16, 1935 THE SHOFER Page 3 vin Fine Wins ORATORS ALL AMP 50-yard free style and fancy div- ing, with "Tarzan" Dave Simon of Oratorical Finals Des Moines winning the 100-yard HAMPS free style and placing second in the 50-yard event. unner-Ups Bernard Levy and A complete program of athletic Other swimming winners: L Charles Peckarsky tournaments and contests-softball, Belove, first, and J. Dorman, sec tennis, track, horseshoes, ping- ond, 50-yard back stroke; Pete pong, swimming and checkers- Novik, first in 50-yard breast stroke The international A. Z. A. ora- filled in every spare moment for and watermelon race; Frank Skver- tory finals, always a feature of the Alephs during the recent camp- sky, second in the 100-yard free the annual convention, was won convention. style, and Irv Kramer, second in this year by Alvin I. Fine of One hundred and seventy-four the diving. Portland, Ore., No. 65. Alephs were entered in the Speaking on "The Universality several tournaments. Several com- of the Jewish Idea of God," Fine's Vital Changes peted in more than one tourney forceful delivery and excellent and were kept busy going from (Continued from Page 1 content made him the unanimous tennis court to softball diamond to 12 to 16 pages. It constituted a first choice of Abe Shaw, Simon ping-pong table. "news-magazine" carrying both Heller and J. J. Lieberman, the Sidney Lavine of Chicago was chapter news, together with ar- judges. in charge of the sports program, ticles, essays, short stories and Bernard Levy, Niagara Falls No. assisted by Eddie Cohen of Mil- miscellaneous features. Under the 182, was second, and Charles Peck- waukee. new plan it will be designated as arsky, Milwaukee No. 39, placed The softball meet was the big THE SHOFER, appearing eighteen third. attraction of the sports schedule, times each year and appearing Other finalists were Sam Bloom, with the District 6 team winning semi-monthly, commencing October Denver No. 6; Jack Sokolof, Kan- first. There will be fourteen four- the title by defeating District 2 in sas City No. 2; Eugene Blum, the finals. Members of the win- page issues and five "special" Steubenville No. 50; Maurice Do- A trio of international A. z. A. ning team: Earl Cohn, Gil Fried- eight-page issues. A special forty- guf, Brooklyn No. 96; Leon Banov, oratory champs meet at camp. page "literary edition," devoted to man, Jerry Blumenfeld, Herbert Charlestown No. 143, and Morris Left to right: P. G. A. G. Abe feature articles, essays, short Horn, Harold Trossman (Capt.), Sedicoff, Beaver Falls No. 117. Shaw, '28 winner; Alvin Fine, win- stories and verse, written by Aria Topper, Martin Hoffing, Mar- ner this year, and P. G. A. G. Alephs, will be issued three times vin Grossman, Arthur Schultz, Art New Officers Irving Hill, '34 champion. each year. The first issue will be Lindenborg, Jerry Natenberg, Alan out October 15th. Everyone is Allentown Ruvelson, Arthur Isbit, Leon Adler (Continued from Page 1 urged to make their contributions and Bob Simon. final session. He succeeds Irving by October first. THE SHOFER (Continued from Page 1 Max Horwitz, District 7 champ Hill of Lincoln, Nebr. of the Hebrew-language has been will be sent without charge indi- from Oklahoma City, won the in Opposing Rothman in the race the most effective during the past vidually to every Aleph and Ad- ternational tennis championship were Benjamin Barkin of Milwau- year." visor. The present mailing list with a final round victory over kee No. 39 and Nate Stein of Kan- contains more than 6,000 names. The Sam Beber Award, which is Howard Shutan, District 2 repre- sas City No. 2. The count on the granted to the A. Z. A. boy "who Age Change sentative from East Chicago, Ind. first ballot was Rothman, 41; Bar- best exemplifies A. Z. A. ideals," The change in age recommenda- Other district champions were Ber- kin, 26, and Stein, 13. Stein's was this year won by Al Tishkow- tion, taken from the G. A. G. Mes- nard Levy, District 1: Morris Sed- votes shifted solidly to Rothman sky of Oakland Chapter 42 of Oak- sage, was presented to the conven- icoff, District 3; Sol Stern, District on the second ballot, and the final land, Calif. tion by Joseph Baime of Austin 5; Macy Baum, District 6; and result was Rothman, 52; Barkin, Essay Results Chapter 34, Chairman of the Com- Aaron Rose, District 7. 26. Allentown Chapter 156 not only mittee on Constitution and Rituals. walked away with the All Art Lindenborg of Chicago took Macy Baum, Omaha No. 1, was The principal reasons advanced for Around Chapter Award at the the ping-pong medal by beating elected Grand Aleph S'gan, and the change are: (1) That in scores Haves, New Haven No. 110, camp convention, but also the Orator Charles Peckarsky of Mil- of communities, particularly in the was chosen Grand Aleph Sopher. Herzl Trophy by virtue of the vic- waukee, 21-15, in the finals. "Farm East, the high school fraternities tory of Aleph Theodore Weiss in er" Irv Hill won the horseshoe Elections of district Grand Coun- "rush" their members generally at tourney, and Max Knell is the cillors were generally close, with the International A. Z. A. English the age of 15. Once they have the exception of the District 5 and Essay Contest. Weiss, who has checker champ. joined they are lost to A. Z. A. Canadian races, where only one been an A. Z. A. member for only Iz Farber of St. Joseph, Mo., without our fraternity having an candidate was nominated. eight months, won the high praise cleaned up in the track meet held opportunity to bid for their inter- The Councillors elected: of the judges for his brilliant on the final day of camp. The lit- (Continued on Page 4) District 1: Haves, No. 110, treatise on Heinrich Heinie, which tle speedster came in first in the 16 Waverly St., New Haven, Conn. he titled "Just Another Jew." 50 and 100-yard dashes and took District 2: Joe Shapero, No. 92, second place medals in the run- BEBER PITCHES Second place was won by Irving 1217 Blaine St., South Bend, Ind. Lubin of Memphis Chapter 71, ning broad jump and the hop, step District 3: Lawrence Friedman, who wrote on "Industrial Progress and jump. No. 94, 923 Jenny Lind St., Mc- in Palestine." Robert Goldstan of Other track winners were A. Keesport, Pa. Reading Chapter 203, writing on Weltman, E. St. Louis No. 56, sec- District 4: Lowell Adelson, No. "Moses Maimonides-His Life and ond in the 50-yard dash; H. Brody, 2, 683 Rand Ave., Oakland, Calif. Philosophy," was awarded third K. C. No. 2, second in the 100-yard District 5: Aaron Rose, No. 134, place. dash; Harold Cohen, Memphis No. 20 Pullian St., Atlanta, Ga. The first place winner of the 71, and Harold Janofsky, Nathan International A. Z. A. Hebrew Es- District 6: Macy Baum, No. 1, Straus No. 141, first and second 513 Seward St., Omaha, Nebr. say Contest for 1935 is Philip Dil- in the mile run; W. Garelski, St. District 7: Louis Green, No. 71, ler of Oakland Chapter 42, Oak- Louis No. 28, and L. Belove, K. C. land, Calif. 66 Walker, Memphis, Tenn. No. 2, tied in the high jump; H. Canada: Sol Smurlick, No. 127, ent Aleph Godol of St. Louis Chap- Brody, K. C. No. 2, first in the 27 Barton St. E., Hamilton, Ont. ter No. 28. A student in law at broad jump and hop, step and Retiring Grand Aleph Godol Hill City College, his chief pastime is jump; Aaron Moskovitz and Syd lid Jerome Vogel of South Bend, A. Z. A. He is twenty years old, Friedlander, first and second in d., chairman of the International having joined the fraternity in 1931 the shot-put; Sol Stern, Portland ommittee on Scouting, were elect- on his 16th birthday. Active serv- No. 65, and Joe Kramer, Joliet No. junior members of the Supreme ice in A. Z. A. is not an innova- 199, first and second in the dis- Founder Sam Beber (center) ory Council. tion to the Rothman family. Dave cus. whizzes over a fact in the new Grand Aleph Godol is Rothman, a brother, is a P. A. G. W. Garelski of St. Louis led the softball game betwe Aleph Mazkir and the pres- and a former Grand Officer. swimmers with first places in the staff and the