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plified. The idea that Mrs.
to convey to the teacher is
her can find in her class
kings, so to speak, of an
ram. whether in the form
, r recitations or story-tell-
ax . She insists, moreover,
ram, in its composition as
> presentation, ought to be
rk of the pupils themselves.
!;l tion on the assembly plat-
vivified concentrated essence
room work is not only likely
orable attitudes toward the
u- Temple on the part of the
t is calculated also to fur-
mi motivation for the class
The assembly program then
Tss-room project of the high-
, author takes care again and
1 attention to the fact that
rams must not be independent
st fit into, the children's service
nevertheless, a futher word
i and criticism seems to be called
l b. -ervice of worship is an art in
ad in the service of worship
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The Southern Israelite
itself. A teacher who is preparing her
at any one assembly ought not to he ex
pected at the same time to be preparing
a dramatic program. In one of the largest
religious schools in the country it has
been found that the best practice was
every Sunday to have one class respon
sible for the special program.
Nor may we accept uncritically the
phrase jn the editor's introduction about
"the great difficulty involved in develop
ing suitable sermonic material for chil
dren." It still remains true that the prime
function of the assembly is to give the
Rabbi an opportunity for spiritual contact
wtih the children. These assembly pro
grams should at least alternate with the
Rabbi’s talks or sermonettes. Let the
Rabbi be responsible for making his talks,
creations of charm and beauty which the
children look forward to eagerly. One
might point to several large religious
schools in which the announcement that
at the next assembly the Rabbi will speak
is greeted with greater enthusiasm than
the announcement of a play or of movies.
Mrs. Levinger grades the various pro
grams, indicating that one program is
suitable for class I in the curriculum of
the Commission on Jewish Education, an
other suitable for tirade II. and so on.
But one of the delightful tilings about
the book is that the gradings need not he
taken seriously. Thus “A Day in a Jew
ish Home", which is designated for tirade
I, would be just as acceptable, in Grades
IV, V, and VI, and the program on the
Psalms designated for Grad? IX would
be quite possible in Grades I. II. or III.
The grading of such materials is still in
an unscientific stage. The use of the va
rious programs by various grades will
be largely a matter of taste and the spe
cial conditions of each school.
Why does Mrs. Levinger in her in
structions on staging declare categorical
ly, “Make-up should be forbidden"?
There is an implication here that when
actors put on make-up they do so out of
some vile or lascivious motive. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Make
up is used because the glare of the foot
lights rend.-rs the average human com
plexion ghastly pale. The make-up is
needed to restore the balance and present
a normal complexion. If there are foot
lights on the school auditorium stage,
then make-up is absolutely essential.
There is nothing immoral about make-up
per se. Everything depends upon the pur
pose for which it is used.
Both Mrs. Levinger and the editor
should be commended for the brave use
of the expression, “entertaining pro
grams". Both the title and the contents
of the book are eloquent of the fact that
programs for children need not Ik- solemn
and arid in order to be inspiring. Chil
dren are best edified by programs which
please them, by methods which entertain,
that is, stimulate rather than suppress
their aesthetic appreciations.
What a mine of poetic, dramatic, fic
tional and musical wealth Mrs. Levinger
discovers as she scours Jewish literature
for beautiful things by which the children
will be entertained even while they arc-
being taught! What a lesson in Jewish
literature, in Sabbath observance, and m
Jewish loyalty she makes of Israel Zang-
will’s, “The Hebrew's Friday Night ;
and what a lovely picture to look at as
well! , ,
Every teacher will be grateful to Mrs.
Levinger for her suggestion that in the
preparation of these programs regular
class time may be used, for the prepara
tion of these programs is a method of
instruction—the project method, a method
by which children are likely to learn more
than by hours of straight reading of texts
or answering of examination questions.
By a fortunate coincidence another
book on the same subject of assembly
programs has just been published. \\ bile
it is intended for a different t\pe of
school than the Religious School of the
Reform Temple, it will be found rich in
suggestions and materials Every teacher
and supervisor will do well to read in
addition to Mrs. I.evinger’s "Entertaining
Programs for the Assembly", also "As
sembly Programs for Jewish Schools" by
Mrs. R. Lurie, published by the Asso
ciated Talmud Torahs of Philadelphia.
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Assistant Professor of Bacteriology of
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way to Montevideo to take part in a Sero
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Doctor, the discoverer of a new blood-
test for social diseases to take the place
of the Wasscrmann test, is the only rep
resentative from North America invited
to participate in the conference.
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