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The Southern Israelite Page 10 for your convenience Perfume In Bulk Shalimar, by Guerlain Christmas Night, by Carson . Toujours Moi, by Corday . Blue Hour, by Guerlain Toujours Fidele, by D’Orsay . $1.57 dr. . $1.97 dr. . . 88c dr. . $1.19 dr. . . 83c dr. 1879 JACOBS 1930 STORES ALL OVER ATLANTA T H E SIGN O F SANITATION PURE MILK Pasteurized Means Bottled Health Pure milk—the kind you get from this dairy—is one of the best foods you can give your children. It contains, in easily digested form, the food elements needed for building healthy, strong bodies. Delivered BEFORE BREAKFAST Pedigree Dairies IN C'OR 1‘ORATF.D MAin 3453 ATLANTA GEORGIA ASK A BOUT OUR $ 5,0 0 0.0 0 CONTES T PAINT NOW ON OUR 10 MONTHS PAYMENT PLAN TRIPOD PAINT CO. 61 PRYOR ST., N. E. PHONE WA. 0143 National News Amherst Gives Up Bible leaching Amherst, Mass.—Presumably because of lack of interest among the students in the three Bible courses which are offered in the college curriculum, Amerherst Uni versity has eliminated all courses in re ligion beginning with next fall. Bible Will Not Be Taught in Hebrew Courses New York, N. Y.—Neither the Bible nor any other Jewish religious book will be used as a text bok in the Hebrew courses that will be opened in the New York high schools next fall, according to Elias Lieberman, principal of Thomas Jefferson High School, one of the schools at which Hebrew will be taught. He stated that every effort would be made to avoid all religious questions in Hebrew and that only modern Hebrew writers and only such texts as are non-religious would be studied. Central Conference of American Rabbis Meets in Providence Providence, R. I.—The Central Con ference of American Rabbis, represented by some 150 delegates of the liberal Jew ish element of both the United States and Canada, will attend its 41st annual session at the Temple Beth-El of this citv June 25-29. The findings of this conference will he made public not only to all Jews throughout America, but will be made available even to the most remote hamlets in Poland and Germany. Jewish Congress to Combat Economic Discrimination New York — The American Jewish Congress has decided to launch an in tensive campaign against economic dis crimination against Jews in America. The campaign will be preceded by a survey of the extent and seriousness of anti-Jewish feeling in the business world. Jews Win Prizes in Little Theatre Tourney New York—The Samuel French awards of two hundred dollars each, for the two best one-act plays produced during the National Little Theatre Tournament which closed Saturday night, May 10th, at the Waldorf Theatre, were won by Miss Maxine Finsterwald, whose play “Seven Against One,” was presented by the Association Players of the 92nd Street Y. M. H. A., and Miss Maxine Block. whose tragedy, “Eyes,” was pre sented by the Morse Players of St. Louis, under the auspices of the St. Louis Art League. In addition, the two productions were ranked third and fourth in the general competition and received additional prizes of two hundred dollars each. Twenty pro ductions, eight of them eligible for the French awards, were entered in the tour nament. tory of astronomy through an exhibit telescopes and equipment dating hack * 1635. Professor Philip Fox, forn.er head i the Department of Astronomy .,{ \, )P ; western University, has resigned j n ordtT to become director of the planetarium Three Books by Jewi sh Authors Among the Year’s Forty Best New York.—Out of forty notable books of the year chosen for the Inter national Institute of Intellectual CV.^ eration of the League of Nations by American Library Associaion, three L. been written by Jews. This is an anm* listing, and books are selected by sch lar specialists and librarians and should bt works chosen "from those dealing with an important subject or from the pen of <• original and interesting author." The three thus selected arc: A Fret- ace to Morals” by Walter l.ippmann. “Street Scene” by Elmer Rice, and "Her man Melville” by Lewis Mumford. Hold Religious "Disarma ment Conference St. Louis, Mo.—What one speaker re fererd to as a “religious disarmament conference” was held here when l,(tt Catholics, Protestants and Jews, clerg> and lay leaders, gathered in a good-wil: conference. Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman. one of the speakers, admitted that it would take a long time to eliminate "cen turies of prejudice,” but declared that “to despair of ever being able to eliminate these prejudices would be to despair oi (Continued on Page 17) U. S. First Planetarium Donated by Max Adler Chicago—The first planetarium in America, rivalling in size and eqipment, the most famous planetaria in Europe, has been presented to the city of Chicago bv Max Adler, former vice-president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and broth er-in-law of Julius Rosenwald. The Adler Planetarium was built at a cost of one million dollars and contains, in addition to a model of the cosmic sys tem. and all modern devices employed in the study of planetary phenomena, a his- BUCHANANS interpretations of the Millinery Mode gives one the comforting assurance of being well dressed. millinery Fox Th..lr. Buildim