N. Y. School for Social Work Holds Elections

Louis E. Kirstein of Boston, was reelected president of the Training School for Jewish Social Work, at the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the school at the Hotel Astor. Dr. Lee K. Frankel of New York, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was reelected first vice-president and A. Richard Frank of Chicago, was elected second vice-president. Other officers named were I. Edwin Goldwasser of New York, as treasurer and Solomon Lowenstein, executive director of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York, as secretary. Maurice J. Karpf is the director of the school.

The following trustees were reelected for three year terms: Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, Judge Irving Lehman, Julius Rosenwald, Fred M. Stein, I. Edwin Goldwasser and David M. Heyman.

Mr. Karpf, in his report as director of the school, announced that the student body of the first class has been placed in positions in New York and other cities. The school has received support from ten federations of philanthropies in various parts of the country Maintenance fellowships of $1,500 each were received from the Jewish Charities of Cleveland, the Jewish Charities of St. Louis and the United Jewish Charities of Detroit.

Among other agencies throughout the country which have contributed toward the support of the school are the New York Foundation, the Nathan Hofheimer Foundation, the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York, the Jewish Charities of Chicago, the Federation of Jewish Charities of Philadelphia, the Federation of Jewish Charities of Cleveland, the United Jewish Charities of Detroit, the Federated Jewish Charities of Boston, the Jewish National Welfare Fund of San Francisco, the Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, the United Jewish Social Agencies of Cincinnati, the Federated Jewish Charities of Milwaukee, the Jewish Federation of Indianapolis and the Charity Chest of the Fur Industry of New York.

It was announced that the board of trustees of the school has set aside a special fund to be known as the Charles Hirshon Student Aid Fund in memory of Charles Hirshon. This fund is available to students who are not holders of a fellowship and who need financial assistance to enable them to continue their studies in the school.

A new enlarged edition of the Jewish Year Book, now in its thirty-first year, has just been published by the London “Jewish Chronicle.” The volume is edited by the Rev. S. Levy. There are two new sections–Mandated Territories and Representative Institutions in the United States.

The first volume of the new edition of the lexicon of Yiddish literature, press and philology, compiled by Salman Reisen, has been published in Vilna. The first edition was issued in 1914 in one volume. The second volume of the new edition is already in the press.

The lexicon gives short biographies of hundreds of Yiddish writers, journalists and philologists and details regarding their work.