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His care and solicitude for the good name of the newly 

 formed community knew no bounds and he was as elated 

 over the little boy or girl winning the prize in the inter- 

 county spelling contest as he was proud of one of the 

 graduates of the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School 

 becoming the head of the Agricultural Department of 

 the State and an authority on soil bacteriology. 



As early as 1892 he reports thus to the Trustees of the 

 Fund : 



"How great such progress has been is best shown by 

 the present aspect and condition of Woodbine ; its streets, 

 roads, dwellings, schools, hotel, electrical plant, industrial 

 establishments and farms, are more eloquent than any 

 description that might be written. All those who saw 

 Woodbine eighteen months ago* when it was nothing but 

 a great barren plain, covered with a growth of stunted 

 bushes, must acknowledge without reserve that a laud- 

 able and well-directed energy, supplemented by the efforts 

 of new immigrants has here opened up a broad field of 

 prosperity. Hither we invite the narrtfw-minded .enemies 

 of our immigrants to convert them in the face of such 

 achievements, into friends/' 



Again, in his report for the year 1898, he writes : 



"The peaceful and progressive activity of the Wood- 

 bine population is conquering the prejudices of our neigh- 

 bors and there is hardly a thinking man in Cape May 

 County who is not fast becoming convinced that Wood- 

 bine has come to stay, not only for the benefit of its own 

 population, but also for the community at large. The 

 intelligent elements of the County, as represented in the 

 County Teachers' Association, the Association of Mem- 

 bers of the several Boards of Education, and the leading 

 farmers, on several occasions, at their Annual Meetings 

 and Institutes have expressed their appreciation of the 



