Correspondence Regarding Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Frank Iny and the Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. They are primarily correspondence with Iraqi government offices confirming teachers’ credentials, character, travel plans, and citizenship. There is correspondence regarding hiring teachers.
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Subject: Number: Sh / 22 / 58 Date: 20 / 3 / 1958 Baghdad Province Telephone Directorate Greetings, Please provide us with two copies of the telephone directory for the new edition for the year 1958, one in Arabic and the other in English. With our thanks. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obadia The Director
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 No.: Sh/22/58 Date: 20 / 3 / 1958 Subject: Baghdad Province Telephone Directorate Greetings, Please provide us with two copies of the telephone directory for the new edition of the year 1958, one in Arabic and the other in English. With our thanks. ⟦Abdullah Owaidia⟧ Abdullah Owaidia Principal
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Number: Sh / 88 / 58 Date: 14 / 3 / 1958 Subject: To Baghdad College - Sulaikh Greetings, We have paid to Mr. Alfred Nasri an amount of 71/500 Dinars for his lecture fees at this school for the months of January and February 1958, so please add that to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax. Fils Dinar | 39/000 | January 58 32/500 | February 58 71/500 | Total Please accept our respects. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obadia Principal Copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax for information Mr. Alfred Nasri.
1425 42 2/1 Directorate of Central Telephones Accounting Department Number /: 925 / 1 Date: 13 / 1 / 1956 To :- Shamas Preparatory School Baghdad Based on the removal of your telephone numbered 8012, you are entitled to an amount of ( 14 ) Dinars as a result of visiting this department and presenting the telephone insurance receipt in order to receive the mentioned amount. Dear Director Please be kind enough to issue the order Zain Al-Abidin / / Director of Central Telephones
Iraqi Government Ministry of Social Affairs Directorate General of Labor and Social Security: Number: H / 1200 Rights Division: Date: 3 / 1 / 1958 Very Important and Urgent Subject / - Restricting work to Iraqis To :- All industrial projects " Companies " Banks and financial institutions " General administrations " Hotels " Public places This Directorate draws attention to the new Labor Law No. (1) of 1958 and refers specifically to Article (124) thereof, which stipulated the restriction of all jobs and professions in Iraq to Iraqis alone. Accordingly, and until the date for the implementation of the mentioned law is set, which is after four months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, we would like to draw the public's attention to the statement of this Directorate which was broadcast at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, corresponding to 29 / 1 / 1958, from the Iraqi Broadcasting House, a copy of which is attached herewith, and we hope for the initiative to be taken now by selecting Iraqi workers and employees in preparation for replacing your staff with them after they have acquired sufficient experience and study. We believe that you now have a favorable opportunity to invite those Iraqi citizens whom you deem competent to work on sending them outside Iraq if necessary to train them in technical work or work that requires experience so they can obtain the necessary training, or suffice with training them locally as you see fit. We are fully prepared to consult with you on this subject and guide you in everything you need, whether regarding the selection of competent Iraqi elements or the method of training and preparing them for your work so that you are ready when the new Labor Law is fully implemented. ⟦signature⟧ Ali Ghalib Gharib Director General of Labor and Social Security A copy to " - Ministry of Social Affairs - We attach herewith a copy of our appeal which we broadcast from the Iraqi Broadcasting House mentioned above, hoping - To be continued -
Shamash Preparatory School Baghdad Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad 15 FEB 58
- 2 - Kindly inform all state ⟦ministries⟧ and departments official and semi-official to take from their side what is also necessary to ensure the application of the law in light of what is included in this letter of ours. Legal Division. C
A General Call to Employers The Directorate General of Labor and Social Security wishes to inform the honorable Iraqi public that the new labor law, which will be implemented within the next three months, has restricted the right to practice work in Iraq to Iraqis alone. Thus, the Iraqi hand will no longer be extended to a foreign hand competing with it at all, except within the narrow limits set by the law. This Directorate will work diligently and with all the strength and capabilities it possesses to create a skilled generation of workers capable of bearing the burdens of responsibility and leading the caravan of production and the national economy to the level it deserves, thanks to the quick perception and understanding that characterizes the Iraqi worker if he finds the guidance and encouragement that help him in that. For this purpose and toward this end, the government has begun establishing a large center for vocational training. This center, in which the International Labor Office will participate, will be the first nucleus for producing the technical competencies that the country has become in need of more than ever before. We have provided this short introduction to draw the attention of our fellow Iraqi employers to an important matter, which is the endeavor to create Iraqi competencies that meet their needs in the technical work currently undertaken by foreigners, by training the Iraqi workers they need for those tasks inside the country, or by sending the number of Iraqi workers required to meet their needs abroad for training in tasks of a technical nature. We hope that our fellow employers will complete the subject of discussion with all the capabilities they possess to accelerate the preparation of the technical class of Iraqi workers by one of the two methods we explained above, until the capabilities of the vocational training center are available to meet the continuous need for technical workers. The Directorate General of Labor and Social Security welcomes meeting any of the employers at the Directorate's office to reinforce the approach for them and facilitate the path they take in preparing the technical workers they need with the required speed. We hope on this occasion that everyone knows that building the edifice of our national economy will only be achieved by the arms of the country's sons only, and the near future is a guarantee for achieving what we all aspire to if sincere desire goes hand in hand with interest and certain class. God is the ultimate goal. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings. Ali Ghalib Gharib Director General of Labor and Social Security J
Frank Iny School Intermediate & Primary New Alwiyah - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 FRANK INY SCHOOL Intermediate & Primary New Alwiyah - Baghdad TELEPHONE No. 91693 No.: F/ 58 / ⟦58⟧ Date: 7 / 2 / 1958 No.: Date: To the Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Greetings, The attached letter contains the school administration's response to Mr. Reuben Heskel Kashkoush referring to his inquiry addressed to the school administration in English regarding the system currently followed in the school concerning tuition fee discounts granted to parents who have more than one child (up to six children) in the school. We have seen fit to send a copy of it to your Excellency for your information. The translation of the response is as follows: Dear Mr. Reuben Heskel - Greetings. In response to your letter dated February 4, 1958, regarding the discounts granted on school fees, I inform you that the policy followed by the school administration in the past few years has been based on collecting full fees from well-to-do individuals for all their children regardless of the number of children from one family enrolled in the school, taking into consideration that the cost per student in this school is slightly more than double the full fees collected from the student. While the school administration expects well-to-do parents to contribute to improving the school's conditions by paying at least the full cost of education for their children, if not more than that, our policy has always been to grant exemptions from school fees, either fully or partially, to all persons of whose weak financial circumstances we are convinced. Please accept our regards, Abdullah Obadia Principal
FRANK INY SCHOOL Intermediate & Primary New Alwiyah - Baghdad TELEPHONE No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary New Alwiyah - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 No.: F / 58 Date: 7 / 2 / 1958 The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Greetings, The attached letter contains the school administration's response to Mr. Reuben Heskel Qashqoush referring to his inquiry addressed to the school administration in English regarding the system currently followed in the school concerning tuition fee allowances granted to parents of students who have more than one child (up to six children) in the school. We have seen fit to send a copy of it to your Excellency for your information. As for the translation of the response, it is as follows: Dear Mr. Reuben Heskel - Greetings, In response to your letter dated February 4, 1958, regarding the allowances granted in school fees, I inform you that the policy followed by the school administration in the past few years was based on collecting full fees from well-to-do individuals for all their children regardless of the number of children from one family enrolled in the school, taking into consideration that the cost per student in this school is slightly more than double the full fees collected from the student. While the school administration expects well-to-do parents to contribute to improving the school's conditions by paying at least the full cost of education for their children, if not more than that, our policy has always been to grant exemptions from school fees, either fully or partially, to all persons of whose weak financial circumstances we are convinced. Please accept our regards, Abdullah Obadia Principal
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Number: F / 26 / 58 Date: Date: 28 / 1 / 1958 Imperial Chemical Industries Company Greetings. Please supply us with six mats ( ⟦illegible⟧ ) while giving us the discount that is usually allowed for various schools. With thanks. Abdullah Obadia The Director
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: F / 26 / 58 Date: 28 / 2 / 1958 Imperial Chemical Industries Company Greetings. Please supply us with six burettes ( ⟦Burette⟧ ) while giving us the discount usually allowed to various schools. With thanks. Abdullah Obadia The Director ⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Number: F/205/58 Date: Date: 27 / 1 / 1958 His Excellency the Director of Residency Police - Baghdad Greetings. Mrs. Therese Tofiro (wife of Mr. Omar bin Mabkhout) has been employed as a teacher in our school, and since her residency according to the arrival notice expires on 28 / 1 / 1958. Please kindly approve its extension for one year, noting that her residency paper is numbered MBA / 3089 / 57. With our thanks to your Excellency. ⟦illegible⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obeidia The Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate & Primary Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No.: F / 22 / 58 Date: 23 / 1 / 1958 No.: Date: Directorate of the Natural History Museum Greetings. We kindly request your approval for the students of the fifth and fourth primary grades from our school, numbering (71) students, to visit the museum on Sunday, 2 / 2 / 58 at ten-thirty. Please inform us, with thanks. Please accept our highest respect. Abdullah Obadia The Director Telephone 4624 Number
Frank Iny School Intermediate & Primary Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No.: F / 22 / 58 No.: Date: 23 / 1 / 1958 Date: Directorate of the Natural History Museum Greetings, We kindly request your approval for the students of the fifth and fourth primary grades from our school, numbering (71) students, to visit the museum on Sunday, 2 / 2 / 58 at ten-thirty, and please inform us. With thanks. Please accept our highest respect. Abdullah Obadia The Director
Form No.: M. A. M. (2) B Directorate: General Water Supply Service for the Baghdad Area 8-line switchboard: 89761 Telegraphic Address: Baghdad Water Number: 2 / ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 12 / 1 / 1958 Frank Iny School Your letter No. 10 dated 5 / 1 / 1958 We have no objection to the students of your school visiting the Sarrafiya Water Center according to the times and dates shown below :- First Intermediate Class - on Sunday, 19 / 1 / 1958 at twelve o'clock noon. Sixth Primary Class - on Sunday, 26 / 1 / 1958 at ten-thirty in the morning. Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Please inform Mr. Faraj and the students about the subject as soon as possible ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / 1 / 58 ⟦signature⟧ Director General and Chairman of the Board of Administration Copy to :- Chief Engineer Supervisor of Sarrafiya Water Center - to provide assistance. Sami /
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Subject: Number: Date: Baghdad, 1st April, 1958. Dear Sirs, Further to my letter of 15/1/1958, concerning the School's order of science exercise books, I shall be nuch obliged if you will arrange to order for us at least 3 dozons of these books by air, as they are needed for immediade use. Yours faithfully, ⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah, Principal. Messrs. The Times Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., Rashid Street, Baghdad. ⟦pencil scribbles⟧
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Subject: Number: Date: Baghdad, 15/1/58. Dear Sirs, Our School is in urgent need of science exercise books in which the sheets are cross sectioned into inches and tenths of inches on one face and horizontally lined on the other face. I shall be much obliged if you will order for us a consignment of 12 dozens of these exercise books as soon as possible. We will be ready to pay you the value of this consignment immediately on delivery. Yours faithfully, ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah, Principal. Messrs. The Times Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., Rashid Street, Baghdad.
The Iraqi National Bottling Company Limited Baghdad Date :: Dear Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧ respected After greetings Based on the request of our company's auditors, we inform you that you have in your possession as of March 31, 195 the following :- Number ⟦line⟧ empty cases and bottles ⟦line⟧ large refrigerator ⟦line⟧ small refrigerator ⟦line⟧ wooden bar Please match this with your records and fill out the coupon shown below and send it directly and as soon as possible to the auditors Messrs. Saba & Co. inside the attached envelope. Please accept our highest respect Accountant For the Managing Director ⟦illegible⟧
Frank Iny School Intermediate & Primary Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No.: F/ 58/⟦12⟧ Date: 1/10/1958 No.: Date: To - Miss Mary Tawfiq Antoun, Respectfully Our school is co-educational for boys and girls, and our educational curricula have been organized to suit boys for the most part, and therefore subjects related to the study of Home Economics are not taught in our schools. Therefore, we regret that we are unable to answer your questions in a way that fulfills the purpose. ⟦Abdullah Obadia⟧ Abdullah Obadia The Director
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Preparatory School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Number: Sh / ⟦9⟧ / 58 Subject: Date: 10 / 1 / 1958 To Miss Mary Tawfiq Antoun, Respectfully Our school is co-educational for boys and girls, and our educational curricula have been organized to suit boys for the most part. Therefore, subjects related to the study of Home Economics are not taught in our schools. Thus, we regret being unable to answer your questions in a way that fulfills the purpose. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obeidia The Principal
Ministry of Education Baghdad Semi-official Date 12/24/957 College subject ⟦line⟧ Miss Mary Antone is concerned with writing a thesis on the subject of The Status of the Home Economics Movement in Iraq And its Significance to National Life, Please facilitate her mission regarding providing her with the information she requests. ⟦signature⟧ Minister of Education A copy of it to: - Administration of Frank Iny High School Middle School Administration of Frank Iny High School The Principal at Al-Maarif School Primary c/ Alma 22000
Questionnaire to PRINCIPALS OF HIGH SCHOOLS Name of School:: ⟦Frank Ivy School⟧ I. Please ch⟦eck⟧ areas of Home Economics education covered in this school: Personal and Family Relations ⟦line⟧ Child Growth and Development ⟦line⟧ Management and Buying ⟦line⟧ Community Relationship ⟦line⟧ Rural Welfare ⟦line⟧ Housing ⟦line⟧ Health ⟦line⟧ Foods ⟦line⟧ Clothing ⟦line⟧ Others ⟦line⟧ II. Please check: Home Economics courses are: Required of all ⟦line⟧ Required of some ⟦line⟧ Electives ⟦line⟧ III. Do you have a program of inservice education for Home Economics teachers? Summer school program ⟦line⟧ All-year-round program ⟦line⟧ Lectures ⟦line⟧ Conferences ⟦line⟧ Films ⟦line⟧ Trips ⟦line⟧ Magazines ⟦line⟧ Others ⟦line⟧ IV. Check extra curricular activities for students pertaining to Home Economics Education Lectures by outside speakers ⟦line⟧ Home Economics Club ⟦line⟧ Group discussions ⟦line⟧ Extension service ⟦line⟧ Films ⟦line⟧ Exhibits ⟦line⟧ Others ⟦line⟧
- 2 - V. Check equipment available at this school: Clothing Laboratory apart from classroom ⟦line⟧ Textile Laboratory apart from classroom ⟦line⟧ Foods Laboratory ⟦line⟧ ⟦Home⟧ Management House ⟦line⟧ ⟦All-purpose⟧ Laboratory ⟦line⟧ Library ⟦line⟧ Number of Home Economics books ⟦line⟧ Others ⟦line⟧ VI. What methods are used to interpret Home Economics to the community: Parent-teacher Contact ⟦line⟧ Adult Education Program ⟦line⟧ Newspaper Articles ⟦line⟧ Exhibits ⟦line⟧ Radio Programs ⟦line⟧ T-V Programs ⟦line⟧ Homemaking Clubs ⟦line⟧ Lectures by Home Economists ⟦line⟧ Pamphlets ⟦line⟧ Conferences ⟦line⟧ Extension service ⟦line⟧ Other means ⟦line⟧ VII. Please check methods of teaching used: Lectures ⟦line⟧ Discussions ⟦line⟧ Debates ⟦line⟧ Demonstrations ⟦line⟧ Laboratory Periods ⟦line⟧ Films ⟦line⟧ Reports in Class ⟦line⟧ Projects ⟦line⟧ Filed Trips ⟦line⟧ Student-Teacher Cooperation in Planning ⟦line⟧ Panel Discussions ⟦line⟧ Others ⟦line⟧