The Sun

Jewish Theological Seminary.

To be Opened in New York Next Fall—A Board of Trustees Elected.

The Jewish Theological Seminary Association met yesterday at the Synagogue Shearith Israel, in West Nineteenth street, and elected permanent officers of the association and trustees for the seminary. Twenty-seven voting delegates were present, among them a number from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other cities. The officers of the association elected are: President, Dr. S. Solis Cohen of Philadelphia; First Vice-President, Dr. H. W. Schneeberger of Baltimore; Second Vice-President, Dr. A. Wise of New York; First Secretary, Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, New York; Second Secretary, Dr. B. Drachman, New York. The trustees to serve six years, Joseph Blumenthal, J. Edgar Phillips, and Joseph E. Newburger of New York, and Dr. S. Solis Cohen and S. M. Hyneman of Philadelphia; for four years, Dr. A. Friedenwald of Baltimore, and Newman Cowen, D. M. Piza, J. M. Emanuel, and S. Jarmolowski of New York; for two years, Nathan Levin and I. Rosenthal of New York, C. Jacobi of Philadelphia, and Isaac Fries and Tucker David of New York. The trustees will meet at the same place next Sunday at 4 P. M. and effect a permanent organization.

The seminary will be opened next fall, probably with one of the most eminent of European Hebrew scholars at its head. There will be about forty congregations which will contribute to its support, and it is believed that the seminary will start out with an income of $10,000. The congregation Shearith Israel has already pledged $1,000 for the first year.