DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Page Two

Thursday, July 2R, 1949

Honored

Teachers and Parents Explain
Why They Like Beth Yehudah

too are much freer," observed pupils, to awaken a feeling for
By SAUL SHIEFMAN
Beth Ye- Mrs. Hecker. "Any parent can his subjects."
HEN
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hudah saw its first crop of visit my room at any time and
high school graduates accepted sec how the class is conducted. CHILD EXPLAINS
"I LIKE THE YESHIVAH," de-
into Wayne University without No parent could ever walk into
clared 11-year-old Jackie Levin-
examination, it my public school classes!"
"Many parents call me at home I son, who transferred into the 5th
became the first
Hebrew day- to talk about their children— grade from MacCulloch school
school in Mi•hi- something that never happened , last fall, "because the work isn't
gan thus honored to me in 14 years in the public I so hard. Also, because if we have
a subject like geography, say, and
by a major uni- schools."
• • •
one of the kids asks a question,
versity.
I the teacher doesn't say we can't
This recogni- ADVANCE' TECIINIQUES
IN SOME OF ITS teaching talk about it because the bell's
tion, however,
came as no sur- techniques, the Yeshivah ranks going to ring, and he lets the boy
prise to some 200 among the most advanced edu- have his discussion."
"Originally I was opposed to
Detroiters, par- cational systems in the United
Mrs. Hecker ents who have States, Mrs. Hecker asserted.
Jackie's going to a 'parochial
had a taste of both public school
Reading and spelling are taught school,' " said Oscar Levinson,
and Yeshivah brands of educa- by the method of phonics, recent- 3812 Pasadena. "I wanted him to
tion, and teachers in Beth Yehu- ly made the subject of a series of go to school with all kinds of chil-
dah's secular school with years of articles by the Detroit Free Press. dren, not just Jewish children.
public school experience. The Through a "concrete" teaching But Jackie wanted to go 'because
general education obtainable at technique, pioneered by Beth a lot of my friends were there,
the Yeshivah is not merely as Yehudah, 1-A children learn to and I had a kid brother there who
good as the public schools offer, add and subtract, multiply and was doing real good, so I took a
chance for one year.'
they contend on
divide.
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on the basis o
As early as the fourth grade,
their experience ,
children who want to know more 'FEELS BETTER'
it is a great deal
about any subject than the school- "HERE'S WHAT we noticed in
better.
book can tell them, form their own one year: He used to come home
j research committees and report at 6:30 after school and Hebrew,
The difference
in class sizes —
to their classmates on their find- he was nervous, fatigued. Now
he gets home at 4, he feels better,
35 to 40 in the
ings.
public schools as
There is a world of difference he really enjoys going to school
against six to 20
between teaching a class of 35 and he gets better grades. He
in the Yeshivah
and a class of six, Samuel Milan used to have homework from
—was singled
finds. Milan teaches history and public school, now he doesn't
Milan
out by all who
civics both at Central and at Beth bring any homework, yet he's
always ahead of his class in pub-
compared the two systems.
Yehudah high schools.
"In my classes at Central," he lic school."
"I have a feeling of kinship
Though he is by no means re-
with my children in the Yeshivah explained, "1 am hard ,itit to keep
which I never had with my public a few students from monopolizing ligious, Levinson is convinced
school classes," explained Mrs. the discussion while the majority that a school which offers relig-
Theresa Hecker, who joined the sit woodenly by or daydream. In ious training gives its children a
Yeshivah elementary staff in 1946, the Yeshivah, with a class of six more positive attitude toward
after 14 years teaching in a public students grouped around a table, learning. He likes, too, the fact
everyone automatically partici- that the Yeshivah has discarded
school.
pates.
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the old platoon system and that
'In this kind of intimate rela- elementary children spend their
tionship the teacher has an op- entire school day with one teach-
'With 15 or 16 in the class, if portunity actually to inspire his er.
one child is a little slow or one
child finishes her lesson early and
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has nothing to do, I have time to I
give them the special attention,
they need or to give any one'
child extra affection, or special
notice.
"The children, too, seem freer
HAIFA—(Special)—Israel was
and more relaxed. They respond
seen as the teacher of the Middle
more readily and we both enjoy (By Jewish World News Service)
East by U. S. Supreme Court Jus-
ourselves more. I don't know
LONDON—Miss Mai ion Stein,
tice William Douglas speaking at
why that is, perhaps because we the Vienese pianist, whose en-
the Technion here.
both realize that everyone will gagement was announced to the
get through the subjects success- Earl of Harewood, a nephew of
Israel, he told an assembly at
fulily, perhaps because the chil- the British royal family, is not the technological institute, could
dren feel welcome as individuals a Jewess as was sensationally an- well become the nucleus of a
in a school like Yeshivah, whore nounced in big headlines in the political and economic renais-
every teacher knows every child." press.
sance that he had observed awak-
"Our relations with the parents
Not only is she a member of ening in the area.

L. Simoni and M. Buchbinder,
special representatives of Israel's
Kupal Bohm, largest medical
health service in the Middle East,
which provides complete medical
care for all Israeli newcomers
under agreement reached with
the Jewish Agency, corlipleted
their Detroit visit with assurances
that many local groups would
provide immediate aid for the
Kupat Holim emergency expan-
sion program.
A 11.000 contribution will pro-
vide initial funds to begin build-
ing a medical first aid station,

W

Roya BrItte
Revealed As
Not Jewish

CIO Chief Hits
at Histadrut

NEW YORK—(Special)—It is a
disservice to Israel to say that
everything is wonderful there
when, in fact, there is much to
criticize, Louis Hollander, presi-
dent of the N. Y. state CIO, said
on his return from Israel.

the Anglican church, but her
father, Erwin Stein, was born a
Christian and has been a Pro-
testant all his life. His father,
the bride's grandfather was a
Jew who adopted Christianity.
Thus, the story of the "Jewish
Rdyal Bride" is very far fetched.
Nevertheless, the romance of
the two young people is very
charming and has another valu-
able lesson. The young man, al-
though a member of the royal
family, works for his living as a
music critic on the Socialist
weekly newspaper, "The New
Statesman and the Nation," and
the young bride, although she
cannot exactly be described as a
refugee, was nevertheless an im-
migrant.
She came to England at the
age of 12, in 1939, when scores of
thousands of young women and
men like her, were pouring into
England which at that time had
opened widely her doors to all
victims of Nazi persecution. The
romance is a result of Britain's
humanitarian refugee policy.

Hollander and Israel Feinberg,
vice-president of 1LGWU, ad-
dressed labor representatives at
an American Trade Union Coun-
cil for Histadrut luncheon. They
had been part of a Jewish Labor
Committee delegation to Israel.
Histadrut itself was criticized
by Hollander. Ile warned that it
is evident that a conflict is aris-
ing between the organization and
those wishing to start enterprizes
in the new State.
Pointing t t Ilistadrut's assump-
tion of leadership in the field of
enterprise, Hollander said that
the labor organization will have
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before 10 a. m., Wednesdays.
Feinberg took issue with }lol-
l/alder sayihg he saw Histadrut
just Like Mother's!
as creating equality of opportun-
ity in Israel.
BORSCHT
"The pioneer era is over in
—By Manhattan
Israel," Hollander declared. Now
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Douglas Sees
Role for Israel

"Here in Israel great and stir-
ring experiments are going on,"
he declared. "New projects in
economic and social organization
are going forward. They have
great diversity and in their div-
ersity lies their great strength.

Holim
Seeking Funds

I Kupat

MRS, SAMUEL DANTO
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Mrs. Danto
Is Named by
Amity Group

Mrs. Samuel B. Danto has ac-
cepted the post of Jewish co-
chairman of the women's com-
mittee of the Detroit Round Table
of Catholics, Jews and Protest-
ants, the Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne,
executive secretary, announced.
A tireless worker with women's
groups, Mrs. Danto is past-presi-
dent of the League of Jewish
Women's Organizations, first vice-
president of the Michigan Fede•a-
tion of Temple Sisterhoods, secre-
tary of the National Bureau of
Federated Jewish Women's
Groups, honorary president of
Temple Israel Sisterhood and a
member of the board of directors
of ORT and the Council of Jewish
Women.
Mrs. Danto will take office as
co-chairman immediately for the
1949-1950 term. She will share
the chairmanship of the Detroit
Round Table women's committee
with a Catholic and a Protestant
woman.

Home Lines' Ship
Slates Israel Run

while $3,000 will start a rural
clinic in one of the new settle-
ments, serving approximately 500
Chalutzim.
Contributions of $1,000 have
already been made by the Mlaver
Umgegend Verein' and the En s _
over Relief Society. •

Many other local groups are
making contributions, I.ouis I A'-
vine, chairman, and M. Taich, di-
rector of the Detroit Israel His-
tadrut Committee, under whose
direction the emergency project
was launched, announced.

27 Ambulances
Go to Israel

NEW YORK — Twenty-seven
more Red Mogen Dovid ambu-
lances have been shipped to Is-

rael.

The ambulances were sent in
response to an urgent appeal from
the Tel-Aviv office of the Red
Mogen Dovid. Israel's only first
aid agency. for at least 50 addi-
tional ambulances to supplement
the services of the humanitarian
organization hi view of the tre-
mendous influx of immigrants.
The ambulances will serve all
without distinction as to race or
creed, in keeping with the estab-
lished non-sectarian policy of the
Red Mogen Dovid, Dr. Harris J.
Levine, vice chairman of the
board announced.

The Chronicle news deadline
The Home Lines' 11,015-ton is Monday at noon.
Liner Argentina, will begin reg-
ular service between New York
and Israel on Sept. 6. when she
INSURED
sails from New York on a 42
day cruise to Haifa.
Recently remodeled in Genoa,
the Argentina has been outfitted
to carry 126 first-class, 250 cabin-
class and 574 tourist-class pas-
sengers. Minimum round - trip
fares are $750. $630 and $565, re-
spectively.
Passengers may use the ship
as a hotel while in Haifa at a
CURRENT RATE
slight extra charge.
Moorman's Travel Service, in
the lobby of the General Motors
Bldg., and downtown office at 133
W. Lafayette Boulevard, are De-
troit agents for the Home Lines.
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