The first national Hillel Foundation Oratorical Contest will be held here December 8, with seven Foundations participating. A large loving cup, the gift of William Sultan of Chicago, will be presented to the winning Foundation, and gold and silver medals, also presented by Mr. Sultan, will be given to the first and second prize winners. B. J. Grossman of Chicago has also presented a prize of one hundred dollars in memory of his parents and I. Corbrin has presented a second prize of fifty dollars.
The following foundations and their representatives will participate.
University of Illinois-Lewis Sutin of Kansas City, Mo. He will speak on “Louis Marshall.”
University of Wisconsin-Margaret Joslyn of Appleton, Wis. She will speak on “Racial Adolescents.”
University of Ohio-Roy Weinberg of Zanesville. Ohio. He will speak on “The Secret of Israel’s Survival.”
“University of Michigan-Nathan Levy, of Ann Arbor, Mich. He will speak on “A Prophet with Honor.”
University of West Virginia-Freda Goldinger of Wheeling, West Va. She will speak on “Religious Insincerity and Why.”
Cornell University-George A. Michaels of Ithaca, N. Y. He will speak on “The Art of Being a Jew.”
University of Texas-Shelby Friedmann of Texarkana, Arkansas. He will speak on “When the Jews Returns.”
The entire affair has been planned and arranged by Fred Bernstein, Master in Chancery, of Chicago.
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