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Friday, December 24, 1965
T ■ I HOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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On the same day the news
papers announced that four ad
ditions were made to the Hall of
Fame at New York University
and that the
university had
been given two
and a half mil
lion dollars by
Andre Meyer, a
banker associ
ated with haz
ard F re res.
Mr. Meyer is a
Jew. Whether he
works hard at
his Jewishness I don’t know. But
he displayed a good Jewish trait
when he gave his magnanimous
gift despite the fact that no Jew
has as yet been elected to the
Hall of Fame.
Nor am I suggesting that any
one should allow his attitude
towards N.Y.U. to be colored by
that fact. I am expressing my
astonishment, however, that of
the 92 people chosen for that hon
or since the Hall of Fame idea
was originated in 1900, not a
single Jewish celebrity has been
deemed worthy of the distinc
tion.
Actually, I am informed that
N'.Y.U. merely houses the Hall of
Fame, a sight-seeing attraction
worth visiting in the Bronx. The
busts of a galaxy of splendid
Americans are arrayed in a
curving column overlooking a
great view of the city. The Hall
of Fame is an independent entity
making use of the university pre
mises.
To get onto that wall of fame
a person must be dead for 25
years and receive a majority of
the votes of 124 electors in the
fields of learning, the arts and
business. The balloting takes place
every five years and no more
than seven honorees may be ele
vated at any one time.
I would like to know what is
wrong with these 124 electors that
in 65 years they should have been
so myopic (I shan’t say prejud
iced) as not to lift up a single
American Jew to sit in this panth
eon.
In the most recent election, the
nod went to Judge Oliver Wen-
del! Holmes. Fine! Also saluted
were Orville Wright. Good! So
was Jane Addams. Splendid! And
also Sylvanus Thayer, onetime
head of West Point. O.K.!
Given less than a majority but
eligible for election in five years
HAPPY HANUKAH
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were Andrew Carnegie, with 45
votes; Lillian Wald 39, and Jef
ferson Davis, 38. Miss Wald was
Jewish and isn’t it nice that the
electors gave her one more vote
than the head of the Confed
eracy? But if the head of the
Confederacy gets that many votes,
doesn’t that reveal something
about the electors?
I think those electors ought to
hear from more people, for I am
told that frequently they are
amenable to the opinions of fel-
low-Americans. We can write
them care of the New York Uni
versity. I’d like to know who
these electors are, although I’ll
admit it’s none of my business.
I’d be curious, however, if they
ever heard of Judah Touro,
whose philanthropies exceeded in
scope even those of Andrew Car
negie, and may have inspired
those of Andre Meyer and other
contemporary Jewish Mycenases.
Have those electors been told of
Haym Salomon, who helped un
derwrite the Revolution and who
helped fight it; or of Commodore
Uriah Levy, who had flogging
abolished in the Navy and had
Jefferson’s home given to the
government; or of Isaac Mayer
Wise, who led a great religious
movement here; or of Dr. Joseph
Goldberger who helped wipe out
pellagra in our country; or of
Nathan Straus, whose efforts as
sured the U. S. of pasteurized
milk? Many more Jewish heroes
can be cited.
Some people say the Pulitizer
Prizes don’t go to the best lit
erary works; they go to the fav-
orities of the electors. I would
hate to think that the Hall of
Fame does not represent America’s
outstanding heroes, but merely a
cluster of Americans that the
electors have chanced to hear
about.
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408 Church Street
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544 Means Street, N. W.
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Real Estate Insurance
116 Pryor Street, S. W.
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897 Adamson, S. W.
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1933 N. Highland Ave., N. 1
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449 Spring St, N.W.
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I860 Piedmont Road, N. E.
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368 Ponce de Lem
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