The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, June 02, 1950, Image 2

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I’agc Two THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Friday, June 2, 1950 Hillel at Athens List Honors; Two Non-Jews Get Keys ATHENS—The Rev. R. C. Sin gleton, director of the Wesley Foundation at the University of Georgia, and Miss Anne Queen, assistant chaplain of the Univer sity, were recently honored by election to the Hillel Honor So ciety of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the University. In presenting the Hillel Honor Key to Mr. Singleton, Rabbi Sam uel Glasner, director of the Foun dation, referred to the deep in terest and devotion which Mr. Singleton has always displayed in regard to the welfare of all stu dents at the University, regardless of their religious affiliation. “His interest has never been paroch ial," stated Rabbi Glasner, "but has reached out to embrace the entire student body, the entire Athens community, and the larger communities of state, nation, and world, all for the greater glory of GocK” Miss Queen also has been active with all the religious groups on the campus, it was pointed out. and has endeared herself greatly to the student body. "She stands as a symbol of religious consecra tion' and of the application of re ligious principles to everyday liv ing,” said Rabbi Glasner. Dave Gordon, an active member of the Athens Jewish Community, was also awarded one of the Hillel Honor Society Keys. Students re ceiving this coveted award were Sara Dessauer, Augusta; Leah Ghitter, Augusta; Sylvia Hirsch, Columbus; and Lenny Segal, Phil adelphia. Gold keys of the National So ciety were awarded to Jerry Fields, Atlanta, and Danny Bug- eslov, of Israel. The Walter I. Ehrenreich Me morial Trophy, awarded each year to the “outstanding Jewish stu dent on the campus," was given to Lucy Amato, Atlanta, with hon orable mention to Artie Cohen, York City, and Jerry Fields, At lanta. A number of book awards were also made to students who had been active in various special pro jects of the Hillel Foundation. Re cipients of the book awards were Doris Albert, Metter; Dave Ber- grin. Savannah; Dave Berzon, At lanta; Arthur Cohen, New York City; Barbara Friedman, Atlanta Sherelyn, Krawcheck, Charleston Lee Kuhr, Savannah; Joan Ruaen Atlanta; Herb Stoloff, Atlantic City. The awards were presented at a party held May 20. Pl>T YOUR CAR IN GOOD HANDS! FOR RITURS IIIM HILL MARI. II Rt N HLT1IR AMI LAST LONGLK, SLL RALPH CANNON Aotomottv* ••rvlc« in ma. vii, wa. xm nnnnra aoasaBoooaoaoo imnmmmmrerrm RE-ELECT JUDGE QUINCY ARNOLD FOR AN ENDORSEMENT TERM AS CHIEF JUDGE OF CIVIL COURT OF FULTON COUNTY Re-elect a Good Judge! ABLE • FEARLESS • IMPARTIAL • COURTEOUS Political Advertisement : Vote For •*COL. DON ^SPICER! * (Col. U. 8. Marines, Retired) » * As a retired Marine, Colonel * Spicer will be able to devote * FULL TIME to the duties of w County Commissioner. (The present commissioner, * Shorty Doyal. hns TWO FULL * TIME JOBS In addition to * holding the place of County * Commissioner). * * » * * » * Don Spicer Is not afraid to make promises! (His opponent. Shorty Doyal, Is running on a “No rroini.se'' platform). B'nai B’rith Survey Reveals Pattern of Bias Against Young Jewish Lawyers ; Let’s Elect Spicer! * * (This message is paid for by * * the Committee for Don Spicer * a- fo'r County Commissioner.) « rolitical Advertisement WASHINGTON, May 23. (JTA) —Discrimination against young Jewish law graduates has been verified by a survey just com pleted by B’nai B’rith Vocational Service Bureau. The survey, which was conducted among 2,325 grad- duates of law schools of 1946 and 1947, revealed the following re sults: 1. Jewish law graduates of those two classes earn less today than Hheir non-Jewish classmates. 2. Proportionately twice as many as non-Jews start their legal careers in the lowest category, that of law clerk. 3. On a percentage basis, three times as many non-Jews as Jews get started in their legal careers as attorneys in private industry. 4. The common belief that a higher percentage of Jews than others get into government legal work is not true. likely than non-Jews to state that their legal training was of no sig nificant help in landing their non law jobs. 7. The overwhelming majority of recent law graduates tic up with law firms in which all or some of the partners are Jewish. Fifty-five out of 103 accredited law schools cooperated with the Bureau in this survey. Additional facts established by the survey brought out the following picture: Getting a law job was easiest for the graduate who was not a Jew and who sought placement in a city under 250,000 population; it was hardest for the Jewish woman law graduate looking for work in cities of more than 1,000,000; in 1948, only four percent of the Jewish lawyers surveyed held salaried jobs in private industry, whereas ten percent of the non- Jewish graduates held such jobs; ten percent of both the Jews and the non-Jews queried were gov- 5. Proportionately more Jews than non-Jews fail to go into legal I " "* i . ... , ernment attorneys in 1948 work following graduation from ! law school. 6. Jewish law graduates who go | into other 'fields of work are more I E LETT Richard A. (Dick) Thibadeau REPRESENTATIVE FULTON COUNTY (To Succeed l.uthcr Alverson) Democratic Primary, June 28, 1950 COUNTY - WIDE iVOTE YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT APPRECIATED. Political Advertisement Re-Elect matt l. McWhorter Chairman: Ga. Public Service Commission Democratic Primary — June 28, 1950 ★ Capable ★ Experienced + Dependable Political Advertisement With few exceptions, the recent Jewish law graduate earns about $300 a year less than his non-Jew ish classmate of comparable scholastic standing. Half of the Jewish lawyers in the group re reived under $2,950. Both groups received larger incomes when they worked in cities between 250,000 population and 1,000,000 than in smaller or larger cities. Both groups had their hardest struggle for a livelihood in New York City. Of those surveyed, 63 percent of all Jewish lawyers in law firms were connected from firms in which some of the partners were Jews. BLUM MEMORIAL RITES NEW YORK, (JTA)—A me morial meeting for Leon Blum, former Premier of France, world famous Socialist leader and friend of the Zionist movement, was held here this week. It was at tended by thousands of Jewish workers. The meeting was ar ranged by Jewish labor groups. A. B. Reisman & Co. WE HAVE BUYERS FOR YOUR BUSINESS *2 Marietta St. Bldg. ' LA. 3888 RE PRESENTATIVE FULTON COUNTY (TO SUCCEED JESSE WALTON) Political Advertisement No One Will Appreciote Your Vote More Thon Jim Aldredge Running on My Record ... It Speaks For ITSELF” Re-Elect J. H. (Jim) Aldredge Fulton County Commissioner for a Continued PROGRESSIVE IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION Political Advertisement RE-ELECT R. L. “Shorty” Doyal Your Progressive County Commissioner He Has Worked and Will Continue to Work For Good Goverment He Has Provided More • Recreation for More People You Know He Will do a Good Job-Vote for Him Political Advertisement