Yes, you remind me of the Sefer Hatalmud Umadoay Hatevel by Rav Ksiel Kamelhar, a cousin of the RY of MYRCB.
The great nephew of Reb BBL the Kamenitzer RY was a well read physicist as well as a Gaon Olom. He later became RY in Skokie.
If I do not err, some members of the Moetzes were English and Math majors .
The mashgiach in Mir RYL said that a gymnasium bachur can not be RY in the Mir, and so he came to RIETS.
So you see the controversy on the matter is quite extensive.
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