POllACll Mailer Advocates ''N.Y�C.·State'� In .Campaign Address At Yeshiva a, Pau� Pollack Mr. Mailer then presented . a viate this problem and reduce 'ten · · . Lindsay! Wagner! Procaccino! three-point plan that, he and Mr. s10ns. Mailer! Mailerf · Yes, Norman Breslin hoped, would ·ameliorate. · Mr. Breslin, who was the first M1c1iler, winner of the National this problem. First, he said, steps speaker, upstaged YCSC President Book· Award, . is a· ·candidate for would be· taken to make New York Kenny Hain. Hain, who had in . • inayor of the City of New York: City "the 51st state. He stated that vited the duo, had prepared an in He,< along with his running-mate the residents of New York, have troduction- for Mr. Mailer based columnist Jimmy Breslin, visited no great love for New York City, · on the . _novelist's B_ar Mitzv'ah Yeshiva during club hour on April• . and that upstate residents probably speech. He neglected, however, to 24, and told why they should be feh closer to Montreal. This step inform Mr. Breslin who, at the allowed to try �heir hand. at· run- · would render unnecessary the conclusion of his short speech pro• 1iing this city. mayor's constant trips to Albany in ceded, to introduce' his running search of badly needed funds to · M r. Mailer prefaced his re- . mate. Mr. Breslin- began his re- YUPR remarks with an anecdote concern- finance city programs. ( Continued on pa9e 4, column 4) Jimmy Breslin addresses student body as Norman Mailer looks on. ing ·his- ·youtl_iful experiences w_ith · The second refon� would be to the 'Talmud. "Being of an impe- rewrite th� city's charter to elim- . tuous . nat�re," he grin11ed, "I inate red-tape and chances for cor quickly deserted gemara for the ruption. Finally, as governor. of Zohar.JI. When the laughter died this new state he. would seek to · dowr he added that he has recent- have . the five boroughs become ly become curfous about what he dti'es unto themselves. Within these aGhtGtommtntator � h�d. miss�d and co�sequently has cities, townships could be drawn Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshi,Ta C�lleg.e· '_- gone through the first 17 volumes up aldng traditional community _ o� · ·Soncino's English Talmud. lines, such as Flatbush or Wash- Vol. LXIX YESHIVA· UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969 No. 8 . The articulate activist then de- ington Heights. He_ noted that one dared. that -·people in the Western of the main reasons for the com Hemisphere, · and particularly in . paratively good behavior of YU Professor Peli Attacks YU Administration · New York City have lost some- studen\5 is because they have a very thing that··is possessed by students deep-rooted sense of· culture and For University's Token· Presence In Israel at· Y:_U: ''they've lost a sense· of community, something which 0th- having an authority greater than· ers· do not hive. People in this city Qy Andrew Geller gram on April 25, Professor Pin asham'ed by their ignorance of tra themselves." New York, he stated,· have lost faith in their own en- There is at least one Israeli ed- chas Peli, ' visiting professor at ditional practices and beliefs re as the natµral capital of the world, vironment and have no sense of ucator who is not in complete _ EMC and YC, discussed the turned to Israel determined to reflects this lost feeling and also community. His plan of bringing agreement with the proposed plans planned kollel in Israel. He is dis learn and understand; But noth suffers most from the effects of the governm�nt hack to the people . for a YU "presence" in Israel. turbed that Yeshiva intehds to ing can compare to the Six Day .terhnol�gical revolution. , would do much, he felt, to alle- Speaking at an 011rg sliabbat pro� · hide its true image in Israel. It War, said professor Peli. This is import?nt for YU to come,· to "cataclysmic ev'ent" drove home to -::undergrads Celebrate lsraeli- Independence; Israel not orily with a ko/lel, but the Israelis, religious and non-re as a university as well as a ye ligious alike, their place in con · �Building Occupat_io_n' Marks Joyous Holiday shiva.· tinuity of •Jewish, History and re - · It is extremely important that ligion. Dr. Peli related that stand brew object "vo." First, we must 'the Israelis be ·exposed to the YU ing at_the Kotel Hamaaravi some · rejoice in G-d, for his miracle concept of "synthesis," or, as Dr. two hours after its liberation, he ' sp�ke to a young girl, a non-reli macJe the dav possible. And sec Peli, put it, "Torah - meeting the, ond, ,ve inu;t· r�}oice in the day challenges· of the modern world_ -' gious member of the Israeli Army. itself, because iit is indeed, a true Not · that Israel possesses no i1_1- When he asked her why she was holidar. s�itutions which combine th·e re ( Continued on· page 5, co�umn 1) Afterwards, students were pro-· ligious arid . secular · discipline; vided with an exposition of edu there is, of course, Bar Ilan Uni GertelWins Runoff cational and occupational oppor versity as well as numerous· ye Electionto Become tunaies in Israel. A discussion of shivot which also give technical Sl,enll La'am ( th'e Israeli Peace training to their students. How Editor ·of Masmid Corps) was led by Dvorah Har ever, thes'e schools are dominated Not to be outdone by Barbra kavy. Theodore Friehert spoke for by the right wing · Israeli rabbi Streisand, Katherine Hepburn and the Friends of Hebrew Univer nate and are thus unable to pro the Motion Picture Academy of sity.· Those interested in attending duce the type of Jewish leaders Arts and Sciences,. the first round an Israeli yeshiva or Machon Gold that Israel so desperat'ely needs. of elections for editor-in-chief of met with Rabbi Aryeh Julius, di As an example of this domination, Masmid ended in a tie between Professor _Peli cited•ian agreement Harvey Gertel and Jay Lewko- rector of the Torah Education \ 1 YWTI �itz. . Yom Department of the Jewish Agency. which Dr. Pinkhos Churgin had Student8 celebrate Ha'at2maut on Dancinger Campus. Unlike the Oscar, · however, l Rabbi Daniel Trapper spoke about been forced by the right wing re Y 0111 H< atzmaut, 1969, was skovics offered two parallel in the Gesher Foundation, while . ligious elements to sign before the there are not two Masmids to go highlighted at YU by the student terpretations to explain the He- ( Continued on page S, column 4) founding of Bar I_lan University. around, and the coveted post of "occupation" of Furst Hall, as re- He agreed that Bar Ilan would editor-in-chief could iiot be made por.te·d in TJ,e New York Times. not confer semicha on any of its - The memorable day, however, was Ma,ntenance· Workers Protest students, and, to insure this, all marked by more than the "occupa- Talmud classes would be co-edu .·tidn" of a building. Dancing, sing- StQ /J_ Ing • ,. n LJnlOn • N egc;,f IQ • fIOnS • cational. Therefore, Dr. Peli feels, . discussio and, most impor- ing, n_ Last. Monday, May 5th, many Joe Powper, the union organizing the revitalization of religion in Is tant, the Yom Tov spirit were the studerits found neither their beds representatives, stated that · the rael must be directed from outside order of the day. made nor their breakfast trays col purpose of the 10:30 A.M. dem the country, with a major effort Many began the· morning of the lected as the maids, porters and onstration was to. show the soli on the part of Yeshiva University, · fifth of lyar with specialSl,acl1arit cafeteria help staged a job-action darity of the employees since close its students and . alumni. services, including the ·recitation of sit-in in F024 of · Furst Hall. to 100% of them had returned Israel Bonds · hal/e[. By noon, students were be- Their aim was to obtain from the pledge cards to the union. They There -is evidence that such a , ginning , to gather on Danciger university the recognition of Union claimed that the union should im revitalization will succeed. With Campus to dance and sing. Char- Local 1199 of the Hospital Divi- mediately be given· official recogni the establishment of Israel twenty- 1:ered buses from Stern College . sion of the AFL-CIO a.., their col tion -because of the pledges and .one y·ears ago, the atheistic at added many more people, and soon lective bargaining 'agent in future since an official election, which mosphere of the early Zionists be- as with Uni · gan to. disapp«:a.r. Israelis work the campus w swarming contract negotiations with the would be run by the National I. Teitelbaum inde- L ing to save the remnants of their students celebrating Israel's · versity. abor Relations Board, would New /Ua,naid Editor Harvey Gertel pendence. This has been the first time that forestall any bargaining for an people in Europe and the Middle Speeches and Dances sue� action has been permitted at other four to six months. .. East began to search for the com into a two-man post. Therefore, a Before the program moved to Yeshiva. A New York State sta- Mr. HenryWoicik, Labor Rela mon bonds which unite all Jews run-off election was held a week . FUTSt Hall, students were privi- tute, effective since April 1st, baris tions Director for YU, addressed and which can be found on!y in later, on May 1, and Mr. Gertel leged to bear Dr. Mayer Her- the previously held right of char the employees and stated that the the Jewish religion. The religious emerged· a� victor by a slight mar• skovics speak on the significance of itable institutions, such as YU to Board of Trustees was meeting awakening continued during the gin with a vote of 121 to 100. the day� Commentingon the vers·e prevent their employees from un- that very evening to discuss the 1950's. An Israeli sports con Mr. Gertel attends Erna Mi . iia'l,ill[el "Zeh hayo,n asah hashem ionizing. matter and that this has been the tingent visiting Moscow saw a chael College and is a biology · nagil/a v'nism'cha vo," Dr. Her- Mr. Waddy Ribera and Mr. ( Continued on page 7, column 5) synagogue for the first time, and major at Yeshiva College. PAGE TWO THE COMMENT A TOR Thursday, Ma-y 8, 1969
major source of faculty critique is agreed From The Editor's Desk WlJt C!tnmmtntatnr upon by all. The faculty, realizing the need
500 West 185 Street, New York, New York 10033, LO 8-8400 for an objective analysis by its students, ap Published bl-weekly during the academic year by the pointed a committee to note the shortcom A Blessing On Your House Yeshiva College Student Council at Diana Preu Co, The views expressed In these columns are those of THE COM ings of last year's efforts and make specific MENTATOR only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion recommendations for the improvement of i.....__ .._ ____ 9y Morton l andowne ------• of the facully or the administration of Yeshiva ,College. any future curriculum evaluation. Such a re- Yeshiva College's Senate is now officially a reality. Meeting with port was issued early this semester. . student leaders last Thursday, Dr. Belkin· stated that he accepts the ·GOVERNING BOARD Polling is now under way in an attempt Senate proposal as passed by the students and faculty, "because I trust Yeshiva students. I think the Senate is a blessing to the institution." MORTON LANDOWNE to make a curriculum: evaluation available Editor-In-Chief The ;President, who was in an unusually expansive mood, then related GARY EPSTEIN BRUCE SPINOWITZ to the student body in September. We were that he had recently been asked by a prominent person what he would Associate Editor Senior Editor made aware of the fact that the polling was do if .students invaded his office. '.'lf students invaded my office,)l he RAYMOND REICH EDWARD ABRAMSON held in abeyance pending the faculty report. smiled, "since they're learning Kiddushin, I'd take out a gemara and Executive Editor Managing Edlior This consideration is commendable; however, give a shiur." KENNETH KOSLOWE NOAH BAER a target date of next fall 'is much too late * * Sports Editor Contributing Editor Dr. Alvin Schiff, head of the Department of Jewish Edu�ation MARC SICKLICK for the evaluation to serve its full purpose. BERNARD FIRESTONE at Ferkauf, spoke to an unfortunately small (less than half of Rubin Feature E:dltor News Editor A more practical time schedule for. the eval JAY RCSENBLUM DANIEL KURTZER uation's appearance should have been devised Shul) group of students last week on "Opportunities in Jewish Edu-· cation." ' Make-up Editor Copy Editor and followed.· One of the major problems which Dr" Schiff noted in his excep THE COMMENTATOR therefore proposes tionally interesting talk, was the fragmentation within Orthodox Juda� Well Done, But • • that student council resolve to · have the re ism which hinders the development and staffing of day schools. Despite · port reach each student by August so that Orthodoxy's great successes, this stands in contrast with the highly The Y om Hn' atz.mautcelebration staged fall schedules can be p�anned accordingly. structured bodies which represent Reform and Conser\'iltive Judaism, at Yeshiva on April 23 was a. proud and We have suggested this in the hope that Mr. the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the United · Syna- festive demonstration of our feelings for the Sternberg's administration will make every gogue of America. Orthodoxy's divisiveness particularly struck me a_s I was readi State of Israel. Both the Y om Ha' atz11i'au1 effort to publish a curriculum evaluation in ng the spring semester of the latest issue of the Jewish Obse,,,,er, the voice of Agudath Israel. committee and the student- body are to be 1970. The lead article, "The Orthodox Student on the College Campus," commended for their effort and enthusiasm, It seems grossly negligent for YCSC to was billed as a "startling report of a new sur.vey." This survey, which and THE COMMENTATOR can only hope that have been lax in so vital an area. Although . was based on the responses of "a �number of yeshiva and girls semi�
the Independence Day activities will become we realize that a committee chairman was nary students, attending City College in New York on· a part-time a regular feature of Yeshiva life. Further named for this project, the ultimate onus for basis," attempted to analyze the dangers facing the Orthodox student more, the individual sessions on aliyah and its lateness must be placed ori the council ad on the secular campus. ( A much better job is don� by, Menacllem work a_nd study in Israel were highly infor ministration. THE COMMENTATOR hopes that Greenberg in the current issue of /ewish Life), The article concludes mative affairswhich served to illuminate vari so vital an undertaking will not be allowed to with . the words: "Is it really possible to provide adequa;te preparation become the victim of incompetance in the in the light of ·the present campus situation? Or· must 'colleges be rule� ous aspects of Israeli opportunities for a out for the Orthodox youngsters at this juncture? Are there alter substantial number of students. future. natives that. can be . explored, such as New York State examinations However, THE COMMENTATOR believes that carry' college credits?" that the morning hours of Y om Ha' atzmaut "New York State examinations!!!" What about Yeshiva Univer c-ould have been spent' much more construc Exemplar Activity sity??? But the article never ·mentions the alternative of YU, and by , tively, especially since these hours replaced that omission, the conclusion can be drawn that the editors of the Jewish the normal Jewish studies program. Actual. This afternoon the Political Science De Observer would prefer equivalency exams to historic• Washington events did not begin until two o'clock in the partment has scheduled a meeting of all Heights or bustling 35th Street. Well, so be it. Yeshiva • University afternoon, and most students used the morn majors to discuss curriculum changes and de may not have the support of the enti�e· Orthodox community, but it is · its firiest standard hearer. ing for study or sleep. THE COM MENTATOR partment.al reform. The idea simply is to include studei:its in the process of moderniza For this reason, Dr. Schiff pointed �ut, YU-its teachers and suggests that next year a more intensive cel graduates-must assume the leadership of American Jewish education, ebration be planned, including ·an early tion - not only in a passive manner, but in primarily in the day and high schools, and secondarily in the Talmud morningminyan and, possibly, a convocation the actual !11ethod of proposing a�d voting Torahs. However, Dr. Schiff's plea was mainly directed at persuading or symposium. In this way, and only in this on reforms, students to go into chinuch. If he, and Rabbi Rabinowitz in EMC way, can we justify the cancel1ing of religious We commend Dr. Ruth Bevan, chair are su,ccessful,- then the future is promising. But for the present, YU division classes. man of the department, for her farsighted must take the lead, through such organizations as Torah U'mesorah ness in this matter. Undoubtedly, not only and the Jewish Education Committee, in formulating curriculums and will studeqt power demands be satiStfied by innovative teaching methods, and by providing more in-service courses .. for current teachers (a la Belfer). Haindled With Care? such a forum, but better coordination will * * * result and thus encourage a stronger acad The recent pronouncement by Dr. Belkin ordering the dosing . In a year when the Y eshiv,a College fac- emic atmosphere in that field. of the Belfer building on. shabbat was . viewed by one administration 1 ulty tmbjects itself to such scrupulous intro We urge other departmental chairmen spokesman as having "pu� out the fire." But that really isn't the case, spection and lays ,itself bare before the sound to follow the example set by the Political and unless some m9re constructive . action is taken, the problem will ings of a Middle States contingent, it seem�• Science Department (Sociology · has already continue to persist. criminal for the student body not to have done so ) . No one can deny that YC sore.ly Belfer's massive existence on our campus. is a reality, and debates exercised its main vehicle of faculty ap needs academic reform and departmental re concerning that problem are strictly academic. However, if Dr. Belkin's structure. What is needed, however, in im order is enforced, Dr. Irving Horowitz, associate professor of chemistry praisal, a curriculum evalr L, ion. · at Belfer, asserts that "the future growth of experimental science would Although last year's revival of the eval- • plemen�ing change is a strong voice by those be greatly curtailed." It , is hard to believe the administration would uation left much to be desired in respect to most concerned with course offerings - the allo·w this to happen. its rigor and phraseology, its necessity as a students. So, granting the reality and complexity of the pr�blem-there is even some work in YC laboratories that requires daily supervision -what is needed is a thorough study of the halachic issues involved in this type of research. It goes without saying that such a compre- · hensive study should have been undertaken before Belfer was even Letters To The Editor established, but this is no reason for any further delay in creatively confronting this sensitive situation, To the Editor: come a scandal to serve the smut might improve and progress. * * * The editors of the recent edi- intentions of a few, ingrate stu While no personal vituperations The problems of the residence halls, which were editorially dis tion of Pulse (Vol. II, No. 4) dents? Pulse has consistently and of any type are intended, in our cussed on April 24, were spotlighted again last 'week at a series of saw fit to commemorate, of all ·the unwarrantably strived to smear society, seeking a definition of floor meetings convened by Rabbi Cheifetz to discuss the continuing special dates in Yeshiva's history, our University and its revered death, when the heart has stopped inadequacies. The director, assisted by the Dorm Committee has com the ninth �nniversary of ,the president. No, Pulse/ Rabbi Bel-, pulsating, and the brain has stop piled a floor-by-floor evaluat ior of dormitory problems, including the "Graduate School of Education I kin does not want a scandal. No ped functioning rationally, it is recommendation of many of the improvements mentioned iii THE CoM Scandal." Anyone reading the ar- one, with any sense of decency and time for the Pulse to stop beating. MENTATOR editorial. . tide, available "in our own li- respect, could accuse him of this, Daniel Kramer '70 These recommendations have been submitted to Rabbi Miller and brary," would plainly see that a as well as complications in the Mr. Blazer. Rabbi Cheifetz now views his position as being akin to new school, subject to the expected murder of Biafran children (first To Cat�h A Thief the proverbial gadfly in attempting to open the proverbial purse stringB growing pains, can understandably two editions of Pulse), among To the Editor : and effect some of the improvements. As one can imagine, any of, the experience s�me difficulties which many other accusations. The fact Everyone is proud of the new renovations, be it soundproofing, new beds, or adequate desks, entail a could only serve as a lesson for the that we are able to attend this library building. Moving into • a huge expenditure, but it is hoped that Rabbi Cheifetz is successful in future. Does Pulse. feel that that yeshivah is testimony to the tre new building poses many prob prying funds loose from the administratipn as it looks like it will be which all the interested parties mendous mesirat nefes/1 exerted by lems, and I beli'eve it is the gen a number of years before a new dormitory can be built. Now that the copsidered with the best of inten- Dr. Belkin so that the Jewish, eral consensus of opinion, that as Senate has been achieved, student support must mass behind an attempt . tions and regard can suddenly be- general and academic communities ( Continued on page 9, column 1) to improve and expand our facilities. 'Thursday, May 8, 1969 THE COMMENTATOR PAGE THREE ,------From the Baer's. Lair ------t Israeli 1-'e?,ders Speak At Holocaust Memorial; -YU "/s_·A/ive And Say Awareness ,Of Our Foes Is·,A Necessity Well In Argentina- By �oseph Telushkln uable glass. If the joy of marriage hope that we become conscious of The twenty-s'eventh of Nisa1z must be so mitigated, certainly our obligation to remember, and ...... ,�-----�------By Noah Baer·-----..J ( ·, ,'I < anniversary of th'e Warsaw must the joy of a state created that having been spared death we This is the issue of CoMMEN- pared to others? 'Eh. You win Ghetto uprising) serves as the an while there are yet those with th·e learn to utilize life. TA'J,'OR that tries men's souls - the some and you lose some, and all nual commemoration in Israel of numbers of the concentration A number of speakers then .ad last one of. this year's governing things considered, the rivers still the Holocaust. It is significant that camps etched on their arms. dressed the audience, among them board is a nostalgic stroll down flow down to the sea, and the sea this solemn occasion falls in such The major memorial this year members of th'e Knesset, the pro memory lane. Next issue, as a re- , is still not filled. Student Senate close proximity to the celebration was to be h'eld at the Mountain of secutor at the Eichma�n trial, compense for putting in a year's notwithstanding, this · year con of the Declaration of the Stafe Remembrance at Y ad Vashem ( the Gideon Hausner and the Prime t work, past newspaper editors and , tained 12 months and ,I have it ( the 5th of lyar), for �hile i institution created by the govern Minisfer. The messages essentially coun�il presidents will present col- would be theologically vulgar to ' on good authority that next year ment to conduct research and pub were a simple oath of eternal fidel UIT)ns of •print telling us what a acco�nt for one by the other, it licize the nature and 'effects of the will contain the same. . ity to the memory of the dead and W9r:iderful year we have just com- would nevertheless be naive not Holocaust ) but rain caused th'e a recognition that future survival plet,ed. Next year's officers will in- Due to the fact ti1at I have now to observe the obvious interrela procedings to be transferred to the of the Jewish people is condition dulge themselves overindulged myself, l have de lzalaclza in telling us what tionships. In any case, the binyanei lzauma, the main hall in ed on the ability to discern the an action packed, full screen, tech- cided to make this copy of COM does provide a suggestive precedent, Jerusalem. The building was more Nazi threat, whether it emanates nicolor year we can expect. Isn't MIE lighter by cutting my column in its elaboration of the necessity than filled with an ov'erflow crowd from Berlin or Fatah ; for what short. Maybe, I will be remember� life wonderful? to temper the great joy of mar of 3000, and the meeting was at characterize4 Nazism is not a na e -How does this y ar rate com- ed fondly. riage by the shattering of a val- tended by Prime Minister Golda tionality but an ideology that de In My Opinion Meir and, President Zalman Sha sires to destroy the Jewish people. zar. ' Meir- bitterly recalled the lonely What I can offer is not an ob- moments two years ago when "we jective reportorial account of what ran from friend to friend, not to transpired, but rath'er just a few ask for anyone to fight for us, but If Not, • • • subjective remembrances of an ex- to save us from the need to fight ceedingly moving experience. but to no avail, for we were Solemn Remembrance alone." And she went on to speak of a "partn'er" that suddenly ap- •------By Daniel Kurtzer ______, The meeting open'ed with a sort · of combination declaration-prayer peared after our victory to encour It has become fashionable re wonder whether that assertion 1s in our heritage and make-up, it is asserting that "by the will of the age us to accept a peace that would cently on college campuses to in correct. argue�, that prevents us from de President of Israel, by the will of endanger Jewish lives, which un vade administrative offices in the Could YC-SCW students ever stroying the basis of authority - the Jewish people both in Israel fortunately seemed to be valued desire for university reform. strike. ever invade, ever destroy perhaps the term is derech ere(z, and th'e diaspora, we are uniting only by Jews. Th'e world has Cliches fly back and forth and is the university? Most of us would respect and/or deference. ourselves with their memory." The learned and gained little from the sues become pawns in the hands of answer yes to the first point, no Let us analyze, then, this factor declaration-prayer went on to enu- slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews. those seeking different ends - to the others. A strike could . be of derecli eretz that prevents us merate the details.of the Slwa, and From Remembrance to Redemption usually a total restructuring or to legitimized by an honest desire for from seriously challenging estab of our •everlasting resolution to An army chorus sang Ani Ma-. tal. destruction of the university. peaceful reform - just to shake lished authority. I wonder how far rem'ember the Jews and righteous anim and Eli Eli, and the begin At Yeshiva· we all hide smugly be the authorities from the lethargy we can stretch this axiom while gentiles of that period. That it was ning of Ezekiel 47, describing the hin,d "It can't happen here;" I of inaction. B�t there is something enduring abuse. · If we feel literally a declaration is obvious, but I call prophet's experiences in the vallev that derech eretz takes precedence it also a prayer, for the· quavering of bones, was read. On stage· w;s Alumni Find YU Favorable over Torah, and if we feel that voice of the reader conveyed the ( Continued on page s, colu1111Z 2) Torah represents ou� essence, then On the Alsle the answer to that question is - Despite · Inferior• Guidance "interminably." If, however, we feel that dereclz eretz must work Editor's Note : Tlte following re Linn P. ans. Dramatics' Club experience. Thus, 70 % of the re along with Torah, then ultimately port was prepared for Dean Bacon, spondents felt that Yeshiva Col we can reach a pointwhere derec/1 in -preparation for the Middle lege had adequately 'prepared them eretz will be sacrificed for dif In · Their One-Act Renditions Siates visit, by Dr. Manny Stern for graduate study, and 82% felt As its second offering during way ride downtown, the overhead ferent ends. - in this case, the up !icht of the psychology departmmt. that their general knowledge com rooting of authority. the current academic year, the Ye of the company is kept low. This In 'an attempt to gain an under pared favorably with that of the Leaving this area of legal im shiva College Dramatics Society leaves the matter of the scripts as standing of the phenomenology of other students in their graduat'e plications, into which I am incap presented three one-act plays be topmost priority. the Yeshiva Col_lege exp'erience to classe.s. Sixty-seven percent felt able of delving, · let us return to ginning oti the evening of March Apparently, Mr. .Beukas, for its students, an intensive survey that .the teaching at Yeshiva Col the issue at hand. Practically, we this presentation, made the deci questionnaire was mailed to all of lege compared favorably with that find solace in the fact that almost A,:ia da Capo by Edna St. sion to showcase his boys, a gra those individuals who had grad which they had encountered since everything we have asked for we Vinc�nt Millay, The Dwarfs cious acknowledgment to therri for u�ied from Yeshiva College be grad�ation. With a full aware have received ( e.g. unlimited cuts by Harold Pinter, The lndiart their hard work in the fall sem'es-. Wa His tlae Broflx by Israel tween the years 1962 .. 196 7, incl u ness of the strengths and weak and a Senate). The problem now ter. But this attractive display un is, perhaps we haven't asked for Horovitz. Presented by the sive. Of 816 questionnaires that nesses of Ye�hiva College, a wide Yeshiva College Dramatics hinged the tightly packed box of the right things. Perhaps our re were mailed out, a total of 171 majority of 63 % would send their Society. the original scripts. How many in replies were received, making for quests have been so close to what the audience were aware of the ·children to Yeshiva College, with a return rate of 21 %, No pro might have been implemented identity crisis in Pinter's play, or an additional 13 % being uncer visions were made for any addi . without our requesting, that we 22. The three casts performed con that Jo·ey and Murph, Jewish and tain. tional follow-up. have received a minimum of op fidently and without self-conscious Irish loaf.ers looking for an easy In an attempt to make these General expressions of approv . position to the implementation of ness. Mr. Anthony Beukas, of the roll, combined traditioniil wits ( Continued on page, col�mn ( Continued on page 6, colt111m 4) findings as objective as possible, 8, 4) Speech Department, was wise to and brawn to make Gotham un the d;ita was scored and interpret experiment and cast his now ex safe even for their own kind ? The ed bv a staff ilide who was naive perienced group in completely dif fragile lines so delicately evoked as t� the function and purpose of ferent roles from those of their by the pastoral names of the play the study. 'earlier success, Billy Budd. Wheth 'ers in Aria da Capo are hardlv to · Of the total group that respond er as idyllic pastoral types, mid be expected to come from �nee ed, 53 % had already obtain'ed at dle-class neufotics or hoofing New lusty whalermen. least one fellowship in their grad York hoodlums, the members of But this is not meant to be at uate study. The breakdown of the the Society demonstrated the tech all unkind. The audience - at group in terms of major area of nical finish to which they had be'en least my family and our friends undergraduate study was similar brought and the versatility they and colleagues - enjoyed them to the currently existing patt'erns. have achieved. For these they are selves immensely and for the right to A wide range of graduate schools he applauded. reasons. But the consensus was attended was represented, with The on�-act play has alw_ays that the thre·e "one-acters" did not the Ivy League institutions being b'een a favorite of what may to really approach Billy Budd in in . overly represented. day be called "instant theatre." terest and intensity, Having al Positive View The compact unit, contained with ready shown consummate skill in Notwithstanding some specific in the narrow limits of curtain-up reducing cosmological abstractions and curtain-down, can be cast and to understandable earthbound real criticisms and suggestions for im I. Teitelbaum rehearsed in independent isolation. ities, the Dramatics Society should provements, the overall impressio!1 Taking advantage of the summer weather which has engulfed New York that one gains from this · study 1s City, YU students have suddenly discovered that their "campus" is good With eager hands at· th'e carpen capitalize on its uncommon talents that the alumni have a very posi for something - and in most cases that "somethingn is just plain try bench and grease pots, and and soon give us another evening tive--view of their und'ergraduate doing nothing, the theatrical costumer only a sub- of unified ·experience. PAGE FOUR THE COMMENTATOR Thursday, May 8, 1969 Compendium Analyzes Traditional View To Race For The ·Mayoralty On Psychiatry And Religious Observance To Race For The Mayorality ( Cqntinued from page 1, column 3) the city, that New . York is dying. THE COMMENTATOR is again physical illness can necessitat�. In his religion, the hospital should of marks by asking "What am I do- The reason he had come to Ye- privileged to be able to present grave psychiatric cases, for ex fer full cooperation in enabling the . ing here ?" He promptly answered shiva, he added, was to how some excerpts from an important ample, Sabbath or dietary laws are patient to observe the tenets of his see his own question by stating in a students at the metropolitan uni new work entitled A Hospital modified for the benefit of the faith. style which is a cross between Ed- versities reacted to his candidacy Compendium - d guide to Jew patient. Similarly, · interruption of Attitudes toward procedures war� R. Murrow and Bru"no Sa�- because "anything that starts today ish moral and religious principles pregnancy may be sanctioned to which may have to be done on the martino, that most people don t either starts from these. kids or .it in hospital practice, which has been save the mother, whether the Sabbath should follow the gµide isn't going · to start." And, while published by the Federation of · threat to her life is caused by lines set forth for other medical the cities are dyini, the Nixon ad Jewish Philanthropies. The Com physical factors or by mental dis . procedures. Where the patient ob ministration is biding time trying pendium has been compiled by a turbances resulting from her con jects to a procedure, it shoulp only to fab.ricate a Mafia scare. �'The committee· of rabbis and physicians tinued pregnancy. As with physical be done if there is a great danger only Mafia groups I've ever seen," in response . to a demand by many illness, rabbinical advice should al to health. The rabbi can be a great Breslin emphasized, "are a group patients and hospital administra ways be obtained and integrated help in interpreting the need for of tw�nty guys and a man ·named tors for some authoritative guid into the opinion or -advice to family treatment to both family and Sidney who counts." ance on Jewish teachings related and patient when requested. patient. In general, psychotherapy Mayor Maller? to medical theory ' and practice. The welfare of the individual may be done on the Sabbath when The Compendium was written never conflicts with the dictates of deemed necessary . since it may re During the question and answer and edited liy Rabbi Dr. Moses the religion. ,vhere religious ob .lieve tension and is essentially ver period, Mr. Mailer was asked if D. Tend/er, chairman of the De servance is intimately bound up bal. he would use his office as g�ernor partme,zt of Biology at YC and a with the welfare of the individual, In situations where the patient of the State of New York City as Rosh Yeshiva uz RIETS. In this both take precedence over the con requests the counsel of a rabbi, an a stepping stone to the presidency. excerpt we present the Compen venience of the hospital. Mind and attempt should be made to enable ' He replied that he was inte.rested dium's chapter on "psychiatry." body are not a duality but a well the patient to talk with a rabbi of . only in doing a good job for New We wish to thank Rabbi Isaac N. integrated unit constantly reacting his choice. Yet it is recognized that York City, and that he knew he Trainin, director of Synagogue to intemal a;1d external stresses. In a patient in a hospital is a sick in never should have "come into a Relations of the-Federation for his those illnesses which are primarily dividual and the ultimate responsi- room where there are 500 Jewish kind permission to reprint _this emotional in their manifestations .. bility ·is a medical one, and there- • . YUPR kups." chapter. and genesis, conflict is greatest. fore the rabbi should maintain Mayoral candidute Norman Maller . •When asked what Yeshiva stu PSYCHIATRY While the psychiatrist aims at re liaison with the attending psychia- know what New York is ; that all dents could do to aid his· campaign, The Jewish attitude does not ducing this · conflict, he must be trist. most people see is a pretty skyline he stated that they could · help at distinguish between mental and careful not . to · add to the conffiat Special aspects of Judaism's at- and office buildings. In actuality, his headquarters.on Columbus Cir physical illness. The hazards creat by super-imposing his own values. titude to psychiatric illness also he stated, New York is a· city of cle and that they could address ed by mental illnc!ss may necessitate Where it is important to the exist, without correlates inthe area small neighborhoods, and it is pre- Jewish groups. He said that he . in these realized that some rabbis might ob all the religious concessions which patient to observe the precepts of . Continued on page 8, column 2) cisely areas, the body of ject to him, a bad man, who had been married four times and had stabbed his wife· (she didn't press OcCupies Buildings Now, Not Minds charges). However, with a broad SDS smile he said that he knows that · By .lo1eph lapl111 were discontinued ; finals were up_. They had no control over the dents was forgotten. A real · uni it says sQmewhere in the gemara. Joseph Kaplan, a 1968 YC grad set. Columbia was, for ·aH prac- rest of the student 'body. Most of versity Senate was set up; ROTC ( "you can tell me which ' Rabbi uate,' is a student at Columbia tical purposes, shut down. their demands were • ,'i>viously a seemed finished; more Negroes said it") that "yes, he's a bad man Lav.J School. They tried again this year, using sham, ridiculous 'ever to some ( and Blacks) were admitted ; the and a sinner, but when he sins he · · An analysis of the student pro similar tactics. It was another year members of the movei.aent. They gym would not be built in the park has a gleam in his eye:" · . . tests this year leads one to a num of demands, leaflets, armbands, could not get the students con and a new look was l?eing taken . Prior to the ' lecture he toured- ber of conclusions: many students sundial rallies, Low Plaza meet cerned with vacant apartments and . concerning expilnsion. Changes the campus and amon.g other things and youth are dissatisfied with so ings, dema9ds, sit-ins, red flags, open admissions as thtr were ex were taking place and restructur stated that "the library sets archi ciety ; cops are still as violent and demands, strikes, demand�, libera cited last year over the gym and ing beginning. tecture back 30 years." He had brutal as before!; legislators still tion, demands, demands, demands IDA. The only plausible ones this, And with the changes came dis- nothing but praise, however, for ' react irrationally and stupidly in year dealt with the war, and some the · Main Building, especially -all, non-negotiable. The tactics 1cussion. Kirk was there no longer, student of ; those were being worked on by Lamport Auditorium. connection with youth and were similar, but it didn't work · ( Continued oti page 7, column 3). protests ; picket lines are out and this, time. They failed. At Colum the administration. The demands occupation and "!iberation''. are_ in bia this spring the movement and were only a· cover. SDS didn't Pre1ldent•Elac1 Speaks and at Columbia, Spring 1969 is not the administration had its back, want to ''open it up, or -shut it not Spring 1968. up against the wall. down." They wanted only the lat Last year it was al,l Columbia. It happened last week after SDS ter but the majority of students Questionnaire To Aid Senate Everywhere you looked or listen took over two buildings. That part did not. The hard core controlled ·ed, whether it was the front page was easy. All that had to be done ( and unnecessarily damaged) two In Seeking Academic Reform. the Times or Newsweek, arti buildings, but tb e moderates and of was push out a few students .and · By Richard Sternberg · best method for bridging any in- cles in all the magazines and col conservatives controlled the mood faculty and it was theirs. True, We at 'Yeshiva are concerned formation gap. For this reason I umns, Daily News editorials, TV on campus. _ there was unnecessary student bru because the quality of education have asked two students to help and radio or rabbi's sennons, th'e tality against. faculty and some They couldn't even control has deteriorated over the years due prepare such a survey. Once your Columbia rebels were prominent. intra-student scuffling, but when their own movement. Other groups to the indifference of the admin-· responses and suggestions . have And they were successful. The such as SRU which were more istratio:0 and its failure to main- been tabulated we will have at our school needed strong police protec that subsided the radicals were in moderate took away some of SDS's • tain any sort of accountability on disposal the statistical evidence to �ion ; most students·- were against control. That is, iri control of the support, and those who remained . the part of the teaching std[ With acquaint the senators with student the administration ; the heroes of buildings. Unfortunately for them, were split by' disagreement over the _advent of student-faculty par- sentiment on these issues. Your the day were the rebels; classes th.at was all they controlled. tactics and dissension. When they tidpation in the administrative de-. completion of the questionnaire started calling each other racists, cision-making process at Yeshiva, will give our representatives a: def th� end was in sight. progress toward securing student inite advantage in terms of the Most important, the administra- goals has begun. , legitimacy of their demands. tion was in control during the cri- The establishment of a College The survey will be distributed sis. A restraining order had been Senate affords the student body on May 11th and 12th uttd will issued previously, and thu� all oc- an opportunity to participate in consist' of three parts. Amc1ng the cupiers were in contempt of court. decisions · that will advance the areas covered are: required cours There could be no plea of amnesty educational process. We are suf- es, Jewish studies, new majors, to Columbia because it was in the ficiently responsible and capable P-F, P-N, prerequisites and stu hands of the court, and the court to in�ure .the success of this effort. dent-faculty relations. Two tables. was not apt to be lenient as the However, we must fully under- will be set up in the Furst Hall protesters knew well. The admin- stand that the prospect for eliec- lobby between 12 P.M. and 5 istration would have no say ; they �ve impleme�tation of our objec- P.M. on May 12th and 13th, to would not have to call in the cops. taves necessitates a far greater • receive your compI e t e d ques tion- It was out of their hands. They commitment than just the estab- naires. h ad been reasonable ; they had lis- lishment of a Sel)ate, The importance of this study in teiled ur d ing the year and they Those who represent us on the were moving. The movement, it Senate must be acquainted with aiding Student Council and the is true, was slow, and at times al- student sentiment on all pressing Senate is ;_,ovious. A strong stu� dent response will help us achieve Mr. Benjamin Gotte11man CUIII the ribbon at the library dedication, 811 most imperceptible, but it was . issues. � thorough and scientific- Dr, Belkin and Dr, Duker l�k on.- there. Last year's deafness to stu- ally executed questionnaire is the , success. Thursday, May .a, W69 THE COMMENTATOR PAGE FIVE Pe.Ii Criticizes Yeshiva Emotion.al Services Show Commitment Pre-Me1 st0dents For Stressing Science • · · ·· · · ·• To Puhhsh Journal Instead Of Humanities . Of Israeli People Toward Future S1,1rv1val · Of Scholarly Work S S (C nt ued from ag 3, l m ) young generati�n realized that is nothing radical in this noti n (Continued from page 1, column ) : Ot i,11 h ° i s o Dr. Saul Wischnitzer has an- par a quote Y e Baa hem e e ' . t J ·' • e • cry· 1•ng the gi'rl respo,1ded . "I feel th y w re fighting not onlv for to Jews it is interesting that th nounce d t h e fort h coming pu bl tea-' T o th a t "'It is· ·m em b ance . ' e as if I had been standing on this . . th'e1� homeland, but also _for th non-Jewish world is also coming e th ; there is th e sec1 e: o t� e ;emp- tion of "YU-Premed," th journal wall two thpusand years ago as destiny of the whole J�wish peo- to r'ecognize the legitimacy of Is- of the New York Zeta Chapter e e · tio�1." pie. In any Israel-diaspora J rusalem burn d. I 1umped off case re- rael's representation, which was o f AI P h a Epsi . 1 on D eI t a, ye sh' Iv a •s· Six candles were then lit by • • e · latwns s1�ce th e war s em _to b· e dramatically expre�sed by the ex- and have been running for two former inmates of concentration Premedical Honor Society. thousand years ; just now I have characterized by a more friendly pected world r eaction that furth- . . . camps and ghettos. The six men 'I'h'is 1ss. w1 11 b e d e d' c e d I . e and positive approach than b'efore er Baghdad hangings of Ira- come home." The Israeli r ligious had been on stage throughout th'e n1emory o tb . l\ie e �ttas a � establishm'ent, set in its ways and it, and though it's be en suggested qui Jews would bring Israeli re- r I, r �· i � evening projecting a dignified im- . . · . . Dr. Samue I S o Iov'etc h1 k . t w1 ll l 11 • t h at some I srae 1·1 you th can I'd en- pnsa, 1 s. mpI 1.1c1t 111 t h1s mterna- ·ns-ensi 'ti've to the on r e }'g'I wus Is• age so that 1' t was w1'th a feel1'11g co11tain four summer research re- ' tify only with persecuted Jewrys, tional assumption was th·e thought of unreality that one heard it an- ports by graduating seniors, an this would still account for a pos- that Israel is the g•Jardian of the article about the YC Premed-Pre nounced "So and so from Dachau itive reeva I uation of th e Holo- Jewish people in the present, and · · · from Warsaw · from dcnt Advisory Program by Dr. · · caust victims. And thus Martyr's it would logically be the historical Aushwitz." That from these halls Wischnitzer, and an article about Day has becom·e a fully recognized guardian of the Jewish people Qf m'en might have 'elldured to be the new medical ·education pro event in the Israeli calendar. the past. Or as a Davar editorial honored by the heads of a Jewish gram at AECOM by a premed is suggested is that Is- on Y0111 Haslz oa expressed, "Mar statc struck many in the audience What junior. In addition, honor is be rael is the specific representative tyrs Day reminds us that Israel 's as miraculous and I do not exager- ing given to the Premed of the of al Jewish existence is the only guarantee that ate, for I heard the intake of l people, and charg'ed Year, Robert Galbut, and the with the obligation to commem Jews will never again remain , breath at the m'ention of each Alumnus of the Year, Dr.' David orate their. existence While there defenseless." camp. . lVI aeir. Chief Rabbi Unterman recited Independent Commentary Tire journal will contain a list kaddish and the audience together of the senior premed and predent sang the "Song of the Partisans," graduates and the professional in which the refrain "Do not say Writers Present Major Issues schooJ,, which they will be attend this is my last road that the light int well as an extensive sec of the day is oblit'erated by the For Deliberation By Senate tion d'ealing with alumni news. clouds . . . though from our sides By Alan Zaltchlk an� ally soluble problems. Though ser Finally, it will include a listing they fire upon us : We arc here." WIiiiam Gewir!, ious in nature, these problems are of the Society's members of the And then Hatikva was sung. Many of the issues which we of dubious priority. classes of 1970 and 1971. e Issues, however, are of primary Professor Pinchas Peli This was such a mom nt, for the raised in our frenzied write-in Dr. Wischnitzer has been serv importance. Inevitably, student, combined effect of thinking about campaign received neither full ing as advisor for this project. The raeli population, cannot capitalize e faculty and administration inter an infinite number of murder d clarification nor proper amplifica editor is Howard Klein and his ests and rights will conflict. We on this religious revival. The wall mutiliated Jews, in the midst of tion, owing to the frantic nature assistants are David Diamond and between dati and lo-dati will be faced both with internal in Israel a vibrant Jewish state, was so and the tactical realities of the Robert Galbut, Publication of th'e can be bre conflicts within the undergraduate ached only by th'c forces powerful, as to make it impos campaign. Inasmuch as these is Journal, which will be done by an of synthesis, perhaps YU. e college between the various power sible for it to go unnoticed. Th sues are both pressing and com outside printer with funds provid Emphasizes Humanities e groups, and with conflicts which pent-up motion by those who plex, they now deserve a more ed by the Society, will be a sig Professor Peli does e . will focus on the relationship of not b'e couldn't cry was xpress·ed in a comprehensive treatment. This nificant addition to the program lieve, however, that Yeshiva itself e the undergraduate college to the sort of d sperate singing, and by sesquipedalian discussion is owed of extra-curricular activiti'es. It has achieved its much publiciz'cd university community at large. It those who couldn't sing in crying. the student body as a political should serve to stimulate students goal of synthesis. At YU there is Hatikva was in response to the former, the At the conclusion of the debt. The enthusiastic response of to do summer research and also too much emphasis placed upon e e issues internal to the college, that m eting was adjourned. students pr sents a clear directive If to further the liaison between YC the sciences and not enough upon The Holocaust Reevaluated all student representatives to the Senate was created. during to e students and alumni who are now the humanities. \Vhile forty years Whereas during the Eichmann deal with what we have labeled our campaign w did not devote ( 011 7, physicians and dentists. ago, at Yeshiva College's incep trial much notoriety was given to university issues. We hope this es Continued page column 1) tion, it was necessary to prove that the view that th'ere existed vast say will constructively aid next one could be both a scientist and a Sabra shame at the lack of Jewish year's effort. Jo Amar Highlights Festival; religiously-committed Jew, this is resistance to the N az1s, the past Problems And Issues no longer the ca�·c. Instead, today years seem to have caused a gen We must first distinguish be rSinging Lasts All Afternoon it is more important to educate eral reevaluation by young Is tween problems and issues - a students in the J cwish approach raelis in their attitude to the distinction which we emphasized to literature, sociology, theology, Holocaust. There has been an in during the campaign. "Problems" and philosophy. Yeshiva should creased number of documents and are those difficulties which, though produce leaders not only of the works published indicating consid serious, are neither points of con sci'entific cause but also of the erably greater Jewish resistance tention nor topics for argy-bargy ; Jewish cause. than had been previously thought overcrowded dormitories, an ill Commenting on his first Shab took place during the terrible equipped cafeteria and a lack of bat at Yeshiva, Dr. Peli noted the weeks of crisis prior to the J un'e parking facilities arc problems for lack of ruaclz. He feels that if the 1967 war. The general reaction all members of the campus com burdens of the doubl e program of the world has served to remind munity with the possible exception force Yeshiva students to study on those who had forgotten, and teach of Dr. Belkin. It is quite clear 81,abbat, then that burd·en should those who never learned, that whil'e that both in terms of YCSC cam be reduced even at the expense of the results of indifference in 1967 paign discussion as well as mean the morning religious studies. were mercifully different from ingful student-faculty-administra Professor Peli, who is himself those of 1933-45 perhaps the rec tion dialogue, these "problems" arc a veteran of one-half a year as a ognition of our alienation and simply not moot. They are not Yeshiva College undergraduate, unity of experience helped create contestable. They are not "issues." will be returning to Israel this an atmosphere mo1'c sympathetic The student body need not and e e summer to actively resume his to those who had p rished. Mrs. should not divert its att ntion, YUPR duties as editor of the Israeli Meir alluded to this, and sug time and 'effort away from issues, Jo Amar sings his Hebrew melodies lo an enthusiastic YU crowd on journal, Panim el Panim. gested that two years ago the dissipating its energies on technic- Yom Ha'11tzmaut, r ( Co11tin11cd from page l, co/1111111 3) . im S!td 7-alul'l','' }Iizrachi Ha'tzair ,vas represent Following the concert, dancing 3 HOUR ed hr Yehuda Henkin. Students and singing lasted all afternoon. MOYIE & LECTURE LEARN TO D RIVE 6 LESSONS: $49.50 interested in th'e Commision on Refreshments and music by the ON PREMISES $5.00 10 LESSONS: $79.00 Manpower Opporunities in Israel Eilal Duo provided additional (COMOI) FREE PICK-UP SERVICE Brand New 1969 Cars were abl'e to attend a ruach to the al ready spirited discussion led by its di recto;, Irv crowd. ing Green. The Yam Ha'atzamut program AUTO SCHOOL At the end of the sessions, stu was prepared by the Student Is WILLIAM RUBIN dents swarmed into F501, where raeli Independence Day Commit BRUSH-UP COURSE: $8.25 PER LESSON a "standing room only" crowd tee, but its huge success was in no enjoyed a concert by the renown small measure attributabl'e to the 502 Audubon Ave., Corner 180 St. SW 5-5718 ed Israeli artist, Jo Amar. Mr. unbounded and unprecendented 511 W. 181 St., Bet. Audubon & Amsterdam Aves. 925-8132 Amar sang a combination of pop zeal of YU's students for the State ular songs including "Ycrushala- of Israel. PAGE SIX fHE COMMENT A TOR Thursday, May s; 1969 Speakers Praise Abrams At YU Dedication Of Library Seforim Collection In His Memory The students of RIETS as assembly was called by the stu But not once in his forty year Spring Euphoria sembled at the Bet Medraslz on dents, specifically for the yeshiva. career, stressed Mr. Finkelstein, Tuesday morning, April 29 to at- All through Mr. Abram's years of did Mr. Abrams ask for recog devoted service to th'e Yeshiva he nition or spedal thanks, neither had always stressed the fact that when he finally persuad'ed the col �------By Kenneth Hain ______, students success depends on dedica lege to grant credits for learning Spring is traditionally a time er. Instead of synthesis one is left tion to the yeshiva. Echoing Mr. Torah, nor when he succeeded in for, among other things, cleaning. in a vacuum of unanswered ques Abrams sentiments, Mr. Hain said establishing the five year program At Yeshiva, students usually mark tions, and any religious commit that the ultimate strength of YU at Yr�hiva. the season by clearing out some ment is often the result of cultural li'es in the seforim of Torah learn After Mr. Finkelstein's remarks, latent anxieties concerning a few momentum. And yet, amid this ing. And finally, the students are President Safran called upon Dr. notorious personalities. Last year, dissatisfaction, much of the YU the ones who are going to make Belkin to personally dedicate the in a deluge of student unity, a hierar.chy remains in an apparent it for YU. library. At this time SOY Sec dean and director had their images state of euphoria over what their The last spe::aker was George retary Treasurer, Jacob Hoenig, severely "dampened." Neverthe undergraduates really are. Prob Finkelstein, a close personal friend read the text of the plaque which less, despite tl1e farcical nature of ing no deeper than the polished of Mr. Abrams. Bringing to light is to be placed on the wall in the those cellophane bombardments, image of the Yeshiva student, thos'e aspects of Mr. Abram's per Bet Medrash. The plaque dedicat there undoubtedly is an underlying they see him as a successful stu sonality about which very few peo ed the library as the "Norman sense of deep felt frustration over dent in an even more successful ple krtew, Mr. Finkelstein said Abrams Memorial Collection. His the Yeshiva College experience. school. that there were many times when nam'e is immortalized in the sef To many students Yeshiva It is this gap between what is Mr. Abrams, in his capacity as orim of the Bet Medrasl, where University just isn't worJr:ng. and what some think it is that has I. Teitelbaum administrator, allowed his own his guiding spirit as administrative They are not able to etfectively bred the growing frustration mani fested each spring. It has evoked Eliyahu Safran image to be tarnished in order to director of the Rabbi Isaac El integrate the "dual program," but protect someone else's reputation, chanan Theological Seminary has rather, select one course of study a continuous distrust of the so tend the dedication of a library be it that of a student or a Rebbe. left. to the virtual exclusion of the oth- called "administration," so that of seforim in m'emory of Mr. Nor even an honest effort by an official man B. Abrams, the late admin is suspect. Certainly this reality istrative director of RIETS. gap is most acutely seen in the area SOY President, Eliyahu Safran, Senior Relates Varied Accomplishments; of University planning. While a delivered the opening remarks and Graduate School of Science is stated that the Bet Medraslz was Clarifies Recommendations For Future built, student warnings of the dan "the most appropriat'e place" in ger of it changing the character of which to honor Mr. Abrams, a By Mark Berkowitz your information cards, as a name much damage to furniture in the YC go unheeded. The University man who devoted his entire Uc As my days as an undergradu appearing in Tempo or COMMEN various lounges, and it is for this remains steadfastly assured that to furthering the study of Toran. ate at Yeshiva draw to a close, TATOR or your friendly neighbor reason that Mr. Blazer has Jeen this influx will not significantly Mr. Safran related that the $150 I am sad to think how quickly hood Shatnes tester. It is through hesitant about replacing chairs, dilute an already thin religious at c�r,! to initiate the seforim col this time has passed. It has taken these and other activities that I etc. On my floor it was discover mosphere. lection had actually been s'et aside me almost all this time to get into hav·e been able to keep up with all ed that high school students w'ere What is even more disturbing a year ago by Mr. Abrams him the swing of things behind the of the latest news around Yeshiva. responsible for a sizeable amount is the utter lack of educational self for the purpose of acquiring scen'es of Council and, moreover, Shticknlks of the damage and we voted to planning. Long range innovations seforim for th'e students. of the Administration. It seems I have come to the realistic forbid these students from using are non-existent, and as the need conclusion that each and 'every ad Th next speaker was YCSC also a shame to know that no use our lounge. The fault lies with for revolutionary ideas heightens ministrator has his "shtick" - Rabbi U rivetsky, director of th'e President, Kenneth . Hain, who will be made of the knowledge the response is nil. Whether Ye (some of them being necessary ; drew a distinction b'etween the I've gained. High School Residence Hall, who shiva is working, of course de others being mislzigasim ) everyone has not enfprced a supposed di pends upon the individual, but if dedication which was held for the Most of you have se'en me some from Dr. Bacon to Mr. Breitstein high school stu Mendel Gottesman Library and where around Yeshiva, wheth rective forbidding it is to work in the future it must of Buildings and Grounds. I wish come to grips with the issue of the one for Mr. Abrams. ·whereas er as a ticket collector at a Dra dents from using the dorms. Not it were possible for me to give a what our fundamental goals are.· the dedication for the new library, matics Society presentation, at a only do we suffer from damage to mandatory ori'cntation course to If we do not address ourselves to as Mr. Hain stated, was spon film showing, as the face behind the resi denc'e halls, but early ex all incoming student officers and this concern the gap will widen sored by the administration on b'e th'e Morgenstern mailboxes, as the posure to college life is giving committee chairmen, a course where and YU could easily drift into a half of the entire University this person at registration who checked some of these high school students they would be ori'ented as to how "senioritis" when they are still secularized oblivion. We need not to deal with these idiosyncracies freshmen. I am surprised that th'e ·· only a College Senate but a stu so as to prevent any normal ad high authorities haven't realized dent, faculty, administration com Goldstein, Meirowitz Win ministrative obstacl'e from holding this, and I believe that something mission to formulate real goals and innovative means to make back a student function. An ex should be done to remedy the ample of this is last year's Spring Yeshiva's reality match its image. situation. Premier Speech Contest Talent Show. Before I co uld go There is too much at stake for The finals of the first annual neous speech on one of these topics. a:head with the show I knew that Blueprints for a refrigerator us to continue this misunderstand system and the costs involved are Extemporaneous Speaking Contest Dr. Abraham Tauber served as I had to contact the following : ing of values and priorities. The sponsored by the Yeshiva College chairman for the finals. The judges Mr. Blazer to fill out forms re -almost ready for presentation to direction of this University lies Speech Department were h'eld on includ"ed Rabbi Morris J. Besdin, questing use of the campus area, the Administration. The Centrex only in meaningful dialogue; any Thursday, April 17, 1968, in room Dr. David Fleisher, Dr. Israel a P.A. system, and moving of th'e telephone system will hopefully alternative course will certainly F501. A select panel of judges Miller and Dean Jacob M. Rabi piano ; 1\!Ir. Breitstein to arrange ( Continued on page 11, column 3) prove self defeating. chose Marc Goldstein '69, as the nowitz (Dr. Emanuel Rackman, the time for this to be done ; the r winner and Mark Meirowitz '72, who was also scheduled to judge Vice-President of YCSC to ap " riter Contends That Peace as the runner-up. the contest, was unable to attend prove the request; Rabbi Rabino A total of fifteen students par because of illness). witz ( then Dean of Students) Depends On Academic Reform ticipated in the semi-finals held At for his approval; Professor Ad a small collation following ( Co11ti1111ed from page 3, column 3) trically oppose any design March 20, 1969. A group of five ler for p ermission to use a piano for the com petition, Dr. MiUer an those requests. Perhaps it is not we modernization - even when that finalists were chosen from this for practice; back to Mr. Blazer nounced the winners. lVIarc Gold who are truly joyous at the gain desi is legitimate? Why do we group of competitors. The rules to request that the guard Je told gn stein who placed first had spoken ing of student power, but the ad have departments without fully for both parts of the contest were to open the rehearsal room door ; on the housing problem, and Mark ministration at having pulled a qualified chairmen or any quali essentially th'e same with the gen then to Rabbis Besdin and Rabino �frirowitz captur'ed the second "fast one!" fied guidance? Why must we look eral topic remaining "Problems of witz to "Paskin" about having place prize for a presentation d'eal The reason I raise these points forward to scoring high on the the Cities." At 1 :00 P.lVI . on the ing with student unrest. Dr. Mil it crev Lag B'Omer; then to is that I fear we have become so two administrators at Stern to get GRE's in aptitude and' low in Wednesday preceding each con ler thanked all the contestants for benumbed by daily life at YU achiev�ment - isn't achievement test, a list of specific topics was permission for tryouts there; then part1c1pating and noted that the that we see nothing wrong with based on what is offered by the posted. Contestants thus had ap judges were highly impressed hr to Rabbi Rabinowitz to make the way we are being educated. sure that all of the acts met ,vith college for the stude:it's dissec proximately on·e day to prepare a the frequent and relevant biblical Everyone here seems so concern tion? How long can we remain administrative approval. A slip-up polished five minute extempora- references employed by the com ed over the scheduling of finals complacent about attending a sec anywhere along the way might or the lines in the cafeteria that petitors. Dr. Tauber noted how ond-rate, yes, a second-rate col have prevented the show ; but I we all neglect the vital areas of WA 1-flll "GLATT KOIHII" highly pleased he was with the lege? have been through it before and concern. Why do we have course FASS RESTAURANT high calibc of all the spe'er:hes and was prepared for the "shticklach." And so I return to derech eretz. & offerings that Middle States pre DELICATESSEN hoped that future contests will 1 MNNlll1 Caterl"II Per All Occa.i Before I leave there are a few . liminarily termed ' antiquated?" I promise to maintain mine while Talre N•- Peed l.nke conti!rnc to bring forth the excel suggestions I would like to make. Why do we have department the Senate begins deliberations on •m lreallway-Ceraer Weit 111111 a lent speaking talents of many Ye chairmen, so firmly entrenched in academic reform. If they succeed, •• Yerll City Poor Mark's Almanac shiva students. Dormitories: There has been the status c_]Uo, that they diame- beautHul. If not, .•• Thursday; May 8, 1969 THE COMMENT A TOR PAGE SEVEN l' ssue. s, Not Prob ' lems, Must Face Senat Scrutiny e \ ·. : ' Continued from page 5, column ( 4) Department members should meet lege issues notwithstanding, we draw upon the talent of Ferkauf sity funding. We admit that much ourselves to the college issues, it regularly with qualified students still maintain that the principal ef and Wurzweiler graduate schools ? groundwork is yet necessary before was not because we felt them to within the department in order to forts of the student body should Certainly, a forty minute subway sprcific demands can be made, and be unimportant but because of the evaluate courses and recommend focus on university issues. ride is not too much to demand at this ,point we can only make a practical limitations of a sixty six necessary changes. University Restructure when one realizes that the College general cry : "Back to the Col hour campaign. We would now 3. · Registration - It is our con It is our fundamental conten• provides the University with its lege !" (Thanks, Edmund) The like to mention but a few areas tention that the way things are tion that the problems of the un reason for existence. Our educa responsibility of redeeming a uni to which little atte�tion has been now, the purpose of limiting regis dergraduate schools (Stern in tion, psychology and sociology de versity tending towards institu given where we feel the Senate tration in a course is not so much cluded) cannot be solved without partments have been described tionalization for its own sake de should act: to keep the classes smaller in order some fundamental restructuring of variously as budding or withering, volves upon next year's Student ·, L The four semester English to allow for closer student-teacher the university at large. These uni but they are incontestably not Council. Had we students been requirement is an antiquated relic relationship, as it is to forcibly versity issues are the conflicts of mature. A loan program similar more forceful before University which must be replaced. Those guarantee students to those inferior interest which lie at the root of to the one now operating with Bel City became a commitment, th'e students who receive an A in Eng teachers who do not even meet our the difficulties, and call into ques f er professors and the math, phy n<:cessary redemption would have lish I should be excused from Eng normal seconJ-rate standards. It is tion the position of the college in sics and chemistry departments is been easier ; if we wait until Uni lish II. Of course, the Senate primarily in upper-level courses the university. These issues are at a necessary first step that must be versity City is a reality, we may , would have to be careful to insure that closer student-teacher contact once financial and religious. Com taken immediately. find the college irrevocably rele- 1 that this does not result in a sud is needed, and it is in lower-level pounding the difficulties of ob These are some of the more gated to the slum. Now we need den, inexplicable drop in the num courses that incompetence abounds. scure, fiscal maneuvering - the so simple difficulties tangent to a pro a great deal of will to overcome a ber of A's received. Students While sections of the former are called financial realities •·- with foundly complicated area, umver- lack of time. But we must begin. should be allowed to substitute for rarely closed, sections of the latter the profound anxiety over a Ye the English 3 ;4 requirement a often are. To force some students shiva University which has not general humanities course covering to take a course with a less com only veered from its supposed di Perennial Nominee Yields the major wurks that have shaped petent instructor so that other stu rection, but seems to have lost all contemporary civilization. Certain dents can enjoy the benefits of a sense of purpose as well. We defy ly, the works of Plato or Dostoy better student-teacher relationship anyone to point to another univer To Will Of The Students evsky are more basic to a liberal . seems to us to be both grossly un sity where the caliber of academic Today is election day at YC ; own worth, as he eloquently anal arts education than those of Bacon fair and a luxury we can hardly excellence its graduate schools have people you haven't talked to sinc·e ogized to this reporter, "Coca-cola or Browning. A detailed descrip afford. attained outstrips the undergrad orientation are suddenly your best has always outsold champagne." tion of such a course can be found Any thoughtful student can, no uate colleges by so wide a margin. friends. Pepsodent smiles are plas- The champagne refers to Marty in the catalogue of Columbia Col doubt, extend this list ten-fold. We do not need to examine the himself ; the Coca-cola refers to lege. The Jewish studies in the college finances of the university to real all those . who have beaten him in 2. Departmental Organization are abysmally poor; certain courses ize that we have been getting the YCSC. elections, a rapidly grow - Departments generally do not would offend the intellectual cap merry-go-round around University de facto ing list as he approach'es his senior exist except bulletin boards and abilities of an intelligent high City. The reality speaks on year. in catalogues. Lack of proper co school freshman. However, for for itself. ordination between courses within lack of space, we cannot within the That sooner or later we will Marty has still managed to im a department is, therefore, not un scope of this article discuss this have to confront the university is press his fellow students with his common. We fed that departments and many other equally pressing sues is becoming more and more deep integrity and sense of values. should be given de facto existence. academic issues which we hope the clear. Their centrality is unmis Especially in March, wh'en he Specialized guidance should be the Senate will confront. The impor takable, for without money there dropped out two days before the responsibility of a department. tance of these and many other col- can be no college, and without re election . because of the realization assessing our religious raison-d'etre that he would lose and threw his there can be no Yeshiva College um1ualified support b'ehind one of Gelfand's Sp eech Expresses at all. th other candidates, did he earn the To be sure, these complex and respect of those who come to rec Advan-tages Of Mo deration staggering issues will occupy our ognize his hon'esty, a rare
( 2, 3) Continued from page column save face for them , by filling the background in far as Pollack Library is concern- . which ,ve ar'e cer istrative considerations and de as it is of any activity in Yeshiva we auditorium to respectability. tain Mr. Koslowe is deficient, we mands upon Dr. Belkin's time and College..• There is a lack of un ed, 1 have tried very hard .to ac This policy of recognizing the comodate the library patrons. find the difficulties to he not in the health. We were recently informed derstanding on the part of the ad existenc·e of the high school only ability or . We are told that students have ambitiousness of our by Rabbi Miller that we would ministration that synthesis must when the college finds it conve fellow players noticed th'e ease with which they and Coach Epstein, have an appointment with Dr. enter all aspects of University life, nient will n�t he tolerated. We but rather Pesach; can leave the building without in the disadvantages Belkin · before we have including sports." demand r'ec9gnition of our status under which checking out books. I admit such we must labor. Much since been told the appointment :VI r. Koslowe seems to be say- · by both college student body and more could will have to wait until after Pe a possibility exists. A person who be said of Mr. Kos ing that we can, as it were, trans their administration. lowe's attitudes sach. Although we await the ap form non-religious activities by feels that he is overly clever by as to the goals of Aver Zussman a team sport. pointment, we have decided to re waving over them the magic wand taking out books without charging However, the pre YUHS '69 ceding port at this time." them is a thief, and when caught should be suffici'ent. We trust that this Rabbi Miller committed an ob Thursday, May 15, will be punished. We, at the li will be printed if On Tennis Anyone? from nothing other vious misuse of the word impetu· I 969, The Health Education brary, liave always felt that our than common decency and respect for journal ous to describe a committee which Depurlmcnt will present a purpose is �ot to h1nd�r the edu Lag B'omei- ex:l1ibition of � To the Editor : istic truth. had the patience to wait for a sin cation process but rather to en- personal combat skills fo_r We would like to congratulate gle appointment from DecemJer In Joseph Eichenbaum '69 self defe11se. Re11resented will courage it. the former Pollack . '.Vl r. Koslowe for his CoMMEN until April but could not wait any Librar Herbert Berezin '69 be · fencing, judo, karate and y location, a person could · T�'I'OR article of April 24 �oncern longer. The facts, to the contrary, wrestling. The event will take Co-Captains steal books just as readily, if he ing the varsity tennis indicate a desire on the part of the place during club hour in team and Varsity Tennis Team so d'esired. After 3_ years time, in- Coach Epstein. It is probably the administration to minimize discus the YU gym, All students are ventory of the Library was taken sion with students concerned with urged to attend. greatest masterpiece of · needless Must Be Related before we moved here and we vilification a�d abject stupidity vital problems facing the ·Univer• learned ·· that 450 volumes were that has yet been put into print . . Tci' the Editor: sity. Surely Dr. Belkin could have of "synthesis." Synthesis, however, missing. Other librarians, when found one hour in the space of We hesitate to proceed in this vein, We read several college news is noi: a pandemic panacea ; it can th'ey hear this figure, suggest that five montl1G to devote to those seri but ,ve find that Mr. Koslowe has papers in our home, but your paper elevate only those activities that we must have angels as our li- ous problems raised in the JSS re written from complete ignorance, has the most appeal and relevancy. will enhance or enrich one's under brary users since many libraries port. rather than an objective and well I adore your sports columns espe standing of Torah: It can hardly lose that many books each day If Rabbi Miller wi�hes, further researched journalistic standpoint. cially; perhaps it dates back to the be argued that sports enhance or or week. more, to. deal publicly with the re · · We are amazed that a sports edi- days when I became . sentimental enrich one's understanding of To 1 hope the talk of "stealing books port let him confront the issues tor could, in good conscience, write over a hockey game. Good luck. rah. Sports, therefore, have no from the library" is more talk found therein and not resort to · an article about a team which he Mrs. Bette Cohen thing whatsoever to do with syn than actualit\;, I won't know for • has seen play only onc'e in· four the patronizing rhetorical device of thesis. sev'eral months what the situation · years. Are we to construe this P.S. Regards to Coach Epstein .dismissing it . as a pro.duct of im If we cannot, so to speak ", syn- as to �eally is. But, if theft has occurred, Mr. Koslowe's interpretation of wherever'. he is, a1id new glory petuous young people. In this way thesize" sports, then what is the he would better reflect an admin I would readily welcmhe the re-· "dedication" to an �nterprise which your tenms team. justification for including physical turri of these books into the hook one has undertaken ? ist�ation which is sincerely inter education in Yeshiva's program? ested in improving the University return slot on the side of the Li- Mr. Koslowe states that since JSS Slight The answer is rather obvious i the rather than one merely interested . brary ju;t off 185th street. th'e tennis team practices only once importance of physical well-being In To the Editor: in saving face, the meantime, by the time a week for an hour and a half · and development can not be over · It would be instructive for those this letter appears there is strong that, "this therefore appears to Michael Bashevkin '69 emphasized, and a regular program members of the administration con possibility that students will be indicate a lack of desire or dedica of exercise is a prerequisite of this. asked to show their books as they cerned with student affairs to take Tennis No One? As Myron Edwards states, "A tion on the part of the team mem- note of the following incident that • leave the building and other pre- hers." If this worthy editor had sound mind in a • sound body i if cautionarv steps, iilcluding cutting transpir�d , last Thursday, when To the Editor: the former is the glory of the lat• done the slightest bit of research Dr. Belkin addressed the student elevator �ervice to various floors,· I note with great dismay that ter' the latter is indispensable. to he would haye surely_ found that leaders of YU. In an introduction . may he instituted. Such policing · the article "Stranger in a Strange the former." It is therefore m- the team can give no greater time to the program, Dr. Israel Miller, is distaste£ ul to ine, but a societ}' Land," which appeared in last cumbent u·pon the administration for it has no place to practice. YU CoMMENTA which demands stringent control will assistant to the President for Stu year's, final issue of to provide a regular program of simply not provide funds to dent Affairs, hrieflycommented on TOR, has gone unanswered. I had over itself has onl� itself to hlam'e. rent courts for any additional de- exercise. (To the administration's would welc me the JSS Student Council evalua hoped that some silver-tongued credit, it does offer a varied and 1, personally, � sired and badly ne'eded practice bochur comment, suggestion and coopera- tion of the University which ap would by now have refuted adequate physical education �ro sessions. Let it also be understood peared on April 24 in a Hame tion of students to the point where the rather faulty arguments pres gram.) Varsity sports, on the oth in this connection that all teams vaser supplement. He noted that ented in the article. As no one has, one student would remind his f'eJ- er hand, are designed primarily not against whom we play have their Dr. Belkin graciously provided I feel myself bbligated to take the ,low student of indiscretion. as physical development, hut ra own home courts with scheduled student leaders with an opportu� Prof: S. Zeides author to task. ther as the concrete manifestation ,· practices .up to five times a nity to discuss with him major In his column, "On the Side Poilack Library of interscholastic competition. One week. This practice is continuous problems facing the University. lines," Mr. Koslowe writes, , ".. . gets sufficient exercise playing bas throughout the winter and the He went on to say that the llim synthesis is still merely an ill-de ketball in Yeshiva's basement November 14, 1968 pla}•ing season. Yeshiva's team has petuous young people" of the JSS fined term." This remark mani "gym" (although it does not car no more than t'en· weekly practices Council couldn't wait for this op fests an ignorance of those defini To the Editor: ry the same prestige as playing for the entire year, including the portunity before publishing the re tions of synthesis offered by many Within the confines of the ex in blue and white bloomers against period of official matches, port, and dismissed the issue by rebbeim, notably Rav Lichtenstein panding Yeshiva campus a sm ll another school) . � Secondly, Mr. Koslowe's attack stating that this impetuosity is in his article in Gesher, "Synthesis building marked 2521 shyly sits Since varsity sports have no re on Coach Epstein not only dem characteristic of anxious young from a Torah Viewpoint." Para the . slumped - next to Morgenster lation to synthesis and are not ? onstrates his fundaQtental miscon people. It is clear that this refer doxically, ( or perhaps inconsistent Dormitory. It serves as the re si prerequisites of physical develop ception of a coach's duty toward ence is to the passage -in the report ly ?) Mr. Koslowe seems to imply ment it is quite appropriate that dence hall for some 100 students of his team, hut also a lack of und'er which states: that l,e understands the term syn the ;d minis'tration does not regard Yeshiva U niv'ersity High School. standing of tennis itself. Our coach "The committee enjoyed the in thesis. "If there is a guiding philo- · varsity sports as an important These students have been subject strives to teach certain basic prin dulgence · of every administrator sophy behind Yeshiva University, phase of life at Yeshiva. ed to injustices ranging from not ciples of strategy and play. From and faculty member directly con it is the concept of synthesis. Sec · Harry Zvi Davis '71 being admitted to the Rav's yahr- 011 then on the responsibility rests on cerned with its research, with, the ular studies can be pursued in Ye (f,onti11uL'd page 10, column 1) . tzeit shiurim, to being deprived of the player's conscientiousness and exception of Dr. Belkin. Although shiva's unique atmosphere. Activ the right to vote on television pro Dr. SUMMER INSTITUTE willingn'ess to devote time to prac Belkin'.s secretary originally ities that are not of a religious gram selections in Morgenstern promised IN ISRAEL tice. Must I reiterate that we are the committee an ap nature can be elevated through the lounge. Therefore it came as no pointment in "The Modern Middle East" not allowed this time ? We do not December, various application of the philosophy of surpriS'e when high school G.O. delays have sponsored by lack guidance, for surely Coach resulted from admin- Judaism. This is as true of sports cards were not accepted as of Epstein is a superior mentor. Rath llllnols State University ficial YU identification for ad ISRAEL INTERMENTS and er, what we lack are the means mission to the new Gottesman the Jewish Agency to put this into effect. RIVERSIDE·MEMORIAL CHAPEL INC. Library. Six academic credits ( transferable) From our own observations, 76th STREET & AMSTERDAM AVENUE, N.Y.C., TEL. EN 2-6600 in any two fields of either history, However on Sunday, April 20, personal experiences and talks with sociology, anthropology, economics, the day of .the dedication cere Shlomo Shoulson Announces: players from other colleges, a political science, or geography can monies for th'e new library, when · Wltli a feeling of Responsibility and Personal Vigilance we make be earned. . Lamport Auditorium was half all necessary arrangements for BURIAL IN MEDINAT YISRAEL at For furtlier ALL cemeteries. Everything is done with the greatest exactitude information because of student indif ALEXANDER'S WRITE TO : empty and according to Jewish Law. ference, the Administration went Strlclly Kosher Re1t11ur11nl Dr. Leon Levine as to call off scheduled Catering For All Occasion• · SOLOMON. . SHOULSON • CARL GROSSBERG Department of History 50 far Illinois State University pres'ence , Tel, 923-111123 DIRECTORS shiurim in. requesting the CHAPELS THROUGHOUT NEWYORK, MIAMI BEACH & MIAMI No·rmal, Iilinois 61761 of high school students to come and PAGE TEN , THE COMMENT ATOlt Thursday, May s; 196? Letters .To The E d.ifor
( Continued from page 9, column 5) tion of ·the pi'esent programs and Yeshiva, and if Mr. Goldman's arid I �poke. to Mr. Bertram after would be the Messiah who would EMC's HTD policies will not lead in the fu article wasn't motivated by such his election and he stated that he rescue the EMC students from the ture to any increase in the rate consid'erations, his answer certain would affirm my appointment. I abyss of their apathy . and lack of To the Editor: of production of Hebrew teach ly gave no evidence of this. Birth0 scheduled a m'eeting on th� last interest, and envisioned to lead There is something fundamen ers. Something must be done to day cakes for Hitler may · be Friday of May, 1968 in order to them 'to new heights of · activity tally wrong with the present policy eliminat'e · the aforementioned ob� "naive," but racial . quips ["The decide upon the method to be used znd production. He planned _a of granting the Hebrew Teachers , stacles to the qualification· of more mo�e (black) power to you"] are in assembling a staff.. Mr. · Ber yearbook, a newspaper and · a sen D1i>lor11a (HTD) in the Teach students per year for the HTD. downright sickening. tram b�ought Messrs. Anfang and ior dinner among other undertak ers Institute for Men (EMC). Barry Kohn '69 A recent survey (New ·York Gross to the meeting and told me · ings. He. failed, however, to real This yea·r there are approximately Times, · April 20 ). reported · that that they were· his . choices for ize one very · important thing. He eleven candidates for the Hebrew More Power To You while only 36 % of American . associate editors and that I had to did not understand the nature of Teachers Diploma, an appalling- Gentiles were firmly opposed to accept them. These people may an EMC student. As is commonly ly low number· given th'e extreme To the Editor: discrimination against Jews in so now be, to quote Mr. Bertram, known ( except to Mr. Bertram, need for Hebrew teachers. We Having enjoyed, land, even cial clubs, 91 % of American Ne his "enemies" but th'en they were it seems), an EMC student is self� hear constantly from various J eW•· agreed "'.ith, most of your un groes were oppos'ed to Su!,:h dis his friends. To this first meeting centered, refuses to give up five ish educators of the critical short- usually perceptive personal edi crimination. Of course· this is only I brought the last issue of Nir, for minutes of his own time to work age of Hebrew teachers, and yet torial columns this past year, I one survey an·d social duh discri neither Messrs. Anfang and Gross on an EMC project such as a year EMC is turning out only was disturbed at reading " Happy . mination isn't the be-all or end-all nor Mr. Bertram had seen a Nir book or newspaper. This problem . about a· dozen t'eachers a year, Birthday Adolf" in the issue of of the American Jewish experience, in their lives. Th'ey had never is compounded by the fact that if a hardly enough to contribute to- April 24. · but thes'e figures suggest a need to worked on the staff of Nir nor on student . does want to work, he wards an amelioration of the sit- Y o�r critique of the mass me place Black anti-Semitism in a the staff of any Hebrew publica participates in the activities of uation. One must also bear in dia and the role they play in fan perspective of reduced proportions. tion at YU.' Therefore, how can Masmid, COMMENTATOR or on'e . mind that of these eleven teachers ning racial tensions is, of course, I shudder to think what the Mr. Bertram state that he chose of the other YCSC undertakings. not all will enter the field of J'ew- quite true. But the extension of results of · such a surve}; here at them on the basis of past experi • The fact of the matter is that ish education. this critique to the advertisement Yeshiva would be if it were to ence ! there will be neither an EMC sen It would seem that the rea�on you alluded to is, at best, a dubi measure anti-Black feeling. Let's I realized then as I know now ior dinner., nor a Njr, and Ha-· for the low production-rate of ous one. try to have a little more under-. that Mr. Bertram's estimation of 11wshkif is not coming out as orig teachers is due to too onerous a It is all too symptomatic of the standing for Miss Fyman's point the ability of Messrs. Anfang inally planned. To single out one program required of candidates for age we live in that · you choose of 'view, or else Adolf's 81st birth and Gross was complet'ely wrong, individual and shamelessly blame. th"e HTD. Also, there is an over- to see this advertisement as high day may he a happy one. but I was forced by Mr. Bertram him for the failure of Nir is, to ly rigid enforcement of require- . lighting Black �nti-Semitism, ahd · David Luchins '68 to accept them anyway as asso say the least, completely unfair. ments. A candidate for an HTD thus felt justified in comparing it ciate editors. Rather, Mr. Bertram should blame the entire EMC student body for must complete satisfactorily a_t to the WBAI and Black Panth'er · The Nir Controversy One week later Mr. Bertram least the following : 110 credits of fracasses. I would suggest, rather, informed me that I was no longer the failure of Nir, as well as the Hebrew studies, 5 comprehensive that the advertisement's message To the Editor: editol:\-in-chief of . Nir, for he other activities, for only with their examinations and practice teach- was . inteitded to r�ach, not the In th'e Thursday, Ap"ril 24, is doubted that I was qualified to support would success have been ing in a · local school. The sched- Black, but rather Jewish comun sue of COMMENTATOR, Mr. Nor hold this position. However, had possible. uling of the comprehensive exami- itv of New York. · man Bertram in his letter to the he checked my previous Hebrew . As I said, Mr. Bertram had a and of the practice teach- �f probably does editor stated that his choice of dream ; now it is a nightmare. nations he ghetto militant · literary work or consulted with ing is a major problem. Not only m�t read The New York Times; Dav.id Anfang and Chaim Gross the former staff o' f Nir his dou:>ts Israel Farkas '69 must a candidate for an HTD the Jew, especially the middle and was not a decision based on per· would not have been confirm'ed. take a full program of courses at · upper class Jews· of New York, sonal considerations. However, I During the · year I kept my In R�ply Yeshiva College, not onl}' must' h·e usually di>es. The choice of Adolf feel that the YU · student · body peace. But now is the time for To th'e Editor : take a full program of courses at Hitl'er in the advertisement may should b'e informed of · the true EMC students to know why they , I would like to nominally reply · EMC but also during certain pe- affect a few blacks, b�t obviously circu�stances of the choice of do not have Nir. to Mr. Bertram's letter which ap riods, of a month's or two month's the invocation of the spectre of thes'e two as editors-in-chiefof Nir. The full blame for the Nir fiasco peared in the April 24th issue of duration, he must in addition to Nazi Germany was intended to The last issue of N ir appeared lies squarely on th'e shoulders of THE COMMENTATOR. Concerning the dual program simultaneously shock a complacent Jewish ·com- two years ago. Last year, Mr. Mil Norman ·Bertram. the failure of t}te ::i.ppearance of be practice-teaching at a Hebre,,, munity. . . ton Sonneberg, former president of 1 Michael Eres '69 school or i,reparing for and tak- · "We are all so concerned about EMCSC, appoint'ed Mr, Milton Nir, Mr. Bertram blatantly states that he has accepted "full respon ing the comprehensive examina- Black anti-Semitism," the ad s'eems Markowitz and myself as the edi He Had A·Dream tions. Th practice teaching must tors of the next This was sibility, since Anfang' is incapable e to s1ay, "What about Jewish anti Nir. To the Editor: be done in the first month of the done after consultation with the of accepting • responsibility and Black feeling." $7,000 is a small assuming the presidency of pring semester and the compre- to calm previous staff of who recom In Gross has resigned." His respon- s price to pay for helping ,Nir EMCSC, Mr. Bertram had a ( be has in sibility should be reflected in his hensive examinations must the racial madness that ended that we be appointed as edi dream and a vision. He dreamt he . tak'en before and during exam time fected a large part of the Jewish tors in light . of the contributions ( Continued on page 11, column 1) of the spring semester. It is, there- community of New York. Glazer we mad'e to the last N ir. fore, no wonder that the candi- is probably correct that Bhlck Mr. Markowitz later decided dates for the HTD are few. Jewish dialogu'e is best carried out that he was unable to devote the Another point deserves m·ention- quietly, but to· see this ad as an necessary time to Nir because of ing. Some st�dents because of example of such is to ignore its other work, and therefore re superior preparation, are admitted obvious implications to the J cw signed his post as one of the , co r�e to class 5 on advanced standing, . ish commu,iity. editors. He fully expected that I thereby skipping class 4. Yet .they Miss Fyman may have been a would continue as editor-in-chief ar'e not automatically given the bit carried away in her letter that since he felt that I was th'e more advanced standing credits for class liegan on the same page as the qualified person for this position. 4, even when the granting of these Editor's column ; and yet her point Subsequently; Mr. Markowitz •wl advanced standing credits would is only strengthened by this coin liUiDe make them eligible for an HTD. cidental placement. 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I Black,�e�s Require Pr'!of Writer Says Th�t Exemptions Of Legitimate Conversion (C.011ti11ued fro hiva m 8, yes page· colnmn ) tituted. At . 3 Must Be Ins conversion, are to be treated as (Continued from page 6, column 4) rehabilitation ·as a long· lost trib'e non-Jews. Since YU has never who request the institution of a has a T.V. which must be shared of. Israel ( which is . historically · been known for excessive concern b'e installed_ as soon as the Tele reasonable course shoul,!l be sup with dozens of other students . quite unwarranted). Like their halacha, phone Company engineers give .tl).e pli'ed with an instructor for that ( what if two good shows are on . Christian with the demands of we fellow-Ethiopians, the should be on guard about those go-ahead . .. I urge th� Student course. There are times that stu- . simultaneously?). Falashas are stubb.orn adherents admitted next.year until we know Council to continue these efforts dents cannot. get •into our own What I am getting at is that to fossilized Hebraic-Jewish be- that they ar·e Jewish ; if they turri for which I have worked a total graduate schools because certain a furious effort must be made by liefs, practices and' customs which •out to be Jewish, then we must of three years. courses are not offered here. I am students to press the administra w'ere transplanted from South treat them as equal Jews in a,U 'In the academic field I believe nqw taking 9 credits at Lehman tion into building a Stud'ent Union Arabia into the h�m of Africa aspects. that Council should make a super in order to meet requirements for building - not just a gym, not and which may her'<; be studied in Footnotes effort to have exemption exa'mina admission to Ferkauf. To make a just a pool, but a complex which The Black Jews the authentic surroundings and at 1. Brotz, Louis: tions instituted for cours'es such long story short - when I . posed activities for of Harlem, The .Free Press of would ·contain enough mosphere of a Semitized country." Glencoe, 1964, p. 20 . as art and music:- This has been this problem to Dr. Bacon h'e said the easing of student tensions,- . 'In tonciusion, proof of a hala 2. ibid 1p. 57. a campaign issue for years Sut that this is a Liberal Arts college all in one building. This building chic 3. ibid p . .36 . , conversion is usually neces ibid nothing has been done. Now that and therefore no guarantee is would be off limits to all non- 4. p. 27. will sary before we can accept a claim 5. ibid p. 50. we have the Senate, maybe more made that you be able to get students and under complete con ed ger as a Jew in ·any respects. In 6. ibid p.- 27. tests will be mad·e possible. Could all the courses you will need for 7. ibid p. 40. trol of the students. With the those rare cases when one claims 8. ibid p. 28. it be that the administration fears graduate school. - Hogwash ! wav. waterfights have' b'een nipped a halacl,ic conversion, practices all 9. ibid p. 31-34. that so manr ;w ould take the ex As a final point' I would lik'e 10; ibid p. 22. in the bud this year, students have aspects of l1alnc/1a, but cannot emption that no one would be · 1e,ft to stress the need for more out 11. Leslau, Wolf: Falcisha Anth no choice left but to climb the prove that he was converted, a ology, Yale University Press, to attend the classes ? We who lets for student tensions. As things gadol must be consulted who will 1951, p. XXXIX stand now, if one wants to swim walls or create , their own enter- 12. ibid XLIII. hav� had art and music know just rule bas'ed on the intricacies of the p. he has to risk his life and go up tainment. 13. See Bava Basra 15b. why th'ey may have this fear. particular case. Members of Rab 14, Leslau, Wolf op. cit. p. XLI Institution Of Courses town to G.W. ; to see a "home" I �incerely hope that som'e of _bi Matthew's congregation or de XLIII. I wo�ld also like to see an ef basketball game ,he must go to my suggestions take hold, and 15. Ullendorf, Edward: The Ethio scendants of the Falashas who do pians Oxford University Press fort on the part of the Dean to whichever school has an opening that as an alumnus I might be able no_t claim a subsequent halachic second edition, 1965, p 112-113. see that all· groups of students for gym rental ; for relaxation he to watch their fulfillment. ., L ett e-rs To Th ·e Ed it o ·r
10, column 5) (Continued /rpm page Mr. Bertram argues that he ·want the job, he managed to per led up the yearbook ; articles and aertram did not care if Nir was lack of discriminatory powers and wants the "good" name of his suade another individual to accept photographs were needed, Bertram published or not; neither was h'e s�phistication , of communication. · administration preserved. Bertram it. Within a few days, however, stat'es that at the Octobe.r 30 meet- concerned if there was a senior I fail to · understand why Mr. would do himself a favor if he the editor resigned. Bertram this ing "the editors reported that a dinner. In the contradiction which in his Bertram has to be so crude stopped' ffoating in his world of · time begged me to bail him out, theme h'ad been developed for the is characteri�tic of his administra apology as to denigrat'e others for .· fantasy and returned to th'e world and I finally accepted on the con book, arrangements will 'be made tion, all he wants and cares about of pre the sad, sole motivation of reality. J'he word "preserved" dition that another Editor-in-Chief for photographers· and · the acticl'es is portrayii:ig an .image of his ad serving the "good name of his ad implies that his administration has be appointed and a staff/or ganiz are comics in." All this is true! ministratio� as being ·a productive ministration ;" his mode of action had at least some measure of suc ed, The latt'er, however, did not During die first semester, the edi- one. is diamettically opposed to the very cess in its endeavors · in the past. materialize, contrary to Bertra�'s tors solicited articles and photo- No on·e wants Bertram to make ethical foundations of Judaism. A ,look at, the facts will r'eveal, ffaccid assertion. Posters were graphs, and we developed a theme himself a martyr and accept full I really doubt that he has pre however, that Bertram's statement posted on bulletin boards notify for th'e book. 'Photographs were responsibility for Nir's failure ; he served th'e good name of his ad· is completely untrue. An EMC ing students of available positions consequently tak'en . at the Cha- has enough problem accepting re ministration ; maybe he has· em senior dinner was planned ; it fail- · on the _staff of Nir. No students, nukah Cl,agiga and at other events. sponsibility for all the flukes and barrased it a bit. Even .so, Norm, ed miserably. Hamashkif was to however, se'emed interested enough Articles did come in from Dr. failures of ·his administration. Suf your friend. I still consider myself be published regularly ; to dat'e, to accept them. The only help Carmilly and Dr. Havazelet,· ,b�t fice it for him to take the blame i understand,' and sympathize. . only two small issues came out. the editors received was an effort not one line came in from . a stu- for what he could hav'e done and Chaim Gross '69 · And Nir will not be printed. by Bryan Falk to collect money dent. At the beginning of the year , did not, jusll as I take the respon- · From A.nfang With Love Bertram introduces me as the towards · financing the yearbook, l\li r. Bertram requested that the sibility for that which I did not editor ·of Nir,· he would do more which brings me to my next _point. editors leave a page blank for his · do. On the other hand, Bertram, Editor : To the service to :the school and to the To publish the yearbook would countenance and for his inspiring being a sport, must learn one of answer the · Before I proceed to• student body if he would intro ' have cost $2900. Bertram states words of wisdom to his fellow the;.basi� rn]es of any game : "Give against m'e by Mr. Nir. charges made duce itself. A random survey, that the busii1ess · manager raised EMC · seniors. After receiving cred�t �here credit is due," and, the April 24 issue of Bertram in even among EMC students, re $500 in pledges at the end of the countless replies from him to the conversely, take it only where it ATOR, I question THE· COMMENT veals that very few even know summer. I am sorry to inform effect of "I will have it next week" is deserved. For someone who did dgement of . the Gov .Ni,: the good ju what is. Contrary to Ber Bertram that a yearbook cannot b'e for two months, I gave up asking absolutely nothing on the EMC not notifying me Masmid, erning Board in tram's rema'rk, I·am .capable of published on pledges alone, and the him. All I could say is that Ber- supplement to h'e sure and libelous of such, a scathing accepting responsibility, but I will facL of the matter is that only tram, as President, leader and sport ly takes an undue amount of credit its being printed, calling attack prior to . only take th'e blame for that whi_ch $200 was actually raised ·as · of did s'et an example for the rest of by himself its editor. allowed m'e to his and not having I could have done and did n�t do. February 1969 :_ not September the student body - that of apathy Mr. Bertram wanted to set in the same issue. Nev answer it An editor of a yearbook is the 1968. Mr. Bertram also told me and cynical indifference. And yet r�cord straight. I, however, ?ope ertheless, by replying to Mr. Be that I have set the record straight : leader of a team. If he has ; no I on many an occasion ( when EM he has the nerve to state that "it . tram's irresponsible article at this csc was not as yet th'e "Wealth was Anfang and Gross who ,vere David Anfang '69 time I hope to shed light on the team with which to work, he . most apathetic." s'erie� of events surrounding the might as well give up. A year iest Student Council") that we needs and 1. Is Kosher Slaughter at failure of Nir, and to clear my book requires articles, photos, or could not get a penny over $1500 All Bertram wants, himself, as most the present time, really ,Ko i1ame from the unwarranted and ganization, coordination, 'etc. This from him. This represented half craves is glory for sher? r. · Ber- · simply could not be accomplished funds, since at · Lamport au brutal · series of iies in M . of the necessary but, of us witnessed 2. Would U. S. Kosher tram's statement. by one or even two people. When we will now no longer have a ditorium on April 21 when he slaught�red meat be consid• Firstly, I would like to reas I realized that there was . no one s'enior dinner, a yearbook and a delivered his "eloquent" Hebrew ered Kosher In Israel? Nir, su'ni Mr. Bertram that I have 'to help work for I had no few other planned activities, · the address and 'then posed at . the 3. Why doesn't New York not become his ·enemy as a result choice but to abandon it. council is suddenly $3000 richer ; podium with Ambassador Rabin State have a slaughter law? good a ·of his letter. I am as To correct a few blatant lies therefore, he is 'now a big sport ·while the cam'era lights were ffash 4. Does all slaughter leg now as I have ever friend of his by B'ertram, I was never mter and states that the allocation ing. . I will tell you one thing - islation interfere with Sche however, chita? been. In reciprocating, viewed for the job. I was asked "could have been raised to $1800." if tlie Ambassador did not gain I hop that Bertram does no t be 5. What kind of .Slaughter e by Bertram on many an occasion Howev'er, lack of money was not anything more from his visit to come an enemY, of mine, because Legislation would be Anti• to become the Editor-in-Chief. · the major problem. Even had we the University, he got to know what I will say is true, and the Schechita am for what he really 1s. truth sometimes hurts. When I kept insisting. I did nof the money, it would not have fil- Bertr For answers write to: Jewish Committee . TOY M'OD ORTHODOX VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Humane Slaughter DAIRY RESTAURANT IN· RELIGIOUS IM�IGRANT AREAS IN ISRAEL P,0, Box 141 Building Opposite Main For undergradimtes: five mouths study, six months work. For seniors and university graduates: two months seminar, Homecre1t Station Hot Dairy Dishes and nine months Wllrk, monthly stlp�nd, Mlzracbl llu.tzu.fr, 160 Fifth. Avenue, New York 10011, 266-6366, Broo•lyn, New York • 1122' The Best of Sandwlchas PAGE TWELVE THE COMMENTATOR Thursday, Ma·y 8, 1969 . .
Fencers Pr ve T. heir Point- With Sharp Win g Year o , nin Rosman (24-8) and Irvin Ha cause the judges of the match were ed. Another important factor was metz (23-11 ). Foil was placed by all from Brandeis. In an attempt the attendance ;it matches of a few Seidenfeld ( 21-8), Lazar F rtJch to gain a psychological advantage, members · of . the Administration ter ( 16-1 1), and Herbie Krant Brandeis used their _ strong foil and faculty. Singled out' for praise man (20-8). Both Krantman and team first, instead of leading off in this regard by .the captains of Rosman showed · great talent in with the sabre squad. The strategy the team were Rabbi Israel Miller, their first starting sea·so�s: backfired, however;- as Yeshiva Mr. Morris Klein of the biology Against Brooklyn Coilege, the swept the thi::ee bouts, and never department, Coach Je rry · Stein� Taubermen sustained their second lost its momentum, clinching the_ berg of th� wrestlers, and Mrs. V. loss of the year, losing 16-11. In match at 14--8, and' winning, final Owgang, secretary to Rabbi Mil this , match, all three weapons ly, 15-12. Norman Seidenfeld led ler. showed losing slates. However, the the team with three victories. By far the most ,important fac� team came back against Jersey Against Brooklyn Poly, a team tor in the success of the team, how City State to win 16-11, with epee which boasted a U.S. Olympic ever, is Coach Tauber himsdf.' In showing 6 victories. Despite its in fencer, epee won 5 bouts, . but the March, a long overdue luncheon experience, the ·epee team qad re team 'lost, 14-9. Foil's 8-1 mark was tendered in honor of •,his 20 ally improved at this stage of the paced the team to an 18-9 victory years of service to Yeshiva Uni season, anq led by Frank Mandel over N.Y._ Maritime in a makeup versity. In tribute to his influence ( 13-12) and Murphy Rothman, match, but the final match of the on the men he· coaches, alumni who YUPR " came through with· some surprising season went to a strong St. John's had fenced for him fifteen years Coach Arthur Tauber · of the fencing squad accep1s gift from Norman victories against Brandeis and team, 15-12. The St. John's score, ago made it their business to at Novoseller as Mrs. Tauber and assistant-coach Lorand Marcell look on. Brooklyn Poly. ,vas an improvement over last tend. The present fence.rs feel the The match a·gainst Brandeis was season's 17-10 loss. By Sheldon Feinstein combined with · a poor showing by same way. Says Seidenfeld, "Those the climax of the year for the Tau Other factors besides the fencers who participate in fencing meets Led by very strong foil· and the epee squad which reached its berm'en because of the fierce rivalry contributed to· the success of the sabre squads, Yeshiva's fencing do not desire to win only for them� low point in the Fordham match, between the teams. Our fencers team as well. The first of these team finished the 1968-69 seaso!1 selves or the school but also and winning only one bout. Leading went into the match as underdogs, was the arrival of the long-overdue with an 8-4 record, qni.:e again the · especially for our coach. This man the sabre team were Leo Brand because of Brandeis' reputation as atqletic equipment, for which' the best of any of Yeshiva's major was, is and , always will be the statter ( 19-14), sophomore Larry New England Champions and be- Athletic Office must be commend- teams. This was achieved despite -spirit and heartbeat of t!ie team." On The · Sldellr!e1 the fact that only three members of the team were returning starters. Captain Norman Seidenfeld , feels that a lack of practice hurt the team, particularly those new members- with limited· match expe Responsa rience. At best the team only prac ticed twice a week, due to the totally inadequate gym · facilities. By Kenneth Koslowe ------1 The lack of practice was evi- 1 In. this issue of.THE COMMENTATOR there are two letters to the dent in the first mate�, a 18-9 loss from the absences of the coach. In this oontext it is .interesting to note _editor that deal specifically with comments that were made -in this to New York Community. The that Co-captain 'Eichenbaum stated to a member of THE CoMMEN • column. One refers to the critique of the tennis team and its coach, only bright spot 'for the Tauber- TAT_?R sports department that he too was concerned with these problems .while the. other questions the applicability of the concept · of synthesis as a freshman but now no longer considers it. / men in this match were. three vie- to varsity sports at Yeshiva University. While both express some valid tories by sabreman Larry Rosman. In closing this section of the response it is hoped that its purpose arguments, it is necessary to point out the areas in which both letters Following this loss, the swords-. is understood. This is not to castigate a team or a coach but to offer- are .in error. . . men bounced back to defeat Rut- the constructive criticism of an observer of the YU sports scene. . . · relation to the �etter written by the CoL.captains of the tennis gers ( 15-12), Fairleigh Dickinson • In The second letter dealing with Si'Orts is as important as the first; team one point must be acknowledged. One of the r_easons that the ( 19-8, 8t· Peters ( 19-8) and for if the line of reasoning put forth in the second letter is true then varsity squ'ad does not practice more often is that the athl_etic office Fordham ( l5-l2) · The victory the issue behind the first letter is totally irrelevant. Mr. Davis claims will · not provide the funds necessary to obtain ·further· use -of indoor ·over Fairleigh Dickinson was cer- ' · '·to show adequate reasons to . justify the lack o� concern the administra courts. However, discussions with the Co-captains show a surprising tainly an impressive one, and was tion shows to varsity athletics and actually proposes the abolition of willingness to accept this situation. In the short period of a week, two the entire program. clinched at 14-1. suggestion� were made to them which they had obviously not taken the of four victories In answer to his arguments one only has to look to the adminis This string time to explore. It is interesting to note the reaction of the wrestling was characterized by very strong tration for guidaµce. Recently there 'Yas a dinner honoriing Coach team to inadequate practice and match facilities and compare it to that Sarachek for his twenty fi_ve years of service to Yeshiva as basketball performances from sabre and . foili of . the tennis team. . , -\ coach. Dean Bacon was in attendance praising Coach Sarachek's achieve When faced with a similar situation, the wrestlers took unified ments and �abbi Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the University YUAA Honors action io bring the situqtion before the student council, the Alumni telegrammed his regrets at not being able to attend. · Is .this how one Association and theAdministration. Demands were made and the team speaks of a program that has no value or place at Yeshiva University ? did not cease to make a nuisance of itself until they · \W!re granted. In · However; this tacit approbation on the part of the administration Red Sarachek contrast. with this, the desire felt by a large segment of the tennis team cannot be the final or major · justification of the varsity sports prO:. · Bernard "Red" Sarachek, cele that the squad should drop out of its present league ,and seek oppo gram, if such is needed. The major justification lies with the �ncept brating his 25th year as coach of · nents on a level closer to its own, is one of the best kept secrets at of synthesis as it ·has been applied at Yeshiva University. It has been Yeshiva University's varsity pas Yeshiva University. 1 shown at Yeshiva that synthesis d0es not mean a total merging of ketball · team, was honored at the This desire is one of the reasons that have prompted the writing the secular and the religious. One ,does not always study Talmud or 19th Annual Athletic Award Din of this column. An attitude of this nature exhibits what is wrong with_ · Chumash with Physics, Mathematics or basketball in mind. Neither ner of the Yeshiva University Ath the approach of tennis to its many difficulties. Such a course of action can the participation in a varsity sport be elevated to a religious letic Association, Wednesday, April has only one logical conclusion ; the cessation of varsity tennis at YU. , experience. ' 30. 1 The basketball team has found out that after' a certain amount of time One of basketball's most color opponents who were once patsies ,and were placed on the schedule to J'he religiou� and the secular coexist at Yeshiva University. Th'is is done through the·utilization of the Jewish religion to guide our lives ful figures, "Red's" career began present a more balanced season, have become too much for Yeshiva to and to direct us in the application and usage of secular activities. Varsity with NYU's Violets in 1931. handle. To say that because of. the faults in the athletic program Sine-,:; then he has gone on to coach Yeshiva must aim for a lower level of competition is the first step . in sports are an extension of the secular needs of -the student body and and also ,to develop some of the the deterioration of the program. they do not exist in conflict with . the religious goals of the institution country's top ballplayers and coach The second sectfon of the letter deals with Coach Eli Epstein. but rather are guided by these' goals. The statements brought out· by es. Four outstanding "students" of While again it must be said that Coach Epstein is unsurpassed as a Mr. Davis can be used as an argument not only against varsity sports · any secul�r activity that is pursued in Yeshiva Sarachek took part in the tribute teacher of . all aspeats of the sport of tennis, some r.eferences must also hut against almost to him: Lou Carnesecca, head bas bemade on this issue. One ,confusion that has occurred is that .in con University. ketball coach at St. ' John's, who versation with the coach, he stated that the tennis team a'ctually gets The issue should not be reduced to the ridiculous level of com spoke on behalf of the Metropoli eight hours of practice weekly and more would be impossible, while men ts such as, "Playing in blue and white bloomers," for it is a serious tan Basketball Coaches ; Sam Beck the Co-captains admitted to one hour and forty five minutes of week one. When Mr. Davis speaks of synthesis it is necessary to understand man, coach at Thomas Jefferson ly practice and. said that the only reason more is. not given is that the that after spending· eight years at Yeshiva University, it is possible to High School, Brooklyn, presenting money has not been forthcoming. An explanation for this is that evaluate synth�sis as it is practiced in deed at Yeshiva, if not by word. the Sportsman Awards; Nat Mil Coach Epstein has counted his .tennis gym classes as practices. This When ' the statement is made that synthesis has not been explained�to itzok, formerly of the New York is no more true of his classes than it is of Coach Sarachek's basketball the students at Yeshiva this does not mean that explanations of syn- ' Knickerbockers, presenting the Ye gym classes. thesis have not been given. It refers to the fact that a unified view. of shiva University Athletic Assoqa-· . .. . .Another point that has been made by the Co-captains is that no. synthesis has not ·been-taught to the students so that -there should not tion Sportsman Award to Judge more is needed of a tennis coach than what Professor Epstein has done. be the wide gap that exists between the feelings~expressed in this col Franklin Morton, Jr., Justice of It is necessary to realize that the letter 'was written by two senior mem umn and those expressed by Mr. Davis. Synthesis must include activ . the Supreme Court of Brooklyn; hers of the team to understand what is wrong with this statement. ities that are bot in themselves a i'eligious experience, or something and I'eferee Lou Eisenstein, pres Perhaps the senior members of the team do not need more than occa that can be raised to a religious experience, or Yeshiva University will enting the Circle Athlet.ic Award. ;ional guidance but it is the younger squad members who will suffer exist merely as a contradiction in terms.