Frederick Brown, the well-known New York realtor and philanthropist, will head a group of prominent Jewish leaders who will lay the cornerstone for the first group of buildings of the five million dollar Yeshiva College on Amsterdam Avenue and 186th Street, New York, on May 1st.
This announcement was made by Samuel Levy, chairman of the Executive Committee.
Arrangements have been completed, Mr. Levy announced, for the holding of the exercises on the Yeshiva grounds on May 1st when representatives of the Jewish communities in 25 states and in Canada will come to New York to witness the ceremonies. Grandstands were erected on the grounds with a large seating capacity. It is expected that about 25,000 people will be gathered on the grounds.
Twenty American colleges and universities will bring greetings to the Yeshiva College of America at the cornerstone laying exercises, according to the announcement by Dr. Bernard Revel, Dean of the Faculty of the Yeshiva.
Among the universities to be represented at the Execises are Columbia University by Prof. Frederick Egbert, director of Extension Work; Universities of Harvard and Princeton, represented by members of the faculty; the University of Boston, by President Marsh and New York City College by Dr. Frederick H. Robinson.
Among the speakers who will address the representatives of the Jewish communities from twenty-five states in the Union and in Canada are: Mayor James J. Walker, United States Senator Royal S. Copeland, United States Senator Robert F. Wagner, Dr. John Finley, former president of the New York State University and editor-in-chief of the “New York Times,” and President Marsh of Boston.
The Women’s Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which initiated the campaign for the dormitory building in connection with the other new buildings of the Yeshiva, is planning to participate as a body in the cornerstone laying ceremonies.
Mrs. Harry Fischel, under whose chairmanship these arrangements are being made, announced that a special section of the grand stand is to be set aside for the members of the Women’s Branch and their friends.
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