Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MFNIOIRQ l'D WW! Q 238 SCIENCE FICTION In thus club the lmaglnatuon of the members IS aroused by the mo dern fantasles of atomlc warfare flying saucers and trnps to the other planets In order to cultivate their young minds wnth modern trends IH sclence and mechanics and to confirm or duspel theur be luefs In the wonders of nature Mr Theodore Hagensee has organnzed the ocuence Fnctlon club Many of the new novels on science flctuon and magazme and comic book artucles are reported upon and dnscussed The boys are also given a chance to devuse miracle unven tnons of thelr own All nn all e forty mnnutes of the club period are always enloyed and the mem bers are kept unterested OPEN FORUM The Open Forum Club other wnse known as We the Stu dents us a mumature conference room wherein our students meet to duscuss current events and an alyze the chuef problems of world sugmflcance Thus actnvnty affords them the opportumty to exchange nnformatnon to share ndeas and to argue the pros and cons of se lected topucs Alternate weeks are gnven to round table duscusslons and debates Here an a frnendly atmosphere the students can aar their oplnlons and develop theur abnlutues to thunk crltlcally and constructlvely and to express themselves clearly and convmcmgly The group ns spon sored by Mrs S Goldman g ,. . mn . 1 ' ll - 1 I ,, . . . I , fs I , 2 I I . . . . I will - W 'ffl , lf' 5 ,gem :4 12 -W - - . - W ' V ' vim gf . . . , , ' ll - s sn , . , ' an ,. . . . , ' ' . ' , th ' . J Sixty

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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

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NIENIOIRS VISUAL AIDS This group has been develop ing a long time Under the leader hip of Rabbi S Fabian the club engages in a two fold program to tram the members in KU the operation of the schools motion picture prolector film strip m chme and lantern slide and C21 all of the fundamentals and tech mques of taking pictures fproper posurel and developing and prmt ing the films In the school dark room The finished products are appraised and improvements are suggested The training given these camera fiends is truly appreciated and enioyed Sixty one HEBREW SPEAKING CLUB Quite recently a new group has been organized in the club program of the Academy Many students are well versed in the Hebrew language its literature and grammar but are unable to converse fluently This deficiency is being overcome and learmng to speak is made more pleasant and relaxmg in this group Its ranks are filled with eager boys and girls who enloy conversing with one another in the Jewish mother tongue Hebrew Thus speaking leshon ha kodesh has become not only a classroom function but an activity outside of class as well 1 Q I I 1 , , ., A- i A i .- u - H . T . ,, . - t . . . . . , 2 . , . ' I . . I . O- x 7 V I lighting conditions, time of ex- A , , f , , ' ll - ll I