Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MEMOIRS TITJTTDT CHESS AND CHECKERS On Tuesday afternoon durIng the UCTIVITY perIod when steppIng IHTO the Parlor we are ImmedIate ly oversome wIth 'oy by the mellow notes IssuIng forth from the varIous Instruments of the band Lets lIsten and hear what they re playIng Now they are lust tunIng up The conductor Mr Phllllp Meyer IS tappIng wIth hIs baton for sIlence Now they all start togetner harmonIzIng to produce melodIous musIc The bond performs at varIous school functlons and IS always looklng for new talent to Improve ITS qualIty and Increase Its scope of OCTIVITY INSTRUM ENTAL GROUP The opInIon that the game of chess IS only for the Intellectuals IS beIng dIsproved In the Academy In evIdence the chess and checker club members are constantly Im PFOVIDQ theIr skIlls on the checker board In the pIcture shown here a dIfflcult move IS beIng gulded by the trusty hand of Mr M Baron the sponsor of the group The bovs are fascmated and theIr abIl TIES and powers of concentra tlon and forethought are Improved WhIle chess has attaIned world wIde recognItIon as a cosmopolltan pastIme many Jews hae rIsen to the top as champlons of the game We hope that some day these students name mlght be added to those of Samuel Reshevsky WII lIam Stemmetz Emanuel Lasker and others Frfty eIght

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MEMOIRS IUJTTDT EXTRA slvon 5712 The student newspaper in c present-day high school is very often taken for granted, although not too many years ago such an institution was not even a dream. It was not deemed necessary by the administrations of high schools of the past that the student body of a school should have an organ of self-expression, wherein the students would be able to participate in voicing opinion and would have a chance to reach the entire student body with their efforts. Today, however, it is gen- erally believed that the school newspaper answers many of the needs of the modern student body. In addition to the above mentioned function of a sounding board , the school newspaper also serves as a centralizing force of no mean power. It draws students together not only by allowing them to share in fresh experiences, but also by helping them to re-share older experiences by means of news articles, editorials, and features. ln this way it is creating school spirit, certainly another great function of a school newspaper. B. Singer, S. Greengus, F. Rich SPRING SEMESTER STAFF Editor-in-Chief-S. Greengus Managing Editor-B. Singer Editorial Staff Co-Feature-J. Bubrick, S. Perlstein Sport Editors B. Gertz, M. Fasman, A. Klein Make-up Staff Make-up-F. Rich Art-M. Rosenberg Circulation Manager C. Rubin A. Klein, W. Gertz, L. Shanoff, M. Casuto, S. Perlstein, M. Fasman, J. Bubrick, Copy Ed5fo,S-L. Sp-,anogl H. Nussbaum, C. Rubin, F. Rich, B. Singer, S. Greengus M. Casuto Fifty-:oven

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MEMOIRS EDU727 OFFICE SERVICE The school office always c busy place ns buzzmg wuth act :vnty on Tuesday afternoon when ambutlous young ladies assist Mrs M Merritt the school secretary ln her mamfold dutles The mem bers of the group receuve trcnmng ln the procedures of an efficient office program from Muss A Brazda the Club sponsor who acquamts the gurls with the skulls of fllung documents typing bookkeeping general oftlce practice etc whuch wall and the members when seek :ng such posutuons later nn lute LIBRARY SERVICE A beehnve of actsvuty us the school library where the busy bees go scurrynng about attend mg to the days tasks The umblt nous youngsters shown here are busy assnstlng the Iebrarlan mendmg torn textbooks adlustung the books on the shelves and classntymg them and ln general learmng the many tedious duties ofthe Iubrarnan Mrs E Phnllups who IS explaining them to her dlscuples Theur club period ns spent wlselv In the envuronment of good books and they are happy for the opportumty of helping to beautnfy and Improve thelr library .3 Frhy mne