At a membership meeting for the Yeshiva and Yeshiva college, held in the college auditorium at 186th street and Amsterdam avenue, talks were delivered by Dr. Revel, president of the college; peter Wiernicki; Rabbi I. Rosenberg, honorary president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis; and Judge Otto A. Rosalsky.
Judge Rosalsky pointed out the need for an institution such as the Yeshiva and Yeshiva College.
DR. REVEL’S REPORT
Dr. Revel presented a report of the present academic work of the institution. Some facts from his report follow:
In the various departments of the Yeshiva there are over 800 students from twenty-two states and from Canada. One student was sent by the Jewish communities of Babylonia (Iraq), and another is now on his way from the Jewish communities of Rangoon, Burma, India.
Of the graduates of the rabbinical department, 106 hold positions in the United States, in Canada and in England. There is little unemployment among the rabbinical graduates of the Yeshiva.
Of the 135 graduates of the Teachers Institute, ninety-two are now actively engaged in teaching work.
The Talmudical Academy-the only complete academic high school in the country under Jewish auspices-continues among the leading secondary schools of the state in percentage of state regents’ examinations passed and in proportion of state scholarships won.
The work of the Yeshiva College of liberal arts and science, Dr. Revel’s report concluded, has been expanded during the year. Formerly open only to students in other departments of the Yeshiva, the courses leading to the degrees of B.A. and B.S. are now offered to all qualified students, with Hebrew subjects as a regular part of the college curriculum.
Two additions have been made to the college faculty, for the academic year of 1934-1935, President Revel announced. Erich Gutkind, scholar and refugee firm Germany, has been appointed lecturer in modern philosophy. Arnold N. Lowan, Ch.E. (Bucharest), Ph.D. (Columbia), associate of the new graduate institution at Princeton, has been appointed instructor in mathematics.
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