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CENTER
Published by The Jewish Community Center of Houston, Texas
By ANN O. NYMOUS
VOL. I
FEBRUARY 1, 1940
No. 11
MEMBERS VOTE “Y” CHANGE TO JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
Femme Sports
SWIMMING
Arrangements have been made
with the Y. W. C. A to accord
swimming privileges to Center
members on the same basis as Y.
W. members. Women members
of the Center will be allowed to
swim at the Y. W. during the
periods assigned to their members,
as well as during a period es-
pecially set aside for Center
members, when instruction will
be offered to beginners. The
rates will be six swims for $1.
Center members will be required
to pay 50c for a special health
examination, required of all Y.
W. members. Center membership
cards will have to be shown to
receive the special rate. All
women Center members interest-
ed in swimming are asked to
leave their names with Mr. She-
lansky.
W. A. A.
Mrs. Helma Schalit and Sara
Lewis were elected co-chairmen
of the Women’s Athletic Associa-
tion of the Center by the W. A
A steering committee. Four
sub-committees, to carry out the
work of the organization, have
been named, as follows: Leagues
and Tournaments: Frances Bass,
chairman, Mrs. Hilda Frosch, Ber-
nice Solomon, Jesse Wilkenfeld,
Florence Cohen; Extra-curricular
activities: Sylvia Waxier, chair-
man, Libbie Lewis, Sylvia Bass,
Florence Reichek, Leah Tolsky;
Attendance: Mrs. Esther Pepper,
chairman, Lillian Waxier, Lillian
Selzer, Evelyn Gross, Sara Roth;
Miscellaneous activities: Esta
Rudnick, chairman, Janet Gold-
berg, Mrs. Harry Goldberg, Har-
riet Reingold, and Mrs. Helma
Schalit The other members of
the steering committee are: Esta
Rudnick, Sylvia Waxier, Mrs.
Esther Pepper, and Frances Bass.
VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
The Center Volleyball league
for women will be organized this
Monday evening, February 5 and
will begin play on Wednesday
evening, February 7. All women
members of the Center are eligi-
ble to take part. It is planned to
start with a four-team league, to
be enlarged if a sufficient numb-
er of girls are interested. All
girls interested in playing on a
team are asked to be present next
Monday. If they cannot be pres-
ent then and wish to play, they
are asked to notify Mr. Shelan-
sky in advance. Games will be
played on gym nights—Mondays
and Wednesdays.
TOURNAMENTS
Tournaments for women in
ping-pong and badminton are
now being organized by Mr. She-
lansky, in cooperation with the
tournament committee of the W.
A A Entries are now being tak-
en by Mr. Shelansky. All women
members of the Center are eligi-
ble to take part, regardless of
their ability. Awards will be
made to the winners. Submit
your entry now if you wish to
take part
MARRIED WOMEN’S CLASS
The gym class for married
women, featuring activities of in-
terest to them, is now being held
every Monday and Wednesday
morning beginning at 9:30 a. m.
Because of the limited number in
the class, there is good oppor-
tunity for individual attention.
The activities carried on are
adapted to the needs and inter-
ests of the women. All women, f
unable to attend the evening
classes, are invited to take part
by attending the next class this
Monday morning.
POLLACK OFFERS PHOTO
COURSE IN CAMERA CLUB
The activities of the Photo-
graphy Club, which meets every
Tuesday evening from 8 to 10
o’clock under the direction of
David Pollack, include a complete
course in photography for begin-
ners at no cost The first hour
is devoted to theory and the
second hour to practical, dark-
room work.
Among the subjects to be cov-
ered are: How a camera works;
what is film; elementary photo-
graphic chemistry; simple camera
and dark room technique; com-
position; lighting; enlarging; de-
veloping and printing. The work
of every member of the group
will be treated individually with
Mr. Pollack offering constructive
criticism.
Mr. Pollack, who taught photo-
graphy at the Henry St. Settle-
ment, in New York, is an expert
in photography. He emphasizes
that every member of the group
should have some type of camera,
no matter how inexpensive, be-
cause a large part of the work
will revolve around the individual
member’s own photographic ef-
forts.
There is no charge and the
general public is invited.
Music Notes
MUSIC APPRECIATION
“Wagner and his contributions
to music” will be the topic of the
illustrated talk to be given by
Irving Wadler at the sixth meet-
ing of the “Music Appreciation”
course in the Lounge of the
“Y” Center this Wednesday eve-
ning, February 6, at 8 o’clock.
Various selections of Wagner’s
music will be played to illustrate
the lecture.
The group is informal with the
listeners asking questions as they
arise in connection with the sub-
ject being presented. Members
are invited to attend individual
lectures—units in themselves—if
they cannot take part in the en-
tire series.
Admission is free and the pub-
lic is invited.
SUNDAY MUSICALES
A J. CLUB FIRST-HALF
WINNER IN JR. CAGE LOOP
Herman Nathan, of A J. No.
2, sank a field goal, with seconds
to play, to nip the T. H. S. by a
score of 19-18 in a thrilling basket
ball game Saturday night as the
feature of the junior basketball
league. The score was tied at
the end of the half 8-8. Milton
Freedman and Leon Testa with
7 points each were high point
men for the losers.
The Adath Yeshurun quintet
needed an extra period to win
from the Beth El club by the
score of 26-24. At the half the
B. E. led 13-7. Jerry Tarnapol
led the Adath Yeshurun attack
with 11 points, while Henry Burt-
chell was high for the losers with
9. But the Adath Yeshurun
victory went for naught when it
was discovered that one of their
players was ineligible and the
game was awarded to the B. E.
A J. captured the first-half
championship, finishing with a
record of 5 wins and no losses,
followed by Beth El, in second,
with four victories and one de-
feat T. H. S., Troop 27, Adath
Yeshurun, and Beth Israel fin-
ished in that order.
The second half of the league
will start this Friday, with a
new team—Troop 71—being ad-
ded to make a seven team league.
The week-end schedule finds
Beth El meeting Troop 27 on
Friday; T. H. S. vs. Adath Yesh-
urun, in the first game at 7:15,
and Beth Israel vs. A J. No. 2,
in the second game at 8:15 on
Saturday.
CHORAL SOCIETY
Cantor L 8. Krasnoff, direct-
or of the Center Choral So-
ciety, announces that the next
meeting and rehearsal of the
group will be held this Tues-
day evening, February 6 at 8
p. m. in the Montefiore Hall
of Temple Beth EL The change
from Monday evening for this
rehearsal is due to the Houston
Symphony Concert, on which
days rehearsals are changed
from the regular Monday date.
All members of the group are
urged to attend.
A series of Sunday evening
musicales, featuring concerts of
recorded symphonies and other
outstanding music, will be inau-
gurated next Sunday evening,
Feb. 10, at 8 p. m., in the lounge.
This series will be under the di-
rection of Irving Wadler, who
conducts the Center’s Music Ap-
preciation Course on Wednesday
evenings.
According to present plans, the
group will listen to the Ford Sun-
day evening concert from 8 to 9
on the Center’s new combination
radio-victrola. A 9 p. m„ there
will begin the recorded concert,
including one full-length sym-
phony and other shorter numbers.
Mr. Wadler has access to the
complete record library of the
Houston Symphony Orchestra, in-
cluding many symphonies record-
ed by the famous Boston Sym-
phony, and they will be included
on future concert programs.
The program for the first con-
cert has not yet been selected and
Mr. Wadler invites Center memb-
ers to suggest favorite works
which they would like to have
played at the first concert and
those to follow. A social hour
will follow each concert
Admission is free and the gen-
eral public is invited.
The Young Women's and Young
Men’s Hebrew Association is now
the Jewish Community Center of
Houston. This change of name
became effective last Wednesday
upon the adoption of the new
constitution of the organization
at a special meeting of the mem-
bership. Mr. M. M. Feld presided
at the meeting in the absence of
Mr. Robert Kaplan, president
who was ilL
Other important new features
of the constitution, now operative,
are as follows: the Executive
Committee of the Jewish Com-
munity Council will function as
the steering committee of the
Center on major policy—those
affecting the Jewish community
as a whole—and on major financ-
ing problems; the annual meet-
ing and election of directors will
be held in the first week of May,
instead of in January as pre-
viously; one boy and one girl
between the ages of 18 and 21
will serve on the Board of Direct-
ors in addition to the 21 Board
Members; the Advisory Board of
Governors is no longer operative.
The By-Laws define the func-
tions of the various committees
and cover questions of member-
ship and financial control, in ad-
dition to numerous other admin-
istrative questions.
According to action taken at
the membership meeting, Mr.
Kaplan will appoint the two
Board Members between the ages
of 18 and 21 within the next week
to serve until the annual election
in May. The clause pertaining
to the relationship with the Jew-
ish Community Council will be-
come operative upon ratification
of the Executive Committee of the
Council.
The new name of the organiza-
tion—the Jewish Community
Center—takes on significance be-
cause it gives greater meaning to
the aims and program of the
Center, whereas the “Y” title
placed emphasis on young people.
The new name gives meaning to
the concept that the organization
aims to serve, in its program, all
age ranges from children through
the adult in the entire Jewish
Community and is working to-
wards the end of becoming the
center of Jewish secular life in
the community.
RAMBLERS COP FIR8T-HALF
SENIOR BASKETBALL TITLE
COURSES IN JEWISH
INSTITUTE BEGINS FEB. 21
All courses to be offered in the
Institute of Jewish Studies, spon-
sored by the Center, will begin
on Wednesday evening, February
21 and continue for eight weeks.
Classes will be held at the Center.
The Institute will be formally
inaugurated on Wednesday eve-
ning, February 14, with an as-
sembly of those enrolled, at
which time Dr. H. J. Leon, Pro-
fessor of History at the Univer-
sity of Texas, will be the main
speaker.
A change in the subject of one
of the courses listed last week
has been made. Instead of the
announced course on "Jews in
the War Areas,” Rabbi S. A. To-
field will offer a course on
“Rashi.” This course is most
appropriate in view of the fact
that this year is the 900th anni-
versary of the great Jewish
scholar, Rashi.
A registration fee of one dollar
will be charged, entitling the
registrant to take two courses.
A brochure on the Institute is
now being prepared and will be
mailed out within the near future.
All persons desiring to receive
a copy are asked to notify the
Center office.
The M. M. Society nosed out
its perennial rival, the A Z. A,
by the score of 39-37, in one of
the most thrilling and hard fought
basketball games ever seen on
the Center floor last Sunday to
head the brace of games which
brought to a close the first half of
the season in the Senior floor
league. City Tire, with three of
its stars incapacitated due to ill-
ness, forfeited its game to Ramb-
lers No. 1, leaving the latter as
first half champs with a clean
record of 7 wins and no losses.
A J. romped all over the S. A R.
five, to win 70-15.
In the M. M.-A Z. A. game, the
lead changed hands many times
during the contest, with M M.
leading at the half, 18-16. With
less than a minute left to play,
Sam Chazanow was fouled and
tied the count with two free
throws. Seconds clicked away
and an overtime game was in
sight. With only a second to
play, Saul Gerber lifted the ball
out of a scramble and scored the
winning goal as the whistle blew.
Chazanow was high for M. M.
with 14, closely followed by Ger-
ber. with 12. Max Brier and
Kalman Garfinkle were high for
A Z. A with 9 each.
Simon Wiederman tallied 22
points to lead A J, at the high
If certain
try te tell Berate
a well-managed gym sbs
ran, mere ftrto weald
Monday night semises . .
attraction dees the gym I
SYLVIA WAXLEB that
her attend the “Y” ever;
day and We
ly? . . . MRS. HELMA SCHALIT
makes as forget that she’ll never
see twenty again. Her vtvaetty
and energy makes her es* of the
most popular players on the
overt.
LEBA FELDMAN has been
seeing quite a bit of SIMON
WIEDERMAN Can it be be-
cause DEButante PHYLLIS ZAX
has given him the air? . . . It’s a
good thing we he-men aren't
henpecked. When ROSELLE
SEGAL found herself stranded on
the 3900 block of N. Main, she
phoned for JOE GREENFIELD
to 'come and get it..’ Then she
hangs up. Shouts Joe, “She’s got
a —nerve telling, not asking, aee
to come out to the country and
pick her up. I wouldn’t go that
far for Heddy Lamarr!" But
what’s Roselle got that Heddy
hasn't? Sometimes I find myself
wondering if ABIE GOLDSTEIN
would have gone by for her.
Many things
Sunday's basketball
in first place for
thrills is SOL Gl
goal with lorn than a scccnd to
play. The whistle blew while
the ball was hovering la mM-aAr.
Six points were registered In Me
last thirty seconds of play as Me
A Z. A came within two points
of scoring their first win over
the M. M. . . . Here's ear nil-
star selection for the first half. H
yea don’t like them, get extra
copies of the paper at the affloe.
The two top scorers, HAROLD
“PRO” FREEDMAN. A. Z. A,
and BUDDY LEWIS, temblors
No. 1. at forwards; LEON DEUT-
SER, Ramblers No. L center;
hustling ADOLPH LIDSKY and
SAM CHAZANOW. M M guards.
“STEVE” is also my selection for
most valuable player . . . Dent
forget the midget league. We
expoet to see some of them step
Into faster company next your
and give some of their elders •
lesson on how baaketbaU Is play-
ed by them what knows. It looks
like MILTON FREEDMAN will
cop scoring honors and Me A J.
will again dominate the Janter
league . . . MILTON and HAR-
OLD FREEDMAN are lending
both leagues in scoring. Some-
body ought to break up thto
family monopoly or hasn’t any-
one heard of the Aatt-Trast Law.
Freesh from New Yawfc with
all the trimmings, purty ADELE
BRISKMAN is LEON DEUT-
SER’S number one heart throb
. . . ANN UPP broke three dates
to a dance because she knew
SIDNEY BINDER wouldn't be
there . . MAURICE ’ SALAME ”
LEV IT wants everyone to know
that just because he got selected
Beau of 1940 at the DEB dance,
he wouldn't be turning down miy
invitations to the Temple Juniors
Vice-Versa dance on February
29 . . . HERMAN GOLDBERG^
has lost his ring and knows jdst
where to find it. She’s a cute
number, even if she does go to
Jeff Davis.
school boys outclassed the inex-
perienced 8 A R five. Abe
Goldstein was runner-up for A
J. with 18.
Play in the second-half will
get under way this Sunday, with
two games on the card City
Tire takes on M M and Haboy-
nim meets S. A R. M M has
shown improved form as the
season speeds on and they will be
out to get off to a nmr ‘ > n
while City Tire will be
ed to recoup some of th
they have lost
strengthened/by the addition of
“Chilly" Schwartz, should haw
an easy time with S. A R.
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