Jassy University Senate Rules Against Foreign Graduates

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

A new ruling by the Senate of the University of Jassy will further bar Jewish students from that institution. The Senate decided that students returning from Italy will not be permitted to continue their studies at the University unless they will again pass the entrance examinations.

The “Curierul Israelit,” Roumanian Jewish daily, commenting on this order, declares that it is directed against Jewish students.

JEWISH REFUGEES ARRIVE IN URUGUAY FROM TURKEY

The arrival of 100 refugees who had been expelled from Turkey was reported by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Uruguay to the main headquarters of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America, New York City.

The refugees are but the forerunners of similar groups expected to arrive shortly, the report states. The Hias Bureau is engaged in seeking homes and employment for those who have arrived and also those who are expected.

In a single month, eleven Jewish settlers asked for and received permission to bring relatives from Poland. They will join those who are already settled in Uruguay and begin life anew.

Spanish being the native language of Uruguay, the Hias Bureau has inangurated a free school where courses in Spanish are given four times a week. This is an increase of two classes a week over the previous method. The classes are conducted in government school buildings with the permission of the National Educational Council and receive favorable cooperation from the government in the condet of this work.

Another feature of the Hias work in Uruguay is the extension of the activities of the employment bureau through which Jewish immigrants find employment. In addition to seeking employment the Society has arranged a budget through which loans are made to the immigrants and by means of which they are enabled to buy tools and pursuee their labors. Another feature of this department’s work is the advancement of cash loans to small tradesman.