Seventeen American colleges and one in Canada are represented in the incoming class of students comprising the class of 1931 which begins work today at the Training School for Jewish Social Work, 71 West 47th Street. The new students were greeted at an informal luncheon yesterday at the school by Maurice J. Karpf, director, and Frances N. Harrison, assistant director.
There are twelve states and one Canadian province represented in the student enrolment, New York leading with eight. Ohio and Illinois come second with two each and the other sections sending one each are Minnesota, Texas, Massachusetts, Washington, D. C, Missouri, Maryland, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey and Quebec.
The new class consists of fourteen women and eight men, all of whom are graduates of recognized colleges. Among the fellowship winners are Miss Rose Max, graduate of Goucher College, Baltimore, awarded the $1,000 prize given annually by the National Council of Jewish Juniors. Another fellowship winner is Miss Ruth Rosenbaum, graduate of St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., who received the annual award of $1,000 given by the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit.
Mr. Karpf announced yesterday that the incoming class will be the first to participate in the two-year course which has just been made effective.
Funeral services for Jacob Greenberg, treasurer of Beth David Hospital, who died September 7 in Germany, were held Tuesday afternoon in the Riverside Memorial Chapel. New York City. Burial was in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Mr. Greenberg, who was forty years old, was born in New York City and for years had been interested in Jewish philanthropic activities. Before becoming treasurer, he was a trustee of Beth David Hospital for fourteen years. He was a member of the Grand Street Boys.
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