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p*- ~t is ent11~1 appropriate a dtdkate tbm cd~tmn a Oftht~U~+ktqlbr~H~: or- Pmhtof B na~B nth. For -&initistion of tbc Fouditb mwememt ms Irr ly the product of hra visiin, ind the mark- , abfpppnamn of the HllleI progrmm fmm nn cx- trl rrrrir It LUImb m the most *Itant youth mnt++the crime dur- tbirtct. war pdrmnrrtrwon as hi&of Hlliel &an at the University of in 1923 Isa~y~rsd~undertbe~ of the late llrbbi Benjamin Frank& Tbc pwng nbbi awk ,& pmyy to @c Brocutiw Commitk of B mi 3 rith as ng foe itp waorsbip. Alfred M. Cohen rars'+m one of-the% mqtvyspt thc SvtCammrttce ad* wm At hw lm4ska tb* the smmrahi~of tk Hilkl ~dn~m

* of courage to aETSLt and mature prudence p prwit imp 1 itself in Bpby-n~ghl ~.rimenlahon, gwdcd~~EIiUI1 movcmmt through the crucial period of trial and emr. : President Cohen Idabrick with 'ustihllc pridt upon tbe growth+of Hill~lduring bk adminlava- tlon. He ap written ''That I hvc been idmtihcd with thc H~lldmcrvement, and I hopf in some measure have be1 ~tfrom ~nfanqon,]& omtd march. is one 0% sweet rwnpensahoaa of my lo life." Tmidmt Cohc. is wda~&ectionaMy alutsd in this dedication in the usme of 30.00 Jewish sb- dents who arc w-n,g truined for Jmish lcadtrship because of hls vision. mddmt'a mmws Thchh~d&~H-W&Wm- p+xccIdgmw& and pwgm~in the 8'd ; B'dzHiW- ftIi#~bwtkd ~~t$prLBd~lpI~bidl~~ dliskd2a~~dtbC~.R ; &+ui'bcrrmw~mitrtkwkIp~,ipb wcringcfiottintht~~d~ ' York B'd Iritb's dcgc pmgmm htr b&d bccwm aatbd in smpe and i# pmmh- fopmod, ad J- krdusbip-nill nndmhdly krvea- Jd&h I@- Ythelik.mhtnil m. cohmM mpe~tmkaden. Tbqsdmdaka~~8n- cemLtbe&sthrtwntmmtout~. Thep hl#pa whohrespect lpr the bst in : Jwlsh hadih Thrp grwide the bdc kk- groundd~erish~i~c~th.t*~Ed- & -0 my~PR M lm Inda~~im~thcchrl- Icngcl, of thcJe criticJ days It IS that tht WiH-bk thil yeat h n dedid c OW di-w Wyhident. #'I Alfd Id. Cobm, rho was fs. q maw yam - I Cbahm of thc B'mi B'rith Hicl Cmnmiin . ' md~somtKhtotbe~~... which the presmt --of Hilkt is king hit.

- >.-. . - I irom m HawWeer- The second edition of the Xi-Book qpm at A mcmcnt when pung I* me hm lh kica hnd #hpmdws f+cemheh~r&q m M wrr twn. Tbe ideala th ham chcrlrhad d the bw nurhuey are thrtatencd by tbc -Id cvmta. The future is forthding It is ]u~tat such a Hmt, homer, .that an like the Bemu B'rlth HUM Foundattons -% mtr jdesihP Instead of bemosd the lnck of mord &c firhi&.anh nsaonsibilih . ... - ...* .-in m%.. -... ad at- hiMb and social p'J- men& to m-HIM mi the B'W~ throSiti2EfiXh%: hw been trairii%and molding th-mandm of you@ ~dcfor heal v md ndul Ilm Ba n mordr- baaid program of 'cba{aaCr&iild+. -i!ci$n+& that ymth is the rrparltom of beman CIV mtlon and that they,ate aIso most srrsaptible ta idnmma that would imperil or dmtq that rich endow- ment, B'nai B dth bdt fpr the htu~when ir undertook to sponsor the HtlM Pmditrom. Tht futruc i? upn us. Ahdp,$radatm of the Hilicl Fmdahons have taken theup? in their own communities as resmnsibk ~n trP~nedkad- us wh~sinternu were' directed into mnstiuctme rdpoaitlw channels $NiIkI. Others dlCUpw in ever increasing num rs as the H~llelhtewurn program broadem its mpc and moves into addi- tiod colleges and univtrsities. Today B'mi B'rith's investment in yonth is be- 'nnin to pay divideqds. That is our great mm- Err. % these mug tunes when values that om appc~rcdm, important have +me ~aniless, it I? cncouragmg to find that tn the Hfl+l Yonnda- ttons our txpcctat~onshave been real~zed. From them we can look for continu4 moral dividends. bat pr, when the &st HilM IJandbwk wut to press. a new of &h mimwaa anmmnctd-and was that this nm hcbmquc tpoald caable the Hilicl program to idnmm many more tbowads of Jew~cwrsh atu- dm. The bope h9s justified itself bepwd B most optimistic limits. To the nineteen units which wem installed in thc I& .cPdcmic mom tbm twenty llnitr have am: Thc HiIlel -mw r+m into morr than fifty mllW~nnims&es and ntbcmptp to 30,000. J+zwish w. -Yet the or~@~nalobjectives rrmnin ihct. When the hst Foundation was cstabl~cd gears ago * the Unircrsity of uinois it was in- tended to stmulate amq*dm& on + colkgc r wholesome in the mml values F%?Jew~sh.heritqge.: . It ms phoned to klop HilleI ~vrhawr that th mid teach thc Jewiab student @ & hisxeritagt as pious ap worth p,mentng, and ap,ao importmt prtberd 1U the fnbnc of mnci~111kdon. Thcse objec- nvcs have been dl7adhered to through d1 th* hnYe becow %% c mYcmcnt" """T M mdedfrom a -small unit at llliois to the maq-uuhmitg & in e=JT paa of the -. It has iut ban sugpd htthe Hill+ tqch- niphas rn~ntly ngd. Eat ogpmc~plc ~PSremaid constant namely, the pnnc~gleof self-gmvemment. d pl;*ag the agpwsibilrtg for thc student p am la tbe hands of tbc strrh -I-. AIL smmttm therr is rn im- p,&~ mrd of leadmhip In Jewish institu- t~oaaliik, leadership*w+ is dpwn fmm +Hi!Id blued s&ndeuk Thts IS tht alumate vind~cat~on DR. A. L. SACHAR of the original principle wbicb has kept the ad. National Director ministrat@ of the Hillel Pwndations basically dcmc~ratfc. ~zlpmE$t--*mr+ -. Dr. Muduaasd Fnmti&m=

with Dri War. the lod mkha born curied on b, a m-+ of &&a: la the fall a 1939 +th m3Er%ldl. yas ld0 -u?rts?.pd!rtni,-

kind in a st& n+w&y. . mingtoo is the HillJ ROKUIKI wblch brqa to tbs csmptit md O the romrmp& at large MnguEahed aptiorul per- sd,k Mythe Foundation hqutm@ a &~ma€ My Town Medngs, at wM p, :.;5, 9 I&+ -bus. s.*ad rprkea diu RABBI JUDAH GOLDKN r!.jd&- cuss vaJ -. - Td*, thm-wntmkma&- ~~13Wpnpgma1md~~th~govtm- mg-of ttrurown andsnch propurr. Wisconrtn The Wismnin ' n wm,w mid L 1924 rs the -.dR$%' the ~~~crptog-. Ita 6rst Mrcctar Rabbi SoIwnw hdmaa who KIT~anti1 19h devcloH the tachaiqd +at hns $1~btm fo~ld Raw Max Kadrrshri author $-a number of &oh worka in the &rd d +ma, r 2 tbe cr* k. bed Smun*m d Amuia. bas Dimtor since hm. - at wkomiq ind* *aU S&-Iida akbrahoas; elr~~#In H* brew Bible, and %almudn I*re mums in ~ewrsh,history, liter~tyc.dd mcrolo s m- iDlr In ~ewthphllom suaP; mcni snppcr-forums; PPoLLo&?L; debam ?3 matoq spcF~lIrnnrestkmuprtnlre~ music. md Jm~bmkrpm&= wz- lzngd: ltso rrr the Avukab and a Gmdpate Uu? Idu&d in tbe dmdu of socd furdins .rr matinee dances, once each month an rnnnal boll, a winter danct a stunt nr t. a 'cnmivd and aa *and ~psingbaa &+lpFial mitk w+utah Y&riral v1rnn.g and em-- mmk m8a A GPm*n re prole hrr dm ken em&, m&. weA am dm plrr in the All-Vdvcxsitr M' cl'nci!. A -tion, p~anccwarn. s* a need for a t md mmdhog has brrn planned for this fw h the he. Like all the otha Fanndatnms the Wimnsin unit is dcmcrcratkaU governed &th the Student C~IIcabinet anbmmmi- Eommhtiog an m&y qing at the -siw studcd Dronmm. A1 of the Foundation rctivitia art ecntmd in a suite of moms located in the Uniwrsh hi- nnr district. pu?rbers consist of ?n auditmiurn. ~~~Ii.w&~ayo$l~p=m a d- 16

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Ithm hiu bccn dml@. Becaw the emphis at ComeIl lpa -iiy been on cul~rdand religious achv as well as on personod -ice drssa condudin Hebrew, ewsh humq and curmt problems s Lbrew malab club. o$dd mcrmiaed bv 'tht university; a fobof promin+ J9b& d'regular student pawl rllscuar~wa, h?vc id kcn WU re~ciwdbp Cornell's 810 Jm~shstu- dents. In roo tion with Avukab Hillel has spw. sod racd &A r ad our Dag program, I White Pap? protest meeting. PaLpfim night at -1 the ComaClub and a ewtsh N&MI DAVID POLISH Ptrnd rmmipn. A of milic.tiotm which Diredm, cod1 UhdQ

and P syllahs In JewM sociology, have kn ?Ahbed b7 * -. Goodman v. Tbe hnsItr~n-the~ from tht-b tunpus. It oqpies m entire Boor of A Mlding md ita rwm dude 1- + whkh k ;omb~wlth the htw, t !~-*.~lotur&A r** 1 6oe mmmz &'"A - -r* -- L*rt pu tbt ew*h body WLrnbeECd 4m. RCrg shrdeat is cxr~~* Hilld dortt pa- of a fee. Hm. cwtribtlha wue-dved fm tht fmtcmh And

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MBI ABBAM V. GOODMAN Dirraor, Uoivcrsie of T-s joint ehm of thr * and mcri% -I*. Tbe n is hid in m attnctite build- in my- hvmw far from ttw hcut otthe E.mmL+. & r, lounge

Mmtorialti. - - The T JcaiB wmmu+ lu& & i kcen iaMTthe Foundation and ~bwdf& d ia tam bas dd the mitts of the as rW. Tht local Fnai B'titb hlg~h cmated an annd working lChOlLnhip to .h ~wdedto a wo Hillel mcmkt. Tbt mrh ptudca MYIEBC%as ~dertrlratbe p&t of ImItiqarrfugse~QntlK-. ?k hamhtiv mblishes r weckl mper and a mon~yWlctln. !t has apomdd~ * Ugbw scrvirra, debabng and ornto!aal con* +a hut show a W-a League, a Photoeraoh dub. n ~Ainardm. s Vocational &id&G cli& :apd a Wa''foqm. bid md athletic advatcs arc dm part of ~tsprow. Credit couxsm in Jewish ffiltow. IIebrcw and hitoaopbics of >iviG nre giwp at the U- !y !y the Foundatton's prcstnt dutcto, bbba &a- rap Klausrm. Thme claw M own Do d RABBI BERTRAM KLAllSNEK dudmts. - Rabbi Kla-u hns dm eanbliahad contact Djrector, University of Alahanu Pmm rnk cam to PcaD State in 1935 vith hWi

tbt pmgnm include :jo* Tmk wice with the Peau Sute Chrinma b, m a&jr which prcaid~to k m annual wmt: and a Brotherhood SM1ct wkh wns held as prt of Ndod Brotherhood We& oh-. Wilkl award# for tht hst-thne a schohdip clr btbeJe*r~bfntcmitywb~chhdtbthlgecst &~r-gcf~rtht~.-cupi . . RABBI BENJAMIN KAHN to +-c< k ~anrdsdto thtb~nDkrnafmkmity'rth ,-2. *-**.+l Director, Pcnn Statc - &tr , I.. .f., hdking this p-. dcsk,to ht.w I pn*Bte hdbg k"Lw its Northwwtcm Hild i# destlnod- to toPrna mt a

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YP=dly fortmak In winni th T- l.r ~orth aa velI ithat of the B'nal B' stb urg group, Hilld's ~l~oup~for all. student ndvity has b4en mpphd almost dyby mp. a*-- d -tic stadmt of kn studcntr ekcrd fmthcent& ~ewiah-b~dg nil1 I-u- Ue md Eirrg & thE ~&rion's vBEj* of --~Eti~itiwduring thc &ng year. Throrrgh this RABBI MAURICE FEKmsKY Rstcm. which ICYLO~~W~in the D&M, Nortbwstm Uni- and Uaiversitp of Chic- Harm U~uolins TbthdPtio.~tPFwth~aol~* i#dh1WwUktk~d~bhiBemud Zk&w. R~lmein~~mtb~dthe of tkc Nwth Qmb

~me~~~Pmtbt~ d&m. Thc hosplt.lib of &e Y,X.C.A. bu mrda it pwdble for tbe Dhcbr O do ht aan- dimmd ta cohbornte with tk CIMnet in tk 'Y" €mildlng. The dm kea rplmdidlp -TC iu pl*ring .t tb dip @ et tbe PUm* ib Gdam Mumaid w*. Hm d*nrsdorl &mpa d dlghw ~hpwbanduckd. Tbe 4 dlwof Irtivi~h pit of the North C*rolina -LID. But in a- qe- cUeasb baa kco plwd inttr-gmp reldona and WeI has been Wydk for orrtRagiag the wd-will pmgnm *-+ mwzt w much to the clmpar In n vuy ma* +d. Durla the past pi+ @owing cmpbatis has bse~phd on tbe religious and dM1pww. Both mtidok and dorm acrviEcs haw hem hdd mwy FPdday evening. Foki the ur- vice a ha8 betn given &her b%e vise sp& rrr by the Hillel Dinctor. The non- crodi ~wrres&ding with contcmprq Jcwkh life haw also been ofkd by h Foundation. Thc Dhrah m an Counxlor for orlad guides the program of the Jewish &dent bdim at Dukt Unhsersi@ aad-tbe G~bo~ongbG~Ucgc for Women.

mago For, wen pars prior to 1939. Jewish shldeat xtmtw nL tk University of Ch- was corn dwbd though the polunbq do& of Dr. Gew~For. MbI of tbe Swth Shore Temple, Cbicnpo. The organWa which hbbi Po* dimted ner Imam ma the JrrPish Student Foun- dation and had a membership, dmhg the school yar 1938.39, of 70 JC1Pidl ah&&. The J.S.P. worked in elm b-ny with the other mlii ~l~upson campa and enjoyed the cooperah ot the Unkrdy Chap4 auhri- tier. Spce for &as and mseting rooms was provided by tbc ChapcI. In mba 1939. Hilld came to the Chicw umpru with Wi Maurh hkuky of North* westem M Director. During the ochml year 1939-40. the membershi kited from a previous 70 uncle-r J.S.P. to 370. Particutdy sumssful among Wcl's activi- tier durin~the hst vear were the wddv discus- sion g&ps. ~ar~agon n tradition' adopted by J.S.P., Friday Fireside programs were held at Ida Now Hdl. Many pmmiocnt speakers were invited to the campus to participate in these programs. The Hillel Porn included such prominent leaden as Ladwig Ltwimbn, Dr. Abram Stchar, and Ma.urice Hindus. The direction of the Chicago unit has been in the hands of Rabbi Maurice Pekewbo com- birted this task with the supervision of the Jewish studenl: pmgram at Northwestern. The aaivities have grown too rapidly fo~one man to manage them successfully. An Aswciatt. Rabbi Bsrig, has Associate Director, Chicago Univtrsity therefore been added to the skff and be will m- operate with Rabbi Pcknrsky in the Hillel pro- Etam at both Chicap and Northw&cm. L Iowa In its first year of existence. thc University of Iowa extension unit has already developed a j. weli-rounded progtam of activities to serve the neqds OF the 300 Jewish studcnts at the SWW Un~pers~ty. The Hilld program ia part of a lar er University 2 &-up or anized within thc ~choofof Religion of the ~ikralh-h College. The DirsEtor Rabbi Morris N. Kcazcr, formcrlr of llliniiis and Alabm HiUd Foundations IS an asaoclate I-r in the Liberat Arb ~$1- and the EO-L in Jewish histo libera& and philomphy arc presented as part dIhc Uoiversiw curriculum. An active reliious program which coflsisttntly attracts god attwdanm on $day mlngs and holidays;, a cultural prograrp wbich includes a Forum with nationally pomlnent speakers; d* bate! wit!-^ sister Foundations and other groups - partlaosuon rs the mtmn.1 Hdlel 0ratorlcd Contest in which Iowa last r, carried +off hiqhe' honors through 'i(s ~Fnq~rntativc. WlIl~amfivkrn - a dramaucs pup whfch shows gmmh ,for tht'fu~;athletic tcems who win onofs IU and out, of Iowa: these and ptbcr act111ties clrcit the Interest of the large majority of Jewish students. A Student Council, cowisti of the various E committee chairmen. manad 3 of the activities and was particularly mati6cd at the excellent re. s~nscto the cnlturat activitim, as wcll as to the reliiious pmgram. Phfor the coming year include the publica- tiqa of a winted paper to take, the Mace of the MORRIS H. mrmm~raphed "Willel Forum the presentntiw RABBI KER'IZR of several pla s before jewish'groups thtoufmut Director, University of Iowa the state. an8 an intensive vocational guz ance program. ~Imd~whtppol~Itthe~. niqdtilctrtOfl9391939bortmrbDld50 $=ggg-&&--&&$&,,&$ E. md tbe Ushaaky and the oth half lid on

' The int&+Iaith- program on the cmr, now permanently &tished and ready to gm ~tt mnd year. was piwn impetus by the active MBBI SAMIR M. smva and wnscimtiaus support of HIlld. t~:m Rabbi Spm Silver was rcFcntl appointd p SM- Director. Maryland Fwn&h cecd Rabbi Pikhik and he w& assume hm ww duties as Dlrrctor at tbe bepmning d tAc mw Hillcl came to Mbin the middle d Irrt

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In the 6rst five mithr tht Hilld was 0t Minae- sots, it sqcurrd marly five hundred pai+up plcm- bcrs. It !s cxgerbcd &st the mcmbrrship WIIIbe at least undd by the summer of 1911. A full ttnc Dimtor, RnbbI Abrah~Mi!l$rsm, has now knappointed. Under he dwEtion fhc Hilie1 p~gramwill be both haderwd *ad intcU&d. hiw tbe p0st all aclivitks wtrc wried out in thc MimaUnion and In the fratcmitp nnd mrity b-. It is bapcd tbat won.- ! will bc * Hillel hud- lo Iwtm the I may achv~tmtbat ate planned. As this Handbwk goes ka pmthut is not yet in being a Hitiltel Foundmtlon rt BdpnCollcgc. But all plans for ib inauguration in the fall d lp40 have been m&. It comw to a great hmui- can cmpu as a melt at the appeal fmhk- 1yn Jewish cwnmunity lenders aad fsmn thc mecU- tivc committee of the Bdyn College Student Gnld. Thm is evidently crying nfrd for the Pounds- tion progrnm on the BroDklyn Campus. Wcarly moJewish students rtgisted In the day and nkht courlg of the wU~.Thl is epsiiy the Iargcst Jcwish studeat body whlch is to h served by tht Hillel pg-. The si~~d this studeut body. thc tradition of tbe collcp, the fact that the students commntc betwseu home oad classcs, the highly dewlap4 political wnsctous- ness of the rtudeat group, nil furnish unique chalkngcs to the ZWltl progm. It is already widmt that its major activities wilt h mltural to serve a student body which b auxious to dc with major politid and sxial questions. Dr. A. I. Sacktar. National Director, has hken a leave of absence from the Iltinois Foundation m help inaugurate the new unit His Asmiate will lx Dr. Isaac Rabiooraitz who was transferred from the Michigan Foundation to meet this new DR. ISAAC ~1NOWI-n and much larger chal1mp;e. The Hilld head- Associatt Dim, CollCgC ssrmrters arc close to the cnmpus md ib ssff is in the process of king organized ns the school gear ~pcns. *% < .' 'J * ..a h t -.-?. Hillal UomWor Promam The distinctive feaof a Hillel Pounddon AlabPma Pol olc-Aulmm, Alabama is ib full-time professid direction. Thue ate Rabbi g'BMschlcgcr, Mon-, mort than men$, such .FOU?&~~OIUnow atah- AlPbamn liahcd in the lea rug uaruvcrsltw of the countrg. Buchtll Col-ah Fkmsylmnia Thc~arc scores of other wU centers howmcr, Rabbi Bealamin kinha: State Collqc, Pcnn- dm the Jewish stadtnt a L too mall to warrant the em logmcnt of a fd-,tiw Dl- Un$Ytp"-~urbam ~orthw and the c+bIi& of s aukmbal bdgct * . Rabbi Samuel sand, Chapcl Ifill, Noah Itudent ~~~lce.Last u thctcforc, an tmnsrw! Csrolina service was imtrodurcrwkich act up Courrselon University of Piocids--Gai-itk. Florida. , to mvc in such college cmtem. Rabbi Max B~chorn Tallthisrc. PlorlL .',: There m thm c& ties in Hillel'a nm+ex- FImrid. Coll e for ~o&-~dlahnrxc ?lorib. Rabbi ~PZEii Tdihrsrcc Pforlda tmslon pro-. A. &~ewvup. ckto H~IICI Franklin & Mdd&l+Ianc'81ter, Pcnn- Foundations which can be d permdly by the ylnnia Hiltel Dbccton * B CoU that can be Qcrqcd by rawis or bymqumii6edrdtrs who eklm hbb~Bcnjmin Kphn, Stab tcllw, Pcnn- in the communrty or close by and who can fu~h sylvon~a under the gm~aisupemision of the HillcI Di- Uaivtrsib of Gcorgk-Athens. Gwr i+ rsctor In tbc District. C. Largtr cow,that e Rabbi lawrcncc Block. Athcna, &*is not $lo* ta ,Hilld '~wndat~nsor oe~&* Iowa State Gll~AmcsIowa mbbrs. but will rcqwrt m.trmc wn ~dly Rabbi Morris ~crhr.'Iowa Citg. Iowa Ith*ca College-Ithm

Rabbi Darid h1ih Ith- New Yo& - Michigan + State COI~~&I.MS&,Mic -1 hrtbur ?Ehgab Michigan Stah NoapBilanti-- %&kan R+i, Jchudah Cohcn. Ann kr.Michigan Ms~sslm~State tcl~arhillc.Mississlppi Rabbi htynKlaumer, Tuphya, Al?baata Of mst. the txtmsion service cPnnot bring Unid of M~i4lumbtaMrssmu~ the &ectivemss of a M1-fledged Foundrtion, but ~r.%adore ~c~-ldh. Missouri +opands of Jwish stadcnts at prrs.nt Univusity of Nebra~fimln, in ~solated communities. are'bein= lost toe RaMi Har Jolt Lrncoln Nebraska idumce. The cxtaiion prw-~ witl'bring New JII.;J ~o&e f& W-~NCW Brunawick. thcst ung pmplc into the orbit of Jmish life c- ~n adxiom. rs the pm- -ds- iwif in this Rabbi Nmdmlel- KJh. New Bmwirk. New way, new ~suyoinof influma arc ki tmpped. 1-Y lKar mums o~ stmgth art being -3, for th Ohio Umpws~ty-Ahs Ohio ~~l Hillel program. Rabbi +q &old, ~1~.Ohio MmUnrms~tyL*iayctte Indrana Rabbi Mcyu ~imon-lntafem, Indiana 4 T~Cpr 194 marks tht nine hundredth *aoi- Q renary of tbe birth of Rabbi S&mon &n Ism, 1 hmiliarly known, from the Hebrew idtiah of ofhis .. sholpr in mediesal Eumpc and he did morr to ppalaria Bibtical .ad Talmudic kamin& than any other cwnmccdator in few& hioborp. In ardcr to stimulate inter& in h&i's Ufe und in tht &dim ot bis wwk tbe national Hillel Comnhion has mthorizOd ID wf contest dkb is opcato d ORldatsin Americaoand C~U~&M Uniwrsitica. Tbe maps are to be suhmittcd to the mtionrl Wet dcc. 605 E. Grccn StmZ Champaign, Illinois. Blrt httr than Dooanbu 15, 1940. It is reccrmmmdd that the mays k rp pmximakly thne thmdwords in Icogth. Theg may deal with any pba of Bashi's catset. Only tho= who were undcrgnduntes in February, 19.60. den'the contest was announced, are eligibIe to &it mays. Two prizes, the first for SlrrO md the second for $50, will be awarded for the essays which are judged bcat from the point of view of originality, mahuitp, md literarg felicity. The judges are ' three distinguished American Jewish scholars, Rabbi Louis PinkeLtein. President of the Jcarish Thwlogicd Sunitury. Dr. Shalom Spitgel, Pro. lessor of Hebrew Literature at tbc Jewish Institute , of RtLigiwr. adDr. Juli*n Morgan&trn, President i of the Hebrew Union College.