The Denver Jewish news., 1919-06-18
KOHUT MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS
AT YALE.
First Semitic Fellowship Established
in Memory of Jewish Scholar
at ARy American College.

The establishment of an Alexander
I.ohut Research Fellowship in Semi
tics at Yale University, coincident with
the twenty-fifth anniversary of that
illustrious scholars death, taking place
this week. appropriately rounds off a
series of notable memorial foumda-
tions already instituted in his honor
at that seat of learning.
1t will lie recalled that a large part
Of his library Of orientaiia and Ju-
daica. aggregating several thousand
rolumes-now designated as the Alex
ander Kohut Memorial Collection-was
presented to the University about seven
years ago. 1t includes hundreds of
valuable sixteenth century prints and
book rarfties of every description. 1t
Is especially rich in early editions OF
the Bible and its commentaries, Tai
mudic and Rabbinic literature, stand
ard lcxica and other reference works.
\ complete file Of the most important
periodicals in Hebrew and modern lam
guages, not a few of them now exceed
ingly scarce. are feature of the col
lection. Provision has been made to
augment the Kohut Library by new
acquisitions, so that In time 1t may
rank with that of the best of its
kind iu the country.
IN October, 1915. the Alexander
Kohut Memorial Publication Fund was
instituted as the combined gift of the
family ana the University. This made
possible the continuation OF the Yale
Oriental Series, comprising texts and
studies in Assyrian, BabylOnian, He
brew and Arabic literature, with oc-
casionai special monographs on histori-
cal and e''';,,aogical subjects.
As n fruit of this endowment. two
volumes in the series have already ap-
peared bearing the imprint of the
kohnt Fund, namely. DIR. ii. +. Lutz's
Early Hnbyi0nian Letters from Larsa'
t1917. and Professor A. T. Clny's The
Empire of the Amortics'' 1919. A
third volume on the ,Kohut Foundation
is now in the press. 1t deals with
the text OF the Oldest known history
of the Mohammedan conquest of Egypt,
North Africa and Spain. edited by Pro-
fessor C.. Z. Torrcy, the most erudite
Arabic scholar in America.
The k9hut Fellowship is to be award
ed annually to a graduate student do
ing research work in Semititx, intend
cd for publication, preferably to one
who has already received the doctor
ate. As in the case OF the above
volumes issued on the Kohut
Memorial Fund. II brief biographical
memoir of DR.. kolut is to be prefiNed
to each authors book wnun published
and the description, Alexander Kohut
Fellow in Semitics, Yale University
is to be added to his name ON the
title page. 1t is worthy Of note that
the. first holder Of this fellowship is
a woman, Miss Ettalene n Grice, who
las In preparation two works of more
tnan ordinary Importance dealing with
Sumcro-Akkadian sign lists and sylla-
abries. which will supcrsetle the hith-
crto standard handbooks of Brucnnow
and Meissncr.
1t remains to be said that this is
Tie first instance OH record of Il Semi
tic Fellowship, established in memory
OF Jewish scholar at any American
College. Certainly no gift could more
effectively pcrpetuate the career of one
of the foremost TaImudic lexicpgraph-
crs Of the age. 1t is made in the
spirit of his own wish. as expressed in
his last will and testament. which pro-
vidcs that his heirs and beneficiaries
devote a certain sum to the furtherauee
of learning, on each recurring ami
versary of his death. This stipulation
has been reverently carried out by the
members of his family. who have given
substantial donations to INDECENT stud
ents and hnve been Instrumental in
promoting individual Initiative in re-
search.-The American Hebrew.