;.~.jt~ij½',:: (and not as -a patient either). Charlie, "not to mention, of gogue." She.~ obviously very off to.., wam th.e porters .about~- for th~ tw,o·;~.>P~it.l•t::. .., her appearance at Yeshiva ironi- course, Bombay." proud of her family, so I. went to leaking fau~et,. ' and. . the•. boysl --~ .~e~-a i~ the:,pd~~J(ti.ei:C cally coincided with the crash of "Of course," said L "And do ask her about her son and daugh about the scarcilj' ot' ~~els.. I. · i~ :'-i~fug so Jt~~cin.~itllq)t ·:, the Stock Mar~et. For all her the fellows still look up to you, ter in-law. tha;t~:d;e:.a:::e y~if:~r~~)Jya'f deceiving smallness, she pounced Mrs. Purvis?" "Buddy? All I can say he is ::i .l!h!o!: :~~ty-tive upon the dormitory with the aery "They certainly do," she re- one of New York's finest (cops). leap of an elephant, and crushed plied, exhibiting her off-working- And I might add that in a few the. residents into abject submis- hours sense of humor, "being as weeks I'll be a grandmother." T - . sion. I live up on the seventh floor ..." "Say, congratulations!" said I. Compliments of .- '~am O'Shanter'' "Though most of the time she "You ar~ ~deed young-looking ... is on the second and third," put for a Grandma.'' "- Every monung, for twenty-four • in Charlie. years, her Metropolitan voice "Yes sir," submitted Charlie, "That's when the boys have sounds· off for reveille, and on "she sure is the Pl'.ettiest girl shindigs, and I am hostess." Wednesdays there is' a special around here. There are no others, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY'.$ quality to the timber of her call "Or on the ground floor," added y9u know." which suggests the disposal of Thompson. The conversation continued in COOPERATIVE: STORIS ... dirty linen. "That's when Stern's has fancy this vein, -until the subject ot' On this particular occasion, her cookies, and I am hat-check Mrs. . Purvis' dogs was reached. Interviewer cornered her at girl.'' "A new member was added to •· tual attitudes. The fundamental th~ humanities, with each depart We .Salute DR. BELKIN on the disposition of individuals is ment preforming its' special func Social Studies 10th Anniversary of his Presidency 't'· formed not by direct instruc"tion tion. For this would regard the but by unconscious influence of . curriculum as a -~6nip~ite of l"'tegratio•n the environment. Nor i$ there a segtega~ed values- lieitt together • . ( Oo_ntin,ied from Page 8) simple formula by which science by a· kind . of- check slid balance is to be given a new social orien- systeni. · i-. grams in integration have as tation. The industrial' revo'lution 'M:$ their purposes to explore "the l'bf>'q~y~f~-~roblem-;...i spnffig from t11e--:,-~·orucioh- of ,;•:: ~1~·- '. ,, f ~,. t: frontiers of the no-man's lands" makes ii difficult to a~v~ at a . Co-Managers technology. New of com Jr., J : mpt~~~ simple ·solution. The relationship ·,:1: ·, of the social sciences. munication and mobility broke of the sciences among themselves The task of providing a meth ... ~) down the barriers of time and and the relationship to life is odology for the social sciences space and widened the area of indeed• an enormous problem. But and to integrate their methods social contact. But this did not and results is today more press this ·does not mean that the make for broadest sympathies, search for a unifying principle .CANTORIAL COURSES.- ing than ever before because of international understanding, and the excelerated rates of social should be abandoned. Indeed, social tolerance. For Yomim · Noroam, · Shabosim, change and the relative rapid there is in the current movement Sholosh Regolim, Wed~in'g ~rvices, progress of the physical sciences. The search for unity in the to unify and humanize knowledge, 1 Sight, Singing· . It was natural that the physical social sciences has not produced an implicit approach to integra sciences, developed earlier, should an over-all principle of integra tion which may well be made Elem_entary Harmony be regarded as the prototype of tion. To base the social sciences explicit. Also recitatives written to on the same procedures as the the social sciences. Because the It is the very idea of making fit parJicular voice p~1ysical sciences would reduce physical sciences were regarded social . sciences more scientific Monday. tbru Thursday social life to mechanistic and as mechanistic, the social sciences and on the other hand, to make 2-9 p.m. quantitative terms. followed suit. In many cases the sciences more humanistic, i.e., Friday a• d Sunday over-formalization and over em On the other hand, to pattern less mechanistic. Knowledge is 1 O a.m.-4 p.m. phasis on statistical refi,nemen_ts the physical sciences after the unified when science is less ab Studio: has haa the effect of separating social sciences would make phy solutiBtic and more relational. A social sciences from the curtent sical science ·telelogical. To base mechanistic view of science is too 304 HART STREET of social life. Hence the m&ve science on values and values on narrow to cope with moral and Brookly• 6. N. · Y. ment toward "cross-discipli~' science is to engage in circular social problems. Science must Phone: GLenmore 5;.5015 research. reasoning. Nor is the solution to deal not only with quantitative be found in the tripartite divi but also qualitative relations. Change Needed sion of the curriculum into phy This is a genuine approach to Cantor Noach Schall '51 There is no doubt of the need sical science, social science and the problem of integration. to give the social sciences an in clusive frame of reference. The segregation of the social sciences and their claim to autonomy and FA s s I self-sufficiency has made for ANNOUNCING over-specialization, over-formali SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ISRAEL Sfrlcfly «o ..er Dellcafessea .a~ci leifoaronf zation and excessive emphasis on details. But the problem of July, August, 1953 the social sciences is not so much a formal methodological Sponsored by MIZRACHI HATZAIR in conjunction with • -~. one as it is one of educational THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE integration. What is sought is ea sentially a change in mental dis Seven Weeks in Israel with Mi.zrachi Youth . la• c• a• cf Dlaaer Served H1111gctl1011, Coo'1119 position and attitude, i.e., an ed Lectures - Social Events - Studies - Tours ucative change. General education Co-~-d 18-30 years of age 70 Nagle Avenue (Next to Inwood Jewish Center)' ...... in the social sciences. is concerned STOP.OVER IN ~UROPE • I not so much with new knowl Fn• 1"ealab·a1 Tue Broadway _B_ to Nqle~..--- •• Overall cost: approximately $900. - Some partial scholarship available . ,· . - - edge and tools of analysis as it 1BT • D,-kmaaa Sar.t. walk a blocb. is · with, new outlook · and · point For particular& contact: of view. MIZRACHI HATZAIR Open Till 11 :30. Closed All Day Saturday until Sunset · . lOrraine 9-9479 ;; .. ~ ~- ~--t···. There is no magic formula or educational prescription by which 242 Fourth Avenue New York 3, N. Y. to modify emotional and intellec- MONDAY; ·MAY 18, 1953 TH£ COMMENTATOR _·-~___ ·~ 'lc~7~ :rtfiEff. In Prospect D,eb.a,to,rs· Choose -New :Student~:Le .adersti• Fu't~re' ·ofli~e-~s - . ,;i _, ? .( \ · · ::· · •;1 f .,: /t}:?;;;y}:~J.J; (Continued -from Page 3) . Fishel .Pearlmutter '55, was elect~ .President of the Debating and ~mnan interest ma~L A series ol interviews with prominent al~, a eo~~ covering-'news at other eollege campOfieS, a Student Society at a meeting held .Mon <:'>~cl) Prestdent repo~ and a eontinuation of our policy of inter day, May 2, announced Gil Rosen vtewm~ ou~tanding -Jewish ' personalities, will highlight our feature thal '53, president. Other officers field. h is in the development ol our Jewish herltage that Yeshiva elected . at the meeting were: Collegt- must take lhe lead. There· is no reason why · we· shouldn't Joseph Kaplan '56, secretary; . Eli set the pa~nt in the celebration ol Jewish festivals for the entire Lauer '55, treasurer; Jack Heller orthodox community. The CoDIDlenfator should express the religious '56, general-manager, and Mor s~nd __on hn~nant issues facing ~erican Jewry. We, through our ton Gefter '55, campus manager. editonal poli~, shall make it clear that The Commentator is not The Debating Society held its an merely an undergraduate college newspaper - but the puhlieaiion nual dinner Sunday, May 17, at of the only college in the world under orthodox Jewish auspices. Schreiber's Restaurant. . Above all, THE COMMENTA'fOR, as in the past will . be adamant Mr. Pearlrnutter, Yeshiva rep in ,.ifghting for the best interests of. the studen~provided these resentative to the Metropolitan interests will" be articulated. Our guiding policy is to contribute Inter-Collegiate Debating Confer towards the progress and advanceme:(lt of Yeshiva College. In these ence, stated that Yeshiva will participate in at least two of the days of expansion, the interests of tl}e college and the other under 9 graduate divisions must remain- foremost in our minds. Conference's tournaments next • PRESIDENT-ELECT AND EDITOR ELECT: ~Joel Ba~ 54 aad year. It was also announced that Sheldon Rndoff '54, the newly elected President of Student Coundl ~efore closing, I'd like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Irwin Dr. David Fleisher, faculty ad- and Editor-in-Chief ol The Commentator. req,eetively. ' " Witty, not out o( mere formality but because of actual knowledge of the difficult task that he has done. I only hope that I will not face visor, has been added to the list of · the" same trials and tribulations that he did. Lest I be misunderstood, Conference advisors. let me make this dear. The new governing board will not be hesitant HISTORY OF YESHIVA , about meetiq any issues with a firm and resolute stand. The difficul ties I refer lo are those entailed in the technical side of publishing Philo Club ( Continued from Pagl 10) Since 1917; one tholl8and · four a newspaper. Your cooperation can do away with them. It's your ( Continued from Page 4:) hundred and ninety-five young men cooperation that I am counting on. Solomon Zeides '45, Rabbi David speaker explained. Man alone have received degrees from the· var• Mirsky '42, Rabbi Asher Siev '37, has freedom of action, the ability ious departments of Yeshiva Uni• Rabbi . Michael Bernstein '35, and to change his place, to advance versity, . excluding . the Talmudical Rabbi ·Michael-Katz-'45.· closer to the ''higher order'' or Academy. 927 B.A..'s, 568 RabbinicaJ On December 14, 1950, the Board Lat~st. Lab Lore Revealed to retrogress toward the "lower degrees, 436 Teachers Institute Dip• of Regents of the Stale of New York order," he said. . lomas, 22 D.H.L.9s, 16 M.S~'s,. 5 M; gave Yeshiva University a charter I , By Albe.rt Ein Shle01azel '00 Rabbi Weiss explained certain for a medical school with the rlgbt B.L.'s. 3 Ph~D.'s, JJ.R.E., \6 · L.B. . D.'s, 14 L.L.D.'s, 11.D.D.'s have been By Arnold Knoll "Eh ... put that specimen ..• basic concepts in the rationalistic lo grant M.D. an_d D.D.S. degrees. issued. At present, Yeshiva College, Every college student has been in formaldehyde," yawned the in philosophies of Maimonides, Sa A campaign was begun lo raise ten with tuition being $18 a credit, con• subjected at one time or another, structor. At this point the stu adia Gaon, Judah Halevi and miJlion dollars for the medical sists of 526 students and 71 faculty to the rugged routine of "labo- dent passed out. others. ''The Mahral," said .Dr. school which is to be operated in members. ratory hour." Be he a science April 1: Today I discovered Weiss, "integrated both rational conjunction with a forty million that not only the contents of n istic and cabalistic theories into or non-science major, he recalls dollar hospital now being built by Nor does the story., of growth and test tube turn colors as a result his own all-encompassing philo with a painful smile the stimulat the City of New York. In that year expansion,. . spiritual and , .- physical,.. . ing aroma of hydrogen-sulfide, or of certain external forces, but sophy of Judaism." , Joseph Ellenberg '44 became As stop hHe. It. is ever increasing its in• the picturesque anatomy of an hard working chem students aJ~ Hugo, Unger •53, chairman of sistant, Bursar. ftuence in molding the .. history of alley cat. wax pale, and here's how: I hlJ.p the a~gements committee, an At a dinner h.eld al Princeton, , th·e Jewish. p"ople 'tn the. 20th. cen• Yet no one relates lab exper pened to be doing a little gold nounce,91- that other prominent New Jersey, on March 15, 1953, Dr. tury. Let us rededicate ourselves to ience more Yividly than does bricking in front of the Chem Jewish lecturers have been con Albert Ei~tein acknowledged the the aims for which Yeshiva was first Albert: Em ··mt1emazel '00, who istry .office ( it's .lquite pos~ple, tacted for the projected series of n~ing :-•if th~ . Yeshiva University established, and salute Yeshiva Uni• during his short eight years so you know). One of little sain'l ,ecttfi'~ ·w-i>e- belt1·-tt4)1 ~~ar. Medical &boot .. in- h~~f!i:,._ · versity on its, Silver Jubilee. · . 1 . WJ, journ at Yeshiva not only ma Dishvisher's chem cronies ~ust It...: !. '. jored in Bio-Chemistry, but dab have had a hard time looking, for '. bled in Physics, Psychology, him. He came storming into; the Geology, and Etymology. Culled office crying, "Where are y'ou from his diary,. "Lab or Pains," you little runt?" With the open we reprint the following: ing of the inner office door this ' December 25: A slight dis- now techni-colored chem student turbance occourred in th~ chem fled and has never been heard Greets lab· today. ·nue to the recent from. shortage of "Draino," it was un May Day: Our physics in DR. SAMUEL BELKIN fortunate that a student forgot structor was shocked today. Al •. to replace· the hot water handle though we were warned of the President of Yeshiva on the.faucet .after h~ving turned possibility of .. a fire in an elec on the~ waler. The voice of the tricity lab, we never took it seri lab .; technician penetrated the ously. But today a thin ray of ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY steam-filled room as he ·frantical smoke was discovered rising lazi ly ~lied for volunteers. "All ly from the approximate vicinity you have to do is put your hand of a newly purchased electric re MILTON KRAMER '4~ in th1.t basin and clear the debris sistor. The "experimenteur" was on the bottom." Strangely not even in the approximate ~ President enough, we all ran for the mops vicinity, it being May, and a,ll. \ instead. Henceforth our lab Panic stricken we turned off the equipment includes a pair of lights, shut off the current, and galoshes.... ran to the stock room for an old January 1 : Inasmuch as our fashioned candle. Soon two facts Bio Instructor is very particular came to light: 1) Burning re Compliments of . . . about students leaving for the sistors don't smell from nicotine, rest room during lab session "ex- 2) waste baskets under tables cept on emergencies," one student make good ash trays. . . . ( A,BC decided to create such an extreme ~ways Buy Chesterfield) . · case. Frogs' eyes being always • • • available, the student approached For more extensive information the instructor with an eye in one on this fascinating phase of STUDENT COUNCIL hand and a bloody scalpel in the scholastic endeavor, we suggest other. Hi!J own left eye was you !'P..a.d Mr. Shlemazel's com in honor of shut tightly, surrounded by a plete works. Or better yet-take painful, distorted looking face. a lab course yourself. 25 YEARS OF YESHIVA: COLLEGE Know Ye the Truth! "The Seniors Make IBWIN SHAPIRO '53, President \ The World Go Round!" MAnsaAtL KORN '53, .Vi~e-President YITZ & ED to SH·ELL Y & FISHEL SAUL B4.HN '53, Secretary-Treasurer ~ - ., ;: PACE FOURTEEN THE ·coM~ENTATOR -- ·• ·--~· . ~ Dr. G=14instein, Mr. Abrams Fet~d at Sports _Dinner Over 82 athletes were honored gifts from their teams. Physical Education Award to the Maccabee Sports Club. awarded the Hy . Wettstein at the third annual Yeshiva Mr. Norman Abrams and. Dr. Seymour Brickman, Saul Bahn, the annual soccer award from Sportsmanship Trophy. Coaches University Athletic Association Hyman Grinstein, were awarded David Miller and Gerald Nissen Mr. Stephen Klein, President Hy Wettstein and Harold Jetter Awards Dinner, Sunday evening, the Y.U. A.A. Faculty Awards.in baum, for their outstanding work of Barton's Bonbonnierre, pre of Manh~ttan and ;Brooklyn Tal April 26, at the Hotel Brewster, recognition of loyal service in in the Yeshiva swimming pro sented the annual Barton's tro- mudicJlls, respectively,,_,were pre Manhattan. furthering Yeshiva athletics. Pro: gram. "Doc" Psh_oter, Yeshiva sented with gifts _ from their The program got under way fessor Hurwitz presented the Varsities' trainer received the teams. as Professor Abraham Hurwitz, coveted Mortimer Kogon Mem Bernie S~hek, _Le8:gue __ c;tiair Chairman of the Physical Educa orial Trophy for outstanding man, lauded the officers of the tion Department, welcomed the leadership, sponsored by the Ye Lea~e and retired.theiManis~!ie 135 athletes, coaches, and stu shiva University Women's Organ witz and Barton's League Cham dents of Yeshiva to the Silver an ization. picmsh1p . Trophies to Manha~ niversary affair, and introduced THE COMMENTATOR Sports T.A., who won the "title -for the Rabbi Abraham A vrech, Chair Awards for the six outstanding third consecutive . Y~-. q<>ach man of the Y.U. A.A., as master athletes of 1952-53 were present Wettstein was presented with the of ceremonies. ed by Sports scribe Seymour Max Post Championship trophy. Following the greetings of "Commentator" Essrog to Joe Dean Isaacs, individual varsity . ;!,.,au Etsenstei{l, the natio~all~ Holstein, Soccer; David Lif ~own sportsman and proiessio and junior varsity letters were schutz, Tennis; Norman Toporov nal referee, praised t;he ;y. U .A.A.. presented and Basketball Coach Mr. Norman B. Abrams sky, Fencing; Eli Levine and the varsities, and the High School Bernie Sarachek, Tennis Coach Mort Narrowe, Basketball, with phies to Manhattan Talmudical League, and lauded Mar,vin Eli Epstein, Fencing Coach a special award going to Marvin Academy, League Champs, B'k Hershkowitz as "one of the best Arthur Tauber, Track Coach Hy Hershkowitz, the all time great lyn Talmudical, runner - up and nicest hoopsters I have ever Wettstein, and Wrestling Coach of Yeshiva sports. champs, and Division B winners, met, and who could probably Bernie Lloyd delivered short talks Ramaz High School. make any college varsity in the ~ on the activities and achieve The Yeshiva University Athlet nation." ments of their respective squads. ic Association Award for out Manhattan Talmudical's Her All the mentors, including Assist standing service and devotion to bert Schlussel received the Most Jack London, famous humorist ant Arthur SteL,, Basketball, and athletics went to Rabbi A vrech. Valuable Player honors .of the and magician, provided the eve Tennis Aide Stan Seigel, re<;eived Dr. Hyman B. Grlnsteln Sidney Ingber was presented with J.H.S.L., and Harvey Blech was ning's entertainment. Yeshiv~ S.ports Celebrates Silver Jubilee Outstanding Athletes R~ceive As· ·Past liistory Culntinates Bright Era First Co,nnientiitor Aw·ards By- Bernie Hoen[g-· 11-5 record, maintained without came into being at Yeshiva. The Among the numerous presentations at the recent sports dinner The year was 1937. Hundreds the guidance of a coach. There Mites ripped City College Up were the first annual COMMENTATOR sports awards, symbolic of loyal of fans crowded the gymnasium were many outstanding cagers in town and followed with a 36-25 service and devotion by individual athletes to their respective var to watch the Yeshiva College this varsity. One particular play win over N.Y.U. of Washington sities of Basketball, Fencing, in 1949, from Brooklyn Talmud Basketball Team close out its er, a sophomore, gained the re Square. Tennis, and Soccer. The awards ical, where he was twice Vice first official season. As pr~-game spect and admiration of many The ribald redhead,. · Bernie were sponsored by the Yeshiva President and Arista Secretary; practice ended, Yeshiva Coach fans with his whirl-wind feats. Sarachek, entered Yeshiva in -'43 urn;yersity Women's Organiza- Norman decided ·to. try out for Milt "rrupin paced nervously in They all called him "Atom." The and worked hard and f~t with tion. The following are the six the new college •.f en~ing squad. front of his bench, pointing out fans would go wild when "Li'l his squad trying to give jeshiva top athletic personalities at Ye- Before long, under the· expert five substitutes for the starting Atom" plowed through the op- a winning team. Led qy high shivs. for 1952-53, as sele~te~ by guidance and instruction of Coach j f. _! •• •• a I, • •. - • •• ••• .-•--~.. \. • • •• •• ' • · • ~- berths. A roar went up from the scoring S~ey Doypelt the.-¥.i~~s_ crowd as the reserves lined up. completed the season with; a.' fine The rumors were confirmed. Ye record of eleven victories as shiva's five stars had failed to against only five defeats . . · '- show up for the game! No one With Coach Sarachek leaving knew of their whereabouts. The Yeshiva in 1944 for service in the Basketball Varsity had disap Red Cross, Mike Pincus took peared! over, facing a rough schedule Thus, with a mystery that still against such powers as St. John's, remains unanswered today, the L. I. U., Brooklyn, Pratt and Yeshiva hoopsters completed their Queens. There was doubt, hesi first and most colorful season. tation and pessimism at the start Preparations for this season ac of the season. That was quickly tually began ten years before, in changed. The Mites went on to 1928, with the establishment of a successful season, receiving the the college. From the very start, praises of many. The New York Yeshiva students worked hard to Times lauded the Mighty Mites build up the limited sports activ as "a team that has certainly ities, creating spirit and interest made good considering the size COMMIE AWARDS: Shown with Commentator Sports Editor Seymour that would later prove the need of Yeshiva." Stan Doppelt re Essrog are the six recipients of the Commentator Sports Awards. L · to and desire for an inter-collegiate ceived the praises of Nat Holman r.: Dave Lifshutz, Joe Holstein, Eli Levine, Seymour Essrog,- Marvin squad. and Joe Lapchick. Yeshiva was Hershko~itz, Morton Narrowe, and Norman Toporovsky. really in the big time! , Coached by Trupin Rabbi Abraham Avrech a board of COMMENTATOR sports Arthur Tauber, "Tippy" not only During 1935 a small varsity writers. knew the .differ.ence .between sa was organized, and two years ponents' defenses to score for the Levine and Narrowe ber, epee and foil, but. went un-: later Milt Trupin, famous college Blue and White. Co-captains Eli Levine and defeated in his first year of inter and professional star, was hired Ten years later this same hoop Mort Narrowe, top hoopsters of collegiate competition.. by Student Council as Yeshiva's ster, Rabbi Abraham Avrech, be 6 the current year, close out their - ~ennis'". Lifshutz first mentor. Nicknamed "Quin came the chairman of the Yeshi intercollegiate careers next se Dave Lifshutz, holder . of the. thooplets" by a COMMENTATOR va University Athletic Associa mester. Hailing from Brook Tennis Award,. brings with lilin sports writer, the infant squad tion. Tiny Julius Mager, a lyn, Eli has gained the admiration a rong list of high school 1ham- went on to win seven contests speedy little fighter, acquired the of many as the Mites' fast mov pionships; . · ' · and lose ten in 1937. name "Mighty Mite," the same ing play maker-scorer ace. At ( Continued on page 15) It was indeed a year never to title which was later to replace Brooklyn Talmudical he organ be forgotten. Besides missing the slightly worn "Quinthooplets" ized the athletic program as ball clubs, one point victories, Y e.4f hiva ·-Boot-er·s as the official nickname of the school athletic manager. . and Globetrotter antics, there Yeshiva basketball players. Philadelphian "Mutt" Narrowe .Get New Mentor will always be the classic tie to Yeshiva sports grew rapidly entered Yeshiva in 1950, bringing Edward Lowen,s_tein of the remember. With the sound of with the years. A large intra with him the 1949 Broad Jumping Maccabee Spor._ts .As~ociation has the final buzzer in the Manhattan mural and physical education title of the Philadelphian Macca been appointed coach of the Ye College tilt and the score kno1..~ed program _was ushered in, with bia, and his lucky black derby. shiva University Soccer Team, at 19-19, the two opposing cap over fifteen different sports ac Mort completed his best season announced Leon Wildes, manager ·· tains engaged in a bit of fisti tivities. The newly orgaajZed Stanley Doppelt this year, tallying 148 points and of the team. cuffs. The official refused to con tennis team finally found a coach starring in .the Kings College up A meeting of all the personnel tinue the contest and it went into in Emory Grossman, presently Under Coach Nat Kraditor dur set. of the soccer team was held Tues:. the record books as the first and teaching music in the Talmud.ical ing the season of 1945, the Mites Toporowsky Tops Fencing day: May·12;where plans for next only tie in Yeshiva history. Academy High Schools. fell before the powerful and great Fencing Team Captain Norman year were disc11SSed. The teiun "Li'l Atom" Coach Hy Wettstein Rhode Island State quintet. Two ''Tip_py" Toporovsky is indeed the was addressed by Mr~ Jack Flam~ 4- .In 1938, the Quinthooplets had In 1941, •under Coach Hy Wett national records were smashed, ideal example of Yeshiva's Fenc haft, President 'ot tbe New York one of their best seasons with an stein, the age of the "Big Time·· ( Continued on · page 18) ing program. . Entering Yeshiva Yankee Soccer ;Leagti~. · ' ' . • MON-DAY, MAY . 18, 1953 THE ·COMMENTATOR L ---- PACE- -.- ··- ---~":' - :•""FIFTEEN••·· · ··---- .~- - -·- · :(T On The Sidelines *... j - ...... _R1:1~queteers Rip ·.Hoonsters Et1d::; Sti.ccess&l - The Man for the Job Paactec;h DtroopQ: -noe· .'heonses Y.ea~ '··"so~il~n·,.Ttjpi ···•s~q,:;,., M . ~ l • .• -.:- .p.. • . . .. • .. ~- - -~ --. ;.__ - Yeshiva ·" Universlt;v's ' basket~ By Soymoar E$srog-· ------I The tennis team of Yeshivl,l . ball · team~: experienced · its ·best University lost to an experienced .• season . since.· the campaign . (?f . Twenty~five years have come and gone. CUrrently we are cele Queens' College squad 6½-2½ 1944-45 as they completed .. the brating the silver jubilee l>f the college, and at the same time the in a match held Friday, April 24, schedule With a 10-10 · .record. silver jubilee of the Health and Physical Education Depart~ent. at the Knights' home court. In Captain Marym _ . H~~~w.itz, Progress has been made as far as sports is concerned. - . - ·-- . an earlier match, the N etsters playing his l~ season for "Red'~ . . crushed Pace College 5-2, the As the college grew, athletics progres,ed with i~ and an organ Sarachek, became the,-~t hoop match ·· 1--. taking place Tuesday, ization catering to the needs of college sports was needed at Yeshiva. ster in yeshiva ~tory to .score ' April 21; at the Riverview Tennis With the purpose of having all athletic activities organized and di 1,000 points #s _he ended. his play~ Courts, Yeshiva's home courts. rected by a central authority, the Yeshiva ·University Athletic Associ ing · career with i,095 point!} scored. · · · ation was organized in 1948. However, this did not 80lve the problem. In the Queens match, only Cap Sports -at Yeshiva still wallowed in a quagmire of ''r~- tape." Since tain Dave: Lifshutz managed to _ ~e top.· man Qf this yeat's the birth of the Y.U.A.A._, we have had thr~ people who have held emerge victorious in the singles . v:arsity was_ Abe Sodden: The the post of Director of Athletics. Although all these individuals matches as he- trounced Queens' . 6'4" · freshman center, _ although_ were capable men and good choices for the position, they were Shapiro 6-1, 6-2. In the doubles, off to a poor start, nevertheless Athl~tic Directors in nBD1e on)y. Not on)y were their hands tied by Lifshutz teamed with Josh Tar- canned 232 points to lead . the certafn people behind the scenes and thereby they lacked the power Abe Sodden · team in scoring. All~ "Abby0 to accomplish constructive work, ~ut they were forced to carry out Gewirtz was the team's · second their work "on the run," since they lacked the proper facilities that Box Score high scgrer · as he dropped• 215 should accompany a position like this. Six Top · Athletes points through the hoop- while YESHIVA (S) PACE (2) Hershko~tz -completed the top Despite elaborate plans for next year's activities such as a Single• A.warded Plaque~ _three-scorer's list, . scoring 21, I. Taragin (Y. U.) vs. C. Relnlab sponsors' committee for Yeshiva sports, the Athletic Association still points., .. , faces the same five-year old problems. There is only one solution: (P•ee) 6-2, 6-1 By C~mmentato_r 2. Uf,bnta (Y. U.) ..,._ Caszetta Sodden, Gewirtz a full-time athletic director, who not only will be paid, but who will (Pace) · 6-0, 6-0 (Continued from Page 14) be able to direct the activities from an office of his own. We do 3. Rereh (Pace) ·n. Gootldn Sodden also, led the important not have to go far to find the right person for this position; Bernie (Y. U. ) 6-1, 7-5 Learning to handle both tennis rebounds column as he snared "Red" Sarachek is the man. He has the experience and contacts in 4. Stokke (Pace) vs. MllleI and ping-pong racquets at an ear- 226 balls aft the backboards. Con- (Y. U.J 6-4, 6-4 ly age, Dave soon took over his sports that can benefit the athletic program. He can do away with 5. Horn (Y. U.) va. Gllett (Paee) the "red tape" and disorganization that has become synonymous with 6-4, 6-4 native town of Washington, D .C., the Y.U.A.A. Doubl,.. copping the Jefferson Junior High - I. LJfabuta and Taragin (Y. U.) Tennis Championship, the Roose Many of you have heard of .. Red" Sarachek, inasmuch as he has u. Her,b and Relnhh (Pace) 6-1, 6-1 velt High Ping-pong champion been associated with the Yeshiva Basketball tearn since 1942. As 2 . Horn and Gootkln (Y. U.) ve. ship, and the doubles champion Stokke and Cazaetta (Pace) 6-4, 6-4 ••Red" so aptly put it in his speech at the . Annual Awards Dinner ~f ship of the Washington Recrea the Athletic Association: "In 1942 Yeshiva wanted a bigtime coach tion League. He compiled Ye that could win ball games. Well, anyway they got the coach." agin to win a brilliant match shiva's best record last . year, As mentor of our hoopsters, Sarachek has seen few winning against the Knights' first team with 14 wins and only two losses, seasons. Losing coaches are always criticized and second-guessed, of Shapiro and Backner. Due to and won the Yeshiva Ping-pong and Sarachek is no exception. This has been a bitter pill for him the approaching of the Sabbath Championship. Undefeated at to swallow since, -S:S coach of the professional Scranton Miners, he the final match was eliminated press time, Dave is certainly has guided them to three successive league championships. To w~tch and both sqri.ids received a half heading for another success:i'ul "Red" coaching, his shouting of orders to players, his arguments with point. ·. season under Coach Eli Epstein. referees may make one agree with his critics. "Seeing is believing," Led ~ Lifshutz, Taragin and Holstein in Soccer follows an old adage. But this is one case where it is not true. Gene Horn who swept the singles, The story of Soccer at Yeshiva is the story of Joe Holstein. Af My first i-eal opportunity to ~eet St!t!tche~. _!Ind · realize what a the Ep~ein men won. ·their first 0 Allen "Abby" -Gewlrtz fine fellow and good ·bask_;tball "eoaeh.lie is, ...,.~; in. ~ili~ 'triit}fo . victory- of_ the . sea5i>n against ter bem.i __grJ~':18--ted from ~oose velt Hig~ in-~cmkers; where he .. ..;.. . Penn~_l,yania during lJie Jatter part of the past season. Traveling:lWf Pace Spllege. Yeshiva continued tinuing his deft _ ballhan~ling of ih was a ij[~ber,pf the cross-coun a team imd . liflng in · close contact with both bal1players and eoAeh victorious in the doubles as the last season, Gewirtz once, again . ., • . try team, .roe entered Yeshiva a.ff.ord one th,e o~sion to_ view Saraehek frorn · up-close,. '4\ed"- Lifshut~-Taragin and Horn-Goot• paced the Mites with 36 assists. and immediately began working mingled with his players, joked and talked with · them, acting like he kin combinations proved invin- on the organization . of soccer. The Mites_ completed the sea-· was. one o_f . them. :-:1. 1:a:elieve that this closeness 'between coach and cible in their matches. With many foreign studeflts and son compiling a shooting per p~ayer was responsible for the Kings victory. This relationship does soccer enthusiasts here, Joe, a centage of .360, with the mem not end with the close of the feason, either. Invariably, he inquires • native of Germany, foresaw the bers of the starting five shooting about the health of his "boys·," their plans for the summer, and lie future of a successful soccer for a percentage of .357 or better. is a)w~ys ~~dy to· assist · the.:0 if they need any help or advice. As Season's Record squad. He managed the team,· Morty Nan-owe led the ·Heighters one of the numerous ballplayers said to ••Red" upon presenting him YESHIVA OPPONENT hired coaches, recruited bootmen with a .434 shooting percentage. with a gift on behalf of the team, "After all the years I played for 61 Alumni 39 and played the important pQsition The most - points - scored - in 'Red,' I can say this on behalf of all the boys on the squad: He is 63 Webb 61 of right half-back on the infant a-single-gam.e crown went to Ell and always will be JD'-'.: _bu -PAGE-SIXTEEN TH.S .COMMEN!fATOR ..,· .~•M~~p~v;,\~~vi,att19'3;\ ...... - ' , ' ' ' ·:.- . . , . .,j . 5 Philosophers Have Paradise, 'Phila.,i~i,11,_:1:~(!:J!< ;-C-on_c_e_rt---i-1.. ~- re-. a-. ,u-._- · - .- ...... · : ~~~1:;;,,~~ •·· 53 1 1 u·.- .t Ro· omm,at,es·:R·,. ,o· a· 1D 'H·a:I'I,·s _Siamp-· Exhlbitton Spieni,= ~ ;~~trectpients1 / . Yeshiva University's Stamp . torea~hasnam~°fo::~~~~:,; th Yeshi u . -..:ty R rd of h~no~bl8ilrietttl~~hl a -Ch~-· B e va ruve.u::u. eco . ... - .· Club is- to become a chartered . and Ticket Bureau announced isby contest sponsored· ~ . j:be ly Mlcllael 101.. ak A student walks up ·the stairs, • • + • ~ • member of the Society of Israel , Marshall Kom~ vice:president of '\ Natio!Ul:1,_S~~~~~~~~~~~-The clutches his stomach, and en Life in . the. dormitory, unlike Philatelists, announced Jack Rei- Student .. Councµ. . Foundation a'WlU'ds fellowshipS to ters his room. He has suffered Gaul, is divided into an infinite ner '54, president. The- chalige came about upon · · '· :L.~.:-- ' through moming classes and The club's first exhibition, to · graduate studeJitS, · ~c~&6 in number of parts. a request by Dean isaacs. · · lunch and feels entitled to some be held Sunday, May 31,. in the ______, science. - K, . The clock stands at 2: 30 a.m. sleep, even though, of course, Pollack Library, will feature a The room is smoky. Empty beer he's going to bed nine that even philatelic survey ranging from bottles are lined along the win- ing. Palestine as part of the Turkish In H~nor of ••• dow-sill.. Three philosophers are Surmise his surprise at find . Empire through its present sta sittlllg around~ two of them dis ing that eight people are sitting tus as an independent state. This cussing free will, the third try in all corners of the room and exhibition will· also include re ing to meditate over a crossword his bed. From Stern's frying pan lated subjects, such as Jewish THE SYU.~E~TS OF-- :YE$H.IY~ ,:·_. puzzle. Next d<><;>r, a choral group into the fl.re. National Fund activities and is lustily singing "Uvyom Ha T h r e e m o r e siesta-minded General Judaica, to illustrate OF THE PAST TWENTY~FIVE···y1ARS . • • I _ t ' " ~ . " Shabbos." Squeals of happy scholars enter. His room-mate, various highlig~ts o'l recent Jew laughter :float in from the corri a psychology major yells "Min ish philatelic history. .• dor, as several individuals come yan, miny9.11-" and depopulates The outstandipg event of the in to help kill the time of night. the room. Now to get some sleep. exhibition will be the presenta • The psych major has other ideas. tion of a . charter from the So "But if there's free will, how . - JE?t~~brams '48 Paul Ritterband '50 is .it possible.... " "And there's the pitch. . .." ciety of Israel Philatelists. '1'his Groans . . . up and out. charter will confer the many ad Someone suggests going to It is evening. Books are open. vantages of membership in this M. Herbert Berger '47 H~rbert Rosenblum '50 sleep. Immediately scornful glan .. Eyes are closed. The tele- group upon the Israeli Philatelic M~er Deshell '51 Erwin Ruch '51 ces make him regret this un phone rings. Milk and cake . . . Study Group of Yeshiva. called-for suggestion arfd he re emergency meeting of the Stu Students are inVited · to· attend Samuel Kenner '49 David Schudrich '5 t members a Chemistry· test the dent Council . . . why aren't you the exhibition which will be next day. But before that, what down at COMMENTATOR? ... let's opened to the public at 10 a.m. Samuel Klein '53 Joseph Schult% '51 is the· name of the Egyptian sun go to the fencing match ... have The presentation ceremony will god again? you got some time to work on ? be held at 4 p.m. Aaron Krauss'51 Philip Silverstein '51 . . . Here comes Joe again. The club's . faculty advisor is . The early morning sunlight Aaron Landes '51 Wilfred Solomon '51 strikes the empty beer bottles There's one point· he didn't quite Dr. Alexander Litman, Professor and gives an eerie glow to the understand about free will last of Philosophy. Al Lieberman '52 Murray Stadtmauer '51 overburdened ash - trays. The night. Now if there's free will.... Daily News lies tattered on the It is midnight. The question David Mogilner '52 Paul Teicher '51 cold floor. Three students sleep rises whether to do homework or Greetings and Be$t Wishes Ludwig Nadelman '51 · Aaron Weinberg ·(·T. I. '48) in cold beds. Throughout the dor write a letter home. ROCHELLE Dear Mom, mitory, the dominion of slumber Herman Potok '50 Rabbi Aaron J. Weiss '48 has begun, A few diehards are How are you? Today we BARBARA still getting into their pajamas. learned Aristotle and the com ROSENBERG position of the symphony. I'm Suddenly . . . bells, bells, bells, sorry I haven't written but you iron bells, bronze bells . . . bells. know how much work we haye...... A convulsive shudder shakes FT. GEORGE JEWELEiS JOHN 'LEDNE1•• .· the sleepers. Indecision ping- Watches, Diamonds, Ehgagemeilt and Wedding Rings & Silverwa~e Quality ClfH!ne"n pongs in, · numbed minds . A. A. U. P. Meeting · - ··dE Opposite eshiva minyan or sleep . ~ •. sleep or 11 A :meeting of the Y~~iva Uni 1536. 5. Nich*s I\Y,tnue :Bet. 186th & 187th, Sts. , • Preuing --.r4() c,nh classes.... versity Chapter of the,fmerican There is a knock at the door. Association of UniyersJJy Profes ---~r.~a~~:~-~~;.,~;rn·l~:r~:~:~-~•e1r~; -·-=--- ..... --~ ·- -,~~~ :eir - The counsellor comes into the sors was held Friday, May 1. Dr. Large Dlico•ats to -r,sldva loy•·- 3 ~our $e~lc.,., .., .. .: room, shakes the occupants, and Irving Linn, Associate · Professor Fr'om a Fonner Yesliiva' Boy At additionai charge, on requet. continues on his merciless rounds. of English, presided. I BIALIK LERNER OTTO NEWMAN \TI,"l 1111 \2"1N."'J. President, Student Council Editor, "Nir" I "l'\i'\., T"\\\l • U'T'U'2nn l\lY,nun R''1n. , I : THE STUDENT COUNCIL OF THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE I tP11n, w11nn n,J ,,_,n,n n11n1on I > and I I ' THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF ITS YEARBOOK J 11nJwn nJ1un 1u1 ,,Jn1 J ''NIR'' ) J "7,J,, extend best wishes and congratulations '("'-. J cn,n,~,:1 :1to,c1 C"":l:l7n on,,,n~N nN c,n,,e, to J ; nJ,w,n n,,Jn, YESHIVA COLLEGE '·· > · ,1llY,\ n,'lUl UlnTI, 'O,,UlD 1,J.:1~ on its twenty-fifth anniversary ) ) J and to ) DR. SAMUEL BELKIN .11 J.7n J on its tenth year of his administration J TI1lUl 1U1D I ,n1n1n n,N."2lli\1 " J ' ) • ) WE WISH TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO >. I , ASSISTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF "NIR" I ...... ·; ;- -··•·. -· ~ONDAY, MAY 18, 1953 THE-.GOMMEN'JA=t"OR·· :•PAGE ::.: ~ -:;. ;_~ -- :/"SEYEN"J:EtN-·i:.· .. ~" ~ .·;.·· .--..-:-~,:. .".~.. - ~ &f Dt. ..Belkin· - - --:·- ·J.--::'.~-,.: I . -. ., . 4 Dr. •de' : ,Sita;ReJ1 ' 5hJt.. i ,: .1 , , ·.i:':l .. .. ' .,. . J ...... -. :,.• . . . . . ". . ' . "' . ~- ( OonU.n"lle_d from~ Page 5) An Outline History of Yeshiv~ 2 ' -~~~':"~~- ~ ~'tge l ... ,·., :· -. Jewish Historical-Society and the~ Vit,w:s. . • - ' . .-· :;\. Prohlems " . ' . ""·. . --,... ' . :allowe(l,. •· the'..-- creation / of a full.-~ ' 1897 • : · 1 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Assoc1·at10 d· New York Citizens-Commifiee on . . . n ~orporate • !; 11edged co1,1eg~,.f~ the 1915 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan TJ:ieological Seminary and Yeshiva Eitz Chaim Housing. - On _~ J.ewisli: _Se.et.e_ ~o~ { Continued from ·page 4) -i normal ;slow :'progress· budget al- merge and move to new quarters at 9-11 Montgomery Str t, th fir In a fitting tribute -to Dr. ·Bel . ,. ,otment woutd ·ha\!e·· }lergiitted. · b ildi d · d ee e st u ng es1gne specifically for the school's purposes. Dr. Bernard kin, the -Alumni and Friends of his Smicha from Rabbi .- Solomon Sµ'ch -: were th~ · be~ tif, will · · ..• Revel, called in to preside over. the combined insti·tuti· on~ · Yeshiva ·University honor Jaffe o! New York. . Yeshiva College, may · it ·ever 1915 Talmudical Academy, the first academic high school under Jewish him at a banquet· June' 2Z, on the Since 1907, · he· :has occupi~ .. continue to grow! . auspices in the United States started. occasion· of the completion of ten the pulpit of B_hearith Isra~-~):h_, . : .~OSES L. ISAAC~ 1919 New York State Boar~: of Regents registers Talmudical Academy as years of service ·as Yeshiva's the exception of the years 19· 9 Dean president. . ' an approved high school. to 1921, when he was regioij.8:,1 To the Editor: . 1921 Expanded institution moves to largtr quarters at 301-303 East Broad director of the Joint Distributibn I -'just :'re&e'ived : th~ "April 23 way and takes over the Teachers Institute which was founded b Committ~_{or_:ep,1~e- ~d)Syr~ issue ' of . Commentator which the Mizrachi . Organization of America in 1917. y ia. ~ctive in national, civic, ~ numberecf ·'A ·'salute to .Israel;, 1924 Charter of Y eshi_va amended,· right to confer degree of Doctor of ( Continued from Page 5) 1 ligious and w~lfare groups, i:;>r. am_;ng', _.i~ ".~to'ri~.: _· ~ow ~e Hebrew Literature granted. Pool has made time for lite~ to quote froni the editorial: "As 1928 Yeshiva College, the first college of liberal arts and sciences in the Dr. Revel still found time to serve activities . also. His latest work, Yeshiva stud;nts we -a~ .~un~ world under Jewish auspices chartered. Authority granted to confer as Honorary President of the "Portraits Etched in Stone" ptlb- to see the . even~ _of ~e _pad · Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. Union of Orthodox Rabbis and lished in 1952, represents fotty half-decade with thankfulness 1932 Yeshiva College graduates first class of nineteen students. the Rabbinical Council of Amer years of gathering material :; on and m~givings. For us/ the SUl"i 1932 First number of Scripta Mathematica appears. ica and as Vice-President of the .vie lives of the people buried ; in vival of Israel • . , • will riot be 1933 Yeshiva receives right to confer honorary degrees. First honorary .Jewish Academy of Arts and the historic Chatham Square enh~ced by human 1 ingenui~y degree given to Hon. Herbert H. Lehman and the late Dr. John Sciences. He made many out Cemetery. alone_;, And you continue, . "We H. Finley. standing contributions to the Commenting on the American shall c(>ntinue to . ~\V8.it t_be_, day 1933 First issue of Horeb appears. fields of Semitic and rabbinic .Jewish eonuri'umty, Dr. Pbol when Torah shall _ CQme, _fortll literature. 1935 Graduate work offered. First issue of THE COMMENTATOR appears. called its greatest weakness "the from Zion.~• , , i . 1937 Yeshiva Graduate School established. In his last lecture, as if sens secular outlook of. so many of Your editori~ ~ fµll:. of ,Jiigh-: 1940 Yeshiva granted right to confer honorary degree of Doctor of ing his fate, he reiterated the those who are in a position to sounding words not ideas. 'What Divinity. ideals of the institution to which mold .Jewish communal policy. are you ~t.u,ally_ t~g. to, 1:>~g 1940 Dr. Bernard Revel, first president and founder of Yeshiva College, he devoted his life. He told his Historically, the synagogue and out? You ~y, you _. have _,.~iSgiy:- · _ passed away. students to keep the torch of To community were one. Today, ings, but what are you ,try- \ 1941 Graduate School renamed Bernard Revel Graduate School as a rah burning. They were the fu through specialization of social jng to do about it? Front your memorial to Dr. Revel. ture leaders of .Jewry, he said. work in philanthropic institu- editorial, one might tJiink:" thaf • -·,'I, 1943 Dr. Samuel Belkin elected president. "If someone should deter you tions, the synagogue has lost you are content to · do not.iiing 1943 First issue of Talpioth appears. from the task set before you, tell much of its influence. The syna- but await the day.... 1944 Dr. Belkin formally inaugurated President at formal exercises at him in my name that you must goue must regain its prominence I think that as Yeshiva ·stu- which the Doctor of Laws degree was conferred upon the late continue. The Yeshiva is yours by being more active in assuring dents there is nothing m ·ore im,;; · Harlan F. StQne, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, to build." These, his last recorded maintenance of truly Jewish portant for us to . do tfia.il · to and Rabbi Isaac Rubinstein, Chief Rabbi of Vilna, Lithuania, and words, remain a challenge to the standards.'1 11ettle i.p. Israel1- and 'try to influ;; a member of the Polish Senate from 1922 until its dissolution. Yeshiva student of today, Characteristic of the good re- ence the population by 0'-1-r' good' 1945 Yeshiva's charter amended by the State of New York and corporate lations between the pulpit and example. There is much ~ork .. · name of the institution becomes Yeshiva University, granting rights Congrats the pew in his synagogue, Dr. to be ,,. done in Israel in ·effecting ' to confer additional degrees- of B.H.L., M.H.L., B.R.E., M.R.E., The editor and staff of THE Pool pointed to the fact that in the true return: to Zion B.tl. \ . to Greetings .... • HUDSON PAPER • COMPANY .·.... " ~- > :_.; ~ . .-- - ·PACE EIGl'f.TEEN : . ·------TH_E~ ~QM_M-~NI!\TQR_ -~ ~- <~ ., "; ~~rM9~~~i§)~~\,.z1!;{[~3 ~P} Perhaps twenty-five. years from ____.;;...... ;..;,.;...., ___...;.._.;...;.;... ·· ------__...;.. _____ -+1------~,,,-' ;""'· "\ ·~1,t{~~~;.,~~'l(i~4~;_·:J#~. ;. Y. U,. ~port-s -now we-will return to-the Heights . ·. · ,·. :_ # ,. .·_ .. 1: .. -~ s.\ : f ':, stru. ' iifur.. '··· ..;, ,fu.··..;":PoliWcaI.' C·:S.cltfu·'·ce.+.-.V'.·re-· to see a· gigantic --stad!~ housing · · .' .. --~~•-,'-. ~, ~,.,; · ·• _·• ·· _:s-.._- .1 _ ~~u:v:1~( ibrJ~J~~:~~1t '~tih·_ . .... • ·w : ' I i . ¥:. -. ...; ·: I Israef jtid'.wni :receive lmfPh'.D < 25-:Years Old Yeshiva's football 9.lld · baseball Ii team,s. · Perhaps. · we will.. win. r P~f~ . ~ -c·H.:tz, , AudioeVisual Service;, ([Jontinued from page 14) championships -and tournaments. particl~~:~ --~=~~~~!~.~-"!= _Perhaps we will_ b~ve a hqckey Associate -Professor _of Physical ed ih the: Third . Annual ·Film· tl:1~t ,GP~tuti<)n, of, ·~eJ.~t! ;. .. . as the New Englanders racked team to satisfy the countless -Education and Director of Stu- Wor-kshop, sponsored 1by,the Na.; · DK Ldirls"· ~F~ S~ ~qiate up iao polnts against Yeshiva's skating enth~asts. or a .crew to .dent Activitl.es, participated in n. tional -Council· on .JeWish . Audio- - Professor of .English/ 0 >&d~ed 74.. skim along the _Harlem in high Semi.I\ar on . ~er group. pro- Visual . Materials, held Tuesday, the 'lu'lgutstic. section ·, bt .th~ ~For The squad, paced by Captain class regattas. Then again, per grarns, which was held in the Ii- May~5~ Mr. -Pleskin ,was one of: eign La:nguage\conference of the Stan Doppelt and his brother haps we will still have basket brary of the ..Jewish Education the panelists discussing •~elec- University of · Kefitucky; at "Kid" Doppelt, felt no .. discour ball~ tennis, soccer and fencing Committee, Friday, May 8. tion and . Utili.Zatfori of Motion Lexington, Kentucky~ °Thursday, agement. This :was verified when for which to be thankful. Per Mr. Sidney Pleskin, Instructor Pictures in Formal and Informal April 2si on the ·. topic: :"Gender the Doppelt Daredevils. led the haps.... in Education and Director of the Education.'; in SpailiSh and Fr~nch :, - Mites to a 42-35 win against highly-tooted Fordham Univer sity, the victory that climaxed the "Golden Age" of Yeshiva bask:'tball. Don't you want .·tO try ·'a cigartle :· · In 1947, once again under the " ... •.: ... present and popular Coach "Red" . . Sarachek, the era of colorful ballplayers returned when senior with like · Marvin Fredman of Peoria, ill., a record lllis? . ~ wearing number 13, smashed all ( . existing records at Yeshiva. With '- the organization of the Y.U.A.A. I. THE QlfA-t-lfY CONTRAST between Chesterfield and other lea!3ing,~..<;ig~rettes is in 1..948, the Yeshiva Fencing a revealing story. Recent chemical analyses give an inde:x! of good_. quality ·for Team was born, and metropolitan ~e colleges suddenly be·gan singing country's six leading cigarette brands .. "Don't Fence Me In." The Yeshiva Swordsmen went The index ol good quality table - a ratio~ol :high to· low on to defeat major colleges and s~gcir nicotl~e- emerge with a 17-5 record after shows Chesterlield qiiality: h-;gl,~st :\ · -- , ·. - ·. . · _· ) · . only four years of competition under Coach Arthur Tauber, ex •.. 15% higher than its nearest competitor and Chesterfield quality ..31% ~igher'.thao U.S. assistant Olympic fencing mentor. In 1951 6'6" basketball the average of the five other leading brands. · --:' center Artie Stein and Marvin ~ Hershkowitz, Yeshiva's all time great, won the Tru•Val contest for the best ball players in the Metropolitan area. Coach Eli Epstein, famous tennis pro, re organized tennis at Yeshiva and tennis became another varsity sport at Yeshiva. During the P,B.St Y.ear Marvin Hershkowitz spiashed the previous Yeshiva hoop records and became the first Mite in Yeshiva history to attain the golden mark of over one thousand points scored over a four year period. And so a quarter of a century in Yeshiva sports has come an<;l gone. Another is about to begin. -MAX BARNETT'S Stat~onery Store .. 423 Audubon Awenue 2~ First to Give Yo,u~Pr.mi~m · Candy Soda : Quality'. in:. R~g.ular ·and ·. K•ing-size . ~- . much m~lder with an extraordinarily good HEIGHTS MEN'S SHOP taste-an~ ~{our pocketbook, 585 West 18 I st Street C,hes-terf•~lcl _i$ · today's best R.eduetion to Yeshiva Students ,/' cigarette buy. 3. A Report Never Before Made A~out a :Cigarette~ For well ov~r a yeai a medical ~~Kal~lli.:s~~...... ~111,,._ specialist has been giving a group of Chesterfield smokers· TRAVEL A recent survey made in 2 7 4 leading colleges and regular--ex-amin~tions throughout Israel univetsities shows Chesterfield is the largest seller. every two months. 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