More than 500 students of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have enlisted for military service with the armed forces on the Middle-Eastern front, it was disclosed today in a statement issued by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
The statement, based on the annual report of the Hebrew University just received here, says that the university has greatly increased its research program during the past year and is taking a leading role in helping to solve war problems in connection with the allied war effort in the Near East. The university is cooperating with the military authorities and the War Supply Board established by the Government, of which Dr. Judah L. Magnes, president of the university, is chairman. Service is also being given by the University to other departments of Government including the Public Works Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Development Department, the Department of Health and the Geological Advisory Office.
Hebrew University’s war work is connected largely with the general development of production in Palestine and the Middle East, the report shows. New processes have been devised by university scientists for the manufacture of materials hitherto imported and surplus crops are being utilized for war uses. Precision instruments and medical apparatus, such as X-ray tubes which can no longer be obtained from Europe, are being constructed and repaired in the university laboratories.
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