Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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TH ACADL VIY doe not neglect the practlcal xde IH lt program of StUd16S Classes are offered 1D Manual Arts and Dravwng The woodworklng hop used bv the Manual Arts cl ss a complete one cular saw 3 g saw sander lathe and drlll facllltate the 1nsL1,1ct10n ln hese classe In h accompanyxng DCUIG thre students are xovtn wo klng XVl'tl1 th Q r ula1 sax The 'oml roon ms 1n th background The art d1v1s on ol ths depart ment provldes studcnts xx 1th palnts ch rco ls crayons and blushes for orawlng and clax for praCt1ce ln 'no fllflb Both dxxxsxons asslst the Student Councll mn 1Ls actl ltle The shop students 'JU lt a png pong tlbe for our ga it cc 1 xxhle the Alt tuaents p ox dr po ters for chol Lnrtmn BESIDE THE xnstructlon the tu dents of the 'Nlusm classes recelxe ID the lnstruments of the orche ua bx means of phonograph recordlng thex are also glxen the oppo1tun1tx of becornlng fam1l1a1 xuth mu mal xnstruments through a more dnut method Talented members of the student bodx are 1nx1ted to explaln the constructlon and usf, of thru respectne mstruments and to d monstrate thelr lange tonal qualltx nd playing techmqut In thls pu ture a student 18 plavlng a selutlon on h1s accordmn for a Musxt cllss I 1 -I S - ' ' - ' s. Q Y , 7. i. L .Y . V 1. 1 Y C- 4 , . 1 , 'V . ' . ., ,, ' E TI s f . S. . .S . 5- A . ,Z-RL. . . l Many power tools. mcludxng a c1r- . v 'Q , . . Q ' t Q ' L. ' e 2. ' 1' ' ' e -i rr ' . c , I ' e ' . . .i . i - ,L L . .. k. , . I v v .,,, A . 'e' . : .' :l 'Y-:Nm 'Ce ' S r '1 1 1 9 :H I sz.

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uzuc and Cll'llfl6l!.!4 ld HE ACADEMY has certamlx not neglected the fine arts and offers ln that field full xear courses IN MUSIC and Manual Arts In the Muslc classes the svstem of readlng notes and the XHFIOUS muslcal terms are studled A record llbrarv and a phonograph have been acqulred by e Academx and through them the students recelxe a knowledge of e tglcatcst operatlc and symphomc works oi the world They often u their studles 1nto practxce by S1I'lj,f1l'lj.f under the SUIJCTXISIUYI ol the ln structor On OCCSSIOH song flutes haxe been used 1n th1s connect1on The Manual Arts classes are dnxded mto two phases art and shop work In the art classes the fundamentals of letterlng drawmg and palnt mg are cox ered One of the pro1ects of the class IS ceramlcs 1n whlch the molded clax figures are iormed baked and palnted bw the students In the shop classes the students work ln wood metal and plastlcs Many products such as chalrs bookends pms and rmgs have been made 1n the shop for the students own use The shop IS stocked Wlth all the neces studx of practlcal arts It has a lathe a sander and grmder electr1c drlll Jlq saw and a cxrcular saw plus all the re qurred hand tools and accom panxmg materlals The Acad emx IS constantlx addmg more cqulpment and facllltles for ns Muslc and Manual Arts toulsos 1 ,!Q'r':1' W ,fff f 3, ff Xxx ff J -A 1 2 r 'XXX X-X Pl ktmqxli ' MIA -14 if O I .1 ' . ' U ' Y th U' , , ' ' th 1 '- , v ' ' '. I . ' p I . . . . . . V. . , . - . - 7 . . . . . , . . Y. . . . N . Y v l . ' l 7 . I K . . Y . . 1 7 5- - - ' 1 . ' ' ' ' , - , 'aff-L 'I g it-' - ' . ,f12f7?,'gf -f, Q A v t .Qtr - 4, -3 I -A X 1 . a 1 'I I 2 ' ? ' . .4 A f ZIEQQ ,f N . al ., ' s M 7 pf - - ,- sary equ1pment for a full ydfjf, ' X , W, ' '11, tv . , ' ff V E, T N 2 f' Q' . ' 5 x is S ' . ' 0' ' - ,g fif ,B ,. QV , t ' X1 ' , H . ff I ' Li- I . , 5 t . . .. ,WI X F x 'yL.f' Q . 1 , ff AA. I-1 .my , T A 1 f of '11 -A T tt at ' ' ' 5 ft i x 7 W . .1 4, rf Q . ' - - 'jf' A Z .. A M! f Y ' , ' ' ' V - Y -N , . 4 V ' ff fn 4 E, lg 5 A . , , ,z W. . . . 1' -XE' f ,: I 'lt

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0l'l'll'l'lQI Cl6l LTHOUGH THE Commerclal Department of the Academx IS relatlvely young lt has grown 1nto one of the most efflclent and popular depart ments 1n our school A two year c urse IS offered IH typmg and shorthand a one year course ln bookkeeplng and a semester course ln office practlce In typmg students work towards a proficlency ln the operatlon of a type wrlter arld develop a hlgh degree of accuracy and speed They also learn to set up letters and other speclal bus1ness forms A recent lnnovatlon has been the teachlng of the key board of a Hebrew type wrxter 1n order to tram sec retar1es capable of typlng He brew correspondence In the shortha nd classes students attaln a speclallzed sklll 1n the taklng of d1ct1on and the ab1l1ty to transcrlbe thelr notes a the tvpewrlter I bookkeeplng students begln wlth a svmple bookkeeplng cycle lntroduced by a balance sheet approach Then each subsequent unlt IS followed by a project ou a prac 1ce set In office practlce alphabetlcal numerxcal subject add veo graphmc fill g problems are worked out Students are ac quaxnted wxth types and uses of varlous office machmes and dupllcators The Commerclal Department also does a share M' cf the txpmg f r the s hool paper and 1n general makes ltself useful by servlnff the school ln every way posslble 46 I Y . . Y .. 1 KJ , , , , . ' Ll 77 , - 7 I, ' . . fl ., , . ! ' 1 5' . Y 7 7 ' ni - . .YN - r ' r rv - t c as 1 .