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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Friday; •December 22, 1918
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Music as Bridge Between Nations Marks Hebrew U. Award Event
gether with singer Frank
Sinatra, Jones returned
here with the conviction
that from Jerusalem could
come the ideal of peace in an
atmosphere of amity that
unites nations in good will
with music.
Anthony G. DeLorenzo,
vice president of General
Motors Corp., as chairman
of the evening, spoke with
admiration of Jones as an
advertiSing executive for
whom his lifelong love for
music was equally impor-
tant.
" The history and the
progress attained by the
Hebrew University were
outlined in addresses by
Prof. William Haber of
the University of Michi-
Roberta Peters is shown presenting the Hebrew
gan, Stanley M. Bogen, - University-award to Ernest Jones, left, Stanley Bogen,
president of American president of American Friends of the Hebrew Univer-
Friends of the Hebrew sity looking on.
University, and Erwin
Ziegelman, president of welcomed the interest in- music, all except less
the Michigan Chapter of spired by Jones and Sinatra than a dozen non-Jews.
American Friends of the in the expanding music de- The enthusiasm shown in
partment at the Hebrew Israel's progressive tasks
Hebrew University.
In. their addresses they Universtiy, gains for which in many fields of re-
search, and now addi-
will be anticipated by the
tionally in music; evi-
Jonew scholarghip.
The e i'ning's proceed- denced respect for the
ings commenced with a creativity that has arisen
standing tribute to the in the redeemed Jewish
statehood.
memory of Golda Meir.
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field of advertising and agency at age 39, Jones also
is a noted musical conductor
and has directed concert
bands and symphony or-
chestras at the London
Royal College of Musk,
Carnegie Hall and the Uni-
versity of Michigan Bands
at Ann Arbor. His work
with the Vienna Chamber
Orchestra in Austria was
recorded.
Addressing the gather-
ing, Ms. Peters said:
"From Arthur Rubinstein
and Leonard Bernstein to
Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menu-
hin, David and Igor Ois-
trakh, we have all per-
formed free for our beloved
Israelis. We have raised
funds, here and abroad, for
art and education, and for
the freedom movement, as
an inspiration to providing
cultural continuity, an ar-
tistic link with the world's
cultures, against over-
whelming odds throughout
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Music as a bridge be-
tween nations, as a power-
ful communications
medium to assure amity '
among peoples of all faiths,
and the role of the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem as
a source for establishing
such advances in human re-
lations, provided a_ keynote
at the national tribute
dinner honor of Ernest A.
Jones, who was presented
with the Hebrew University
Torch of Learning Award,
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Dec. 13.
international
Jones,
chairman of D'Arcy-
Mac-ManuS and Masius Co.,
who in addition to being -an
outstanding national leader
in the advertising field has
made music his chief inter-
est, received recognition at
the dinner on the occasion of
the establishment of a
music scholarship in his
name at the Hebrew Uni-
versity. Inspired by Israel
and the Hebrew University
at his recent visit there to-
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"And so it is with the He-
brew University. While we
recognize that the univer-
sity had to first deal with
the pragmatic problems of a
fledgling society, in recent
years it has moved to the
fore and is one of Israel's
great cultural proprietors.
Under its aegis, the
humanities and the sciences .
are united in a common
environment of support and
encouragement. Thus, the
Hebrew University has the
place to -nuture talent as
well as intellect.
"Today, young men and
women are taking courses of
study leading towards the
degrees of Bachelor of Arts,
Master of Arts and Doctor of
Philosophy at the 'Hebrew
University Department of
Musicology. Others are car-
rying out extensive re-
search on the music of the
Jewish people and the Near
East. The electronic music
laboratory is conducting re-
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of sound produCtion equip-
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