Rabbi Stephen Wise addresses the student body

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of the Free Synagogue of New York spoke during chapel as the first in a series of programs arranged by Gilbert Malcolm. This speech was Rabbi Wise's second trip to Dickinson, as he had previously visited during Founder's Day in 1928. Rabbi Wise was born in Hungary and graduated from Columbia University in 1892. Rabbi Wise was also a World War I veteran and received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government. Additionally, Rabbi Wise was the founder of the Oregon State Conference of Charities and Correction, the Federation of American Zionists, the Zionist Organization of America and the Jewish Institute of Religion.