mrntator Official .Undergr ate Newspaper of Yeshiva College

VOL. LXXIII NEW YORK CITY, Thursday, March 25, 1971 No. 4 �232 Teachers Air Issu · Butler Elected President At Council· Meeting ·s··, • ,rr· · ,,.apzroL an d Be 1· i,·t z k y rr in By LEONARD·DAVIS

In -a ratherd hard fought elec­ tion Davi . o (Dov) Butler defeated · , Arn ld Waldman. for · the presi� . dency of Yeshiva College Student-d Council. Mr. Butler receive 490 (64%) to d . votes Mr. Wal man's 273. o In other elections Elli t Jay d Shapiro defeate David442 Merzel for the vice-presidency votes o (63%) to 259.' Mr. Shapir has

beend very active in YCSC spon� sore Jewish affairs. Despite a strong write-in campaign for. Yussie Ostreicher, Joe Beiitzky o easily won the office fo secre­ Beej tary-treasurer with 538 v tes. Professor Le\'y 11oing a. 1mrfect job mldresslng . of the student oowt- o Mr Butler, running on his rec­ eil '!leeting. rd as YC senator and THE Beej . r d COMMEl\"TATOR News Edito:, President-elect Dov Butler By ROBERT BENEDEK Levy emarke that, "the o o faculty pledged to w rk for the imple- and administration o o The alleviation of problems in- o d not argue mentati f� than to work for the students." THE COMMENTATOR were not o o n ofr re rms based n r ·v lved with faulty, inc herent or from fixed positi ns" as was sug- . C election day platforms and sufficiently "c usading" - were o o the Teache ourse Evaluation By r d o .n n - existent dial gue between gested by THE. COMMENTA- and for utilizing. the student plans we e clouded by ridiculous answere before polls pened. A d r stu ents and faculty and admin- TOR. by the students; statement by YC student sen­ council as the .driving force fo issues debatedr istration, was the main topic of Dr. Levythen st-ated that Dean the senate and as liaison. between personalities, ather than ideas 1Jtors attested Mr. Butler's active o . r r o •discussi n at-the. March 22 meet� Bacon has had a very progressive the ma- .• contributi n to the senate and o(Ycsc: o students ,snd their senators. M . and past reco ds, became r 'ing In -addition, a mo-· outl ok toward the restducturing Butler's platform also suggested jor considerations. Mr. B.utler ecalled two recent senate pro� tion was passed unanimously by of .particular courses,. specifically, the abolltih� or· the faculty veto, ws. accu� of coU-aborating with posals initiated by Senator But- : Cotmcil : to .Jt�ye. tll� Pres!�nt• of : , 11)':'sic courses;,,To 4:!Xl!niplify t_hJs , : involv�t-:. of/'Yeshiva College the . �an; . Mr. Waldman was la- _ ler. · A_ndrew (;eller, · E

· · sembly meetmgs.- · n Butler, · every one·-of his . m1,.1s1�courses; the·esta�llshm�nt of new student Mr; Wald,maO:isstied a. campaign • didate,o ·� swered_�hat,�rt_- . r w �ld have been f1r� . 1f his �ew Also unanimously , passed· was · and Dean. Bacon. backed me all services 1�cludmg a cultural pro- paper, later . eferred to as · a r _ o . . ,� a moti n requiring the·subjective the way.". gram series. shnder she�t, accusing Mr. But- a ticles ha� �en · -�rusadmg r r r ,;a o r remarks made on the cu riculum · He further noted that sever-11 dm · )! -a .. -and not "ob.1ect1ve and mtellectu-o o r o r r r M . Wal an a s c n- le of "not delivering" andr "liv- , eV'aluation inte -depa tmental cou ses have � ally honest." Mr. Gelle als a�k­ d t be p esented t the cerned student -'- not as a pol- ing off the fat of· the pat on ge d � been established, and Dean Ba- nowledge Mr. Butler s service ·dean an to the heads of the par- o itician" and "an independent and• · system." · Other accusations -� o o o THE COMMENTA OR g v ticular departments involved. con backed these inn vative t tf that "there is n t a single senate n o T - d o no a puppet." In his pla orm o President Weiss opene the c urses as well. On a more per- paper Mr. Waldman claimed that pr posal that he (Mr. Butler) erning b ard and editori_al staff. · sonal level, Dr. Levy said "As a Mr. Waldman later d�rued t�at meeting by introducing three (Continued on Page 6, Col., 3) YC politicians "have been run- could sign his name to" and that d . members of the faculty and one ning to st-ay in power, rather Mr. Butler's news articles for he had ha any part m writmg o the sheet but nonetheless apol- of the administration wh were o o ·invited to attend the meeting and V .. Powa · gizcd to Mr. Butler for all wing present their points of view to S ,a:;;na tors Evaluate ,a:;;t o ,a:;;r , its publication. d .. the stu ent body. · Thus, with st-:J.tements and ro 0 rd o w e ult g Results c unterstatements being issued "th: !�!� \a!��; m��r �� D ar F ae y Meetin o by both camps, the paper pollu- speak. He opened his remarks by By RICHARD SCHIFFMILLER shiv:1 to ask questi ns about stu­ time the vote was taken, thus d o r o o d r tion was at its height whe/1 the ecJ.aring that his opini ns we e The pr posal t abolish the fac­ ents here was t ue. .He ex- they were lacking a quorum. He d o o o o ·not ne_cessarily indicative r rep­ ulty assembly's vet power was · concluded that ,all actio taken polls opene . Rum rs that Je- d d plained,o h wever,o that the pur­o o n r o resentative· of faculty opinion on hotly ebate by members of the p se was to c mpile informati n after the loss oi a qu rum was ome Kretchmer, Commissi ner 18 o o o the whole. After declaring that senate at their March meeting. ab ut those applying for "sensi­ invalid, and that the proposal in of the Environmental Pr tecti n o d r o d (Contin·ued on Page 5, Col, .'J) (Continued on Page Col. he was c ncerne with mis epre­ Prior to the discussion, Dean tive" government positi ns, an o o o 7, 3) sentati ns" found in THE COM­ Bacon reported that the rumo rs that the only informati n re­ MENTATOR articles, Professor of an FBI agent coming t Ye- leased was statistical. Chairman Kirschbaum then USSR Encourages Relocation Rav . Lectures Student Body; read the results of the .faculty assembly'sr latest meeting.o A th ee year requirement f resi­ Of Jews In Eastern Siberia d Will Analyzes Contemporary Man ency for the "exceptionally the Soviet Union "Revive" d The American Jewish Commit­ gifte " student and the estab­ Jewish Cult-ure!, B o o tee recently reported that at­ Jerry Goodman, y LEONARD DAVIS trayed in his relationd to ¼he vasto Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's cosmic scheme an in his p si­ lishment f a committee t ex­ tPmps to "encourage" Jews in the Committee's European spe­ d d ,:,imine individual cases were ap­ o o d annual shiur edicated to the tion as a skille and wise crea­ d d o the Soviet Uni n t settle in the cialist, pre icted that such ef­ o proved. Tim i n't allow c n­ memories f his wife an brother ture striving to rule his environ­ d e so-called Jewish Autonomous Re­ forts, if they were made, would d d d o was h

good a t:almid cnacham he was in his youth, From the Editors' Desk - now he is not performing a beneficial serv­ ice to the students. This• problem becomes particularly acute because of the possibility 1 i!IO W•t 185 Street, New York, New York 10033, LO 8-8400 that some of the young rebbeim will be l'ulillahed bl-weekly during the academic year by the leaving at the end of this year. Unfortu­ Disappointed \leahtva College Student Council at Alert Printing Co, The e e e rebbeim I .,;,.•Ns expre.. ed In th�se columns are those of THE COM• nately th r ar who we �e �l should e e r e ::-CENT/\TOR only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion b asked to leav who a e r mammg. o, the faculty or the administration of Yeshiva College, Over the recent years student cries have been sounded that the time has come for By Amlrew Geller ---­ GOVERNING BOARD chano-cs to be made. Suggestions have been · prop�sed which call for the · revision of I I left the student cour.cil mr�eting of March 22 feeling many ANDREW GELLER RIETS. Two such recommendations were things, but mostly disappointment. It's so difficult to talk to educated Editor-in-Chief the Sukenik Plan and the one proposed in faculty members. r IRA JASKOLL LAWRENCE ROSMAN a COMMENTATOR edito ial, which ad­ I was surprised that the faeulty members present that night Associate Editor Executive Editor vised such changes as a shortening of were so united. Not that there was anything wrong in their unity DANIEL KURTZER ISAAC GEWIRTZ hours, and the requiring of students to take per sc, but that unity was hardly reprcscntath•e of the faculty as Managing Editor Contributlng Editor such courses · as Jewish History, Jewish a whole. Where were those faculty members who think that the ARI GOLDMAN WILLIAM SCHECHTER e Philosophy, Jewish Law, tc., which would deari is not doirig such •'1 good job? Where were those who claim Feature Editor Sports Editor be offered an hour each morning. After SHELDON FEINSTEIN HOWARD DORFMAN that the dean does pressure and bribe faculty members into voting much initial publicity all discussion regard• his way at the faculty assembly meetings? I know they exist. Their. Production Editor Contributing Editor e .ing these suggestions c ased. THE COM­ absence at the council meeting wa� niost unfortunate. DAVID BUTLER GEORGE JAKUBOVIC ee e News Editor Copy Editor MENTATOR f ls that the time for th revision of RIETS has long passed. The l was amused that the edueaterofessors DAVID WOLRSON MELVIN HOFFMAN present defended' the institution of tenure · us the only means of Make-up Editor Technical Edi�or new administrator must be a person who is willing to implement changes. The stu­ guaranteeing academic freedom among the faculty. Surely they dents' recommendations for the betterment could devise a method' of insuring that academic freedom will be of RIETS must be taken seriously. prserved while, af the same time, permitting the firing of a fac�ulty ConCJralu·lalions member who has· lost i�tcr'est in te:tching or his ability to teach. I •was mystified: the faculty members' statements about the .kpathy pervaded tJh e recent student by Ups And D'owns concern of the faculty for the academic excellence of Yeshiva. on.ly council election. Only one person's name 28 instructors even bothered to attend the last meeting of the faculty appeared on the ballot for the ,position of Strange ! We wonder why the library assembly, and by the end of the meeting there was no longer a secretary-treasurer, and little enthusiasm was constructed in such a way that elevator quorum present. Many faculty members hl!ve never attended an was ge·nerated among the student body. If operations are integrally connected with assembly meeting. I fail to underst-and exactly how they dcimanifest e e e e this lack of interest is se n lbythos lect d e r their concern for the university. Perhaps at some clandt-stine and e th f ont door mechanism. Tihi-s must be as a mandate to do nothing, _th n it might, e e secretive meetings of which I am unaware. e •'bhe ca:se, for wh n the el vators broke in unfortunat ly, portend a dim future for the I was interested in Dr. Fleisher's contention thitt the stmlents' newly chosen executive .board. mid,afiternoon some days ago the library e closed down. Using thi-s same logic, the col­ criticism of the college curriculum is actually a nmnifcstation of THE COMMENTATOR congratulat s o Dov Butler, E. J. Shapiro and Joe Beolitzky lege should call off classes in t)he main their dissatisfacti n with the dual t)rogram. This is an astute u1itl 1mrspieacious observation, and we students shouhl reflect on it, I on their vfotories. However, at the same e e e e e ·building·, wh re th l vator nev r works, aigrec that moro cm1>hasis shoulsychologlcal .insight." Dr. Flcishm· com1>lainc.d At the end of this year, Rabbi Reuven about his committee meetings with students beeiiusc "it's so difficult Aberman, administrator of RIETS, will to talk t-0 uneducated peo1>1e." leave Yeshiva University. The administra­ Financial Solution I must exempt Dr. Simon from my criticism of the faculty's tion will be faced with the problem of choos­ Mas-mid '71, like many of its predece�­ superciliousness and lack or respect for the ·students. He alone was r e g ing a man to eplac him. THE COMMEN­ sors, is in financial troub�e. And once agam willin to view the university as a "partnership" between the students TATOR feels that it is imperative that the student council is faced with the possibility and the faculty. students be consulted in making this ap­ of paying off the resulting debt. This ls exactly what the students want. We 110 not wish to e er e pointment. Ther are num ous issu s The situation .is not one which can be im11osc our wm llllOll the rest of the university, We do not scclc to which the new administrator wHI have to taken lightly, especially in this time of fi­ 1·ulo by 1>lcbiscite. But we are eonvinceJewish Studies by the present format is archaic. That which sat­ which would receive all bills and be respon­ bi Groff points to the "corres­ City College of New York" as isfied a student twenty-five years ago does sible for all debts. ponding decline in population," another reason that enrollment not ipso facto satisfy the desires of today's In this way the student counc.il will the "open enrollment policy of at Yeshiva will drop. He claims students. be spared a potentially disasterous finan­ city colleges" and maintains that students seeking some form New rcibbeim must be hired who under­ cial situation. llfasmid will not be depen­ that "it is primarily the students of Jewish education will choose stand the problems of contemporary youth. dent on an often reluctant council for its who are not really serious about the city colleges because tuition They must be people to whom the students funding. And we believe that the editors of attending Yeshiva who have is free and there are men and will be able to turn. If a rebbe is unable the yearbook, realizing that there revenue ceased to apply," we maintain women in the same classes. Well, to understand the iveltanschauung of his must equal the anticipated costs of the precisely the opposite view: it is we ask Rabbi Groff and the ad­ students; if he is unable to communicate yearbook, will be much more zealous in so­ to large degree those very stu­ ministration why shouldn't they? with h1s fctlmidirn - then no matter how liciting advertizing. dents who woulcl have chosen (Contin·ued on Paae "I, Col. 1); Thursday, March 25, 1971 THE COMMENTATOR PAGE THREl From Our Israeli Correspondent - Experiment - Ben Gurion Stresses Aliyah Need; Gather, Darkness! •------By SHELDON FEJNSTI�IN-----' others to exist, Emphasizes New Jewish Challenge Lute in the winter afternoons, By IRWIN l\lANSDORF the shadow of the Bclfcr build­ For the observer, the paroclox ing falls across the campus of is evident. The gruduatc schools In the history of the modern Yeshiva College. Once the em­ ,;pern1 fortunes on ne\\' buildings state of Israel, David Ben-Gur­ bcclimcnt of a unique ideal and and new equipment while the col­ ion certainly occupies a respect­ the heart of the Universihalfty,-for­ it l<•ge must economize !Jy firing ed and undisputed place. He, per­fig­ now lies withering and five teachers. Thci1· attencbncc haps, more than any other gotten. The funds which were its swells while that at the college ure, is identified as the leader lifeblood now flow in the veins drops so alarmingly that one of the Jewish peopleMedinat in theirYis­ of othe1· institutions which bc•in· feels the encl must be neat·. Their rnel.fight to establish the name Yeshiva University bL1t educational norm:c: keep pace As Prime Minister and De­ mock its purpose even while ac­ with 01· even gain grnuncl on fense Minister, he played a cru­ cepting its gifts. It is eve1· the ether inst:iiu1.ions \\'hile those o[ cial role in the formative years Medinah. fate of the agecl to be despised the t::ollcge arc stagnant and lag of the Now, as a pri­ and decrepit. behind, weighted down by a vate citizen, he busies himself :Fur the students, the time is k:tden faculty and a 1ilodding ad­ writing about those days and now antl the placo here. 'l' heir ministration. Yet it is not the speaking about the future. I re­ stn,v short, yet, subconsciously,is gruduate schools with their 1:•ol­ cently spent a Sunday morning they h;recognize the bcginning·s of icy of "imitatio gentili" wh:ch in Tel-Aviv speaking with him ·tiwminal illness. 'l:hcir dclllancl of C'mbocly the aims thr. uni\·01·­ about Israel and the Jewish peo­ for l'!iang·c,· often dmn,:;·e which sity. The observer conclucl<'s that ple today. not take cfl'eet till 10111-:· !Jy its actions Yl•shivn has fol'­ Mr. Ben-Gurion is well known willter they have gratluate,1 af­ l'cited its claim upon the Jew \sh for his great interest in the from this I'CC0Allition. stems aliyah Ben Gurion chatting with COl\llUENTATOR's Israeli <�01·1·espondent community. of all Jews in the dias­ The Unl\'l•rsit,v no lon,:;·er senrs pora. Knowing this, I attempted Cho\'evei Tzion Yet the mlministration pays a t111il111c runction. 'fhe solution to lead into a discussion of Zion­ explanation. "I am not a Zionist. them no heed. This is the same lies in 1·et111·11 Urn 11rin<'iplt•s ism today as compared with I am just a Jew who wants to The former Prime MinistCho-er udministra1.ion whose irrespon­ whi1•h madea it wo1·thwhilTouro College To Open This Fall; Reeeives YU Degree ·Plan Religious Studies Programs . By LENNY DAVIS will cultant to the Center for the be based on individual and TED MIRVIS capa­ Study of Moan at Notre Dame bilities, faculty evaluations, -and University. examinations by visiting A new Jewish university, Touro gradu­will ate school faculty. Tuition College, will open' September Although classified as non-sec­ be $2000 a year. 1971 in mid • town Manhattan. tarian, Touro College will require a Distinguished Faculty The college will offer programs minimum of six credit hours in liberal arts ,:md the sciences. per semesterbe in Judaic studies. The university is presently Emphasis will be placed on the Cout'ses will given in Talmud, re­ cruiting students and relevance of Jewish heritage. Chumash and Ramban, Mishniot, faculty, It already boasts many Touro College, named after Hashkafa and Jewish History. distin­ guished and well qm:1.lified Judah Touro, an American Jewish The maximum schedule25 for Jew­ teach­ ers and professors. philanthropist of post - colonial ish courses 9will be 1 hours a The Jewish studies faculty includes time, received a 12 story building week, from a.m. to p.m. evfry Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz, from the U.S. government. The d�y; a program enabling 9 to Rabbi Nachum Bulman building is located at 30 West 44 5 yeshiva students to obtain a and Rabbi Joseph Gruen­ blatt. Among the Street, off Fifth Avenue. secular staff THE are Professors Howard Adelson, In an interview with chairman of the gradu-ate pro­ Beej COMMENTATOR, Dr. Bernard gram Shaziu being awa.rdcd honorary degree. of history at City Univer­ Lander, president and founder of sity ; Isadore Danishefsky, pro­ By DAVID WOLFSON In Touro College, explained the nee- fessor of biochemistry at N.Y. 1600 his ,address, President Sha- essity of a new Jewish university.75% Medical College; Louis Heller, Over students from Ye­ zar praised Dr, Belkin and other According to Dr. Lander, vice-president of the Internation­ shiva College, Stern College and members of the administration of yeshiva high school graduates al Linguistic Society; Henry the Yeshiva high schools gath­ and faculty who were the pio- go on to secular colleges where Wolif, director of mathematics, ered to honor Zalman Shazar, neers in American Jewish educa- they often lose their reljgious­ Apollo moon project; Maurice president of the State of Israel, tion, and who built Yeshiva Uni- radical­ ncss and often become Wohlgelernter, professor of Eng­ at a special convocation in Na- versity. In his opinion, "the most ized. As a result, "Jewish youth lish, Yeshiva University, Alvin . than Lamport Auditorium on 9, 1971. fearful danger threatening com- are destroying Amerca -and them­The Radkowsky, chief scientist, Nu­ M-arch The occasion was munhies in affluent countries is an interview with Newselves.' York' In Times, clear Propulsion Division of the held to confer an honorary Doc­ ignorance of Jewishness on the Dr. Lander U.S. Bureau of Ships, Mich:iel tor of Humane Letters degree part of both masses -and intel- sdlted that "the religious apos­ Wishograd, professor of philos­ upon the Israeli leader. This was lectuals." He asked that the spir- tasy of Jewish college youth and ophy, Baruch College, Milton Preside:nt Shazar's first visit to ituul leaders in thealiyah diaspora not their Jewish professors is also Konvitz, professor of political fear that their to Israel of Jewish Yeshiva University since he was coupled with a rejection science; Jacob Halberstam, and elected in May 1963. may empty the diaspora of spir- indiffer­ cultural identity. The Elihu Kinofsky, professors of Among those who participated itual content.aliyah On the contrary, ence to Israel of a considerable YUPR economics. will inspire the p stu­ in the program were two student their pro ortion of Jewish college Dr, Bernard Lander leaders. Harvey Bennett, presi­ growth of Torah learning both dents in the late fifties and early All faculty members as well as members of the board dent of Erna Michael College in Israel and in the diaspora. sixties is now ,being transformed degree in four years may ulti- of trustees Student Council -and Naomi The entire visit was strictly int� outright hostility.'' Touro mately be instituted. are observant Orthodox Jews. And except for its chairman, Mr. Chinn, president of Stern Col­ apolitical since there was no men- College in response to this cris'is Dr. Lander assured THE COM- Eugene Hollander, all members leg�. Mr. Bennett delivered a tion of the present peace talks "has committed itself to tradi­ MEN'i'ATOR that Touro College of the board of trustees are aca­ short speech in which he tied in either by President Shazar or by tional human values" and will will not compete in any way with demicians. Touro College has the theme of Purim with the the other speakers. No personal help students "develop sound Yeshiva University. The school "considerable financial backing." present situation in the State of interviews were granted to news . values grounded in the Jewish will not grant Smic It ha; nor wiU. currently has an endowment Israel. "In both cases," said Mr. reporters sent to cover the story. , and Western Her�tagl:!,'.' it grant $5 . THE divinity student · draft · · fund of million dollars. _,. Bennett, ''the. Jews had to. face Even.• .(::qMMENTATOR YU ·orad deferments ( even if they still . an· enemy who wished fo destroy · wasto ·unsuccessful in its . attempt . Dr. Lander, a graduate of exist). The school is directed to­ the Jewish nation." Miss Chinn arrange an interview. Cam- Yeshiva University, · is a former TV wards students who would nor­ The Yeshiva College Pre­ blessed President Shazar, calling eramen sent by WoR quickly Bernard Revel Grad­ director of mally go els�where. Dr. L:m der Rabbinic Society will present him the man who symbolizes 'lthe left when they discovered that uate School. He is now an asso­ H. plans Touro College as a proto­ Mr. Joel Paul, associate past, present, and future history they would be unable to speak ciate professor of sociology at type for Jewish colleges in com­ director of YU Youth Bureau of the State of Israel." with President Shazar. Hunter College and -senior con- munities across the United States . and Rabbi Steven Dworkin, Actually, Dr. Lander stated, New former head counselor of Russians Favor Siberian Jewis'h Relo�alion; York could and should have 5 or Rubin Hall. The two men will 6 Jewish colleges; there are 35 discuss reaching Jewish youth Catholic colleges in N.50 Y. an,t youth programs in syna­ Move Viewed As Concession To Protestors The college expects· students gogues. The panel discussion -(C01itinited from, Page 1, Col. 5) 1959, its first year - freshmen and 2:45 the American Jewish Com• ism.' In any event, Jews could will take place today at sophomores only. To avoid the mittee took advantage of the no longer be certain that within p.m.-club hour-in Room 440 during which Jewish culture was "compuforized impersonality" of presence in the United States of a short period of time they, too, Furst Hall. fostered there, the period of the larger universities, the school will Soviet First . Deputy Premier would not be accused of espion­ Great Purges began. Th12 Jewish for limit future enrollment to no Anastas J. Mikoyan to express age - perhaps China.'' 750 leadership of Birobidzhan was more than students. The its concern to him. Such a forced .------charged with nationalism, Zion­ It is doubtful, Mr. Goodman school will not be coeducational, -:. resettlement of Jews they pro­ ism, and espionage, and many of , believes, "that Soviet authorities will have no dormitory, tested, would be in violation of nor will General & Specialty these leaders were imprisoned or would place Jews along this it have the conventional United Nations principles. Later, grading exiled. (Chinese) strategic border. With system. Instead, the supposedly projected large­ the school's Subsequent purges virtually the present mood of dissent "revolutionary" grading system destroyed the last vestiges of scale movement was denied by among young Jews, the Govern­ COUNSELORS Jewish culture in the area, and Soviet authorities. ment would not rest easy. What most of theis remaining Jews left. According to Mr. Goodman, it may bl:! revived, if rumors are College Juniors Today, it estimated that there is thought that the Soviet Gov­ to be taken seriously, is an ar­ are ·between 15,000 and 20,000 ernment now believes that "the tificial concept to represent a Jews in Birobidzhan, out180,000. of a restoration of some aspects of Jewish cultural alternate, useful or Higher total population of about · Jewish cuitural life would mol­ for internai and external prop­ From time to time there have lify the militant faction among aganda." Excellent camping and Jewish been indications that th,e Soviet Soviet Jews who have publicly culture program- eports-arts to • Preparation for tests required for ad­ Union wished revive the con­ demanded that form be given to I Almo mission to post,graduateschools co-educational cept of Birobidzhan as a "Jewish their national aspirations, in­ • Six and twelve sessioncourses Autonomous Region." But, ac­ cluding emigration to Israel, to Haberdasher • Small groups cording to Mr. Goodman, '.!for build Jewish lives presently de­ Voluminous study material for home * study prepared by experts in each Soviet Jews the mere mention of nied to them." 714 W. 181 St. field Good Salaries Birobidzhan, as an alternate to The American Jewish Commit­ • Lessonsche dule can be tailored to Pleasant Working Experience emigration to lifeIsrael, or to Jewish tee report does not foresee large­ meet individual needs. lessons institutional in the rest of scale emigration of Jews to can be spread over a period of Lar&-e ColJege and BIG DISCOUNTS AT several monthsto a year, or for the Soviet Union, is met with Birobidzhan. It states: "Given out of town students, a period Grad Student Staff silence, de1·isive laughter, or the history of the region, few of one week 80 MIies from New York City AL FULDA'S • Opportunity for review of past fear." Jews would volunteer to settle lessonsvia tape at the center When rumors of Soviet Gov­ there. Those who seek emigra­ Fart Ge'orge Jewelers Inc:. Special Compact * ernment intentions regarding Coursesduring tion to Israel would clearly re­ 1536 St, Nlc:halaaAve, Weekends and Intersession WRITE OR CALL Birobidzhan became current in ject any substitute 'Soviet Zion- • STERN COLLEGE CLASS of 1971 Presents Wafches-Jewelry-Giffs STANLEY H. KAPLAN EDUCTUTATIONALORING AND GUIDANCE CENTER SINCE 1938 LTD: · "YOU'RE GOOD MAN, BROWN" 1111 E•• 111h SUNI B1ooldyn, N, V,suc Ceiwi A CHARI.IE •u n Camps Repairing & Engraving c 1212) 336-5300 Tl,�ough New Auditorium Educotior sew (518) 538-4565 , 1124 Broadway Thursday, March 25 8:00 D,m. • ITANllV H, UPLAN,APflllATES 5'111111on• Philadllphle • w ...11,.,on • 011,o11 New York, New York 10010 Saturday, March 27 8:30 D,m. Thr Tu tori.., LO 8-3808 let. 186,187 St1, Schoolu,ilh th• No tianwidr Rrputolian ( 212J 725-9440 Thursday; March 25, 1971 THE COMMENTATOR PAGE FIVE Rav Lectures Student Body; Senators Evaluate Veto Power; Analyzes Contemporary Man llear Fa�ulty· Meeting Results (Continued from Page Col. r (Continued from Page Col. 7 1, 2) To ah can teach in 1, r . thisr dialec­ 4) by right have the authority to students caucus 'befo e every� tical situation since To ah itself question would have to be recon­ states that only G-ct is One, uni- r kill senate proposals. It was then meeting for the t>xpress purpose fied as "the knower, the object is dialectical. side ed at the next faculty as­ pointed out that the assembly r r r 31. of introducing new ideas, but to be known and knowledge it- In seve al ways the To ah ex­ sembly meeting of Ma ch would be able to veto an amend­ that the faculty could r not get a self." But man as the subject presses the dignity of the indi­ ment to abolish its veto. Dr. Et­ chance to do r The e was a great dealr of be­ likewise. He ex­ "knowe " cannot at the same vidual and his teleology: The Ten kin added that the steering com­ plained that hind-the-scenes maneuve ing be­ r the notion that only time be the object "to be known." Commandments were expressed fore Dl'. Tauber's decision in the mittee knew that the senate and st.udents a e interested in inno­ No genuine . self-knowledge by in the singular tense as instruc­ the faculty would overlap, and r senate. THE COMMENTATOR fac­ vatfve changes must be .forgot­ man is possible, for to pe ceive tions so granted the veto . For the tor the individuals. Man'was first questioned the dean's report . ten. Only then -will the students of oneself, one must separate r ulty to concede to the senate first c eatedr as a single individ­ that the P-N p oposal had been at realize that the faculty does not· the first point of conflict · himself from his ,body in order ual, and th oughout Jewish his­r vetoed. The minutes of the fac­ r would categorically reject an senate to confront and view himself ex- tory individuals and "crisis pe ­ ulty assembly meeting indicated be to shi k its duty. An inter­ measures. The veto r 27 r power was te nally. In effect, man must sonalities," such as Moses and change of ideas and balance of exe cised the assembly that people werer present, and r by only "objectify" himself. Cognition, Ezra, played major roles. .thus the 2/3 majo ity vote needed powe s needed, he said. twice, and both times it followed r 18, therefore, is the confrontation to veto would be while actu­ lengthy discussions and was Yet, the To ah also gives the 17 r Dr. Fleischer conter,ded that com-' "man-su r r of "man-object" and b- community great importance - ally only faculty membe s vo­ the faculty would neve app ove pletely without malice. He sum­ ject." even to subordinating the indi- ted against the proposal. The the proposal and that Mr. Jas- marized by saying that since the "Cosmic man" of Genesis I viduaI. Moses was punished dean answered that the senate r faculty members' stay at the r r for r r 1mll either p oposed it in com­ symbolizes the objective o de. of constitution equi ed only 2/3 of college is ,a losing control of the community, r voting plete innocence or else to "ex­ of a more permanent man. As creature within a uni- and Esther risked her Hfe for those faculty membe s to nature than the students', they r r acerbate relations between fac­ on ve se, "man-object" unites him- veto a proposal, he was eminded should have a strong the saker of the community. ulty and senate." The faculty, he voice all nature and the larger that the constitution reads "by proposals. self with r Othe aspects of dialectical r r maintained, has the most power observer eceiv- two-thi ds majo ity vote of its system. He is an Judalsm can be seen in the realm a r present." in the school, since it grants de­ Senator Gary Rubin _responded stimuli from the external membe s The dean sub­ ingr of halacha. While the stress in grees to students and so it alone to Dr. Dunner by claiming that sequently changed his position on r wo ld and acting thereupon with mitzvotr is to the physical and can set academic standa ds. The Mr. Jaskoll's motion was not this matter. �mpirical reason and logic. to p ecision and measurement, r r faculty is even more averse to­ motivated by evil thoughts of Man-Object some nutzvot relate to· an emo- P ofesso Silverman, the reg­ wards letting the administration the faculty's intentions when vot­ tional relationship with G-d. istrar and secretary of the fac­ set ing on senate matters, "Man-object" · and his aware- the guidelines than it is to­ r but rather ness of things -are based on two Halacha demands the empirical ulty assembly, told THE COM­ ward Jetting students set them, by a desire to imp ove the col-· and precise log•ic of the "man­ MENTATOR that he traits: openness and interrelated- feltr that even thought it is accepted that lege. He pointed out that, to An r object;" but throughout Jewish the students had no r ill ness. open man o thing con- r ight to "students a e -equipped to date, not one proposal has been r question the veto sists only of observable su face history it wasr usually the illogi­ eported by handle academic matters." Chair­ offered in the senate by a fac­ r cal an imp actical decisions of Dean Bacon. He said that and no co e; and their existence d r suchr man Kirschbaum interrupted, ulty member. And for the faculty a question could is viewed only in their interre- the "man-subject" that tookp e­ r come only f om asking Dr. Fleischer what the to give up its veto would not latedness within a system. cedent. The Sinai pledge o.f a membe of the faculty, and, faculty had done in the ,past few mean that it would lose its pow­ "Nnaseh v'nishma" - "We shall un\il that time, the veto would Rabbi Soloveitchikrr explained r r years to undo the "damage" done er, since it retained the largest that this inte elatedness is a do and (then) we shall hear" - stand. The egist ar continued voting block (eight) in the sen­ r r r r •by the administration. The Eng­ oot of modern man's c isis. l\Iod- ce tainly is not in accordance that even if he we e aware that ate. r lish mentor responded by sayingr ern man is given little value as with "man-object's" p acticality. a report sent ,by the dean to the that the question would requi e r r r a r r Several hands were raised to And rathe than logic, it was a senate we e complete fab ica­ an individual and is ated by hisa a long answe , and that it was continue discussion, and Dr. Si­ mysterious "will live" that has tion, he would follow that direc­ relation and contribution to to out of order. He concluded his mon was then recognized by the system. "Man-object" finds legit- enabled Judaism to survive. tive until it was questioned by remarks with the pithy warning, r r r chair. D . Simon asked to move through usefulness to Shabbat, according to the Rav, the faculty, rega dless of stu- T imacy only " he e is no Santa Claus." the question, but a motion to symbolizes the reconciliation of dent protests. A r the system. But man is not sat- reaction to Kirschbaum's adjou n took precedence, and the existence within a the dialectic of action and The Senate meeting moved on r isfied with r query came f om Dr. Dunner, next meeting will take place telos thought that will occur in the to its most impo tant ;business r system, and he· seeks his · who eminded the group that the today at 2:45 p.m. within himself. eschat'ological "End of Days." as Senator Jaskoll repeated the - . "M!Ul�Subj�_t'_', is .th(l a11tithesis_ In that day ,win . occur the con- amendment he had proposed at ...... , . of · "man-object." "Man-subject" ' · ciliation' · of: "man;su,bject" · and the previous meeting, to abolish' . ·Ben Gurion Stresses Aliyah is unsatisfied with sur-face obser- "man-object," cosmic man and the faculty assembly's veto power anthropocentric man, emotional over senate resolutions. He ar­ vation.r He is individualistic, my- r ste ious and remote from reality. man and reasoning man. Shabba.t gued that the stee ing commit­ And New Jewish Challenges r r actions a e based on will, p ayers testi,fy to this concilia­ tee had given the veto to the His r r (Co1itin·ued from Page .3, Col. 3) r emotion and a priori and unem- tion. In Friday night praye no faculty only fo political reasons, c eated and will not be created ,mention is made of man, and the those of the past, stay in chut'z until the Jews pirical rreasoning. and that now the senate was lcu:wet�. r r of world come Acco ding to the Rav, this ex- creation of the universe is sufficienlly "mature" to exist as Not a single one comes he e. "Whe e in the world do you and stressed. Saturday morning pray­ an independent unit. Dr. Simon, to Israel." It seemed that this see a country that istence of "man-object" r r has only se­ "man-subject" within each man er relates to one individual, a member of that committee, e­ state of affairs perturbed Mr. venteen pe cent of its people is the dialectic essence of man. Moses. Finally, we pray at Min� torted that politi'cal considera­ Ben-Gurion, for he went on to living in it? With such an cha for the unity of the individ­ say, "I would like them (Dias­ amount, we cannot yet · · ·· Teaching man how to act - as tions were dominant onlyr in say thatr ''man-subject" or '.'man object" ual and the cosmos, to be real­ granting Dr. Belkin the ight to pora Jews) to come but I don't the state is created." Ben-Gu ion - is the task of the Torah. The ized in the Messianic Era. veto, but that the faculty should think they all will. We want to summarized Israeli"memwha needs today ven­ build the country and we need in two words - Jews ....,., especiallyaliyah, the young." ctchakt" peace and inhabitance. Jews comin on he said, "Right now Senate Chairman Discusses Ideas r g we have neither," he a e not immigrants, for they be­ said. "Peace is still not attained, Regarding Fa:culty Assembly Veto long here. He went on to say that and only a small proportion of Israel is basically a Jewish coun­ Jews are occupingAs a small por­ try, and as such, all work must tion of the land." far as poli­ order, and after answering a few By MYRON KIRSCHBAUM faculty and administration mem­ r be done by Jews. tics goes, it is well known that bers or completely destroyed by final questions, I was co dially in During the last few months I Concerning assimilationr in the the former Prime Minister is have seen and heard numerous the faculty assembly. To do so, asked to leave while the faculty Galitt, Ben-Gu ion feels that at favor of returning all occupied debated and voted. Subsequently, people discussing that great I wouldr like to relate my recent the present rate, it will be dif­ land, save Jerusalem and the panacea of Yeshiva's ills, name­ expe ience at a faculty assembly one senate measure was alleged­ ficult for Jews to remain as Golan, in exchange for true ly the YC Senate. THE COM- meeting. ly vetoed; action on another mea­ Jews. He maintained that when peace. "We don't need more sure was postponed; and two r . MENTATOR coiumnists and edi­ I requested that I be "invited" r he first came1915, to the United area, he said, "the a ea we had tors as well as candidates for so that someone would be pre­ rather harmless measu es, al­ States, in every Jew spoke before the Six Day War could ready emasculated in the senate, A YCSC positions have told the sent at the meeting who was r Yiddish. few years ago, he place all the Jews in the world." were app oved. student body what they think willing and able to wholeheart­ r again visited America, and no­ Ben-Gurion repeatedly empha­ is wrong with the senate and edly defend the four senate mo­ Th ee lessonsr can be rderived ticed that the amount of Yid­ sized the need for American from this expe ience. Fi st, stu­ Jews how they would improve it. tions upr for consideration. I dish being spoken has diminished - especially the younger "Abolish the faculty assembly went ove the gist of the motions dents shouldr be allowed to fully a great deal. rThis, he says, is a - to come to Israel. "They must present .thei views to the fac­ veto;" say some. "Cut throughr and then answered pertinent r sign of the g owing assimilationr build a Jewish Palestine" and !" shout othe s. questions. In concluding, I point­ ulty befo e the assembly votes. of American Jews. The Ame i­ should prepare all that rred tape r r r themselves now the senate for ed out that a veto powe should I was able to do so only pa tial­ can Jewish youth of today, says by o ganizing activities 1970-As chai71, man of r r r r r which I have a few ideas on neve be exercised frivolously ly because no eal debating was Ben-Gu ion, is ve y diffe ent will lead to that goal. He said what is wrong with it, and these and expressed the hope that the allowed in my presence and be­ from the Jewish youth he"It knew that he sees the clay·will when all go far beyond the kind of slo­ faculty wotild not do so. Al­ cause I was muzzled the mom­ when he was in America. will Jews of the world be able r r will gan - slinging, armchai - quar­ though I felt, and some faculty ent rI beganr to advocate faculty be veryr bad," he said, specifical­ to come to Is ael - and agreed, that I had rest aint egarding the veto pow­ ly efering to inter-marriage. want terbacking we have all been sub­ membersr later r A r to. Sensing something and moder­ e . second lesson, al eady Concerning the possibility that subtle jected to of late. spoken esper ctfully inr his rremark, I asked if but known to those of us in the sen­ he We would all like the faculty ately, neve theless,r a small r some Israeli youth are stressing was efer ing to Russia. The assembly veto abolished. Unfor­ vocal group of p ofessors feltr ate, is that po tions of faculty,r theirr Jewishnessr lessr and their answer came without hesitation: ­ not tunately, the faculty has the that I was completely out of o r to mention administ ation, Is aeliness mo e, M . Ben-Gur­r "Including America," he said. power to veto the very amend­ der in deigning to instruct the a e completely opposedr to the ion stated that this is la gely a use of their veto. concept of student pa ticipation myth, adding: "The Jewish youth ment which would seek to re­ faculty on the r Europe, Summer of '71 in university decision-making. move their veto. The senate is I was called presumptuous by r is Is ael isr the best Jewish youth -, r · r $209 attempting to pass such an one professo , and anothe "whis­ The final and most impor tant in the wo ld." r r lesson concerns academic eform amendment neve theless, but in pe ed" that I was a chittzpctni1c, r The greatest challenger to Jew­ Interested? never take at Yeshiva. Immediately af­ y today, said Ben-Gu ion, is to the meantime let us analyze why and that her would Pesach, r ter the Committee on create Call Gene Fechter 565-5307 so many senate p oposals are such talk f om his students.r The (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) the state. He went on to either watered down by hostile meeting was soon resto ed to explain that the state is not ·PA�� SIX .THE CPMMENTATOR Thursday, M!lrch 25, 1971 Juniors Defeat So,phs Faculty Me.mber.s Disc.uss Issues In IntraD1ural U p,set t t At YC Student Council Meetin By DORE SCHREIHMAN he floor six straight imes and g t t e (Continued from Col. e t blow uncon es ed k1yups. A thr e P-:tgc 1, 2) On March 3 th freshmen los t e e poin play by Barry Babich and t to th seniors 49-44, Th game t working relat ionship, I have had could hest be described as cha- Tuvia Berns ein's dominance of nothing bu support from the e the boards iced the victory for de•an." otic. Fr shman Lenny Friedmen t t e t t With regard to the s uden ref­ comm n ed, "The only hing right the juniors. t t e t erendum and a change in degree about the game was the ball tha On March 15 h "paper iger t e requiremen s, Dr.e Levye was more bounced." Ther were three ma­ of '73" finally uncrumbled and outspoken: "Th id a to have t t e t roared as they rou ed the Schiff­ stud nts es ablish courses is in­ jor factors that contribu ed to t the distraught atmosphere. First, man-less seniors 60-34. The soph­ sidious, gro esque and self-de- ' t t t feating." He also said that, "the _ the game was played in he YU omores ran ou o an early 23-9 t et idea that s udents are comp ent gym which is affectionately called lead. However, the seniors got "the bole." Second, early in the (to establish courses) is ridicu­ the hot hands in the second quar- g-:ime, Larry Schiffman disloca­ lous'." - ter and trailed by only five at e D tccl his finger in a collision with t In more moderat tones, r. t he half, 27-22. 'I'he second half t t t l\forshall Keilson. This did no Levy declared hat bo h he fac-< t saw the awakening of the sophs, t exactly delight he seniors as t to t uity assembly and the enure who pulled toge her hold he e their temperament was clearly t e system ar simply "means of t t class of '72 o 12 points in th t heatecl. by he incident. Last, bu t guaran eeing academic stand­ entir half, while hey scored 33. t t t net the least wns the poor offi­ e ards." He also pointed ou ha t Zvi Greisman grabbed game scor­ t cia ing confined \Vith angry re­ t t the facul y veto must be retained ing honors wi h 20 poin s, Chuck t t actions of the teams and the t in order to pro ect he college t Levner had 17 points. For he t many spec •ators who were prr.s­ from he arbitmry or rash de­ losers Cary Sprung was high t ent. t cisions of possible fu ure "dem­ Bcej with 12 poin s. e e agogues" among stud nt leaders! Drs. Simon Fleisher, an!l Ba.con awaiting their chance to speak. Aft r Schiffman left, the se­ D , - e Concluding, r. Levy stated· niors w nt onto win by using an te t t t t that, "our vested in res s are being so spo lessly perfec , so Mr. Richard Schiffmiller hen effective collapsing_ defense that Pi t t t t t t Gamma Mu, the National in YU as an ongoing and con­ full of 'in egri y, insigh and ex­ asked the facul y members how held Lenny Friedman o four een e t t t t Social Scienc Honor Society, tinuous insti u ion •••'We' have perience,' while on he o her the faculty assembly could veto points. Cary Sprung took control e t t t e t e will be sponsoring a series of th in egri y, insight and expe­ hand, you pic ur student -initi­ or even vote on a specific mo ion of the senior offense whil Larry t e e t t alks describing curriculum perience to make changes. at d id as as being 'insidious, without first hearing the s u­ Strulowi z took over the scoring. in the e t e t D and opportunities so­ gro esque, self-d fea ing and ri­ dents' point of view. r. Levy The Sprung-Strulowitz combina­ t Mr. Sukenik then took issu t e e t cial sciences. These alks will t e e diculous!" answered hat h wholeh artedly . tion held up to give he seniors wi h Dr. Levy. H remind d him t be led by senior majors in t e t agreed .that a s udent should be the victory. t e t hat motions passed by th sen­ Dean Bacon was he next _ t t t he various departm n s and e e t t presen at facul y assembly mee ­ e ate w re pass d by "the whole speaker. He simply sta ed tha , t t The following w ek the juniors e t t should be very valuable for se1:,1te," of which the faculty "W as an ins itution are no ings to present the s uden s' won their first game in almost t t t · present and prospective social composes he largest single body. perfect." He la er added, "I jus point of view. a yeal'. They beat the "paper e t science majors. Why then, asked Mr. Sukenik M1·. Gottesman's statement e prn.y you wiH continue to be dis­ tig rs" of intramurals, he chss should a motion pass d in the t that Dean Bacon once declared These talks will be held on sa isfied." t t e e of '73, l:lythe score of 56-50. The h senate, reappear in the faculty ha h would xert influence to juniors were paced by Mark Levy successive T m'.sdays at . club e After the Dean's brief remarks,. e th t ass mbly? _ More important, why e hav e facul y implement the and Tuvia Bernstein who both hour in room 313 Furst Hall. Dr. David Fleischer laborated e should the facul_ty possess the e e veto power with regard to a spc- scored 17 points apiec . For the - e on som relevant issues. First, h . e e ECONOMICS Thursday Mar pow r to veto this motion? Mr. . cific issue posed a question to los rs Chuck Levn r was high h poitned out, . the fact that THE e . h ECONOMICS Sukenik. also rebuked t e fac­ those who stat d that faculty as­ COM-MENTATOR e man wit 19 points. ·Thursday, March 25 µl�y for their "unr_esponsive at­ can report at_ sembly m etings were free of t all, .as -bad .as they do;" is due to . The urning point of the jun- SOCIOLOGY titµ_dE?." h _ _ aclministn1ti".'e_ prt?SSUl'e, a . proposal he _ in.iself - initiated ,_ io1·-.soph .game came _at the mid­ •Thursday, ;i\pril ;1 l\1'r. ,Bei:iede� fµrther took is­ De some time •ago. He stated that he' · , �n ,Bacon rep)led that ,such dle -of the -third .quarter . .:Af-ter :P04J'.J'ICAJ.., J:lCIE.NGE' _l)ue with Dr. �.evy. He asked Qim, e e was "shocked" to see THE COM-- infl�encc .would b .exi::rt�d only trailing by t n ,points, . the sophs Thursd•::iy, April 22 "!low do yoµ l10pe to improve e MENTArOR attack the tenure. when :he -felt it was an absol_ut came , to -within -t1vo -points of the ,BSYCHoioGY .the _ dialogue between students th How-ever, h system. He did admit, however, necessity .•He added . at only junior.s. the class of Thursday, April 29 and facµlty w en on the one t e e t e e .that tenure, "allows people who wice jn th last eleven y ars did '73 h nproc eded to. come down )::•and you picture the faculty as · t J-Jestep down from his position as have de eriorated to continue . e · longer." chairman of , th faculty assem­ t e bly, -to voice his personal opinion. e Ta�ing issue wi h the stud nts' t e Fencers Post LosingS ason demands for a re-evaluation of Dean _Bacon -also s at d that D the students were not the only i}egree requirements, r. _Flei­ t t .ones to ini iate progressive pro­ scher stated tha , "I see a ma­ t e t e . jority of studen s as suff ring posals. He then proceeded o giv Bat Sabre Rips Opponents several exampJes of such _ propo­ under the.double progl'run. "As a (Continued from Page 8, Col. 3) af result, he continued, students are sals, initiated by the administra­ ly from the lack a good point. -foilman (later switching to epee) tion or faculty. t t trying to "undercut academic e ·Isaac, the mos talen ed sqµad but h�_s had trouble developing e his b lt. His junior .record was a h -standar!}s." Danny Kurtz r then spoke brief­ e member, has a good, clear under­ a solid point. ;He uses t e coupee e t good one (14-13), but h did not t tt ly on _th demise of he senate. t standilig -of he game but bas a ack ·of'.en and effectively ·and Dr. Ernest Simon was the last t t impl'ove sufficiently, and wi h e e e He argued hat certain ruly good difficulty in comp ting _success­ can parry-riposte �houl9- . the sp aker. H peclared tha,t "fac­ tougher competition his perform­ D t proJos�1ls emanating from "stu­ e fully. His intricate -and subtJe need arise. espite his aibility, .it ul y-ass�mbly me�tings are com­ 1 ure ance suffer d. Leo ended the t t t t dent cxwcuses" not met open­ t e a t t a c k s sometimes delivered $eemE?d, a times, that he simply ple ely free of adminis ra ive sease,n wi h a 15-16 r cord, giv­ . t t ly by the faculty and administra­ beautifully but his . fencil!g was coµJd not produce, as his record_ pressure."Later, he said ha f-:i.c­ ing him a winning three .year t t 1 t t t ti).le me!Ilbers of .t he senate. He oo erra ic o achieve a solid ,ip.qica es q2.13�. _He has won ul y assembly meetings should' t t total ( his sophomore record was t t continued by . saying ha .YU 2-1) of 31 wins and 30 losses. He number of victories. He closed the coach's aw_ard for epee this ,be open o · s udentse t as YCSC· e t · could never become a "vanguard is very active on th s rip, al­ the season with an 8-14 record, _ .s1::aspn a11d has_ ended his college meetings are op n o faculty t t of intellectualism" as long as his yielding a _ total of i1 wins __and 27 career with an ev.en 28 win and members. way;; mt>ving ine an ou of dis­ e continues. t?.nce while "f eling out" -his · losses for his c_ollege <;:_are r. _28 ,loss record. However, Dr. Simon did say" t t ·Dr. Fklischer agreed that opponenb;' ac ions ..He attacks Tommy .Weiss, a senjor who Neil C!1ernofsky, .µ junior-epee- _ that abolishing the faculty ve o· e e . t t -many such proposals . were sin­ w ll and when forced on the d ­ had little ex,perience ,prior to m_an -_a:nd co-captajµ,elec , began would be a _big mis ake,· because,· h . e t cere.· However, he remarked tlv1t fensive his strong parry-ripo.;te -this year, had trouble with is the year with littl experience _ among o her r-::?asons, it would be t "a e poss�bly he new sincerely pro­ usually backs him up. Unfor­ point. He -par-ried ·well wl;Jen ne- - and has _ proven . to be a very blow to the teachers mor•:tl .'' t t e t h t t gressive and idealistic s udents tuna cly, h , too, is graduating crssal'.Y.' bu coul!} not follow .up _ deliberate.fencer. He . as come to He also complained abou he t effective e t so­ in ,YU ale "dupes" for hose who and his a-bsence will also hurt with an riposte. His understam:l the ,game but often s na e becomiJ�g a "debaiing ' tt t t , simply ,want to make thi-ngs next year. a acks �vere good bµt l)_is use of lacks tl:ie drive necessary on the c_ie y" rather han a "for;,1m,i · t t t e easier. The thil'd saibre s al' er, Cap­ he fleche ,was instrumental in strip, llis .r turning -next year l'Qe ,highlight of Dr. Simqn's t achieving :!)is, 6,6 -record. _He -has ,will certainly aid . the .team and . · Mr. GeJler then spoke and re­ tain-elect Marty Knech , su-�­ t -re.mai·I,s 11ret containedt in the. t fered (l'O m his lack of experi­ been awa1·ded the coach's award -practice ,w ith ,his ,point, a_t aGks, ,followi�g .s 11temen : - '!Perh_aps jec ,�cl _the ''random . a�cusations" . h ence. He has difficulty judging for foil and. he is leaving _ the alld -p�rries s ould imp1;ove -his ,-wl}_a�!s missi�g is .partnership .•. macje by faculty members againste e t T�E .COJ,VIMENTATQR. H also the corr c distance when fenc­ 1,chool,,.., it-h a total of 7 !Wins and .present 8-14 -1'.�orc:_l. .I'Ql -.bl:1fftif!g ,you for seeing the. t t e ques ioned faculty interes in ·im­ ing •but · neverth less, uses a - 8 losses. •The • third epeeman, sophomore ll,Cl�iqistr.ati<>n aJJd faculty ,too. t p�oving YU· by poln iJJg ·out that very strong and aggressive at­ The third foilman, Irving ·Neil Weintraub, has l'eceiv.ed· his _ often _as opponents. ':Yet, }'m . �lso_ t only 28· f•lcul y members att�nd­ tack. ·His pai,ry-ripostes are ex­ (F'rotz) Friedman also -began· fir.st experience -this season and , blmni11g, ma�y of Ql.Y i;q}leagu�s e - · ,for .refe,;rh,-.g -to :tl:ie students as c!} th _l,a st m:?eting. ot t_hef�cultyvote tremely -powerful, and he quite witht littJe experience and -was · has quite-a long-way -to go··before t ·frequently uses a fleche attack qui e �n unorthodox fencer. -He -realizing his -full potential. A -:they,' _ tbc ,Q her grpup." i:issemjjly,t a.nde that wh en a even though he sometimes gets . , had . o_ , J:> taken · Ia.ter 9n; a t showed some very excellent -per­ physically strong fencer, Neil-has . W,hen .asked by -Mr. -Sukenik. e . form_ances but, u�fortu11ately, the power to win, but he lacks a 9µorurn ·wa_sn'. t even :pr 1?ent; caugh warming -. up for hthe run. · t _ -how the - attitudes of all parties ► _. .. ·His ·potential)s. clearly -t ere and those isol_ated ills �mces wer_e not good po_int and often lacks -the concerned could ·be changed,. Dr.­ ,Mr. -.Weiss -presentep c;!Pl)Giud­ finesse that fencing -requires. with diligent,.pr,actice,t his recor!l typical of · his se_ason (5-11) . Simon said -that ·YU "should be­ ing .remarks,. and after five _,min­ of 12-17 should grea ly improve Tl}e epel?m�n were led by Co­ ··However, he will return for -two come a ·pklce -where the teacher utes, in ,which several ._minor. is­ · more ye_ars af\d should prove to e next season, C£!.ptain ,;Murphy Rotl)man, a e _meets the student ete s coach's award for sabre for the against; athletes that were on the same level. 011cn admissions ha third consecutive season, a feat tipped the SC'ales against the Mighty Mites, and in the coming years No comment rare if not unequalled in Ye­ the city schools will become better ancl better. Other small 1n·ivate shiva history. colleges have a ilOJicy of limited athletic scholar!.'lhi11s, which has The start of this year's fencing displayed throughout the entire · increased their athletic potential. At Yeshiva, the administration has season found ihe Yeshiva Tau­ year and the potential that lay As a fencer, Captain Rosman done nothing, and thus "the chicken has come home to roost." bcrmen facing many problems, dormant within the foil and epee synthesizes very successfully the At Yeshiva there is no recruitment, few scholarships, and no which since then proved insur­ squads, which, unfortunately, various hand techniques he has basketball team that is worthy of the name. The Mighty Mites are mountable. Already crippled by only periodically awakened from perfected, his excellent footwork, given old ,and faded uniforms. One might say that they look like the unexpected loss of two ex­ their slumber. and keen fencing mind to pro­ hobos rather than basketball play�rs. They practice Jess than other perienced epeemen to grnduate During the . course of the year, duc� a true winner on the strip, teams and what practices they have are cut short by traveling time. · msc:ho'ol, the team was to fence the fencers had many tough He has mastered. the keys to an Thus the players are at a disadvantage. before the start of the game. a n y "scholarship" schools, -breaks, losing many of their effective and sui�tle attack, a The 1970-71 Mites had only two blue-chip players, while the r-est whose recruiting assured them matches by only a few close very strong, fast and efficient of the squad just didn't have it. Can a team like the Mighty Mites of excellent and experienced new touches. · The sabre squad fin• parry, a Jightning parry riposte, expect to compete against a well recruited, conditioned team? · fencers. Nevertheless, the team ished the season with a winning and perhaps most important an Years. ago the Mighty !\lites were able to get away through :i. began the year determined to record of 55-45. The epee and excellent -feeling for distance tie­ being in top condition and lacking good bench. However, it is win and its early victories were foil squads, suffering their con­ tween his opponent and himself. obvious that they can't get away with. the essentials now. Thus the indicative of the power it could sistent lack of a good blade He has often resorted to fencing administration has got wa.ntto make a clecislon. Do they want a basketball muster. point, necessary in beating their in the classical engarde-in-one t.eam or not'? If they a team, then It 11hould be a good team . Winning against St. Peters, opponents, followed with the position, which is also known as and not a disgrace, · the Taubermen clearly showed totals of 40-57 and 32-58 respec­ "trick fencing." A very difficult Many would answer the plea for a policy of athletic recruitment what they could do. Sabre tively. style to master, "trick fencing" that Yeshiva College is a Yeshiva first and a college second. That may cleaned up eight victories, foff In reviewing the season, the is neatly used for very sudden be true, but does the Talmud say that you .can't win, or be did the same, and epee contri­ squads can best be understood stop cuts, a point attack, and respectable? The scoffers would say that the team we have is enough. buted another four. This excel­ if one views the qualities that quick fleches to the head and However, the scoffers should go to a g4me and hear _the laughter of lence was repeated ·against Fair­ the fencers themselves displayed chest. This type