WHEREAS, we have been gratified and excited by the intensive program of building activity which has been sweeping through or congregations, both new and old, resulting in many magnificent edifices in which we and our children may glorify God through the fullest and most beautiful expressions of Judaism; and
WHEREAS, a group of distinguished architects have self-sacrificingly and devotedly given of their talents and their time to counsel our congregations and to guide them in the construction of technically sound and esthetically beautiful synagogues, a service rendered at the cost of widespread travel and inconvenience, without thought of remuneration or reward; Therefore, Be It