Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE PICTURE shmvts a student pointing out a placc on the map relative to the subject at hand. Slidcs and motion pictures arc also us d as illustrative. aids in his Amcrican History class, In content and scope. thc story of the United States is taken up from the begin- ning of our country to the prcscnt stage of its world leadership. IN THE econon c class the basic hcol es of economic and their ap pl cation to dailx life arc discussed X tour of the Chicago Board f T1 de lXBs arranged for the class o upplenent .1 thoiough studs of hc nor ngs of capital stock cor poi fois and tockexchanges Ilanx discussion of present day conomc problems are conducted I thc tulents thiough the use of iiund tablc discussions and panel icxicvts In thc pictuxc a panel is cismg thc Nlcxxsmap of the Week is a bdgl lor thcir discussion thc Sccretarw i thc Treasurws P xxlx piopocd tax pan

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ociaf .gziched HE SOCIAL Studles program of the Academx conslsts of one xear courses 1n Amerlcan Hlstory World H1StOFX and Geography and one semester courses ln Jexush HlSt0F5 Amer1can Government and Econ om1c Problems The Amerlcan Hlstory course cox ers the dex elopment of the Unlted States from the tlme the contlnent was dlscovered to the present day The course stresses the causes and the effects of our countrys great hlstorlcal ex ents The study of the development of the world as a whole IS taken up by the World Hlstorv classes The subject covers the perlod from the anclent c1v1l1zat1ons to the present and glx es a background for the understandlng of lnternatlonal affalrs of todav The Jewish H1story class QIVGS an 1ns1ght 1nto the problems the Jew1sh people face today Th1s course begms Wlth the hlstory of the Jews from the destructlon of the second Temple fthe earller hlstory IS jx cox ered ln the department of 'Q 'N Jewlsh Studlesl and contlnues K my to modern tlmes lncludmg a studv of the settlement 1n 'YQ Amerlca and also IH Israel Amerrcan Government analy Fjfx ,- I zes the pOl1t1Cal development ,X J Q the functlon and operatxon of ,R .N 'N ff J X RCN the Unlted States Govern ment Econom1cs coxers the .ff pr1nc1ples of economlcs and f ' X the problems arlsxng 1n our economlc svstem Together NX gf hlstorx government econom 1cs tell the student how and -1- xx hx th1S country came 1nto I :nf 1 I , Je g how t1S goxerned and -iw aff X what 1ts prospects are for the ....... .yt it-v lL1lLllC nu r H-'S' -A -Gif'-0--gangs' :mln H' . I 40 . . . U . Ry K . V. . V, . Y - . G . . Q Y y Y' , ' ' 1 . V Y ' '46 xl 'A-1' ' l 7 ill' I ' ' I . . . , .lb ' - ' 1 I ,' 'xk- . . . , Xl I' -,I g lffglr 'ml 1 ' ' 1- 1. , T -ll A' ' 4' nr H I-TTTTD. . . ' ' ' ',.Q'.-Q--zw n ' iw f c 447'-14 T . . . .--f -4 , - - ' . D l : T. ' x . . . fgfxt la' Y lil.lAa::l4-Lima-al. ' xl .X -J? I gf , .r l -Q . ' Y' V .Q I wx' ' Q gl l MXN ' V I gg.l.lu1.1-'LILLQI . . ' 7 V u vi Y . V 1 -'L-. '- 4 A, V ' - , -- --'Z - . x N L. ...:i7:r' ' Q--15 - f5'3',.f3r.ff- 1, f-- V Af: I V .1 we ' all 1 ' l u nt

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Clel'lCe GHC! W6lfLel'l'latlC6 N BOTH SCIENCE and mathematlcs courses a four year curr1cu1um 1S belng offered Two modern well equipped laboratorles ass1st the student 1n h1S studles of the blOl0g1C3l and physlcal sclences In blology plant and ammal llfe IS studled startmg Wlth the most mmute l1v1ng cell and commg up through the hlghest form of llfe man The knowledge galned 1n thls class IS adaptable to ones own llfe because of such appl1cat1ons as experlments 1n nutr1t1on proper dlets and healthful llvlng whlch are lncluded 1n the course In Physlcs the laws of matter forces energy and motlon are taught along wlth thelr appl1cat1ons those natural laws whlch govern the world 1n whlch we l1ve In chem1stry ele ments compounds and laws whxch also the lntelllgent appl1cat1ons of chem1stry to everyday l1v1ng and ID dustrxal processes are dlscussed In the first year of hlgh school students are requlred to take a course 1n general sclence Mathematlcs IS one of the most lmportant of the academlc courses and the Academy offers a complete program IH mathematlcs The courses range from first year algebra to the last semester trlgonometry In be tween are one year of geometry and one semester of lntermedlate algebra solld geometry and adx anced Ccol le'feJ algebra The sclence and math courses are essentlal for those who asplre toward a career 1n englneermg sclence aero nautxcs and the many other allled fascxnaflng and worth Whlle occupa tlons Wh1Ch 6X1St for the young peo ple of t dav as well as to tra1n the general student 1n the ways of cor rect exact thmkxng about the world m whlch we llxe 42 9 0 7 ' 7 , . . . . . , . . . 1 . . . . . , . , 7 . ' 7 . 7 Y ,- . . . I . , - - Y . . ! . 7 ' determlne thelr relatlons, are studledg 7 1 v - L , . . ' lf' , 7 - ' - H 71 , 4 ' . . . , . , . - 1 n 1 ' U A , - .I 1 . V . I