The Board of Governors of the Hebrew University will hold its sessions in Zurich, Switzerland, beginning August 18th, it is announced by the American Advisory Committee. American members of the Board who sailed on the Majestic today to attend the meetings include Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the American Advisory Committee, Dr. Cyrus Adler, Dr. Emanuel Libman and Dr. Ratnoff, chairman of the American Jewish Physicians Committee. Dr. Libman and Dr. Ratnoff will represent the Physicians Committee at the sessions of the Board.
The Council of the Institute of Jewish Studies of the University will meet at Zurich on August 22nd and 23d. Among the business to be taken up at this and the Board of Governors’ meeting is the establishment of a Graduate School of Sub-Tropical Medicine, and the introduction of undergraduate teaching in the biological sciences. Previous to 1928, the Hebrew University functioned wholly as a research institution, but beginning with the fall semester undergraduate instruction was begun in the newly organized Faculty of Humanities. While research in all departments will continue as heretofore, it is the policy of the Board of Governors to introduce undergraduate teaching in all divisions of the University as soon as practicable.
Among the members of the American Advisory Committee of the Hebrew University who will be present at the meetings of the Board of Governors are Dr. Solomon Lowenstein, Director of the New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, and James Marshall; Mr. Marshall is also the chairman of the New York Society of Friends of the Hebrew University.
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