A bequest which it is believed will be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000 has been received by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from the late Louis S. Brush, according to the announcement made by Dr. Cyrus Adler, president, at the meeting of the Board of Directors.
A part of the bequest is to be set aside as a fund to be known as the “Louis S. Brush Educational Fund”; and the income is to be applied for the education of students for the rabbinate. The will provides: that the fund be used for the “support and maintenance during such education, of as many worthy and capable young men as shall desire, and the Trustees of the said Jewish Theological Seminary of America shall select, to become ministers in the Jewish faith, and for that purpose to study and be educated for such ministry in such Seminary so that such students and prospective ministers shall be thoroughly grounded with Jewish knowledge and inspired through such knowledge with the love of the Hebrew language and a spirit of fidelity and devotion to the Jewish law. The worthy and capable young men to whom I refer are only such as would be unable to furnish or have furnished them sufficient means for the purpose of obtaining such education and receiving maintenance and support while being so educated in such Seminary.”
Separate funds are bequeathed in the will for the erection, furnishing and equipment of a fireproof dormitory, to be known as the “Louis S. Brush Memorial” which is to be constructed in severe colonial style, and is to be adjoining or adjacent to the Seminary building, and if possible connecting therewith. A fund is also provided for the care and maintenance of the dormitory.
The exact amount of the bequest is not yet known, as the estate has not been completely settled and the sums announced.
Dr. Adler also announced that the Seminary has received the following bequests: $10,000 from the estate of Julius Levy of Baltimore, the sum invested to be known as “The Julius and Etta G. Levy Fund”; from the estate of Joseph Zubow, $1,428; from the late Henry A. Blumenthal, $1,000; from the late David Rader. $619.30. Felix M. Warburg has made a gift of a grand piano to the Students Room of the Seminary.
Joseph S. Stroock has donated $400 for the use of the Students Loan Fund of the Seminary and S. Herbert Golden has defrayed the cost of decorating the Lecture Hall.
Professor Mordecai M. Kaplan, the Principal of the Teachers Institute, reported a total enrollment in all departments of the Institute of 473 students (117 men and 356 women). The Main department has an attendance of 141 students (51 men and 89 women), the Post Graduate Courses. 46 students (14 men and 32 women) and the Israel Friedlander Extension Classes, 286 students (51 men and 235 women).
Professor Alexander Marx, the Librarian, reported that the Library has received a gift of $4,350 from Mortimer L. Schiff for the purchase of books and for much needed work in the Library. Through his generosity the Library acquired several important books and manuscripts–some of these were obtained through the courtesy of Doctor A. S. W. Rosenbach, who purchased them at auction in London.
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