Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Checker CH 1055 an IT IS pertment to ask what do chess and checke1s haxe to offer as extra currlcular act1v1t1es 1n schoolv In the first place a knowledge of these games however superiiclal prepares the student to pass h1s lelsure moments pleasantly and wholesomely In the second place wh1le developlng sk1ll 1n checkers and part1cu1arlv IH chess the learner slmultaneouslg strengthens hxs powels of concentratlon Whlle some sports are nat1onal ID char acter chess IS such a cosmopolltan game that no matter ln what part of the world one may happen to be he IS certam to encounter a chal lenger The sponsor of thxs club IS Mr M Baron .!4f!UClflCOCJ.X4t LIKE MOST other hlgh schools thc Acadcmx 15 prox1d1nU lts future ar sl w 1th a chance to chxexe success n the1r chosen field Thls oppor tumtx 15 afforded thcm bx an ad xanced art club XKh1ClI meets ex erx Tuesdax afternoon under the supcr x1s1on of Mrs C Tobm Although the speclal project of thc club th1s semester has bccn worklng 1n ceramlcs students ln tcrcstcd ln othex phases of art arc gnen 1nd1v1dual mstructlon Dcs plte the new ness of thls club It has allcadw bccn 3Ct1XC IH both clty w 1dc and lntcr statc poster contcsts md lb p1 oud to clalm wmncxs Thc club IS lookmg forward to futuxc con tcsts and wxnncrs w1th the SIHLLIQ hopc of addlng to lts already finc reputatxon , s I' ll A I ' l. ' C X I .1 v. . U ,S - gf S .' . . a. ' , . i ' - ' - . v .1 A , - A ' I' 5 xx I s' l A ' ' x f .,, V ,, ' v ' .' vt .' , ' is-If 4 3 V- , x: -.Q 'Z '- - . . ' v' x- 1 v '. ' V, - -, . - x. . . V' , Af V' S' .,., x ' ' ' ' 1 r 1 l ' ' l ll ' 7 Y . f 7 , , . I V , . .

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Wafiona! .jslonor Sociefg NATIONAL H sficlm 3 5 flu ii? The TORAH Chapter of the Ch1cago Jew1sh Academy recelved 1ts charter numbel 4361 from the Nat1onal Honor SOC1Bty of Secondary Schools on March 15 1951 The emblem of the Natxonal Honor Soclety 1S the keystone and the flammg torch The keystone bears at 1ts base the letters C S L and S whlch stand for Character the composlte of all the common vlrtues Scholarshxp the great goal of our hlgh school endeavors Leadershlp the wonderful glft of powerful personahty that blazes the traxl for man s upward cllmb Serv1ce the unselfish qual1ty of dolng our share 1n the world s work and of g1v1ng of oul selves fOl the benefit of manklnd The Hammg torch 15 the emblem of our purpose to bear forward the searchlng llght of truth and to keep burnmg 1n our schools a h1gh ambmtlon for the endurmg values of hfe The chapter carr1es the name of Torah Chapter for Torah symbollzes the essence of Jew1sh learnmg and the hxghest type of J8W1Sh 1lV1Hg These are the ldeals of our soclety NATIONAL HONOR SOOIETY MEMBERS 00 R- BACK ROW C Gnspag I F edman B Shandalov FRONT ROW A Fasman C Kaolan R Mosak S Sachs Y Rab vz No Pc! ed J Anon 56 y v v - . . . I , y . 7 Y . , . l . . . 1 Y . , . . Q ' . , . v 1 ' ' Al 57 LL 77 ' . , I ....4,.. 1 Y. may -W V A, , 4 . ,, - .,, 9 - vt , - 4 . ,A , Q R .kk NN . . .1 , .3 ' , ' , 1 1 , f . 4 A . i r , . ri , . . f. ,.,,. ,. ,. inovi,1uurf.!l

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