The New York herald., 1922-04-23
CENTENNIAL TO-DAY
OF HEBREW ASYLUM
Men and Women Once in Or
phans' Institution Will
Tell Of Old Days.

The Hebrew Orphan Asylum will cele-
brate its hundredth anniversary to-day.
The asylum. which is the oldest Hebrew
orphan asylum in the country, will have
centennial exercises tonight in the Hip.
podrome. when men and women who
once were sheltered within it's walls will
pay tribute to the success Of its mother
ing.
Records, which have been kept for
sixty-two years, show that $4,000 boys
and girls have found home within the
hospitable red brick building which
stands to-day in Amsterdam avenue. be-
tween beth and 13Sth streets.
To-night's speakers will be Felix War
burg. Judge Joseph Newburger. presi-
dent of the asylum, and Bird S. Coler.
Commissioner of Public Welfare. Rabbi
Max Currick of Erie, Pa, who was a
member of the asylum class of 1891 /;
Rabbi David Lefkowitz Of Dallas. Tex,
who was graduated in the class of 1892.
and Rabbi George Solomon of Savannah,
a member of the class of $780,
Music will be furnished by the asylum
band. fife and drum corps and commune
ty chorus The boys and girls gymna-
sium classes will give exhibitions. and
the retreat will be sounded by the asy-
lum cadet corps.
In 1922 Jewish veteran Of the Revo-
lutionary war was Ill and in want in
the City Hospital. Some Jews of that
time raised a fund to help him. and
after he died the $500 that remained was
used to organize the Hebrew Benevolent
Society. now the Hebrew Orphan Asy-
lum.
Almost a quarter Of a century later
the Hebrew Benevolent Society was
merged with the German Benevolent So
ciety, younger organization. At this
time the hospital fund" of the first So
ciety was pledged to the establishment
of an orphan asylum and a home for
aged and INDECENT Jews. Within the last
sixty-two years only sixty-two children
have died while inmates of the asylum,
The first orphanage was opened in
1860 in a rented house at ] Lambertine
place--now West Twenty-ninth street
between Eighth and Ninth avenues. The
next move was to Seventy-seventh street
and Third avenue. and there, with the
aid of the city, a new asylum was built
and supplemented with home for girls
of over 13 years of age In Eighty-sixth
street and a trade school in Seventy
sixth street. In 1880 the present Am
sterdam avenue site was chosen. Addi-
tions have been added as they became
necessary.
In 1902 the benevolence was COM
pleted by the erection of the Emergency
Hospital, which serves the double pur-
pose of receiving children newly ad-
mitted to the asylum and Of providing
isolation quarters for those with in
fectious diseases. When the capacity
of these buildings was reached the ad-
ditional children were boarded out in
private homes. To-day the institution
Is caring for 223 children in this way,
besides resident population of about
1,242.
The officers of the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum are +: President, Joseph e. New
burger vice-president, THEODORE Rosen-
wald; treasurer. Martin Beckhard: !:
honorary secretary. William !. Spiegel-
berg; honorary trustees. Sol Moses,
Louis Stern, Theodore Obermeyer, Oscar
Straus: trustees. Edward Lauterbach.
Marx Ottinger. Samuel Ullmann. Isl
dore S. Korn, Samuel Strasbouger, Ed
win Mayer, Philip Lehman, Max G.
Grifenhagen, Emil FrenkeL Abraham l..
Newman. Samuel Floershiemer. Eman-
uel Arnstein, Abraham Stern. Jack A.
Dryfoss, Mortor H.. Meinhard Roger
W. Staus, Harry NJ Levy. Max II.
Friedman and Louis B. Tim.