C H R O N O L O G Y 1 9 2 4 8 0 9 February 14 Presents Carathéodory 1924 to the physical-mathematical class of the PAW: “Es wird eine axiomatische Darstellung der Raum-Zeit-Lehre der speziellen Relativitätstheorie gegeben, welche nur auf Voraussetzungen über das Verhal- ten des Lichtes gegründet ist, von der Idee des starren Kör- pers aber nicht unmittelbar Gebrauch macht.” Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin) Sitzungsberichte (1924): 11. February 27 Lectures at the Conference of Jewish Students in Germany at the Logenhaus in Berlin and is elected its honorary chair- man. Ha-Olam, 14 March 1924, and official invitation to the conference, 18 February 1923. TLS. [123 677]. March Completes an article on non-Euclidean geometry and physics for Die Neue Rundschau (Doc. 220). before March 6 Hosts meeting in support of Keren Hayesod in his apart- ment, attended by forty leaders of the German-Jewish community. Doar Ha-Yom, 6 March 1924. March 8 Accepts invitation to South America from the Asociación Hebraica, but not for 1924. April 15 Completes “Reponse to a Comment by W. Anderson” (Doc. 234). April 16 Ilse Einstein marries Rudolf Kayser. April 18 The League of Nations’ ICIC appoints a committee of seven, including Henri Bergson and AE, to study the pro- posal for the establishment of a university for Jewish stu- dents in Danzig. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Daily News Bulletin, 18 April 1924. April 20 Completes “The Compton Experiment. Does Science Exist for Its Own Sake?” (Doc. 236). April 24 Discusses the current state of the theory of radiation, its sta- tistical characteristics, Walther Bothe’s theory of multiple quanta, and his own efforts to solve the quantum problem through overdetermination. Preussische Akademie der Wis- senschaften (Berlin) Sitzungsberichte (1924): 179. April 28 Appointed chairman of the Jewish Students World Congress in Antwerp. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Daily News Bulle- tin, 28 April 1924. May 1 Arrives in Kiel.