The Italian Government has made a grant to the Hebrew University in Palestine for the purpose of establishing a chair in Romance Languages and Literature, with special emphasis on Italian, according to an announcement received here by the American Friends of the Hebrew University, Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, president. Commendatore Mario de Angelis, present Consul-General of Italy in Jerusalem, was instrumental in securing the subsidy from the Italian Government, Dr. Rosenbach stated. Dr. Heinz Pflaum, formerly instructor of Mediaeval Languages and Literatures at the Hebrew University, will be in charge of the new subjects, which will be supplemented by preparatory classes in Italian, under the charge of Dr. A Verdi, it was announced.
“The action taken by the Italian Government is a most commendable one,” Dr. Judah L. Magnes, chancellor of the Hebrew University, said in an address officially accepting the grant. “The fund supplied by the Italian Government for this lectureship has made it possible to introduce a subject at the Hebrew University, the need for which had long been felt. The Hebrew student has thus a new and wonderful window at his disposal through which he can look out on the culture of the modern world.”
FIRST GRANT OF ITS KIND
Dr. Rosenbach expressed the Rope that the example set by the Italian Government would be emulated by others. He pointed out that the grant, which is the first that any government has ever made to the University, was in recognition of the high academic standing of the Palestinian institution, as well as an indication of the good-will of the Italian Government towards the Hebrew University.
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