AI en Translation, Pages 551-575
Page 551
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: SH/354/55
Date: 23rd August, 1955.
Subject:
Dear Sir,
Many thanks for your letter C.1741/10/55
of the 2nd August, regarding the granting of visas
to the United Kingdom to graduates of my School.
I now learn that the authorities in London
have been very kind in granting visas to some of these
graduates and I take this opportunity to express to
you my sincere thanks for the valuable help you were
so kind to extend to the applicants in this connection.
I trust the cases of the remaining students
who have already applied for visas as well as those
who are likely to apply in the future, will likewise
be given the kind consideration of the British Embassy.
Thanking you once again for the personal
attention you have given this matter, I remain, Sir,
Faithfully yours,
⟦AObadiah⟧
Abdullah S. Obadiah
Principal
R.A. Beaumont Esq.,
Oriental Counsellor,
British Embassy,
Bagdad.
Page 552
(C. 1741/10 /55)
BRITISH EMBASSY,
BAGHDAD,
August 2, 1955.
⟦British Royal Coat of Arms⟧
Dear Mr Obadiah.
Thank you for your letter
SH/335/55 of July 20, about four students who have
applied for visas for the United Kingdom.
2. The applications of Mr. Emil
Abdullah Battat and Mr. Ivor Abdullah Dangoor (as
well as that of his brother Morris Dangoor) were
referred to the authorities in the United Kingdom
some time ago, and I am taking such steps as are
open to me to secure an early decision. Mr.Terzi's
and Mr.Hay's applications were unfortunately left
rather late and have only just been referred to
London: I will do my best however to expedite
a decision in these cases also.
⟦signature⟧
2/8
(R. A. Beaumont)
Mr. Abdullah S.Obadiah,
Principal
Shamash Secondary School,
New Alwiya,
Baghdad.
Page 554
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Telephone 91693
No: SH/335/55..
Number:
Date: 20th July, .. 1955.
Date:
- 2 -
Ely Hay are about to finish the same formalities for getting their
Iraqi passports with the necessary permission to reside abroad for
the duration of their studies. All four students have, as far as I
know, already applied to H. B. M. Consul in Baghdad for visas to the
United Kingdom.
Hoping that the above information will prove helpful for
granting these students their visas well before the next academic
year begins, and thanking you for your valuable help and cooperation,
I beg to remain, Sir,
Yours sincerely,
⟦ASObadiah⟧
ABDULLAH S. OBADIAH
Principal
R. A. Beaumont Esq.,
Counsellor, British Embassy,
Baghdad.
Page 555
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No:
Number:
Date: 10th July, 1955.
Date:
Mr. Salman Aboudy,
Acting Trustee for the Shamash School Trust,
Baghdad.
Dear Mr. Salman,
With reference to our meeting on the 8th July to examine the present position of Shamash Secondary School, I wish to affirm the findings that we have arrived at, summarized in the following points:
1. The Shamash School at the present comprises two Secondary Classes, namely, the Fourth Year and the Fifth Year groups. These two classes number about seventy students of both sexes.
2. At the end of the Fourth Year most of our students sit for the London University G.C.E. Examinations for which they are coached by qualified and efficient teachers during that year. At the end of the Fifth Year, which is the graduating year, our students sit for the Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination for Secondary Education, usually with notable success.
3. The Shamash School students are at the present accommodated at the Frank Iny School building, free of charge. As is well known this arrangement was made since the spring of 1951, when the students of all the Community Schools were grouped in one building, namely, the Frank Iny School building at the request of the Ministry of Education. This arrangement is likely to continue for a long time to come.
4. Notwithstanding this, the Ministry of Education still recognizes the Shamash School as a separate institution by itself, known as the Shamash Secondary School, as distinguished from the Frank Iny School which forms the Primary and Intermediate Classes.
5. The Shamash School has a cadre of its own, although some of the teaching staff who are on the cadre of <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the Frank Iny School do some teaching at the Shamash School as part of their job.
6. The Shamash School forms an essential and an integral part of our Educational System in Baghdad; and as you very well know, it draws its income partly from its Trust and partly from school fees paid by the students and partly from the Community Funds if and when available. Its expenditures for the year 1953/1954 and for the present academic year 1954/1955, amounted to I.D.3799.836 and I.D. 3955.599 respectively as is shown in the attached statements. As is clear from the first statement the yearly expenses of the School is about double as much as the yearly income it ordinarily draws from the Shamash School Trust. If a teacher for the English language is to be recruited for the School from abroad, which I hope will be done next year, the total yearly expenditure will be increased by another seven hundred and fifty Dinars.
Hoping that these findings will prove helpful, I close with my best regards to you.
Sincerely yours,
⟦signature⟧
ABDULLAH S. OBADIAH
Principal
Enclosure: Statements of income and expenditure for Shamash Secondary School for the years 1953/1954 and 1954/1955.
Page 556
Statement of Income & Expenditure for Shamash Secondary School for the year 1953/1954
actual Income | I.D. Fils | actual Expenditure | I.D. Fils
actual fees collected from students | 1047 - | Salaries | 2387 920
Net Income from Shamash Trust | 1904 290 | Lecture Fees | 1004 350
| | Furniture | 16 200
Total | 2951 290 | Teacher's Transport | 86 752
| | Laboratory Equipment | 54 925
Deficit met by the Jewish Lay Council | 848 546 | Sundries | 249 689
| 3799 836 | Total | 3799 836
Statement of Income & Expenditure for Shamash Secondary School for the year 1954/1955
actual Income | I.D. Fils | actual Expenditure | I.D. Fils
actual fees collected from students | 1124 - | actual salaries up to June 55 | 1844/709
Income from Shamash Trust | ⟦line⟧ | July, Aug' & Sept 1955 | 609/-
Total | 1124 - | Lecture Fees | 859 -
| | Teacher's Transport | 79 550
| | Sundries up to June 955 | 260/340
| | " July, Aug. & Sept " | 60/-
Deficit to be met yet | 2831 599 | Travelling Expenses French Teacher | 43 -
Total | 3955 599 | Total | 3955 599
⟦Albadial⟧
10/7/1955
Page 557
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Alwiyah, BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number:
Date: May 18th, 1955.
Mr. Charles S. Spencer,
Secretary, Anglo-Jewish Association,
⟦W⟧oburn House (Fifth Floor),
Upper Woburn Place,
London W.C.1.
Dear Sir,
This is to introduce Mr. Naim Amber who is an
honorary member of the Daniel-Sports-Grounds-Committee in
Baghdad. I take this opportunity to send you a message
with him regarding the Stafford Sassoon Prize Funds and
the Teacher of English for my School.
With kindest regards, I remain,
Sincerely yours
⟦S. Obadiah⟧
ABDULLAH S. OBADIAH
Principal
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Abdullah⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 558
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No:
Number:
Date: 20/11/1954
Date:
Dear Mr. Farid,
With reference to our verbal conversation concerning the Shamash School, I wish to tell you that I can furnish you with the following information about the present status of this school.
1. The Shamash School at the present comprises two secondary classes, namely, the Fourth year and the Fifth year groups. These two classes, number about seventy students of both sexes.
2. At the end of the Fourth Year most of our students sit for the London University G.C.E. Examinations for which they are coached by qualified and efficient teachers during that year. At the end of the Fifth year, which is the graduating year, our students sit for the Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination for Secondary Education, usually with notable suceess.
3. The Shamash School students are at the present accommodated at the Frank Iny School building, free of charge. As you know this arrangement was made since the spring of 1951, when the students of all the community schools were grouped in one building, namely, the Frank Iny School building at the request of the Ministry of Education. This arrangement is likely to continue for a long time to come.
4. Notwithstanding this, the Ministry of Education still recognizes the Shamash School as a separate institution by itself, known as the Shamash Secondary School, as distinguished from the Frank Iny School which form the Primary and Intermediate classes.
5. The Shamash School has a cadre of its own, although some of the teaching staff who are on the cadre of the Frnak Iny School do some teaching at the Shamash School as part of their job.
6. The Shamash School forms an essential and an integral part of our educational system in Baghdad; and as you very well know, it draws its income partly from its Trust & partly from school fees paid by the students & partly from the Community Funds if & when available. Financially, it is run according to a budget of its own. Its expenditure during the last academic year 1953/1954, amounted to I.D. 3750/-, which is about double as much as the yearly income it draws from the Shamash School Trust.
Hoping that this information will prove helpful, I close with my best regards to you.
Yours sincerely,
⟦ASObadiah⟧
Abdullah S. Obadiah,
Principal.
Page 559
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Number:
Date: 24/6/1954
Date:
Mr. Frank Iny,
39, Broadway,
New York.
My dear Mr. Frank,
I take this occasion to introduce myself to you in my
capacity as Principal of the Frank Iny School, Baghdad. As you
might have heard already this is the only school left to our
Community here besides the Menahem Daniel Primary School at the
present time. It is well known by everybody here that were it
not for the benevolent donation that you have so liberally
made to our Community in Baghdad, in the form of the Frank Iny
School, our children would not have had the same opportunities
for their education as they are having at the present moment.
For your information, your school now comprises about 485
students of both sexes distributed over 2 Kindergarten Classes,
7 Primary classes, 6 Intermediate classes and 2 Secondary classes.
It is with the greatest pride that I tell you that this
school ranks in its standard of education amongst the highest
schools in Baghdad of its kind, whether Governmental or non-
Governmental. Besides the subjects which are required by our
Ministry of Education to be taught I have introduced in this
school the programs of the old Alliance School in French together
with the Cambridge University Syllabus in English, & finally the
Syllabus of the London University General Certificate of Education
Examinations which now takes the place of the old Matriculation
Examinations Syllabus.
To give you an idea about the staff & the budget of the
school, I am enclosing, herewith, a detailed statement from
which it is clear that the deficit in the Budget for this year
amounts to I.D.10946/-. This deficit will have to be met from
the Community funds somehow; and in case the community find
themselves unable to meet all this deficit, it seems that I shall
be left with the only alternative of increasing the school fees
next year. At the present the school in charging the maximum
fees of I.D.21/000 per year for every student enlisting in the
Secondary Classes, and I.D.17/000 for every student enlisting
in the Intermediate Classes and I.D.10/500 for every student
enlisting inthe Primary Classes. About 35% of our students are
exempted fully from school fees; another 35% pay reduced fees
and the remaining 30% pay full fees.
So much about the various information connected with the
school. The main object of my letter now is to come to you
with a special plea. As you very well know, this school was
planned to hold only twelve classrooms with the supplementary
rooms necessary for the library and the two laboratories. In
2/-
Page 560
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. / الرقم:
Date / التاريخ: 24/6/1954
- 2 -
the next academic year beginning October, 1954 I shall have to
accomodate at least 17 different classes in the school. And
even if I turn the two laboratories into class rooms, the school
will still be short of 3 classrooms. It seems very urgent, there-
fore, that the present building be extended to include at least
two more rooms on the ground floor and another two rooms on top
of them on the first floor together with an additional staircase.
This will cost around I.D.5000/-.
Whether you feel inclined to complete this project which is
really an essential part of your main project or not is left for
your goodself to decide. At the same time I feel quite sure that
you would not like to see or to hear about the students in the
only school which carries your name being deprived from their
schooling on account of lack of accomodation.
Mr. Salman Daniel is going to take a trip to Europe this
summer, and he promised to get in touch with you to enlighten
you more on the subject.
I close with my best regards to you.
Faithfully Yours,
Abdullah S. Obadiah
Principal.
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 566
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No. / Number: 59 / ⟦H⟧
Date / Date: 22 / 1 / 1959
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Province
Subject: Request to perform a play
Greetings.
The students of this school will host two nights to perform the well-known play (The Bourgeois Gentleman) by Molière, interspersed with chapters from the play "Ras al-Shalila" by Mr. Yusuf al-Ani, in our school hall during the two days of 25 and 26 April 1959, one for the students and the other for their guardians. We enclose two copies of each of the aforementioned plays according to the instructions communicated to us in your letter No. 38402 dated 30 / 11 / 1958. We hope for approval to allow our school to perform these two plays, with the request to return the copies to us after they are finished.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Obeidia
The Director
Copy to -
The Secretariat of the Capital - please exempt the tickets for the two parties from stamp fees upon review, as is your custom, noting that the file number related to our school kept in your department is M 4 / 5 / 37 and that the number of tickets intended to be sold for the party is:
200 tickets to students at a price of 250 fils per ticket
200 tickets to the students' guardians at a price of 500 fils per ticket.
Page 568
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: 4/110/58
Date:
Date: 16 / 6 / 1958
To the Directorate of the Central Post Office
Baghdad .
Greetings,
Please kindly deliver the postal parcels belonging to this school to
the bearer of this letter, the servant Kadhim Makki, with many thanks.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
Page 569
Amanat al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Number
Ramadan 377
8 April 958
Administration of Frank Iny School
Subject - Holding two theatrical performances
⟦line⟧
Based on what was stated in the letter of the Ministry of Social Affairs - Directorate of General Social Services
No. Kh / 214 dated 11 / 1 / 958 and the letter of the Baghdad Governorate (Mutasarrifiyah) No.
8446 dated 3 / 4 / 958 and in reference to your letter No. F / 58 / 51 dated
25 / 3 / 958.
We have no objection to your holding two theatrical performances on the stage of the aforementioned school hall
in which the play (The Imaginary Invalid) is performed for entry fees not subject to stamp duty
according to the table shown below, on the evenings of Saturday and Sunday, 12 and 13 / 4 / 958.
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to:-
Ministry of Social Affairs - Directorate of General Social Services - for your kind information
and in reference to your letter above
Baghdad Governorate (Mutasarrifiyah) - for information and in reference to your letter above
Baghdad Provincial Police Directorate
Traffic Discipline Police Directorate
Baghdad Area Security Directorate
General Manager
Director of Discipline and Cleaning
Director of Accounts - Stamps
Chief of Editorial Observers
| Price per ticket | Number of tickets
For the first performance | 250 / - Fils | 200 for students
" the second | 500 / - Fils | 200 for students' guardians
| | 400
A / W
Page 570
776 N L D
852 N L S
Accounting Department
Baghdad
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Shamash Secondary School - Baghdad
Frank Iny Private School - Shamash Private Secondary School
According to the letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province No. 852 / 11 / 11 dated 12 / 6 / 1952, it was decided to consider
Frank Iny Private School as a secondary school starting from 1 / 3 / 1952 according to the letter of
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province No. 852 / 6 / 56
Accordingly, the administrative board of Shamash Private Secondary School
and Frank Iny Private School decided in its meeting held on (Thursday) corresponding to the eighteenth day of the month of
January of the year 1953 that Mr. Salim Isaac shall be the General Manager for the two schools mentioned above
Accounting Department
Names of Teachers
And that is based on the letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - Frank Iny School
Private in the date above
It has been decided to distribute the staff as follows:
1- Mr. Ibrahim Basri
2- Mr. Daoud Cohen
3- Mr. Youssef Isaac Shaul
4- Mr. Salman Daoud
5- Mr. Anwar Shaul
6- Mr. Salim Isaac
7- Mr. Isaac Ibrahim
8- Mr. Youssef Sassoon
Date of Commencement | Date of Service Termination | Remarks
1 / 10 / 1952 | 31 / 5 / 1953 | According to the letter
1 / 10 / 1952 | 31 / 5 / 1953 | According to the letter No. 700
⟦illegible⟧ | |
Principal of Shamash School
Salim Isaac
S
Page 571
258
57/9/1
Secret
Ministry of Defense
General Directorate of Recruitment
922
Number Q2 / Travel /
11 / 8 / 1957
Date
To - Shamash Secondary School
Subject - Inquiry
Please inform us of the number of years the conscript Haskel Munshi Haskel failed in his class and attach a document
confirming that and send it to us.
Staff Brigadier General
Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Ali al-Janabi
Director of General Recruitment
A copy of it to -
Section 2 Travel with attachments for follow-up.
Necessary action taken
⟦illegible⟧
Page 572
Administration Division
Iraqi Government
Capital Health Directorate
Number -
Date 7/7/957
204
7/17
To all private schools and institutes
Subject - Suspension of studies
Based on the requirements of the public interest and to preserve health, and based on Article 18 of the Law
of Infectious Diseases of 1926, we have decided to close schools and institutes and suspend studies until further
notice.
⟦illegible⟧
Dr. Mir Abdul Karim al-Hani
Acting Director of Capital Health
Copy to -
Ministry of Health - Preventive and Social Medicine - for your kind information
Administration Division
Page 573
Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
Secondary and Vocational Education Department
Number 17175
Date ⟦1951/10/18⟧
Frank Iny Secondary School
To / The Jewish Schools Management Committee in Baghdad
Subject / Appointment of Teachers
We approve the appointment of Mr. (Salim Raphael) as an English language teacher at Frank Iny Secondary School on a
per-hour basis with a salary of (400) fils per hour, provided that his weekly lessons do not exceed (24) hours starting from the date he commences
work.
On behalf of / Director General of Education
Director of Secondary and Vocational Education
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - for your kind information - with a copy of the application of the aforementioned teacher
Frank Iny Secondary School
⟦illegible⟧
Page 574
ISR 505—12-55—80,000. A.5-A
IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS
OFFICE OF
THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT.
Telegram:— "Railaccounts Baghdad".
Iraqi State Railways
Office of the Chief Accountant
Telegraphic Address: Railaccounts - Baghdad
122
5/5
⟦illegible circular stamp with star and number ٤٤٦٦⟧
Date: 28 / 4 / 1957
No.: Salaries / 406 / 4 / 4128
To -
General Directorate of Income Tax Baghdad
Subject - Addition of Incomes
Reference to the letter of the Directorate of Frank Iny School No. F / 94 / 57 dated 9 / 4 / 957
We confirm the addition of the income of Mrs. Badour Zaya, amounting to 168/- Dinars, to
the income of her husband Mr. Kamil Dooda for the fiscal year 956 - 957.
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant
Copy to -
Frank Iny School Baghdad for information and with reference to its letter above.
Page 575
True Copy
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Affairs Section
Number / 1914
Date 6 / 4 / 1957
Subject / Performing a Play
To -
Directorate of Frank Iny School - Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered F/ 70 / 57 and dated 20 / 3 / 1957.
We return to you herewith the original play attached to your above letter to consult the competent
Directorate of Education to consider the matter of obtaining a permit for its performance.
Fuad Al-Ankerly
Director General of Social Services