TO BE ANNUAL EVENT BBYO Art Competition Open To All Members Of Order of prizes could be in store for you this fall. SHOFAR the If you've an urge to paint, then fame and a modest series It's all part of BBYO's First Annual Art Competition and Exhibit to be held in conjunction with the B'nai B'rith Exhibit Hall. This year's competition is being Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization limited to entries in all two-di- schools of art and museums in AZA-BBG-BBYA mensional media-oil, water color, the Washington, D.C. area. pastel, pen and ink, charcoal and Deadline for submitting entries the like. is Sept. 15, 1963. 40TH YEAR APRIL, 1963 Office of Publications. Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW. Washington 6, D. C. Any member of BBYO is eligi- The best entries will be ex- ble to enter the program hibited at the B'nai B'rith Exhibit MAY 19 IN N.Y.C. with competition directly on a Hall in Washington for a six- BBG-AZA ISF national level. There will be no week period beginning Sept. 15 regional or district eliminations. and continuing through October BBYO Career Day Could Contributions 31. All participants will be re- When the exhibit closes at the quired to pay an entrance fee of Exhibit Hall, the award-winning Be Life's Turning Point $2.00. The fees will be used to Are Lagging paintings may be available as a cover the cost of printing an ex- traveling exhibit to BBYO re- gional offices. In addition, win- It could be the decision of your lifetime! AZA and BBG Interna- hibit catalog, insurance to cover all art work while in BBYO's tional Service Fund contribu- ning entries may be placed on That's how BBYO's headquarters office looks at its forth- possession, mailing, handling and permanent display at Camp B'nai coming seventh annual Caréer Conférence in New York, tions are lagging behind last prizes. B'rith or at BBYO headquarters There will be three cash prizes. Sunday, May 19. year's pace, a mid-year report in Washington, D.C. Here are the rules of the com- by BBYO's Washington head- First prize will be a $50.00 U.S. The day-long program is a Saving Bond. Second and third petition: quarters office last month showed. uniquely BBYO event designed The conference will include ses- prizes will be $25.00 U.S. Savings 1. All entrants must be na- to stimulate qualified members Contributions recorded at the sions on social group work; Bonds. In addition, a number of tionally registered members of of the order, and alumni, to pur- BBYO as an agency employing headquarters office for the honorable mention certificates AZA, BBG, or BBYA. sue careers in social group work. social group workers; and general period between Oct. 1, 1962 and will be awarded to deserving en- 2. There may be only one entry Ultimate objective of the annual training in the field of Jewish Feb. 28, 1963 showed that AZA tries. per member. recruitment conference is to at- communal services. chapters had contributed a total 3. All entries are to be submit- tract top quality BBYO-oriented of $2835.25 as compared with Judges Panel ted on matting-without frames people into career work with the Conference Staff a total of $3746.50 over a simi- Entries will be judged by a or glass, Pliofilm or cellulose agency. Members of BBYO's headquar- lar period last year. panel of prominent persons in the acetate may be used as a tempo- This year's conference will be ters and field staff, along with BBG contributions were simi- world of art, including represen- rary covering in transit. (Oil held at Congregation Zichron faculty members of schools of larly below last year's pace. Con- tatives of leading art galleries, (See ART, Page 5) Ephraim, 163 East 67th Street. social work will be on hand to tributions through Feb. 28, 1963 answer questions. stood at $6040.05 as compared The conference will be open to with a total last year of $8506.94. (see CAREERS, page 4) Leading Districts The figures also showed that Member Contest District 3 BBG, with a total con- tribution this year to date of Deadline Is $2792.38, led all districts in con- tributions, a similar position it Just Ahead enjoyed last year. In addition, its By way of a last-minute re- total this year was ahead of its minder - BBYA'ers should be total over a similar period last sure to note that the deadline year when its contribution stood for competition in the order's at $2234.45. "Get-A-Member-Month" con- The distinction of leading all test is just ahead. AZA contributors this year goes April 15 is the date when all thus far to District 2 whose entries must be in. members have chipped in with The rules? $1085.74. The leading district at All chapters which reach a this time last year was District minimum registration of 40 6 with $1115.81. members by April 15, 1963, or A breakdown by districts of (See CONTEST, Page 5) contributions will be found on page 6. It's That Time To Begin Life Membership Planning By Ellen Holder (BBG Int'l. Fellowship and Membership Chairman) This is the time of the year when the seniors in your CONVENTION GLIMPSES. Here are Britain's top BBYO'ers and their mentors as they posed for chapters begin looking toward college. June brings graduation their first official portrait at the conclusion of the recent British national BBYO convention. Stand- ing, from left: H. Pinner, B'nai B'rith district lodge 15 director; Harvey Lader; and treasurer and the start of a new life for these girls who are leaving our Max Gold. Seated, in the usual order: Henry Shaw, director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Order. It is a happy time in their lives, but also a sad one. These girls can look back over the University of London; Janet Ross, Social Service chairman; Barbara Schaffner; and president four wonderful years in BBG Geoffrey Lennard. memories will live with them and recall many gay times. These forever. Why not give them something else to remember WHY JOIN BBYO? You can honor the outgoing seniors in your chapters by pre- senting them with a BBG Life BBG's Survey Finds Many Positives For Membership Membership card. Applications are available from your BBYO regional offices. Seattle, Wash. to such activities if the religious of song's and articles in school An impressive ceremony Research-minded Dale Nelson has found that most Dis- elements of the holiday were ex- newspapers. should accompany the presenta- trict 4 Northern Region BBYO'ers join the organization for cluded." Another 30 percent had tion of Life Membership cards. "no objection of any sort." Interfaith Dating Perhaps your chapter could be "friendship, to be with and meet other Jewish youth," "for leadership training experience" and just plain "fun." Dale's survey found that 12 On the question of interfaith creative and write its own, dating, some 37 percent of those Why not dedicate a weekend to Results of a survey she con- percent of these queried were participating in the survey said the seniors and as a grand ducted among some 200 delegates "opposed to any kind of Christ- Christmas-Chanukah they opposed such a practice, finale have the Life Membership participating in the order's re- mas celebration." while only 28 percent favored it. ceremony cent regional convention and Several of the questions dealt Some 72 percent of the BBYO- The remaining percentages were (See MEMBERSHIP, Page 2) leadership training institute show with Christmas-Chanukah pro- ers said there were no Chanukah divided among such qualified that 82 percent of those respond- grams in the public schools. activities of any sort at their answers as: "proper at a younger ing listed these as their major Among the major findings: schools. Another 16 percent in- age, but opposed to it at an older Where To Find It reasons for affiliating with the The most popular Christmas dicated that class discussions on age when it become serious" and organization. Chanukah were a common prac- "depends on the situation." Aleph Godol's In response to another ques- activities which take place in tice at their schools, while an- The survey found that more Message Page 3 tion, Dale found that 88 percent the schools are-an auditorium other 10 percent said their boys (46%) favored interfaith BBYA President's of those responding agreed they play or concert (88%); carol schools were decorated with dating than girls (34%). Message Page 2 would be "missing something" if singing (88%); display of Christ- Chanukah symbols. Some 17 per- Participating in the survey Chapter Chatter Page 8 they were not members of BBYO. mas trees (87%); collection of cent of the respondents said were representatives of 20 BBG The survey found that 67 per- Christmas presents and food- Names In The News Chanukah was observed or ac- Page 7 and AZA chapters in the North- cent of those participating in the stuffs for needy families (77%). knowledged in their schools Pen Pals ern Region. Page 3 study had held, or now hold, an Some 40 percent of the BBYO- through such means as an audi- Average age of the respondents Sports-Scope Page 3 office at some level of the order. 'ers said they had "no objection torium play or concert, singing was 15.47 years.