of Omaha on "Idealism in Education" and Rabbi Samuel Cohen
of Kansas City, who spoke on "The Functions and Genesis of
Ceremonials".

JACQUES RIEUR

Radcliffe College

During the month of December, 1914, the Radcliffe Menorah Society was
organized with a membership of twenty. On January 7, 1915, the
purposes of the Society were outlined to the members by Mr. Henry
Hurwitz; and Mr. Ralph A. Newman, President of the Harvard Menorah,
extended greetings and welcome from that Society. Dean Bertha Boody
showed her interest and approval by her presence.

Since the Radcliffe Menorah was not organized until well after the
college calendar had been arranged, it was difficult to formulate
definite plans for the time which remained. Lectures, however, have
been given at open meetings by Dr. H. M. Kallen of the University of
Wisconsin and Mr. Maurice Wertheim of New York; and plans are now
under way for the formation of a study circle devoted to the study of
the Hebrew language.

The interest and enthusiasm of the members--more than half of whom
are first year students--gives promise for work of greater scope in
the future.

LILLIAN H. ROSENBLUM

New York University

In the first number of THE MENORAH JOURNAL it was reported that
because of the division of New York University into uptown and
downtown colleges, it was found necessary to organize an additional
Menorah Society at Washington Square, the downtown section. This
Washington Square Society has for its sphere the professional schools
of New York University, whereas the University Heights Society has the
Schools of Art and Applied Science.

Organized in October, 1914, the Washington Square Society can already
boast of a membership of 160. Over eighty percent of the members are
young men and women who work during the day and devote five evenings a
week to school.

The Society has conducted under its auspices in the past year about
ten lectures, at which the attendance averaged seventy-five members.
The lectures covered many phases of Jewish culture and were greatly
appreciated. It is expected that study circles will be held during the
next academic year, even though it may be necessary in most instances
to hold them after 9:30 p. m.

Among the lectures during the past year were the following: Dr. H. M.
Kallen of the University of Wisconsin, Dr. H. G. Enelow