The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-10
He CREATED
A SENSATION
Rabbi Meyers Talk at the
Jewish Chautauqua.
SAYS MONEY IS WASTED
BY the Charitable Missions in
Palestine.
SAYS MONEY IS WASTED


which began on the sta and confused
unul the 9Th OF July. and they were
more largely attended and attracted more
interest than any previous meeting. Iss
success has inspired the Jews q Greas
Britain 10 undertake a similar movements
for The promotion OF Jewish education
and 10 stimulats the interest 81 the COM
ing generation in Jewish history ana
achievements. Rev. DT. Henry BeFko-
witz OF Philadelphia suggested thu adsp-
ton OF the ChaatsuQuz method OF study
Tor this purpose about sen years ago.
when he and other Jews OF prominenes
were lamentiog the ignorance and apathy
OF the members Of their race concerning
its past and its religion
how 20 educate the people OF the Ehet-
los and enable the isolated communities
/ 10 study and 10 know was a problem. fer
teachers were few. and the means u
reachl@g the masses were limiie0 "a
great system Of popular education known
as the OsAautsuqus VAS believed TO be thu
| most applicable: a society vas orEncfxed
in 1850 with its headquarters az = LA
/ delphia. course book OF study was pre-
pared and issued BY the Jewish Pubsica-
ton Society. and Mrs. Minnie y. Louis
/ Vas sent out as an organiser. she tray-
I eled from one end OF the country 20 tia
/ other. explaining the paTpose aad meth
DDS OF the movement organising circlez
and instructing them a. % the best plans
/ Of study. and met with extraordinary
success Within the first two years sew
/ eral thousand students IN every state q
the Union we're enrolled IN the society,
and active and systematic study Vas IN
| deTtaken In almost every community
Jews reside.
1 IL Is difficult 90 measure the effects Of
/ such educational movements. but the
I eagerness OF the people 20 engage in tho
work and the enthusiasm with which
I they pursue IL is the surcst sign of its
I necessity as well as its success. II waa
a case OF a school going 20 a clazs o. pee
( pie who could not 80 20 school. and the
courses % study were sknlfulv planned
so as to engage the interest % persons
I who have neither Libraries nor teachers
/ az hand. They are especially adapted
! for home study. sufficiently elastic 20 ab-
/ ply 10 adults and children. and there are
/ advanced courses Tor those who are am
I bilious 20 80 further than the ordinary
plan OF instruction coftepplates
For the benent Of .4oother class. Who
are able 70 get away from their business
for vacation every year. summer
school was organized az Atlantic city.
which IS a convenient and "a favorfte re-
sort for the Jewish population During
the hot months of each year you can nnd
a colony Of several thousand here The
FIRST assembly was held IN lsG AID vas
successful beyond expectations Several
ArsmArss4 raf
ars. philanthropists literary men ana
iaymen gathered % di.cuss and 10 study
for term 81 thrse weeks and naturally
attracted many people q culture
The most interesting feature ~ the as-
sembly this year-and On fact n amounts
ed TO a sensatlon-was the disclosures
made by Rahbi Martin 4 Meyer u san
Fraucizco. concerning the corruption ara
tha mismanaEsment n the officials n
the charitable society Known a. the AM
anec Univefseiie israsilte. uhose head
quarters are a. Paris. with branches IN
several American and European cities.
Its managers. who are Frerchrssn. 6ts-
burse large sums % money in Jeru.ais1n
and other places "a the Holy Land which
are contributed BY loyal and bsnevolaar
members 81 the race FOR TIE bersct Z
the sick ard poor. and especially Tor
those piouH souls who 60 20 sDend thslr
iast days n Zion and lay their w.ary
bodies IN is sacred soil 4 gery arg
proportion q ths funds e. collected IN ths
Uaitef States The American members
% the socisty held a Convention iB Phns-
deiphia only a feH weeks aro. ard Win
cousl6sEabla entnflEissn made piars fsr
Increasing subscriptions ard eztsudias
itn work Similar conventions ar. b~ius
held IN other coantFies. for fhs sane rrr-
pose for ~ repTessrrat5vss 81 Falssfins
ard Paris have made urrsnt axyesis "a
the ground - Increasing rsressifi-S
Heacs he incident - fha assembly - a
more thar national lmporfancs
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