The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-19
THE FORTY SECOND GRAD
UATION EXERCISES OF
THE HEBREW UNION COL
LEGE.


forty,sccond aununl graduation cNcr-
clscs of the Hebrew Union College
which were held last week at the In.
stitution in Cincinnati. There WAS
large audience. Including member, Of
the ovvuctivc committee Of the Union
Of American Hebrew Congregations
who came from various parts Of the
country to attend the cNcrclscs Nine
graduates were ordained ~ rahbis aud
preachers IN Israel by Dr. Julian Nor.
gcustcrn, president Of the College,
Rabbi Charles $. Levi Of Milwaukee.
Wisconsin Of the Glass of 1889, de-
llvcrcd the Baccalaurcatc sermon
The members of the l'ei class
were; Philip D. BOokstaber, Cincin-
natl; Henry NJ. Kaplan. Baltimore
Abraham Fcinherg. Bellairc, o.. l., FL
liot Grafman, New York Theodore Lif-
set, New York; Walter q. PelSor, New
York samuel r. Shillman. Pittsburgh
Joseph NJ. TaNay. Pittsburgh. and Nor
ris, Uich. Milwaukee.
\ review of the work Of the College
during the past year was presented by
Alfred NJ. ~Cohen. President 0f the
Board Of Governors. He said that
there were ~ students in the College
ut the beginning of the yenr-'i5 in the
collegiate department, 30 is the prep
aratory department. and / specials. He
spoke of the various lecture courses
given 10y the members Of the faculty In
different parts of the country, and
summarized the outside activities of
the College in connection with the
Teachers Training School in New York,
which had an enrolment of 1S9 stud
cmts last year. the Summer School in
! Cleveland, and the Winter School in
Nashville. Tenn. These schools We're
conducted for the purpose of providing
training for religious school teachers
He announced that the College is plan
ming a new department next year
which VIII train religious school super
viSors This new school will supply
| the need of trained executives for re-
| liglUus schools and Temple centers
I throughout the country. The course
which will he for three years, will he
in charge of DR.. David PhilipsOn of
Cincinnati.
] JIa nlGn .nnnnnHal thnt y
school will he opened next yenr for
graduates to continue their studies, for
religious school teachers, and for Jew
| ish laymen who want TO add TO their
knowledge of Jewish culture. Mr.
| Cohen said that ~ students occupied
7 pulpits during the High Holy Days
of students bi-wcckly. He also an.
GOunccd that the dormitOry which has
been built by the National Federation
Cf Temple SisterhO0ds will be opened
in the fall. rs will also the gymnasium
which was presented TO the College by
Mrs. ]. Walter Freibcrg in memory of
her husband.
Addressing the students, Mr. Cohen
said:
The hour for your conservation to
the most sacred of all callingS In :
come That for which you have striven
and longed. is about to he bestowed
ON You. Your years of college prepara-
tiOn are closed and you are going ont
into the world to help make it bet
ter That in Il word is your life work
And the world now, as much as ever in
history, needs men to make it better
This need for human bcttcrmcnt which
You VIII witness wherever YOU may
be, will be your encouragement and
your encouragement. The opportunity
TO serve will buoy you up. The seem
Ing futility of your efforts will weigh
you down. But he not diSmayed. The
severer the task, the mighticr the
triumph When all about you seems
wrapt in doubt and failure remember
that In such moments pray for vision,
such vision aS was the passion of
lSracl's prophets the vision of nm ideal
state, n higher life, hoier future,
even though their lives were lived in
the midst of corrupt rulers and base
people. They had before them the
trustful conviction of what modern
post has expressed in the line Tho
best is vet to be,'
DR., Levi in his Baccalaurcnte sermon
declared that character is an important
factor in the development Of leaders.
He put before the students three i'm.
pOrtant tasks TO which they should de
dicate themselves. These tasks he
enumerated as: advancement of Jew.
ish education, the rc-intrOduction of
JewishneSs in the home. and the de.
velopment of synagocal worship. He
urged the graduates not to resort to
scnSationalism in order To attract
curious audiences. Instead they
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