Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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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

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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 .' Wy gms 5 JS U10 .516 fl The physical education program at the Academy conslsts primarily of health and recreation classes The health classes are instructed nn first and proper health habits nutrutuon and phvslcal fitness exercises The sports tournaments and athletic contests form an Import ant part of the phvslcal training program an the recrea tion classes Besides these actlvltles our school baseball basketball tennis and volleyball teams compete with other teams from schools boys clubs and various agencies Thus year the Academy teams have had a very successful season in nts sports program The Sr Varsity basketball team won 9 out of T3 games and the Jr Varsity team captured first place In the B B R Jun basketball tournev The tennis and softball teams have also had a successful season ln addition to our excellent 4 t ,rf I .J 433+ teams the Academv has broadened its interscholastic activities with other schools lt has established athletic relationships with 5 new schools for the next year The gurls interscholastic activities declined somewhat this vear through no fault of their own Most schools have restrnctlons on extra curricular athletic activities for gurls and the Academy was not able to arrange as many games as would be desired Nevertheless In view of these limitations the gurls take great pride and 'oy nn their teams The large numbers of students participating on the Academy teams as most encouraging As a result J varsity teams In tennis and softball have been organized This makes the future of the Academy Sports program very promising and encouraging Sixty two ri .st .-: . A! If ' ff 121 l X- V A Y . ' ' iz? - T f ff . wir, I - ' A ff '- N H I A x lg l g N, X git? 'si if Wltl R' .X X ' X . T Q A I, xg.. ' 'I . ' . . . lor I' ' ' ' .