FAIR,   1895.
 

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Hebrew Free School Association, the Aguilar
Free Library Society and the Young Men's
Hebrew Association succeeded in organizing a
committee of public-spirited gentlemen, who
undertook to give a Fair upon a large scale, the
moneys realized therefrom to be applied to the
erection of a large educational building.

The Fair of 1889 was given at the American
Institute Hall, and, as a result, a fund of up¬
wards of $125,000 was raised. A plan was
agreed upon between the three interested soci¬
eties for the handling of these moneys, the
construction of the building, and the ultimate
management thereof. This plan comprehended
the organization of the corporation known as
The Educational Alliance, the Trustees con¬
sisting of the Presidents of the three societies
and four other gentlemen well known in the
community.

The first Board of Trustees was composed
of James H. Hoffman, Henry Rice, Samuel
M. Schafer, Jacob H. Schiff, Samuel Green-
baum, President of the Aguilar Free Library
Societ}^; Myer S. Isaacs, President of the He¬
 

brew Free School Association, and Manuel A.
Kursheedt, President of the Young Men's He¬
brew Association.

The policy which controlled this new corpo¬
ration was to entrust the management of the
new building to the representatives of the three
interested associations, the intention being
that, in case of any possible differences arising
between these representatives, the Board of
Trustees of the Educational Alliance would
intervene as arbitrators, with a view of harmo¬
nizing such differences.

The Educational Alliance, therefore, was in
no sense the body that controlled or directed
the work in the Institute, but, rather, had con¬
trol of its physical needs, having charge of
such matters as the cleaning, lighting, repair¬
ing and renting of rooms.

Under the agreement made before the holding
of the Fair, the title to the land became vested
partly in the Hebrew Free School Association,
and partly in the Aguilar Free Library Soci¬
ety. After the organization of the Educational
Alliance, long leases were simultaneously ex-
 

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