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Which of course are not and should not be the concern of the public schools in the teaching of foreign languages our schools I think intend to equip our children with an understanding obviously civilizations and the attitudes of the peoples of the world. To appraise the very forces. Which intervene in international affairs we must know the background and the impacts upon which these are projected familiarity with the language and the roots of countries and peoples and civilizations help to enrich that appraisal. By including the study of the Hebrew language and culture in its curriculum for New York public school system as substantially advanced its program for a more enlightened and a more spiritual citizenship. I want to take this occasion to express my own ranks on the flanks of the Jewish community. And the community in general of this city through the superintendents and the principals of our schools and particularly to Dr Ernst and Dr Lieberman who are in charge out of the high schools and junior high schools are the city for their courage and vision in making this project possible I want to to commend the hundreds our young people boys and girls in the high schools. Who demonstrated their interest in Hebrew culture by taking part in this contest and setting an example of the great value to. Thousands of others and the you who have merited the awards which you are to receive today I wish to extend our warmest congratulations. And best wishes for continued success in your cultural and academics and of us. I think it is appropriate at this time I should read to you a message from the mayor of the city of New York the Honorable William out while it is a message addressed to Mr Judah laps and director of the Hebrew culture Council of the Jewish education committee of New York they must elapse and please convey my congratulations and best wishes to the students who excelled in the second annual contest in Hebrew culture and its contribution to American life held recently under the joint sponsorship of the senior and junior high school divisions of the Board of Education in collaboration with the Hebrew cultural Culture Council of the Jewish education committee of New York. City of New York is much to gain not because RB its policy of according to recognition that the cultural contributions of the various groups comprising its vast population. When the Board of Education of the city of New York in one thousand and twenty nine admitted Hebrew on a par with the other languages taught in our schools they showed great foresight in Darst promoting a better understanding of the culture of a large segment of our city's population the foundations of students now taking Hebrew in a high schools and junior high schools are the best proof of the popularity of this subject I understand that the contest in Hebrew culture and its contribution to American life attracted the participation of a large section of our high school you including Christian and Jew Negro and white this is as it should be American democracy owes much to the Hebrew cultural heritage by giving free expression so this historic contribution we are deepening and enriching our democratic way of life sincerely yours William O. to why our mayor. Dr Ernst it is my great pleasure and privilege to deliver to Juran be a group of friends of the Hebrew culture Council these prices which I will be awarded to the winner. This on usual contest that. Of the. Judge now on behalf of the men and women and students assembled here I want to thank you for them for the splendid address that we've just been privileged to. And I want to thank you and your associates in the Hebrew Cultural Council Jewish Education Committee for organizing this competition and for making it possible to award these prize. I know you're all anxious to hear names and there's no necessity for my saying anything more. About the importance of the occasion all the topic I just want to say one sentence however. And it amounts to this by winning in this competition you show. That you can write about Hebrew culture may I ask you to do more I want to ask you to study that culture. So thoroughly and so sincerely that you will be coming with that spirit. And thus make of yourself. Its modern. Contemporary representatives so that from them may be handed down to successive generations the very spirit of the culture that we are here. To so to speak I shall now call the names of the prize when I was in the academic high school and then the windows in the junior high schools unfortunately my colleague Dr Lieberman who expected to be here was called to an important meeting and. Now in the Academic High School. The winners of the following. Joseph goddess James Monroe High School Aaron Green Lincoln High School. Boys High School playlist Thomas Jefferson Stanley master and Clinton. Risk ato ranks high school Richardo rich ako excuse me ranks high school of science and fearless Reuben Erasmus Hall. With. Each of you will be richer by a twenty five dollar war bond in the book and I congratulate you. And a certificate three things could happen now here we have the second the winners of second prize in the Academic High School are at the appellate and. Dorothy Dean stark run wild but from shown up till them Sandra Dobin music an art. Flora dog taught at George Washington Helen Gellman Maurice Allen Hershfield Brooklyn Technical High School Franklin Horowitz have ties school martial her wit styles and. And at last came Bushwick Robert Levine James Madison Bernard Levinson Far Rockaway Charles Moore Boys High School Herbert Perlman Samuel Gompers Technical High School Glen or radioactive Midwood high school world Herbert Rickman Christopher Columbus High School or great Taylor our children. Yet there's rain worse so what park on the new you track. And then we have some honorable mention to Ameritrade second prize winners will each get a five dollar of savings stamp and a buck and a certificate. Thank. And here you have. This essay is merited an honorable man. Lands and blood killed through the narrow. George Washington. Jerome Cowan Clinton Suzanne Cutler Midwood general sell ammo Boys High Roslyn special James Monroe. Liza Gaffney Julia Richmond Goldfarb Brooklyn Technical High School Lennart Grossman killed Elaine Hank glug Jefferson Ruth Aguilar Thomas Jefferson Ivan runs in the family in the school Pauline height William Howard Taft Gerald half are as. Well Norah Jones zapping music an art Jerome Lefkowitz Christopher Columbus that the Levinson's High School of Science and leader Margolis made good Dean in the Chicago Roosevelt Emanuel Quint killed a. Brompton Lincoln on an all new Utrecht shows of servants Stuyvesant Mike's Balder Boys High and Sylvia works by Gonna see or talk. To each of you will be given a very nice the typical. Thank you now. For the winners in the junior high school. Now uniqueness Dr Lieberman at all you junior high school people nine years ago I had his position in this junior high school so I'm quite at home and not an entire stranger to you here are the prize winners. I don't think I have the first prize winners of the junior high what. I say the one go first prize in the junior high school boys have slipped since I was with you. But there is a number of second prizes in the junior high schools and here they are. Sound then German of booty junior high school David Foulk Woodside Esta get one man in red up David Goldman mom top SUSAN HELPER and William sang songs glop and repeal meal modern Liebowitz Mark Twain junior high school Abi Nader on the Coombs dam junior high school roof new land on Horace Mann road a silver Wilton. Stanley sped up Farragut. Jeanette Stein sauce Winthrop and Marvin slash. Thomas Knowlton junior high and the honorable mentions in the junior high school division are they both of them junior Laura Barofsky Winthrop Sol Bromberg Montauk Roberta Freeling moderate No Junior High School Myles gallium moody Laurence handler of God I don't. Care a Pogo ask a John Barros Jr I die on the run it's I'm going read up tonight I wrote a solemn from William Niles junior high school. Board of Education killing at Livingston street in Brooklyn. City station a quarter ceremonies marking the presentation of awards seventy four I spoke. With. Our. Contribution to American life. Reading your good afternoon our Board of Education building and this is the municipal Broadcasting System.