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educational work carried on by us ; in fact, our Agricul- 

 tural School is becoming so popular that the Farmer's 

 Institute of the Cape May County Board of Agriculture, 

 under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture and 

 the State Grange was held at De Hirsch Hall, which is 

 also selected as the place for the next Annual Meeting of 

 the Association of the Educational Boards of the 

 County." 



That not only the County but also the State authorities 

 recognized the value of his work in Woodbine and his 

 personal merits has been shown by the honor conferred 

 upon him in electing him a life member of the Board of 

 the State Agricultural College, in 1905. 



His relations to the people of Woodbine were fatherly 

 and marked with most unselfish generosity. He was 

 entirely free from all personal bitterness. On one occa- 

 sion the writer was handed by him a letter addressed to 

 him by a disgruntled manufacturer. The letter was full 

 of insults and vilifications. To the questions what he 

 will do about it, he answered, in his characteristic way, 

 that his personal feeling did not matter, as long as the 

 writer of the letter was otherwise a beneficial factor in 

 the town. 



As could be expected under the circumstances, Wood- 

 bine, as a typical Jewish immigrant community, has fo- 

 cused the attention of many a sociologist interested in 

 the life and doings of former abject subjects of dark 

 countries and now sovereign citizens of this truly blessed 

 Commonwealth. Among the many visitors and students 

 of sociology there were some who justly or unjustly 

 found fault with the management or the people. Pro- 

 fessor Sabsovich never failed to explain honest criticism 

 and to challenge censures called out by ulterior motives, 

 or false observation. 



