4 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle December 4 1942 The Hebrew University In Wartime The soundness of an institu- tion is often attested by its serviceability in times of crises. Measured by this criterion the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has proven an essential and deeply-rooted seat of learning. It served the Jewish people in their need before the war, when the wave of Hitlerism which swept most of the countries of Sincere Chanukah Greetings! Cooper Axle Shaft Mfg. Co. F. COOPER 4264 Grand River TE. 1-8024 A Joyous Chanukah to All Frank Fishman Operator of HOTEL SAVARINE East Jefferson at Lenox Excellent Facilities for Parties, Banquets, Weddings Dancing and Entertainment Nightly in Our Famous FIESTA BAR No Cover or Minimum Charge Europe shut the doors of univer- sities to Jewish students. It is serving Palestine and the United Nations in their needs now, that the cruel war calls for the maxi- mum exploitation of available resources human and material. When the Hebrew University was established in 1925 skeptics shrugged their shoulders. Why a university, in a country hav- ing only 150,000 Jews? Why spend money on university edu- cation in a country whose needs for elementary and secondary education have not yet been met? And the sponsors of the univer- sity took refuge in the assur- ance that the university would be primarily a seat of research and that no teaching was con- templated. By 1928 pressure from a growing population forced the then young university, devoted solely to research, to open its doors to students. Formal teach- ing was begun in the Humani- ties and a Faculty of Arts called into being. The relatively rapid growth of the university under the devoted leadership of Dr. Magnes also made possible the initiation of teaching by the School of Biology in 1932 and the organization of a Faculty of Science in 1933. At that time, research was still the primary function of the university, since teaching occupied only part of the time of the Scientific Staff. Then came Hitler and Hitler- ism. Successively, German, Po- lish and Italian schools shut their doors to Jewish students. Appli- cants from various countries clamored for admission to the one institution of higher learn- ing on which Jewish students had a claim. And the skeptics no longer raised their eyebrows or shrugged their shoulders. Limited though the staff, facilities and means were, the university opened • its doors to all who qualified, straining its capacity A JOYOUS CHANUKAH TO ALL GARDNER WHITE CO. Furniture 6309 MACK AVE. 7000 FENKELL AVE. 5607 W. FORT ST. 14155 GRATIOT AVE., near 7-Mile Road BEST WISHES FOR A JOYOUS CHANUKAH STORE AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT In Spite of Advanced Prices We Are Still Cutting Prices For Service call MAX H. GOLDHOFF By PROF. I. J. KLIGLER cacy of sulfad•ugs and atehrin produced by the Sieff li i itute. In addition to this aeti \ it 1 in the laboratories the Medic.11 Divi- sion of the university :LI. en • gages in special teaching Li. the Army Medical Corps. The Depart- ment of Hygiene and 11:o teriol• ogy trained a large nuniher of to the maximum. The student ter, and Palestine thus takes its malaria inspectors at it Rosh body rose from 200 to 1,200. place as the recognized scientific Pinah Station for the Australian During these fateful p re -war center of the Middle East. years teaching became the ma- See WARTIME—Page 8 For the university this means jor concern of the university, a revival of the spirit of re- 'ro the chagrin of the founders and many of the scientific staff, search. All the laboratories arc scientific research suffered be- actively engaged in the study cause the men and facilities were of one, problem or another. The exploited to meet the needs of Botany department has made a A Joyous Chanukah to ,111 an ever-growing body of stu- survey of native plants which may have medicinal value and (tents. Nevertheless many mem- hers of the staff, despite budget- some are being studied more in- ary limitation, continued their tensively with a view to exploita- Au Lion D'or scientific and scholarly work and lion. The Physics Department has been busy and productive in the made fundamental contributions field of radio detection, precision to science and scholasrhip. Restaurant Then came the war. Again the instruments, the insulating prop- city of various local plants, par- university was put to the test. During the academic year 1939• ticularly reeds and papirus, etc. JOE D'ENI11_10 40 the student registration The Chemistry Departments are reached 1250. Work as usual engaged in a variety of studies, the by-word. The war was some related directly to war in- SECOND BLVD. AT KIRBY ' hardly felt, certainly not until dustry which cannot be divulged, hardly Italy entered the war. Then came others of considerable industrial TERRACE 2-9287 a change. The war came nearer importance as substitute for products imported from abroad. home, it became more real. On the one hand students began Examples are catalytic produc- to enlist, on the other the army tion of acetic acid, studies on and local industry working for exploitation of local insoluble the army came to the university phosphates, production of stable laboratories for advice and for pyrethrum extracts from the lo- assistance in solving pressing cally grown plants, utilization of A Joyous Chanukah to All the orange peel for fodder and problems. The momentum of enlistment so on. The Department of Physi- increased and the academic year ology is working out methods of 1941-42 opened with only 650 production of hormones, such as registered students, a drop of insulin, adrenaline, etc. The new about 40 per cent in student Department of Pharmocology has registration. At the same time undertaken responsibility for Better Made we witnessed an intensification of standardizing and testing a vari- the research activities in the ety of pharmaceutic preparations various laboratories. Once again produced by local manufacturers. the importance of the university The Department of Hygiene and as a scientific research institu- Bacteriology is studying methods tion came to the fore. Once again of producing typhus and dysen• the vision of the founders and tery vaccines, testing disinfec- 11820 JOS. CAMPAU early builders of the university tants, investigating insect repel- lants, and disinfectant and to- was fully justified. TWinbrook 1-0214 The value of the scientific lab- gether with the Department of oratories of the university to the Parasitology is studying the effi- war effort and the important functions which all our scientific institutions could fill towards the winning of the war was now offi- GREETINGS OF THE SEASON cially recognized. At the begin- ning of 1942 the War Supply Board of Palestine appointed a Scientific Advisory Committee un- INTERIOR DECORATING STUDIO der the chairmanship of Dr. J. L. Draperies, Slip Covers, Re-Upholstering, Good Furniture Magnes. This committee, com- Estimates Freely Given posed of representatives of the various scientific institutions in Good Taste Need Not Be Expensive the country, is in reality a scien- 1414 FARMER STREET RANDOLPH 4244-4245 tific research council. The uni- versity is represented by Dr Magnes, chairman, Prof. Farkas, scientific secretary, and Prof. A JOYOUS CHANUKAH TO ALL Kligler. The Sieff Institute is rep- resented by Dr. Block, the di- ENTERPRISE HEAT rector. Prof. Volcani, the director of the Agricultural Experiment AND POWER Station, represents that institu- Distributors of tion, and Mr. Kaplanski, the head ENTERPRISE AND HEIL OIL BURNERS of the Technical Institute of Haifa, alternates with Prof. Olen- WALTER CYTACKI dorf for that school. This Re- 2314 HEWITT AVE. DETROIT, MICH . search Council advises not only MADISON 0875 the Palestine Government but also the Middle East Supply Cen- Edito•'s Note: Dr. I. J. Kligler, head of the Hebrew University's Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology, who is cooperat- ing with the United States Medical Organization in the Near East, acting in an advisory capacity and giving courses in malaria and other tropical diseases to medical officers and field personnel, describes the Hebrew Univer- sity's scientific contributions to the Allied war effort. LUDWIG FURS OSCAR KLAUSNER A JOYOUS CHANUKAH TO ALL 10217 LINWOOD, cor. 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