(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The cornerstone for a British university here will be laid within the next few months. The construction of the buildings is to be completed within the next two years at a cost of £50,000, it was learned here today.
It is planned that the British University in Jerusalem will be modelled after the American University at Beirut.
The “Meraat el Shurk,” the anti-Zionist Arab newspaper, welcomes the proposed British University in Jerusalem, declaring that it will counteract the influence of the Hebrew University and will tend to revive Arab learning and Arab nationalism.
Plans to open a British University in Jerusalem were formulated last February.
As the first step in this direction it was decided to transfer the present English College in Palestine to the buildings situated on the Mount of Olives. The plans also provided for other buildings to be erected on the Mount of Olives for the housing of the university.
The English College in Jerusalem is conducted by the Jerusalem and the East Mission, which is also known as the Anglican Bishop’s Mission. The Mission has for its purpose the presentation of the Christian faith to non-Christians by means of educating the young and caring for the sick.
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