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Yom Kippur Class Cancellation proposed
As a large contingent of students (reportedly 38%) were Jewish in 1972, the University seriously considered a student request to cancel classes on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. While they never cancelled the classes that day, the…
Abel Wolman active Menorah Society member
Manfred and Allen Guttmacher also active
Abel Wolman noting Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Abel Wolman ('13) during his professional career notes in his diary Rosh Hashanah (on an earlier page) and Yom Kippur, indicating his taking those days off. There is no mention of other holidays (except Passover in some years) or of taking Friday…
AEPi ad in handbook
listed as being founded in 1936, no mention until 1938
AEPi tops fraternities in scholastic average
Demonstrating the academic bent of the Jewish students at this time, two Jewish fraternities, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Epsilon Pi, were in the top three of academic standing. This goes along with the Jewish students' no-nonsense striving attitude at…