Funeral services for Dr. Henry W. Frauenthal, founder of the Hospital for Joint Diseases, were held Sunday afternoon at the Elks Clubhouse, 108 West Forty-third Street, by Dr. Stephen S. Wise of the Free Synagogue. There were also services by Piatt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and New York Lodge No. 1, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
More than a thousand persons were present, including colleagues of Dr. Frauenthal in his work.
Dr. Wise recalled the growth of the Hospital for Joint Diseases from two ill-furnished rooms to its present vast building.
“Dr. Frauenthal blazed a trail as the dream of this thing grew into a reality,” Dr. Wise said. “At first he was all alone in his work. Some scorned him, some spoke laughter of him, but then a few friends gathered at his side. They were true friends, and as he advanced toward the translation of this shadowy dream into reality they were ever with him. He did more good than can ever be spoken of, as words are feeble things.”
The honorary pallbearers included Dr. Walter Brickner, Dr. Harry Finkelstein, Dr. Herman Frauenthal, Dr. Philip Grauman, Dr. Samuel Jahs, Dr. Ignace Neuman, Frederick Brown, Lewis Straus, Dr. Maurice Packard, Charles Kaye, Samuel Arnstein, Louis F. Rothschild, Judge William Blau, Lee L. Doblin, Max Englander, Joseph Koshland, Joseph E. Meyer, Benno Levison, Harry L. Rosenthal, Louis J. Vorhaus, Emanuel Weill, Isaac Weill, Fred W. Kaufman and A. H. Heinsheimer.
Earlier in the afternoon services had been held at the hospital and attended only by the family, the Board of Directors of the hospital and a few intimate friends.
From the Elks’ Clubhouse the body was taken to the Campbell Funeral Church and was cremated on Monday.
A gift of $20,000, which will enable City College to send a sophomore abroad every year to study at a foreign university for his junior year, has been received from Aaron Naumberg, hat manufacturer, Acting President Frederick B. Robinson announced.
Twice before Mr. Naumberg has given $1,000 to the Committee on Foreign Travel and Study of the American Council on Education, which was used to send two City College sophomores to study in France for a year. They were Milton Schilback and Edward Hoffman, both of Brooklyn. They were chosen on the basis of high scholarship.
Satisfied with the results of the experiment, Mr. Naumberg established the $10,000 fund. The fund will be administered by three members of the committee, Marcus M. Marks, its Chairman; Felix A. Warburg, Treasurer, and Dr. Robinson, Secretary.
Plans for building a $150,000 synagogue by the Congregation Ahawath Israel and Talmud Torah of the Midwood section, Brooklyn. N. Y., has been adopted. Samuel A. Wurzberg, president of the congregation, heads the drive for funds.
The building committee is seeking a site. The committee includes Elias Asch, Harry Leibovitz, Harry Goldberg, Berman Reiss, Joseph Solomon, Samuel Bier, Samuel Kimmel, Morris Eisen, Benjamin Lavker, I. Wollisoff and Harry Fleischman. Herman M. Frank is counsel to the committee.
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