186 FROM THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST 



As superintendent of the Woodbine Agricultural 

 School the Professor was a wise teacher and a judicious 

 mentor. The boys found in him what many had in all 

 their lives lacked a source of inspiration and an inter- 

 ested friend and counselor. His rule was one of love, 

 and as he sowed, so he reaped, for few fathers are as 

 beloved and respected as the Professor is, even today, 

 by many of his "boys." 



Prof. Sabsovich combined idealism with common sense, 

 and that he succeeded in bringing many of his dreams and 

 visions to a very practical and material form amply at- 

 tests that fact. For several years he cherished the hope 

 of establishing in his beloved Woodbine a sort of Jewish 

 government, under the state laws of New Jersey, and 

 made every effort to incorporate Woodbine as a separate 

 borough. Infinite patience and energy were required, 

 yet, despite his manifold duties, the Professor ultimately 

 succeeded in seeing his ardent desire fulfilled. Wood- 

 bine became a small Jewish government, a separate town- 

 ship, with its own Mayor, common council and its own 

 city departments. In its gratitude, of course, Woodbine 

 unanimously elected Professor Sabsovich its first Mayor, 

 and its Mayor he continued until he was called to New 

 York City to assume the responsibilities of general man- 

 ager of the Baron de Hirsch Fund. This position he 

 occupied until his death. 



His last request was that he be buried in Woodbine, 

 the Woodbine he made and loved, and which loved 

 and will love him for all time. There he lies in peace, 

 and, while his memory will remain green in the hundreds 

 of hearts which knew and loved him, and the world con- 

 tinue to be enriched through the many lives he inspired 

 and moulded with his own indomitable spirit and high 

 aspirations, his monument in real and tangible form will 



