The Message, Volume 23, Number 3, November 19, 1969 Page: 4 of 10
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Happiness is a Visit to a Farm
A trip on a bus is a real treat, but a
trip on a bus to a farm is even better.
The nursery and kindergarten students
were delighted to visit the Hovas Farm
and actually view all the animals and
farm implements they had been learning
and singing about at school. The out-
ing included pecan picking in the or-
chard as well as lunch under the trees
and a complete tour of the farm.
Sharing is the Spirt of
Thanksgiving
Beth Hayeled and Day School stu-
dents know the real meaning of Thanks-
giving. Besides just giving thanks, the
students also gave a little of what they
have to others by distributing twenty
Thanksgiving turkey baskets to needy
families throughout the city. Day School
P.T.A. furnished all the turkeys and the
students furnished the trimmings.
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Science Museum
Reptiles was the subject discussed at
the Museum of Natural History when the
sixth graders of the Day School attended
in November in connection with their
studies of reptiles. Visit their classroom
to see clay models of pre-historic rep-
tiles. Their history is also in picture
form on the bulletin board in the halls
of the school. For a real treat, notice
their painting in the school wing!
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Parents’ Council News
During the month of November, the
Parent’s Council of Beth Yeshurun Reli-
gious Schools celebrated Jewish Book
Month by sponsoring a family Essay and
Book Review Contest for the children
in the Religious Schools and the parents.
This contest encouraged parents and
children to work together on a coopera-
tive entry. The theme of Jewish Book
Month this year was Around the World
with Jewish Books. In keeping with this
theme, the eligible books were those in
the Beth Yeshurun Library dealing with
Jewish life in one or more countries.
Mrs. Ben Friedman our Librarian was
of great help to the contestants.
The contest was divided into two di-
visions, one for children through the 5th
grade and the other for children in the
6th grade and higher. Each division had
two categories: Book review and original
creative writing. There was a 500-word
limit on the papers in the first division
and 1000-word limit on those in the 6th
grade and over group.
Preliminary judging was done by the
classroom teachers for their own rooms.
Entries were submitted to the teachers
by November 16, 1969. Finalists from
each class presented their entries in per-
son on November 23 to a panel of five
judges appointed by the Parent’s Council.
Prize winners will be announced at an
assembly on December 7, 1969, and the
winners will read their papers at that
time.
The Parent’s Council has announced
a valuable list of prizes. Each category
in each division will have a winner who
will receive a $50 bond, a runner-up who
will receive a $25 bond, and an honor-
able mention who will receive $10 cash.
This makes a total of over $250 in prizes
being offered.
With such a valuable list of prizes,
Parent’s Council Contest Chairmen, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Woskow, are enjoying
worthwhile response.
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Dr. Jonathan Malev
Guest of Day School
Beth Yeshurun Day School had the
pleasure of presenting Dr. Jonathan
Malev at a gathering on November 23rd.
The affair was in conjunction with Jew-
ish Book Month and the Book Fair, and
at this time winners of the poetry, essay,
book report, and art competitions were
announced. Dr. Malev has returned to
Houston with his family after a long
absence and is presently a psychiatrist at
Baylor College of Medicine and at the
Veterans’ Administration Hospital. His
review of Dr. Haim Ginott’s books Be-
tween Parent and Child and Between
Parent and Teenager gave new insight
into two books that have become two
of the most popularized books on child-
hood and adolescence in recent years.
We are most grateful to Dr. Malev for
having given us such an enjoyable and
informative evening.
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Educational Director’s Column
A SUMMER AT CAMP RAMAH
By Rafael Arbisser
Last summer six of our youngsters
spent a most wonderful summer at Camp
Ramah in Wisconsin. They went appre-
hensively, not knowing what was await-
ing them, how they would fare among
Jewish youngsters from Chicago, Minne-
apolis and Kansas City. They returned
enthusiastic about every aspect of camp
life, beginning with sports and dramat-
ics and ending with Hebrew studies.
Most of these youngsters are eagerly
awaiting the 1970 camp season. They
have inspired many of their friends and
all are getting ready for a fine, whole-
some summer.
Enrollment for the 1970 Camp Ra-
mah in Wisconsin has begun. The Hous-
ton Commission for Jewish Education,
as well as the Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood
and Men’s Club, are again offering par-
tial scholarships to deserving students
desiring to attend Camp Ramah. In this
unique camp the child learns the mean-
ing of a way of life as he experiences
the riches of his heritage. In classes and
meaningful informal discussions he ab-
sorbs the abiding Jewish values. Hebrew
becomes a living language when it is an
expression of the life of one’s own
community.
Ritual assumes a new dimension when
it has a natural setting of beauty and
dignity and is shared creatively with
friends.
Personal ethics takes on a new mean-
ing when it evolves around the daily
regimen of group living.
Only boys and girls attending our
Day School or Hebrew School, 11 years
of age, or entering 6th grade (Sept. ’70)
are eligible. Registration is limited. I
hope many of our parents will appre-
ciate the values of this fine camp and
register their children for a most won-
derful summer.
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