Four American students are among the 73 young men and women who entered the Hebrew University for the first time this year. Thirty-six of the students come from countries outside of Palestine as compared with 15 last year, it was announced by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, President of the American Friends of the Hebrew University.
Thirty new students from Poland have matriculated at the University this year.
Tuition fees in the amount of approximately £15 will have to be paid by all the students at the University for the first time this year, Dr. Rosenbach stated. There are 200 students registered. Twenty-eight needy students have been exempt from the payment of the tuition fees.
A special fund for needy students, Dr. Rosenbach said, in the amount of $600 annually has been established by Sigmund Thau of New York, which will take care of ten scholarships for needy students. In addition 14 other scholarships and six prizes have been established by Jewish fraternities and youth organizations, the majority of them in this country.
A student’s dormitory will be erected through funds collected by the Jewish Student’s Association of London, which has already contributed the sum of £450 for this purpose.
Twelve students will be graduated from the University in January, receiving the degree of Master of Arts, Dr. Rosenbach disclosed.
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