Several new departments will be shortly added to those already functioning at the Hebrew University, Dr. Judah L. Magnes, Chancellor of the University, declared in an exclusive interview with the correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, following the conclusion of the sessions of the Board of Governors and the Academic Council here.
A number of new appointments to the staff have been made, he stated. A large building program is under way, but addiional financial support is needed. The present building program is expected to be completed in two years.
“We are awaiting the decision of Samuel Untermyer of New York, regarding the Minnie Untermyer Memorial Stadium before work is started. We are also expecting an early answer from Mrs. Sol Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh with regard to the Rosenbloom Building to house the Institute of Jewish and Oriental Studies, for which she contributed $500,000.
“Construction of the building to house the Institute of Physics, for which Philip Wattenburg of New York contributed $100,000 will be started in about a month, while the building to house the Institute of Mathematics is being completed.
“There is no desire on the part of the Board of Governors to retard the development of the University into an institution of the highest scholastic standing,” Dr. Magnes continued. “In my opinion the first three years of the University’s work were merely preparatory years. I would add two more years, after which I think we will have the framework of a real University,” he declared.
Mr. Warburg, who attended the sessions of the Board of Governors for the first time, expressed his satisfaction with the progress the University has made.
UNIVERSITY DESCRIBED OVER RADIO
Mrs. Sol. Rosenbloom of Pittsburgh, member of the American Advisory Committee of the Hebrew University in Palestine, who has contributed $500,000 for the erection of a building to house the Institute of Jewish Studies of the University, spoke over the radio from station WEAF on the work of the University.
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