Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MEMOIRS 1-1 TYPING CLASS In this plcture we see the teach er t st ng her students on h w fast and accuratelv they can wrute u 1 g te new style short and S I' T tau t th sho t awd tta lt wlll secretarial knowledge appllcable young ladnes are sxlls and prccson of and hop some day help them attain good positions where thelr of the sublect wlll be SHORTHAND One way to be a favonte and gain frxends and Influence IS to know how to type well The gurls un the Academy are flndmg thus to be factual for their knowledge and experience on the keyboard are hughly valued and sought nn many dulferent functions of the school Is It to be wondered then that typung has become such a popular sublect that even boys are takmg an nnterest In nt Once a student has developed sutficlent skull an the sublect he as ready for prolects from he office school paper and the school yearbook from teachers and fruends Forty hve 1 D T J 5 .. 7 I s . ' . . H . I l - ' . 1 r I 1 MW . . . I . , N-N-1 ..,,, imhn, - Q l, ., . ' ' . ,. y , I I Memoirs, and other assignments . . I I -- e E s . ' l I I1 It h - 'p. These ' g . . e I I f S . 1 . . , e f t. . . I ,

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MEMOIRS 131 ' COMMERCIAL The Commercial courses at the Chicago Jewish Academy have helped a few of last years graduates to obtain and advance ln good paying labs Also some of our students find that after learmng typmg or book keepmg they can get a better paying summer 'ob be fore graduation The commercial curriculum of the Academy offers a two Year course in both typmg and shorthand a one year course in bookkeeping and a semester course nn office practice ln typmg students learn the operatnon of a typewriter and work for ten minute certificates In order to qualify for one of these certificates a student must be able to type at least 30 words a minute wnth students learn to cut a stencil illustrate It on the mnmeoscope and run ut off on a mlmeograph machme A few extra ambitious students have somehow found BOOKKEEPING Looking over the shoulder of this student we see a Bookkeeping textbook and workbook nn which the student as carefully calculatmg the problem according to his knowledge of the sublect Thus course is a great asset to students interested un a busmess career for Academy graduates have received good 'obs after finishing school and are a credit to their Alma Mater Lets hope thus student can balance has debuts with hs credits and be left with a profit for his effort an the course enough tnme to practice from a Hebrew typmg text from Israel on our one Hebrew typewriter If they had more time they might learn to type busmess letters an Hebrew nn addition to learmng the Hebrew keyboard Academy students enloy the novelty of the Gregg system of representing sounds Towards the end of one year these students can take shorthand from extended dictation and transcribe at at the typewriter In book keepmg too Academy students have an opportunity to use their reasoning abnlltles to complete a detailed book keepmg cycle with a ten column work sheet a balance sheet and a statement of profit and loss ln office practice students learn to file busmess records where they can for the Annual or the school paper or some prolect for the school find their accuracy and speed greatly be nefited Forty four D T - T three errors or less, then 40 wpm, 50 wpm, etc. Typing be quickly found. Many typing students who help type , . . . . i

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MEMOIRS 17131727 Appealung to the students fondness for the finer arts the Academy has set up a Musuc education program to meet the needs of the students The Music classes engage nn the study of music theory as well as graduated reodlng of notes and lustenlng to the world s flnest opera tlc and symphomc compositions, from the schools lnbrary GU The Manual Arts department has progressed and wnth the addutlon of new tools and materuals the students have been able to express theur creatlve abllltues through art and mechamcs The class devotes part tame to art and part time to workung un the shop Already students have Improved the appearance of the workshop by re pamng and adding new appliances MUSIC CLASS Unlike other schools the Musuc class m the Academy does not attempt to classnfv the students In to varnous vocal and mstrumental groups Instead at takes up the general study of musnc from many phases The teacher explalns the theory of musnc famulnarnzes the students wth the great works of the masters bv wav of records and shows the students the various ln struments which compose the or chestra Some students who are proflcnent nn the playing of an an strument often dusplav as as shown here, the correct ployung tech mque Forty snr l . . . . , . - . I - of records. ' ' ' ' . 0