Thirteen graduates of the Jewish Theological Seminary here received their rabbinical degrees yesterday, while thirteen others received bachelor’s degrees, at the fifty-seventh commencement exercises of the institution. The honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters was given to Israel S. Chipkin “for his lifelong devotion to Jewish Education in all its aspects.” The 1,000 persons present heard Dr. Solomon Goldman of Chicago deliver the chief address. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, president of the Seminary, presided.
At the commencement exercises of the Jewish Institute of Religion yesterday eleven graduates were ordained as rabbis. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Institute, conferred the degrees.
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