Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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 .

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pkgifwaf L76!llCail0I'l LASSES IN Physical Education are conducted at the Jewish Peoples Institute to which the students of the Academy are granted a full membership Students attend gy mnaslum classes regularly once a week the girls on Wednesday morning the high school boys on Wednesday afternoon and the elementary school boys on Thursday afternoon The various 3CtlVlt16S participated in are swimming callsthenics and seasonal sports such as football basketball xolleyball and softball Opportunities are also afforded the students to play ping pong to wrestle box and gymnasium facilities during after school hours and over weekends Instruction at the Academy in health and recreation supplements the J P I gvmnasium program The course offered includes training in First Aid proper health habits nutritlon and physical fitness Sports tournaments and athletic contests also form part of the physical education program Besides these actix ities our school baseball basketball volley ball and tennis teams play against teams from boys clubs settlement houses parks and other schools 48 O O V ' . . weightlift . Many students take advantage of the privilege of using the U , . . . . -x