Michael Wawelberg, curator of the Technical High School here, informed the supervisors of the institution that the endowment would be withdrawn if the anti-Jewish excesses are resumed and that the school would be closed.
The Wawelberg High School, which bears the name of its founder, was established through the gift of a Jewish patron and has been supported largely through funds supplied by Jews.
Last week the Jewish students were attacked by anti-Semites and evicted. The school was subsequently closed and then re-opened.
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