The Denver Jewish news., 1924-02-21

9 issues.
The Sisterhood of Temple Israel of
Boston arranges. monthly sunday teas
in addition to their regular students
dance. Rabbi Levi has continued his
work with the College club, self gov
lerning organization open to all students.
At Champagne Urbann Illinois. open
house is held at the Temple every Sat
urday afternoon. An Informal supper
at Temple Annex was arranged by the
Baton Rouge SisterhoGd ut which
students of Louisiana State University
were entertained. Several sisterhoods
of California are members of the Cali
fornia Alliance. an organization inter
ested in student welfare work at the
University of California. Jewish
woman in New Bloomfield. Pa. where
there is no sisterho,sl entertains the
eighteen Jewish boys attending Carson
Lang Military Academy there The
big Sister idea is working out every
successfully in Baltimore and Nash
vile also.
Mothers are cooperating by sending
to the committee names of children GO
ing away to school and these names
are referred to the sisterhood nearest
the schools. The boys and girls are
guests during holidays III the home
Of members of these sisterhoods and
special arrangements are made for
them in all emergencies Where there
is no sisterhood the State Federation
communicates with Il Jewish resident
near the school, who undertakes per-
sonnlly the obligation of entertaining
the students and wherever possible
Jewish students away from hcme are
kept in touch with local Jewish affairs
and interests by women who feel the
Importance of this work
The DOr1nit0ry Campaign.
\ special report in the dormitory
campaign WAS presented, showing II to-
tai amount raised to date of S2IO,-
S99.S0. The cost of securing this
amount was practically nothing. as the
interest on the funds have reached
S13. 14S.9G, representing approximately
four times the cost of the campaign,
II WIS pointed out that this campaign
was unique In that 1t was conducted
entirely by mail and that it was made
up of small contributions of five and
ten dollar bills. the small amounts that
women could save from their house
hold expenses. or could earn by baking
c,ikes and preserving fruits and selling
them. With the exception of three one
| thousand dollar checks and one for
$1,000, there was Il complete absence
OF those large donations that char
nctcrize the average successful drive.
Altogether 14J Sistcrlioods have raised
! their quotas and 235 sent in con
| tributiOns. The three sisterhoCds of
Cincinnati trebled their quotas and the
Plum Street Sisterhood of that city
raised more than any other in the
country. $11.3G6SG
Work has already been started on the
ubTlnlIoTN buiIlllS. WHICH VIII prov ltit
residence. recreation and study quar-
tcrs for rabbinical students. This 1t
Is believed. the report said, will give
n decided impetus to the enrolment OF
students mt the college, for hitherto
the Incredibly bad housing conditions
afforded by the city of Cincinnati had
deferred many young men from purSu-
| Ing there and have seriously handi-
capped those who undertook the work.
| The dormitory campaign committee
consisted of Mrs. Abram Simon Of
Washington. chairman, Mr.. Alfred NJ
Cohen of Coincinnati. honorary, chair-
man, Mrs. Henry Bauer of Atlanta,
Ga. Mrs. Dan Frank of Cincinnati
Ohio. Mrs. S. Pisko of Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Marcus Rauh of Pittsburgh, Pa
/ Mrs. Joseph Stolz of Chicago, ILL.,, and
Mrs. Joseph Weiscnfcld of Baltimore
Nd.
! Constitutional Amendments
Several constitutional amendments
were voted on by the executive board