Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Ph slcal Educatlon Classes in Physical Education are conducted at the Jewish Peoples Institute to which the students of the Academy are granted a full membership Students attend gymnasium classes regularly once a week the girls on Wednesday morning the high school boys on Wednes day afternoon and the elementary school boys o Thursday afternoon The various activities participated in are swimming calisthenics and season sports such as football basketball volleyball and softball Oppor tumtles are also afforded the students to play ping pong to wrestle box and weightlift Many students take advantage of the privilege of using the gymnasium facilities during after-school hours and over weekends. Instruction at the Academy in health and recreation supplements the J. P. l. gymnasium program. The course offered includes training in First Aaid proper health habits nutrition and physical fitness. Sports tournaments and athletic contests also form part of the physical education program. Besides there activities our school baseball basketball volleyball and tennis teams play against teams from boys clubs settlement houses parks and other schools. Forty-eight MEMOIRS ' ' O O . . I . . I . - , D . . - I . .I I 1 I ' ' .. . - I 11 ' -11 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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NIEMOIRS PWJWTDF Although most students enloy looking at beautlful scenes and works of art few have the abnlaty of expressing theur feelmg on paper or on canvas The Art Clas ses an the Academy strlve there fore to bring out the creatuve abulutnes of every student They equtp the average student wuth adequate supplues and acqualnt hum wnth the forms used nn each particular area of art Many stu dents show amazing artlstlc obnl :ty and are encouraged to con tlnue thenr pursuit of the sublect even after they tlmsh the requured course ART CLASS WORKSHOP Forty seven Applyung thelr skull and creative abnlutnes nn the mak mg of oblects wlth the van ous types of practncal umple ments the students are re ceuvnng a general educatuon un the uses of machmes and trained an the mampulatnon of tools but are also taught to use tnetr hands and mmds In devlslng constructive plans for buuldmg and repaurmg appliances Wnth the help of the teacher the students learn the correct usage ot a the shops tools and machines which Include a curcular saw a Ing saw san er he and rl a power drnven machmes As the picture shows the gurls are guven an equal oppor tunlty to try their hand at Manual Arts , tools. Not only are they 'z 5 I . . . . , ll . ' ' d , lat d 'll,- ll

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NIEMOIRS , Q ahemocral ft 3' l Z C ,av f I ' X dctw . x O , ,ff 'tum f f ' Q! X X! iff ff if f The Academy as ut has been pnctured untll now offers nts students a complete and well rounded schedule of studues Because the school day as long extra cur rucular actlvltles have been developing steadily o large scale with the growth of the school All sorts of diversions from dally routlne have been experlmented wuth and the students themselves have for the most part provlded the plans for these actnvltnes The opportunuty to employ ones talents and Improve ones skulls and at th same ttme to add enlovment and relaxatlon durlng the school day have been constantly promoted Students Interested an leadership and organizational work seek recogmtuon through the Student Councll others wuth a gournallstlc mstmct fund work on the school paper the Academocrat whale still others may have speclal skulls on the ball Held school teams are alwavs nn search f good athletes to bolster the strength of their teams O Tuesday afternoons an actlvuty period stimulates further talents of photography fiends musuc lovers orators and artusts Student assemblies provide an outlet for students dramatlcally nnclmed The success of thus extra class program may be measured by the growth of stud ent morale In the Academy Ee venr ff c00 Forty nine Ili E f' T' s l Els Q T ,f i i i! ! I 'lf If A ,ff fff he e Wllllv el. I. ll u. ...., I., -. 0 I .IA . . . I .q X