A trust fund of approximately $200,000 has been created by anonymous donors to be used over a period of ten years for the establishment and maintenance of a department at the Hebrew University for research into the causes and cure of cancer, according to an announcement made by Dr. Judah L. Magnes, Chancellor of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, at the conclusion yesterday of a series of conferences with the American members of the Board of Governors of the University.
Dr. Magnes announced that it is the intention of the University to use part of the available funds for the erection and adequate equipment of special laboratories at the University.
The plan worked out by the Hebrew University provides for research in radio-biology, physiological chemistry and the study of cells and tissues.
STUDY NEEDED FOR PROBE
The study of the cell and physiological chemistry have become indispensable for the investigation of the nature of carcinoma and its manifestations in the diseased organism, according to a statement by Professor Ludwig Halberstaedter, internationally recognized as an expert in the treatment of malignant tumors, who is now in charge of the station for cancer therapy at the Rothschild Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. He brought with him to Palestine a supply of radium amounting to about two hundred milligrams. Dr. Georg Goldhaber of Herlin has already been appointed to assist Professor Hablerstaedter in his researches. Dr. Goldhaber is attached to the University’s Institute of Physics.
It was further announced by Dr. Magnes that work will soon be commenced upon the erection of the first students’ club-house or hostel to be built on Mt. Scopus, through a gift from David Weill. Mr. Weill is a senior partner in the Paris branch of Lazare Freres, and is known throughout France as a patron of arts and a generous contributor to liberal institutions.
STUDENTS RAISING $10,000
The World Union of Jewish Students, with headquarters in London, is raising the sum of $10,000, Dr. Magnes said, which with Mr. Weill’s gift, will make it possible for the University to erect a building containing sitting rooms, clubrooms and refectories to accommodate nearly 400 students now attending the Palestinian institution.
Dr. Magnes will be the guest of honor tomorrow night at a reception to be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. Roger W. Straus, member of the Board of Governors, is chairman, and the speakers include Professor John Dewey of Columbia University, Dr. John H. Finley, Associate Editor of the New York Times, Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, under whose auspices the reception is given, and Felix M. Warburg.
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