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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 

 REV. ISAAC LEESER 
 
 Charter Member. 
 
 Board of Officers, 1848-1849 
 
 Secretary, 1849-1850 Vice-President, 1859-1861 
 
 Board of Officers, 1861-1868, (died.) 
 
 Provost Maimonides College (English Literatiire, Logic and Honiiletics. 
 
FIFTY YEARS' WORK 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Hebrew Education Society 
 
 OF 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 / 
 
 1 848- 1 898. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 
 1899. 
 
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 Office of the 
 
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 Register of Copyrlghfjt 
 
 
 53751 
 
 Copyright, 1899, 
 
 BY THE 
 
 Hebrew Education Society, 
 
 SiiCOND COPY, 
 
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 PRESS OF LEVYTYPE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. HALF-TONES BY THE STANDARD ENGRAVING CO., PHILA; 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Isaac Leeser Frontispiece 
 
 First Constitution and By-Laws 7 
 
 Act of Incorporation 20 
 
 Names of First Pupils 25 
 
 First Cliarity Dinner 33-37 
 
 Second Charity Dinnei- 40 
 
 Teachers in Hebrew Schools 45 
 
 First Published Annual Report 47 
 
 Maimonides College ^^ 
 
 Revision of By-Laws 77 
 
 Location of Schools ^4 
 
 Young Women's Union <^J 
 
 Touro Hall — Tenth and Carpenter Streets 99 
 
 Baron de Hirsch Trust 107 
 
 University Extension Lectures 11^ 
 
 Free Synagogue Service 119 
 
 B'nai B'rith School 121 
 
 Gratz College 123 
 
 Legacies 127 
 
 Officers of the Society, 1848-1898 130 
 
 Officers of the Young Women's Union, 1880-1^96 .... 132 
 
 Summary 133 
 
 Appendix I. 
 
 Hebrew School No. 1 139 
 
 Hebrew School No. 2 140 
 
 School No. 3 141 
 
 School No. 4 141 
 
 Sewing School 141 
 
 General Night School 144 
 
 List of Teachers in Night School and Trade Schools 145 
 
 Al'PENDIX II. 
 
 List of Various Donations 149 
 
 Fifty-first Annual Report 165-194 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 Tiie first meeting for the formation of a society wliose 
 purpose was the education of Jewish 3^outh in the city of 
 Philadelphia was held on March 7, 1847 ; on June 4, 1848, 
 a Constitution and By-Laws were adopted, and on July 16th 
 the first regular meeting of the Society took place. 
 
 At the annual meeting of the Societ}^, held March 13, 
 1898, it was decided to commemorate the close of the first 
 half-century of the existence of the Society by the publica- 
 tion of a memorial volume. 
 
 A brief hut comprehensive history of the inception and 
 growth of the Society is accordingly presented in the follow- 
 ing pages, compiled almost exclusively from its official rec- 
 ords. 
 
 In this review of a half century of active communal ef- 
 fort, the life work of Isaac Leeser stands out as a landmark 
 in the history of the Jewish educational movement which is 
 so marked a feature of our present time. It was Isaac Leeser 
 who brought the Hebrew Education Society into existence, 
 and it has been the spirit with which he imbued the organi- 
 zation that has enabled it to overcome the obstacles which for a 
 decade after his death beset its way. To him, furthermore, 
 was due the early effort towards a higlier education which 
 took form in the Maimonides College, and, in order to make 
 the record of that wortiiy undertaking more accessible to 
 students of this subject, its plan, as embodied by its rules 
 and regulations, has been printed in full. 
 
 Since 1851, when the first Hebrew School of the Society 
 was established on Zane street, the development of its work 
 has steadily proceeded, increasing in breadth and scope with 
 the growing needs of the Jewish community of Philadelphia. 
 The Hebrew school originally instituted has been continued, 
 with various changes of location, in the central district of the 
 
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 city, and two others have been established and maintained at 
 outlying locations. To these have been added a number of 
 English night schools, and industrial schools. 
 
 The policy pursued by the management during the last 
 twenty years was not changed from former methods because 
 of a desire to have something new, but for the reason that 
 the public had evinced a positive disinclination to continue 
 the support of the school as it was then conducted. 
 
 In the pursuance of its general objects, the present policy 
 of the Society, as definitely laid down in its official declara- 
 tions, may here be quoted as follows : 
 
 " To keep the expenditures within the income." 
 
 " To allow the use of any available portion of the So- 
 ciety's buildings for charitable or educational purposes gener- 
 ally, free of charge." 
 
 "Teachers to speak English without a foreign accent ; 
 preference to be given those studying for a profession or pur- 
 suing courses at a universit}^ for a general education." 
 
 " English teachers to be High School graduates." 
 
 The men and women of Philadelphia who have contrib- 
 uted their means to the Society, may feel content with the 
 thought that it has been applied to the highest of philan- 
 thropic work — the instruction and uplifting of the children 
 of their people. 
 
 The future holds greater possibilities than the past af- 
 forded. The connnunity is awakening, still too slowly, to the 
 import of these })Ossibilities, and to the fact that the most far- 
 reaching philanthropy consists in intellectual and moral edu- 
 cation which renders the recipient self-reliant and self- 
 sustaining. 
 
 Let us hope that a kind Providence, which has implanted 
 in the hearts of the Menibers, Friends and Managers of the 
 Hebrew Education Society the desire to maintain its good 
 work, and which has watched over and supported them dur- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. ix 
 
 ing the last half century, will guide and direct them in the 
 future, and instil in the hearts of their descendants and succes- 
 sors that love for Judaism, its culture and its history, which 
 can alone perpetuate our religion and deliver it in its purity 
 to our posterity. 
 
HISTORICAL REVIEW. 
 
The Hebrew Education Society 
 
 FIFTY YEARS' WORK. 
 
 The foundation of an institution for the education of tlie 
 Jewish youth was early agitated in Philadelphia. At the 
 beginning of the second quarter of the present century Ger- 
 man .Jews were coming to this city in great numbers, and 
 they proceeded at once to establish a synagogue and charit- 
 able societies. The native-born .Jewish population was rap- 
 idly becoming greater and it was recognized generally that 
 something had to be done in order to educate fittingly the 
 younger generation in the precepts of their fathers, and in a 
 manner that would best ecpiip them to cope with the exigen- 
 cies of American life. 
 
 There were, it is true, JJebrew teachers in the city, but 
 they were not adequate to the needs of the community. The 
 compensation paid to these private tutors was very small, and 
 it did not encourage many of them to pursue their labors. 
 Good text-books were few and these were strongly tinctured 
 with Christian theology. The idea of a college, in which 
 children born of Jewish parents could be instructed in Eng- 
 lish and in the classics, in the liberal arts and in the Hebrew 
 language and literature, had long been in a nascent condi- 
 tion, and it was soon felt by the members of the Jewish com- 
 munity in Philadelphia that such a college was an urgent 
 and ever-increasing necessity. 
 
 Already prior to 1840, Mordecai M. Noah, the famous 
 traveler, consul-general, pla\'-wright, journalist and politician, 
 turned his attention to a plan for the formation of a Hebrew 
 College in the United States. Later, he wrote, under date of 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 .SOLOMON GANS 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 1855—1856 
 
 Trustee Maimonicles College 
 
 August 18, 184o, an open letter on this subject to the Rev. 
 
 Isaac Leeser, which was publislied in the September number of 
 tlie first vohime of The Occident. Tliere 
 Major Noah sketched in brief outline 
 his plan for the formation of a Hebrew 
 seminar}', " where children of the Jew- 
 ish faith can obtain a classical educa- 
 tion and at tiie same time be properly 
 instructed in the Hebrew language, 
 I '^% ^^^ where they can live in conformity to 
 
 y^^mmj/JM^^^^^I our laws and acquire a liberal knowl- 
 ^^F^^^^^^^m edge of the principles of their religion." 
 
 ^B ^^^^^^m Isaac Leeser, in a prefatory note 
 
 to INIiijor Noah's letter, warmly com- 
 mended the plan and invited every 
 one interested in the cause of educa- 
 tion to co-operate with him and to 
 
 give " the subject the serious reflection which it deserves." No 
 
 one recognized the need of such an institution more than 
 
 Isaac Leeser. His magazine, T]ic 
 
 Occident, became the organ of the 
 
 new movement, and he advocated it 
 
 whenever a happy occasion offered 
 
 itself. Isaac Leeser contributed 
 
 more than any other man to the 
 
 establishment of the Hebrew Edu- 
 cation Society of Philadelphia. 
 
 A year after the appearance in 
 
 print of Noah's letter, the Rev. I. 
 
 Felsenheld communicated to The 
 
 Occident, (Vol. IL, p. 249) a plan 
 
 which, in the opinion of its author, 
 
 Avouid speedily effect a solution of 
 
 the problem. He proposed to teach 
 
 in the school Hebrew grammar. 
 
 Catechism, Latin, Greek, English grammar, mathematics, 
 
 geography, history, German and French. He further pro- 
 
 MOSES NATHANS 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, 18J8— 1852 
 1800—1801 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 3 
 
 SOLOMON ISAACS 
 Cliarter Member 
 
 posed that be himself should conduct it and give instruction 
 in most of the branches in his curriculum. As soon as twenty 
 
 pupils would be procured he would 
 open the school at the "earliest possi- 
 ble day." This plan never matured, 
 and the Rev. Isaac Leeser continued to 
 moot the subject through the columns 
 of Tlie Occident, although little success 
 had as yet attended his efibrts. 
 
 Towards the close of J 846 interest 
 in the project revived and steps were 
 taken to secure enough money to carry 
 the plan to a successful issue. On 
 January 27, 1847, a ball was given in 
 the old Chinese Museum, under the 
 management of Michael H. De Young, 
 Solomon Gans, Moses Nathans, Isaac Nathans, Solomon 
 Isaacs, R. Benjamin, H. Pincus, Simon M. Klasser, Lazarus 
 Schloss, Michael Moyer, David Van Biel and Herman Weiler. 
 It was known as the Hebrew School Fund Ball, and it was 
 given for the especial purpose of rais- 
 ing funds for the "establishment of a 
 Hebrew School in this city." The re- 
 ceipts netted over three hundred dol- 
 lars, and this money went into a de- 
 pository known as the Hebrew School 
 Fund. 
 
 About a month after the ball, a 
 public call was issued in the news- 
 papers to all Israelites, to meet and re- 
 ceive the report of the Trustees of the 
 Hebrew School Fund Bali, and to 
 adopt such measures "as will further 
 the ends of this laudable object." On 
 March 7, 1847, in pursuance of this 
 call, twenty-five gentlemen met and proceeded to consider 
 the disposition of the money. The Rev. Isaac Leeser called 
 
 JIICHAEL MOVER 
 Board of Officers, 1861—1865 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 the meeting to order. Zadoc A. Davis was elected chairman 
 and S. M. Klasser secretary. M. H. De Young, the chairman 
 of the Fund, reported that the net proceeds of the hall 
 amounted to $312, of which $300 was deposited with the 
 Pennsylvania Life Annuity Company, in the names of M. 
 
 H. De Young, 
 Moses Nathans 
 a n d Jose p h 
 Levi, as trustees 
 of the Hebrew 
 School F u n d 
 Ball. On mo- 
 tion of Abraham 
 Hart it was car- 
 r i e d unani- 
 mously, that 
 the name of 
 Simon Elfelt be 
 added to the 
 Trustees. O n 
 motion it was 
 resolved that a 
 committee of 
 seven be ap- 
 pointed with 
 power to collect 
 donations a n d 
 yearly subscrip- 
 tions to further 
 the object of the 
 " establishment 
 of a Hebrew and 
 
 English school." It was further resolved that as soon as 
 $2,000 will have accumulated, a general meeting shall be 
 held in which the most advantageous disposal of ithe money 
 would be duh' considered. A subscription list was opened at 
 the close of the meeting, and a number of the gentlemen. 
 
 ABRAHAM HART 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Treasurer, 1818—1875 
 
 Board of r)ttieers. 1876—1881 
 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 HYMAN POLOCK 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 18.59—1802 
 
 present subscribed their names to various sums amounting to 
 nearly |450. 
 
 On March 19, 1848, a general 
 meeting of tiie subscribers to the 
 Fund was held in the vestry room 
 of the Synagogue Mickve Israel, 
 then on Cherry Street. Abraham 
 Hart was elected Treasurer. It was 
 stated that a second ball in aid ot 
 the Fund had been given, and it 
 was as brilliant a success as the first 
 one. As a result $427.15 had been 
 invested in the names of the Trus- 
 tees. Simon Elfelt having declined 
 to serve as a member of the Board 
 of Trustees, and as the meeting had 
 resolved upon two additional mem- 
 bers, Julius Stern and I. H. Blum were duly appointed. 
 It is interesting to note that as the funds were deposited 
 with the Pennsylvania Company, Hyman Grntz, the 
 president, was notified of the 
 appointment of the additional 
 members. 
 
 At the next meeting, the Rev. 
 Isaac Leeser, after dwelling upon 
 the necessity and the benefits of a 
 Hebrew education for Jewish chil- 
 dren, called up a resolution which 
 was unanimously adopted. It pro- 
 vided " that a committee of three 
 persons (afterwards increased to sev- 
 en) be appointed to draft a constitu- 
 tion and by-laws for the formation 
 of a Hebrew Education Society." 
 Agreeable to this resolution the 
 chair appointed as the committee, the Rev. Isaac Leeser, 
 Hyman Polock, L. Bomeisler, Julius Stern, Abraham S. 
 
 MARCUS CAUFFMAN 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 1818—1856 
 
6 
 
 HEB REW ED UCA TION SO CIET \ ' 
 
 Wolf, Joseph M. Asch and Simon Elfelt. A committee was 
 
 also appointed to prepare printed circulars and distribute 
 
 them to all Jewish families. 
 
 On June 4, the Constitution and By-Laws having been 
 
 unanimously adopted, the chair was authorized to call a 
 
 meeting for the 
 organization of 
 the Society and 
 the election of 
 officers. 
 
 On July 
 16, 1848, the 
 Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Society 
 was formally or- 
 ganized. Zadoc 
 A. Davis, who 
 had acted as 
 chairman of all 
 the previous 
 meetings, was 
 unable to be 
 present owing 
 to absence from 
 the city, and 
 Solomon Solis 
 served in his 
 stead . 
 
 Following 
 is a copy of the 
 Co n s t i t u t i o n 
 and By-Laws 
 
 adopted on June 4, and which was formally signed by the 
 members on July 16, 1848 : 
 
 ABRAHAM S. WOLF 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 1.S4S -1849 
 
 Vice-President, 1849—1854 
 
 President, 1854—1862 
 
 Board of Officers, 1862-1876 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
 AND 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 OP THE 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY OF 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 ADOPTED AT A TOWN MEETING OF ISKAELPrES, 
 
 ON SUNDAY, SI\^\N 3, 5608, JUNE 4, 1848. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 C. SHERMAN, PRINTER. 
 5(308. 
 
OFFICERS FOR THE FIRST YEAR. 
 
 President, 
 SOLOMON SOLIS. 
 
 Vice- President, 
 Simon Elfelt. 
 
 2'reasurer, 
 Abraham Hart. 
 
 Secretar}/, 
 Moses A. Dropsie. 
 
 Assistant tSecretari/, 
 Simon M. Klasser. 
 
 Manac/crs, 
 
 Isidore Biuswauger, Moses Nathans, 
 
 Solomon N. Carvalho, Joseph New house, 
 
 Marcus CaufFman, Hyman Polock, 
 
 Lewis J. (Johen, Julius Cohen, 
 
 Jacob Langsdorf, Herman Van Beil, 
 
 Isaac Leeser, Abraham S. Wolf. 
 
 School Directors, 
 M. a. Dropsie, A. Hart, I. Leeser, S. Soils, A. S. Wolf. 
 
 I'rustees, 
 Mayer Arnold, Mos. Nathans, Jo^. Schoneman. 
 
PREAMBLE. 
 
 Penetrated witli the conviction of the necessit}' of a 
 thorough religious education of all Israelites, and in view of 
 the absence of proper schools where the same can be imparted; 
 we the subscribers have associated ourselves for the purpose 
 •of raising funds, and to effect therewith the establishment of 
 such schools, as will enable all Israelites of this city and 
 county, to receive instruction in religion, the Hebrew and the 
 English languages, the usual branches of education, and all 
 such other subjects as the circumstances of the funds and the 
 •capacity of the scholars may enable the directors to afford. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Sect. 1. The name of the Society shall be "The Hebrew 
 Education Society of Philadelphia." anj:: "]i]n nnnn 
 
 ARTICLE 11. 
 
 Sect. 1. Every member shall pay three dollars per an- 
 num, in sucli manner as may be fixed by the by-laws. 
 
 Sect. 2. Any male Israelite of twenty-one years of age, 
 may apply to any meeting of the Board to be elected a mem- 
 ber, and if he receives a majority of the votes of the Board 
 present at the next stated meeting of the Board, he shall be a 
 member of this Society. It is, however, provided, that the 
 Board may postpone the election of any applicant to a future 
 meeting if they deem it proper. 
 
 Sect. 3. No member one year in arrears shall be 
 
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 allowed to vote or hold office, unless previously liberated from 
 his dues by the Board of Olficers. 
 
 Sect. 4. Every member after his election, shall sign, 
 the Constitution before he shall be entitled to vote, 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Sect. 1. The officers of this Society shall be one Presi- 
 dent, one Vice-President, one Treasurer, one Secretary, one 
 Assistant Secretary, and twelve Directors, who shall constitute 
 the Board of Managers, and hold their respective offices for 
 one year, or till their successors shall have been chosen, in 
 case no election shall be held at the regular day for elections. 
 
 Sect. 2. The annual election shall hereafter be held on 
 the Sunday before Shebuoth. 
 
 Sect. 3. The Board shall meet four times every year, 
 or oftener if recjuired by the President, or three members of 
 the Board ; the first meeting every year shall be held three 
 weeks after the annual election, and quarterly thereafter ; 
 and at the first meeting of the Board, they shall elect the 
 School Directors, to serve for one year. 
 
 Sect. 4. There shall be elected by and from the Board 
 of Managers, five School Directors, who shall meet monthly, 
 and have the superintendence of the school or schools to be 
 established, and report their proceedings to the cjuarterly 
 meeting of the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sect. 5. All vacancies are to be filled by the Board of 
 Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 Sect. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of 
 the Society and Board, and in his absence the Vice-President; 
 and in the absence of both, the meeting shall appoint a 
 chairman. 
 
 Sect. 2. After the accounts sluxll have been passed by 
 the Board, the President shall draw his warrant on the- 
 Treasurer, from a printed order-book (with a cheque mar- 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 1 1 
 
 gin), without which no money shall be drawn from the 
 treasury. Provided always, that he may draw for any ac- 
 count not exceeding ten dollars, without first laying the same 
 before the Board. 
 
 Sect. 3. In his absence, or sickness, the Vice-President 
 (or other presiding officer), shall have the same power.' 
 
 Sect. 4. He shall have power to convene meetings of 
 the Society, Board of Managers, and School Directors, when- 
 ever he may deem it necessary. 
 
 Sect. 5. Whenever ten members address a written ap- 
 plication to the President, stating the object of the call, he 
 shall forthwith convene a general meeting for not later than 
 ten days after the requisition has been presented to him. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Sect. 1. The Treasurer shall take charge of all the 
 moneys and securities of the Society, and he shall credit 
 every member, donor, or contributor, with his or her contri- 
 bution. 
 
 Sect. 2. He sliall pay all orders duly signed by the 
 President or other presiding officer. 
 
 Sect. 3. He shall keep a regular account of all sums 
 received and paid by him, and furnish a statement of the 
 funds in his hands at every meeting of the Board, and a gen- 
 eral statement to the yearly meeting of the Society. 
 
 Sect. 4. He shall give such security' for the faithful 
 performance of his duties, as shall be approved of by the 
 Board of Managers. 
 
 Sect. 5. He shall deliver all moneys, papers, and ac- 
 counts, and all other property of whatsoever kind, belonging 
 to this Societ}^ to his successor in office, within two weeks 
 after the election of said successor, on being duly notified by 
 the President, or other presiding officer. 
 
 ARTICLE \l. 
 Sect. 1. The Secretary shall attend all general and 
 
12 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Board meetings, and shall keep fair and correct minutes of 
 all transactions of said meetings. 
 
 Sect. 2. He shall make out all bills, and hand them 
 over to the Treasurer for collection. 
 
 Sect. 3. The Assistant Secretary shall make out all 
 notices for meetings, and attend the meetings of the School 
 Directors, keep the minutes of their transactions, and perform 
 all the duties of the Secretary in his absence. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 THE SCHOOL. 
 
 Sect. 1. As soon as the funds in hand, and the sub- 
 scription of the members will warrant the undertaking, a 
 school or schools, for both males and females, shall be estab- 
 lished, in which are to be taught in the first instance Hebrew, 
 according to both the German and Portuguese reading, Reli- 
 gion, and the elementary branches of an English education, 
 the higher branches to be added as the scholars progress, and 
 the funds will permit. 
 
 Sect. 2. The school shall be placed under the direction 
 of the five School Directors, who shall receive all applications 
 for admission into the school, and no scholar shall be admit- 
 ted without a written order of said Directors. 
 
 Sect. 3. The Board of Managers shall have the power 
 to fix annually the amount which each pay scholar shall 
 have to pay for tuition. 
 
 Sect. 4. The School Directors shall admit all appli- 
 cants (provided of good character) at the price affixed by the 
 Board of Managers, if the application is signed by the parent 
 or guardian, and states that the scholar is to be a pay scholar; 
 and should the parent or guardian desire the scholars admit- 
 ted as non-paying ones, they are to receive them as such. 
 
 Sect. 5. The Board of Managers shall have the power 
 to elect the teachers after application of the candidates shall 
 have been made to, and they have been recommended by the 
 School Directors. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 13 
 
 Si'X'T, 6. The teachers' sahiries shall be paid by the 
 Board of Managers. 
 
 Sect. 7. The number of teachers shall be determined 
 every year by the Board of Managers, according to the circum- 
 stances of the Society, and the wants of the scholars. 
 
 Sect. 8. The salaries of the teachers shall be paid quar- 
 terly, after having been passed on by the Board of Managers, 
 and the orders being duly signed by the President or other 
 presiding officer. 
 
 Sect. 9. The Chairman of the School Directors shall be 
 ex-officio President of the school or schools to be established 
 by this Society. 
 
 Sect. 10. The branches of education shall be deter- 
 mined from time to time by the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sect. 11. The School Directors shall have power to 
 form a code of laws for the government of the school, to be 
 submitted for approval to the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sect. 12. Tiie choice of books, etc., and the giving of 
 premiums, as also the formation of a school library, are to be 
 left to the School Directors. 
 
 Sect. 13. The location of the school or schools to be 
 established by this Society, is to be left to the Board of 
 Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 Sect. 1. The Society shall elect three Trustees, in 
 whose names the stocks, funds, and property of the Society 
 shall be vested, and whenever the Society shall be incorpo- 
 rated, they shall transfer all the said stocks, funds, and prop- 
 erty belonging to the Society, to the corporation. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 Sect. 1. All elections for officers shall be by written 
 ballot. 
 
14 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 Sect. 1. Tliis Constitution shall not be altered, repealed 
 or amended, except the proposition shall have been made at 
 one general meeting and passed on by the votes of two-thirds 
 of the members present, at a subsequent general meeting, pro- 
 vided the amendment has been inserted in the notice of the 
 meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE XL 
 
 Sect. 1. This Society shall not be dissolved while there 
 are five members, and when this shall be the case, the re- 
 maining members shall place the funds in some public secur- 
 ities, to be held by three trustees in trust, for purposes of edu- 
 cation, as contemplated by this Constitution, and transferred 
 to any other Society which may hereafter be formed on a 
 similar plan, and for similar purposes, in the Cit}' and County 
 of Philadelphia ; the Trustees are to be empowered to pay 
 over the annual interest for the education of Hebrew children 
 for the purposes herein mentioned. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 Sect. 1. Tlie Society shall have })Ower to pass all regu- 
 lations and by-laws, not repugnant to this Constitution, the 
 Jewish laws, and the Constitution and laws of the United 
 States and the State of Pennsylvania. 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 
 Sect. 1. Any officer or member may be expelled, or 
 otherwise dealt with, by the Society, on an impeachment, 
 provided such impeachment is signed by at least four mem- 
 bers, and a copy of the same, with the notice of time and 
 place of meeting, be furnished the accused, at least one week 
 previously. Two-thirds of the members of the Society pres- 
 ent at anv such meeting sliall determine the guilt or inno- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 15 
 
 -cence of the accused; provided, always, that the Board may 
 suspend any member of the Board under the above reguhi- 
 tions, subject to an appeal to the Society. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Sect. 1. Half an hour after the time specified in the 
 notices for calling the meeting, the President or other presid- 
 ing officer, shall take the oliair. The order of business shall 
 be as follows : — 
 
 I. The roll shall be called. 
 
 II. The minutes of the preceding meeting shall be read 
 and approved of, or amended if any error have been commit- 
 ted. 
 
 III. Election of officers shall take place. 
 
 IV. Communications to the Society shall be read. 
 
 V. Reports of committees shall be read. 
 
 VI. Business laid over from a former meeting shall be 
 attended to. 
 
 VII. New business shall then be introduced. 
 
 Sect. 2. No motion shall be received unless it is sec- 
 onded ; and if requested by the chair, it is to be reduced to 
 writing. Every motion is to be stated from the chair before 
 debate shall be had thereon ; and until it shall be decided, no 
 other shall be received, except to amend or postpone the orig- 
 inal motion, or a motion to adjourn, which shall always be in 
 order, and be decided without debate ; and no motion to re- 
 consider shall be received unless the mover and seconder have 
 voted with the majority. (Questions of filling up blanks shall 
 be taken first on the highest number; and no member shall 
 speak more than twice upon any question, unless permitted 
 by the chair. 
 
 Sect, 3. The yeas and nays shall be taken, if required 
 
IG HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 by four members of the Society or two of the Board, and en- 
 tered on the minutes. 
 
 Sect. 4. The presiding officer shall appoint all commit- 
 tees, unless otherwise ordered by the Society, and may vote 
 on the following subjects : — the revision of the constitution or 
 by-laws, and expulsion of a member; but in no other case, 
 except when the meeting is equally divided, when he shall 
 have the casting vote. 
 
 Sect. 5. Thirteen members shall form a quorum of the 
 Society, and four of the Board and three School Directors 
 sliall form a quorum for the transaction of all business. 
 
 Sect. 6. If the Treasurer is compelled to be absent from 
 town for more than two weeks, he is to place the funds of the 
 Society in the hands of the Vice-President, who is then to act 
 as treasurer 'pro tern. 
 
 Sect. 7. The Board, if deemed requisite, may employ a 
 suitable person to deliver the notices for the meetings of the 
 Society or Board, and to act as collector, and allow him a 
 compensation for his services. 
 
 Sect. 8. The following fines shall be enforced : — A 
 member refusing to act as President, when elected, shall be 
 fined fo.OO ; Vice-President, Secretary, or Treasurer, $3.00 ; a 
 member of the Board, or School Director, $1.50. A member 
 behaving disorderly at any meeting, not exceeding (at the 
 option of the presiding officer), 50 dollars ; provided always, 
 tiiat a person who has served two years, shall not be fined for 
 refusing to hold office for a space of three years after the ex- 
 piration of his second term ; and provided an appeal maj'^ al- 
 ways be had to the Society. 
 
 Sect. 9. Any member not paying his annual subscrip- 
 tion for two years, or refusing to pay his fines, may be ex- 
 pelled by the Board, unless excused by the Society. 
 
 Sect. 10. Every member at a meeting shall vote upon 
 all questions, unless excused by the Society or Board, as the 
 case may be. 
 
 Sect. 11. Collections are to be made quarterly. 
 
 Sect. 12. No alteration, amendment, or addition to these 
 
HEBREW EI) VC AT ION SOCIETY. 
 
 17 
 
 by-laws shall be made, unless proposed at one meeting of the 
 Board or Society, and confirmed at the next meeting of the 
 Society, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members present. 
 
 LIST OF iMEMBERS. 
 
 Lewis M. Allen, 
 Mayer Arnold, 
 David Barnet, 
 A. I. H. Bernal, 
 Isidore Biuswauger, 
 Solomon X. Carvalho, 
 Marcus Cauffman, 
 Lewis J. Cohen, 
 Myer D. Cohen, 
 Julius Davidson, 
 Zadok A. Davis, 
 Henry De Boer, 
 Moses A. Dropsie, 
 Solomon Eckstein, 
 Simon Elfelt, 
 Wm. Florance. 
 P. Friedenberg, 
 J. Geisseuberger, 
 M. Gerstly, 
 Abraham Hart, 
 Selig Hohenfels, 
 Aaron Isaacs, 
 Solomon Isaacs, 
 Julius Jacob, 
 Israel Jacob, 
 
 Alfred T. Jones, 
 Simon M. Klasser, 
 B. Klein, 
 Jacob Langsdorf, 
 Isaac Leeser, 
 David Levin, 
 Moses Nathans, 
 N. E. Nelson, 
 Joseph Newhouse, 
 George Phillips, 
 Hyman Polock, 
 Michael Reinhard, 
 Joseph Schoneman,. 
 M. Seideubach, 
 David H. Solis, 
 Solomon Solis, 
 Julius Stern, 
 L. Sulzberger, 
 David Van Beil, 
 Herman Van Beil, 
 Moses Vanderslice, 
 Abraham S. Wolf, 
 Abraham Wolfl", 
 Samuel Wolff, M. D., 
 Isaac Yasener. 
 
18 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 The first officers of the Societ}' were elected at this meet- 
 ing : Solomon Solis, President; Simon Elfelt, Vice-President; 
 Abraiiam Hart, Treasurer ; Zadoc A. Davis, Secretar}^ and 
 S. M. Klasser, Assistant Secretary. The first Board of 
 Directors were : Abraham S. Wolf, Hyman Polock, 
 Moses A. Dropsie, Marcus Cauftnian, Julius Stern, Joseph 
 
 Newhouse, Moses 
 Nathans, Jacob 
 Langsdorf, H. Van 
 Beil, Isaac Leeser, 
 Lewis J. Cohen 
 and Alfred T. 
 Jones. Three trus- 
 tees to take charge 
 of the old Hebrew 
 School Fund were 
 Moses Nathans, 
 Mayer Arnold and 
 Joseph S c h on e- 
 man. They were 
 instructed by reso- 
 lution to apply to 
 the five trustees, 
 the guardians of 
 the money " col- 
 lected for the pur- 
 pose of promoting 
 education among 
 Israelites of Phila- 
 delphia," and to 
 receive the funds which had been deposited by tliem with the 
 Pennsylvania Company. At a subsequent meeting Moses A. 
 Dropsie was elected secretary in place of Zadoc A. Davis, who 
 had declined to serve, and Isidore Binswanger and Solomon 
 N. Carvalho were added to the Board of Directors, owing to 
 the resignation of Alfred T. Jones and to the election of Mr. 
 Dropsie. 
 
 SOLOMON KOIJS 
 
 Cliaiter Mpuiljer 
 
 First President, 1848 iJied, 1854 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TIC) N SO CIE T Y 
 
 19 
 
 A curriculum and rules for the government of the scliool 
 were drawn up by a committee, of which the Rev. Isaac 
 Leeser was chairman. There were to he seven classes, and 
 the syllabus of 
 instruction re- 
 minds one as 
 befitting a col- 
 lege more than 
 a school. "Eng- 
 lish and He- 
 brew spelling 
 and reading," 
 were to be 
 taught to the 
 first class, while 
 the more ad- 
 vanced pupils 
 were to be in- 
 s t r u c t e d in 
 " g eo m e t r y, 
 natural history, 
 natural philos- 
 ophy, Rabbin- 
 ical literature, 
 French, G e r - 
 man, Latin, 
 Greek, botan}' 
 and chemistry. 
 
 The Rev. 
 Isaac Leeser, 
 Abraham S. 
 
 Wolf and Abraham Hart were appointed a committee to 
 petition the state legislature for a charter, and on April 7, 
 1849, " An Act to Incorporate the Hebrew Education Soci- 
 ety," received the sanction of the Governor. In addition to 
 the preparatory schools, the Society was authorized by its 
 charter to establish a college, with power to confer degrees. 
 
 MOSES A. DROPSIE 
 Charter Member 
 Secretaiv, 1S4S— 1849 Board of Officers, 1849—1861 
 
 ^'ice-Presiflent, 1861— 1S62 President, 1862—1870 
 
 Board of Officers, 1870—1871 Board of Officers, 1871—1877 
 
 President, 1889—1892 IJfe Member of Board of Officers 
 
 President Maimonides College 
 
20 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Following is a copy of the Charter approved April 7, 
 1849, and also the Supplementary Act approved April 11, 
 1866 : 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 TO Incorporate the Hebrew Education Society of 
 
 PniLADELrHIA. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacied by the Senate and House of Rep- 
 resentatives of the Commomvealth of Pennsylvania, in General 
 Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
 same. That Solomon Solis, Simon Elfelt, Abraham Hart, 
 Moses A. Dropsie, Solomon N. Carvalho, Isidore Binswanger, 
 IMarcus CaufFman, Lewis J. Cohen, Simon M. Klosser, Jacob 
 Langsdorf, Isaac Leeser, Moses Nathans, Joseph Newhouse, 
 Hyman Polock, Julius Stern, Herman Van Beil, Abraham S. 
 Wolf, Lewis M. Allen, Mayer Arnold, Simon W. Arnold, 
 David Barnett, Leon Berg, A. I. H. Bernal, Bernard Blum, 
 Myer D. Cohen, Julius Davidson, Zadoc A. Davis, Henry De- 
 Boer, Solomon Eckstein, David Eger, William Florance, P. 
 Friedenberg, Solomon Gans, J. Geisenberg, M. Gerstley, Jacob 
 Gumpel, Selig Hohenfels, Aaron Isaacs, Solomon Isaacs, Julius 
 Jacobs, Israel Jacobs, B. Klein, Henry Lazarus, David Levine, 
 N. E. Nelson, Joseph A. Levy, George Phillips, Michael 
 Reinhard, Joseph Schoneman, M. Seidenbach, Henry Simson, 
 David H. Solis, Mayer Sternberger, L. Sulzberger, David Van 
 Beil, Simon Sternberger, Moses Vanderslice, Abraham Wolff, 
 Isaac Tassner and Doctor Samuel Wolff, and all and every 
 other person or persons who shall hereafter become members 
 of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia, be and are 
 hereby created and made a corporation or body politic and 
 corporate by the name and style of " The Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Society of Philadelphia," and by that name shall have 
 perpetual succession, and be capable in law to take, hold and 
 dispose of estates, real and personal whatsoever, and to sue 
 and be sued, and to receive and make all deeds, transfers, 
 contracts, conveyances and covenants whatsoever, and to 
 make, have and use a common seal, and the same to change 
 
HEBRE ir ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 21 
 
 and renew at pleasure, and generally to do every other act or 
 thing necessary to carr}^ into effect the provisions of this act, 
 and promote the objects and designs of said corporation. 
 
 Sec. 2. The object and design of the said corporation 
 shall be the establishment of a school or schools within the 
 limits of the city and county of Philadelphia, in which are to 
 be taught the elementar}^ branches of education, together 
 with the sciences, and modern and ancient languages, always 
 in combination with instruction in Hebrew language, litera- 
 ture and religion, in the manner that may be determined, 
 from time to time, by the proper officers of the Society, and 
 as the same may be set forth in their Constitution and By- 
 Laws and School Regulations ; Provided, said Constitution, 
 By-Laws and Regulations are not inconsistent with this 
 charter, or with the Constitution of the United States, or the 
 Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall also be lawful for the said corporation 
 to establish, whenever their funds will permit the same to be 
 done, a superior seminary of learning within the limits of 
 this Commonwealth, the faculty of which seminary shall have 
 power to furnish to graduates and others the usual degrees of 
 Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Law and 
 Divinity, as the same is exercised by other colleges established 
 in this Commonwealth. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Societ}^ shall have power to adopt a Con- 
 stitution and make By-Laws, and the same to amend, alter or 
 repeal at pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 5. The said Society shall not at any time have, 
 hold, enjoy or receive a clear yearly income exceeding twelve 
 thousand dollars, without first obtaining authority from the 
 Legislature of this Commonwealth. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Legislature shall have power at any time, 
 when the privileges hereby granted shall appear injurious to 
 the public, to repeal, alter or amend this act ; but no such 
 repeal, alteration or amendment shall affect any engagement 
 to which the said corporation shall have become a party pre- 
 vious thereto ; and in case of such repeal the said corporation 
 
22 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 shall have a reasonable time to bring their accounts to a final 
 settlement and termination. 
 
 (Signed) WILLIAM F. PACKER, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Ecprcsentativcs. 
 (Signed) GEORGE DARSIE, 
 
 Speaker of the Senate. 
 
 Approved — The seventh day of April, one thousand eight 
 hundred and forty-nine (1849). 
 
 (Signed) WM. F. JOHNSON. 
 
 An Act supplementary to an Act to incorporate the He- 
 brew Education Society of Philadelphia, approved April 
 seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine (1849). 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
 Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 
 General Assembl}^ met, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 authority of the same, that the pupils of the school or schools 
 of the Hebrew Education Society possessing the qualifications 
 prescribed for the admission of pupils into the boys' and girls' 
 high schools of the City of Philadelphia, shall be admitted to 
 the said boys' and girls' high schools without any previous 
 attendance in the public schools of the First School District. 
 (Signed) JAMES R. KELLEY, 
 
 Spealrr of the House of Representatives, 
 (Signed) DAVID FLEMING, 
 
 Speaker of the Senate. 
 
 Approved — The eleventh day of April, one thousand 
 eight hundred and sixty-six (1866). 
 
 (Signed) A. G. CURTIN. 
 
 At the meeting May 13, 1866, the following vote of 
 thanks was recorded : 
 
 "Resolved, that the thanks of the Society he given to James Free- 
 born, Esq., for his faithful services in procuring the supplement to the 
 Act incorporating this Society. " 
 
HEBREW EDUCATIOX SOCIETY. 
 
 23 
 
 All event of unusual interest in tlie history of the Jews 
 of Philadelphia, was the opening of the first school of the 
 Society, on Monday, April 7, 1851. The hall of the old 
 Phoenix Hose Company on Filbert (then Zane) street between 
 Seventh and Eighth streets, had been selected by the Board of 
 School Directors, 
 and comfortable 
 
 rooms were fitted \^ 
 
 up for the recep- "" 
 
 tion of the pupils. 
 The Hebrew Sun- 
 day-School, the 
 oldest Jewish Sun- 
 d a y-s c h o o 1 in 
 America, then oc- 
 cupied part of the 
 same building. It 
 had been in exist- 
 e n c e thirteen 
 years. On Sun- 
 day, April 6,1851, 
 the Rev. Isaac 
 Leeser delivered 
 the opening ad- 
 dress, in which 
 he emphasized 
 the importance of 
 Hebrew education 
 and the great 
 good about to be 
 accomplished. 
 " You )iever, we trust," he said, " will regret the exertions 
 and outlay you have made in this cause;" — and we all know 
 to-day that his words rang true. 
 
 The next day the school was opened, twenty-two i)Upils 
 being present. Rich and poor freely mingled, and no one, 
 except the Board of School Directors, knew who were pay 
 
 ISIDORE BINS WANG EK 
 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, ISJ.S— 1870 
 
 President, 1.S7C— 11S7.S 
 
 Board of Officers, 1S78— 1880 
 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
24 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 MISS EVELYN BOMEISLER 
 First English Teacher 
 
 scholars and who were not. Michael M. Allen was the first 
 instructor in Hebrew, and Miss Evelyn Bomeisler taught the 
 English branches. Seven weeks after 
 the opening of the school the number of 
 pupils had increased to seventj'-one, and 
 an additional corps of instructors was 
 found to be necessary. Miss Anna Mur- 
 ray and Miss Clara Weil (who subse- 
 quently became the wife of the Rev. Di'. 
 Sabato Morals), were elected assistant 
 teachers. The school, under the skillful 
 direction of its teacher and of the Board 
 of School Directors, prospered from the 
 start ; the attendance increased, the do- 
 nations became larger, a greater inter- 
 est was manifested in its work. The 
 Mickve Israel Congregation appropriated two hundred dol- 
 lars, and the members of the Congregation Rodef Shalom 
 asked that a new school be started in a part of the city more 
 accessible to German residents. In this connection it may be 
 of interest to many of the friends of the 
 Society to recall to their minds the names 
 of those who were the first pupils of the 
 school, and at the same time show that 
 the neighborhoods wliere Jews formerly 
 resided were, in a measure, again occu- 
 l)ied by later arrivals. 
 
 On March 19, 1851, "the following 
 names of scholars were given in :" 
 Emanuel Goldstein, 8 Crown street ; 
 Julia Lieber, Race, between 9th and 10th; 
 Cecelia Eger, oG Wood street ; Frances 
 Eger, 36 Wood street ; Hyman New- 
 house, 35 Marshall street ; Henry Clay 
 Newhouse, 35 Marshall street. On March 30th : Jacob S. 
 Cohen, 86 N. 7th ; Leon Cohen, 86 N. 7th ; Matilda Levy, 
 185 South street : Julia Gumpel, Hannah Gumpel, Samuel 
 
 
 JACOB GUMPEL 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 25 
 
 Dk. AARON S. BETTELHEIM 
 
 Prof. Maimonides College 
 
 (Mishna and Shulchan Aruch) 
 
 Board of Officers, 18(37—1869 
 
 Gumpel, Dianna Gumpel, Moses Gumpel, Bultomvood street 
 above lOtb, next to the public scbool, soutli side; Caroline 
 
 Spatz ; Benjamin Blooniingdale, 5tli 
 below Willow : L. G. Blooniingdale, 
 5tli below Willow ; Theodore Potts- 
 damer, Lewis Pottsdamer, 6 Brown's 
 Court, Newmarket below Coates. 
 
 On April 7th, the following names 
 were received : Jacob Hyneman, 22 8. 
 3d street ; Augustus Hyneman, 22 S. 
 3d street; Ansel Romberg, 17 Cherry 
 street ; Moses Homberg, 17 Cherry 
 street; Isaac Homberg, 17 Cherry 
 street; Abraham Eckstein, 12 Wood 
 street ; Abraham Lipman, 222|^ South 
 street ; Louisa Lipman, 222J South 
 street ; Charity S. Ritterband, 8(3 Arch 
 street ; Anne Hyneman, 3d above Tammany ; Rachael Hyne- 
 man, 3d above Tammany ; Barton Hyneman, 3d above Tam- 
 many. From this time on until May 12th, the following : 
 Henry M. Davis, 365 South street ; 
 Hannah Stein, Brown's Court, Frank- 
 lin near Coates ; Emma Rosenberg, 
 Newmarket and Green ; Edward 
 Goldman, North street, between 10th 
 and 11th, above Race ; Julia Arnold, 
 5th and Noble ; Alice Arnold, 5th and 
 Noble ; Benjamin Baer, McCloud's 
 Court, 4th and Race ; Rebecca Baer, 
 McCloud's Court, 4th and Race ; Leah 
 Jacob, South, between 7th and 8th ; 
 Isabella Jacob, South, between 7th and 
 8th ; Israel Jacob, South, between 7th 
 and 8th ; M. Croneberg, Vernon street; 
 Miriam Marcuse, 494 Market street ; 
 Pina Marcuse, 494 Market street ; Jette Marcuse, 494 Market 
 street ; I. H. Harvey, 3d below South : Frances Harvey, 3d 
 
 CHARLES BLOOMINGDALE 
 Board of Officers, 1856— 1SC5 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
26 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 below South ; Eleazer Marcus, 260 S. 6th street ; Coroline 
 Marcus, 260 S. 6th street; Clara Levi, 209 S. 6t'h street; 
 Israel Levi, 209 S. 6th street ; Theodore Mayer, 4th near 
 Arch ; Michael Gothelf, 250 South street ; Clara Gothelf, 2oO 
 South street ; Fanny Gothelf, 250 South street ; Anna Fulda, 
 
 S o u t h , be- 
 tween 6th and 
 7th; Abraham 
 H 0^ gen berg - 
 er, Coates near 
 2d ; Caroline 
 Pr a g heinier, 
 150 N. Front; 
 S. Pragheim- 
 e r , 15 N. 
 Front ; Isaac 
 Lang, 29S N. 
 10th; Ansel 
 Lang, 298 N. 
 10th; Orlando 
 Nathans, Ju- 
 dith Nathans, 
 Helen Nath- 
 ans, Cornelius 
 N a t h a n s ^ 
 Chestnut st., 
 near 20th.* 
 
 The request 
 f o r a n e w 
 school made 
 by the Congre- 
 gation Rodef 
 Shalom met with a general response, and at the annual meet- 
 
 HON. MAYER SULZBERGER 
 
 Board of Officers, 1866— 18S0 
 
 Vice-President, 188C— 1881 
 
 Hebrew Teacher 
 
 Trustee Mainionides College 
 
 Secretary ]\Iainioiiides College 
 
 *NoTE — At that time the numbers on houses were not arranged 
 according to squares running north and south or east and west, but 
 were numbered eonHecutively witliout reference to intervening .streets. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 27 
 
 ing of the Society, held May 23, 1852, in pursuance of the 
 subject, the following formal communication from the Con- 
 gregation Rodef Shalom was received : 
 
 Philadelphia, May 21, 1852. 
 Gentlemen : 
 
 "Being fully impressed with the necessity of educating our chil- 
 dren in our owti 
 schools w here 
 they can obtain 
 an English as 
 well as Hebrew 
 education a n d 
 having learned 
 with the liveliest 
 interest the pro- 
 gress of the 
 scholars at the 
 late examination 
 of the schools 
 under your di- 
 rection ; last 
 Monday night 
 at a general 
 meeting of the 
 Congrega ti o n 
 Rodef Shalom 
 we were appoint- 
 ed a committee 
 to form some 
 feasible plan to 
 have a school or 
 schools to be 
 supported by the 
 different C o n- 
 
 gregations in this City for the instruction of our children under your 
 superintendence. 
 
 "We beg leave to state that the Congregatit)n which we have the 
 honor to represent have a school where the children of the members of 
 the Congregation receive a German and Hebrew education, but as the 
 children attend the public schools and afterwards ours, so that they 
 
 Lieut. JONATHAN M. EMANUEL 
 
 Secretary, 1857—1863 
 
28 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 MAYER FRANK 
 Board of Officer.*, 1870— 18' 
 
 have no time for recreation, it would therefore be preferable if they 
 could attend a school where the Hebrew and English are taught 
 together. 
 
 "Our school is supported from a tax on 
 the seat-holders and costs us $950; this amount 
 our Congregation would willingly contril)Ute 
 if the other Congregations would in like pro- 
 portion pay for the support of the schools. 
 
 " Should you think favorably of a plan to 
 form a school or more on a larger scale and 
 appoint a committee, we will call with them on 
 the different Congregations and solicit their co- 
 operation and support." 
 
 Yours Respectfully, 
 
 o. 1 ( Jacob Langsdorf, 
 ^^g"^^^ ( Jacob Mayer. 
 
 After a full discussion of the proposi- 
 tion thus formulated, the chair appointed 
 I. Binswanger, I. Leeser and M. A. Dropsie to confer with 
 the Committee of the Congregation and report at the next 
 meeting of the Board of Managers, wiiich report is as follows: 
 
 "The undersigned connuittee, appointed to 
 confer with the committee of the Congregation 
 Rodef Shalom on the proposition submitted by 
 them to the Hebrew Education Society and any 
 other committee that may apply for the same pur- 
 pose, beg leave to report, that they have had a 
 conference with Messrs. J. Langsdorf, J. Mayer 
 and Sol. Keyser of the above named committee 
 (none other having made application ) and after an 
 exchange of views and opinions came to the con- 
 clusion that the only feasible plan would be for the 
 said Congregation to raise either by taxation, 
 subscriptions and voluntary contributions, or by 
 whichever means they may see proper, the neces- 
 sary amount to meet the expenses which this So- 
 ciety would incur in opening another school for 160 pupils like the 
 one already established, and then to enter into an agreement with the 
 Board of the Hebrew Education Society for admitting the children of all 
 
 DAVID EGER 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 29 
 
 their members and seat-holders as full pay scholars, and under the estab- 
 lished rules and regulations, by paying a certain amount per annum, 
 and in order that the said Congregation may have its full share of the 
 management of the schools, your committee suggested that all the mem- 
 bers and seat-holders who are interested in the prosperity of the school 
 might become members of the Society by paying $3.00 per annum 
 (after being duly 
 proposed and 
 elected.) 
 
 "The prob- 
 a b 1 e expenses 
 without refer- 
 ence to the fur- 
 nishing of the 
 school room were 
 estimated by us 
 at SI, 800 per 
 annum. 
 
 "Your com- 
 mittee learned 
 with much pleas- 
 ure that these 
 propositions, as 
 submitted to the 
 Con gregation 
 Rodef Shalom 
 by their com- 
 mittee, who made 
 great exertions 
 in their behalf, 
 were warmly ap- 
 proved by the 
 Cong re gat i on 
 and the amount 
 
 of $950 raised by them annually for educational purposes was at once 
 appropriated, provided a sufficient amount can be raised to make up the 
 difference of the sum necessary for the accomplishment of this project. 
 "A subscription list was started and the sum of $197 already 
 subscribed, (the subscriptions to be paid quarterly and to be for three 
 years.) 
 
 HYMAN POLAND 
 
 Teacher in Hebrew School 
 
 Prof. Maimonides College. (Hebrew Literature) 
 
30 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 "We trust that this undertaking may fully succeed and be as 
 productive of good results to the Jewish youth of Philadelphia as the 
 advancement of education and religious instruction always gives. 
 
 "If the Congregation Kodef Shalom 
 can and do offer the sum of $1,600 per 
 annum for the tuition of their children, 
 not exceeding 160 in number, and for 
 every child above that number $10 ad- 
 ditional ])er annum, your committee would 
 respectfully recommend such offer to be 
 accepted, provided the Hebrew Education 
 Society has the use of their school room 
 and its furniture for as long a period as 
 the school remains in operation ; we also 
 hope that the accession of members will 
 enhance the income of the Society one or 
 two hundred dollars, while everv one 
 will then feel the importance of making 
 up any deficiency that may arise. 
 
 MASON HIRSH 
 Board of Officers, 1874—1876 
 
 The above is respectfully submitted 
 
 Signed 
 
 I. BiNSWANGER, 
 
 I. Leeser, 
 
 M. A. Dropsie, 
 
 Committee. 
 
 On motion of Mr. I. Leeser, sec- 
 onded by A. T. Jones, the folio v\ing 
 was unanimously adopted : 
 
 " Resolved, That if the Congrega- 
 tion Rodef Shalom can secure to the 
 Education Society the sum of |1,G00 
 per annum for a number of scholars not 
 exceeding IGO, and $10 per annum for 
 every additional one, that the School 
 Directors be empowered to enter into 
 the necessary arrangements to open an 
 additional school, provided the said 
 Congregation supply the school-room 
 furniture." 
 
 No further reference to this subject appears in the min- 
 utes of the Society, and the mattter seems eventuallv to have 
 
 LUCIEN MOSS 
 Board of Officers, 1874—1877 
 " 1S84— 1886 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 31 
 
 JOSEPH NEWHOUSE 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officer.s, 1818—1856 
 
 been left without furtlier action. At this time, (1851:52), 
 ►Solomon Solis was President of the Society, and Abra- 
 
 liam S. Wolf tlie Chairman of the 
 Board of School Directors. Although 
 the membership-list was growing and 
 many contributed liberally towards its 
 support, the receipts were unequal to 
 the expenditures. The Board of Di- 
 rectors recognized that something had 
 to be done in order to meet the Soci- 
 ety's obligations, and a plan to liqui- 
 date this indebtedness was proposed 
 that was as unique as it was success- 
 ful. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of 
 Managers, held October 26, 1851, a 
 committee consisting of Moses Nathans, 
 Hyman Polock, Isidore Binswanger, Z. A. Davis and Moses A. 
 Dropsie, which had been appointed " to take into considera- 
 tion the most feasible plan in order to raise funds for the 
 benefit of the Society . . . ", made the following report : 
 
 " Your coniniittee to take into consid- 
 eration the most feasible plan to raise funds 
 for the benefit of the Hebrew Education 
 Society, beg leave to report that the follow- 
 ing three propositions were submitted and 
 considered by them : 
 
 1. To give a series of lectures on the 
 subject of our 'Religion, History and Edu- 
 cation ' by the most eminent and available 
 men. 
 
 2. To give a concert, provided the aid 
 of Mr. ISIaretzek and his company can be 
 secured. 
 
 3. To give a Ball, under the aus- 
 pices of the Board of the Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Society and thirteen gentlemen to be selected from the Jewish 
 community in the City (in all 30) who are to appoint a committee of 
 ten among themselves to serve as acting managers. 
 
 JULIUS STERN 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, ISIS— 1850 
 
32 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 The first proposition, your committee deems inexpedient at 
 present, as the funds of the Society do not allow trying an experiment 
 which leaves any doubt of its success. 
 
 The second was thought would prove most profitable to the 
 Society, most welcome to the public and least troublesome to the 
 Board, provided the gratuitous aid of ]\[r. Maretzek and at least part 
 
 of his company, 
 could be s e- 
 cured; the 
 committee en- 
 deavored t o 
 meet Mr. M. to 
 solicit his aid 
 and hear his 
 views on the 
 s u bj ec t, but 
 failed in meet- 
 ing him. 
 
 The third 
 proposition 
 would also, no 
 doubt, pro- 
 mote the b- 
 ject of the So- 
 ciety, if the 
 Board will it, 
 and are ready 
 to share the 
 trouble a Ball 
 imposes on 
 them. All of 
 which i s re- 
 spectfully sub- 
 mitted. " 
 
 EDWIN W. ARNOLD 
 
 Secretary, 1864—1866 
 
 At a special meeting held November 28, 1852, the com- 
 mittee reported that it had been decided on to oive a ball and 
 names were suggested as managers ; but at the meeting of 
 December 12th, the secretary stated " tliat it was utterly im- 
 possible to get a sufficient number of gentlemen to serve as a 
 Ball Committee, having personally notified most of those pro- 
 
HEBREW EDUCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 83 
 
 MAYER ARNOLD 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 18.50—1860 
 
 posed, a majority of whom had declined." It was then re- 
 solved "to give a public dinner and invite to it several intiu- 
 ential Israelites of Philadelphia, not 
 members of the Society, as well as 
 some men of national reputation, in 
 order to give to the affair the necessary 
 prominence and brilliancy." Abraham 
 Hart was elected chairman or president 
 of the " First Charity Dinner Commit- 
 tee ;" Joseph H. Cohen, L. J. Leber- 
 man, David Pesoa and Henry Cohen, 
 vice - presidents ; Joseph Newhouse, 
 treasurer, and Isidore Binswanger, sec- 
 retary. The Fuel Society of Philadel- 
 phia, being without a regular income 
 sufficient to defray its running ex- 
 penses, was in the same predicament 
 as the Hebrew Education Society, and it was decided that one- 
 third of the proceeds of the dinner should be turned over to 
 the Fuel Society. Lyon J. Levy, at that time the most prom- 
 inent .Jewish merchant in Philadelphia, was appointed chair- 
 man of the Committee of Arrangements 
 with the Rev. Isaac Leeser, Abraham S. 
 Wolf, jVI. Cauffman, Jacob Langsdorf, 
 Mayer Arnold, Simon W. Arnold, Zadoc 
 A. Davis, Hyman Polock, Abraham Finzi, 
 Alfred T. Jones, Moses Nathans, Moses 
 A. Dropsie, E. S. Mawson, B. Greene- 
 wald, Henry S. Allen, Samuel Elkin, 
 M. D. Cohen, P. S. Rowland, S. Kayser, 
 Lazarus Mayer, Joseph Einstein and 
 Jacob Mayer. Abraham S. Wolf was 
 chairman of the Dinner Committee, 
 and the Committee on Collections were 
 the following: L. J. Leberman, Isidore 
 Binswanger, Joseph Newhouse, P. S. Rowland, Jacob Langs- 
 dorf, Abraham S. Wolf, M. Cauffman and Abraham Hart. 
 
 JOSEPH SCHOXEMAN 
 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, IS'IS— 1850 
 
34 
 
 HEB RE]V ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 Two hundred and fifty dollars was subscribed by the 
 Managers of the Society, to insure the success of the under- 
 taking. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Managers held January 4, 
 1852, Mr. Hart, on behalf of tlie Committee for Collection, 
 
 reported " that 
 they have to 
 the present time 
 collected t w o 
 hundred a n d 
 twelve dollars, 
 without having 
 as yet called on 
 any gentleman 
 north of Market 
 street. . " The 
 following reso- 
 lution proposed 
 by liim (Mr. 
 Hart) and sec- 
 onded by Mr. 
 1 ) i n s w anger 
 was unanimous- 
 ly adopted : 
 
 " Resolved, 
 That the thanks 
 of this meeting 
 ]je tendered to 
 the several gen- 
 tlemen whose 
 names are here- 
 unto annexed for their generous and liberal donations in aid 
 of the school established by the Hebrew Education Society, and 
 that through their kindness the Managers hope to be enabled 
 to continue the usefulness of the school, and that the Secre- 
 tary be requested to send a copy of this resolution to the same." 
 Donors' names: A. Hart, D. L. Moss, M. Cauffman, J. L. 
 
 Dr. JACOB SOLIS COHEN 
 
 Board of Officers, 1S64— 1S65 
 
 Secretary, 1S66— 1868 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 35 
 
 Moss, A. 8. Wolf, H. Gratz, L. J. Levy, Mr. Lazarus, Mitchell 
 ■& Allen, M. Nathans, S. Soils, G. Cromeline, A. Elkin, R. 
 Cromeline, Jos. Newhouse, R. Mayers, L Binswanger, H. 
 Polock, L Andrade. 
 
 At the Board meeting, February 15th, the following 
 names were ad- 
 ded : B. Lieber, 
 D. Samuels, S. 
 Nathan, W. 
 Cromeline, H. 
 Le V ei s t e in, 
 Mindel & Bros., 
 I. J. Phillips, 
 H. Pincus, L. 
 Berg, G. D. 
 Rosengarten, L. 
 Mayer, Lowen- 
 grund & Jacobs, 
 P. Nathans, H. 
 M. Phillips, 
 Gans & Lie b- 
 e r m a n , D . 
 A b r a m s, M. 
 Moyer, Bloom- 
 i n g d a 1 e & 
 Rhine, A. Op- 
 pen heimer, M. 
 Arnold, Is. 
 Hyneman. 
 
 At a meet- 
 ing of the Board of Managers, held December 19, 1852, a let- 
 ter from Mr. I. Binswanger, inclosing one from Mr. Jos. Selig- 
 man of New York, president of the H. B. S. of that city, was 
 read as follows : 
 
 S. SoLis, EsQR., President of the H. E. S., Philada. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 The very lively interest I feel in the prosperity of our Society, 
 
 AARON LAZARUS 
 
 Secretai-y, 1868—1870 
 
36 
 
 HEBRE I V ED UCA TlOy SO CIET Y. 
 
 induced me when I found last Sunday "that sufficient encouiagfirent 
 was not given" to the projected Ball, to address a letter of inquiry to 
 
 the President of the German H. B. S. , 
 of N. Y, in regard to a Dinner; hoping 
 that since many of the gentlemen com- 
 prising our Board of Managers were sa 
 much more in favor of a Dinner than a 
 Ball, one might perhaps be gotten up, yield- 
 ing even a larger amount to our Society 
 than a Ball would have done: I there- 
 fore take pleasure in enclosing to you here- 
 with the answer received from N. Y. 
 
 You will please use your own discre- 
 tion in calling a special meeting of the 
 Board to consider the expediency of giving 
 an Anniversar}' Dinner for the benefit of 
 our Society and the Fuel Society or not. 
 Yours very Resp'y. 
 
 (Signed) I. Binswaxger. 
 [Enx'losure, — Copy. ] 
 
 New York, 15 Deer., 1852. 
 Pha. 
 
 SOLOMON THALHEIMER 
 Board of Officers, 1874—1876 
 
 Dec. 16, '52. 
 
 Mr. I. BiNSWAXGER 
 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 In reply to your inquiry respecting 
 our Anniversary Dinner, I state to you the 
 result of my experience at our last Din- 
 ner: The viands, without wine, with which 
 we were furnished by 31 r. Joseph Cohn, 
 56 Orchard St., viz. $1.25 per head, a 
 jNIr. A. Somers here furnishes, to my taste 
 at least, a better dinner aud charges $1.37;;. 
 We had about 325 guests ; they drank 
 some 25 baskets of Champagne and 10 
 doz. Hock, and smoked 2000 Segars ; our 
 room cost us $150. Music $30. The wait- 
 ers were furnished by Cohn ; our total 
 expense was about $900. Our Rec'ts. $3,500. A very cheering re- 
 sult for our Society, and trust you may be equally successful in rais- 
 ing funds for your poor. 
 
 With much Respect, Your friend aud Serv., 
 
 (Signed) Jos. Seligman. 
 
 SIMON LIVERIGHT 
 Board of Officers, 1876—187 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 37 
 
 Owing to the absence of INIr. Binswanger at this meeting, 
 the matter was deferred to an adjourned meeting held Janu- 
 ary 2, 1853, when "it was resolved that the Society should 
 get up a dinner under the supervision of the Board and such 
 other gentlemen as they may think fit to add to their num- 
 ber, for the bene- 
 fit of this and 
 the Fuel So- 
 ciety, f to the 
 former and J to 
 the latter, pro- 
 vided a Cosher 
 dinner can be 
 procured on 
 satisfac tory 
 terms." 
 
 The "First 
 Charity D i n- 
 ner " was held 
 on the evening 
 of February 23, 
 1853, in the 
 Sansom Street 
 Hall (now occu- 
 pied by Mac- 
 Kellar, Smiths 
 & Jordan, type- 
 f o u n d e r s, on 
 Sansom street 
 below Seventh). 
 " Of the many 
 
 dinners that have been given in this city," said a writer 
 (Arthur Cannon) in the North American of March 2, 1853, 
 " which we have attended, this eclipsed them all in the order, 
 propriety and good feeling manifested by the company, and 
 the good taste that pervaded the whole of the arrangements, 
 even the most minute, and which reflect great credit on the 
 
 LEWIS M. ALLEN 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Secretary, 1SG3 
 
38 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 MYER D. COHRN 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Offlcer.s 18^fl— 18.53 
 1851—1855 
 
 gentlemen who composed the Committee of Arrangements, 
 . . . Covers were hiid for three hundred and fifty guests, 
 
 and tlie dinner was prepared accord- 
 ing to the Jewish custom in every 
 particuhir. There was a bountiful 
 supply of all the substantials, deli- 
 cacies and luxuries of life ; the wines 
 and liquors were of the choicest 
 kinds, and in great profusion. The 
 confectionary, pastry and ornament- 
 al pieces were of a novel and beau- 
 tiful description. The Hall was 
 brilliantly illuminated by several 
 massive chandeliers, in addition to 
 which there were numerous wax 
 candles, which diffused a soft and 
 mellow light over the tables . . . 
 At a quarter past seven o'clock Beck's celebrated band, with 
 their new silver instruments, struck up a march when the 
 President (Abraham Hart) entered the dining-hall, accom- 
 panied by two of the speakers, and 
 followed by the members of the 
 Committee of Arrangements, each 
 accompanying someone of the dis- 
 tinguished guests." 
 
 The President was supported 
 on his right by George M. Dallas, 
 former Vice-President of the United 
 States ; Rev. Dr. Morris Raphall, of 
 New York ; William B. Reed, then 
 District Attorney of Philadelphia 
 and a well-known literary man ; 
 Morton McMichael, and others; and 
 on the left by Dr. Morals ; Charles 
 Gilpin, then Mayor of Philadelphia; 
 the Rev. Samuel M. Isaacs, of New York ; the Rev. Isaac 
 Leeser and David Paul Brown. The Rev. S. Morals opened 
 
 JULIUS DAVID.«ON 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBREW EDUCA TIOX SOCIETY 
 
 39 
 
 H. DeBOER 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, 1859—1865 
 ' 1866—1868 
 
 the banquet with a prayer, and said grace after meat in He- 
 brew, when the goodly company had regaled themselves. 
 George M. Dallas responded to the 
 toast, " Civil and Religious Liberty," 
 and his response was especially fine. 
 In answering to the toast, "The 
 Patriots of the Revolution," William 
 B. Reed spoke of the part played by 
 Jews in the war for independence. 
 " There were .Jewish soldiers in our 
 ranks. There was Jewish blood shed 
 on our soil. There are .Jews now proud 
 of their revolutionary lineage; and no 
 word was said, no deed done by our 
 Christian ancestors, whose wise coun- 
 sels and brave spirits conducted and 
 controlled the Revolution, to give pain 
 or offence to that small l)ut devoted 
 and devout band, the followers of Israel, who being here, 
 acted up to their steady principles of loyalty to the land 
 where their lot is cast." Terse, eloquent and pregnant 
 with wit were the responses of Mor- 
 ton McMichael, " The Press ;" Isaac 
 Leeser, " Education ;" Moses A, 
 Dropsie, "Our Glorious Mission;" 
 Mayor Gilpin, " Philadelphia;" and 
 the others, all of which, a chronicler 
 relates, the audience received with 
 " prolonged and enthusiastic ap- 
 plause." 
 
 Over five thousand dollars was 
 received l)y the managers of the 
 First Annual Charity Dinner, of 
 which two thousand five hundred 
 dollars (|2,524.64) went into the 
 coffers of the Hebrew^ Education Society. So successful in 
 every way was this, the virgin effort of tlie Boai'd of Manag- 
 
 AARON ISAACS 
 Charter Member 
 
40 
 
 IIEBRE \V ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 JULIUS JACOBS 
 Charter Member 
 
 ers, that it was resolved to make the banquet an annual affair 
 and thus make permanent an enterprise, the only object of 
 
 which was to fill the depleted treas- 
 uries of PhiladoI[)liia's Jewish char- 
 ities. 
 
 The second dinner was held on 
 Thursday evening, February 2, 1854, 
 in the hall on Sansom street. Ab- 
 raham Hart again served as Presi- 
 dent and Joseph Newhouse as Treas- 
 urer. The vice-presidents were L. 
 J. Leberman, Isidore Binswanger, 
 David Pesoa and Abraham S. Wolf 
 Abraham Finzi acted as secretary. 
 Solomon Solis was chairman of the 
 Committee on " Toasts," Simon W. 
 Arnold on " Arrangements," Abra- 
 ham S. Wolf on "Dinner," L. J. Leberman on "Collections." 
 Morton jNIcMichael, William B. Reed, Charles Gilpin, 
 Dr. Isaacs and Dr. Raphall again graced the occasion with 
 their presence. There were also pres- 
 ent Dr. J. Iv. Mitchell, William Birney, 
 the Rev. Jacob Frankel (who said grace 
 in Hebrew) and Benjamin Harris 
 Brewster, later Attorney General of the 
 United States. Dr. Mitchell responded 
 to the toast, " Our Sister Charities," 
 and Mr. Brewster spoke with rare wit 
 and eloquence upon "Civil and Relig- 
 ious Liberty." The last toast, " Con- 
 solidation, — the consolidation of the 
 City and County of Philadelphia this 
 week in our legislative halls; the con- 
 solidation of the friends of humanity 
 of all creeds this evening in our din- 
 ing hall," was drunk with great fervor and enthusiasm by 
 all the gentlemen present. Moses A. Dropsie, who had been 
 
 ISRAEL JACOBS 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 41 
 
 ^' 
 
 •'•'*-*»Sk 
 
 again asked to respond to one of the toasts, was absent by 
 reason of the death of his mother. This dinner has been called 
 one of the notable events in Philadelphia Jewish history. 
 
 The receipts from the second banquet gratified the man- 
 agers and those interested in getting it up, — three thousand 
 dollars was distri- 
 buted among the 
 societies. The He- 
 b r e w Education 
 Society received 
 two-thirds and the 
 remainder was di- 
 vided among the 
 Hebrew Fuel So- 
 ciety, the Ladies' 
 Hebrew Benevo- 
 lent Society, the 
 Ladies' German 
 Benevolent S o - 
 ciety, the Ladies' 
 Hebrew Sewing 
 Society and the 
 United Hebrew 
 Benificient Soci- 
 ety. The year fol- 
 lowing a ball was 
 given instead of a 
 dinner and proved 
 such a success fi- 
 nancially that it 
 was thought expe- 
 dient to continue this form of entertainment, and thus the 
 Hebrew Charity Ball Association sprang into existence. It 
 owes its origin to the members of a committee appointed by 
 the President of the Hebrew Education Society, and it is this 
 small band of devoted workers that made possible the 
 association that annuallv gives a ball with such good 
 
 ALFRED T. JONES 
 Board of Officers, lSi8— 1850 
 
 Secretary, 1850—1851 
 
 Board of Officers, 1854—1862 
 
 Vice-President, 1862—1867 
 
 Board of Officers, 1867—1870 
 
42 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 REV. JACOB FRANKEL 
 
 results for the benefit of the Jewish poor of Philadelphia. 
 There had been some changes in the faculty of the 
 school. Michael M. Allen and Miss 
 Bomeisler had resigned, and it was 
 necessary to fill their places. Jacob 
 Mendez De Solla was elected princi- 
 pal, Mr. Edward H. Weil, instructor 
 in the English branches ; Miss 
 Wilhelmina Todd, Miss Marion 
 Monachesi and Miss E. J. Wright, 
 assistant teachers. The rooms in 
 the Phoenix Hose House were no 
 longer large enough to accomodate 
 the increasing number of pupils 
 who attended the sessions, and it 
 was resolved to secure more com- 
 modious cjuarters. The old Baptist church property on 
 the east side of Seventh street, between Callowhill and Wood 
 streets, was purchased and the building thoroughly renovated. 
 It was dedicated on November 12, 1854, and the Rev. Isaac 
 Leeser, Moses A. Dropsie, Dr. Morals, Rev. Gabriel Rape, Rev. 
 Lazarus Naumberg and the Rev. Jacob Frankel took part in 
 the services. The Hebrew Sunday School 
 Society vacated theirrooms in the Phoenix 
 Hose House at this time, and the schools 
 were established in the Education Soci- 
 ety's new edifice on Seventh street. 
 
 The community of interest which 
 the Hebrew Education Society centered 
 through its activity at this period, is in- 
 dicated by the following extract from the 
 minutes of the meeting of the Board of 
 Managers held August 3, 1856, when 
 
 a communication from the Congrega- 
 
 MICHAEL REINHARD 
 Cliarter Meinlier 
 
 tion Rodef Shalom was received and 
 
 read, asking for the use of the lower room (of the school 
 
 house. Seventh and Wood streets) as a temporary synagogue. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATIOX SOCIETY. 
 
 43 
 
 A, 
 
 *-^' 
 
 It was resolved, ' that the use of the lower room of the school 
 house be granted to the Congregation Rodef Shalom free of 
 charge, with the restriction that such use of the room is not 
 to interfere with the permission given to the Hebrew Sunday 
 School to occupy the same, and also that gas may be intro- 
 duced at the expense of the Congregation.' " 
 
 The society 
 suffered a great 
 loss in June, 
 1854, in the deatli 
 •of its first Presi- 
 dent, Solomon So- 
 lis, who had un- 
 interrupted 1 y 
 served since i t s 
 foundation as its 
 executive officer 
 and as member of 
 the Board of 
 School Directors. 
 Abraham S. Wolf 
 was unanimously 
 elected in his 
 stead. The officers 
 for the following- 
 year (1855) were : 
 Abraham S. Wolf, 
 president ; Rev. 
 Isaac Leeser, vice- 
 president ; Abra- 
 ham Hart, treasurer; M. M. Allen, secretary, and A. Finzi, as- 
 sistant secretary. The Board of Managers: M. A. Mitchell, 
 Mayer Arnold, M. A. Dropsie, Hyman Polock, Isidore Binswang- 
 er, A. T. Jones, Jacob Mayer, L. J. Leberman, David Pesoa, Jos. 
 Newhouse, M. Cauffman and Solomon Gans, Sr. Isidore Bins- 
 wanger was chairman of the Board of School Directors. The 
 names of over one hundred and seventy pupils were upon the 
 
 \ 
 
 SAMUEL HECHT 
 
 Secretary, 187C — 1874 
 
44 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 DAVID H. S( )D18 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, 1856—1860 
 " 1863 1865 
 
 rolls of the Society's schools, and the progress made by them 
 was satisfactory in every way. The staff had been increased 
 
 from three to seven members. 
 
 The first legacy bequeathed to 
 the Hebrew Education Society has 
 §^ ML been the largest. Judah Touro, a 
 
 * .. ^" pul3lic-s[)irited citizen of New Or- 
 
 leans, and well-known as a philan- 
 thropist, died on January 18, 1854, 
 in the eightieth year of his age. To 
 the Hebrew Education Society' he 
 bequeathed twenty thousand dol- 
 lars. 
 
 The preparatory school contin- 
 ued to receive the active support of 
 the public, and the educational ad- 
 vantages to be derived from attend- 
 ance at its sessions, led to a large increase in the number of 
 pupils. The attendance became more regular, and the repu- 
 tation of the school increased. The president of the Hebrew 
 Education Society, Abraham S. Wolf, in his annual report 
 said, that " he had the pleasing 
 intelligence to report that it (the 
 school) had gained the reputation 
 of being, if not superior, at least 
 equal to any Hebrew school in the 
 country." 
 
 In 1862 Abraham S. Wolf, 
 after serving for eight years as pre- 
 siding officer of the Education So- 
 ciety, declined a re-election. De- 
 siring still to take an active interest 
 in its work, he was elected a Direc- 
 tor. Mr. Dropsie succeeded him as 
 President. 
 
 The following teachers have served in the day 
 schools up to the present writijig : Miss Evelyn Bomeisler, 
 
 LEOPOLD SULZBERGER 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBREW EDUCATIOX SOCIETY 
 
 45 
 
 SIMON W. AUNuLi) 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, lti(iC— 1861 
 
 " " " 1868—1874 
 
 Trustee Mainionides College 
 
 Michael M. Allen, Miss Anna Murray, Miss Clara Weil, Jacob 
 Mendez De Solla, Edward H.Weil, Miss Wilhelraina Todd, 
 
 George F. Hitchcock, Miss Marion 
 Monachesi, Miss E. J. Wright, Rev. 
 L. Naumberg; Eugene Smyth, Miss 
 Breen, Miss Julia Goodfellow, Rev. 
 S. C. Noot, Michael Heilprin, (teacher 
 in German, French and the classics, 
 who resigned in 1858 to become 
 assistant editor of the New Ameri- 
 can Cyclopedia); Miss Esther A. David- 
 son, Miss Julia B. Eckstein, John 
 McClintock, Miss T. J. Donnelly, 
 Mayer Sulzberger, Madame M a r- 
 millod, L. Buttenwieser, Hymaii 
 Polano, Miss Ellen Phillips, W. J. 
 Flynn, W.J. Rogers, Miss Charity S. 
 Cohen, William H. Williams, Aaron S. Bettelheim, Mr. 
 Braunschweig, Miss Huckle, H. Max Gerstenkrantz, Solo- 
 mon Solis-Cohen, M. E. Lam, Cyrus Adler, Henry Samuel 
 Morals, Moses De Ford, George Seldes, Charles D. Spivak, 
 Isaac Husik and Hyman Grabosky. 
 
 Since the establishment of the 
 Hebrew Education Society in 1848, 
 the Jewish population had largely in- 
 creased. Synagogues had sprung up 
 all over the country. Many of them 
 failed for lack of an etficient person to 
 minister to the wants of the congrega- 
 tion. The incumbents were often men 
 of scholarly attainments and well 
 versed in Hebrew lore, but they could 
 not speak English idiomatically and 
 had not received the training so ne- 
 cessary for a theologian. The greater 
 number of them were, by profession, Hebrew teachers, — and 
 they were nothing more. The establishment of a theological 
 
 BERNARD BLUM 
 Charter Member 
 
46 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 seminary was as much a necessity in 1865, as the schools 
 for the education of Jewish children had been sixteen years 
 before. 
 
 No better illustration of the general conditions existing in 
 the Jewish community of Philadelphia at this period can be 
 afforded than by a citation of the Annual Report of the Soci- 
 ety for 1864, which was apparently the first report printed for 
 general circulation. We here append this document in full : 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 47 
 
 ANNUAL REPORTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 HEBREW KdUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 OF 
 
 PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Presented at the Meeting held on June 5th, 1864. 
 
 The Animal Meeting of this institution \vas held on Sunday, June 
 5th, at the school-house, when the following officers were elected to 
 serve for the current year : Moses A. Dropsie, President ; Alfred T. 
 Jones, Vice-President ; Ahni. Hart, Treasurer ; Edwin W. Arnold, 
 Secretary ; Abm. Finzi, Assistant Secretary ; I. Binswanger, C. 
 Bloomingdale, H. De Boer, Samuel Hecht, C. Johnson, Isaac Leeser, 
 Augustus Mailert, Rev. Sabato Morals, Michael INIoyer, D, H. Solis, 
 S. Teller, and A. S. Wolf, Managers. The subjoined Reports were 
 then presented, and it was resolved that they should be inserted in the 
 Occident, and issued also in pamphlet form, in order to inform the pub- 
 lic of the working of this Association. It will be seen from the Report 
 of the chairman of the school committee, that it is contemplated to en- 
 deavor to enlist public sympathy with the work in hand, in order to 
 collect the means to secure the establishment of a Hebrew College 
 under the supervision of the Society, as its charter contemplates. It is 
 needless for us to urge this matter on the attention of our friends, as 
 we have done so often already. If the time for action has not yet 
 come to commence a college for Israelites in this country, it must soon 
 be so. Congregations not only increase by immigration, but also by 
 the natural increase from children born in this country. But with the 
 augmentation of numbers, knowledge has not progressed at an equal 
 rate ; wealth has abundantly multiplied under God's blessing, but the 
 means of training our youth for the service of Heaven are still lament- 
 ably deficient. The question therefore resolves itself simply in this, 
 Shall we make the effort, whether we fail or not, to erect a house for 
 Jewish science in Philadelphia or elsewhere? The central position and 
 
48 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 general healthfulnef^s of the climate, together with the easy access to 
 good libraries, would point out Philadelphia as the future central seat 
 for Jewish education ; but we only express the general sentiment of our 
 friends in stating, that no objection will be made on the part of our 
 residents should the public good require the location of the school else- 
 where. But let the eftbrt only be made to start the good enterprise, 
 and let all who have it at heart lay aside all sectional and local jeal- 
 ousy, and act as the best interests of religion demand. This is all we 
 ask, and all that our Society contemplates by initiating the prei-ent 
 movement. 
 
 REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS. 
 
 To the President and Meinhers of the \ 
 
 Hebrew Education Society, j 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 A number of years have elapsed since the custom of presenting an 
 Annual Report to the Society has been discontinued ; but as it is no 
 doubt your wish to be informed of the progress of the Society and the 
 school under its charge, I respectfully submit a statement of the aflairs 
 of the Society. 
 
 Through the exertions of the Managers, the investments of the 
 Society have been kept almost unimpaired, a committee for the last 
 three years having obtained voluntary contributions to cover the defi- 
 ciency, which course, however, it is hoped will in future be obviated by 
 every member securing at least an additional member, and by all 
 uniting to promote the usefulness of the Society. The school is now in 
 the fourteethth year of its existence, and is steadily, though quietly, 
 progressing. The Rev. L. Butteuwieser, assisted by Mr. H. Polano, 
 has charge of the Hebrew department, consisting of spelling, reading, 
 grammar, translation, and a study of catechism. The English depart- 
 ment is in the hands of Mr. John McClintock, assisted by Miss Esther 
 Davidson and Miss Julia B. Eckstein, and comprises the following 
 studies : spelling, reading, definition, grammar, etymology, geography, 
 arithmetic, American history, English history, and natural philosophy. 
 The German is taught by Mr. Butteuwieser and Latin by Mr. Mc- 
 Clintock. The number of pupils on the roll at present is one hundred 
 and eight (thirty-six girls and seventy-two boys), with the prospect of 
 an increase after vacation, which will require the employment of an. 
 
HEBREW ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 49 
 
 other teacher for the primary class. Of the above number, sixty-six 
 are non-paying pupils. 
 
 The expectation of the Managers that the number of pupils would 
 increase to such an extent as to require branch schools, is not likely to 
 be realized, as a number of congregational schools have been lately 
 established, which naturally prevents that accession to our school which 
 it would otherwise have received. — Viewing these congregational 
 schools as auxiliaries to ours, it was deemed of the utmost importance, 
 and consequently resolved, to form a theological class for boys not less 
 than twelve years of age to be educated for the Jewish ministry, and 
 that when sufficient support shall have been secured suitable professors 
 be engaged to teach the higher branches. It has been our privilege, 
 under the blessing of Providence, to call into existence an institution 
 that has now stood the test of time, and may fairly challenge compari- 
 son with any educational establishment of the kind in the country. 
 
 Education, the greatest boon which we can leave our children, is 
 here diffused to rich and poor alike. Children can receive religious 
 instruction combined with all branches of an English education, and 
 learn besides other languages without being obliged to go to several 
 schools, or to have several private teachers for all the various branches, 
 which gives children but little time for recreation. The founders of 
 our Society have, with much forethought, obtained a charter to enable 
 us to establish a High School or College. The late Judah Touro en- 
 dowed our Society munificently ; and shall we, the members of the He- 
 brew Education Society, longer permit this want in our city, nay, in 
 our whole country, to exist, of having no institution, no house of learn- 
 ing, where our young men can be properly educated for the elevated 
 position of teachers and ministers ? At no time in the history of our 
 beloved country have our people enjoyed a greater degree of material 
 prosperity than at present. Congregations, springing up in all parts 
 of the land, are anxious to engage capable men for their guides and 
 instructors ; but where is the college in the whole country that can of- 
 fer the opportunity for our native young men to become there quali- 
 fied for the position of expounding the law and giving instruction in 
 the holy language ? 
 
 No city is more centrally located for this purpose, nor is any So- 
 ciety better prepared to fill this want than ours. Let us therefore, 
 collectively and individually, put forth our energies to carry out to 
 the full extent the object of our Society, which is not controlled by any 
 particular congregation, but recognizes only the cause of religious and 
 
50 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 scientific education in its broadest sense. Let us enlist every well- 
 wisher of Israel here and elsewhere in the erection of a temple of 
 learning worthy of the American Israelites; and, with God's blessing, 
 we will leave to posterity the richest legacy we can give them. Let 
 meetings of alliXie Israelites of the city be called at an early day, and 
 let us see how large a permanent fund can be made up, or what ways 
 and means can be devised to carry the above suggestion into execution. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 (Signed) I. Binswanger, 
 
 Chairman Board of School Directors. 
 Philadelphia, June 3, 1864. 
 
 Treasurer's Report. 
 
 Hebrew Education Society, in account with A. Hart, Treas- 
 urer, OF Philadelphia. 
 
 1864. Dr. 
 
 June, To cash per orders Nos. 668 to 710 inclusive, as per 
 vouchers herewith, to wit : 
 For salaries and teachers one year .... |1,959 50 
 For bills of books and stationery .... 243 72 
 
 For cleaning rooms 135 00 
 
 For bills of repairs to stoves, &c 65 69 
 
 For salary for Assistant Secretary one year 50 00 
 
 For bills of coal 1863 and 1864 253 60 
 
 For bills of sundries 20 49 
 
 For int. on mortgage on school house one 
 
 year ()30 00 
 
 For 5 per cent, commission for collecting 
 
 11,328.71 to collector 66 43 
 
 $3,424 43 
 
 " To cash paid for |1,000 7 per cent. Lombard and South 
 St. 7 per cent, mortgage bond purchased per 
 
 order of the Board 900 00 
 
 " " cash paid for ?i^l2,500 U. S. 10-40 loan at 5 per cent, 
 interest per order of committee of Board of 
 Managers 12,500 00 
 
 $16,824 43 
 
 June 5, To balance due A. Hart, Treasurer $!198 11 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA Tl ON SO CIET Y. 51 
 
 1864. Cr. 
 June 5, By cash received interest on stocks, loans, and mort- 
 gage of the Society to date $1,285 80 
 
 " " cash received for subscription of niemberH and for 
 
 tuition of children, per Mr. A. Finzi, collector . 1,828 f52 
 " " balance on hand May 17, 1863, as per account aud- 
 ited that date 49 40 
 
 " " donations received from the following gentleiiieu 
 
 for 1868-64, to wit : (see below) 408 GO 
 
 " donations for 1862-68 . 10 00 
 
 " " cash received from congregation Mikve Israel(loan) 1,100 00 
 
 " " " " mortgage paid in full 12,500 00 
 
 " " balance due Treasurer for this amount overpaid by 
 him this da3'^, as per account audited, with the 
 vouchers, this date 198 11 
 
 116,824 43 
 E, & O. E. 
 
 (Signed) A. Hart, Treasurer. 
 
 Philadelphia, June 5, 1864. 
 
 Examined and audited with the vouchers, this 5th day of June, 
 1864, and also examined the certificates of stock and loans, and found 
 them as follows : 
 
 % 3,700 city 6 per cent. Gas Loan. 
 12,500 U. S. 5 per cent. 10-40 loan. 
 
 2,000 7 per cent. 5th & 6th St. Frankford Passenger Rail- 
 way. 
 2,000 7 per cent, bonds Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad. 
 1,000 7 per cent, bonds Lombard and South Street Passen- 
 ger Railway. 
 400 in sixteen shares Mill Creek Railroad Company. 
 
 ^21,600 
 
 Signed, Isaac Leeser, 
 
 Edwin W. Arnold. 
 
52 
 
 HEBBEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 LIST OF DONATIONS. 
 
 S. W. Arnold |20 00 
 
 I. Binswanger . . . . 20 00 
 
 C. Bloorningdale 20 00 
 
 M. A. Dropsie 20 00 
 
 Solomon GaDS 20 00 
 
 A. Hart 20 00 
 
 Gaus, Libermau & Co. ... 20 00 
 
 M. Moyer 20 (lO 
 
 Teller, Anathau & Co. . . 20 00 
 
 A. S. Wolf 20 00 
 
 M. Roaeubaeh 10 00 
 
 Lewis Seidenbach 10 00 
 
 Leou Berg JO 00 
 
 Henry Mayer 10 00 
 
 H. Guiterman 10 00 
 
 Feustman & Kaufman . 10 00 
 
 Blum, Rau & Co 10 00 
 
 Steru, Jonas & Co 10 00 
 
 L. & S.Hecht 10 00 
 
 Michael Jacobs 10 00 
 
 Isaac Rhine 5 00 
 
 Potsdamer & Brother. . . 5 00 
 
 Wolf & Brother 5 00 
 
 Joseph L. Berg 5 00 
 
 Newberger& Hochstadter 5 00 
 
 H. Simpson 5 00 
 
 Edwin W. Arnold 5 00 
 
 Goldsmith & Brothers . . 5 00 
 
 Hirsh & Brother 5 00 
 
 A. Kahu 5 00 
 
 S. Fernberger 5 00 
 
 M. Seidenbach .^00 
 
 T. Miudel 5 00 
 
 Hirsh & Gerstley 5 00 
 
 M. Silberman 5 00 
 
 L. Walker 5 00 
 
 Hezekiah VV. Arnold ... 5 00 
 
 William B. Hackeuburg . . 5 00 
 
 J. Cauffman & Son ... 4 00 
 
 A. Mailert 3 00 
 
 S. Vendig 3 00 
 
 Stern »Sl Brother 3 00 
 
 $403 00 
 
 COLLECTED AFTER MAKING UP THE REPORT. 
 
 D. C. Levy . . . 
 Lazarus Mayer . 
 Joseph Newhouse 
 H. De Boer . . . 
 Nathan Hays . . 
 D. H. Soils . . . 
 Goldsmith & Liebmaii 
 
 ?15 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 
 Hyman Polock 5 00 
 
 Frank Brothers & Co . . . 5 00 
 
 C. Johnson 5 00 
 
 A. Kauflfman 5 00 
 
 A. Straus 2 00 
 
 177 00 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 53 
 
 Rev. Dr. M. J ASTRO W 
 
 Vice President 1 867-1 S74 
 
 Provost Maimonides College 
 
 (Talmud, Jewish Literature and Hebrew Philosophy) 
 
54 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 On December 4, 1SG4, a meeting was lield in the National 
 Guard's Hall, Race street below Sixth, under the auspices of 
 the Hebrew Education Society and the presidents of the 
 various congregations in the city, for the purpose of con- 
 sidering the feasibility of establishing a Jewish Theological 
 
 College. The 
 call had been is- 
 sued by a com- 
 mittee appointed 
 by the President 
 of the Education 
 Society, and con- 
 sisted of Isidore 
 B i n s w a n g e r , 
 chairman, Moses 
 A. Dropsie, Isaac 
 Leeser, Charles 
 Johnson and Sa- 
 muel Hecht. No- 
 thing of import- 
 ance was done 
 at this meeting. 
 While this project 
 was being agitat- 
 ed, it was resolved 
 to apply to the 
 State Legislature 
 for a supplement- 
 ary act to the 
 Act incorporating 
 theSociet}', so that 
 the pupils of the 
 schools of the Education Society could be admitted to the 
 High Schools of the city without previous attendance in 
 the public schools. Governor Curtin signed the act on 
 April 11, 186G. By this the schools of the Hebrew Edu- 
 cation Society took rank with the best grammar schools in 
 
 A. M. FRECHIE 
 
 Secretary, lSti8— 1SG4 
 Board of Ottioers, LSfio— 1866 
 J876— 18S0 
 " '• 1SS4— 1885 
 
 Trustee Maimonitles College 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 55 
 
 the city. This was a privi- 
 lege possessed by no other 
 private school in the First 
 School District of Pennsyl- 
 vania. 
 
 It was decided to estab- 
 lish the seminary under the 
 joint auspices of the Hebrew 
 Education Societ}^ and the 
 Board of Delegates of Amer- 
 ican Israelites. Abraham 
 Hart, Moses A. Dropsie, Isi- 
 dore Binswanger, Charles 
 Bloomingdale, A. E. Mass- 
 man, Levi Mayer, Henry 
 Cohen, Solomon Gans, 
 Simon W. Arnold, A. M. 
 Frechie and Mayer Sulz- 
 b e r g e r, of Philadelphia ; 
 
 Mayer S. Isaacs, A. S. Saroni and Henry .losephi, of 
 
 New York ; M. Umstadter of Nor- 
 folk, Va., and Moses Friedenwald 
 
 of St. Louis, were the Trustees of the 
 
 first Jewish theological college in the 
 
 United States. 
 
 It was found necessary for the 
 
 support of the college to create a 
 
 permanent endowment fund, which 
 
 afterwards became known as the 
 
 " maintenance fund." It was upon 
 
 this foundation that the college 
 
 was established. Abraham Hart and 
 
 Isidore Binswanger gave five hun- 
 dred dollars each ; L. J. Leberman, 
 two hundred and fifty dollars; Moses 
 
 A. Dropsie, Morris Rosenbach, Lazarus Mayer, Charles 
 
 Bloomingdale and Joseph Newhouse, two hundred dollars 
 
 HENRY COHEX 
 Trustee Maiiuonides CoUes 
 
 JACOB LANGSDORF 
 Charter Member 
 Board of Officers, 1S4S— 1850 
 " '• '• 1852—1855 
 
od 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 i««l 
 
 
 / 
 
 HENRY SIMSON 
 Charter Member 
 
 111 the 
 ma tics, 
 
 cafi'iCLiluin 
 astronoinv, 
 
 each ; IJebecca Gratz, Bernard Abeles, Heligman Abeles and 
 H. Marcus, one hundred dollars each. There were many 
 other smaller subscriptions, and 
 many agreed to giye a certain 
 amount annually. The college was 
 formally opened on Monday, October 
 28, 1867. 
 
 Maimonides College was the 
 
 JSffil^ ^^^ name giyen to the institution. The 
 
 ■^^^^l/MgK^K^'- course of study was yery elaborate, 
 
 ' ^^^K ff ^ foi' it was the intention of the Trus- 
 
 ^ j^wm.^ I^ggg ^Q ground the pupils thoroughly 
 
 in a knowledge of Jewish law and 
 •*-'' traditions. The Greek, Latin, Ger- 
 
 man, French, Hebrew and Chaldaic 
 languages (and their literatures), were 
 the natural sciences, history, mathe- 
 moral and intellectual philoso])hy, 
 constitutional history and the laws of the United States ; 
 belles lettres, homiletics, comparatiye theology ; the Bible 
 and its commentaries, the Mislnia and its commenta- 
 ries, the Talmud and its commen- 
 taries, Jewish history and literature, 
 Jewish philosophy, Yad ha-chazakah, 
 and Shulchan 'Aruch. 
 
 Isaac Leeser, who had long ad- 
 yocated the organization of a school 
 of theology, became Proyost of the 
 Maimonides College and President 
 of its Faculty. Abraham Hart was 
 President and Mayer Sulzberger, Esq., 
 Secretary of the Board of Trustees. 
 The college was truly fortunate in 
 the selection of its faculty, and it 
 may be stated with due confidence, 
 that no Jewish educational institution in this country 
 had (or has now) upon its roll of instructors such dis- 
 
 LEON BERG 
 Cliarter Meniljei 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY 
 
 57 
 
 MAYER STBRNBERGER 
 Charter Member 
 
 tinguislied names as those of Leeser, Morals and Jastrow. 
 Isaac Leeser held the chair of English literature, logic and 
 homlletlcs ; Dr. Sabato Morals, Biblical 
 exegesis ; Dr. Marcus Jastrow, the Tal- 
 mud, Jewish literature and Hebrew 
 })hilosophv ; Dr. Aaron 8. Bettelhelm, 
 Mishna, Yad ha-chazakaii and the 
 Shulchan 'Aruch, (Dr. Bettelhelm re- 
 signed in consequence of his appoint- 
 ment as Rabbi in Richmond); L. 
 Buttenwleser, Hebrew and Chaldalc 
 languages and literatures; William 
 ! H. Williams (secretary to the Facul- 
 j ty), Latin, matiiematlcs and geogra- 
 phy. At a later date Rev. George 
 Jacobs became instructor In English 
 literature and allied subjects, and Hyman Polano in Hebrew 
 and Mishna. Provision was made by which students of Mai- 
 monides College were enabled to take certain courses in the 
 University of Pennsylvania, for which the L^nlverity, with 
 great generosity, charged but a nominal fee. 
 
 On May 9, 1869, Moses A. Drop- 
 sie, President of the Hebrew Education 
 Society and of the jNIalmonides Col- 
 lege, in his report to the Society, stated 
 as follows : 
 
 " Twenty years have elapsed since the 
 formation of this Society, and during that 
 period great difficiiities have beset it ; but 
 the large number that have been educated 
 at your school, and the character of your 
 instruction, attest that your faithfulness and 
 perseverance have overcome the threatened 
 dangers. You were early convinced of the 
 necessity of a higher mental training than 
 tliat imparted in the school, where instruc- 
 tion was given only in the primary branches of an English and Hebrew 
 education ; and you felt that, in this republic, where man's powers of 
 
 SIMON iSTERNBERGER 
 Charter Member 
 
58 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 mental development are unrestrained by political or social causes, 
 where rapid strides are made in the world's progress, where institu- 
 tions for the acquisition of knowledge are rapidly multiplying ; there 
 should be established an institution of Jewish learning combined with 
 all the knowledge that the higher educational institutions atibrd. 
 
 " At the original formation of your Society, provision was made 
 for the establishment of a college, when the proper means were procured. 
 
 "After patiently 
 waiting for years, 
 the auspicious mo- 
 ment arrived and 
 Maimonides College 
 was founded. 
 
 " A year has 
 passed since its for- 
 mation; and I now 
 propose to give some 
 account of it. Pri- 
 marily, it owes its 
 existence to the Rev. 
 Isaac Leeser, and 
 none know better 
 than you, his co- 
 laborers in Jewish 
 education, that for 
 the advancement of 
 Judaism he dedicated 
 his existence. The 
 establishment of this 
 college was one of 
 the cherished objects 
 of his life ; and at 
 length, when his in- 
 cessant efforts were rewarded by its formation, death closed his labors 
 ore he saw the fruition of his hopes. His death is an irreparal)le loss 
 to the College. In honor of his memory, the Trustees have termed the 
 iirst professorship of the Talmud, the Leeser Professorship. 
 
 '' The Trustees in the administration of the College have experi- 
 enced the difficulties which have beset many of the American colleges. 
 They have not received the support and encouragement which the 
 
 AARON LICHTEX 
 
 Secretary, 1S74 — 1870 
 Board of Officers, 1876—1889 
 
HEBIiEW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 59 
 
 enterprise merits. Nearly all the means that have been contributed 
 have been furnished by the Jews of Philadelphia. To place the Col- 
 lege on a permanent foundation whereby it may successfully accom- 
 plish its purpose, it is necessary that there be thoroughly organized ef- 
 forts for its support. To this end appeals should be made to all who 
 feel an interest in its success. Money is required not only to defray 
 expenses neces- 
 sarily incident to 
 the College, but 
 also for the pay- 
 ni e u t of the 
 board and lodg- 
 ing of those stu- 
 dents who are 
 unable to do so. 
 "Mr. Leaser 
 bequeathed to 
 the College his 
 valuable library, 
 a number of gen- 
 erous donors 
 have presented 
 valuable books 
 and the Trustees 
 have purchased 
 a few at the re- 
 cent sales at 
 Amsterdam. I 
 presume that 
 these now form 
 the best collec- 
 tion in the United 
 States of works 
 by Jewish auth- 
 ors on the Bible, Jewish Religion, Philosophy, Science, Oriental 
 
 Philology, Literature, etc. 
 
 "Renewed efforts should be made for its increase ; many could con- 
 tribute works of value that remain hidden or unusetl which if given to 
 the Library would be productive of good. A building should be pur- 
 chased for the exclusive use of the College, and therein proper provis- 
 
 ABRAHAM ABLER 
 
 Vice-President, 1S74— 1878 
 President, 1878— till death in 1880 
 
60 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 ion could be made for an increased number of students. In this 
 building the Library should be placed and properly supervised, and 
 its exhibition might thus, by a kind of object teaching, demonstrate the 
 necessity for its enlargement. 
 
 " I have thus endeavored to state briefly an account of Maimonides 
 College. The early history of many of the American institutions of 
 
 learning is a his- 
 tory of struggles, 
 continued battles 
 with adversity, 
 till at length 
 friends appeared 
 and rescued them 
 from peril. 
 
 " Within a 
 recent period 
 noble hearted 
 men have en- 
 dowed American 
 colleges with mu- 
 nificent gifts, and 
 have thus em- 
 balmed their 
 names in honor 
 to be remembered 
 by remote ages. 
 How long shall 
 Maimonides Col- 
 1 e g e struggle ? 
 surely our people, 
 by the recollec- 
 tion of the learn- 
 ing and devotion 
 
 Board of Officers, 1.876—1877 gf our ancestors, 
 
 have sufficient incentive without these exjimplcs fo make this College a 
 blessing and an ornament to American Judaism." 
 
 That both College and School were organized on a broad 
 and comprehensive plan, larger indeed than the circum- 
 stances warranted, is perhaps sufficiently manifest from what 
 has been noted above, but a further light is thrown upon this 
 
 SIMON MUHR 
 Treasurer, 1875— 1876 
 
HEBREW EDUCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 61 
 
 A. E. MASSMAN 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
 "Although the school has 
 not increased in numbers, I 
 have yet the pleasing intelligence 
 to report, that it has gained the 
 reputation of heing if not super- 
 ior, at least equal to any other 
 Hebrew School in the country." 
 
 It was on February 1, 1868, 
 that Isaac Leeser died. He 
 had come to Pliiladelphia in 
 1829, when he succeeded the 
 Rev. Abraham Israel Keys 
 as minister of the Congre- 
 gation Mickve Israel, and 
 from that time to the close 
 of his life he labored for the 
 holy cause of education with 
 a stout heart and ever-readv 
 
 aspect of the subject by the 
 following extracts: Jn his 
 Annual Report, May 20, 
 1855, the President stated: 
 
 "In conclusion let me say, 
 that however "difficult our task 
 has been, the reflection that the 
 school will eventually prove to 
 be the most desirable institution 
 for the education of Jewish 
 youth in the United States, is suf- 
 ficient compensation for all our 
 labors, and therefore sincerely 
 recommend to continue to per- 
 severe in their good work." 
 
 On June 5, 1859, the 
 President said in his Annual 
 Report : 
 
 MOSES FRIEDENWALD 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
62 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 pen. He had scarcely exercised the duties of his office as 
 Provost of Maimonides College when death called him away. 
 Desiring that the society which he had founded should receive 
 some profit from his work long after he had ceased to live, he 
 bequeathed to the Hebrew Education Society the valuable lib- 
 rary which he 
 had gathered 
 together with 
 so much labor 
 and patience. 
 It contains his 
 handappa rat , 
 or the books 
 and p a m - 
 phlets he had 
 used in the im- 
 mediate pre- 
 paration of his 
 notable work. 
 It is rich in 
 Rabbinic and 
 Biblical lit- 
 erature and in 
 the more mod- 
 ern controver- 
 sial writings.* 
 
 * The value 
 of this library as 
 a storehouse of 
 Jewish literature 
 is attested by the 
 extensive use 
 
 made of it by various investigators of Jewish history and notably by 
 the list ot books taken out of the Leeser Library for the purposes of the 
 Jewish Historical Society, reported at the annual meeting of the Hebrew 
 Education Society in 1895, and which we here note in full, as follows : 
 
 1. Brackeuridge, H. M. — Speeches on the Jew Bill. 
 
 2. Carillon, Rev. B. C— Sermon delivered at the Spanish and Portu- 
 
 guese Synagogue in aid of the Beth Limmud Society. 
 
 3. Cohen, Solomon Jacob — Elements of the Jewish Faith. 
 
 Dr. CYRUS ADLER 
 
 Teacher in Hebrew School 
 
 Librarian, 1S81— 1894 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 63 
 
 The Leeser Library was catalogued by Dr. Cyrus Adler in 
 1883, when he was librarian to the Education Society.* As 
 
 4. Cresson, Warder — The Good Olive Tree of Israel. 
 
 5. Jerusalem. 
 
 6. The Great Restoration aud Cousolldation of Israel iu Palestiue. 
 
 7. De la Motta, Jacob, M. D. — Discourses. 
 
 8. De Sola, Abraham — The Sauitary lustitutions of the Hebrews. 
 
 9. Biography of David Aaron De Sola. 
 
 10. Valedictory Address. 
 
 11. Ish Tsadik. 
 
 12. Dropsie, Moses A. — Discourse delivered at the Synagogue Rodeph 
 
 Shalom. 
 
 13. Dropsie, Moses A. — Panegyric on Isaac Leeser. 
 
 14. Jacobs, Rev. Solomon — A Theological Refutation of "An Affection- 
 
 ate Address to the Jews of Jamaica." 
 
 15. Dedication of New Synagogue Beth-El-Emeth. 
 
 16. Jacobs, William— The Jew's Reasons for Believing iu One God only. 
 
 17. Hymns written for the use of Hebrew Congregations. 
 
 18. Loeb, Dr. Henri— The Road to Faith. 
 
 19. Menasseh Ben Israel — De Resurrectione Mortuorum. 
 
 20. Mickve Israel — Hoc est Spes Israelis. 
 
 21. Nathan, Rev. M. N. — A Sermon. 
 
 22. A defense of the Ancient Rabbinical Interpretation of Deut. 
 
 XXIII, 3. 
 
 23. Newman, Selig — The Challenge Accepted. 
 
 24. Remarks of John McMahon in the House of Delegates of Maryland. 
 
 25. Persecution of Jews in the East, containing the proceedings of a 
 
 meeting held at the synagogue Mickve Israel. 
 
 26. Peixotto, Daniel L. M., M. D. — A Discourse. 
 
 27. The Jew; being a Defence of Judaism. 
 
 28. Bikkure Hajam— The First Fruits of the West. 
 
 29. The Jewish Chronicle, edited by John Lillie. 
 
 30. Sinai, Eiu Organ fiir Erkentness und Veredlung des Judenthums. 
 
 31. Moreh — The Guide, edited by Raphael D. C. Lewin. 
 
 32. Der Israelitsche Volksfreund, edited by C. M. Cohen. 
 
 33. Raphall, M. J. — Judaism Defended against the Attacks of T. J. C, 
 
 of Oxford. 
 
 34. The Constancy of Israel. 
 
 35. The Path of Immortality. 
 
 .36. The Bible View of Slavery. (Raphall.) 
 
 37. Salomon, Dr. G. — Twelve Sermons delivered in Hamburg. 
 
 38. Salomon, Rev. Dr. Louis — The Mosaic System. 
 
 39. Seixas, J. — A Manual of Hebrew Grammar. 
 
 40. Yisachar ben Yitschack — Jerusalem, oder Ueber den Zweck der 
 
 Mosaischen Gesetzgebung. 
 
 * Catalogue of the Leeser Library, compiled by Cyrus Adler, A. B., 
 Philadelphia, 1883 ; 12 mo., pp. 165. 
 
64 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 ISAAC HYNEMAN 
 Board of Officers, 1850—1853 
 
 a tribute of respect to the memory of Isaac Leeser, the first 
 professorship of the Tahnud in Maimonides College was called 
 
 the " Leeser Professorship." A 
 panegyric on his life and character 
 was pronounced by Moses A. Drop- 
 sie, Esq., before the Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Society on February 19, 
 1868.* Dr. Marcus Jastrow suc- 
 ceeded Isaac Leeser as Provost of 
 the college. 
 
 As a desirable addition to the 
 history of this noble-hearted enter- 
 prise and as recording the thorough- 
 ness with which it was planned and 
 organized, we here subjoin a full ci- 
 tation of the rules and regulations 
 for the government of Maimonides College : 
 
 The Faculty of Arts is composed of the following Professorships: 
 A Professorship of Horailetics, Belles Lettres and Comparative 
 
 Theology. 
 A Professorship of the Bible and Biblical 
 
 Literature. 
 A Professorship of Talmud, Hebrew Phil- 
 osophy, Jewish History and Literature. 
 A Professorshipof Mishnah with Commen- 
 taries, Shuchau Aruch and Yad ha- 
 Chazakah. 
 A Professorship of Hebrew and Chaldaic 
 
 Languages. 
 A Professorship of Greek and Latin 
 
 Languages. 
 A Professorship of Khetoric and English 
 
 Literature. 
 A Professorship of Mathematics. 
 A Professorship of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry. 
 
 * Panegyric on the Life, Character and Services of the Rev. Isaac 
 Leeser, pronounced by Moses A. Dropsie before the Hebrew Education 
 Society of Philadelphia, on February 19, 1868, (5628), 12 mo., Philadel- 
 phia, 1868. 
 
 MARTIN SEIDENBACH 
 Charter Member 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 65 
 
 A Professorship of German and French Languages. 
 
 OF TIIK FACULTY. 
 
 1. The Professors shall constitute "The Faculty of Arts," to 
 whom, as a body, shall be committed the immediate regulation and 
 government of the Collegiate Department, subject to the rules and 
 statutes and the 
 
 control of the 
 Board of Trus- 
 tees. 
 
 2. The Col- 
 . lege shall be un- 
 der the supervis- 
 ion of the Pro- 
 vost, who shall 
 make report in 
 relation to it to 
 the Board at least 
 once a year. 
 
 3. Stated 
 meetings of the 
 Faculty shall be 
 held every month, 
 for the purpose of 
 administering the 
 general discipline 
 of the College ; 
 and special meet- 
 ings, as often as 
 the business of the 
 institution may re- 
 quire, to be called 
 by the Provost or 
 a majority of the 
 members. At all meetings of the Faculty, the Provost shall preside, 
 or in his absence a chairman can be elected. 
 
 4. The Faculty shall appoint a Secretary from its own body 
 whose duty it shall be to keep the minutes of their proceedings, 
 which shall be, at all times, open to the inspection of the Trustees. 
 
 5. No proceedings of the Faculty shall be considered as valid. 
 
 ISAAC ROSSKAM 
 
 Board of Officers, 1876—1878 Board of Officers, 1889—1891 
 
 Vice-President, 1878—1880 Vice-President, 1891—1895 
 
 President, 1880—1889 President, 1895—1898 
 
 Life Member of Board. 
 
66 
 
 HEBREW EDUCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 unless passed by a majority of the members at a meeting formally 
 constituted. 
 
 6. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to make reports to the 
 Board at their stated meetings, upon the state of the Collegiate de- 
 partment, stating particularly the names and residences of such stu- 
 dents as have 
 been admitted 
 into, or have left 
 the institution 
 since the last re- 
 port, with such 
 remarks as they 
 may deem ex- 
 pedient. 
 
 7. It shall 
 be the special 
 duty of the Pi*o- 
 vost, to visit and 
 superintend the 
 various depart- 
 ments ; to see 
 that the rules 
 and statutes are 
 duly carried into 
 effect, to report 
 to the Board 
 every instance of 
 refusal and ne- 
 glect to comply 
 with such rules 
 and statutes, and 
 to advise a n d 
 suggest such al- 
 terations and improvements as he may deem best calculated to promote 
 the welfare and usefulness of the institution. 
 
 SIMON B. FLEISHER 
 
 Treasurer, 187G— 1883 
 
 Board of Officers, 1883— 18S8 
 
 OF THE CLASSES. 
 
 1. The students shall be distributed into five classes. 
 
 2. No applicant sliall be admitted into the Freshman class under 
 the age of 14; any special exception shall be decided by the Board, 
 
HUB HEW EDUCATIOX SOCIETY. 
 
 6; 
 
 MORRIS KOHN 
 Board of Officers, 1876—18 
 
 upon the application of the Faculty. His fitness must appear on ex- 
 amination, to be conducted by the Professors. Avho must concur in 
 
 opinion that he is qualified in such branches 
 as shall be prescribed by the Board. 
 
 The requisites for entering the Fresh- 
 man class shall be as follows : 
 
 Latix — Ci^sar, Virgil, Sallust, Odes of 
 Horace. 
 . _ English — The elements of English 
 
 ^^^^^ I grammar and of modern Geography. 
 
 ^^^^f i^^ / Hebrew — The translation of the his- 
 
 ^^^^^P^K/ ^B' / torical portions of the Bible with facility. 
 
 ^^^^f ^r^f / I Arithmetic, including fractions and 
 
 ^^r r X I extraction of roots. 
 
 4. The Faculty shall keep a book 
 called the Matriculation book, in which every 
 candidate for entrance into this College shall, 
 on his admission, have his name, age and residence entered, and the 
 name and residence of his parent or guardian. 
 
 5. Xo student shall be admitted to advanced standing, without 
 being as fully instructed as the class to which admission is asked, in 
 all the studies in which the class has been instructed. 
 
 6. Vacation shall be from the 10th 
 of July to the 31st of August. 
 
 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 1. The subjects of instruction in the 
 institution shall be the following: — 
 
 Greek, Latin, German, French, He- 
 brew, Chaldaic and their literatures, the 
 Natural Sciences, History, Mathematics, 
 aud Astronomy, Moral and Intellectual 
 Philosophy, Constitutional History and 
 Laws of the United States, Belles Lettres, 
 Homiletics, Comparative Theology, the 
 Bible with its commentaries, the Mishnah 
 with its commentaries, the Shulchan 
 'Aruch, Yad ha-chazakah, Jewish His- 
 tory and Literature, Hebrew Philosopliy aud the Talrtiud with its 
 ooniraentaries. 
 
 DAVID 80LIS COHEN 
 Board of Officers, 1877—1878 
 
68 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 EDWIN ARNOLD 
 Board of Officers, 1876—1877 
 
 2. At the close of each yearly term there shall be held an ex- 
 amiiiatiou of all the classes in the presence of a Committee of the 
 
 Board, and of such other Trustees as shall 
 attend ; after every examination the stu- 
 dents who are distinguished in each class 
 shall be arranged in the order of merit. 
 
 3. No student shall be suffered to 
 proceed to a higher class who shall not, 
 on examination, show himself master of 
 the studies of the preceding year, but he 
 may be allowed the privilege, (if the fac- 
 ulty shall judge it expedient to grant it,) 
 of a second examination for admission 
 thereto, at the opening of the next suc- 
 ceeding year. 
 
 4. Punishment shall lie exclusively 
 directed to a sense of duty, and the prin- 
 ciples of honor and shame, and shall con- 
 sist of private admonition by a Professor — admonition in the presence 
 of the Faculty — admonition in the presence of the Faculty and of the 
 class of the offender — removal to a lower class — suspension for a limited 
 time from college — dismissal — expulsion. 
 
 5. No punishment except private ad- 
 monition shall be inflicted, unless ordered 
 by a resolution of a majority of the whole of 
 the Faculty ; nor shall the punishment of 
 expulsion be inflicted unless it be first 
 sanctioned by a vote of the Trustees. In 
 case of dismissal, the offender may be re-ad- 
 mitted, but the effect of expulsion shall be 
 an utter disqualification of the individual 
 for re-admission into this institution, or of 
 receiving any of its honors. 
 
 6. The fees for tuition of each year 
 shall be one hundred dollars, payable at 
 the commencemeut thereof; and no student 
 shall be considered as entitled to his seat 
 in the class for the term, until such pay- 
 ment is made. Notice that the tuition money is due, and that the 
 Treasurer will at times attend (the time then to be stated) shall be 
 given by the Secretary. 
 
 JACOB MILLER 
 Board of Officer?, 1877—1878 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 69 
 
 7. The Board sanction the institution of a Literary Society, to 
 consist of the students and alumui of the college, or such of them as 
 shall be admitted members thereof, when suitable rooms can be ap- 
 propriated for their use. The said society to be under the general 
 control and supervision of the Faculty. 
 
 OF COMMENCEMENTS AND CONFERRING DEGREES IN THE ARTS. 
 
 1. There 
 shall be an an- 
 n u a 1 commence- 
 ment of graduates 
 
 . in the arts on the 
 last Thursday 
 morning of each 
 term, at 10 o'clock. 
 
 2. Candi- 
 dates for the de- 
 gree of Bachelor 
 in the Arts or Di- 
 vinity shall be 
 publically exam- 
 ined by the Fac- 
 ulty in the col- 
 legiate depart- 
 ments, in the pres- 
 ence of the Com- 
 mittee of Examin - 
 ation and such 
 other members of 
 the Board of Trus- 
 tees as may attend. 
 
 3. The Pro- 
 vost shall report 
 the names of those 
 who shall have been found worthy of receiving such degree to the 
 Board who shall, if the report be approved, confer such degree accord- 
 ingly. But no degree shall be conferred unless by the vote of the 
 Trustees ; and every student, before he can be recommended for the 
 degree of Bachelor of Arts or Divinity, shall settle his account with 
 the Treasurer. 
 
 DAVID SULZBERGER 
 
 Secretary, 1876 
 
70 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 4. The Degree of Master of Arts may be conferred ou the 
 Alumni of the College, who shall have been Bachelor in the Arts of 
 
 three years standing, and shall apply for 
 that honor. 
 
 5. The order of the commencement 
 shall be directed by the Faculty. 
 
 At no time during the history of 
 the college did a great number of 
 students matriculate, and few grad- 
 uated and received their degrees. 
 Among those who were trained .for 
 the Jewish ministry were Mr. Marcus 
 Eliezer Lam, now a teacher in the 
 Hebrew School of the Education So- 
 ciety at Touro Hall ; Rev. David 
 Levy, now of New Haven, Conn., 
 
 and the Rev. Dr. Samuel Mendelsohn, at present minister of 
 
 the .Jewish synagogue of Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 CHARLES J. COHEN 
 Board of Officers, 1S77— 1880 
 
 Year after year the reports of the President and Treas- 
 urer gave evidence that the public never thoroughly favored 
 or appreciated the work of the Societ}^, and that its manage- 
 ment was not conducted on a busi- 
 ness basis. The fund which had 
 been left to the Society by Judah 
 Touro was constantly decreasing, yet 
 we notice that teachers were con- 
 tinually asking for additional pay, 
 and in most instances the increase 
 was granted. 
 
 At a meeting of the Board held 
 June 21, 1868, on motion of Mr. 
 Abraham S. Wolf it was carried, 
 " that the Board send a letter to Mrs. 
 A. Hart, Mrs. Levi Mayer, Mrs. G. 
 Silberberg, Mrs. I. Binswanger and 
 
 JACOB LOEB 
 Board of Officers, 187' 
 
 1SS2 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Massman, requesting them to take the initiatory 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 71 
 
 steps towards calling a meeting of ladies, for the purpose of 
 holding a Fair for the benefit of the Hebrew Education So- 
 ciety; and on motion of Dr. Jastrow that the communication 
 be placed in the hands of a committee of three to call upon 
 the ladies mentioned, was also agreed to." Drs. Jastrow, and 
 Bettelheim and Mr. rTeiiV)ron wore np-ointod (l:o oonmiiltco. 
 Mrs. Abraham 
 Hart declined 
 to serve, and 
 Mrs. Henry 
 Cohen's name 
 was s u b s t i- 
 tuted. 
 
 At a sub- 
 sequent meet- 
 ing a motion 
 of Dr. Jastrow 
 w a s adopted 
 "that a com- 
 mittee be ap- 
 pointed to con- 
 fer with the 
 Board of Di- 
 rectors of the 
 Jewish H o s- 
 pital relative 
 to coming to 
 some definite 
 understanding 
 about the pro- 
 posed 'Fair,' 
 and that they 
 have full power to act." 
 
 The President appointed on the committee Messrs. A. 
 Hart, I. Binswangcr and Jos. Heilbron. 
 
 At the next meeting of the Board of Managers, " Mr. A. 
 Hart made a verbal report on Fair, stating that the commit- 
 
 ISAAC SALLER 
 
 Board of Officers, 1877—1881 
 
 Vice-President, 1881—1886 
 
 Board of Officers, 188()- " 
 
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 Board of Officers. 187S— ISStj 
 
 tee from the Hebrew Education vSociety liad met a similar 
 committee from the Jewish Hospital Association and the lat- 
 ter declined to act in conjunction with us as they deemed it 
 
 inexpedient at the present time, the}' 
 having other methods of raising 
 money." 
 
 The holding of the " Fair" was 
 therefore abandoned. 
 
 At the Board meeting of Decem- 
 ber 18, 1870, tlie following offered by 
 Mr. ]\T. Sulzberger was adopted : ''Re- 
 solved — that some proper person be 
 requested by the President to deliver 
 a paid lecture at some time that may 
 be agreeable to him, before the Israel- 
 ites of Philadelphia, on the subject of 
 Hebrew Education." 
 At the meeting held March 19, 1871, the President re- 
 ported that in accordance with the resolution of the Board, 
 adopted at its last meeting, he had requested the Rev. Dr. 
 Jastrow to deliver a lecture upon the subject of Hebrew edu- 
 cation, in aid of this Society, but that gentleman having re- 
 fused, he (the President) then conferred 
 with Mr. S. Wolf, of Washington, mak- 
 ing a similar request of him, to which 
 he at once consented, but a previous 
 engagement to give an unpaid lecture 
 in the German Synagogue prevented 
 an arrangement satisfactory to all. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Board 
 of Managers, held October 6, 1872, the 
 Treasurer made a verbal report show- 
 ing a very melanctioly state of the fi- 
 nances of the Society, and expressing 
 the belief that under the present cir- 
 cumstances the school could not con- 
 tinue to exist much longer. 
 
 HENRY C. DALSEMER 
 Board of Officers, ISStV- 1^^2 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 73 
 
 The following resolution offered by Mr. Mayer Sulzberger 
 was adopted and referred to the Committee on the re-estab- 
 lishment of the School : " Resolved — That a committee of 
 
 be appointed to confer with the Congregations Mickve 
 
 Israel and Beth-El Emeth, with a view to transfer to the said 
 Congregations the building and furniture of this Society, un- 
 der an express 
 agreement and 
 condition that 
 certain ar- 
 rang e m e n t s 
 for teaching 
 the Hebrew 
 language and 
 its literature 
 shall be for- 
 ever kept up 
 in such man- 
 ner and under 
 such restric- 
 tions as may 
 be determined 
 on." 
 
 Y a r i ous 
 resolutions in 
 this direction 
 were adopted 
 at most of the 
 meetings of 
 the Society 
 and Board, but 
 no definite ac- 
 tion was taken until December, 1873, when the work of Mai- 
 monides College was discontinued, after an activity extending 
 through six years. The organization as such remained in ex- 
 istence, and at the annual meeting, held May 17, 1874, 
 the Trustees elected were : B. J. Hart, A. M. Frechie, 
 
 LOUIS GERSTLEY 
 Assistant Kpcretary, 1877 
 Board of Officers, 1878— ISSl 
 1891 
 
74 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 Solomon Gans, Simon W. Arnold, Mayer S. Isaacs, A. S. 
 Solomons, Mj-er Stein. 
 
 The expenses necessary to maintain the college were 
 paid by the generous contributions of citizens of Philadel- 
 phia, in spite of the fact tliat it was a national institution 
 
 open to the 
 reception of 
 students from 
 all parts of the 
 country. The 
 contributions of 
 money, which 
 citizens of New 
 York seemed so 
 eager to sub- 
 scribe to the col- 
 lege when its ob- 
 jects were first 
 set forth, were 
 not forthcom- 
 ing. Lack of 
 financial aid 
 from other cities 
 and a want of 
 interest in the 
 undert a king, 
 led to its dis- 
 co n t i n u a n ce. 
 The J e w i s h 
 Theological 
 Seminary in 
 New York is in 
 
 a measure the successor of Maimonides College. It was insti- 
 tuted in 1886, chiefly through the efforts of Dr. Morais. 
 
 The growth of the educational movement, which has 
 become so marked within recent years and which has mani- 
 
 MICHAEL M. ALLEN 
 
 Board, 1853—1854 
 
 Secretary, 1854— )857 
 
 Board of Otficers, 1858—1863 
 
 ' •• " 1865—1866 
 
 First Hebrew Teacher 
 
HEBEEW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 75 
 
 fested itself especially in the domain of Jewish history and 
 literature, may very justly be regarded as indicating the pos- 
 sibility of re-establishing Maimonides College on the lines 
 planned for it by its projectors, and on a basis that would 
 afford the institution that security and permanence which 
 earlier conditions appear to liave precluded. In such event 
 the valuable 
 franchise 
 which the 
 Hebrew Ed- 
 ucation So- 
 ciety posses- 
 s e s in its 
 charter could 
 be adec[uate- 
 ly utilized, 
 and the edu- 
 cational sys- 
 tem of the 
 Society be 
 thereby made 
 complete. 
 Thus the la- 
 bors of Isaac 
 Leeser, the 
 self-devotion 
 of S a b a t o 
 Morals, the 
 philanthropy 
 o f .J u d a h 
 Touro would 
 b e brought 
 
 to fruition, and the hopes and aspirations of their earnest- 
 hearted coadjutors be ultimately realized. 
 
 The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Hebrew Education 
 Society was celebrated on Saturday evening, April 1, 1876, at 
 Concordia Hall, on Callowhill street below Fifth street. Rev. 
 
 MOYER FLEISHER 
 
 Board of Officers, ISSS— 1892 
 
 President, 1892— ISy.i 
 
76 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 r.. J. LEBERMAX 
 Board ol' Officers, 1852 — ISoO 
 
 S. Morals opened the ceremony with a prayer, and Moses A. 
 Dropsie, Esq., Dr. Marcus Jastrow and the Rev. George Jacobs 
 
 delivered addresses. The main por- 
 tion of the programme consisted of 
 songs and recitations by the chil- 
 dren then attending the schools of 
 the Society. 
 
 In the Fall of 1876, the Con- 
 gregation Rodef Shalom was accord- 
 ed the use of the Education Society's 
 school house on 7th street near 
 Wood, for the requirements of its 
 congregational school, which was 
 there continued until removed in 
 1879 to the school house of the 
 Congregation on North 8th street. 
 The Society has been drawn into competition with two 
 great educational systems, namely, as to the English branches, 
 the public schools ; and in Hebrew studies, with the con- 
 gregational schools, and it proceeded at once to meet these 
 altered conditions. A Hebrew 
 school was opened on March 3, 1878, 
 in the committee-room of the Con- 
 gregation Bene Israel (Children of 
 Israel), on Fifth street above Cath- 
 erine street. A third school (the 
 teaching of Hebrew still continued 
 in the school house on Seventh street) 
 was opened on October 12, 1879. at 
 the northwest corner of Marshall 
 street and Girard avenue. At this 
 time Isidore Binswanger was Presi- 
 dent of the Hebrew Education So- 
 ciety, having succeeded Moses A. 
 Dropsie in 1870, who had declined 
 a re-election after having served continuously for eight years. 
 In 1878, Isidore Binswanger, who had been a most active 
 
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 Board of Officers, 1850—18.52 
 1853—1860 
 
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 SAMUEL STERNBERGER 
 Board of Officers, 1880— 1SS7 
 
 President at that time became 
 president. In 1876 Abraham 
 Hart, who had served as treas- 
 urer for twenty-seven years, 
 ever since the Society was or- 
 ganized, resigned. His term of 
 uninterrupted service in any 
 one office, has been longest in 
 the annals of the Societ3^ 
 
 At the annual meeting, 
 held March 14, 1880, D. Sulz- 
 berger, Simon A. Stern and 
 Charles J. Cohen were ap- 
 pointed a committee to revise 
 the By-Laws. This commit- 
 tee reported at the annual 
 meeting, March 13, 1881, 
 
 worker for over twenty-seven 
 years, also declined a re-elec- 
 tion. Both he and Mr. Drop- 
 sie, by virtue of their office of 
 President of the Hebrew Ed- 
 ucation Society, served as 
 President of Maimonides Col- 
 lege. 
 
 In 1878, Abraham Adler, 
 a staunch supporter of the 
 Society for many years, was 
 elected to the presidency, but 
 he died on November 9, 1879, 
 during his term of office. Mr. 
 Isaac Rosskam, who had been 
 a manager of the Society for 
 over two years, and its Vice- 
 
 ABRAHAM FINZI 
 Assistant Secretary, 1851-1868 
 
78 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 and the following was adopted with the exceptions noted 
 
 OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Section 1. 
 
 Any Israelite, aged at least twenty-one years, 
 
 may become a 
 Member of the 
 Society upon 
 the payment 
 of the annual 
 dues pre- 
 scribed in 
 these By-Laws 
 for Members, 
 Patrons a n d 
 Friends. 
 
 Sec. 2. 
 T h e annual 
 dues of Mem- 
 bers shall be 
 five dollars ; 
 Patrons , 
 t w e n ty-five 
 dollars, a n d 
 Friends, one 
 hundred dol- 
 lars. 
 
 * Se c. 3. 
 Any Member 
 paying into 
 the funds of 
 the Associa- 
 tion two hundred and fifty dollars, shall be declared a Life 
 Member, and be subject to no further dues. 
 
 Sec. If. A Member one year or more in arrears shall 
 neither vote nor hold office, unless exonerated from his dues 
 by the Board of Managers. 
 
 * Additions subsequently made. 
 
 LEVI MAYER 
 
 Board of Officers. 1874— 18S3 
 
 Treasurer, 1SS.3— 1891 
 
 Trustee Maimonides College 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 79 
 
 JACOB SULZBERGER 
 Board of Officers, 1S81— 1SS4 
 
 Sec. 5. A Member more than two years in arrears may 
 be dropped from the roll by a vote of the Board. 
 
 * Sec. 6. No person shall become 
 a Member, nor exercise any of the 
 privileges of membership who shall 
 not have }>aid one year's dues, and not 
 until after the adjournment of the 
 meeting at which the applicant for 
 membership shall have been proposed 
 therefor. 
 
 OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. The ofhcers of this So- 
 ciety shall be a President, Vice-Presi- 
 dent, Treasurer, Secretary and fifteen 
 Managers, four of whom may be 
 females, who, together, shall constitute 
 
 the Board of Officers, and who shall also be Trustees of the 
 
 College. At the first election, one-third of the Managers shall 
 
 be chosen for one year, one-third for two years, and the 
 
 remaining third three years, and at 
 
 every subsequent election they shall 
 
 be chosen for three years. *" Any one 
 
 who shall have served for ten or more 
 
 years as President, Vice-President, 
 
 Treasurer or Honorary Secretary, or 
 
 shall have served as a member of tlie 
 
 Board of Officers for a period of not less 
 
 than fifteen years, may be elected by 
 
 the Society at its annual meeting, as 
 
 an Honorary Member of the Board of 
 
 Officers, for life, and be entitled to all 
 "the rights and privileges of any other 
 
 memder of the Board." 
 
 The President, Vice-President, 
 
 Treasurer and Secretary shall hold their respective offices for 
 
 JACOB MUHR 
 Board of Officers, ISSl- 
 
 * Additions subsequently made. 
 
80 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TlOy SO CIET Y. 
 
 HENRY MITCHELL 
 
 Board of Ofticers, 1SS()— ISSi 
 
 one year, or until their successors shall have been chosen. 
 Sec. 2. Elections shall be held at the annual meetings 
 of the Society. 
 
 Sec. S. The President shall pre- 
 side at all meetings of the Society and 
 Board of Officers, and shall draw 
 orders on the Treasurer for the amounts 
 passed by the Board of Officers ; shall, 
 whenever he may deem it necessary, 
 convene special meetings of the Society 
 or Board of Officers, and shall appoint 
 all committees, unless otherwise or- 
 dered by the Society. He shall have 
 the right to draw an order on the 
 Treasurer for any sum not exceeding 
 twenty-five dollars, without an ap- 
 propriation by the Board. He shall be custodian of the seal 
 of the Society, and shall, at the expiration of his term of 
 office, deliver to his successor the said seal and all other prop- 
 erty of the Society that may be in his possession. 
 
 Sec. 4- The Vice-President 
 shall, in the absence of the President 
 succeed to all his rights and duties. 
 Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall 
 take charge of all moneys and secur- 
 ities of the Society, shall pay all 
 orders dul}' signed by the President, 
 or acting President, shall keep an 
 account of his receipts and disburse- 
 ments, and furnish a statement of 
 the same at the annual meeting of 
 the Societ}', and shall report at 
 every stated meeting of the Board 
 the amount of the balance in his 
 hands. He shall give such security 
 for the faithful performance of his duties as shall be approved 
 of by the Board, and within two weeks after the election of 
 
 MARK SCHWARTZ 
 
 Board of OfHcers, 1886—1889 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 81 
 
 WILLIAM GERSTLEY 
 Board of Officers, 1881—1885 
 1895—1898 
 
 liis successor, he shall deliver to the latter all moneys, papers, 
 accounts and all other property whatsoever belonging to the 
 
 Societ}'. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Secretary shall keep 
 fair and correct minutes of all trans- 
 actions of the Society or Board of 
 Ofticers, countersign all orders drawn 
 by the President, shall prepare notices 
 for all meetings, shall keep the ac- 
 counts with the members of the 
 Society, shall prepare all bills, and 
 shall perform all duties incident to 
 the office ; for which service he shall 
 receive such compensation as may be 
 fixed by the Board of Officers. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Board of Officers 
 shall fill all vacancies occurring 
 among their own number, shall elect the School Teachers, 
 shall employ an Assistant^Secretary, Librarian, Messenger 
 and Collector, and compensate them, shall determine the 
 branches of education to be taught in the Schools, and shall 
 do all things necessary for their government and maintenance. 
 
 Sec. 8. The seat of any member of 
 the Board of Officers wlio shall absent 
 himself from three consecutive stated 
 meetings, without satisfactory excuse, 
 may be declared vacant. 
 
 Sec. 9. All elections for officers or 
 members of the Society shall be by 
 ballot. 
 
 OF MEETINGS. 
 
 Section 1. The annual meeting of 
 the Society shall be held on the second 
 Sunday in March. levi goldsmith 
 
 m n 1 ini ■ il^ Board of Officers, 1879-1882 
 
 ihe fiscal year shall l)egin on the 
 first of March. 
 
82 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Board of Officers shall meet on the secoiul 
 
 Sunday in each month. 
 
 Sec. 3. Special meetings of the 
 
 fSociety or Board of Officers may be 
 
 called by the President whenever he 
 
 may deem it necessary, and it shall be 
 
 his duty to call such special meetings 
 
 of the Society when recjuested by ten 
 
 members thereof, and of the Board of 
 
 Officers when requested by three of its 
 
 members. 
 
 Sec. 4- At the meetings of the 
 
 Society, fifteen shall constitute a 
 
 quorum ; of the Board, five. 
 
 JACOB WOLF OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Board of Officers, 1881 
 
 Section 1. In the schools there shall be imparted relig- 
 ious instruction, Biblical History and the Hebrew language. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Board of Officers shall make all regulations 
 governing the admission of pupils to the Schools, and also 
 all rules in regard to the governing and management of the 
 Schools. 
 
 Sec. 3. No pupil shall be ad- 
 mitted into the School without a 
 written order from one of the mem- 
 bers of the Board of Officers. 
 
 LEGACIES AND INVESTMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. All legacies to the 
 Society shall be invested, and called 
 by the name of the legatee. All 
 funds received as legacies, or from 
 life memberships, to remain intact 
 forever, the interest only to be ap- 
 plied for educational purposes. 
 
 Sec. 2.. No money of the Society shall be invested in any 
 other than City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, or 
 
 LOUIS E. LEVY 
 Board of Officers, 1882- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 83 
 
 United States securities, or first mortgages on property in the 
 city of Philadelphia not owned by the Society. 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 Section 1. At all meetings the 
 order of business shall be as follows: 
 
 (1) Roll-call. 
 
 (2) Reading of the minutes of the 
 previous meeting. 
 
 (3) Reports of Officers. 
 
 (4) Communications. 
 
 (5) Election of Officers or Mem- 
 bers. 
 
 (6) Deferred business. 
 
 (7) New business. 
 
 Sec. 3. The veas and nays shall 
 
 EDWARD L. ROTHSCHILD 
 Board of Officers, 1884—1889 
 
 be entered on the minutes when requested by two members. 
 
 OF AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. No alteration, amendment oraddition to these 
 By-Laws shall be made, unless pro- 
 posed at one meeting of the Society 
 or Board of Officers, and confirmed at 
 the next meeting of the Societ}' by a 
 vote of two-thirds of the members 
 present, the Secretary having sent 
 proper notice of such amendment to 
 all the members ; Provided, however, 
 That the Article on Legacies and In- 
 vestments shall not be altered or re- 
 pealed, except by the vote of two- 
 thirds of the members present at such 
 meeting ; and, furthermore, that the 
 quorum necessary for the entertain- 
 ing of such alterations shall be three- 
 fourths of the entire membership of the Society 
 
 LOUIS ESCHNER 
 Board of Officers, 1885—1896 
 
84 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 JACOB MAYER 
 Board of Officers, 1855— 1863 
 
 FORM OF BEQUEST. 
 
 I give and bequeath to the Hebrew Education Society of 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 The fringe of Jewish population 
 along the northeastern boundary of the 
 city continued to grow, and a colony 
 of Russian immigrants existed there 
 with all the customs, observances and 
 habits of the mother country. The 
 Education Society opened a school on 
 December 28, 1879, at 624 Wayne 
 street, in that part of the city known 
 as " Port Richmond." The school in 
 the B'nai Israel Synagogue was re- 
 moved to 417 Pine street, and another 
 
 was opened at Fourth and Poplar streets. The educa- 
 tional advantages that were offered were quickly taken 
 
 advantage of, and so many attended these schools that they 
 
 soon became overcrowded, and larger quarters had to be 
 
 provided. 
 
 Although many Israelites had 
 
 settled at Port Richmond about the 
 
 year 1876, the " great exodus" was 
 
 yet to come. The persecution of 
 
 the Jews in Russia caused thousands 
 
 to shake the dust from off their feet 
 
 and seek a land where they could 
 
 worship their God as their conscience 
 
 dictated. The first great wave of 
 
 Russian immigration reached our 
 
 shores in 1882, and the influx has 
 
 continued ever since. 
 
 The school at No. 624 Wayne 
 
 street. Port Richmond, was soon 
 
 found to be too small to meet the demands of the growing 
 
 population. The properties, Nos. 2856-58 Lark street, a 
 
 JACOB BAMBERGER 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 85 
 
 Rev. Dr. SABATO MORAIS 
 
 Board of Officers, 1 861-1874 
 Professor Maimonides College 
 
 (Biblical Exegesis) 
 
86 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 M, A. MITCHELL 
 Board of Officers, 1854—186.3 
 1865—1867 
 " " •' 1869—1871 
 
 stone's throw from the Wayne Street School, were secured and 
 entirely remodeled for the use of the Society. The buildings 
 
 were dedicated on Sunday afternoon, 
 September 16, 1883. The list of 
 those who contributed towards pay- 
 ing for the Industrial School on Lark 
 street, will be found in the appen- 
 dix. Even these buildings were 
 found inadequate to meet the de- 
 mands made upon them, and the 
 adjoining property, No. 2854 Lark 
 street, was therefore purchased. 
 
 The first industrial school of 
 the Society was opened in October, 
 1880, on Wayne street. At first it 
 was a school for girls only. Mrs. 
 Simeon Newhouse was the first 
 superintendent, and she was succeeded in 1881 by Miss Rose 
 Kaufman, and the year following by Mrs. Eva Coons. In 
 1883 a complete system of industrial education was inaugu- 
 rated. The most approved method 
 of cigar-making was taught to the 
 men, and joinery, wood-turning and 
 general carpentering were soon ad- 
 ded to the course. The department 
 of cigar-manufacturing was opened 
 at the suggestion of Mr. A. M. 
 Frechie, who devoted much time 
 and attention to it. The progress 
 made by the pupils was rapid. The 
 trade-school was soon turning out 
 youths, well equipped in the handi- 
 craft they had chosen as a means of 
 livelihood. 
 
 In 1886 an industrial school 
 was opened in the Seventh street building, and the course 
 in manual training was extended by the addition of iron-filing. 
 
 SOLOMON TELLER 
 Board of Officers, 1856—1859 
 " " " 1860—1867 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 87 
 
 JUDAH TOURO 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 89 
 
 A. MAILERT 
 Coaid of Officers, 1864—1867 
 
 chipping, frame making and garment cutting. Thirty boys 
 received instruction in the cigar factory this year (1886). Of 
 these, twenty-five obtained employment 
 at satisfactoiy wages. 
 
 The teaching of Hebrew still contin- 
 ued. The President of the Society, Mr. 
 Isaac Rosskam, reported that " more chil- 
 dren are now being taught the Hebrew 
 language in this city, or are engaged in 
 the study of Hebrew, than ever before." 
 
 In 1888 the attendance at the manu- 
 al training department of the Lark Street 
 School averaged 22 ; at the school of the 
 same description (technical) at Seventh 
 and Wood streets, 168 pupils were admit- 
 ted, of which number 132 resided south 
 of Spruce street ; 102 were in the cigar department, 56 were 
 being taught garment cutting, and 10 received instruction in 
 carpentry. 
 
 The " Young Women's Union, a branch of the Hebrew 
 Education Society," was projected at a meeting held on Febru- 
 ary 5, 1885. Its main purpose was the 
 education of the poor children of Russian 
 parentage, then so thickly congregated in 
 the southern portion of our city. The 
 Young Women's Union is, also, a pro- 
 duct of the great exodus of 1882. It 
 was organized in 1885, chiefly through 
 the efforts of a small number of young 
 women who appreciated the field of labor 
 thus opened to them. The first officers of 
 the Union were: Miss Fanny Binswanger 
 (who first projected the formation of such 
 a society), president ; Miss Tinie Feust- 
 man, vice-president ; Miss Amelia J. 
 Allen, treasurer; Miss Martha Goldstein, corresponding sec- 
 retary ; Miss Clara Ostheim, recording secretary. The Young 
 
 DR. JUDAH ISAACS 
 Board of Officers, 1S67— 1876 
 
90 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 Women's Union ceased to be a branch of the Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Society in 1897, when it received a charter from the 
 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as an independent organi- 
 zation. 
 
 The status of the Society at this stage (1890), is graphic- 
 ally presented in the following report of the then President, 
 Moses A. Dropsie, presented to the Annual Meeting on Sun- 
 day, March 7, 1890: 
 
 To the Members and Donors of the Hebrew Education Society : 
 
 The necessity of educating Jewish youth systematically by com- 
 petent teachers, with adequate means for instruction in Hebrew, had 
 long been agitated in our community. The knowledge of Hebrew 
 was generally imparted by private teachers, most of whom knew but 
 little beyond the rudiments of the language that they endeavored to 
 teach ; and the compensation received by them for tuition was so 
 trifling that they were compelled to pursue other avocations in addi- 
 tion for the means of a livelihood. 
 
 For these reasons, the knowledge of Hebrew and of the tenets of 
 Judaism possessed by our youth were extremely limited and vague. 
 
 In addition, the text-books used for the instruction of youth in 
 the public and private schools were tinctured with the doctrines of 
 Christianity, reflecting, wittingly or unwittingly, the views and sym- 
 pathies of the authors and compilers. 
 
 This is a true picture of Jewish education in our community 
 fifty years ago, and is a correct representation of the condition of eveiy 
 Jewish community in the United States at that time. 
 
 The circumstances of the ignorance of our youth as to their 
 religion, and the low ebb of Hebrew education in our midst, were 
 continually deplored, the difficulties were frequently discussed, but ro 
 remedy was adopted. At length, a man arose who indicated the mode 
 of solving this intricate problem. That man was Isaac Leeser, who 
 may be termed the pioneer of American Judaism, whose ardent devo- 
 tion, self-abnegation, inflexible determination and indomitable energy 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 91 
 
 Rev. GEORGE JACOBS 
 
 Board of Officers, 1869 — 1874 
 
 Prof. Maimonides College 
 
 (English Literature) 
 
^2 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 did more for the advancement of Judaism and the elevation of the 
 Jewish character in the United States than any man who previously 
 or has since existed. 
 
 Mr. Leeser's solution of the difficulty was by the formation of 
 this Society, which, it is believed, was the first organization in the 
 United States for the promotion of Jewish education. 
 
 Mr. Leeser's views were large and expanded; he sought not only 
 to impart instruction in the rudimental branches of Hebrew education, 
 but he planned that the Jewish youth should be taught the highest 
 branches of Hebrew literature and philosophy, combined with a 
 thorough training of collegiate curriculum. He caused the formation 
 of the Hebrew Education Society on March 7, 1847. It was incor- 
 porated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, April 7, 1848. The 
 charter authorized not only the tormation of preparatory schools, but 
 also that of a college, with authority to confer degrees. 
 
 The preparatory school was opened on April 7, 1851, and was 
 formed on the model of the public schools. The same text-books were 
 used and the same course of instruction was pursued, to which was 
 added tuition in Hebrew, Latin, French and German. 
 
 In 1853, the late Judah Touro, through the influence of Mr. 
 Leeser, bequeathed to the Society the sum of $20,000, which was re- 
 ceived on February 5, 1854, and thereupon the building on Seventh 
 Street, below Callowhill, was bought on May 28, 1854, and adapted 
 for the school. 
 
 On October 28, 1867, Maimonides College was opened under the 
 auspices of the Society. Its design was to impart to its students a 
 thorough education in Hel)rew and some of its cognate languages, 
 combined with Biblical and Talmudical lore, and also with the 
 "humanities," so as to fit them for the rabbinate. 
 
 The Rev. Isaac Leeser, the Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow, the Rev. Dr. 
 Bettelheim, and the Rev. S. INIorais tendered their services gratuit- 
 ously as professors in the different branches of Jewif-h learning, which 
 were gratefully accepted. 
 
 The expenses incident to the education and support of the students 
 were greater thin Philadelphia alone could defray without difficulty. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 93 
 
 and the contributions of money from New York, whicli were promised, 
 not being forthcoming, the college ceased to exist. 
 
 The preparatory school was of a high order of excellence, and 
 compared favorably with the best of its rank, notwithstanding which 
 some of our people of advanced thought, but not of advanced educa- 
 tion, objected to it for the reason that it was sectarian, the answer to 
 which was, that it was open to all, irrespective of creed, that several 
 of its teachers were not Jews, and among its pupils were some who 
 were not Jews. 
 
 Another objection urged was, that the pupils of the school lost the 
 opportunity of being admitted into the High School, when properly 
 qualified, as only pupils of the public schools were eligible for admis- 
 sion into that institution. Application was made to the Legislature of 
 Pennsylvania, which by a special law, placed the pupils of the Hebrew 
 Education Society's School on the same footing as that of the public 
 schools, a privilege not granted or possessed by any private school. 
 Thus this objection was silenced. 
 
 About the year 1876 a number of Russian Jewish immigrants 
 settled in the northeastern section of the city, then on the extreme 
 boundary of the populated parts, about three and one-fourth miles 
 from the centre of the city, and in a locality distant from* the resi- 
 dences or places of business of our co-religionists. The locality was 
 ill-chosen and lacked the essentials for a proper residence; its only 
 advantage was the cheapness of its houses. On the Society being in- 
 formed of this colony, they deemed it their duty to provide for its 
 educational and moral wants. It opened on December 28, 1879, a 
 school for its instruction, and subsequently bought three adjoining 
 houses, in which it established schools not only for the mental educa- 
 tion of its youth, but also for their manual training, teaching the 
 females sewing, knitting, etc., and the males segarmaking, carpenter- 
 ing, etc. 
 
 Owing to lack of interest and support, the Society Avas compelled 
 to abandon its general preparatory school, and to limit its efforts to 
 the teaching of Hebrew and its translation into English, and of Bibli- 
 cal instruction, etc. For this purpose, it has established three schools 
 in different sections of the city. The manual training school in the 
 northeastern section continues, showing good practical results. The 
 Society had established a more extensive manual training school in its 
 
94 HEBRE ir ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 hall on Seventh Street, but, owing to its sale, and another proper 
 locality not yet having been obtained, that school is temporarily 
 suspended. 
 
 Owing to th3 severe oppression suffered by our co-religionists in 
 Russia, about the year 1882, a great exodus took place ; thousands 
 abandoned or were driven out of their birthplaces and homes, and 
 sought our country as a refuge and as a haven, where they might en- 
 joy that freedom which our institutions confer on every human being. 
 Upon the advent of the van of these immigrants, thousandsjeontinued 
 to flow into our land ; their number has become so great that they 
 have peopled not only the large cities, but there is scarcely a village 
 or hamlet in the land that does not contain a representative of the 
 Slavic-Jewish race. Russians, Poles, Roumanians andj Hungarians 
 now abound everywhere. 
 
 These immigrants were received by our co-religionists kindly and 
 affectionately, especially in Philadelphia, where extraordinary! efforts 
 were invoked for the amelioration of their condition and where public 
 sentiment was aroused against their oppressors. 
 
 This great increase of a necessitous Jewish population has createtl 
 a corresponding increase of new and greater burdens on the older Jew- 
 ish population of this city. These immigrants do not speak our 
 language, are unfamiliar with our manners and customs, and were 
 born and reared in a country surrounded by an ignorant and unen- 
 lightened population. They came poor and helpless, unaided and 
 alone ; they were unable to fight the new battles that they had to con- 
 tend with. It soon became apparent that, after caring for their physi- 
 cal wants, that mental and physical education were primary factors 
 affecting their circumstances, and the means of absorbing this incon- 
 gruous mass into the body politic and adapting them to become citizens 
 and performing their duties and obligations in accord with the laws, 
 customs and manners of our civilized society. 
 
 The increase of the Jewish population in the United States during 
 the last forty years has been prodigious. The Rev. Isaac Leeser, who 
 probably had a better knowledge respecting the Jews in the United 
 States, and their number, than any other man, when he wrote a brief 
 chapter on this population in No. Ill of the Jewish Miscellany, pub- 
 lished by the Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society in 6006, (1846), 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 95 
 
 «ays: "The number of Jews in the city of New York is said to be 
 about 10,000." From estimates based on a computation made about 
 a dozen years since, and on the increase of immigration and births, and 
 deducting the loss by death, it would seem that the Jewish population 
 of New York at present is about 80,000, an enormous increase in forty 
 years! The patriotic pride of our New York co-religionists claims 
 even a greater population than the number here given. 
 
 In the same publication Mr. Leeser states that, "There are now 
 three congregations in Philadelphia, numbering about from 1,500 to 
 1,800 souls." The Jewish population was then probably about 
 2,500. 
 
 An estimate of the Jewish population in Philadelphia at the 
 present time has been made on data gathered from the membership 
 and seat-holders of the congregations, the membership of the char- 
 itable and other socities, clubs, etc. From these statistics it is com- 
 puted that there are from 26,000 to 28,000 Jews in our city. Of this 
 number about 10,000 were born in Slavic and in Hungarian countries. 
 This large population has settled in our midst within the last twelve 
 years, their necessities have made great and increased demands on the 
 Jewish charitable and educational institutions, and though many of 
 that population have succeeded in becoming self-supporting, yet but 
 very few of them are able to contribute or do contribute in relieving 
 the necessities and caring for the well-being of their countrymen. It 
 is a matter of gratulation that our Jewish community, faithful to the 
 principles of Judaism are practically applying them in the relief of the 
 wants, the amelioration of the condition, and the mental and physical 
 education of these immigrants. To accomplish these objects a large 
 number of Jewesses have volunteered their services, and give time, 
 attention, care and thought, with a devotion and self-denial worthy of 
 the holy cause in which they are engaged. 
 
 The Young Men's Hebrew Association have also been working to 
 the same end, and have resolved to extend and widen the field of their 
 labors, but at present lack the proper facilities for systematic and 
 thorough work. Unlike the city of New York, this population is not 
 crowded into one locality ; it is somewhat distributed over the citv, 
 into w4iat might be termed "clusters;" yet by far the greater bulk 
 -of it is located in the territory between South Street and Washington 
 Avenue, and Second and Tenth Streets, a territory of one- half mile 
 
96 HEBBE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 north and south, and two-thirds of a mile east and west. Within this 
 territory, the Sunday-school Society has established its schools ; the 
 Young Women's Union, which was formed in 1885, has located its 
 Kindergarten and a school for teaching kitchen work and housekeep- 
 ing, under the auspices of the Hebrew Education Society. The ladies 
 forming this organization are producing excellent results. There have 
 been continual complaints of the want of proper halls and rooms for 
 the uses above mentioned. The increasing population has grown be- 
 yond the means afforded for the eiBcient performance of the necessary 
 work, besides which the sanitary condition of the rooms and auxiliaries 
 is not of a proper character. These evils, though long deplored, are 
 not easily remedied. 
 
 It is proposed to secure a plot of land on which to erect a hall 
 that should be surrounded with an abundance of light and air, the hall 
 to have rooms capable of accommodating 1,500 Sunday-school children 
 at one time. It will have rooms for the Young Women's Union and 
 Kindergarten ; it will have a room for lectures and a library, and it 
 will also contain ample space for the manual training of females and 
 males. It is also proposed to have baths for females and males, a 
 primary want. 
 
 Mention has been made of the work of the Young Men's Hebrew 
 Association. In the erection of the building, regard will be shown to 
 its wants, in furnishing lectures and entertainments of musical, social 
 and amusing character, and in the establishment of an employment and 
 intelligence bureau, where information can be furnished of matters 
 which are essential to the Jewish population. 
 
 It is pi'oposed to extend the sphei'e of manual training, especially 
 in regard to females, by teaching them such handiwork as is adapted 
 to their peculiar skill such as mantua-making, millinery, drafting and 
 cutting of garments, phonographic reporting, typewriting, etc. By the 
 aid of steam-power, the trades that heretofore have been taught will be 
 increased in number. In brief, our aim is to form an institution 
 which will contribute more to the education and elevation of the new- 
 ly-arrived immigrant than the present system and means atford. We 
 propose to erect an institution in which he will feel he has an interest, 
 and with pride and gratitude recognize the philanthrophy that cares 
 for him, and thus be stimulated to raise himself to the dignity of a 
 freeman, conscious that, as a member of our great Republic, he should 
 
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HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 99 
 
 strive by his acts and deportment to prove his appreciation of Ameri- 
 can citizenship. 
 
 The Hebrew Education Society, by the erection of the proposed 
 building, and the uses to which it is to be applied, is not prompted 
 solely for the welfare of Jews alone ; its benevolence and beneficence 
 are not circumscribed by the narrow boundaries that divide mankind 
 into races and sects. Remembering the Divine command given to our 
 ancestors, "Love thy neighbor as thyself," there will be inscribed on 
 the outer walls of their hall the legend, "Free to all, regardless of 
 creed or color." 
 
 Our Society is entering on a new career, and the accomplishment 
 of its aims will leave its impi-ess on our community long after we have 
 passed away. 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie, 
 
 President. 
 
 In 1890 a plot of ground was purchased at the south- 
 west corner of Tenth and Carpenter streets, for the sum of 
 twelve thousand dollars. It was proposed to erect thereupon 
 an edifice that would be perfectly adapted to the needs of the 
 Society and of kindred organizations. A Building Fund was 
 organized to which tlie Jews of Philadelphia responded with 
 unprecedented generosity. The names of those wlio contri- 
 buted to this fund will be found in the appendix. The 
 cost of erecting tlie buildnig was thirty thousand and 
 four hundred dollars, and much more was spent for heating 
 apparatus and furnishing. The total expenditure was over 
 fifty thousand dollars. The architect was Mr. William H. 
 Decker, and Mr. Philip H. Somerset, the builder. The build- 
 ing is a substantial edifice built of red brick trimmed with 
 granite. To honor the memory of an early benefactor of the 
 Society, and of a man eminent as a philanthropist, this splen- 
 did structure was named Touro Hall. The corner-stone was 
 laid on Tuesday afternoon, September 22, 1891. Perhaps the 
 most interesting document deposited therein was a history of 
 the Society written in Hebrew by the Rev. Dr. Sabato Morais, 
 
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100 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 DANIEL GANS 
 Board of Officers, 1S6.5— 1867 
 
 giving an account of its rise, organization, progress and work. 
 The dedication took place on Noveml^er, 27, 1891, — the 
 day set apart by the President of the 
 United States as a day of Thanks- 
 giving. The President, Moses A. 
 Dropsie, Esq., delivered an address, 
 in which he outlined the work of 
 tlie Society and the great good about 
 to be accomplished. Dr. Morals 
 offered the dedicatory prayer ; music 
 was furnished by the orchestra of 
 the Young Men's Hebrew Associa- 
 tion : a choir of children sang the 
 concluding hymn, " My Country, 
 'tis of thee," The services were 
 brief and impressive. 
 
 A full report of the proceedings on these interesting 
 occasions is quoted from the Report of the 44th Annual 
 Meeting, held March 13, 1892. 
 
 At the hist Annual Meeting of tlie Society tlie members were in- 
 formed that a plot of ground, 77 feet 
 on Carpenter Street, Tenth Street 87.1 i 
 feet and Paschal Street, 89.7 feet, 
 had been purchased at the southwest cor- 
 ner of Tenth and Carpenter Streets 
 for the sum of $12,000. In March of 
 last year, a contract was made with 
 Philip H. Somerset to erect the building 
 according to plans and specifications 
 furnished by William H. Decker, archi- 
 tect, for the sum of $30,400; and with 
 the Ouderdonk Steam-heating and Ven- 
 tilating Company to heat the building for 
 the sum of $4,637. The co.«5t of erect- 
 ing the building, including the architect's 
 charges, was 
 dry charges $700, making a total of $48,949.92. 
 
 D.WID TELLER 
 
 Board of Officers, 1867—1868 
 
 ,249.92, the cost of the ground was $12,000, and sun- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 101 
 
 CORNER-STONE. 
 
 Oa Tuesday afternoon, September 22d, 1891, the President de- 
 posited a copper box in the corner-stone. 
 
 The following documents were contained therein : 
 
 Rev. Isaac Leeser's address on the opening of the Society's first 
 school April 1, 1851, presented by Mrs. Judith Solis Cohen. 
 
 Reports of the Hebrew Education Society and Young Women's 
 Union, Charter and By-Laws, also a history of the Society, written in 
 Hebrew, by the Rev. Dr. Sabato Morals, giving an account of its 
 origin, progress and work, together with a list of names composing the 
 present Board of Officers. 
 
 Reports of Jewish Hospital Association, including the ceremonies 
 at laying the corner-stone of the Hospital, the corner-stone of the New 
 Home and the dedication of the New Home. 
 
 Report of the Jewish Foster Home and Asylum, also Constitution 
 and By-Laws. 
 
 Report of the United Hebrew Charities, 1891, 
 
 Report of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Hebrew Sunday-school 
 Society, Programme of the Fifty-third Anniversary, Constitution and 
 By-Laws, 1858 and 1891. 
 
 List of patrons and members Young Men's Hebrew Association, 
 prospectus for 1890-91. Constitution and By-Laws. 
 
 Report of the Committee of Arrangements for the corner-stone of 
 the Synagogue of the Congregation Mikve Israel, 1859, Charter and 
 Constitution and By-Laws, 1824 and 1884. List of present members. 
 
 Constitution and By-Laws Congregation Rodef Shalom, 1867. 
 
 List of the first officers and present officers and members of Con- 
 gregation Beth Israel. 
 
 Repoi't of Congregation Keneseth Israel, 1891. 
 
 The Jews in Philadelphia prior to 1800, by Hyman P. Rosen- 
 bach. 
 
 Statistics of the Jews of the United States, by Wm. B. Hacken- 
 burg, 1880. 
 
 Reports of Hebrew Immigrants' Aid Society, 1882 to 1(S91. 
 
 Prospectus of the Jewish Maternity Association and Seventh 
 Annual Report of the Society Esrath Nashim. 
 
 Reports of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1888 and 1890. 
 
 Report of Grand Lodge Kesher Shel Barzel, 1891. 
 
 Report of the Jewish Publication Society and an account of the 
 persecution of the Jews in Russia, published by the Society. 
 
102 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Report of Orphans' Guardian Society, 1891. 
 
 List of names of officers of the Female Hebrew Benevolent 
 Society. 
 
 Reports of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. 
 
 Discourse delivered in the Synagogue Rodef Shalom, Novem- 
 ber 24, 1864, panegyric of the Rev Isaac Leeser, and a sketch of the 
 Alliance Israelite Universelle, by Moses A. Dropsie, Esq. 
 
 Oration delivered by David Solis Cohen, on the centennial anni- 
 versary birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore, at Portland, Or. 
 
 The Dagatouus, by Henry S. Morals. 
 
 The Occident, January, 1869, containing an article on the 
 Talmud, by Emanuel Deutsch. 
 
 Inaugural report and plan of action of Jewish Alliance of 
 America. 
 
 Catalogue of the Leeser Libi'ary, and a report of the Oriental 
 Antiquities in the United States National Museum, by Dr. Cyrus 
 Adler. 
 
 Memorial of Isidor Biiiswauger, a former President of the Society. 
 
 Report of the first and second annual charity dinner in Phila- 
 delphia, 1853 and 1854. 
 
 Ten copies of the PuhVic Ledger, containing the History of the 
 Jews of Philadelphia, by Henry S. Morals. 
 
 Daily Papers. 
 
 Jewish weekly papers, Jewish Exponent, American Hebrew, Jew- 
 ish Messenger and American Israelite. 
 
 List of names of subscribers to the Building Fund. 
 
 DEDICATION. 
 
 The dedication of the building took place on Thursday afternoon, 
 November 27th (Thanksgiving Day) 1891. The exercises commenced 
 with the Priest's March, from Mendelssohn's "Athalie," performed 
 by the orchestra of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, directed by 
 Mr. Marcus Lewin. A hymn in Hebrew was sung by the children of 
 the Sunday-school, directed by Mr. Samuel Jacobs, with Mr. Bowers 
 as organist. Next followed an address by the President, Moses A. 
 Dropsie, Esq., who was followed by Rev. Dr. S. Morals, with the 
 Dedicatory Prayer. The Children's Choir then sang "My Country, 
 'tis of thee," which concluded the exercises. The thanks of the 
 Society are due to all who so kindly assisting, made the occasion such 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 103 
 
 a pleasant ami successful one. The Reception Committee consisted of 
 the following gentlemen : 
 
 Clinton O. Mayer, Chairman, Samuel Jacobs, 
 
 Oscar B. Teller, Adolpii Eiciiholz, 
 
 David W. Amram, David Kirschbaum, 
 
 William B. Rosskam, Max Herzberg, 
 
 Walter S. Gans, David Mandel, Jr., 
 
 Frank Bachman, Ephraim I^p:derer, 
 
 Arthur S. Arnold, Bernard Harris. 
 
 FIRST session HELD. 
 
 The first school session was held in the building on Monday, 
 December 14th, up to which time the work had been carried on at 
 322 Bainbridge Street ; this building has since been sub-let to the 
 Hebrew Literature Society, an organizatian consisting entirely of 
 Russians, and has been in existence for the last seven years, which 
 continues that part of our labors formerly carried on by the Young 
 Men's Hebrew Association, the latter taking charge of the Reading 
 room. Library, Lectures and Entertainments in the new building. 
 
 how the BUILDING IS BEING OCCUPIED. 
 
 The building is occupied by the Sunday-school (with 650 pupils), 
 and Sewing-school (with 285 pupils), of the Hebrew Sunday-school 
 Society. 
 
 The Agent of the Immigration Society. 
 
 The Auxiliary Charities having in charge the dispensing of the 
 Baron de Hirsch Trust and Employment Bureau. 
 
 Hebrew School. 
 
 Night School, English branches. 
 
 Tin-smithing School. 
 
 Dress-making School. 
 
 Carpentry School. 
 
 The dimensions of the bathing-pool are 14 x 38.6 feet, with a 
 depth ranging from 4 to 5 feet. 
 
 subscriptions to THE BUILDING. 
 
 The amount subscribed to the Building Fund to date, $30,364 00 
 
 Of this amount $1,815.81 was received from the 
 Hebrew Sunday-school Society. 
 The subscriptions to the Furniture Fund amounted to 2,660 00 
 
 Making a total, .$33,024 00 
 
104 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 THEODORE MINDEL 
 Board of Officers, 1868—1874 
 
 The officers of tlie Hebrew Education Societ}^ during the 
 eventful year in which was consummated the fond desires of 
 
 many of its former workers, were 
 Moses A. Dropsie, president; Isaac 
 Rosskam, vice-president ; Gabriel 
 Blum, treasurer, and David Sulz- 
 berger, honorary secretary. 
 
 The first school session in the 
 new building was held on Monday, 
 December 14, 1891, and from this 
 date the work of the Society has 
 gone on with a full measure of 
 successs. A year after the opening 
 of Touro Hall, 1345 pupils had been 
 admitted into the Hebrew course, 
 919 in the course in English and 
 164 in the cigar-making department. A night school was 
 established in order to accom- 
 modate those who were unable 
 to attend during the Any. The 
 financial condition of the So- 
 ciety was fairly prosperous, 
 and the membership roll was 
 increased. 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips, whose 
 demise took place on February 
 2, 1891, and who had been for 
 many years interested in the 
 success of the Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Societ}^ bequeathed to it 
 the sum of fifteen thousand 
 dollars. A bronze tablet erect- 
 ed in her memory was placed 
 in the main hall. 
 
 It bears this inscription : 
 " In memory of Miss Ellen ^iss ellen phillips 
 
 Phillips, a kind friend and generous benefactor of the Society 
 

 JSCAR S.STRAUS 
 TRUSTEES OF BARON DE HIRSCH FUND. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 107 
 
 DAVID AARON 
 Board of Officers, 1871—1876 
 
 Her unstinted and unsectarian charity and long continued 
 labor in the religious education of youth, add her name to 
 the distinguished roll of the women 
 of Israel who have enobled humanity." 
 
 THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARIES. 
 
 The industrial and general educa- 
 tion which the Society is disseminat- 
 ing among the Russian refugees settled 
 in this city and in which special direc- 
 tion over five thousand dollars of its 
 income is expended, has been furthered 
 since September, 1892, by the allot- 
 ment of twenty-four hundred dollars 
 per annum accorded to this Society 
 from the Baron de Hirsh Fund. 
 
 Thus the Hebrew Education So- 
 ciety has become the local agency for the educational worlc 
 of the great charity organized in this country for the benefit 
 of the Russian and Roumanian Jews, 
 by the late Baron Maurice de Hirscli. 
 Tliis foundation was established 
 by a special deed of trust, executed 
 March 1, 1890, and was committed 
 to a Board of Trustees, with head- 
 cjuarters in New York. 
 
 The original committee was com- 
 posed as follows : Hon. Mayer S. 
 Isaacs, President; Jacob H. Schiff, 
 Vice-President; Dr. Julius Goldman, 
 Secretary ; Emanuel Lehman, Treas- 
 urer; Hon. Oscar S. Straus, Jesse 
 Seligman, Henry Rice and James H. 
 Hoffman of New York, and Hon. 
 Mayer Sulzberger and Wm. B. Hackeiiburg of Philadelphia ; 
 Hon. A. S. Solomon, General Agent of the Foundation. 
 
 The Hon. Oscar S. Straus and Dr. Goldman have resigned 
 
 HERMAN VAN BEIL 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Board of Officers, 1848—1849 
 
108 
 
 HEBREW ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 from the Committee, and Jesse Seligman died. Mr. Abraiiam 
 Abraham has since been added to the Board, 
 
 The capital amounts to two million and five hundred 
 thousand dollars, and the income therefrom is about one 
 
 hundred thou- 
 sand dollars 
 per annum ; 
 sixty per cent, 
 of this is in- 
 tended for ed- 
 ucational pur- 
 poses, and 
 from this 
 source is the 
 annual contri- 
 b u t i n of 
 twenty- four 
 hundred dol- 
 lars to the 
 Hebrew Edu- 
 cation Society 
 obtained. 
 
 The Com- 
 mittee have es- 
 tablished Eng 
 lish schools 
 and T r a d e 
 Schools in 
 New York, 
 
 and an Agricultural and Industrial School at Woodbine, 
 New Jersey. The forty per cent, is used to assist industrial 
 immigrants by furnishing them with tools, and if necessary 
 with loans, upon farms they have themselves acquired and 
 demonstrated their ability to work to advantage, etc. The 
 Philadelphia office is conducted by the Auxiliary Branch of 
 the United Hebrew Charities (in Touro Hall.) 
 
 SIMON EbFBLT. 
 
 Charter Member 
 
 Vice Pi'esident, 1848 
 
 Board of Officers, 1818—1850. 
 
BARON MAURICE DE HIRSCH, 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 The Trust co-operates with existing philanthropic insti- 
 tutions in various places. 
 
 Mrs. ROSANNA OSTERMAN 
 
 Baron Maurice de Hirsch died in 
 Paris in May, 1896, and the deplor- 
 able event was made the occasion of 
 a special meeting of the Board of 
 Officers, at which the following reso- 
 lution was adopted : 
 
 " In solemn resignation to the 
 Divine will, this Society mourns the 
 death of Baron Maurice de Hirsch as 
 that of the noblest philanthropist of 
 modern times and as that of a man 
 who has afforded, not only to Israel, 
 but to all mankind, one of the most 
 signal examples of devotion to his suf- 
 fering brethren that history has recorded. 
 
 " As almoners of a part of the world-wide benefactions 
 which Baron de Hirsch had instituted during his lifetime, 
 the Hebrew Education Societ}' of 
 Philadelphia has special occasion to 
 testify to the grandeur of his under- 
 taking for the benefit of his suffering 
 co-religionists in this land of their 
 refuge as well as in the lands of their 
 oppression. Here, as elsewhere in 
 the broad expanse of Baron de 
 Hirsch's charity, the foundation of 
 his beneficence has been laid by 
 him on the grand work of education 
 and enlightenment, and these great 
 factors of moral and material well- 
 being he has strengthened by a far- 
 seeing provision for the permanent 
 elevation of the suffering victims of oppression through aiding 
 them to self-maintenance. Thus founded the charity which 
 
 ABRAHAM SUSSMAN 
 
112 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 he has extended to the multitude of his beneficiaries, has be- 
 come an unmixed good, and thereby his vast munificence has 
 been made a blessing to tliem and to 
 their posterity. 
 
 "The generous bounty and far- 
 reacliing benevolence of Baron Maurice 
 de Ilirsch will find in the elevation 
 and future development of the Russian 
 Jews in America, both in the Northern 
 and Southern continents, a living mon- 
 ument that is destined to be as lasting 
 as the history of civilization." 
 
 (Signed) Isaac Rosskam, 
 D. SuLZBERGEii, President. 
 
 xMrs.minnik k. ARNOLD Secretary. 
 
 Board of Officers, 1890—1891 
 
 An engrossed copy of the above, suitably bound in the 
 form of a volume, was forwarded to the widowed Baroness De 
 Hirsch, its receipt eliciting the following acknowledgements: 
 
 2 Kue (le I'Elysee, 
 Paris, July 30, 1896. 
 The Secretary to tlie Hebrew Edneation 
 Society in PJiUadelpJiia : 
 
 Dear Sir, — I am greatly obliged to 
 you for forwarding me the resolutious of 
 your Board, and beg of you to convey to 
 the members of the Board my heartfelt ap- 
 preciation of their thoughtful kindness. 
 Yours truly, 
 Baroness de Hirsch-Gereuth. 
 
 2 Ruede I'Elysee, 
 Paris, August 7, 1896. 
 To tlie Board of Officers oftJie Hebrew Ed- 
 ucation Society in Philadelphia : 
 
 Gentlemen, — I am in possession of the minute adopted in the 
 meeting of your Board on the 10th of IMay last to take action on the 
 death of the late Baron Maurice de Hirsch, which you forwarded to 
 
 morris c. lighten 
 
 Board of Officers, 1882—1884 
 
BARONESS CLARA DE HIRSCH-GEREUTH. 
 
HEBREW ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 115 
 
 me in so handsome and tasteful a form. I was deeply touched by the 
 feelings of thankfulness and admiration set forth therein towards my 
 regretted husband, and I wish to thank you and to express my heart- 
 felt appreciation of this token of thoughtful kindness on your part. 
 
 Yours very truly, Baroness de Hirsch-Gereuth/'' 
 
 The erec- 
 tion of Toiiro 
 Hall, and its 
 complete and 
 thorough equip- 
 ment for its 
 great educa- 
 tional purpose, 
 natural! y re- 
 sulted in soon 
 making the es- 
 tablishment a 
 ceiitre of intel- 
 lectual activity. 
 This develop- 
 ment has man- 
 ifested itself in 
 many different 
 ways, such as 
 the formation, 
 tentatively it is 
 true, of a class 
 in higher He- 
 brew as in a 
 measure prepar- 
 atory for the 
 
 courses of the newly founded Gratz College, and the arrange- 
 ment and delivery of a series of University Extension Lec- 
 tures. The condition of this movement cannot better be in- 
 dicated than by a citation of the letter from the Secretary of 
 
 *Reference to the death of the Baroness de Hirsch will be found 
 included iu the appended Fifty-first Annual Report, March, 1899. 
 
 ISIDORE COONS 
 
 Board of Officers, llSSo— 1886 
 
 Vice-President, 1886—1891 
 
116 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Mrs. HORACE A. NATHANS 
 Board of Offlcers, 1890 
 
 the University Extension Society, as communicated to the 
 Secretary of the Education Society and which we quote in 
 
 full, as follows : 
 
 Philadelphia, February 9, 1894. 
 My Dear Sir : 
 
 I beg to report that the six lecture 
 courses on Civics, arranged originally be- 
 tween Mr. Walter Vrooman and myself, on 
 behalf of the Society, was delivered at Touro 
 Hall on the following dates : September 28, 
 October 5, 12, 17, 24 and 31. Permission 
 to use the hall was very kindly given by the 
 Hebrew Education Society, through yourself. 
 It was originally expected that there would 
 be in attendance a large number of those not 
 in any way connected with the school held 
 under the auspices of the Hebrew Education Society, and Mr. Vroo- 
 man expressed great confidence in his ability to secure an audience that 
 would entirely fill the lecture room placed by the Society at our dis- 
 posal. His expectations in this respect were not realized, so that 
 the course was really given to the older students of your own evening 
 school. This of itself, however, made an 
 excellent audience and one that was no 
 doubt better prepared for the instruction 
 given than a more general audience would 
 have been. 
 
 I have to report the closest attention 
 to the lectures, and a wide-awake intelli- 
 gent interest in the subjects discussed. 
 Several students passed the examination 
 successfully. The conditions of issuing 
 certificates were that an essay should be 
 written at some time while the course was 
 in progress, on some one of the subjects 
 assigned, these conditions having been 
 several times clearly stated to the students. 
 
 The names of those who received certificates are INIorris Joseph- 
 son, Joseph I. Komarovski, Julius H. Komarovski and Joseph Katz. 
 In conclusion allow me to say that the conditions at Touro Hall 
 
 pnn.ip LEWiN 
 
 Board of Officers, 188G— 1894 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 117 
 
 seem excellent for University Extension work, and that it is my strong 
 conviction that if a canvass were properly made, in the ordinary 
 
 University Extension manner, an audience 
 could be found that would fill the lecture 
 room. The limited attendance to which 
 reference is made above, probably resulted 
 from an attempt to bring the audience too 
 great a distance, and from a lack of famili- 
 arity with University Extension methods. 
 Trusting that you will command my ser- 
 vices whenever I can be of any assistance, 
 1 am 
 
 Very cordially yours, 
 
 Edavard T. Devine, 
 
 Lecturer. 
 To Mr. David Sulzberger. 
 Mrs. flokexce k. liveuight 
 
 Board of Officers. 1892— 1WJ3 
 
 ^"'*' In the following Fall season an- 
 
 other University Extension course was organized and six 
 lectures were delivered, beginning in November, 1894, and 
 ending in January, 1895. Regarding this course, it is cited 
 in the Annual Report for 1895, 
 that "the lecturer, Mr. Cheesman A. 
 Herrick, was enabled by his distinct 
 and clear enunciation to hold the at- 
 tention of his audience. The 'talk' 
 at the close of the lecture was invari- 
 ably instructive and interesting. 
 
 The subject, American History, 
 was comprised under the following- 
 heads : 
 
 I. Discovery and Early Settle- 
 ment of America. 
 
 II. Colonial History. 
 
 III. Revolutionary War. 
 
 IV. The Constitution. 
 
 V. National Development. 
 
 VI. Our Great Civil War. 
 In an article which appeared in the University Extension 
 
 HENRY GERSTLEY 
 Board of Officers, ISSU— 1891 
 
118 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION S0CIE2 Y. 
 
 Mrs. H. S. LOUCHHEIM 
 Board of Officers, 1893 ■ 
 
 Journal, August, 1894, written by Frank S. Edmonds, he 
 shows in a table of statistics that there were thirty-two 
 
 classes in the University Extension 
 of Philadelphia, with a total atten- 
 dance of 2095 ; certificates granted, 
 46 ; of these ten were given to those 
 who attended the lectures at the He- 
 brew Literature Society, 322 Bain- 
 bridge street, and four to those who 
 attended at Touro Hall." 
 
 The outcome of this enterprise is 
 briefly stated in the President's Re- 
 port, at the annual meeting on March 
 8, 1896, from which it appears that 
 "the question of University Exten- 
 sion was considered by the Board of 
 Officers, and was debated at considerable length. It 
 was, however, eventually decided that while the lectures 
 had been measurably successful and advantageous, it neces- 
 sarily shortened the hours of instruction in the entire school, 
 while but a small j^ortion of the 
 pupils understood the lecturer or 
 were benefited thereby; furthermore, 
 it was stated that Ei)hraim Lederer, 
 Escj., intended continuing his lec- 
 tures on the Constitution as here- 
 tofore, all of which would take away 
 too much time from the regular 
 course of instruction, more especi- 
 ally since the Young Men's Hebrew 
 Association lias furnished a series of 
 entertainments and a course of lec- 
 tures during tire entire winter of 
 1895 and the spring of 1896." 
 
 Two other courses of lectures 
 were delivered, the one on the "Victorian Poets," and the 
 other on the " English Novelists." 
 
 .SOL. L. HAAS 
 
 Treasurer, 18.S8 
 
 Board of Officers, 1889—1890 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 119 
 
 Those oil the " Victorian Poets " were delivered by Dr. 
 Frederick H. Sykes, on October 28, November 4 and 11, 
 
 1897 ; the subjects were Alfred Tenny- 
 son, Alfred Austin and Rudyard Kip- 
 ling. The average attendance, 156. 
 
 The " English Novelists " series 
 was delivered by Mr. Clyde Furst, on 
 January 27, February 3, 10 and 17, 
 
 1898 ; the subjects being Sir Walter 
 Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray 
 and Charles Dickens, with an average 
 attendance of 149. 
 
 Mrs. EVA COONS 
 Board of Officers, 1S93— 
 
 In 1895, on the occasion of the 
 high holiday season, a free synagogue 
 for the benefit of the large Jewish pop- 
 ulation in the district around Touro Hall, was inaugurated 
 in that building. This assembly has been continued during 
 the holidays since its first organization, the arrangements 
 being now under the direct control of the Society. 
 
 These free services have proven attractive to the wor- 
 shippers and generally satisfactory. 
 The excellent personnel of the congre- 
 gations which assemble, the notable 
 dignity and decorum of the service 
 and the general circumstances attend- 
 ing the occasions, all point to the great 
 desirability of establishing these free 
 services on a permanent basis. 
 
 The educational value, the elevat- 
 ing influence and the far-reaching sig- 
 nificance of such services, properly es- 
 tablished and controlled, cannot but 
 be apparent to those who are con- 
 versant with the existing condi- 
 tions among our Russo-Jewish brethern in the southern 
 section of the citv. 
 
 ANDREW KAAS 
 
 Board of Officers 1892— 
 
120 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 At the meeting of the Board, held April 19, 18^9, the 
 Secretary reported the following correspondence between him- 
 self and Rev. Dr. H. Morals. 
 
 Philadelphia, April 18, 1889. 
 Rev. Dr. S. Morais, 
 
 President Theological Seminary. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 It was brought to the notice of the Board of Officers of 
 the Hebrew Education Society that a number of Hebrew 
 books donated to the Society some time ago were in a bad 
 condition and would cost considerable to put into such shape 
 as to make them available. On motion the Secretary was re- 
 quested to make the best possible disposition of them. Be- 
 ing a legacy, the books cannot be given away, but by the 
 authority conferred on me by the resolution I have deter- 
 mined to have them bound at my own expense and loan 
 them to the Theological Seminary, until such time as the 
 Board of Officers or the Society may desire that they be 
 returned. 
 
 To which the following reply was received: 
 David Sulzberger, Esq., 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 In the name of the Jewish Theological Seminary Asso- 
 ciation I thank you for having had the Hebrew books, to 
 which you have reference, bound at your own expense, and 
 through you I beg to thank the officers of the Hebrew Edu- 
 cation Society for their offer to let the pupils of said institu- 
 tion have the use thereof for an indeterminate time. 
 
 April 19, 1889. Yours very respectfully, S. Morals. 
 
 Pursuant to the above the following books were sent to 
 the Theological Seminary of New York. 
 
 Talmud — Gittin, Chulin, Yebamoth, Rosh Ha Shanah, 
 Pesachim, Shabath, Berachoth, Baba Batra, Baba Kama, 
 Nidah, Erubin, Zebachim, Menachot, Synhedrin. 
 
 Shulchax Aruch — Eben Ha Ezer, Chosen Mishpot, Orach 
 Chayim. 
 
 Shaloth V. Tishuboth, Mate Dan, En Yaacob. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 121 
 
 The Technical School of the B'nai B'rith was removed 
 from its former location in Pine street, to Touro Hall in Jan- 
 uary, 1897, the Society having made 
 special provision for its accomodation. 
 A record of this proceeding is afforded 
 by the correspondence relating to it, 
 which is here appended : 
 
 Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 1896. 
 Benjamin Wolf, E^q., President pro tem. of 
 the Hebrew Edi(cafioii Sociefy : 
 
 At the stated meeting of the Governing 
 Committee of the B'nai B'rith Manual 
 Training School held last evening the fol- 
 lowing motion was adopted unanimously : 
 
 That the (joverning Committee of the 
 
 GEORGE WIENER ,, , ,„ . . r, , , i ^ a 13 1 
 
 Board of Officers, 1885-1890 Manual 1 raining School apply to the Board 
 
 of Directors of the Hebrew Education Society for space in its huild- 
 ing in which to pursue the work of the B'nai B'rith Manual Training 
 School and that a committee of three he appointed to confer with a 
 similar committee of your Board of Directors to perfect the necessary 
 arrangements. 
 
 The committee appointed by the Gov- 
 erning Committee of the Manual Training 
 School are Brothers H. S. Friedman, 
 Charles Hoffman and Jacob Singer. 
 Kindly inform me of your action. 
 Submitting this for your kind consider- 
 ation, by order of tlie Governing Commit- 
 tee of the U. T. S. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 M. K. Cohen, Secrefanj, 
 
 2123 Camac Place. 
 
 SIMON FLEISHER 
 Board of Officers, 1887—1893 
 
 To this the following reply was 
 forwarded ; 
 
 Philadelphia, Dec, 15, 1896. 
 To the Committee of the Manual Training Sshool of the Independent 
 Order of B'nai B'rith : 
 Gentlemen, — Your commuuicatioa in regard to your school 
 
122 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 was considered at a stated meeting of the Board of Officers of the He- 
 brew Education Society, held on Sunday last, the loth inst., when a 
 resolution was adopted authorizing the Industrial and Hull Commit- 
 tees to grant the use of such rooms in Touro Hall as may he required 
 for your classes. 
 
 The committees are desirous of aiding in furthering the work 
 which, up to the 
 present time, has 
 been so ably con- 
 ducted by you and 
 assure you of their 
 cheerful co-operation 
 and shall be pleased 
 to meet you either 
 this evening, to-mor- 
 row evenirig or 
 Thursday evening to 
 arrange the neces- 
 sary details, I am. 
 Most respectfully 
 yours, 
 
 D. SULZBERfiER, 
 
 Chairmiin Hall Com. 
 
 On Februai-y 
 3, 1897, the Gov- 
 erning Committee 
 of the B'nai B'rith 
 Manual Training 
 School li el d a 
 meeting in Touro 
 Hall, and directed 
 
 GABRIEIi BLUM 
 Treasurer, 1891 
 
 to the Board of Officers the foUowino- communication 
 
 Philadelphia, February 10, 1897. 
 David Snhbergey, Secretari/ Hebrew Education Society : 
 
 Dear Sir : — At the last meeting of tiie Governing Committee of 
 the B'nai B'rith Manual Training School, held on February 3, 1897, 
 I was requested to say to you that in accordance with the arrange- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 123 
 
 ments made between the committee of your Board of Directors and a 
 like number of our Governing Committee, the kind offer you extended 
 
 to us in granting sufficient room in your 
 building for our Manual Training School 
 has been accepted, and we are now occu- 
 pying the space alloted to us. 
 
 The thanks of the Governing Com- 
 mittee of the B'nai B'rith Manual Train- 
 ing School is hereby tendered to the He- 
 brew Education Society, which, through 
 . the Board of Directors, is ever ready to 
 
 ^^tk ^^ W^^^^ promote the interest of education among 
 
 ll^^^^^^^^^^^HlJli Israelites. Your aid and assistance 
 
 ■HJ^Hb^ ^^^^^^P otherwise extended to our cause is also 
 
 f^HJH mKMftIm accepted and will be gratefully remem- 
 
 bered by us. 
 
 MAYER GANS Trusting that harmony of action 
 
 may always exist between us, and that 
 our joint efforts may be cj-owned with the best results, 
 
 I remain very truly yours, 
 
 M. K. Cohen, 
 Secretary Governing Committee, E nal B'rith M. T. S. 
 
 At the meeting of the Board of 
 Officers, held November 14, 1897, a 
 communication was received from 
 Moses A. Dropsie, President of the 
 Board of Trustees of Gratz College, 
 asking for rooms in Touro Hall for 
 the purpose of the College. Three 
 rooms were prepared and the free 
 use of them granted for the classes 
 which were instructed by Mess. 
 Speaker, Dembitz and Husik. The 
 College was opened on January 3, 
 1898, the classes instructed by Mess. 
 Dembitz and Husik were opened Jan- 
 uary 6. Instruction in Mr. Speaker's class did not begin 
 until January 25. 
 
 DAVID HCJFFMAN 
 
124 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 DR. MORRIS JASTROW, JR 
 Board of Officers, 1801— 1S!I2 
 
 111 reviewing the fift}^ years' work of the Society as 
 recorded in the preceding pages, one important feature of 
 
 its history may well be dwelt upon. 
 While constantly keeping in 
 view the prime object of the Hebrew 
 Education Society's existence, which 
 is suliiciently indicated in its title, 
 the steadfast policy pursued by the 
 organization during the past twenty 
 years of its activity has been that of 
 keeping its work rigorously within 
 the limits imposed by the means 
 available for the purpose. In this 
 period the Society has constantly 
 aimed to widen its scope and to meet 
 the increasing requirements of its 
 work to the fullest possible extent, but always with such 
 conservation of its forces as would give security to its founda- 
 tion and permanence to its future. 
 
 The decline of the Society's influence and efficiency 
 which developed in the third decade 
 of its existence, and which reached 
 its lowest stage about 1878, was defi- 
 nitely brought about by a neglect of 
 these prime considerations, as is 
 clearly manifest from the various re- 
 ports of its officers, who sought, as 
 it appears from these reports, to make 
 the Society's school to ''excel all 
 others." Laudable as was such ambi- 
 tion, it was undoubtedly ill-advised, 
 as is evidenced by the fact that the 
 entire legacy of Judah Touro, amount- 
 ing to twenty thousand dollars, in- 
 stead of being set aside as a source of income, was spent 
 upon the current work and its value as a foundation 
 thus completely destroyed. It is not to be said that the fund 
 
 EDWARD WOLF. 
 Board of Officers, iSiU- 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 125 
 
 Mrs. matilda H. COHEN 
 
 was wasted, inasmuch as no. little good was accomplished by 
 its use, but the policy thus indicated may justly be 
 considered as more than questionable. 
 Tliis policy has since been reversed, 
 and the By-Laws of the Society have 
 l)een carefully framed to the end that 
 every legacy be made a permanent 
 fund, and that only its income may be 
 currently used. 
 
 With tbe beginning of the present 
 decade, the Society entered a period 
 of comparative and increasing pros- 
 perity. In 1891 new classes of mem- 
 bership were organized, including that 
 of regular members paying five dollars 
 per animm , patrons contributing 
 twenty-five dollars and friends one hundred dollars annually, 
 and in ]<S94 the fee for life membership was increased from 
 one hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars. 
 
 In 1879 the report of the Treasurer showed the whole 
 income from membership dues to be 
 $435.00, and from the Permanent 
 Fund (the $2500 estate of Daniel 
 Gans), $150.00 a total of $585.00. 
 
 In 1898 the report of the Treas- 
 urer shows an income from the like 
 sources of a total of $5425.82, a ten- 
 fold increase of resources, enabling a 
 naturally corresponding increase of 
 the Society's activity. 
 
 During a period of twenty-seven 
 years, namely from 1851 to 1X78, tlio 
 school of the Society was conducted 
 on the plan of a seminary, giving a 
 general education to its pupils. In the latter year it was 
 found necessary to abandon this undertaking, and the 
 work of the Society was then restricted to the single direc- 
 
 HEZEKIAH ARNOLD 
 Executor Estate Isaac Leeser 
 
126 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 tion of instruction in Hebrew. In 1891, however, the 
 Society found itself enabled to extend its efforts in the 
 
 direction of industrial education, 
 and several trade schools, as well as 
 an English night school, were then 
 instituted. These schools have since 
 been continued and enlarged, and 
 most excellent results have been ac- 
 complished in both directions.. 
 
 The industrial schools have at- 
 tracted a gratifying number of pupils, 
 many of whom have acquired a de- 
 gree of proficiency in their respective 
 callings sufficient to enable them to 
 thereby earn a living. 
 Mrs. bertha gans gi^^ce 1869 the Society has re- 
 
 ceived an annual donation of varying amount from the 
 Charity Ball Fund, and since 1892, a stipend of two hun- 
 dred dollars per month from the American Baron de 
 Hirsch Fund. These contributions, supplementing the in- 
 come of the Society from its mem- 
 bers, patrons and friends and from its 
 Permanent Fund, have enabled the 
 Societ}^ to develop its work to a 
 degree not otherwise possible. 
 
 The far-reaching importance of 
 the Society's work can be fully a})- 
 preciated only by those who have 
 personally visited the various schools 
 while in session, and thus realized 
 that the beneficent work of the He- 
 brew Education Society accrues to 
 the benefit, not merely of its pupils, 
 but ultimately to the community 
 of which they form a part. 
 
 LEOPOLD FURTH 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. V21 
 
 LEGACIES. 
 
 In the following list of tlie Permanent Fund of the So- 
 ciety, it will be found that some of the legacies became opera- 
 tive some time after the death of the testators; that of 
 Mayer Arnold was a contingent bequest, and though he died 
 in 1868, it was not until 1883 that the legacy was paid. 
 
 The Sussman legacy was held at Bellefonte for some 
 time, the deceased having willed five hundred dollars for a 
 Hebrew school at that place, but in the event of none being 
 established, the bequest should be paid to the Hebrew Edu- 
 cation Society of Philadelphia. 
 
 The first payment of interest on this legacy was re- 
 ported at the meeting of the Board of Officers, held .June 
 6, 1886. 
 
 The Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company was 
 custodian of the fund until 1895. At a meeting of the Board 
 of Officers, held on December 8th of that year, it was reported 
 that the legacy of Abraham Sussman had been paid over to 
 the Society by the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com- 
 pany, pursuant to an order of the Orphan's Court of Centre 
 County at Bellefonte, at a session of the Court held November 
 25, 1895. 
 
 The legacy of |2500 from Daniel Gans was in the hands 
 of his executors, Messrs. Mayer and Aaron Gans, for a period 
 of twenty years. In 1889 Mr. Aaron Gans, the surviving 
 executor, applied to the Orphan's Court to be relieved of the 
 trust, which a})plication was granted ; the President became 
 the trustee ex-offido, with the Society itself as the surety. 
 
 The legacy of two hundred dollars from Isaac Leeser 
 only became operative six years after his death, at which 
 time a final settlement of the estate was made. 
 
 The amounts bequeathed by Solomon Soils ($200), 
 Rosanna Osterman ($1000), Isaac Leeser ($200) and .Jacob 
 Bamberger ($250), amounting to sixteen hundred and fifty 
 dollars, had been applied to the general purposes of the 
 Society; however, through the efforts of the Board of Officers, 
 
128 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 between the years 1889 and 1891, this amount was recovered 
 into the treasury of the Society. 
 
 The Touro legacy of twenty thousand dollars could not so 
 be recovered, but the Board of Officers on the erection of the 
 new building in 1891, at the southwest corner of Tenth and 
 Carpenter streets, named it Touro Hall. This edifice, when 
 completed, cost fifty-two thousand dollars. It is a worthy 
 monument of that great philanthropist. 
 
HEBRE W ED VGA TION SO CIET Y. 129 
 
 Permanent Fund. 
 
 The Permaneut Fund consists of the legacies to the Society since 1854, 
 Life Memberships and the money at interest for Special Prizes. 
 
 1854. Solomon Soils $ 200 00 
 
 1866. Rosanna Ostermau 1,000 00 
 
 1869. Daniel Gans 2,500 00 
 
 1874. Isaac Leeser 200 00 
 
 Jacob Bamberger ... 250 00 
 
 1882. Abraham Adler 300 00 
 
 1883. Mayer Arnold 100 00 
 
 1886. Mayer Gans 500 00 
 
 Abraham Sussman 500 00 
 
 1887. Rachel Whitzstein (Industrial Fund) ... 200 00 
 Rev. J. Frankel 25 00 
 
 1891. Bertha Gans 250 00 
 
 1892. Ellen Phillips 15,000 00 
 
 1894. Leopold Furth 50 00 
 
 David Hottman 500 00 
 
 1896. Solomon Gans 500 00 
 
 1897. Morris Sickles 100 00 
 
 Simon Fleisher 1,000 00 
 
 Joseph Rosenbaum 500 00 
 
 1898. Lucieu Moss 100 00 
 
 1899. Aaron Lichten 250 00 
 
 Henry Gerstley 1,000 00 
 
 Theresa Loeb 400 00 
 
 Lena Max 100 00 
 
 Prize Fund, Industrial School: 
 
 Sidney Trieste Memorial for Children .... 100 00 
 
 Sidney Trieste Memorial for Adults 300 00 
 
 Prize Fund, Industrial School for Girls: 
 
 Matilda H. Cohen Memorial 100 00 
 
 Prize Fund, Night School: 
 
 Isidore Coons Memorial 100 00 
 
 Prize Fund, Kindergarten: 
 
 Morton M. Newburger Memorial - . 100 00 
 
 Prize Fund, Arithmetic and Comjiosition: 
 
 Aaron Lichten 1,000 00 
 
 Life Membership Fund 500 00 
 
 27,725 00 
 
Names of Officers since the Organiza- 
 tion of the Society, 
 1848-1898. 
 
 Presidents. 
 
 1848 S. SoLis,* 
 1854 A. S. Wolf, 
 1862 M. A. Dropsie, 
 
 1870 I. BlNSWANGER, 
 
 1878 A. Abler,* 
 
 1880 Isaac Rosskam, 
 1889 M. A. Dropsie, 
 1892 Mover Fleisher, 
 1895 Isaac Rosskam, 
 1898 Benjamin Wolf. 
 
 Vice-Presidents. 
 
 1848 Simon Elfelt, 
 
 1849 A. S. Wolf, 
 1854 Rev. I. Leeser, 
 
 1861 M. A. Dropsie, 
 
 1862 A. T. Jones, 
 1867 Rev. M. Jastrow, 
 1874 A. Adler, 
 
 1848 Abraham Hart, 
 
 1875 S. MuHR, 
 
 1876 S. B. Fleisher, 
 
 1848 L. M. Klosser, 
 Z. A. Davis, 
 M. A, Dropsie, 
 
 1849 A. I. H. Bernal, 
 Rev. I. Leeser, 
 
 1850 A. T. Jones, 
 1854 M. M. Allen, 
 1857 J. M. Emanuel, 
 
 1878 Isaac Rosskam, 
 
 1880 Mayer Sulzberger, 
 
 1881 Isaac Saller, 
 1886 Isidore Coons, 
 1891 Isaac Rosskam, 
 1895 Benjamin Wolf, 
 1898 Ephraim Lederer. 
 
 Treasurers. 
 
 1883 
 1888 
 1891 
 
 Secretaries. 
 
 Sol. L. Haas, 
 Levi Mayer, 
 Gabriel Blum. 
 
 1863 L. M. Allen, 
 
 1863 A. M. Frechie, 
 
 1864 Edwin W. Arnold. 
 1866 Dr. J. SoLis Cohen, 
 1868 Aaron Lazarus, 
 1870 Samuel Hecht, 
 1874 A. Lichten, 
 
 1876 D. Sulzberger. 
 
 AssT. Secretaries. 
 
 1848 
 1849 
 1851 
 
 1868 
 
 S. M. Klosser. 
 D. Van Beil, 
 A. FiNzi, 
 Elis p. Levy, 
 
 1873 L. A. MiTCHELL,(protem) 
 
 1874 L. A. Mitchell, 
 1874 H. M. Rosenbaum, 
 1876 E. L. Rosenbaum, 
 
 1877 Louis Gerstley. 
 None chosen after ] 878. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 131 
 
 Board of Officers. 
 
 David Aaron, 
 
 S. Alexander, 
 
 Michael M. Allen, 
 
 David W. Amram, 
 
 S. Appel, 
 
 Edwin Arnold, 
 
 Mrs. Minnie K. Arnold, 
 
 Mayer Arnold, 
 
 Simon W. Arnold, 
 
 Maurice Bamberger, 
 
 Dr. Aaron S. Bettelheim, 
 
 •Isidore Binswanger, 
 
 Charles Bloomingdale, 
 
 S. N. Carvalho, 
 
 Marcus Caufman, 
 
 Charles J. Cohen, 
 
 David S. Cohen, 
 
 Jacob Solis Cohen, 
 
 Lewis I. Cohen, 
 
 Myer D. Cohen, 
 
 Mrs. Eva Coons, 
 
 Isidore Coons, 
 
 Henry Dalsheimer, 
 
 Zadoc a. Davis, 
 
 H. De Boer, 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie, 
 
 Joseph Einstein, 
 
 Simon Elfelt, 
 
 Louis Eschner, 
 
 Mrs. Samuel Espen, 
 
 Joseph Fels, 
 
 Ben J. W. Fleisher, Jr., 
 
 Mover Fleisher, 
 
 Simon B. Fleisher, 
 
 Simon Fleisher, 
 
 Henry M. Frank, 
 
 A. M. Frechie, 
 
 H. Friedberger, 
 
 Daniel Gans, 
 
 Solomon Gans, 
 
 Henry Gerstley, 
 
 Louis Gerstley, 
 
 William Gerstley, 
 
 M. Goldman, 
 
 A. Goldsmith, 
 
 Mrs. Wm. B. Hackenburg, 
 
 Sol. L. Haas, 
 
 Abraham Hart, 
 
 Lazarus Hecht, 
 
 Joseph Heilbron, 
 
 Simon Heiter, 
 
 Mason Hirsh, 
 
 Isaac Hyneman, 
 
 Sam'l M. Hyneman, 
 
 Dr. Judah Isaacs, 
 
 Rev. George Jacobs, 
 
 Morris Jastrow, Jr., 
 
 C. Johnson, 
 
 Alfred T. Jones, 
 
 Andrew Kaas, 
 
 Morris Kohn, 
 
 Jacob Langsdorf, 
 
 L. J. Leberman, 
 
 Ephraim Lederer, 
 
 Rev. Isaac Leeser, 
 
 Louis E. Levy, 
 
 Philip Lewin, 
 
 Aaron Lighten, 
 
 Morris C. Lighten, 
 
 Moses H. Lighten, 
 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright, 
 
 Simon Liveright, 
 
 Jacob Loeb, 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Louchheim, 
 
 A. Mailert, 
 
 H. Mayer, 
 
 Jacob Mayer, 
 
 Lp:vi Mayer, 
 
 Jacob Miller, 
 
 Theodore Mindel, 
 
 Henry Mitchel, 
 
 M. A. Mitchell, 
 
 Rev. Sabato Morais, 
 
 LuciEN Moss, 
 
 Michael Mover, 
 
 Jacob Muhr, 
 
 Simon Muhr, 
 
 Joseph Newhouse, 
 
 Mrs. Horace A. Nathans, 
 
 Moses Nathans, 
 
 David Pesoa, 
 
 H. POLOCK, 
 
132 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 t. b. pottsdamer, 
 Isaac Rohskam, 
 Wm. B, Rosskam, 
 Ed. L. Rothschild, 
 Isaac Saller, 
 Joseph Schoeneman, 
 Mark Schwartz, 
 Joseph J. Snei>lenbur(;, 
 David H. Solis, 
 Julius Stern. 
 Samuel Sternberger, 
 Jacob Sulzberger, 
 
 Hon. Mayer Sulzberger, 
 David Teller, 
 Solomon Teller, 
 S. Thalheimer, 
 A. C. Van Beil, 
 H. Van Beil, 
 George Wiener, 
 Abm. 8. Wolf, 
 Benjamin Wolf, 
 Edward Wolf, 
 Elias Wolf, 
 Jacob Wolf. 
 
 Officers of the Young Women's Union 
 
 From 1886 to 1896. 
 
 Presidents. 
 
 1886 Miss Fanny BiNswANGER, 1893 Rosina Fels, 
 
 1896 Alice E. Jastrow. 
 
 Vice- Presidents. 
 
 1886 Mrs. Edw'd Goldstein, 
 
 1887 Miss Rosina Fels, 
 1893 Miss Alice E. Jastrow, 
 
 1894 Miss J. Friedberger, 
 
 1895 Miss Alice E. Jastrow, 
 
 1896 Miss Helen Fleisher. 
 
 Treasurers. 
 
 1886 Miss Amelia J. Allen, 1890 Miss Elvira N. Solis, 
 
 1887 Miss Teresa Fleisher, 1893 Miss Amelia Bissinger, 
 
 1895 Miss Julia Friedberger. 
 
 Recording Secretaries. 
 
 1886 Miss Clara Ostheim, 1892 Miss Carrie E. Amram, 
 
 1890 Miss Rosa Goldsmith, 1893 Miss Sarah Weil, 
 
 1895 Miss Leah Abeles. 
 
 Corresponding Secretaries. 
 
 1886 Miss M. Goldstein, 
 
 1887 Miss Grace Fuestman, 
 1889 Miss Amelia Bissinger, 
 
 1890 Miss Addie H. Teller, 
 1892 Miss Clara Potsdamer, 
 1896 Miss M. Friedenwald. 
 
SUMMARY. 
 
 January 27, 1847 — Hebrew School Fund Ball. 
 
 March 7, 1847 — Preliminary meeting held. 
 
 June 4, 1848 — Constitution and By-Laws adopted. 
 
 July 16, 1848 — First regular meeting held. 
 
 April 7, 1849 — Society incorporated. 
 
 April 7, 1851 — School first opened in Zane (Filbert) street. 
 
 October 26, 1851 — Plans suggested "in order to raise funds 
 for the benefit of the Society." 
 
 1852 — Meeting of Committees of the Society with a com- 
 mittee of the Congregation Rodef Shalom, to con- 
 sider the advisability of opening an additional He- 
 brew school. 
 
 February 23, 1853 — First Charity Dinner. 
 
 1854 — Solomon Soils, first President of the Society, died (dur- 
 ing his incumbency). 
 
 Legacy of Solomon Solis received. 
 
 February 2, 1854 — Second Charity Dinner. 
 
 February 5, 1854 — Judah Touro's legacy of |20,000 received. 
 
 May 28, 1854 — Purchase of Seventh street school house 
 authorized. 
 
 October 3, 1854 — School removed to Seventh street. 
 
 May 13, 1866 — Supplementary act passed by the Legislature 
 admitting pupils of the Society into the Boys' and 
 Girls' High School. 
 
 Legacy of Rosanna Osterman received. 
 
134 HEBREW ED UCATIOX SOCIETY. 
 
 October 28, 1867 — Maimonides College opened with gratu- 
 itous services by Isaac Leeser, Marcus Jastrow, 
 Sabato Morals and Aaron S. Bettelheim as instruc- 
 tors. Subsequently with similar services from 
 Geo. Jacobs and Hyman Polano. 
 
 February 1, 1868 — Isaac Leeser died. 
 
 1869 — First regular annual contribution received from the 
 Charity Ball Association. 
 
 1874 — Legacies of Isaac Leeser and Jacob Bamberger re- 
 ceived. 
 
 April 1, 1876 — Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Society's 
 school celebrated at Concordia Hall, Callowhill 
 near Fifth street. 
 
 March 3, 1878— School Xo. 2 opened in synagogue building 
 of B'nai Israel, Fifth and Catharine streets. 
 
 September, 1878 — English instruction temporarily discontin- 
 ued in Society's school. 
 
 December 31, 1878 — School No. 2 removed from Fifth and 
 Catharine streets to 516 South street. 
 
 October 12, 1879 — School No. 3 opened at Marshall street 
 and Girard avenue. 
 
 December 28, 1879 — Richmond School (No. 4) opened at 624 
 Wayne street. 
 
 December 31, 1879 — School No. 2 removed to 417 Pine 
 street. 
 
 1880 — Abraham Adler (fifth President) died (during his in- 
 cumbency). 
 
 January 26, 1880 — School No. 3 removed to Fourth and Pop- 
 lar streets. 
 
 September 1, 1880 — Sewing school for girls opened in Ricii- 
 mond School. 
 
 March 13, 1881 — Revised By-Laws adopted. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 135 
 
 May 1, 1881— School No. 3 removed to 872 N. Seventh 
 street. 
 
 June 6, 1881 — Scliool No. 1 temporarily removed to 872 N. 
 Seventh street. 
 
 November 14, 1881 — School re-opened at Seventh and Cal- 
 lowhill streets, and School No. 3 consolidated with 
 it. 
 
 1882 — Memorial fund of Abraham Adler received from Mrs. 
 Adler. 
 
 September IG, 1883 — 2856-58 Lark street occupied by School 
 No. 4, and industrial work for boys began in the 
 building. 
 
 1883 — Leeser Library catalogued by Cyrus Adler. 
 
 Legacy of Mayer Arnold received. 
 
 September 1, 1884 — School No. 2 removed to Fifth and Gas- 
 kill streets. 
 
 •June, 188G — Industrial School opened at Seventh and Cal- 
 lowhill streets. 
 Legacy of Mayer Gans received. 
 
 1886 — Young Women's Union becomes branch of the Hebrew 
 Education Society. 
 
 1887 — Legacies of Abraham Sussman, Rachel Whitzstein and 
 Rev. J. Frankel received. 
 
 April 17, 1888 — School No. 2 removed to 316 S. Fourth street. 
 
 January 31, 1889 — Sale of Seventh street school house ratified. 
 
 February, 1889 — School No. 1 removed to 1204 Germantown 
 avenue. 
 
 February 2, 1891 — School No. 2 removed to 322 Bainbridge 
 street. 
 
 March, 1891 — English night school, trade school and Hebrew 
 school opened at 322 Bainbridge street. 
 
 September 22, 1891 — Corner stone of Touro Hall laid. 
 
136 HEBRE ir ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 November 27, 1891— Dedication of Touro Hall. 
 
 December 14, 1891 — School No. 2, night school and trade 
 school removed to Touro Hall. 
 
 Legacy of Bertha Gans received. 
 
 Legacy of Ellen Phillips received. 
 
 September 1, 1892 — First monthly allotment received from 
 the Baron de Hirsch Fund. 
 
 1893 — September and October — University Extension Lec- 
 tures. 
 
 November, 1894 to January, 1895 — University Extension 
 Lectures. 
 
 Legacies of David Hoffman and Leopold Furtli received. 
 
 April 19, 1886 — Young Women's Union formed an indepen- 
 dent organization. 
 
 Legacy of Solomon Gans received. 
 
 1896 — First free synagogue service held in Touro Hall on 
 Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur. 
 
 January, 1897 — Rooms in Touro Hall granted to B'nai B'rith 
 Manual Training School free of charge. 
 
 October, 1897 — University Extension Lectures. 
 
 Legacies of Simon Fleisher, Joseph Rosenbaum and 
 Morris Sickels received. 
 
 January, 1898 — University Extension Lectures. 
 
 Free use of three rooms granted to Gratz College for its 
 classes. 
 
APPENDIX I. 
 
FORMER SCHOOL HOUSE 
 Seventh Street, bet. Cali.omhill and Wood. 
 
APPENDIX I. 
 
 HEBREW SCHOOLS. 
 
 School No. 1, Seventh and Wood Streets. 
 
 In January, 1878, a change was effected in the manage- 
 ment of the School, only one teacher in Hehrew, Mr. Hyman 
 Polano, and one teacher in English, Miss Charity S. Cohen, 
 were retained for a time. The English branches were dis- 
 continued on June 28th of this year. 
 
 Mr. Polano also taught a class at the Foster Home, be- 
 ginning January 1, 1878 ; this school was discontinued on 
 January 16, 1879. 
 
 On January 1, 1881, Solomon Solis Colien was appointed 
 to the position of Hebrew teacher in place of Hyman Polano, 
 who had resigned. 
 
 In January, 1881, a Fair was given by the Teachers' 
 Association of the Hebrew Sunday-school, for the purpose of 
 raising sufficient funds to repair the school house on Seventh 
 street. 
 
 The Treasurer of the Hebrew Education Society, Mr. 
 Simon B. Fleisher, received a check for $2,274.80 from Mr. 
 Jacob Muhr, who acted as Treasurer of the Fair. 
 
 The building was renovated at a cost of five thousand 
 dollars over and above the amount received from the Teach- 
 ers' Association, for which amount a mortgage on the build- 
 ing was taken. One thousand dollars of this had been paid 
 off previous to its sale to Messrs. Roig & Langsdorf 
 
 The building was re-dedicated on November 13, 1881, 
 just twenty-five years after the first dedication, which took 
 place on November 12, 1856. Rev. S. Morals delivered the 
 opening prayer and Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow delivered an ad- 
 
1 40 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 dress, the services were ended by the readmg of the afternoon 
 prayers by the Rev. S. Morals. 
 
 On Monday, .June 6, 1881, this school was temporarily 
 removed to 872 N. Seventh street. 
 
 The building at Seventh and Wood streets, having been 
 altered and improved, was re-opened for school purposes on 
 the 14th of November following. 
 
 On the first of June, 1882, this school and the one held 
 at 872 N. Seventh street, were consolidated. 
 
 In April, 1887, the Trade School was opened, in which 
 garment making and cutting, cigar making and carpentering 
 were taught. 
 
 In February, 1889, this building having been sold, the 
 Hebrew school was removed to 1204 Germantown avenue, 
 where it is now located. On January 1, 1891, Miss Evelyn 
 Bomeisler succeeded Henry S. Morals as teacher. She is the 
 present incumbent. 
 
 School No. 2, Fifth and Catharine Streets. 
 
 On Sunday, March 3, 1878, Hebrew School No. 2 was 
 opened in the Synagogue Building (known as the Holland 
 Schule), Fifth and Catharine streets, with Marcus E. Lam as 
 the instructor. 
 
 On December 31st the school was removed to 516 South 
 street, on December 31, 1879 to 417 Pine street, on Septem- 
 ber t, 1884 it was removed to Dramatic Hall, Fifth and Gas- 
 kill streets ; this building has since been altered and is now 
 the Synagogue of the Congregation Emunath Israel Oheb 
 Shalom. 
 
 On April 17, 1888, removed to 316 S. Fourth street, on 
 February 2, 1891 to 322 Bainbridge street, and on December 
 14th of the same year the first session of the Hebrew school 
 was held in Touro Hall, Tenth and Carpenter streets, where 
 it is permanently located. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 141 
 
 School No. 3, Girard Avenue and Marshall Street. 
 
 October 12, 1879, School No. 3 was opened at the N. W. 
 cor. Marshall street and Girard avenue, with Cyrus Adler as 
 the teacher. 
 
 On January 2G, 1880, the school was removed to the N. 
 E. cor. Fourth and Poplar streets. April 26, 1880, Henry S. 
 Morals was chosen as teacher of this school, in place of Cyrus 
 Adler, who took charge of that in Wayne street. 
 
 May 1, 1881, the school was removed to 872 N. Seventh 
 street, whence it was subsequently merged with School No. 
 1 at Seventh and Callowhill streets. 
 
 School No. 4, 624 Wayne Street. 
 
 On December 28, 1879, a school was opened at 624 
 Wayne street, in the district of Richmond, with Dr. H. Max 
 Gerstenkranz as instructor. 
 
 On April 26, 1880, Cyrus Adler was chosen as teacher 
 for the Wayne street school. 
 
 On Sunday afternoon, September 16, 1883, the school 
 house at 2656-58 Lark street was dedicated. In this build- 
 ing, in June, 1885, was undertaken the first instruction in 
 various branches of trades by the Society. 
 
 Carpentering, cigar making, manufacturing picture- 
 frames and dressmaking were taught. 
 
 On the 30th of December, 1883, Cyrus Adler resigned 
 and was succeeded by Moses De Ford. 
 
 March 1, 1888, C. D. Spivak became teacher in Lark 
 street school, he was succeeded in February, 1891, by George 
 S. Seldes, who in turn was succeeded on September 1, 1892, by 
 Isaac Husik. The latter resigned in December, 1898, and 
 was succeeded by Hyman Grabosk}^ who remains in charge 
 at the present time. 
 
 Sewing School. 
 The Sewing School at 624 Wayne street was opened in 
 
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HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 143 
 
 October, 1880, by Mrs. A. C. Van Beil, assisted by Mrs. 
 Simeon H. Newhouse (wlio became its first Superintendent), 
 Miss Simha C. Peixotto, Miss Mawson, Mrs. Joseph Herzog of 
 New York, and D. Sulzberger of the Society. 
 
 Miss Rose Kauffman (Mrs. Moses Feustman) succeeded 
 Mrs. Newhouse in December, 1881, and retained the position 
 a short time and was succeeded by Mrs. Eva Coons at the 
 opening of the school, October, 1882, who retained the posi- 
 tion until 1888. 
 
 The report for the year ending March 3, 1884, was made 
 by Miss Tinie Feustman (Mrs. Edward Goldstein), Acting 
 Superintendent, owing to the absence of Mrs. Coons. 
 
 In the fall of 1888 Miss Hennie May (Mrs. Isaac Kahn) 
 succeeded Mi's. Coons, and on the opening of the scbool, 
 November 3, 1881, became Superintendent. The school hav- 
 ing been opened by Mrs. Horace A. Nathans, who visited it 
 each Sunday morning during that term. 
 
 Until this time the Sewing School had been conducted 
 entirely by volunteer teachers and superintendents. The 
 teachers in dress making and garment drafting were paid. 
 
 In the report for the year ending March 8, 1891, we note 
 the following : " The Sewing School in Lark street is now 
 conducted by two young girls who were former pupils, and 
 who have been taught dress making and cutting in the gar- 
 ment drafting department, which has been in operation since 
 last May (1890)." 
 
 It was found impracticable to continue the school in this 
 manner, the children not having the proper respect for their 
 teachers, who were unable to enforce discipline and who 
 could not retain the attendance as did the ladies who former- 
 1}^ were the instructors; in consequence of this it was 
 discontinued. 
 
 The following ladies were volunteer teachers during its 
 existence. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS, ACTING SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS. 
 
 Mrs. Simeon H. Newhouse, Mrs. Eva Coons, Mrs. Horace 
 
144 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 A. Nathans, Misses Celia Adler, Rose Kauffman, Tinie Feust- 
 man, Hennie May and Celia Hirshler ; Misses Eckerson, 
 Annie Jastrovv, Minnie Rowe, Josephine Leberman, Leah 
 Abeles, Salvena Shloss, Katinka Mansbach, Bertha Kohn, 
 Ella Frank, Alice Kaufman, Bertha Guggenheimer, Fannie 
 Allen, Florrie Shloss and Cora Hirshler. 
 
 General Night School. 
 
 March, 1891, a General Night School was opened at 322 
 Bainbridge street, with Bernard Harris and Amelia J. 
 Allen as the teachers. It increased in size so rapidly that it 
 soon required two additional teachers. This school was re- 
 moved into the new building at Touro Hall on December 14, 
 1891, and is there permanently established under guidance 
 of a corps of nine teachers. Besides the elementary branches 
 of English there are here taught the following : To women 
 and girls, dress making and millinery ; to men and boys, 
 cigar making, garment cutting, etc., and to both sexes, type- 
 writing and stenography. 
 
 The teaching of various other industries and trades such 
 as carpentering, tin working, upholstering, iron work, etc., 
 had at different times been introduced in this school, but 
 were necessarily abandoned by reason of a lack of adequate 
 attendance. 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 145 
 
 List of Teachers Engaged at Various Times in the 
 Schools of the Hebrew Education Society. 
 
 night school. 
 
 Bernard Harris, Amelia J. Allen 
 
 Augusta Selig, Evelyn Bomeisler, 
 
 Florence Kohn, Rosa Rosenstein, 
 
 Jennie Charskey, Ida Casseras, 
 
 CoRiNNE B. Arnold, Mary Goldstein, 
 
 Ella Harris, Kate Rosenstein, 
 
 Mabel Lyons, Cecelia Sundheim, 
 
 Gerson Levy, Emma Brylawski, 
 
 Thomas Seltzer, Sarah Levin, 
 
 Samuel M. Israeli, Edward Nathan. 
 
 shorthand and typewriting. 
 Eva Halpern, Rebecca Slobodkin. 
 
 kindergarten. 
 
 Diana Hirschler, Mary Goldstein, 
 
 Emma Brylawski. 
 
 night school — dressmaking. 
 
 Mrs. Block, Bella Blumenthal, 
 
 Hannah Bachrach, Bella Bachenheimer, 
 
 Celia Abrahams, Gertrude Abrahams, 
 
 Sophia Benedick, Jeanette Kaufman, 
 
 Theresa Reis, Etta Levy, 
 
 Mrs. a. J. CoRTissoz. 
 
 millinery. 
 Kate Gottlieb, Rosalie Hertzstein, 
 
 TiLLIE WOLFLE, FLORENCE R. ShILL. 
 
 garment cutting. 
 
 Adolph Lowenthal, Henry Armhold, 
 
 Max Stechert, 
 
146 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SO CIET Y. 
 
 DRAWING. 
 
 Morris Sommers. 
 
 carpentering. 
 
 H. Elsner, Jacob Gurwich, 
 
 Solomon Friedman, M. E. Arnold, 
 
 Henry Schwa lm, J. Hindin, 
 
 Con. Brooks. 
 
 CIGAR MAKINCi. 
 
 H. Morris, Hart, 
 
 L. HiLLERSOHN, LOUIS FrIEDMAN, 
 
 Abraham Koshland. 
 
 upholstering. 
 Aaron Braunstein. 
 
 tinsmithing. 
 B. Goldstein, John Bessmertnev. 
 
 NIGHT SCHOOL LARK STREET. 
 
 Samuel Deinard. A. J. Cortissoz. 
 
 higher hebrew night school. 
 
 Joseph Magil. 
 
APPENDIX II. 
 
APPENDIX II. 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 For the Year Ending March 25, 1879. 
 
 Jacob Loeb . . 
 Lucien Moss . . . 
 Mayer Sulzberger 
 Moses A. Dropsie. 
 Abraham Adler . 
 Louis Gerstley . . 
 Charles J. Cohen. 
 Aaron Lichten. . 
 
 !?100 Isaac Rosskam 25 
 
 50 Levi Mayer 25 
 
 50 licon Berg 25 
 
 50 Marks Brothers 25 
 
 50 Isaac Sailer 10 
 
 50 Henry Friedberger 10 
 
 50 Abraham Kahu 10 
 
 50 
 
 $580 
 
 CONTRIBUTORS TO CATALOGUE FUND. 
 
 H. Friedberger 
 Louis E. Levy 
 Isaac Sailer . 
 Aaron Lichten 
 M. C. Lichten 
 D. Sulzberger. 
 Levi Mayer . 
 Jacob Muhr . 
 Jacob Sulzberger 
 Louis M. Frank 
 Wm. Gerstley . 
 S. B. Fleisher . 
 Isaac Rosskam. 
 
 Reported March 10, 1883. 
 
 $10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 10 
 
 S. Sternberger 10 
 
 Henry Mitchell 5 
 
 George Wiener . 5 
 
 $150 
 
 All members of the Board of 
 Officers, and from the Execu- 
 tors of the Leeser Estate 
 
 Hezekiah W. Arnold 10 
 
 Wm. B. Hackeuburg 10 
 
 Mayer Sulzberger 10 
 
 $180 
 
 In the Treasurer's Report for the year ending March 9, 
 1884, we note the following contributions to the fund for the 
 purchase of the Lark street building : 
 
 Rappaport Benevolent As- 
 sociation $100 00 
 
 Teachers' Association He- 
 brew Sunday School 
 Society 100 00 
 
 Isaac Sailer 100 00 
 
 Isaac Rosskam 
 
 50 00 
 
 Samuel Sternberger . . 
 
 50 00 
 
 Moses A Dropsie. . . . 
 
 50 00 
 
 Dr. E. Morwitz 
 
 50 00 
 
 S. B. Fleisher 
 
 25 00 
 
 A. M. Frechie 
 
 25 00 
 
150 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Henry Gerstley 
 
 Levi Mayer 
 
 Jacob Muhr . 
 
 Philip Lewiu 
 
 Simon Fleisher. . . 
 
 Alexander Fleisher. 
 
 Aaron Lichten 
 
 Strouse, Loeb & Co. 
 
 M. Guggenheim 
 
 Mayer Sulzberger. . . . 
 
 Loeb Brothers 
 
 Louis Gerstley 
 
 A. E. Massman & Co. . . 
 
 Leon Berg 
 
 Mrs. M. Fleisher 
 
 Samuel Nathan 
 
 D'Israeli Literary Associa- 
 tioD 
 
 Charles J. Cohen 
 
 Hirsh & Brother 
 
 From a fair given by Hat- 
 tie Allmau, Blanche 
 Allman and Lydia 
 Rains . . . 
 
 Abraham Kahn 
 
 Louis E. Lev.\ 
 
 Lucieu Moss . 
 
 Mayer Frank. . 
 
 George Wieuer. 
 
 D. Sulzberger 
 
 A. M. Laugfeld 
 
 B. Lowenstein. 
 Charles Bloomingdale 
 Henry Friedberger. 
 Louis Lang . 
 Emanuel Schwerin 
 Wm. B. Hackenburg. 
 L. Rowe & Co 
 B. W. Fleisher. 
 
 I. Kohn 
 
 Louis M. Frank . 
 M. M. Newman 
 Jacob Sulzberger. 
 M. H. Pulaski . . 
 William Gerstley 
 S. & M. Liveright 
 Loeb & Schoenfelt 
 
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 M. C. Lichten 
 
 Joseph Stern 
 
 A. B. Kirsehbaum .... 
 
 Jonas Langfeld 
 
 Lazarus Mayer 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. . . . 
 Mrs. Henry Cohen. . . . 
 Mrs. David H. Solis . . . 
 Mrs. Abraham S. Wolf. . 
 
 Mrs. Eva Wolf. 
 
 Mrs. Isabella Louer . . . 
 Miss Isabel E. Cohen. . . 
 Miss Blanche Telle)- . . . 
 Misses Guggenheimer . . 
 
 M. Lazarus 
 
 Jacob Miller 
 
 Heury M. Rosenbaum 
 
 M. H. Lichten 
 
 Herman Weillei- .... 
 
 I. M. Lang 
 
 Louis Pollock 
 
 M. Bamberger 
 
 Herman Heller 
 
 H. S. Friedman . . 
 Hanauer, Kohu & Co. . . 
 Henry S. Louchheim. . 
 Morris Newburger ... 
 Pfaelzer Bros. & Co. . 
 Solomon Blumeuthal. . . 
 
 H. S. Frauk 
 
 Marks Goodman 
 
 Henry L. Strouse ... 
 Morris Dauneubaum. . . 
 
 Isidore Birgr 
 
 Marcus Stern ... 
 
 David Teller 
 
 Joseph Herman (Houtz- 
 
 dale) 
 
 Edwin Arnold 
 
 Cash, K, B. & Co 
 
 Cash. 
 
 Mrs. Simon Liveright . . 
 
 A. Danneubaum 
 
 Louis Wolf 
 
 B. Kopf 
 
 Cash, (S. &M.) 
 
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HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 151 
 
 SUBSCRirTIONS TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FUND. 
 
 March 8, 1885. 
 
 2228 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie. . . . 
 
 Rosskam, Gerstley & Co 
 
 Samuel Steruberger 
 
 Louis E. Levy . . 
 
 Mrs. M. Fleisher, 
 Green street . . 
 
 Isaac Sailer . . 
 
 S. B. Fleisher . . 
 
 A. E. Massmaii, Pros 
 Co 
 
 M. Guggenheim . 
 
 Leon Berg. . . 
 
 Lucien'Moss. . . 
 
 Charles. J. Cohen 
 
 Mrs. Henry Cohen. 
 
 Abr. Kahn 
 
 Hirsh Brother?*. 
 
 Joseph Myers . 
 
 Nathan Strouse . 
 
 Mrs. Abr. S. Wolf 
 
 Isidore Coons. . . 
 
 Levi Mayer . . . 
 
 Joseph Rosen baum 
 
 Philip Lewiu. . . 
 
 Simon Fleisher. . 
 
 Ed. L. Rothschild 
 
 Richmond Mission 
 
 Mrs. Amelia Hess, in 
 memory of her hus- 
 band 
 
 Simon Loeb 
 
 D. Sulzberger 
 
 Wolf'&Co 
 
 Jonas Langfeld 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. I. Hyneman 
 
 Sol. Blumenthal 
 
 Alfred C. Hirsh 
 
 Edward Loeb 
 
 Max Liveright 
 
 Miss Louisa Gratz .... 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Graiz. 
 
 Prof. Angelo Heilprin . . 
 
 Simon Liveright 
 
 Joshua Lodge, No. 23, 
 I. O. B. B 
 
 $50 00 
 50 00 
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 10 00 
 
 Aug. B. Loeb 
 
 Leo Loeb 
 
 Louis Sailer 
 
 David M. Piza, N. Y. . 
 
 A. Lichten 
 
 Lazarus Mayer 
 
 Alexander Fleisher. . . . 
 
 Jeshurun Lodge, No. 59, 
 I. O. B. B 
 
 Garrick Club 
 
 Penrose Fleisher . 
 
 George Wiener 
 
 Pfaeizer Bros. & Co. 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. . . . 
 
 iMiss Emily Phillips . . 
 
 M. M. Newman 
 
 Female Hebrew Benevo- 
 lent Society 
 
 Cash, F. M 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mayer liOuer 
 
 Alexander Hexter, 
 
 Samuel Krieger . 
 
 Cash 
 
 Meyer Frank. 
 
 Col. I. May. . . 
 
 Miss Eleanor Samuel 
 
 J. Bunford Samuels 
 
 Livorno 
 
 Wm. Moss, M.D. . 
 
 Mrs. E 
 
 Miss Julia L. Moss. 
 Miss Rebecca ]Mo?s. 
 Sol. Rothschild. . . 
 John Samuels . . 
 Kohn, Adler & Co . 
 Miss Emily Phillips 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. 
 Edward Lewin. . . 
 Mrs. David Elias. . 
 H. F. Bachman . 
 B. W. Fleisher. 
 Sarah Polack. . . . 
 Miss Emily Solis. 
 David H. Solis, Jr . 
 Dr. A. S. Isaacs, N. Y 
 
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 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 A. M. Laugfeld 
 
 5 00 
 
 M. H. Lichteu 
 
 5 00 
 
 H. S. Friedman 
 
 5 00 
 
 H. M. Frank 
 
 5 00 
 
 Solomon Teller. . 
 
 5 00 
 
 David Teller . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Raphael Teller. 
 
 5 00 
 
 Jacob Wiener 
 
 5 00 
 
 Abr. Wolf 
 
 5 00 
 
 B. F Greenewald . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Jacob Miller 
 
 5 00 
 
 Morris Liveright 
 
 5 00 
 
 A. M. Kohii . . . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 S. Kohn 
 
 5 00 
 
 L. L. & Co 
 
 5 00 
 
 Anton Iglauer 
 
 5 00 
 
 Herman Jonas 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mr. Trieste, per Dr. Jas- 
 
 
 trow 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Eva Wolf 
 
 5 00 
 
 Adolph Hyman 
 
 5 00 
 
 Myers & Appel 
 
 5 00 
 
 Samuel Nathan 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Samuel Nathan. . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Morris Newburger .... 
 
 5 00 
 
 Henry INIyers 
 
 Myer M.yers . . 
 J. J. Hagedoru. 
 H. Heller 
 
 Benj. F. Bloomingdale 
 Sol. Thanhauser . . . 
 Wm. Lichten . . 
 Moses Espen. . . 
 Miss Ella Jacobs. . . 
 Armand Dalsemer . 
 Rev. N. Rosenau. . 
 Mrs. C. F. Bachman . 
 David Ettinger. . . 
 Mrs. Coruelia Kahn . 
 Raphael Green. . . 
 
 M. Roman 
 
 Sigmund Leerburger. 
 Miss Rebecca Jacobs . 
 Mark Hassler .... 
 Simon Hassler .... 
 Miss Simha C. Peixott 
 H. B. Sommer . . . 
 
 Mrs. H. J 
 
 Miss Nina Morals . 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 11,250 00 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 March 14, 1886. 
 
 Isidore Coous 
 
 1200 00 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie 
 
 75 00 
 
 Louis Gerstley 
 
 60 00 
 
 Mrs. Mayer Gans 
 
 50 00 
 
 Samuel Stern berger . 
 
 50 00 
 
 Isaac Ro^skam 
 
 50 00 
 
 M. Bamberger 
 
 25 00 
 
 Rappaport Benevolent As- 
 
 
 sociation 
 
 25 00 
 
 Marks Brothers 
 
 25 00 
 
 Nathan Strouse 
 
 25 00 
 
 Isaac Sailer 
 
 25 00 
 
 A. E. Massman 
 
 25 00 
 
 Simon B. Fleisher . 
 
 25 00 
 
 Abraham Kahn 
 
 25 00 
 
 Loeb Brothers 
 
 25 00 
 
 H. Muhr's Sons . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 Strouse, Loeb & Co. . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 Solomon Gans . . 
 Mayer Sulzberger . 
 Hirsh Brothers. . 
 M. Guggenheim . . 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. 
 Miss Emily Phillips 
 Mrs. Henry Cohen. 
 Joseph Fels .... 
 Philip Lewin 
 M. Fleisher .... 
 B. W. Fleisher. . 
 Mrs. Abraham Adler 
 Levi Mayer . . 
 
 Wolf & Co 
 
 Sulzberger & Co . . 
 Andrew Kaas . 
 Henry Gerstley . . 
 William Gerstley . 
 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 30 00 
 20 00 
 20 00 
 17 38 
 15 00 
 15 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 153 
 
 Ed. L. Rothschild .... 10 00 
 
 Louis Eschuer 10 00 
 
 Henry S. Frank 10 00 
 
 Mrs. Leon Berg 10 00 
 
 Louis E. Levy 10 00 
 
 Louis Sailer 10 00 
 
 L. Bamberger 10 00 
 
 Marx B. Loeb 10 00 
 
 Simon Loeb .... 10 00 
 
 Wm. B. Haekenburg. . . 10 00 
 
 M. W. Lipper 10 00 
 
 M. M. Newman 10 00 
 
 Max Liveright 10 Ou 
 
 vSimon Liveright 10 00 
 
 Female Hebrew Benevo- 
 lent Society 10 00 
 
 Mrs. Abraham S. Wolf. . 10 00 
 
 Lazarus Mayer 10 00 
 
 M. Dannenbaum 10 00 
 
 Pfaelzer Brothers & Co . . 10 00 
 
 Simon Fleisher 10 00 
 
 Joseph Loeb 5 00 
 
 Dora Trieste 5 00 
 
 Leopold Hirsh 5 00 
 
 Pen. Fleisher 5 00 
 
 L. N. Fleisher 5 00 
 
 B. F. Greeuewald .... 5 00 
 
 Alex. Fleisher 5 00 
 
 S. Simon & Co 5 00 
 
 Morris Liveright o 00 
 
 H. M. Frank 5 00 
 
 J. J. Hagedorn 5 00 
 
 H. S. Friedman 5 00 
 
 Mayer Frank 5 00 
 
 Isaac May 5 00 
 
 Bernard Selig 5 00 
 
 Myers & Apple 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Eva Wolf 5 00 
 
 Chas. Weinman . . . 5 GO 
 
 Sol. L. Haas 5 00 
 
 Herman Heller . . 5 00 
 
 Wm. Jones 5 00 
 
 Sol. Blumenthal 5 00 
 
 H. B. Blumenthal ... 5 00 
 
 Samuel Hexter 5 00 
 
 A. M. Langfeld 5 00 
 
 Rev. N. Rosenau 2 00 
 
 DONATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL FUND. 
 
 March 13, 1887. 
 
 Isidore Coons 
 
 Strouse, Loeb & Co. . . . 
 Snellenburg tt Co . . . . 
 Bill menthal Brothers & Co 
 Liveright, Greenewald & 
 
 Co 
 
 Fleisher Brothers ... 
 Frank Brothers & Co. . . 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. . 
 Miss Emily Phillips . 
 
 Levi Mayer 
 
 Isaac RosskAm 
 
 Joseph Goldsmith & Co . 
 Hexter Brothers . . 
 Goldstein, Friedman & Co 
 CJoodman Brothers. . 
 A. Bachrach & Co . . . . 
 A. B. Kirschbaum & Co . 
 Kohn, Rosenheim & Co. . 
 
 SlOO 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 55 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 S. Leopold & Brother 
 Joseph Netter & Co. 
 ISloses A. Dropsie 
 Jacob Muhr . . 
 S. Sternberger . 
 S. B. Fleisher . 
 Louis Eschuer . 
 Isaac Sailer . . 
 Philip Lewiu. . 
 Ed. L. Rothschild. 
 Marks Brothers 
 Solomon Gans . 
 Aaron Lichten. 
 Joseph Fels . . 
 Richmond Ind's'l 
 Chas. Klein & Co. 
 Lisberger & Wise. 
 D. Meyers & Co 
 Schloss & Loeb. 
 
 
 50 
 
 00 
 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 50 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 hool 
 
 . 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
154 
 
 HEBREW EDUCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 Louis E. Levy. . . . 
 Shoneman Brothers 
 Joseph Louchheim. . 
 Mrs. Meyer Gaus. . . 
 Mayer Sulzberger . . 
 Mrs. H. A. Nathans . 
 Espen Brothers . . 
 M. Guggenheim 
 Hirsh ct Brothers . . 
 Herman Heller . . 
 L. Bamberger & Co. 
 Mrs. Henry Cohen. . 
 Grace Aguilar Se\\ 
 
 School 
 
 Moyer Fleisher. . . . 
 Grace Aguilar Lit. Society 
 Pfaelzcr Brothers & Co. . 
 
 11 g 
 
 25 00 August B. Loeb . 
 
 2o 00 Edward Loeb . 
 
 25 00 Louis Sailer . . . 
 
 25 00 Andrew Kaas . . 
 
 25 00 Mrs. Leon Berg 
 
 25 00 Mrs. A. S. Wolf . 
 
 25 00 Lazarus Mayer. . 
 
 25 00 B. W. Fleisher. . 
 
 25 00 Mark Schwartz 
 
 20 00 A. E. Ma<smau 
 
 20 00 A. Hexter . . . 
 
 20 00 I)a\id Teller 
 
 Leopold Hirsh. . 
 
 15 00 Solomon Teller. . 
 
 15 00 David Solis Cohen 
 
 14 00 Proceeds of Fair . 
 
 10 CO Sarah Luvenson . 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 OO 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 3 00 
 
 1 80 
 
 DONATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL FUND. 
 March 11, 1888. 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips . 5^ !!!l 
 
 1100 00 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips . . . 
 
 50 00 
 
 Isaac Rosskam 
 
 75 00 
 
 Isidore Coons 
 
 50 00 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie .... 
 
 50 00 
 
 Jacob Muhr 
 
 50 00 
 
 Philip Lewin 
 
 25 00 
 
 Live right, Greenewald & 
 
 
 Co 
 
 25 00 
 
 N. Snellen burg & Co. . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 Louis Gerstley 
 
 25 00 
 
 Samuel Stern berger 
 
 25 00 
 
 Morris Newburger. 
 
 25 00 
 
 Nathan Strouse 
 
 25 00 
 
 St rouse, Loeb & Co. 
 
 25 00 
 
 Isaac Sailer 
 
 25 00 
 
 Louis Eschner 
 
 25 00 
 
 Joseph Fels ... 
 
 25 00 
 
 Simon Fleisher 
 
 25 00 
 
 Hanauer, Kohn & Co. 
 
 25 00 
 
 Simon B. Fleisher . 
 
 25 00 
 
 Aaron Lichten 
 
 25 00 
 
 Marks Brothers 
 
 25 00 
 
 L. Bamberger 
 
 25 00 
 
 Solomon Gaus 
 
 25 00 
 
 Mayer Sulzberger .... 
 
 25 00 
 
 Espen Brothers . 
 ]Max Bamberger . 
 ^L Guggenheim 
 Hirsh & Brother. 
 ]\Irs. Bertha Gaus 
 Fleisher Brothers 
 Mrs. Abraham S. Wolf, 
 ]Mrs. Dora Trieste (in 
 
 memory of her son, 
 
 Sidney) . . . 
 Louis Sailer 
 Moyer Fleisher. 
 Simon Loeb . 
 Louis Reinheinier 
 Lissburger & Wisc; 
 S. Wilson & Sou . . 
 Meyer Seidenbach 
 Wm. B. Haekenburg 
 Edward Loeb .... 
 Pfaelzer Brothers & Co, 
 Mrs. Leon Berg . . . 
 Andrew Kaas ... 
 B. W. Fleisher. . . . 
 P'rauk Brothers & Co. 
 
 Aarou Gans 
 
 Jacob Miller & Sou. 
 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 OO 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 20 00 
 
 20 oa 
 
 15 00 
 15 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 GO 
 10 00 
 
HEBIiEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 155 
 
 A. B. Kirschbauiii 
 Levi Mayer 
 D. Baeharaeh 
 
 D. ]Myers 
 
 Julius Loeb . 
 
 R. Teller 
 
 H. Heller . . 
 Hirsh, Frank & 'Jo. 
 Charles Meyers. 
 Daniel JNIeyers . . 
 H. B. Blumenthal 
 Sol. Blumenthal. 
 
 A. M. Laugfekl . . 
 Augustus R. Reger. 
 
 B. Selig .... 
 Henry M. Reis. 
 Sol. L. Haas . . 
 Henry ^I. Frank 
 Daniel Myers, Jr 
 Chas. Goodnaau 
 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 Samuel Fishleder .... 
 
 5 00 
 
 Shonemau Brothers & Co. 
 
 5 00 
 
 Joseph Netter & Co . . 
 Chas. Stein 
 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 
 Eugene Loeb 
 
 Joseph A. Louchheim 
 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 
 Cash 
 
 5 00 
 
 Cora Hirshkr 1 
 
 Sarah Laveiison . . ) 
 
 3 00 
 
 M. Goldsmith 
 
 2 00 
 
 Philip Fleishner 
 
 2 00 
 
 S. Lehman 
 
 2 00 
 
 I. C. Levi 
 
 1 00 
 
 B. Baruch 
 
 1 00 
 
 Alfred A. INIarcus, one 
 dozen Daily Prayer. 
 Books. 
 
 
 Jos. Fels, Box Laundry 
 
 Soap. 
 Anonymous, Norman and 
 
 Courtney prizes . . . 
 
 10 00 
 
 DONATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL FUND. 
 
 ^[ARCH 10, 1889. 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. . . . 
 Miss Emily Phillips, 175] 
 
 Prize in Carpen 
 ter Shop. . . . 
 
 Isaac Rosskam. 
 
 Isidor Coons. . . 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie 
 
 H. Muhr's Sons . 
 
 Joseph Fels 
 
 H. Gerstley . 
 
 Louis Eschner. . 
 
 Isaac Sailer . . 
 
 Philip Lewin 
 
 Louis E. Levy . . . 
 
 Marks Brothers 
 
 Moyer Fleisher. . . 
 
 Simon B, Fleisher 
 
 Mayer Sulzberger. 
 
 Samuel Sternberger 
 
 Nathan Strouse . . 
 
 Strouse, Loeb & Co. 
 
 Solomon Gans . . . 
 
 Simon Fleisher. . 
 
 20 J 
 
 $100 00 
 
 95 00 
 
 50 00 
 50 00 
 50 00 
 50 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 
 Hanauer, Kohn & Co . . 25 00 
 Liveright, Greeuewald & 
 
 Co 25 00 
 
 Morris Nevvburger & Sons. 25 00 
 Espen Brothers. . . .25 00 
 
 Hirsh & Brother . . 25 00 
 
 Leopold Bamberger . . 25 00 
 
 Max Bamberger 25 00 
 
 M. Guggenheim 25 00 
 
 Mrs. Bertha Gans . . 25 00 
 
 N. Suellenburg & Co. 25 00 
 
 Penrose Fleisher . 15 00 
 
 Jacob Miller & Sous ... 15 00 
 Through Miss Esther 
 Baum for the Indus- 
 trial Schools from the 
 following little girls : 
 Gertie Reis, Hi Ida Blu- 
 menthal , Carrie Simon , 
 Addie Stern, Rena 
 Wolf, Selma Blumen- 
 thal, Hortense Wolf 
 and Blanche Schwartz 11 50 
 
 B. Labe 10 00 
 
156 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 Daniel Meyers, Jr . . . . 10 00 
 
 H. S. Frank . . 10 00 
 
 Sol. L. Haas 10 00 
 
 M. Frank 10 00 
 
 Hexter Brothers 10 00 
 
 Loeb & Louchheirn 10 00 
 
 M. B. Loeb 10 00 
 
 August B. Loeb . 10 00 
 
 W. B. Hackeuburg . . 10 00 
 
 Pfaelzer Brothers & Co. 10 00 
 
 Blum Brothers 10 00 
 
 B. W. Fleisher 10 00 
 
 Andrew Kaas 10 00 
 
 Mrs. Abr. S. Wolf ... 10 00 
 
 Lueien Moss 10 00 
 
 H. B. Blumenthal . . 5 00 
 
 D. Myers 5 00 
 
 Henry M. Reis 5 00 
 
 B. Seiig 5 00 
 
 SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BUILDING FUND, TOURO HALL. 
 S. W. Cor. Tenth and Carpenter Streets. 
 
 Jos. C. Greenewald 
 Charles Shoneman. 
 
 A. Hexter 
 
 Dan. Meyers. . 
 Jos. Koch ... 
 S. Fishleder . 
 J. S. Frank . . . 
 Klein, Putzel & Co. 
 Leopold Hirsh . . 
 David Klein . . . 
 L. Ileinheimer. . 
 Isaac M. Lang . 
 H. Weiller. . . . 
 Herman Heller. . 
 Simon Loeb . . . 
 Goldsmith & Co . 
 
 Cash 
 
 Cash 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 GO 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 .5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 GO 
 
 5 GO 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 2 GO 
 
 2 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 March 13, 1892. 
 
 M(jses A. Dropsie . 
 Miss Ellen Phillips 
 Jacob Muhr .... 
 Moyer Fleisher. . 
 Isaac Rosskam. . 
 Louis Eschner 
 Simon Fleisher. . 
 Louis Gerstley . . 
 Kohn, Adler & Co 
 Sam'l Sternberger 
 Marks Brothers. . 
 Young Women's U 
 Solomon Gans . . 
 Elias Wolf & Sons 
 Levi Mayer . . . 
 Isaac Sailer . . . 
 Isidor Coons . . 
 Wm. Gerstley , . 
 Morris Pfaelzer . 
 Penrose Fleisher . 
 Joseph Rosenbaum 
 Benj. W. Fleisher 
 Mrs. Bertha Gatis 
 
 ,500 GO Mason Hirsh 
 
 ,000 00 Henry Hirsh 
 
 ,000 00 Simon B. Fleisher .... 
 
 750 GO Andrew Kaas 
 
 500 GO Mayer Sulzberger .... 
 
 500 GO Sam'l Suellenburg .... 
 
 500 GO Wm. B. Hackenburg. . 
 
 500 GO Mr. and Mrs. Simon Pfael- 
 
 600 GO zer 
 
 500 GO Mrs. H. A. Nathans . . 
 
 500 00 Aaron Lichten 
 
 500 00 Hagedoru & Merz . . 
 
 500 GO Mr. and Mrs. Max Bam- 
 
 300 GO berger 
 
 250 00 Morris Dauneubaum. . . 
 
 250 00 Espen Brothers 
 
 250 GO Jos. Louchheim 
 
 250 GO Wolf & Co 
 
 250 GO Jos. J. Snellenburg. , . 
 
 250 GO Philip Lewin 
 
 250 GO Mr. and Mrs. Simon Live- 
 
 250 GO right 
 
 260 GO Joseph Fels 
 
 250 GO 
 
 250 00 
 
 250 GO 
 
 250 GO 
 
 250 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 00 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 00 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 00 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 GO 
 
 200 00 
 
 150 GO 
 
 150 GO 
 
 100 GO 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 157 
 
 D. Sulzberger . . 
 Louis E. Levy 
 Simou Loeb . . . 
 Louis Sailer . . 
 Heury Gerstley 
 David Teller . 
 Mrs. Abraham S. Wolf. 
 Horace Moses 
 Euail CaufFmau 
 Mrs. H. Dan lien bau in 
 H. A. Jeitles .... 
 Samuel S. Fels. . . 
 Solomon Teller. . . 
 Leopold Hirsh. . . 
 Emanuel Springer . 
 James M. Jeitles. . 
 Henry Rothschild . 
 H. B. Blumenthal 
 Mrs. Levi Strouse . 
 Adam Gimbel . . . 
 Karl Straus .... 
 Alfred C. Hirsh . . 
 Mrs. Z. L. Eisner. . 
 Mrs. A. E. Massman 
 
 A. M. Frechie . . . 
 I. Herzberg ... 
 
 B. Labe & Son. . . 
 Leopold Bamberger . 
 Jacob Miller Sons & Co. 
 Mrs. Minnie K. Arnold 
 Mrs. Jacob Loeb 
 Walter 8. Berg. 
 I. Behal & Sons 
 Isaac Blum. . . 
 Gabriel Blum. . 
 Ralph Blum . . 
 Max Liveright. 
 Louis Fleisher . 
 Mrs. Moses Nathan 
 Marx B. Loeb. . 
 Mrs. Henry S. Frar 
 Mayer Frank. . . 
 Mrs. Abr. Adler . 
 Mayer Seidenbach 
 Theresa Seidenbach 
 Henry Seidenbach. 
 Joseph Koch. . 
 Simon Kohn. . 
 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 
 Cash (Dr. M.) . 
 Phiz Muhr. . . 
 Henry M. Reis. 
 Raphael Teller. 
 Sol. Blumenthal 
 Stern & Brothers 
 Herman Jonas 
 Nathan Klein . 
 W. S. & M. Lieber 
 Jos. R. Teller 
 M. Powder maker 
 Samuel Hexter. 
 Leo Loeb. . . . 
 Daniel Strouse. 
 Nathan Strouse 
 Isidor Sultzbach 
 Mrs. M. Friedenwald 
 
 S. K. Louchheim, 
 W. C. Louchheim, 
 J. H. Louchheim, 
 At Silver Wedding 
 
 of Parents, 
 S. L. Bloch .... 
 Morris Liveright . 
 Mrs. Alex Fleisher 
 Leopold Loeb & Co. 
 David HofTman . . 
 Wm. Lichten & Co. 
 J. S. Rosengarten . 
 Landauer & Strauss 
 Mrs. R. P. Wedelle. 
 Eli Wineland . . . 
 Mayer, Sou & Co. . 
 Mrs. Leon Berg, 
 
 York 
 
 Chas. Weinman & Co 
 Chas. Shoneman 
 Louis Shoneman 
 Edwin Arnold . 
 H. M. Frank. . 
 E. Benswanger. 
 Master Albert Arnold 
 S. Zvveighaft. . . . 
 Jacob Wiener . 
 
 A. Bacharach . . 
 Zineman & Brothers 
 H. S. Friedman . . 
 Simon Abeles . . . 
 
 B. Lowenstein. . . 
 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 (JO 
 100 00 
 100 oo 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 New 
 
 100 00 
 
 75 00 
 
 75 00 
 
 75 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 60 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
158 
 
 ininUEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Kayser & Alliiiau 
 Greeuewald & Co 
 E. Silbersteiu . . 
 Chas. H. Veudig. 
 Marc Sternberg . 
 Solomon Asher 
 J. M. Eugel . . 
 Morris May . . 
 H. S. Louchheim 
 Chas. Elias . . . 
 Henry L. Strouse 
 L. Fiaeheuheinier 
 Jac<)li Tuck. . . . 
 Mark Schwartz . 
 David Stern, New York 
 Adam Baum «fe Son . . 
 Kev. Dr. Jos. Kraiiskopf 
 Benj. ]Mayer . . . 
 H. M. Rosen baum 
 Chas. Goodman 
 Solomon Miller. 
 Isaac H. Kahu. 
 Frank Teller. . 
 Ijewis Rowe . . 
 Ludwig M. Leberman 
 A. Herzberg . . 
 S. Kirschbaum. . 
 D. Kirschbaum . 
 Abe Hirt-h ... 
 D. Hirsh. . . 
 Saiuuel Kind . . 
 S. Leopold & Sons 
 Jacob S. Frank. . 
 Jacob Stem . . . 
 Friedoliue Mayer. 
 Mrs. Mina May . 
 Mrs. Louis Walker 
 W. M. Steppacher 
 Mrs. Elvira N. Solis 
 Miss Amelia Mayer 
 David H. Solis 
 Daniel Myers 
 L. Rosenberg 
 O.stlieimer Brothers 
 C. (). Nathans . 
 A. Reinheimer. 
 Samuel Cohen . 
 Krieger Brothers 
 
 50 00 
 
 Jos. Marschuetz 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Dr. L. W. Steinbach. . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 J()sei)h Loeb ... 
 
 25 00 
 
 5(» 00 
 
 Herman Weiller . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Strouse, Rothschild & i 
 
 Jo. 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Miss Mathilda Kahn. . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Miss Fredora Kahn . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 L. H. Vendig .... 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Julius Sondheim . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Morris Rosenberg . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 A. I. Ufl'enheimer . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 S. Bacharach 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Alkus Brothers & Co. 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Rev. Dr. H. Iliowizi. 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Ignatz Klein 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 M. Roseiibaum. . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Mayer Strouse . . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Joseph Loeb 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 John Netter 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Dr. Morris Jastrow, Jr 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Furth & Singer . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 B. Abeles 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Jos. E. Sulzberger . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 I. Steppacher . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 B. F. Green wald. . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 B. Selig 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 ISIorris Jaretzky 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Sylvan Dalsimer. 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Jacob Henly. . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 M. A. Kautt'inau. 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 Sol. Selig. . . . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 40 00 
 
 Joseph Myers. . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Charles J. Cohen 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Louis Teller . . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Chas. Techner . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Simon A. Stern 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Louis Hano . . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 August Wise. . 
 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Joseph Drelfus. 
 
 
 . . 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Jacob Schwartz & 
 
 : Co. 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Hart Blumenthal . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Mark Simons .... 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Bernard Kirschbaum 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 J. E. Hyneman . . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Arnold Kohn .... 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Abraham ^M. Kohn 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Moses H. Wiener . . 
 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 Adolph Rosen bai 
 
 nu . 
 
 25 00 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY 
 
 Jacob Rothschild, Cawker 
 
 City. Kan 25 00 
 
 Samuel Hecht 22 50 
 
 Rev. Dr. S. Morals. ... 20 00 
 
 Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow . . 20 00 
 
 Mark Katz 20 00 
 
 Fred'k Wertheimer ... 20 00 
 
 Zelluer Brothers 20 00 
 
 George Spiro 20 00 
 
 Jacob Cartuu. . . . 20 00 
 
 Ed. Ziegler 20 00 
 
 Mayer L. Kahu 20 00 
 
 Edwin Lewiu 20 00 
 
 Wm. Morris 20 00 
 
 Rev. S. Kaufmau .... 20 00 
 
 A. Rabiuowitz & Co ... 15 00 
 Herman Kraus. ... 15 00 
 
 Jacob Moscowitz 15 00 
 
 S. White 15 00 
 
 S. Sternberger 15 00 
 
 Kohu & Kline 15 00 
 
 B. Newman 15 00 
 
 A. Ellis 15 00 
 
 H. Berkowitz 15 00 
 
 L. Wollenberger ..... 15 00 
 
 Kiva Schwartz 15 00 
 
 E. Lederer 15 00 
 
 Oscar B. Teller 15 00 
 
 Chas. Gilles 15 00 
 
 Children of First Class He- 
 brew School, Congre- 
 gation Adath Jeshii- 
 
 run 11 36 
 
 Isaac Hamburg 10 00 
 
 Abe Strouse 10 00 
 
 H. B. Sommer 10 00 
 
 Chas. K. Stern. ..'... 10 00 
 
 Moses H. Stern 10 GO 
 
 I. Katzeuberg 10 00 
 
 A. Gluckman 10 00 
 
 A. H. Marcus 10 00 
 
 Jacob Jacobson 10 00 
 
 Master Sol. M. Myerhotl" . 10 00 
 
 M. Pomeranz 10 00 
 
 M. O.strow & Son .... 1 00 
 
 David Nathans 1 GO 
 
 M. Goldberg 1 00 
 
 Samuel Berkowitz .... 1 00 
 
 S. Weiss 1 00 
 
 1 
 
 J. N. Israel 
 
 Mrs. Nina Morals Cohen, 
 in memory of Julia 
 Eckstein. . . 
 Joseph Adier. . 
 
 W. Stern 
 
 Gutman Kline. 
 Eml. MeyerhofI . 
 David Markowitz 
 S. Rothschild . . 
 Martin Frank . . 
 Adulph Newman. 
 Dr. A. B. Hirsh . 
 Simon Miller . . 
 Wm. Goldberger. 
 Abraham Katz. . 
 Sigmuud Marks. 
 H. Milder .... 
 Raphael S. Green 
 Children'' s Fair : 
 
 Ida Hess. . . . 
 
 Hulda Lewin . 
 
 Essie Hassler. . 
 
 Carrie Kahn . . 
 
 Minnie Gold.smith j 
 Bertha and Minnie Miller, 
 
 Pottstown 
 
 W. Gersou. 
 
 Mrs. Jenny Kessler . . . 
 
 Wm. West 
 
 Halpron Brothers ... 
 
 P. H. Strausman 
 
 Louis Stein 
 
 A. Zeussler 
 
 D. Rosezweig 
 
 M. Goodfriend 
 
 Misses Jacobs ..... 
 
 Abr. Silverman 
 
 Morris Weiss 
 
 Samuel Pullitzer. . . . . 
 
 P. Green berg 
 
 L. Schlager 
 
 Miss Charity .Solis Cohen . 
 
 S. Rosenthal 
 
 Jos. Weinman 
 
 I. Siegel 
 
 Mrs. Mary Hart 
 
 M. Sargunsky 
 
 A. Pomeranz 
 
 S. Solms 
 
 159 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 9 32 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 GO 
 
160 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 M. Silbermau . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Rev. S. M. Fleischinan 
 
 5 00 
 
 Ellis & Browu . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Sol. Gruuwalt ... 
 
 5 00 
 
 D. Miller. . . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Max Roth 
 
 5 00 
 
 L. Applebaum. 
 
 5 00 
 
 D. Markowitz ... 
 
 5 00 
 
 I. Newrock. . . 
 
 00 
 
 David Sacks .... 
 
 00 
 
 Henry Wirtshafttr. 
 
 .5 00 
 
 K. Teitelbauiii .... 
 
 5 00 
 
 Is-aac Greeustuue. . 
 
 5 00 
 
 H. Kris 
 
 o 00 
 
 Max Weiss 
 
 5 00 
 
 H.Wolf 
 
 5 00 
 
 Henry Weiss. . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Jacob Behrend. . . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 H. Rosenthal . . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 L. Schlesiiiger . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Frank Wirtshafter . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Chas. M. Lam 
 
 5 00 
 
 Leopold Kline . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 A. Newman 
 
 5 00 
 
 Isaat- Weiss . 
 
 .=) 00 
 
 R. Reichert . 
 
 5 00 
 
 M. Hirsehman. 
 
 o 00 
 
 D. Rosenthal 
 
 5 00 
 
 Julins Kuttner. 
 
 o 00 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Gaus. . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Louis Lewin. . . . 
 
 00 
 
 Mrs. D. Pottsdamer. . 
 
 4 00 
 
 M. Lo wen thai . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Gratz Mordecai . . . 
 
 4 00 
 
 Gustav Lipschuetz. 
 
 5 00 
 
 Percy A. Sauguinetti. 
 
 4 00 
 
 Jacob Miller ... 
 
 5 00 
 
 Fabian Kline .... 
 
 2 00 
 
 S. L. Mendel. 
 
 5 00 
 
 Anonymous 
 
 2 00 
 
 Heceivisd from the Hep,rew Sunday-School Society for 
 Building Fund. 
 
 Subscriptions obtained by 
 the pupils 
 
 Mrs. Minnie K. Arnold. . 
 
 Miss Ellen Phillips. . 
 
 Mrs. A. S. Wolf 
 
 Sol. Gans (in memory of 
 his wife) 
 
 Lazarus Ma3er 
 
 Mrs. Emil Cauflman. . . 
 
 M. Lieber (proceeds of 
 Raftle) 
 
 Philadelphia Sewing So- 
 ciety 
 
 Mrs. Bertha Gans . . 
 
 B. W. Fleisher. . . . 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie. . . 
 
 Mrs. Leon Berg . . 
 
 Alfred Myers 
 
 H. S. Friedman . . . 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Polock . . 
 
 Mrs. S. Newhouse . . 
 
 Miss Julia Moss . . . 
 
 Miss Josephine Moss. 
 
 $568 35 
 
 110 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 57 00 
 
 48 50 
 80 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 20 00 
 20 00 
 20 00 
 
 12 50 
 
 Alf. S. Baker 10 00 
 
 Nathan Strouse 10 00 
 
 Benj Schloss 10 00 
 
 David Stern 10 00 
 
 Eph. Lederer 10 00 
 
 B. F. Greeuewald . . 10 00 
 
 Miss F. Gold.stein . . 10 00 
 
 Mrs. H. Hahn 10 00 
 
 Mrs. S. Liveright ... 10 00 
 
 Cash 5 00 
 
 Allen H. Muhr i r qq 
 
 W. P. Muhr I 
 
 Mrs. H. Simpson 5 00 
 
 H. B. Sommer 5 00 
 
 Miss Ida H. Casseres. . . 5 00 
 
 Mrs. I. Casseres 5 00 
 
 Chas.H. Vendig 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Chas. H. Vendig . . 5 00 
 
 S. Weil 5 00 
 
 Wra. Lichten 5 00 
 
 A. H. Marcus 5 00 
 
 A Friend 5 00 
 
 Mrs. M. Oppeuheimer . . 3 00 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 161 
 
 Chas. M. Lam 2 00 
 
 Abr. S. W. Roseubach . . 1 00 
 
 J. S. Dreifuss 1 00 
 
 Mi8S fSternberg 50 
 
 J. Auerbach (pupil) 
 Interest on above. . 
 
 Total 
 
 05 
 . 171 91 
 
 $1,815 81 
 
 Furniture Fund. 
 
 Eeuj. F. Teller |150 00 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie 100 00 
 
 Moyer Fleisher 100 00 
 
 Louis Gerstley 100 00 
 
 Cash (S. M.) 100 00 
 
 Wolf & Co 100 00 
 
 Mrs. Wm, B. Hackenburg 100 00 
 
 Simon Fleisher 50 00 
 
 Mrs. H. A. Nathans ... 50 00 
 
 Isaac Rosskam 50 00 
 
 Ed. Loeb 50 00 
 
 Mrs. I. Sultzbach 50 00 
 
 H. B. Blumeuthal .... 50 00 
 
 Benj. Labe & Son .... 50 00 
 
 Henry M. Reis 60 00 
 
 M. W. Lipper 60 00 
 
 Wm. Gerstley 60 00 
 
 Simon Liveright 50 00 
 
 Isaac Sailer 25 00 
 
 Dr. Morris Jastrow. ... 25 00 
 
 Philip Lewin 26 00 
 
 Louis Sailer 25 00 
 
 A. M. Frechie 25 00 
 
 Mrs. Abr. S. Wolf .... 25 00 
 
 Mrs. S. Espeu . 25 00 
 
 Strouse, Loeb & Co. ... 25 00 
 
 M. Sulzberger 25 00 
 
 S. Nirdlinger 25 00 
 
 Wolf Brothers 25 00 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips ... 25 00 
 
 Sam. Sternberger. . . . 25 00 
 
 Max Bamberger .... 26 00 
 
 Leopold Bamberger . . 25 00 
 
 Cash (J. M.) 26 00 
 
 Andrew Kaas . . . 25 00 
 
 Penrose Fleisher 25 00 
 
 Max Liveright 25 00 
 
 Sol. L. Haas 25 00 
 
 Louis Teller 26 00 
 
 Joseph Loeb 25 00 
 
 Jacob Stern & Sons ... 25 00 
 
 Aaron Lichten 
 
 Herman Jonas 
 
 Henry Gerstley . . . . 
 
 Isaac Kohn 
 
 Samuel Kohn 
 
 Morris Pfaelzer 
 
 Henry Rothschild . . . 
 
 Mayer Frank 
 
 Leopold Loeb & Co. . . 
 Marks Brothers . . . . 
 
 Joseph Koch 
 
 Isaac Mansbach . . . . 
 Morris Einstein . . . . 
 Simon May . . . . . 
 Espen Brothers . . . 
 Mrs. H. S. Frank . . . 
 B. W. Fleisher. . . . 
 
 Aaron Lichten 
 
 Aaron Gans 
 
 S. B. Fleisher 
 
 August B. Loeb . . . . 
 Joseph Fels ..... 
 
 B. Selig 
 
 Blum Brothers 
 
 Simon Loeb 
 
 Jacob Miller Sous & Co. 
 H. M. Rosen baum . . . 
 
 Raphael Teller 
 
 Solomon Teller 
 
 Angelo Hirsch 
 
 Cash (I. K.) 
 
 Morris Liveright. . 
 B. F. Greenewald . . . 
 Adam Baum & Co. 
 Morris Dannenbaum. . 
 
 Louis Fleisher 
 
 Abe Hirsh 
 
 Leopold Hirsh 
 
 E. Wineland 
 
 H. J. Tickner 
 
 Julius Sichel. 
 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 
 25 00 
 
 26 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 25 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 10 00 
 
162 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Sol. Miller 
 
 10 00 
 
 Samuel Greenewald . . 
 
 10 00 
 
 Miss Ella Jacobs. . . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 N. L. Maj'er 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mark Katz 
 
 5 00 
 
 Will Stern 
 
 5 00 
 
 S. Eothsehild ,...'. 
 
 5 00 
 
 Morris Lang, 45 North 
 
 Third Street ... . 5 00 
 
 Alex. M. Apple 5 00 
 
 Jos. Goldsmith. .... 5 00 
 
 David H. Soils 5 00 
 
 Ed. Arnold 5 00 
 
 Building Fund Account. 
 
 Cash from old building, Seventh and Wood Streets |7,9o7 61 
 
 Interest on this amount 128 44 
 
 Subscription to Building Fund paid in 29,863 04 
 
 Interest 78 90 
 
 Furniture Fund 2,655 00 
 
 Mortgage 15,000 00 
 
 $55,682 99 
 Amount paid out 51,576 06 
 
 Balance 4,106 93 
 
 Less special deposit for Janitor's Lodge 616 05 
 
 13,490 88 
 
 FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT. 
 
 March 10, 1895. 
 Subscriptions to Fund for Purchasing a Piano. 
 
 Messrs, James Bellak's 
 
 
 I. Katzenberg 
 
 5 00 
 
 Sous 
 
 $75 00 
 
 Louis Gerstley 
 
 5 00 
 
 Young Men's Hebrew As- 
 
 
 Isaac Rosskam 
 
 5 00 
 
 sociation 
 
 28 00 
 
 Jacob Muhr 
 
 5 00 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips . . . 
 
 10 00 
 
 Edward Wolf 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Andrew Kaas. . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Louis Eschiier 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Eva Coons 
 
 5 00 
 
 Levi Mastbaum 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. M. Friedenwald. . . 
 
 5 00 
 
 Beuj. Wolf 
 
 5 00 
 
 Gabriel Blum 
 
 5 00 
 
 Moyer Fleisher 
 
 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Horace A. Nathans . 
 
 8 00 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Louchheim . . 
 
 2 00 
 
 D. Sulzberger 
 
 5 00 
 
 Cash 
 
 2 00 
 
 Lucien Moss 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 
 Total 1200 00 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 163 
 
 RECEIPTS FROM HEBREW CHARITY BALLS. 
 
 1861 I 75 00 
 
 1862 75 00 
 
 1869 400 00 
 
 1870 
 1871 
 1872 
 1873 
 1874 
 1875 
 1876 
 1877 
 1878 
 1879 
 1880 
 1881 
 1882 
 
 454 80 
 917 77 
 ,029 83 
 ,188 12 
 ,128 34 
 ,298 41 
 ,273 26 
 ,180 33 
 600 00 
 200 00 
 500 00 
 500 00 
 600 00 
 
 1883 
 1884 
 1885 
 1886 
 1887 
 1888 
 1889 
 1890 
 1891 
 1892 
 1893 
 1894 
 1895 
 1896 
 1897 
 1898 
 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 600 00 
 800 00 
 924 8") 
 900 00 
 700 00 
 700 00 
 550 00 
 422 71 
 500 00 
 
FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Hebrew Education Society 
 
 OF 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Tor the Year Ending March 1 
 
 1899. 
 
Executive Officers. 
 
 President Benjamin Wolf 
 
 Vice-President .... Ephraim Lederer 
 Treasurer Gabriel Blum 
 
 Honorary Secretary . . David Sulzberger 
 
 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie, Isaac Rosskam. 
 
 Board of Officers. 
 
 Term expires 1900. Term expires liiOl. 
 
 Louis E. Levy, Louis Gerstley, 
 
 Mrs. Horace A. Nathans, Jacob Muhr, 
 
 Mrs. Henry S. Louchheim, Edward Wolf, 
 
 Samuel M. Hyneman, Mrs. Florence K. Liveright, 
 
 David W. Amram. Wm. B. Rosskam. 
 
 Term expires 1902. 
 
 Andrew Kaas, 
 Mrs. Eva Coons, 
 Henry M. Frank, 
 Maurice Bamberger, 
 Benj. W. Fleisher, Jr. 
 
 Librarian .... Rebecca Slobodkin. 
 
Standing Committees 1899. 
 
 EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE. 
 
 Gabriel Blum, Louis Gerstley, 
 
 Benjamin Wolf, Edward Wolf, 
 
 Ephraim Lederer. 
 
 BUILDING, PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES. 
 
 D. Sulzberger, Andrew Kaas, 
 
 B, W. Fleisher, Jr. Mrs. Horace A. Nathans, 
 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL— MEN'S. 
 Henry M. Frank, Jacob Muhr, 
 
 Maurice Bamberger, Louis Gerstley, 
 
 Wm. B. Rosskam. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL— WOMEN'S. 
 Mrs. H. a. Nathans, Mrs. Florence K. Liveright, 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Louchheim, Mrs. Eva Coons. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 Edavard Wolf, Henry M. Frank, 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Louchheim, Andrew Kaas, 
 
 Maurice Bamberger, Wm. B. Rosskam, 
 
 Benj. W. Fleisher, Jr. 
 
 READING ROOM AND LIBRARY. 
 Samuel M. Hyneman, Louis E. Levy, 
 
 D. W. Amram, Mrs. Eva Coons, 
 
 Jacob Muhr. 
 
 EDUCATION. 
 Louis E. Levy, B.W. Fleisher, Jr., 
 
 Samuel M. Hyneman, D. W. Amram, 
 
 Mrs. Eva Coons. 
 
 LEESER LIBRARY. 
 
 D. Sulzberger, D. W. Amram, 
 
 Samuel M. Hyneman. 
 
1899 Fifty-Firsi Annual Meeting. 5659 
 
 Philadelphia, March 12, 1899. 
 
 The Fifty-First Annual Meeting of the Hebrew Educa- 
 tion Societ}" was held this morning in Touro Hall, S. W. cor- 
 ner of Tenth and Carpenter streets. Ephraim Lederer, Vice 
 President in the chair and D. Sulzberger acting as Secretary. 
 
 The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 
 
 The reports of the President and Treasurer were received 
 and read, and ordered to be entered on the minutes. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Edward Wolf, seconded by Mr, Louis 
 Gerstley, it was carried that one thousand copies of the 
 Annua] Report be printed for distribution, together with the 
 history of the Society. 
 
 A communication was received from Messrs. Baker & 
 Dallett, architects, in reference to the alterations and repairs 
 in Touro Hall. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Louis E. Levy, seconded by Mr. Sam- 
 uel M. Hyneman, it was carried that the report be received 
 and filed. 
 
 Nominations now being in order, the present incumbents, 
 whose terms expired, were all renominated as follows : 
 
 FOR ONE YEAR. 
 
 President — Benj amin Wolf. 
 J^ice- President — Ephraim Lederer. 
 Treasurer — Gabriel Blum. 
 Secretary — D. Sulzberger. 
 
 BOARD OF OFFICERS FOR THREE YEARS. 
 
 Andrew Kaas, Mrs. Eva Coons, 
 
 Henry M. Frank, Maurice Bamberger, 
 
 Benjamin W. Fleisher, Jr. 
 
1 70 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 There being but one nominee for each position, on mo- 
 tion it was carried that the Secretary cast the vote of the 
 Society, the nominees were declared unanimously elected. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Kaas, seconded by Mr. Levy, it was 
 carried that the communication from the architects, Messrs. 
 Baker & Dallett, in reference to alterations and repairs and 
 the removal of the swimming pool for which twelve addition- 
 al shower-baths should be erected, should be taken up for 
 consideration. 
 
 On motion of Mr, Edward Wolf, seconded by Mr. 
 Gerstley, it was carried that the matter be referred to the 
 Board of Officers with power to act. 
 
 On motion of Mr. Louis Gerstley, seconded by Mr. 
 Edward Wolf, it was carried that the Committee on A Member- 
 ship be requested to use all possible efforts to enlarge the list 
 of members, and a request was made that the names of the 
 Committee on Membership be read ; they are as follows : 
 Edward Wolf, chairman, Mrs. H. S. Louchheim, Maurice 
 Bamberger, Henry M. Frank, Andrew Kaas, William B. 
 Rosskam and Benjamin W. Fleisher, Jr. 
 
 The Chairman stated that the same Committee would be 
 continued for the coming year. 
 
 On motion adjourned. 
 
 D. Sulzberger, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
Fifty-First Annual Report. 
 
 To the Members, Patrons, Friends and Contributors of the Hebrew 
 Education Society: 
 
 Ladies arid Gentlemen. — 
 
 I regret that tliis, my first report as President of your 
 Society, must be submitted in my absence ; only tlie most ur- 
 gent business requirements could liave prevented my attend- 
 ance at the Annual Meeting, more especially since only a 
 portion of the amount required for the liquidation of the Nine 
 Thousand Dollar mortgage has been subscribed. 
 
 The Society's history will be published this year with the 
 regular Annual Report, and will prove a valuable acquisition 
 to the history of the Jews in Philadelphia. 
 
 I trust that when the public shall receive this report, the 
 entire subscription for the payment of the mortgage will have 
 been obtained. 
 
 HEBREW SCHOOLS. 
 
 The examinations of the Hebrew Schools were held as 
 follows : 
 
 No. 1, June 3, 1204 Germantown Avenue. 
 
 No. 2, June 10, Touro Hall, Tenth and Carpenter streets. 
 
 No. 3, June 17, 2856-58 Weikel street. 
 
 The room occupied by School No. 1 is wholly inadequate 
 for the successful conduct of the work, it is the largest He- 
 brew School with the smallest floor space. 
 
 I would suggest that after the work in Touro Hall is 
 completed, that arrangements be made for the purchase of two 
 moderate sized houses, adjoining each other, and altered for 
 purposes of your classes, as also for those of the Hebrew Sun- 
 day-School Society. 
 
172 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 MOSES H. LrCHTRN 
 Baard of Officers, 1892-1893 
 
 Miss Minnie Mayer donated a Bible wbicli was awarded 
 in School No. 1, as was also the Ulysses H. Rosskam prize 
 
 and five dollar prize by Mrs. Florence 
 K. Liveright. 
 
 The Norman and Courtney prizes 
 were divided between Hebrew Schools 
 Nos. 2 and 3. 
 
 NIGHT SCHOOL. 
 
 The Night School, which is open 
 during the entire year, hardly gets the 
 recognition it deserves, it is taken for 
 granted that the classes are kept up 
 to their standard, pupils come and go 
 and teachers perform their duties satis- 
 factorily. Those who leave the School, having obtained as 
 much as they could receive or acquire, sever their connections 
 entirely and are rarel}' again heard of; no trace of them is 
 possible, although most of those who were in the Segar and 
 Garment Making and Cutting classes are known to liave ob- 
 tained employment. 
 
 Typewriting and Stenography is 
 a recent branch of instruction, hence 
 but little can be said as to its results. 
 
 Commencement exercises of the 
 Night School were held Thursda}'^ 
 evening, June 30. 
 
 There were present of the Board : 
 Benjamin Wolf, President; Ephraim 
 Lederer, Vice-President ; Henry M. 
 Frank, Chairman of the Industrial 
 Committee, and D. Sulzberger, Sec- 
 retary. 
 
 Mr. Isaac Husik, instructor in 
 Hebrew in Gratz College, delivered the opening address. 
 
 Misses Corinne B. Arnold and Beulah Brvlavvski and 
 
 MORTON M. NEWBURGER 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 173 
 
 Ephraim Lederer, Esq., acted as judges to award the Isidore 
 Coons prize for the best recitation, which was awarded to 
 Samuel Lazowick, Solomon Aaronchik and John Posner, the 
 Committee deciding that there was sufficient merit in each of 
 the recitations to entitle the above named to a portion of the 
 prize. 
 
 The Gab- 
 riel Blum Prize 
 (The Jewish 
 Year), w a s 
 awarded to Bar- 
 net Ginvert for 
 general pro- 
 gress. 
 
 Mr. Wolf 
 presented the 
 diplomas to the 
 seventeen grad- 
 uates, and the 
 prizes to the 
 pupils of the 
 various classes. 
 
 Mr. Eph- 
 r a i m Lederer 
 delivered the 
 closing address 
 to the gradu- 
 ates. 
 
 The exer- 
 cises were con- 
 cluded with the 
 
 Star Spangled Banner being sung by the audience, Miss Emma 
 Brylawski kindly performed the piano accompaniment. 
 
 From March 17 to June 16, Mr. Lederer delivered a 
 course of ten lectures on the Constitution of the United 
 States. 
 
 The nativity of the 1074 pupils admitted was as follows: 
 
 EPHRAIM LEDERER 
 
 Board of Officers, 1W)3— 1898 
 
 Vice-President 189S 
 
174 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 JOSEPH J. SNELLENBURG 
 Board of Officers, 1892—1895 
 
 Russia, 777; United States, IIG; Austria, 73; Roumania, 
 29; Germany, 30; Italy, 16; England, 15; Cuba, 6; Bel- 
 gium, 4 ; Turkey, 2 ; France, 2 ; Bul- 
 ^^^„^ garia, 1 ; Canada, 1 ; Greece, 1 ; Pal- 
 
 gr ^ estine, 1. 
 
 I ^1^ Port of Arrival : New York, 403 
 
 Philadelphia, 476 ; Baltimore, 70 
 Boston, 3 ; St. Johns, 2 ; Portland, 1 
 Halifax, 1 ; Quebec, 1 ; Tampa, 1. 
 
 SEWING SCHOOL. 
 
 On July 5, 1898, a sewing school 
 was opened in Touro Hall under the 
 joint charge of the Jewish Women's 
 Council and the Young Women's 
 Union, and discontinued September 1. 
 
 On January 8, 1899, the following communication was 
 received from Mrs. Isaac Gimbel : 
 
 1511 N. 16th St., 
 Philadelphia, January 7, 1899. 
 To the Board of Officers of the Hebrew Education Society: 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen : — Find- 
 ing there is a need of another school 
 in the southern section of the city, 
 and being desirous of opening such a 
 school, but not having sufficient means 
 to pay a superintendent, we, the Coun- 
 cil of Jewish Women, would be willing 
 to undertake the entire control of the 
 school if you could supply the funds 
 for paying one teacher. The one 
 which was carried on during the sum- 
 mer in your Hall under the auspices 
 of the Council did so much good 
 work, that we would greatly regret 
 that the lack of sufficient means would compel us to discon- 
 
 MORRIS sickles 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 175 
 
 tinue so good a work. Trusting the proposition will meet 
 with your approval, 
 
 I am yours, etc., 
 
 Rachel F. Gimbel. 
 
 Chairman of Sewing School Committee, Council of Jewish Women. 
 
 The Board 
 took favorable 
 action and the 
 school opened, 
 the attendance 
 averaging 70 
 daily, it be- 
 came necessary 
 to employ an 
 assistant. 
 
 The Dress- 
 making Class 
 in which is 
 taught draft- 
 ing, cutting 
 and fitting, 
 and sewing by 
 hand and ma- 
 chine, and the 
 Millinery 
 Class in which 
 instruction is 
 given in mak- 
 ing frames, 
 covering hats 
 with straw, 
 
 silk, velvet and other material, are all that could be desired ; 
 and the ladies of the Board, in whose charge these branches 
 are, are enthusiastic in their praise of the instructors and 
 their methods, but the attendance in these classes is not as 
 large as it should be. 
 
 BENJAMIN WOLF 
 
 Board of Officers, 1894—1895 
 
 Vice-President, 1895—1898 
 
 President, 1898 
 
176 
 
 HEBllE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 SAMUEL M. HYNEMAN 
 Board of Officers, 1894- 
 
 FREE SYNAGOGUE. 
 
 Religious services on Rosh-ha-Shanah and Kippur has 
 
 become an established fact, this year 
 
 being under the management of the 
 
 instructors of the Night School aided 
 
 ^^^ k by some of the pupils of the School ; 
 
 ^^P^ '^ f« the thanks of the Society are due to 
 
 ^^^' ml^ Messrs. Bernard Harris, Samuel Israeli 
 
 W^^m^KL.^il0S9r^ George Goward and L. Schwerin for 
 
 their successful efforts to have the ser- 
 vices properly conducted, though it can 
 be positively stated that none more or- 
 derly or impresive was held in the city. 
 The cost which was but nom- 
 inal, was paid by a few ladies and 
 gentlemen who have contributed the 
 requisite amount each year, their names will be found in the 
 Treasurer's Report. 
 
 BATHS. 
 
 The Board after mature deliberation has decided to 
 recommend the removal of the swim- 
 ming-pool, owing to the fact that the 
 water cannot change fast enough for 
 the immense number of bathers using 
 the pool during the summer months ; 
 from one hundred and fifty to two 
 hundred in one hour, is too great a 
 number to bathe in water which can- 
 not possibly change entire in less than 
 three hours. Eleven shower baths 
 are now in operation, and the Board 
 of Officers suggest that twelve more 
 be built as soon as means are at hand 
 for the purpose, plans having already 
 been prepared by the architects. 
 
 On the fifteenth of June, 1898, the swimming pool was 
 
 HENRY M. FRANK 
 
 Board of Officers, 1893 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 opened, it was visited by 1500 bathers in June, 8800 bathers 
 in July, and in August by 9300. 
 
 HEBKEW SUNDAY SCHOOL. 
 
 The Hebrew Sunday School Society occupies the build- 
 ing for its School on Sunday morning and afternoon ; in the 
 morning for 
 i t s Religious 
 School and in 
 the afternoon 
 by its Sewing 
 School ; while 
 on this subject 
 I would call 
 the attention 
 of the public to 
 the work done 
 by this Society. 
 
 It has now 
 in operation the 
 N o r t h e r n 
 School, Third 
 and German- 
 town avenue, 
 865 jiupils ; tlie 
 Southern 
 School at Touro 
 Hall, Tenth 
 and Carpenter 
 streets, with 
 
 10 76 pupils; SIDNEY TRIESTE 
 
 South-Eastern School at Washington Hall, Fourth and South 
 streets, with 675 pupils, and the School at Columbia Hall, Eight 
 and South streets, with 487 pupils, making a total of 3103 pupils. 
 
 b'nai b'rith manual training school. 
 The technical school under the auspices of the Independ- 
 
178 
 
 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 ent Order B'nai B'rith is doing good work, the pupils are 
 being taught mechanical drawing, joining, carpentering, etc.; 
 
 the instructors, Messrs. Hetzell and 
 Alker, are thoroughly conversant with 
 the latest methods adopted in the Pub- 
 lic Manual Training Schools ; Mr. 
 Alker being instructor in joinery in 
 the Central Manual Training School 
 of this city. 
 
 GRATZ COLLEGE, 
 
 The classes of the Gratz College 
 still hold their sessions in Touro Hall, 
 where three rooms are set apart for 
 their uses. 
 
 JOSEPH ROSENBAT^M BARON DE HIRSCH COMMITTEE. 
 
 The Baron De Hirsch Committee still occupies the office 
 room of which it has been in possession for several 3'ears past. 
 
 The office is open each morning and afternoon when Mr. 
 George Goward, the superintendent, attends to the multifarious 
 duties of his office, part of which^ and not the least important, 
 is the Employment Bureau. 
 
 ENTERTAIN M ENTS TOURO HALL . 
 
 The following entertainments were 
 held in Touro Hall : 
 
 April 27, 1898 — Young Women's 
 Branch of the Young Men's Hebrew 
 Association. 
 
 July 2, 1898— Hebrew Sunday 
 School, Punch and Judy Exhibition. 
 
 November 10, 1898— Touro Circle, 
 composed of former pupils of the He- 
 brew Education Society's Night School. 
 
 December 11, 1898 — Chanukah 
 Entertainment of Hebrew Sunday 
 
 ^ , , ^ . DAVID W. AMRAM, 
 School Society. Board of Officers 189.') 
 
 December 14, 1898-Manual Trainins: School, B'nai B'rith. 
 
HEBREW ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 179 
 
 Resolutions in regard to the deaths of Philip Lewin and 
 Joseph J. Snellenburg were adopted at the meetings of the 
 Board of Officers held May 8, and November 13, 1898, respec- 
 tively, and were as follows : 
 
 " In common with all other charitable organizations of 
 this city, the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia has 
 suffered a grievous loss through the sudden demise of 
 
 PHILIP LEWIN, 
 
 who was for a long time an earnest co-laborer in the work of 
 the Society, and for a number of years an active member of 
 its Board of Officers. 
 
 In token of the high respect and esteem for the deceased 
 by his surviving associates on the Board, it is ordered that the 
 present minute be inscribed on the records of the Society." 
 
 BENJAMIN WOLF, 
 D. Sulzberger, President. 
 
 Secretary. 
 Philadelphia, May 8, 1898. 
 
 Philadelphia, November 13, 1898. 
 
 Hebrew Education Society of 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 The Board of Officers of this Society has learned with 
 deep regret of the death of 
 
 JOSEPH J. SNELLENBURG. 
 
 He was for a number of years an active member of this 
 Board, and aided materially in the educational work of the 
 Society. 
 
 No call on him for assistance ever remained unanswered. 
 The Board of Officers tenders to the family its sincere 
 sympathy in their bereavement. 
 
 BENJAMIN WOLF, 
 D. Sulzberger, President. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
180 
 
 HEBREW EDUCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 The following donations were received during the year : 
 Report of Aguilar Free Library, New York. 
 Report of Smithsonian Institution (U. S. Nat. Museum), 
 Washington, D. C, 1895. 
 
 Report of Smithsonian Institution 
 (U. S. Nat. Museum), Wasliington, D. C, 
 1896. 
 
 Report of Bureau of Education, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 14th Report of U. S. Civil Service 
 Commission, July, 1896, to June, 1897. 
 
 14th Annual Report of Hebrew 
 Technical Institute, 1898. 
 
 15th Year Catalogue of Hebrew 
 Technical Institute, 1898. 
 
 John B. Alker, Catalogue of Central 
 mks. THERESA LOEB Manual Training School, 1898. 
 Hon. G. H. Gallinger, " Speech on Tariff." 
 Mrs. David Rosenheim, books and magazines. 
 The Mi.sses Davidson, unbound books and magazines. 
 
 Mrs. Lena Frank, unbound books 
 and magazines. 
 
 Lit Brothers, 500 America's Na- 
 tional Songs. 
 
 Mrs. S. Kind, 29 books for Circu- 
 lating Library. 
 
 Mr. Isaac Sailer, one volume 
 "Sadia Gaon." 
 
 Solomon Sulzberger, New York, 
 " Menorah." 
 
 The Misses Phillips, magazines 
 and Harper's Bazaars. 
 
 Horace A. Nathans, " History of 
 England." 
 
 U. Z. Oberteuffer, six "Frank " series and one " Golden 
 Treasury." 
 
 JOSEPH FELS 
 Board of offlceis, 1S8.5— 1893 
 
HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIET Y. 
 
 181 
 
 WILLIAM B. KO!-*.SKAM 
 Board of Offlceis. 1808 
 
 B. H. Hartogensis, Jewish 
 newspapers. 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips, two 
 stereoscopes and views, books and 
 calico and canton flannels. 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Follen Palmer, 
 " Inebriety, its source, preven- 
 tion and cure," by Charles Follen 
 Palmer." 
 
 Mrs. Elvira N. Solis, New 
 York, engraving the Origin of 
 the Rites and Worship of the 
 Hebrews. 
 
 Rev. D. Baruch, photograph 
 of Judah Touro. 
 John B. Alker, lil)rary card box made by pupils of Manual 
 Training School. 
 
 B'nai B'rith Manual Training School, gavel made by 
 Benjamin S. Greenfield. 
 
 Mrs. Isaac Gimbel, treat to children of Sewing School. 
 Mrs. Felix Gerson, ten dolls for children of Sewing 
 School who attended in the blizzard. 
 
 Benjamin Wolf, 1000 large envelopes and metal edge 
 cards for signs in Touro Hall. 
 
 Mrs. Horace A. Nathans, six taper holders. 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright, five pair cutting plyers for 
 Millinery Class. 
 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright, ten dollars to pay for ex- 
 changing a Wheeler ct Wilson for a Domestic sewing machine. 
 Willimantic Linen Co., six dozen spools cotton for Sewing 
 School. 
 
 Messrs. L. Bamberger & Co., two cases tobacco. 
 A legacy of one hundred dollars was received during the 
 3'ear from the Estate of Lucien Moss. 
 
 The following contributions have been received towards 
 liquidating the mortgage of nine thousand dollars remaining 
 on Touro Hall* : 
 
182 HEBREW ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 Isaac Rosskam $500 00 A. M. Frechie 50 00 
 
 Louis Gerstle.y 500 00 Wm. B. Rosskam 50 00 
 
 Benj. Wolf .250 00 Max Levy 50 00 
 
 Gabriel Blum !250 00 Sam'l. M, Hyuemau. . . . 25 00 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie 250 00 Louis E. Levy 25 00 
 
 Jacob Muhr 250 00 Wm. B. Hackenburg . . . 25 00 
 
 Edward Wolf 250 00 Ephraim Lederer 25 CO 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Eisner 250 00 G. Roseustein 3 00 
 
 xMiss Emily Phillips. . . . 250 00 H. F. Bachmau & Co. . . . 250 00 
 
 Gimbel Brothers 150 00 Max Bamberger 250 00 
 
 Beuj. W. Fleisher, Jr . . . 150 00 Edward Loeb 100 00 
 
 Sam'l S. Fleisher 150 00 Mrs. Jane Friedeuwald . 50 00 
 
 Wm, Gerstley 100 00 Isidore Laugsdorf 50 00 
 
 Maurice Bamberger . . . 100 00 Herman Jonas 50 00 
 
 Andrew Kaas 100 00 Horace A. Nathans .... 50 00 
 
 Mrs. Eva Coons 100 00 August B. Loeb 25 00 
 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright 100 00 Henry M. Frank 25 00 
 
 Lit Brothers 100 00 A. M. Kohu 15 00 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 The Leeser Library has been used during tire last year, 
 but not to the extent that such a valuable collection would 
 warrant. Every facility will be afforded to those who desire 
 the use of the books, but circumstances have compelled the 
 adoption of a rule which necessitates their use for reference 
 only and in the building. 
 
 The Circulating Library has been largely patronized by 
 the pupils of the Night School during the last few months. 
 A number of books have been added to it, mainly juvenile. 
 
 The demand for books in Jargon having considerably 
 increased, a number of them were recently purchased. 
 
 LIGHTING. 
 
 Before closing this report, I desire to mention that a 
 question of importance has been considered by your Board of 
 Officers, that of " Light." 
 
 The enormous sum of five hundred and forty-eight dol- 
 lars and thirty cents was paid for gas (of this amount the 
 fixtures and mantles cost seven dollars and thirty cents), and 
 the bill for the present quarter, not included in this account, 
 amounting to one hundred and sixtv dollars. 
 
HEBREW EDVCATIOIS SOCIETY. 183 
 
 Estimates have been obtained for installing an electric 
 plant which would probably be no more expensive than the 
 gas supply, and have the advantage of avoiding the intense 
 heat thrown out by the gas lights during the summer 
 months ; the most rigid economy is practiced at all times, 
 and your Board has hesitated to incur the expense of instal- 
 lation. 
 
 It will be noted by the report of the Treasurer that the 
 list of .members paying five dollars per annum has fallen off 
 by twelve less paying this year, and the list of patrons paying 
 twenty-five dollars by thirteen, causing a reduction from that 
 source amounting to three hundred and eighty-five dollars ; 
 strenuous efforts should be made by every member of the So- 
 ciety, more especially by those composing the Board of Offic- 
 ers, to increase the membership. 
 
 Contributions for educational purposes is the highest and 
 noblest kind of charity, for it tends to make our people better 
 men and women and better citizens, instilling in them a love 
 of race and love of country. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Benjamin Wolf, 
 
 President. 
 
RESOLUTION 
 
 Adopted at the meeting of the Board of Officers on 
 the occasion of tlie death of the Baroness Clara de Hirsch- 
 Gereuth: 
 
 "In the death of tlie Baroness Clara de Hirsch-Gereuth, 
 the Hebrew Education tSociety of Philadelphia, in common 
 with the Jewisli people throughout the world, bows in devout 
 resignation to the Divine will. 
 
 " The broad philanthropy and the unstinted charity of 
 the Baroness de Hirsch-Gereuth, attained a grandeur paral- 
 leled only by that of her equally lamented husband and 
 affords an example of devotion to a high ideal which remains 
 as a lustrous and imperishable memorial of her benificent 
 life and as her most valuable heritage to the world which 
 she blessed with her presence." 
 
Treasurer's Report. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From March 9, 1898 to March 12, 1899. 
 
 Baron de Hirsch Fund $2,400 00 
 
 239 Members 1,195 00 
 
 68 Patrons I,7(i0 00 
 
 11 Friends 1,100 00 
 
 Interest on Mortgages and Deposits l,lo-) 37 
 
 Hebrew Charity Bali (1898) 500 00 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips 200 00 
 
 Hon. Mayer Sulzberger 100 00 
 
 Chevra Thillim 25 00 
 
 Henry Jonas 5 00 
 
 H. A. Nathans (Norman & Courtney Prize) .... 10 00 
 
 Isaac Rosskam (Ulj'sses H. Rosskam Prize) .... 10 00 
 
 Boolis 10 88 
 
 Cigars 292 00 
 
 Free Synagogue Account. 
 
 Rosskam, Gerstley & Co. $15 00 
 
 Benjamin Wolf 10 00 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips 10 00 
 
 Wm. B. Hackenburg 5 00 
 
 Hon. Mayer Sulzberger 5 00 
 
 Horace A. Nathans 5 00 
 
 Ludwig Leberman 5 00 
 
 Benj. W. Fleisher, Jr 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Eva Coons 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Florence K. Liveright 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Jane Friedenwald 5 00 
 
 Edward Wolf 5 00 
 
 Mrs. Abr. S. Wolf 2 00 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Louchheim 2 00 
 
 84 00 
 
 Expenditures. 
 
 Teachers' Salaries— Night School .... |1,120 50 
 " " Industrial " .... 1,642 85 
 
 " " Hebrew " .... 900 00 
 
 J, 787 25 
 
 $3,663 35 
 
186 HEBRE W ED UCA TION SOCIETY. 
 
 Janitor's Salary |813 75 
 
 Librariau's " 162 00 
 
 Collector 77 50 
 
 Gas $541 00 
 
 Mantles 7 30 
 
 1,053 00 
 
 $548 30 
 
 Coal 240 15 
 
 Interest on Mortgage 467 55 
 
 Rent 100 00 
 
 Insurance 99 80 
 
 Water Tax 43 20 
 
 Industrial. 
 
 Tobacco $117 63 
 
 Revenue (Cigar) Stamps 91 20 
 
 Cigar Boxes 41 00 
 
 $249 83 
 Sundry Supplies 5823 
 
 General Supplies. 
 
 Stationary . . . . 
 Hebrew Books . . 
 English " . . 
 Library " 
 Sundry Supplies 
 
 Annual Reports $55 00 
 
 Distributing 5 00 
 
 Fire-Proof Safe 
 Clerical Work . 
 
 $74 
 
 20 
 
 57 
 
 09 
 
 68 33 
 
 26 41 
 
 25 
 
 86 
 
 $60 00 
 
 45 
 
 00 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 1,499 00 
 
 308 06 
 
 251 89 
 
 125 00 
 
 Free Synagogue. 
 For Expense in Carrying on Service 84 00 
 
 General Expense. 
 
 Additional Coal-bin $105 00 
 
 Carpenter Work $75 91 
 
 Lumber 18 75 
 
 94 66 
 
 Plumbing and Steam Fitting 71 45 
 
HEBBEW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 187 
 
 Glaziug 
 
 Painting 
 
 Bricklaying 
 
 Stamped Envelopes and Postage .... 
 
 Engrossing and Frames 
 
 Examination Expense 
 
 Advertising ... 
 
 Printing 
 
 Hauling Ashes . 
 
 Jiook-binding 
 
 Repairing maciiine and hardware .... 
 
 Collateral Inheritance Tax 
 
 Petty Cash 
 
 Deficiency, 1898 
 Total 
 
 16 82 
 10 00 
 
 4 50 
 
 17 90 
 22 22 
 47 28 
 22 50 
 
 17 25 
 
 18 75 
 4 00 
 
 4 41 
 
 5 00 
 64 37 
 
 526 11 
 
 7,510 66 
 
 784 84 
 
 $8,295 50 
 
 Receipts |8,787 25 
 
 Expenditures 8,295 50 
 
 Deduct 10 per cent, from Income .... 
 
 Leaves deficit 
 
 $491 75 
 
 878 72 
 
 $386 97 
 
 Special Fund. 
 
 Balance on hand March 8, 1898 $4,360 76 
 
 Five per cent. Collateral Inheritance Tax (Est. M. 
 
 Sickels) 5 00 
 
 Ten per cent. General Fund, 1898 890 57 
 
 Lucien Moss (Legacy) 100 00 
 
 Mortgage paid (4th and Wood Streets) 5,019 25 
 
 Interest on Deposit 85 53 
 
 $10,961.11 
 
 Subscriptions paid on Mortgage Fund. 
 
 Miss Emily Phillips $250 00 
 
 A. M. Frechie 50 00 
 
 Wm. B. Hackenburg 25 00 
 
 G. Rosenstein 3 00 
 
 Purchase of Mortgage (N. W. cor. 56th and Market) 
 
 328 00 
 
 $11,289 11 
 3,000 00 
 
 $8,289 1 
 
188 HEBREW EDUCATION S0CIE2Y. 
 
 Ten per cent, of Income, 1898 878 75 
 
 $9,167 83 
 JBelonging to Permanent Fund 5,167 00 
 
 18,992 83 
 Building Fund. 
 
 Balance on hand, March, 1898 $978 98 
 
 Interests on deposits 18 16 
 
 997 14 
 
LIFE MEMBERS. 
 
 HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Moses A. Dropsie, Esq. 
 Isaac Rosskam. 
 
 Sol. L. Levy, 138 S. 3d. 
 
 D. Sulzberger, 1220 N. 12th. 
 
 Mrs. B. F. Teller, 1727 Spring Garden. 
 
 Mrs. Dora Trieste, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mrs. Abraham S. Wolf, 1530 Green St. 
 
 FRIENDS. 
 
 PAYING $100.00 PER ANNUM. 
 
 Coons, Mrs. Eva, 1510 Girard Ave. 
 Fleisher, B. W., 2301 Green. 
 Fleisher, Moyer, 2223 Green. 
 Gerstley, Louis, 1411 N. Broad. 
 Kaas, Andrew, 1430 N. 15th. 
 Muhr, Jacob, 1110 Chestnut. 
 
 Rosskam, Isaac, 1423 N. 15th. 
 Snellenburg, J. J., Estate. 
 Sternberger, Samuel, 2120 Spring 
 
 Garden. 
 Wolf, Ed., 1323 N. Broad. 
 
 PATRONS. 
 
 PAYING $25.00 PER ANNUM. 
 
 Aloe, Sidney, 724 Market. 
 Arnold, Mrs. Minnie K., 4250 Park- 
 side Ave. 
 
 Bamberger, L., 1438 N. Broad. 
 Bamberger, Max, 1711 Girard Ave. 
 Bamberger, Maurice, 1949 N. Broad. 
 Bamberger, Mrs. Maurice, 1949 N. 
 
 Broad. 
 Bauer, Benj., S. E. cor. 13th and 
 
 Market. 
 Blum, Gabriel, 1007 Market. 
 
 Blum, Mrs. Gabriel, Ogontz. 
 Blum, Ralph, 1007 Market. 
 Blumenthal, H. B., 48 N. 3d. 
 
 Dannenbaum, Morris, 808 Arch. 
 Dreifus, Maack, 1013 Market. 
 
 Eisner, Mrs. Z. L., 1231 N. Broad. 
 Espen, Mrs. Samuel, 2309 Green. 
 
 Fernberger, Henry, 1230 Market. 
 Fleisher, B. W., Jr., 28 S. 6th. 
 
190 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Fleisher, Louis, 513 Market. 
 
 Fleisher, S. S., 25th and Hamilton. 
 
 Fleisher, Simon B., 2220 Green. 
 
 Frank, Henry M., 2349 Park Ave. 
 
 Frank, Mrs. Rosa, 2224 Green. 
 
 Frank, Jacob S., 2023 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Frechie, A. M., 1529 N. 7th. 
 
 Friedenwald, Mrs. Jane, 915 N. 
 16th. 
 
 Gerstley, Wm., 1409 N. Broad. 
 
 Gimbel, Chas., S. E. cor. 9th and 
 Market. 
 
 Gimbel, Ellis A., !S. E. cor. 9th and 
 Market. 
 
 Greenwald, Joseph L., 601 Chest- 
 nut. 
 
 Hackenburg, Mrs. Wm. B., 953 N. 
 8th. 
 
 Jonas, Herman, 1007 Market. 
 
 Katzenberg, I., 1345 N. 12th. 
 Kohn, Samuel, 722 Market. 
 Kohn, Simon I., 722 Market. 
 Kirschbaum, Simon, 724 Market. 
 
 Langsdorf, Isidore, 317 N. 7th. 
 
 Lit, Jacob D., N. E. cor. 8th and 
 Market. 
 
 Lit, Samuel D., N. E. cor. 8th and 
 Market. 
 
 Liveright, Max, 1418 Girard Ave. 
 
 Liveright, Mrs. Florence K., 910 N. 
 Broad. 
 
 Lpeb, August B., 2124 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Loeb., Mrs. Marx B., 1321 Franklin. 
 
 Louchheim, Mrs. H. S., 919 N. 16th. 
 
 Louchheim, Joseph A., 2131 Green. 
 
 Marks, Emanuel, 8th and Arch. 
 Marks, Ferdinand, 8th and Arch. 
 Marks, William, 8th and Arch. 
 Muhr, Mrs. Fanny, 909 N. Broad. 
 Myers, Angelo, 1823 Spring Garden. 
 
 Nathans, Mrs. H. A., 1500 Centen- 
 nial Ave. 
 Nirdlinger, Samuel, 842 N. Broad. 
 
 Pfaelzer, Morris, 1524 N. 16th. 
 Pfaelzer, Simon, 1430 N. 16th. 
 
 Rosenbaum, Henry M., 1421 Poplar. 
 Rothschild, Henry, 1220 N. 7th. 
 
 Selig, Eli K., 724 Market. 
 
 Snellenburg, Nathan, 12th and Mar- 
 ket. 
 
 Snellenburg, Samuel, 12th and Mar- 
 ket. 
 
 Snellenburg, Mrs. Samuel, 2127 N. 
 Broad. 
 
 Solomons, A. A., 121 Walnut. 
 
 Steinbach, Dr. L. W. , 1309 N. Broad. 
 
 Steppacher, Walter M., 2028 Wal- 
 lace. 
 
 Strouse, Mrs. Levi, 722 N. 7th. 
 
 Teller, Frank, 1816 Girard Ave. 
 Teller, Joseph R., 1518 Fairmount 
 Ave. 
 
 Wolf, Albert, 508 Minor. 
 
 Wolf, Benj., 621 Cherry. 
 
 Wolf, Mrs. Benj., 1506 Girard Ave. 
 
 Wolf, Clarence, 508 Minor. 
 
 Wolf, Mrs. Clarence, 910 Franklin. 
 
 Wolf, Edwin, 1619 Poplar. 
 
 Wolf, Frank, Franklin and Vine. 
 
 Wolf, Isaac, Jr., Franklin and Vine. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIEl Y. 
 
 191 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 PAYING $5.00 PER ANNUM. 
 
 Abeles, Simou, 806 N. 7th. 
 
 Adler, Mrs. Abr., 222;^ Greeu. 
 
 Adler, Dr. Cyrus, Smithsonian In- 
 stitution, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Amram, D. W., 603 Chestnut St. 
 
 Appel, Alex M., N. E. cor. 10th and 
 Filbert. 
 
 Arnold, Miss Julia, 645 N. 22d. 
 
 Arnold, Philip, 2118 Spring Garden. 
 
 Bachman, Frank H., 121 S. 5th. 
 Bamberger, Mrs. Fannie, 1319 N. 
 
 19th. 
 Bamberger, Wm., 1438 N. Broad. 
 Baum, Nathan, 223 N. 3d. 
 Belmont, Mrs. Max, 1515Fairmount 
 
 Ave. 
 Benswanger, jNIrs. E., 1624 Diamond. 
 Bernheimer, Morris, 904 Richmond. 
 Berkowitz, Rev. Dr. Henry, 1529 N. 
 
 33d. 
 Birnbaum, Mrs M., 1733 N. 17th. 
 Blumenthal, Sol., 48 N. Third. 
 Brandes, Mrs. J. 
 Brunswick, R., 2251 N. Broad. 
 Burustine, Alexander, 2055 E. 
 
 Cambria. 
 Burnsteiu, J. I., 2340 N. Front. 
 
 Cohen, Charles J., 334 S. 2lst. 
 
 Cohen, Samuel, 
 
 Cohen, Dr. S. Solis, 219 S. 17th. 
 
 Daniels', Gus., 2022 Wallace 
 
 Dan neu baum, Mrs. H., 2043 Spring 
 
 Garden. 
 Dannenbaum, Ed. M., 2043 Spring 
 
 Garden. 
 Dessauer, Seligman, S. E. cor. 12th 
 
 and Market. 
 
 Eichholz, Adolph, 2138 Gratz Ave. 
 
 Eliel, Mrs. Louis S., 1613 N. 15th. 
 Engel, J. M., 1212 N. 7th. 
 Eschner, Louis. 2004 Park Ave. 
 Eschner, Mrs. L.. 2004 Park Ave. 
 Espen, Jacob, 1020 Chestnut. 
 Espen, Samuel, 2309 Green. 
 
 Fels, Joseph, 1710 Market. 
 
 Fels, Morris, 1312 Franklin. 
 
 Fels, Samuel S., 1710 Market. 
 
 Feustman, Mrs. B. H., 1512 Girard 
 Ave. 
 
 Fleisher, Mrs. Alex., 1935 Wallace. 
 
 Fleisher, Mrs. B. W.. Jr., 1736 
 Spring Garden. 
 
 Fleisher, Miss Helen, 2220 Green. 
 
 Fleisher, Henry, 513 Market. 
 
 Fleisher, Mrs. Moyer, 2223 Green. 
 
 Fleisher, Penrose, 1910 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Fleisher, Mrs. Simon, 2030 Green. 
 
 Fleishman, Rev. S. M., Jewigh 
 Foster Home. 
 
 Frank, Leopold, 1007 Market. 
 
 Frank, Martin, 7th and Cherry. 
 
 Frank, Mayer, 961 Franklin. 
 
 Frechie, Mayer S., 1336 N. 6th. 
 
 Freedman, Chas., S. E. cor. 7th and 
 Cherry. 
 
 Friedman, H. S., 1422 N. 16th. 
 
 Friedenwald, Dr. Herbert, Library 
 of Congress, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Gans, Mrs. Aaron, 2020 Green. 
 Gerstley, Mrs. Wm., 1409 N. Broad. 
 Gimbel, Ben., 9th and Market. 
 Goldbacher, R., 1927 N. 8th. 
 Goldstein, Mrs. Jacob, 1414 N. 16th. 
 Greenewald, B. F., 1013 Market. 
 Greenwald, Mrs. D., 2417 Master. 
 Green wald, David, 9 N, 3d. 
 Greenwald, Samuel, 9 N. 3d. 
 
192 
 
 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Haas, S. L., 1703 Frauklin. 
 Hackenburg, Wm. B., 516 Market. 
 Hagedorn, J. J., 946 Frankliu. 
 Harris, Bernard, 209 South 6th, 
 Hecht, Samuel, 1103 Chestnut. 
 Heller, Mrs. Herman, 934 Franklin. 
 Heuly, Jacob, 831 Arch. 
 Hess, Mrs. Henry, 1632 Frankliu. 
 Hirsh, Alfred C, 1518 Jefferson. 
 Hirsh, Henry, 1418 N. 16th. 
 Hirsh, Wm. M., 1431 N. 15th. 
 Hirshler, Moses, 1310 Frankliu. 
 Hynemau, Jacob E., 418 Walnut. 
 Hynemau, Samuel M., S. E. cor. 
 Broad and Chestnut. 
 
 Jastrow, Dr. M., Jr., Univ. of Pa. 
 Jastrow, Rev. Dr. M., 139 W. Upsal, 
 
 German town. 
 Jeitles, H. A., 865 Randolph. 
 Jonas, Mrs. Henry, 1847 Park Ave. 
 Jurist, Mrs. Louis, 916 N. Broad. 
 
 Katz, Marcus, 925 Franklin. 
 Katzenberg, Mrs. I., 1345 N. 12th. 
 Kahn, Samuel, 1420 S. Penn Sq. 
 Kauffman, Eugene, 137 N. 7th. 
 Kaufman, M. A., 137 N. 7th. 
 Kaufman, Mrs. J., 1325 Franklin. 
 Kind, Samuel, 1515 N. 10th. 
 Kirschbaum, Mrs. A. B., 1315 N. 
 
 Broad. 
 Kirschbaum, Bernard, 1315 N. 
 
 Broad. 
 Kohn, Abr., M., 910 N. 6th. 
 Kohu, Simon, 41 N. 3d. 
 Krieger, Jacob, 1320 Brown. 
 Krieger, Mrs. S., 1814 N. 18th. 
 
 Labe, Ben., 1231 N. 7th. 
 Labe, Mrs. Ben., 1231 N. 7th, 
 Lang, Isaac M., 1822 N. 7th. 
 Lang, Mrs. Morris, 2240 N. Broad. 
 Langfeld, A. M., N. W. cor. 10th 
 
 and Filbert. 
 Langfeld, Isaac, 1319 N. 7th. 
 Langfeld, M. F., 2117 Master. 
 Langsdorf. Mrs. M. K., 724 N. 6th. 
 Leberman, L. 722 Frauklin. 
 
 Leberman, Mrs. L., 722 Frankliu. 
 
 Lederer, Ephraim, 1001 Chestnut. 
 
 Lemberg, E., 4446 Fraukford Ave. 
 
 Leopold, Mrs. Isaac, 1520 Franklin. 
 
 Levi, Moses, 409 S. 9th. 
 
 Levinthal, Rabbi B. L., 534 Pine 
 
 Levy, Louis E., 854 N. 8th. 
 
 Levy, Max, 1213 Race. 
 
 Lichten, Moses, 1853 Park Ave. 
 
 Lichten, Wm., 12th and Washing- 
 ton Ave. 
 
 Linse, Sol., 626 South. 
 
 Lipper, M. W., 1518 Girard Ave. 
 
 Liveright, Morris, 1742 Franklin. 
 
 Loeb, Arthur, cor. Columbia and 
 German town Aves. 
 
 Loeb, Herman, N. W. cor. 4th and 
 Race. 
 
 Loeb, Horace. 
 
 Loeb, Horace, 51 N. 3d. 
 
 Loeb, Jacob F., 51 N, 8d. 
 
 Loeb, Leo, 929 N. 8th. 
 
 Loeb, Mrs. Leo., 929 N. 8th. 
 
 Loeb, Leopold, 306 N. 3d. 
 
 Loeb, Solomon, 306 N. 3d. 
 
 Loeb, Simon, 1508 Girard Ave. 
 
 Louchheim, Mrs. Jos., 715 N. 6th. 
 
 Loner, Mrs. I., 2113 Spring Garden. 
 
 Lowenstein, B., 805 N. 8th. 
 
 Massmau, Mrs. A. E., 1511 N. 15th. 
 Mastbaum, Levi, 1332 Franklin. 
 May, Mrs. S., 719 Brown. 
 Mayer, Clinton O., 601 Chestnut. 
 Mayer, Levi, 826 N. 7th. 
 Mayer, Marx S., 411 Walnut. 
 Merz, Daniel, 704 N. 6th. 
 Miller, Jacob, 1521 N. 8th. 
 Miller, Simon, 926 Market. 
 Miller, Wm. W., 926 Market. 
 Morris, Wm., 702 Chestnut. 
 Morwitz, Joseph, 614 Chestnut. 
 Myers, Jos., 2308 Green. 
 Myers, Nathan L., 226 S. Front. 
 
 Nathans, H. A., 1500 Centennial 
 
 Ave. 
 Nathanson, Harry,12th and Market. 
 
HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 193 
 
 Netter, Mrs. Henry H., 951 N. 8th. 
 Netter, John, 2028 N. 19th. 
 Netter, Jos., 1820 Fraukliu. 
 Newburger, Alfred H.,714 Market. 
 Newburger, Morris, 2010 Green. 
 Nevvburger, Mrs. Morris, 2010 Green. 
 
 Pfaelzer, Mrs. Morris, 1524 N. 16th. 
 Pfaelzer, Mrs. Simon, 1430 N. 16th. 
 Powdermaker, Mrs. M , 889 N. 7th. 
 
 Rice, J. J., 1721 N. 15th. 
 
 Roseuau, Charles, cor. Columbia and 
 
 Gerjnantowu Aves. 
 Roseuau, Nathan, 1908 N. 8th. 
 Rosenau, Philip, 1281 Susq. Ave. 
 Rosenberg, Morris, 716 Fraukliu. 
 Rosskam, Mrs. Isaac, 1428 N. 15th. 
 Rosskum, Joseph, 1428 N. 15th. 
 Rosskam, Wm. B., 1428 N, loth. 
 Rothschild, Jacob, Cawker City, 
 
 Kan. 
 Rothschild, Mrs. Henry, 1220 N. 
 
 7th. 
 Rothschild, Mrs. Sol., 1717 Jefler- 
 
 sou. 
 Rubin, Mrs. Joseph H., 1623 N. 33d. 
 
 Sacks, Harry, 1223 Market. 
 
 Sacks, Samuel, 1223 Market. 
 
 Sailer, Isaac, 2115 Spring Garden. 
 
 Sailer, Mrs. Isaac, 2115 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Sailer, Louis, 2035 Spring Garden. 
 
 Schuitzer, H. M., 1007 Market. 
 
 Schwartz, Mrs. I., 1715 N. 18th. 
 
 Schwartz, M., 1336 N. 15th. 
 
 Seidenbach, Mrs. B., 1852 Park Ave. 
 
 Seidenbach, Mayer, 1709 Wallace. 
 
 Selig, Barney, 28 N. 3d. 
 
 Selig, Mrs. Sol., 2124 Spring Garden. 
 
 Shoneman, Louis, 116 N. 8th. 
 
 Shoyer, Saml. E., 1036 Arch. 
 
 Sichel, Julius, 1812 Mt. Vernon. 
 
 Silberman, Mrs. S., 1727 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Snellen burg, Joseph N., 12th and 
 Market. 
 
 Sondheim, Julius, 1281 N. Broad. 
 
 Springer, Emanuel, 1935 Wallace. 
 
 Steppacher, Mrs. Walter, 2028 Wal- 
 lace. 
 
 Steppacher, Mrs. Wolf, 1730 Frank- 
 lin. 
 
 Stern, C. K., 1409 N. 12th. 
 
 Stern, Edward, 112 N. 12th. 
 
 Stern, Harry F., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
 
 Stern, Jacob, 428 N. 3d. 
 
 Stern, Mrs. M., 948 N. 8th. 
 
 Stern, M. H., 1609 Diamond. 
 
 Stern, Simon A., 836 N. 5th. 
 
 Strauss, Karl, 122 N. 3d. 
 
 Strauss, Samuel, 1845 N. 18th. 
 
 Strouse, Henry L., 837 Franklin. 
 
 Strouse, Nathan, 913 N. 16th. 
 
 Sulzberger, Joseph E., 1308 Girard 
 Ave. 
 
 Sulzberger, Judge Mayer, 1303 
 Girard Ave. 
 
 Techner, Chas., 1611 N. 10th. 
 Teller, Benj. F., 1727 Spring Gar- 
 den, 
 Teller, David, 908 N. 8th. 
 Teller, Jacob, 703 Corinthian Ave. 
 Teller, Louis E., 516 Market. 
 Teller, Louis, 1824 Girard Ave. 
 Teller, Oscar B., 606 Chestnut. 
 Teller, Raphael, 722 N. 6th. 
 Teller, Mrs. Solomon, 429 Green. 
 Teller, Dr. W. H., 2142 Green. 
 Troutman, M., 815 Franklin. 
 
 UfTenheimer, A. I., 115 N. 4th. 
 
 Van Beil, H., 927 N. Broad, 
 Veudig, Chas. H., 1922 N. 12th. 
 
 Wallerstein, David, Pelham, Mt. 
 Airy. 
 
 Wedell, Mrs. R. P., 1410 N. Broad. 
 
 Weiller, Herman, 1382 Spring Gar- 
 den. 
 
 Weinman, Joseph, 1702 Jefferson. 
 
 Weinman, Mrs. Joseph, 1702 Jeffer- 
 son. 
 
194 HEBREW EDUCATION SOCIETY. 
 
 Weyl, Maurice, N. 112 N. 12th. Wolf, Mrs. Edwin, 1610 Poplar. 
 
 Wiener, George, 1912 N. 11th. Wolf, Elias, 314 N. 3d. 
 
 Wiener, Mrs. J., 866 N. 7th. Wolf, Elias, 910 Franklin. 
 
 Wineland, Eli, 1435 Diamond. Wolf, Mrs. Elias, 910 Franklin. 
 
 Wiueland, Mrs. Eli, 1435 Diamond. Wolf, Mrs. Gus., 1733 Franklin. 
 
 Weiss, Mrs. J., 1726 N. 16th. Wolf, Gus., 1733 Franklin. 
 
 Wise, Mrs. August, 1514 N. 7th. Wolf, Mrs. Herman, 826 N. 7th. 
 
 Wolf, Al., 910 Franklin. Wolf, Louis, 1529 N. 10th. 
 
 Wolf, Mrs. D., 1308 N. 7th. Wolf, Simon, 712 N. 7th. 
 
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