From left 10 right:- Dr. Hall. Dr. John Carruthers, Pres. Dodge L.L.D., and Dr. Ward. AL-KULLIYYAH ISSUED BY THE American University. of Beirut FORMEI:tLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. NOVEMBER, 1926 NO.1

THE LIFE OF CLEVELAND H. DODGE The Great Friend oj the Near East. I have been requested by the editor of the English issue of AI-Kulliyyah to prepare an article on Cleveland H. Dodge, placing special emphasis on his interest in the Near East. All I can do is to state a few facts simply-their unusual significance must be left to the imagination of the reader. Cleveland H. Dodge came from an old American family which has been distinguished for many generations for its re­ ligious zeal and philanthropy. The first member settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629. The first New York member of the family was David Low Dodge, born in Connecticut in 1774. He came to New York in 1805 as a partner in the largest wholesale dry goods house in the city. David married a daughter of the Rev. Aaron Cleveland, grandfather of Grover Cleveland-a former president of the United States. David Low Dodge founded a line of philanthropists. For five generations the name has been prominent in finance, social and religious work. He was one of the founders of the American Tract and Bible Society and the first president of the American Peace Society. He wrote several books on religious subjects, one being "War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ." His son, William Earl Dodge, became in 1833 a partner in Phelps, Dodge and Co., which is still one of the greatest houses in the metal industries. He was president of the National Evangelical Alliance, the National Temperance Socie­ ty and similar bodies. He was also a generous supporter of the Y.M.C.A. 2 AL-KULLIYY AH

William Earl Dodge, Jr., was born in Xew York in r832. Besides being one of the leading financiers of the city, he was president of the National V.M.e.A. and an official of many religious and educational organizations. Cleveland H. Dodge was the fourth in line of this re­ markable family. He was born in 1860 and was graduated from Princeton University in the class of 1879 with Woodrow \-Vilson, who was then, and remained until his death a warm personal friend. Judging from the comments of the press in America during the past summer, it is evident that Mr. Dodge was considered one of the most prominent men of his time. He was officially connected with many important business cor­ porations but he will be known in history as an outstanding philanthropist. For many years he was the president of the Board of Trustees of Robert College of Constantinople, a trustee of the C1t.rnegie Institution of Washington, of the New York Public Library, the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Zoological Society. During the war Mr. Dodge not only contributed liberally to the Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., and many other relid enter­ prises but he showed such zeal in promoting these causes that he was again and 1t.gain appointed to head their gigantic cam­ paigns. He was intimately identified with the Near East Relief. He was present at the first meeting when that com­ mittee was organized and never missed a single meeting until his health was impaired. He served as the Treasurer and for several years paid all of the expenses incident to the collection of vast sums of money because he thought people would give much more generously if they knew every cent collected would go directly to the orphans. He was so deeply interested in the American Colleges in the Near East that he worked out a plan for a joint offIce in America which was to provide an efficient business administra­ tion for these growing institutions, to collect the necessary funds to clear them of their war debts and to place them on a permanent basis financially by increasing their endowments. Not only did Mr. Dodge pay all of the expenses of this enter- AL-KULLIYYAH 3 prise but he gave the closest personal attention to the develop­ ment of the plan and acted as the chairman of the Emergency Fund in 1922 and of the Fund for Near East Colleges in 1925. The family's connection with the Near East is being carried a generation further by his daughter, Mrs. George H. Huntington of Robert College, and his son, Bayard Dodge, now president of the American University of Beirut. Few lives and few fortunes are so largely given over to well doing as was that of Cleveland H. Dodge. Such men not only reflect honor on the country that produces them but provide the basis for faith in a universal brotherhood throughout the whole wide world. AI,B$l' W. STAUB.

MEMORIAL MEETING In konor oj tke great American Benefactor Cleveland H. Dodge. No matter how widely critics of national traits and character may differ in their comments upon Syria and the Syrians, they cannot help agreeing that the beautiful quality of gratitude is deeply rooted in the hearts of the Syrians. Moved by deep regret for the sad death of the great philanthropist, Cleveland H. Dodge, father of our President, recognizing the great love he always cherished for Syria and the Near East and conscious of the priceless moral and financial aid he had rendered to the causes of education and culture and charity in the Near East, a group of distinguished men repre~ . senting all political and religious creeds in the country, held a memorial meeting, Wednesday afternoon, July 28, in the Tabariz spacious Hall in Beirut. The Committee in charge was made up of the following leading citizens :- Marquise Jean Freije, A Beirut Notable. George Effendi Baz, Champion of Women's Rights. George Bey Tabit, Member of the House of Representatives. Omar Bey Beyhurn,,, " " " " Omar Bey Daouk" " " " " Emir Fuad Araslan" " " " " 4 AL-KULLIYYAH Habib Bey Trad, Banker. Ramiz Eff.Sarkis, Proprietor of Lisan VI-Hal. Dr. Fuad Bey Ghosn, Prop. and Editor of the Medical lVlagazine. Henry Effendi N akkash, Director of the Banco di Roma. The noteworthy and impressive fact about this gathering is that it was a spontaneous and sincere demonstration of love and appreciation of the work of Cleveland H. Dodge for Syria, Moreover, the men who made the arrangements and executed the plans are not connected with our University and with the exception of two did not receive their education at the A.U.B. Omar Bey Daouk was the Chairman of the occasion. He opened the meeting by a very appreciative address. He quoted one of the sayings of the Prophet Mohammad and applied it most fittingly w the late benefactor. "When the Son of Adam dies his work stops except in three forms: Flowing charity, use­ fullearning and a righteous son." Omar Bey added, "Surely the work of Clevel8.lld H. Dodge is still going on. In the great charitable institutions he established, in the great centers of education he supported and in the person of his righteous son Mr. Bayard Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut." George Baz delivered in Arabic a biography of Cleveland H. Dodge. A very high tribute was paid in French by M. Alfred N akkash. Amin Effendi Rihani spoke on Cleveland H. Dodge as the ideal rich man (I) . Nicola Tabit extolled in English the great deeds of the late philanthropist. Mary Ajamy eulogized him in Arabic verse. Habib Eff. Bustany's address in French expressed clearly the appreciation of the country for its great friend. A magnificent poem was delivered by the well known poet, Amin Bey Taky-ud-Din, showing the great loss suffered in America as well as in Asia through the death of the man who was one of God's gifts to his generation. Prof. Khauli thanked the speC\kers and the audience on behalf of President Bayard Dodge. Wadi Sabra, the well known pianist and 'com­ poser, furnished the music for the evening. A beautiful large

(I) Mr. Rihaai'.. address will be translated into English to be published in the December iSSl!{, of the Alumni Monthly. AL-KlTLLIYYAH 5 picture of Cleveland H. Dodge, the work and gift of Wadad Shoucair, was hanging on the wall behind the speakers to give them inspiration and to show the audience the man whose bene­ ficence and charity were world wide, bounded by no color, creed or geographical lines.

EDITORIAL COMMENTS ON CLEVELA~D H. DODGE

For several months after the death of the great American Philan­ thropist, Clevelar,.d H. Dodge, the American and European Press have given columns to the description of the life and deeds of the big hearted benefactor and his gigantic work of charity and benevolence. In the "Outlook" of New York we read that the late "lover of his kind" raised $170,000,000 for the American Red Cross work in Europe and the Near East. He was himself one of the biggest contributors towards this stupendous amount. He gave one check for $1,000,000 besides many others. His interest in spreading sound education in the Mediterranean countries is too wen known to need any comment. Salloum A. Mokarzel, the able editor of the Syrian World, has well said of him. "He had contributed so much of his time and resources to the cause of education in the Near East that his life is said to have marked a new era in American philanthropy in this field." Portlalld (Orego};) J oUi·nal.- Some men find their happiness in life in getting; Mr. Dodge found his in giving; he gave his heart, his money and his children to the Near East. In the Brooklyn Eagle we read.- In the best sense of the term, Mr. Dodge was a "merchant prince." He never sought office; he never yearned to dominate law-making. As his father and his grandfather before him had been, he was a God-fearing gentleman, not ashamed of making money, not arrogant because of his success; an American of whom his country could be proud in the face of the World. The head of the Dodge family of N ew York City passed for the great majority; but the family must still be a great factor in the best sort of American and world progress toward the ideals which are everlasting and unchangeable. The New Mexican, Santa Fe-- The life of Cleveland H. Dodge, capitalist and philanthropist, touched New Mexico in many ways. He had many friends in this state. Few lives and few fortunes are so largely given over to well doing. 6 AL~KULLIYYAH

Among other things, Charles W. Vickery, General Secretary of the Near East Relief relates the following inspiring incident in the life of Cleveland Dodge. "There probably would have been no such organization as the Near East Relief had it not been for Mr. Dodge; and there oertainly would have been no such rapid and far-reaching development of the organization had it not been for his inspiring leadership and financial generosity. "In 1919 a test came. The war had left practically the entire Armenian population exiled from their homelands, stranded in the im­ poverished, famine-stricken regions of southern Russia without food, clothing, or friends. They were, in the autumn of that year, dying of starvation at the rate of a thousand or more per day. A million lives were at stake. A minimum of $r5,000,000 would be required to serve them through the winter. Generous and unstinted as Mr. Dodge's provision for campaign and administrative expenses had been, $r5,000,000 could not be raised in a few weeks or months without a large campaign organization. No one dreamed of asking Mr. Dodge to do more than he was then doing. I, however, went to him to ask if he would object to my placing the situation before one or two other men with a view to asking them to supplement what he was doing toward campaign expenses. Don't speak to anyone else just yet; let me think it over," was his reply. A few days later, in his office, he said,: "Don't ask anyone else for that additional campaign expense money. I'll provide the $roo,ooo or whatever else is necessary to see the thing through." "I thanked him, and said: "I, of course know practically nothing of your business or financial resources, but I do know that you recently gave at one time $1,000,000 to the American Red Cross, that you are the Chair­ man and perhaps the largest contributor to the Young Men's Christian Association and to the United War Work Fund, that you are paying all of our campaign and administrative expenses, besides numerous other charities. We naturally marvel that you are both willing and able to do it." "Vickery," he replied, "when this awful war broke out I knew that we would all have to do our bit, and among other things I resolved that, whatever else happened, I would not allow myself and my estate to profit by it. Some people call us profiteers. We cannot help it. The Govern~ ment needs copper. We have copper. The Government fixes the price on copper, we don't. We profit at the price fixed by the Government. But I have resolved that Dot one red cent of this blood money shall stick to these fingers." AL-KULLIY 'I AH 7

All those who are acquainted with the life of Cleveland Dodge are sure that tm" SLatement was carried out to the letter-that Mr. Dodge did riot come out of the war one cent richer on account of the great profits made by his copper concerns. They were well bestowed in charitable channels. What an inspiration is such a beautiiul, modest and generous life. It makes the poor of the world renew their faith in their fellow-men and it cannot but inspire the rich to go and do likewise-each according to his ability.

THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS. Simple, dignified and impressive was the ceremony at 4.15 p.m., Monday, Oct. I 1,1926, held in the spacious Faculty Room at the Marquand House for the conferring upon our beloved President of the high degree of L.L.D. The big room was well filled with members of the Faculty of the University. Th~ pictures of the sages and savants of different lands and eras that hang on the walls of the big room lent a significant touch to the academic occasion. The presence of a few ladies who were there t8 pDur tea after the conclusion of the exercises gave grace to the assembly. Only four persons were in academic gowns, the President, Dr. Carruthers, the envoy from Occi­ dental College, Dr. Hall and Dr. Ward. Occidental College of Los Angeles, California, is a young, vigorous and progressive institution. Its faculty, recognizing the character, learning and ability of the president of our University, voted recently to confer upon him the degree of L.L.D. Dr. Carruthers, one of the distinguished members of the faculty of that institution carried the hood-the insignia appertaining to that degree to our president. Prof. Hall, principal of the Preparatory Department of the A.U.B. made the opening speech .. He explained the fundamental policy of the University laid down by its founder, Dr. Daniel Bliss, and carried out and developed by his successors, the late President Howard Bliss, Acting President Edward F. Nickoley and Bayard Dodge. The aim of this institution has been for the last six decades to produce strong, true and upright men. Prof. Hall read a letter of greetings to President Dodge from Dr. Bird, President of Occidental College. Dr. John Carruthers 8 AL-KULLIYYAH then arose and conferred on behalf of his faculty and Board of Trustees, on the President, the degree of L.L.D. making the following speech. "Bayard Dodge; descendant of a distinguished American family; son of the late Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, benefactor to the peoples of the Near East; schooled in the Princeton Univers­ ity tradition of "World Service;" trained to seek "the truth that makes men free" by men of mind and soul at Union Theological Seminary; guide to the youth of this University by life and precept, delivering many from student perplexities into lives of poise and purpose and clean manhood; drafted by his own talents, forced by conscience and prompted by love to serve, suffer and share in the human and institutional chaos wrought by the war; giving boundlessly of self and substance in know­ ing partnership with one in whose heart are secretly hid the personal archives of that joint sacrifice freely made; helping unstintedly the successful ad-interim administration of his loyal and widely respected colleague Dean Nickoley; in I924 called, beyond question, by a "Power not ourselves making for righteousness," justice, mercy and peace to be President of the American University of Beirut; serving modestly, quietly, efficiently and tactfully in the strategic spirit of Christian Service the needs of this University so renowned and deeply beloved. The young but able President of Occidental College, graduate of the same college year and generation as you, sir, would have me say, on behalf of the Trustees and faculty of that California Institution, that the Far West and Near East by virtue of this ceremony thus symbolize a kind of Academic Entente of Educational Effort, for the eyes of your venerable founders, whose spirit hovers we know in this beautiful memor­ ial room, looked out to serve the Youth of the Nearer Orient whereas the same type of Presbyterian founders in Western America looked out to serve the Youth of the Far Orient with an ocean rather than deserts to widen the area they pioneered. And we must carry on. Therefore, You, Bayard Dodge, President of the American University and the friend of your associates the faculty are here­ by invested with the Degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, In the Beautiful Gctrdens of the MJrquilnd House. AL-KULLIYYAH 9

and are consequently entitled to all the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining including the Status of Alumnus of Oc­ cidental College. Dr. Ward and Prof. Hall assisted Dr. Carruthers in placing upon the shoulders of the President the Hood appertaining to the degree of L.L.D. In graceful, modest and effective words our President, Dr. Bayard Dodge thanked Dr. Carruthers and through him he sent his grateful greetings to the President and Board of Trustees of Occidental College. His modesty led him to declare that he considered the honor conferred on the American University and not on him personally. He gave a beautiful word picture of the resemblances and contrasts be­ tween the two institutions and their VitrioUS problems and op­ portunities and hoped that this occasion will unite the two colleges with the strong bonds of friendship. Dr. Ward spoke of his visit with President Dodge to that western seat of learning and gave a realistic description of Occidental College and its history and accomplishments in the past. He also spoke of its hopes and aspirations for the future. He told his hearers of the evident signs of vigor, strength, ambition and high purpose of that California institution. The assembly moved out to the beautiful gardens of the :Marquand House where Mrs. George Stewart and her lady assistants served them with refreshments. The General Secretary of the Alumni ;-\.ssociation takes pride and pleasure in presenting to our much beloved and highly respected President, Dr. Bayard Dodge, on his own behalf and on behalf of the thousands of loyal Alumni and former students living in the East and beyond the seas cordial greetings and most sincere congratulations.

I ANOTHER AMERICAN FRIEND OF THE A.U.B. PASSES AWAY. It is with the deepes't regret that we announce to our readers the sudden death on Aug. 6, of Dr. F. A. Dorman, brother of our Dr. Harry P. Dorman. He died at the age of 52. Dr. Franklin A. Dorman served the A.U.B. as a member of its Board of Trustees from I920, and has rendered a great many services to our University. 2 AL-KULLIYY AH

The following brief sketch of his career is taken from the New York Times and gives our readers an idea of the valuable life that has come to an end. "Dr. Franklin Abbott Dorman died suddenly of heart disease yesterday at his home 1,120 Fifth Avenue. He was born in Upper Montclair, N. ]., fifty-two years ago, the son of Franklin W. and Isabelle Taylor Dorman. He was educated at Montclair High School and Harvard Univer­ sity, graduating from the university in 1894. Four years later he graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in this city. After serving at the Post-Graduate Hospital as an interne, Dr. Dorman specialized in obstetrics and later went to the Sloane Hospital for 'Women as resident physician, in which capacity he served for many years. At the time of his death he was head of the obstetrical division of Sloane Hospital. In September, 1909, Dr. Dorman married Miss Jane Chadwick Callendar of Albany. Three sons and two daughters were born to them. Dr. Dorman was a deacon of the Broadway Tabernacle and a trustee of the American University of Beirut. He was also a Fellow of the A.. merican Medical Association, a FeIIow of the American College of Surgeons, a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine. and a member of the Society of Alumni of Sloane Hospi tal." \Ve extend our sincere and profound sympathy to our friend Dr. Harry P. Dorman and his family in their hour of sore affliction.

THE PRESIDENT:S REPORT FOR THE 60th YEAR 1925-1 926 The President and Faculty of the Lniversity look upon their Alumni and former students not as men who have merely spent a few years studying in their institution and then turned their backs upon their Alma Mater, losing all interest in her progress and welfare. The University authorities consider the faithful sons of the A.F.B. as loyal copartners in the work AL-KULLIVYAH II of helping to uplift the Eastern lands. Consequently they wish to take them into their confidence and to try to keep them well-informed about the different activities of the University and about any changes or developments in its policy of ad­ ministration, as well as about the hopes and aspirations for the future. President Dodge has kindly placed in the hands of the General Secretary of the Alumni Association the Annual Report which he submitted last summer to the Board of Trustees of the A.U.B. in NevI York. He gave us liberty to publish from the report whatever we believe will interest our readers. The following extracts have been chosen for this issue. In the next number of the Alumni Monthly we shall give our readers other extracts from the President's valuable report. (The Editor). RAISING STANDARDS.- (a) Limitation of Enrolment. As the laboratories, lecture rooms, dormitories, and dining halls of the University are all limited in capacity, it is believed that further increase in the number of students would result in superficial work. It is also true that the students who come to Beirut represent so many different phases of thought and custom, that it is wiser to allow the University to grow slowly, rather than to attempt to assimilate too many new recruits at one time. Accordingly, the Faculty have voted to limit the size of different parts of the institution in the following way: Elementary School :-Maximum of eight grades of twenty pupils each. Preparatory School ...... 400 boys Freshman Classes (Freshman, Sub-Freshman and short business courses) ...... 375 boys Students Sophomore Class ...... 160 (men and women) School of Medicine, entering class ...... 35 (men and women) I2 AL-KULLIYYAH

School of Dentistry, entering class ...... 35 (men and women) School of Pharmacy, entering class...... 20 (men and women) A system of competitive examination will be arranged for in connection with the professional schools, so as to select the best candidates. The Near Eastern countries have schools supported by government appropriations, which train quanti­ ties of professional men. The Faculty feel that the great opportunity of a private institution, like the one at Beirut, is to turn out quality, rather than quantity, and to train up leaders to champion honest methods and sientific progress. (c) Improvements oj Courses. Entirely aside from any consideration of recognition from the Regents of the State of New York, the Faculty desire con­ stantly to raise their standard, so as to assure the most serious work possible and so as to select the best men and women as candidates for degrees. Hereafter certain prerequisite courses must be thoroughly mastered in order to gain admission to the School of Pharmacy, and two years of special college study will be necessary for entrance to both Medicine and Dentistry. A movement has been started to encourage men to complete Junior year before entering medicine. At commencement for the first time a student received his B.A. (in Medicine) after having completed three years of college ,york and one year of the Medical School. As the graduates are destined to be leaders in the midst of a social and political renaissance, they will not have a whole­ some influence unless they gain a broad enough culture to assure balance of judgment and the ability to understand con­ flicting points of view. Accordingly, the University has a solemn duty to give the students a very thorough training and to demand that they study even harder than European students do. (d) New System oj Examinatio11S. In the past the medical students have been examined by their own professors and then they have appeared before a government board of examiners to obtain the license to practice. This year a new plan has been adopted. .. AL-KULLIYYAH 13

In order to make the examinations impressive for the students and thoroughly satisfactory to government authorities an international board was invited to aid the faculty conducting the University examinations for second, fourth and fifth year medical students. The director of the French :Military Hospital at Beirut and another medical officer represented the Mandate for Syria. The Director of Health from Jerusalem and the Director of Hospi­ tals of the Bagdad Lewa represented the British rule in Palestine and Iraq. The Acting Director and another profes­ sor of the Kasr-EI-'Aini Medical School of Cairo, came from Egypt. Difficult examinations were held with a number of failures, and a new meaning was given to the work of the School of Medicine. (e) Lengthening oj Medical Course. This new system of examinations was especially timely this year, as a fifth year class in Medicine was graduated. Here­ after the course will be for five years. During the past year ten students availed themselves of the hospitality of the University of Montpe!lier and spent their fifth year at that institution. Upon returning to Beirut in June with appropriate recom­ mendations, they were granted degrees by the Beirut Faculty. Hereafter this same privilege will be granted by the University of Lyons as well as by Montpellier. The plan seems to be a valuable one for serious students who know French, so that the Faculty hope to encourage picked men to spend their fifth year at one of the French Universities.

FINANCE;. Although the large enrolment of students made it neces­ sary to engage extra assistants the unexpected increase in income from fees rendered the year a prosperous one. The financial statement attached to this report gives the net re­ venues, but does not take into account all of the fees received for board, clinical service, and other miscellaneous things. Altogether 246,142 dollars were received from students and hospital patients, representing 52 % of the gross income 471,75I dollars, for the fiscal year 1925-1926, AL-KULLIYV AH

The Preparatory School was self supporting. Needless to say the University branches of work needed help from the Board of Trustees. The subsidies required from the Trustees were as follows ;-

School of Arts and Sciences ...... $34,446. I I School of Medicine (I) ...... $34,567. 0 9 School of Dentistry ...... $I6,752 .20 School of Pharmacy ... , ...... $ 6,9 I 3·45 (!) This does not include the subsidy from the Rockefeller F oundD.­ tion and the subsidies per the A.U.B. Hospitals which amount to $32,302.I. These fIgures do not include general expenses for the up­ keep of grounds, buildings and central administration. Before the war the University was entirely supported by local fees and endowment funds. As a result of the war and the high cost of living which followed it, the institution fell into debt. It was also necessary to increase salaries, so that the endowment fund was far from adequate. At that time a common offlce was instituted for Robert College, Constantinople Woman's College, and the American University of Beirut, under the direction of Mr. Albert W. Staub. A preliminary campaign cleared off war debts and guaranteed running expenses for a time. Last year was a memorable one for the University, as a much more su.::cessful campaign was brought to a close. The International College of Smyrna and the Sofia American Schools participated with the three larger institutions just mentioned, to raise two and a half million dollars. 1\Ir. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. very generously donated a quarter of the sum needed and nearly four thousand contribu­ tors from forty eight different states of the Union and fourteen other territories gave the rest of the fund. The University re­ ceived $945, 000 as its share of the amount collected for the five colleges. This sum should guarantee the running expenses of the institution until the year I930, and in the meantime it is hoped that the endowment fund can be substantially aug­ mented. Last year the local income (not counting certain boarding fees and extras included with the gross receipts) together with AL-KULLIYYAH incomes from endowments and numerous gifts, were as follows: Net local income from students' fees, hospital patients, etc. $I84,025·62 Subsidy from the Rockefeller Foundation 20,477·95 Gifts 3I ,I62.IO Income from endowments 66,33 0 .0I Allowance needed from campaign funds I33,965·56

$435,96I.2 4 By forced economy the expenses were kept down so as to make it possible for the revenues to payoff some old debts and to institute a new system of retiring allowances.

OPENING ASSEMBLY The opening Assembly of the college year was held in the Chapel on Friday afternoon, Oct. S. Pres. Dodge introduced Prof. Khauli who welcomed the students to the V niversity for a new year of work. He explained especially to the new students the principles and ideals of the A.V.B. Then the assembly had the pleasure of listening to a beautiful organ ~olo by 1\1. Kouguell, the head of the new Music Dcpartmmt. Finally Prof. Seelye spoke on behalf of the members of the faculty who have just returned from furlough. He emphasized the fact that travel teaches a man not only about the country he is visiting but about his own country which he has left. He said that one characteristic of America today was its interest in youth. This shows itself in the growing effort for child welfare as well as in colleges and organizations for young people. He also expressed his pleasure in being again in Syria with the A.U.B.

NEW MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF Among the new members of the Faculty and Staff whom we are welcoming this year, are two who have taught at the A. U. B. before. Dr. Telemachos K. Rossides, adjunct-professor of Pharmacology who has come from America with his wife and smali son Daniel, received his M.D. here in 1917 and has served as an assistant in physiology. Mr. Jubrail 'Obeid, M.D.'n, who was an assistant in the medical department is now resident physician in the Cniversity Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Bennett D. Avery have come from America and Dr. and .:\Irs. Raymond H. Goodale are expected later. Dr. Avery is adjunct­ professor of Anatomy and Dr. Goodale of Pathology. Mrs. Avery is. serving as a laboratory technician. 16 AL-KULLIYYAH

Dr. Alexander Bezjian, M.D.'I7 and Dr. Ibrahim Nassar, M.D.'I5 are in the department of surgery. Dr. l\"assar is a brother d Prof. Najib Nassar. He has made a fine reputation in the government hospitals in Jerusalem where he is maember of the Medical Academy. Dr. George Haddad, D.D.S.'25 and Dr. P. H. Hadidian, D.D.S.'26 will be teaching in the School of Dentistry. Miss Armeochie Mugrdichian, a graduate of the Nurses Training School in. 1926, will be a technician in bacteriology. Mr. Khoven Terzian and Mr. Alphonse Levadiote will also be laboratory technicians. Miss Sophia Lazareff will be assistant to Dr. Fox ar.d Mr. Habib Shaheen, ex '26, will assist Dr. Rossides. In the School of Arts and Sciences there will be a new course on Islamic law taught by Sheikh Yusuf Zakharayyah, a prominent lawyer of Beirut. Mr. G. Donald Hudson Ph.B. adjunct-professor of Education is a brother of Dr. Ellis Hudson who was a staffite here before the war. Dr. Hudson served as professor of Internal ::Yledicine in 1923-24 and left the liniversity to establish a medical mission in Deir Zor. A.U.B. graduates who are instructors are Mr. Gabriel Jabbur, B.A.'25 in Arabic; Mr. Kicholas Kanellopoulos, Phar.M.'26 in Chemistry and Mr. George D. Shahlah, B.A.'23 in History. Instructors from America include 2\lr. \Vallace R. Deuel in Economics; Mr. vVyatt \V. Ledgerwood in Biology; Mr. Harry H. Hall in Physics; Mr. Warren R. Church in ::\Iathematics; ?lIr. James Bixler, 1\1r. George M. Kahrl and Mr. Butler Tompkins in English. Mr. Tompkins is a brother of Mr. Alva Tompkins who is now on the staff. 1\Ir. Bixler is the brother of Mr. Seelye Bixler, former director of West Hall. Mr. Hall is the son of Prof. Hall, principal of the Preparatory School. 1\1. Franc P. G. Thenaud has come from France to join the French department. Mr. \Villiam R. Domer and Mr. Ilyas Sousu ex '26 will be instructors in commerce. Mr. Harry Wm. Foot wiiI be Director of Physical Education. New Instructors in the Preparatory School will be Mr. Fayik Ibrahim Adham, B.A.'26; ::\1r ..'\ziz Tabet B.A.':::6, 1\lr. Fouad .:\asrallah, 1\1r. Arif Barakat com. short course '26 and Mr. Michael L. Stiver. 1\1r5. Edith 1\1. Laird who h:ls been in the library of Princeton Univer­ sity for the last three years has come to take charge of (he A.U.B. library. AL-KULLIYYAH

This year for the first time the divisional Deans have special secretarial help. Miss Mary V. Smock is secretary to the Dean of Arts and Sciences and Miss Marian Y. Ostrander to the Dean of Medicine. Mr. Salim Ma'luf, A.L.B. prep. is assistant in the Treasurer's Office. Mr. Bishara Tarazi, com. short course '26, is secretary to the School of Dentistry. In the hospital, Mrs. Jeanette C. Vincent is the new dietician. The new pavilion head nurses are Miss :lHiriam Benedict, Miss Florence B. MacInnis and l\1iss Lucy l\Iay Shawhan. There are also three new assistant pavilion nurses, l\Iiss Oghda Jinivizian, Miss Saoud Kenaan, and Miss Katherine Khalayji:lll.

A.U.B. PROFESSORS ON FURLOUGH This year sees many of the Faculty absent on furlough. They are visiting and studying in different institutions -in Europe and America. Dr. Cruikshank spent the summer work­ ing in Vienna Hospitals and has now gone to Edinburgh for six months study. He will also visit Canada and the United States before returning to Beirut. Dr. Rihan and Mr. Cons tan will be in Boston, :lVIass. Dr. Rihan will be working at the Harvard Medical School and Mr. Constan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pasadena, California will also have two A.U.B. professors. Prof. Brown will be at the famous Observatory on Mt. Wilson and Professor Bacon will attend an Institute of Physics in Pasadena. r Prof. Turner, after a summer's work at the University of Chicago, has gone to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore to continue his medical studies. I\Ir. R. Husayni holds a Laura Spellman Rockefeller Tra~ veIling Fellowship for the study of commercial subjects and economICS. Prof. Day, Dr. \Vebster, and Dr. Dorman are on leave at home. Dr. Dorman and Dr. vVebster will return to the Uni­ versity during the coming winter.

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This is the latest definite news the University has about these professors. Many of them will however travel widely in Europe and the United States and witness valuable examples of practical teaching in their fields of work.

FRANCIS OF ASS lSI

At the first Chapel service of the year, on Sunday, October 10, President Dodge deliver~d the address. He spoke about Francis of Assissi a great spiritual leader who died 700 years ago. frc;.ncis lived in the little town of Assisi in Central Italy. His father was the richest man of the village and he wished his son to follow in his footsteps. Francis as a boy was gay and thoughtless. He was full of generous impulses but he vvas also the leader in all the carousals of the young men. Finally he fell ill. As he grew better he used to go to the olive grove above the village and <:pend much time there in meditation. One day he visited a little chapel and in a moment elf religious fervor threw himself on his knees before the crucifix-the figure of Jesus nailed to the cross. Then he had a vision of Jesus, the friend of all men, coming down from the cross and speaking to him. He went out from the chapel a changed man and devoted the rest of his life to helping his brother men and trying to do the will of God. His abandonment of the worldly schemes of his father made his father furiously angry. The bishop of the town called them before him to settle the dispute. Francis took his clothes and what little money he had and gave them back to his father, saying that now he could more truly say, "~ly Father in Heaven." A man who was watching the scene gave Francis an old brown cloak which he pu~ over his shoulders. Then he picked up a piece of rope tied it about his waist for a girdle and went out destitute in;to the winter sumv. Within a few years thousands of the best men of Italy were wearing this costume and following Francis. Toward the end of his life Francis was much troubled by the cruel and bloody wars of the Crusades which were going on. He wished to go to the East to preach love and brotherhood to both Christians and ·Mohammedans. Afer several unsuccessful attempts he landed in Egypt and allowed himself to be taken pris:mcr by the army of the Sultan. Absolutely fearless, he was taken to the tent of the Sultan to whom he AL-KULLIYY AH 19

preached. The Sultan sent him away as an honored guest.. He then travelled through Palestine and Syria, preaching the brotherhood of men. After he returned to Italy he became sick. The joy which he had found 'in this life o~ service was sO' great that he died gladly with a song of triumph on his lips. President Dodge admitted that some of Francis's ideas \'jere not practical now. His ideas of hygiene for instance would shock the medical students. He said too that while Francis went down to the level of the poor to serve them, the modern idea is to lift the poor to a higher level. Nevertheless he asked if we all had to wait for sickness to make us stop and think. He urged the students to take some time now to consider the ways of life open to them and to choose Francis's way of love a,nd service to his fellowmen.

BROTHERHOOD RECEPTION

The West Hall Brotherhood held its opening reception in West Hall on Saturday night, Oct. r6. The guests were greeted as they entered the Auditorium by President and Mrs. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Shehadi and Mr. George Farah, Chairman of the Social Committee. The opening program took place in the Auditorium. i\fr. Shehadi A. Shehadi, the President of the Brotherhood, welcomed the new studen.ts and spoke briefly of the aims of the Society. The great need of the Near East, he said, is for people who would work together regardless of religious differences. The Brotherhood hopes to develop this spirit. He then introduced President Dodge who emphasized the need of spiritual things and the fact that there were many things on which the different religions could unite and work together. These similar things should be stressed rather than those thin.gs which divide. Professor Seelye followed. He said that the spirit of Brotherhood was the spirit of the University since its foundation and added that without this spirit of Brotherhood, religion would be of little use to the world. He related some experiences which he had "when he was in America." Mr. Kouguell played a Spanish number on the piano and an Arab one. The latter was especially greeted with applause ,vhich showed the great appreciation of the audience. Mr. Halwani (Med. V) also played two selections. 20 AL-KULLIYY AH

The Presidents of all the University societies spoke briefly about their organizations. They came in the following order. Mr. Labib Fulayhan, President of the Students' Union. Mr. Mohammed Khorshid, President of 'Urwal Ul-vVuthka. Mr. Hafiz lamiI, President of Zahrat Al-Adab. ~1r. 1\1. Cornud, President of the French Society. Mr. Iskander Harik, President of the Boys' Service Club. Mr. Shith Na'um, President oj the Arabic Scientific Society. Then the audience adjourned to the volley ball room where refresh­ ments were served on the way to the Common Room. The evening was certainly an introduction that should make ull new students anxious to become members of the Brotherhood ~nd take pnrt in its helpful work. E. S.

AN IMPRESSIVE GATHERING AT THE DENTAL SCHOOL

A v,ery interesting and impressive rr:eeting was held in the Dental Building after the morning chapel service on Tuesday, October 12. Besides a few visitors, all the professors, members of the teaching staff and student body of the Dental School were present. Dr. "Vard, Dean of the Medical Faculty and Acting Director of the School of Dentistry, presided. President Dodge in a brief and touching speech told of the tremendous advance the Dental School made under the able leadership of Dr. A. R. Dray, our late beloved Principal. There was a minute of complete silence when Dr. Ward unveiled Dr. Dray's' portrait which was presented to the department by the Un:versity Faculty. Meanwhile President Dodge stated that it was through the effortS and foresight ('f Dr. Dray in raising the curriculum to a higher standard that he had the privilege to announce for the first time the good news of the recognition of our Dental degree by the Board of Regents of the State of ~ew York, and that our Dental Schonl is cOl'sidered as a class "A" school of dentistry and ranked on the same level with any cbss "A" schools in the United States of America. Dr. Ward spoke next and in referring to Dr. Dray's portrait and his great services to the Dental School asked those present to look on the picture every now and then to get ir:spiration and try to do for the Dental School whilt Dr. Dray had done in such a short period. He also said that our School of Dentistry should be proud of the appointment of Dr. l\1avrogordato as Professor of Oral Surgery in the University of Athens. He expressed his hope that during the coming year, with the AL-KULLIYYAH 2I aid of the newly installed apparatus in the dental buildings, and the sincere desire for earnest work on the part of everyone, the year would be a very helpful and successful one. The last speaker was Dr. 1. Nasif. He said in part "Dr. Dray has set a ver? high standard before us and although it will be very difficult for us to come up to that standard yet it is our sacred duty to work hard and follow his example." Then Dr. Nasif related briefly the history of the schaul from the day it started with Dr. Dray as its only professor and Dr. Amin Haddad as his only assistant. "The School had no building nor proper equipment when it started. At present it has a fine build­ ing, an up-to-date equipment and a well chosen faculty." In speaking about our dental graduates as private practitioners and as men who have been called to take responsible positions on the faculties of Dental Schools in Damascus and Egypt, Dr. N asif was too modest to mention that he himself served as instructor in the Department of Pathology in the 1;niversity of Pensylvania in the year I922-23. In this connection a word may be added by way of information to our medical and especially our dental graduates that this year the dental X-Ray machine is in operation e\'cry afternoon in the dental building, and we shall be glad to receive any cases that may be referred to us for radiography. K. J. TABOURIAN.

A DEPARTMENT OF ::\lUSIC AT THE A.U.B. Robert college has had a flourishing music department for a number of years. l\Ir. :l\IacNeal who was on the A.U.B. staff at one time is now teaching music there. This year for the first time the A.U.B. will start a department of music.In developing this new l1eld the University is most fortunate to have the services of }I. Arcadie Kouguell a very fine Russian musician who is living in Beirut. 1\1. Kouguell is no stranger to the A.r.B. community for he has b~eIl in charge of concerts for several years. As head of the music department 1\1. KougueU will both organize individual instruction in music and also train a student choir and orchestra.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS The University was greatly pleased, on Oct. I4. to receiw a visit of a group of distinguished men from the Northern part of Syria. They spent over two hours and a half on the Campus, visited West Hall, the Museum, the Library and other buildings. They were ~reatly impressed by the 22 AL-KULLIYY AH

vastness of the Campus, the beauty of the halls, the magnificence of th~ scenery and the broad spirit of the University. Amon.g the distinguished men were: His Excellency, Mohammed Nabih aI-Martini, Governor of Aleppo: Salim Djambart, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Aleppo; Mohammed Ghaleh Ibrahim Pasha, President of the Aleppo Municipality; l\fichel Genadri, Deputy of Aleppo in the Parliament of Syria; Hadj :Mohammad EI-Ayech, Governor of Dayruz-Zur; :Mohammad Kouri, President of the :Municipality of Dayruz-Zur and others.

On October 6th the University was honored by a visit from Sayyid Yasin uI-Rawaf, plenipotentiary of 'Abd-el-Aziz Ibn-ul-Su'ud, King of the Hajjaz and Sultan of Nejd, to the state of Syria and the Lebanon Republic. With new progress developing in Arabia, a new interest in. education is arising, and a need is springing up for leaders trained in some of the modern prof'%sions. Sayyid Yasin was greatly pleased with his visit and promised to come again.. He told the General Secretary that he would write about his visit to His Majesty the Sultan of Nejd and King of the Hajjaz and said that he intends to explain to his government about the great services the A.U.B. is rendering to the Arabic-speaking world. AL-KULLIYY AH 23

UNIVERSITY NEWS ·Rev. John C&rruthers, Professor of' Religious Education at Occidental College stayed at West Hall for two weeks early in October. He is spending several months studying the conditions of Religious Education in the Near East. He was the representative of Occidental College in presenting the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws to President Dodge. During the time he was here he spoke to the Arts and Science Club on "Recent Developments in Religious Education in the United States," and also preached Oct. 17th at the Sunday morning chapel service.

Dr. Joseph Rawdah has sent cards announcing his marriage to Miss Mouzaz of Bagdad. The happy couple are to be heartily congratulated. We understand that :Mrs. Rawdah who had received her education in the Constantinople :Manual Training School is taking some courses in the A.U.B.

Dr. and Mrs. Iskandar NClsif are rejoicing over the arrival, on Oct. I I, of a fine bouncing boy. Congratulations to the happy parents and may the young fellow live long and prosper.

Miss Asma Jabbour of Kabk, Syria, did not have to change her name when she married Jibrail Sulayman Jabbour, of the same city, instructor of Arabic at the A.D.B. :May Mr. and 1\1r5. Jabbour enjoy long life, happiness and prosperity.

After an absence of over a year in Europe and America, Dr. Mustafa Khalidy is back again in the A.D.B. Dr. Khalidy took post graduate work in Gynecology and Obstetrics in Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, Md. He also visited some of the best gynecological hospitals in the U.S.A., Ireland, England and France. During his travels in Europe and America, Dr. Khalidy met many of our Alumni.

Dr. George B. Khayyat who was taking courses in X-Ray as a dia­ gnostic method and therapeutic measure with Dr. Goldes an.d attending dinics of lung diseases in the U.S.A., England and France. has r~turned accompanied by his wife and American born daughter to his duties in the A.U.B. He had a pleasant and profitable year abroad.

Dr. and Madame H. Y. Rihan have sent cards from Rouen, France announcing their wedding in that ctiy. The ceIebration on July IS was strictly private. Our hearty congratulations and sincere wishes are ex­ tended to Dr. and Madame Rihan. AL-KULLIYYAlt

DANIEL BLISS \-Vhat Alumnus or formEr student is not delighted to hear happy n_ews about members of the family of the late and highly respected President of the A.U.B., Dr. Howard Bliss. In our behalf and in behalf of the thousands of our former students and Alumni living all over the world we extend our hearty congratulations to the Rev. Daniel Bliss, son of our late president on his marriage, last summer, to ;'\fiss Winifred Rouse of Wor­ cester, Mass., U.S.A.

OUR LOSS IS PRINCETON'S GAIN DR. PHILIP K. HITTI RESIGNS We are very sorry to report that our friend, Dr. Philip K. Hitti has resigned his position as Professor of History in the A.D.B. and has accepted the position of Associate Professor of Semitic languages in Princeton University. We deeply regret his resignation because the A.D.E. will lose his services as a professor and we shall lose the pleasure of his helpful and delightful company. Our consolation, however, is that distance does not in the least affect the ardor and loyalty of our beluved friend as regards his Alma Mater. We are as sure of his co-operation and sympathetic assistance in the U.S.A. as when he was in our midst. In fact his work after his resignation in the interest of the Alumni Association is worthy of the highest praise and the deepest gratitude. May success always accompany his work and efforts wherever he may go.

DR. BELLAMA DECORATED We are proud to report that Dr. Raif Bellama has been "yorthily awarded the medal of "Officier d'Instruction Publique de France." We heartily appreciate this recognition on the part of the French authorities of the intelligence, abiIit}, and usefulr.ess of Dr. Bellama, Professor of Parasitology at the A.U.B.

Little Sumayyah Khauli is disappointed Got to ha\'e been given a baby sister to play with, but the three Khauli boys are glad to haw a new brother. \Ve heartily congratulate Prof. and Mrs. Khauli on the birth of a son. Little Fadlou Khauli came to the world on August 28. We wish the little fellow long life and happiness.

Prof. William \Vest and ~Irs. \Vest are happy over the birth of a baby girl. Our sincere congratulations are extended to the parents and best wishes are offer'ed to the gentle little baby. AL-KULLIYYAH

We extend our best congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Kajib Saad on the birth of their first born, a baby girl. \Ve wish the little 'Aida happiness and long life. Dr. Saad visited this summer the eye hospitals of Egypt and Palestine and in the early fall returned to his new home in Rue Clemenceau opposite the A.U.B. Hospitals. He has installed his clinic in his new home.

Khalil Alam-ud-Din, B.C., Treasurer of the A.D.B. Hospitals, and Miss Adele T. Deen, Sister of Said T. Deen, B.A., were married on August 18, 1926. We congratulate the happy couple most heartily and wish them the richest of blessings.

Rajai Husayni sailed Sept. 4 for the U.S.A. to spend two years in studying economics as a beneficiary of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation. We 'wish Mr. Husayni great success in his post graduate work and shall look forward with pleasure to his return to the A.U.B.

Ibrahim Nassar, M.D., Instructor and Clinical Assistant in Surgery in the A.U.B. and Miss Alice Kurani, sister of Messrs. Habib and lIyas Kurani, were -engaged on Aug. 9. We congratulate the two friends most heartily and extend to them our best wishes.

We were pleased to receive the announcem@t card of the wedding of Miss Mary Waite Rouse and Mr. John Wilson. Mr. Wilson is an ex­ staffite. We ar-e sure his many friends at the University join us in sending the heartiest congratulations to the happy couple. Mr. Wilson is assistant to Dr. Nelson in the University of Chicago epigraphic expedition working on recording the inscriptions on the wall of the temple of Ramses III in Medinet Habu in Thebes.

Emile Cortas enjoyed a summer tour in Europe. He visited France, Belgium, England and Ireland. He Spel't most of his time in Ireland enjoying the hospitality and courtesy of Lamb Bros. Ltd., who gladly gave him facilities to study the fruit preserying industry in their great factory in Dublin. In the early part of October, Mr. Cortas returned to his work in the Alumni Office.

Dr. Joseph Hitti, }l.D., has taken the right and wise step towards the establishment of a happy home. The news of his engagement to Miss l\linerva Abdul-Kur was received with great pleasure by many friends. We join the crowd in congratulating our friend Dr. Hitti and .Miss Abdul-N"ur.

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REPORT OF PROGRESS

GREAT ACHIEVEMENT Syrians subscribed twenty thousand additional Alumni Dinner Party Himadis home yesterday. Staub. The above thrilling cable was received on Oct. 19. It was sent by Mr. Albert W. Staub, Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees 0{ our University and true champion of our Alumni cause. Our Syrian friends in New York had previously contributed many thousands of dollars for the Alumni Fund but their enthusiasm and zeal for the cause are beyond limit. These friends-Alumni and others-cannot rest u':!til they see our movement reach the cherished goal with flying colors. The question is, how should this wonderful generosity and enthusiasm of our Syrian friends beyond the seas be met by the sons of the A.U.B. in the East? 'Vhat reaction and effect should it have on their minds and pocket books? No one can deny the great interest taken by our fellow Alumni and former students in the East in our own roble enterprise. They have done nobly aud have given generously. But there are some who are still waiting-not hesitating we are sure-and there are some who can give more. This cable should act as a stimulus. It should urge every lover of his University and of his natiw country to exert his best efforts to open the doors of opportunity for young fellows who are less fortunate than himself. In the coming issue of the Monthly we hope to be able to give the details of that memorable dinner party at the beautiful home of our faithful and big hearted alumnus, Vr. Vaud Himadi in the town of Lodi, N.J.

CHICAGO TOUCHES THE TOP $I450 Raised for the Alumni Fund.

Who has not heard of the vigor) hustle and vitality of Chicago! In the windy city there is no such thing as calmness and stillness. There is no vvord "failure)) in the dictionary of that center of energy and life. The Syrians of that wonderful metropolis have more than imbibed its energetic spirit. Few are our Alumni and former students there, but their zeal and en­ thusiasm know no bounds. $1500 is their quota of the Alumni Fund. $1450 have already been raised. In all probability AL-KULLIYV AH more than the remaining $.50 has been raised since we heard from our Chicago friends. Brother Joseph Ashckar, President of our Alumni Branch in Chicago, please tell the faith­ ful officers of your branch and all the contributors to our fund that we thank them most heartily for supporting and upholding our noble cause. Our success, which is sure and within sight, will mean the introduction of a new spirit among the Eastern people, the spirit of corporate action and unification in aim, feeling and purpose. What a blow to all independent Eastern movements, what a thrust at our dignity and self-respect if we should fail. Fail! But why mention the word fail? The A.U.B. men with such friends as they have in Chicago and other cities in the Old and New world cannot and shall not fail. Read carefully the following list of Chicago contributors and see how many sup­ porters we have among non-university men: Chicago Contributions. N asib Bahout ...... $225 Joseph Ashckar ...... 500 Mrs. Jos. Harris...... 300 Dr. Neif Nassar (Ex-student) ...... ISO Nasib Atiyyeh (Ex-student) ...... 100 Abdo Faris ...... 100 Ibrahim M. Khuri, M.D., ...... 75

Three cheers for Chicago !

NE\VS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST $750 Subscribed in Los Angeles. The Alumni, former students and friends of the A.U.E. residing in far away Los Angeles and its suburbs, took advantage of the presence of Dr. Philip Hitti in their city to show their enthusiasm, loyalty and love to their Alma Mater. Dr. Hitti went to California to deliver a course of lectures at the Pacific Palisades near Sante, Monica and was pleased to meet our Alumni and former students. We have received a very interest­ ing report about Dr. Hitti's visit, from George Shweiri, B.C., the AL-KULLIYY AH

Secretary of the Pacific Coast Branch of our Alumni Associa­ tion. Mr. Shweiri speaks of the hospitable way in which Dr. Hitti was received by the Alumni and friends of the University. Among other things Mr. Shweiri says : "On August 6, Dr. Abdun-Nur, our President, gave a dinner at his home in honor of Dr. Hitti. The dinner was attended by our Committee and the leading Syrians of this city. Mr. Mike George was elected the chairman of our Honorary Financial Committee." "At the farewell dinner which they gave at the Cairo Cafe on Aug. 8, a good number of Syrians and Americans attended. After hearing the speeches in English by Dr. Hitti and others, the Syrians present subscribed $750 for the Alumni Fund." Among those mentioned in Mr. Shweiri's letter as interested in the Alumni cause and in the visit of Dr. Hitti were Mr. S. K. Mittry, Mr. M. George, Chairman of the Honorary Financial Committee of the Branch, Dr. Alex. Mulki, President of the Buffalo Branch, Mr. Jabbour Haik and Mr. P. Bhanessay and others. On August 7, a party of Alumni and friends drove to Pasadena where they met Professor Alfred Joy, former profes­ sor at Beirut and now one of those in charge of the Mt. Wilson Observatory on Mt. Wilson. Mr. Shweiri says further, "It is the largest observatory of its kind in the world. We went up the mountain and spent several hours looking at the marvelous huge instruments that are kept busy day and night, for there are seventy-five people working there. The laboratory and development work together with the offices are down in Pasadena. Up on top of the mountain, about six thousand feet high are the sixty inch and hundred inch instruments, the latter is the largest working one in the world. The director of the observatory is the son of a missionary born in Antioch, Syria. So we have two men of our own in the great observatory and we must feel proud of this fact." We extend across the seas and continents our greetings to the Alumni, former students and friends of the University in Los Angeles and its suburb::;. \Ve thank them most heartily AL-KULLIYYAH 29 for their loyal spirits and for the generous contributions they have made to the Alumni cause. We are happy to realize that distance and time have not in the least dampened their en­ thusiasm for their Alma Ivlater and for the country of their birth.

THE GENEROSITY OF FAYYAD JABARA AGAIN In our preceding issues we told of the large contribu­ tions donated to the Alumni Fund by our old friend Fayyad Jabara. In addition to his contributions Mr. Jabara established last year a scholarship in the A.U.B. by the terms of which he pays in full for the board, tuition and fees of a student at the School of Arts and Sciences and he now promises to pay $150 a year for another boy in the same school in our University. On behalf of our University, the youth of Syria and the Alumni Association of the A.U.R we thank you friend Fayyad for opening the doors of opportunity to these young men. The same sincere thanks are also extended to Messrs. Maloof, Hamra, and Habboush for the scholarships they are still sup­ porting. The five beneficiaries are already in the University studying hard and blessing their benefactors. 30 AL-KULLIYYAH Alumni News

OBITUARIES

I895 Our most profound sym­ 19 1 3 We deeply regret to an­ pathy is extended to Habib nounce the death of Mrs. Najib Nasif, M.D., member of the Elias N asif, sister of our fellow House of Parliament of the Le­ Alumnus Habib Shihadi, M.D. banon Republic, on the cruel Our sincere condolences are murder by bandits of his brother offered to Dr. Shihadi and his the late Philip NasH governor of bereaved family and relations. Batroon. 'lhe funeral service I9I6 Our sincere sympathy is took place in Jazzin the native offered to George Shweiri, B.C., town of the Nasif family. and Nicola Shweiri, B.A., on I 908 We are very sorry to report the death of their father Michel the death of Elie Bey Coudsi, George Shweiri. He passed Ex-Vice Consul of Portugal in away in Cairo, Egypt at the Damascus ard father of Joseph age of sixty, leaving a widow and Bey Coudsi Secretary and Trea­ one daughter. surer of the Damascus Branch I916 We sincerely condole with of the Alumni Association. Our Yusuf 1. Khalaf,B.A., instructor, heartfelt sympathy is extended Educational Department, Iraq, to the bereaved widow, to our on the death of his mother who friend and fellow Alumnus Jo­ died last summer in Alayh, seph Bey and to all the Coudsi Lebanon. Saba. Our deepest sympathy is r<}2S \Ve condole most sympathe­ extended to the bereaved family. tically with Shafik Daud, B.A., I9IO It is our very sad duty to of Aleppo, on the death of his reoort the death of the IO vear father Ibrahim Daud. Our old son of Jurji Saba, M.D., 'who sympathy is extended on the was killed by an automobile in same loss to Amin Hilal, B.A., Anfah, Kura, Lebanon. He was President of our Aleppo Branch the or1y son of Dr. and Mrs. and to his brothers Kamil, M.D., Saba. Shakir, B.C., and Sa1im Hilal, Our deepest sympathy is ex­ Ph.M.. uncles of Mr. Shafik tended to the bereaved family. Daud.

~IARRIAGI\S AND BIRTHS r884 Miss Theodora Fuleihan, 1892 \\'e read in the Society daughter of Rev. ~I. Joseph Columns of the Sao Paulo papers Fuleihan, B.A., and ~Ir. Elias the news of the engagement Gideon were married in Ain­ of Miss Sufiyyah. daughter Zahalta on September 2, I926. of Said Abu-Jamra, B.A., M.D., We wish the couple a happy and President of our Alumni Branch blessed married life. in that city, to Mr. Ibrahim AL-KULLIYYAH

Abu-Jamra. Congratulations I9I3 Mr. EliaN. Samaha and Miss are extended across the seas. Ibriza Samaha, sister of Butrus and Michel Samaha, B.A. '5, were 1906 Virginia Sarah, is the name married on Oct. 3, I926. We given to the little daughter of join their many friends in offer­ Amin KhairaIlah, B.A., M.D., ing our sincere congratulations. of Broooklyn, N.Y. The little lady saw the light for the first I9I4 Shakir Hakim, l\l.D., Med­ time on July 7. Our congratu­ ical Officer of th,; Stationary lations are extended to Dr. and . Hospital, Ludd, Palestine and Mrs. Khairallah and good luck Mrs. Hakim are happy over the to the little lady. birth of their first baby boy. Congratulations to the parents 19 I I A baby boy has been given and the best luck for the little to Joseph Murad Azuri, M.D., fellow. and his wife on Aug. 25. He is I9I6 To the Editor. called l\:Iurad which is the name Joy has entered my family in of his grand father the late Dr. the form of a big healthy bounc­ ::\Iurad Azuri, M.D., ISn. ing baby boy born on Sept. Hearty congratulations to the Sth, to grace this miserable happy parents and may the little old world of ours. Kindly in­ fellow enjoy as long and honor­ sert it in AI-Kulliyyah as I wish able a life as that of the man to have my Alumni friends know whose name he cgrries. that my troubles have just be­ I9I2 On Sunday p.m. August IS, gun, but I hope there'l1 be plenty Najib Hitti, B.A., and :Miss of them, Yours very sincerely, ::\lary Murad were married in John K. Noah. Shimlan, Lebanon. \Ye add our Noah Building, St. John'S hearty congratulations to those K ewfoundland. of their many friends and re­ Cheer up Old Noah! Your ark lations. has just started its sail around this delightful-not miserable­ I9I3 Heartiest congratulations world of ours. l\Iay you have are extended to Raghib Atiyyah, more troubles of this nature. M.D., and to Miss Samirah Hearty congratulations to you Atiyyah on their marriage. The and to Mrs. Noah and the best wedding took place at Bayno, wishes to the bouncing baby. Akkar. Dr. Atiyyah is Captain I917 Raja is the name of the on Desponibility of the Sudan young hopeful that came on Oct. Medical Service. I2th to bring joy to the h~arts I913 Mr. Raphael D,vek, B.C., of Dr. and Mrs. Afif Iliyyah, Alexandria, is to be heartily con­ D.D.S.. Congratulations to the gratulated on his marriage to parents and welcome to the Miss Helene Anzarut of the same young chap. city. Mr. Dwek is in the em­ I9IS Cards announcing the mar­ ploy of Messrs. Hewitt Dudson riage, in Ramallah, of Nicola & Co. chartered accountants at ]urjus Shahin, M.A., and Miss Alexandria. Hanny Jubran were received by AL-KULLIYYAtf

their marly friends. All join I923. Only once did Miss Sarah in wishing them well and we I:Iarami, (the Arabic word for send them our hearty congratu­ thief), N.T.S., live up to her lations. name. That was when she I918 We wish to congratulate stole and kept the heart of Mr. Basil Shami on his mar­ George Shahla, B.A. We sin­ riage to Miss Adal Atiyyah of cerely congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Suk-ul-Gharb, Lebanon. The Shahla on their marriage which marriage cera monies took place took place in Jerusalem, Sept. in Suk-ul-Gharb on the 3rd of 4, I926 . October, I926. I923 \re are pleased to receive from 1\11'. and Mrs. John Mac­ 1920 Said Najjar, M.D., and farlane of Taunton, Mass., U.S. Mrs. Najjar are happy over the A., the announcement of the birth of their first child-a baby marriage of their daughter, Miss girl. Sincere congratulations to Florence Elizabeth to George the parents and the best wishes Apelian, M.D. We extend across to the little lady. the seas our hearty congratula­ I920 We are pleased to receive tions to Dr. and Mrs. Apelian. a card announcing the marriage, Ex vVe are glad to r·eport the on Oct. I, I926, of Shafik Asad marriage of Mr. Fuad Farajallah Zahran, Med. V. to Miss Mary of Haifa, Palestine and Miss Bijjani, N.T.S. Our best wishes Shchadi of the same city. We and sincere congratulations are heartily congratulate the young offered to the happy couple. couple. 1920 \Ve extend across the seas our congratulations to Miss Ma­ Ex \Ve take great pleasure in ex­ tilde Azar. N.T.S., and to Mr. te;1Cling our hearty congratula­ Esa S. Haddad on their marriage tions and best wishes to Mr. on July 17, in Toledo, Ohio, Sami Abdul-Malik and Miss Alam-ud-Din (sister of Mr. U.S.A. l\:Iiss Azar has been in America for several years where Khalil and Dr. Ibrahim Alam­ she pursued the study and prac­ ud-Din) on their marriage and tice of the nursing profession. extend to them our best wishes.

l\:hSC.E;LLAN:E;OLTS I886 Rev. Rashid Ra"d has been Government, and his family. transferred by the Lebanon Pres­ Sir Said Pasha found great plea­ bytery from the service of Abayh sure in talking and hearipg church to take charge of Suk-ul­ about the affairs of the A.V.B. Gharb church. May spiritual His interest in the Alumni Asso­ success be the fruit of his work c'ation and the progress of the in the nf>W parish. campaign fund is as keen if not 1886 It was a real pleasure to keener than ever before. The see this summer in Lebanon, Sir Shoucairs returned to Egypt on Said Pasha Shoucair, B. A., the Canada which sailed from Finanoe Agent of the Sudan Beirut September the 28th. AL-KULLIYY AH 33

1888 We are proud to repJit that g:mization of a new business Amin Bey ::VIaluf, B.A., M.D., house under the name of Director of the Medical Service S. G. Khouri & Co. of the Iraq Army, has been made Rue Chouney, Beirut. a full colonel. Congratulations The new concern carries com­ friend Amin Bey and may we mission, transit and other kinds hear more of your success and of business. We wish them advancement. great success. 1889 \Ve are glad to read in the 1903 Bimbashi Aziz Shehadi who Beirut Press that Dr. Najib had served over 2.) years as a Barbour, M.D., ex-President of military Medical Officer in the the N ew York Branch of the Sudan is on the pension list. He Alumni Association has been has now opened a clinic in M u­ appointed the agent for the Le­ saytabah in Beirut and intends banon Republic in New York. to practice the medical profes­ Hearty congratulations to our sion in this city. May success friend and fellow-alumnus. accompany him in his new work. 1890 Weare pleased to see in o.ur 1903 Najib]. Tibsharani, B.A., ofilce and on the campus, SalIm inspector of Haifa-Kantara Salim, B.R., M.D., of Mahallat Railroad made a flying trip to ul-Kubra Egypt. He spent the Beirut and proceeded to spend summer i~ his native town, Kafr the summer in Europe giving Shima and then returned to England the greater part of his Egypt. time. 1895 It is very pleasin? to h~ar Ex I904 Abdullah Shehadi of the that the surgical operatlOn whIch Finance Department of the Su­ our friend, Sulayman Bey Abu­ dan has been transferred to Wow Izzud-Din, B.A., has undergone about twenty days journey by has been successful. We wish rail and boat, on the Nile, from him complete and speedy re­ Khartoum. We wish Mr. She­ covery and a safe return to his hadi great success in his new home in Beirut. field of work. 1898 Samuel Bey Atiyyah, Chief of the Sudan Bureau of Intel­ 1907 Najib Bey Younis, M.D., ligence, spent a large part of the formerly of Brummana and now summer in Lebanon. We were of KajoKaji,near Rajaf, Sudan, very glad to see him at the is spending his leave among the Alumni office and on the campus. pine trees of his native town, Brummana. He delivered in 19 Amin Bey Rizk, B.A ... di­ 02 Lebanon some interest~llg illust­ vided his summer time between rated lectures on the Sudan tribes Lebanon and Constantinople. among whom he is working. He He enjoyed his 30journ iii both also addressed the Medical fa­ places. cuIty and staff of the A.D.B. [902 We have received a circular Thursday evening. Oct. 2 I, at letter from our alumnus, Said Dr. St. John Ward's house. This G. Khouri, announcing the or- time the lecture was illustrated 34 AL-KULLIYY AH

with stereoptican views. Dr. I9I3 Like a Nomad, \Vadi Abdul­ Y ounis is a member of the Sleep­ Karim, B.A., of the Iraq De­ ing Sickness Commission. He is partment of Education spent his very enthusiastic on the Alumni summer roaming in Palestine, Fund Campaign. He promised Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus. Of the General Secretary to be course he took some long walks the unofficial agent for the and made several climbs over Alumni movement in the interior hiIIs and mountains. of Sudan. 1914 Kamil Eid, M.D., and fami­ 1910 Spiridon Metny, Phar.M., ly of Acre, Palestine, spent their went this summer on business to summer in Shwayr where they the U.S.A. He is expected back were pleased to meet so many some time in November or De­ A.U.B. men-professors and cember. We shall be glad to Alumni. see him when he returns to EX- 1 91 5 \Ve rejoice with Sala­ Beirut. meh Fahmy MutwalIi over his 19I1 It is gratifying to know and recovery from his sickness after report the improvement in the a very serious operation. May health of Muhammad H. Zayn, he always enjoy good health. B.A. Our alumnus was an in­ I9 1 6 James Somerville, M.A., of structor in the A.U.B. and until the Educational Department of his recent severe sickness he was Iraq, made a flying trip to Beirut working in the Educational De­ towards the end of September. partment, Iraq. ""Ve wish our He spent ten days in Beirut and friend, :;\1r. Zayn, complete re­ then returned with his family to covery. the city of the Caliphs. I9I2 Emile Zaydan, B.A.. , Editor 19 16 Daud Sulayman Kasir, B.A. of the well known magazine, Al­ of ':\1usul, Iraq, went to America Hilal, enjoyed, this summer, the last summer to take post gradu­ cool and refreshing air of Brum­ ate studies and expects to return mana and Suk-ul-Gharb. We en­ to Mesopotamia to serve his joyed seeing him and Mrs. Zay­ people. May success attend his dan in the latter resort. He efforts. looks younger than ever. 19 I 6 \\'e are glad to learn that 1912 George Kayat, B.A .. of Jaf­ 1\1. S . .:\Ialouf, M.D., has been fa, agent for many British fjrms appointed Medical Officer of dealing in biscuits, ice machin­ Health in the Lunatic Assylum ary, refrigerators, etc., has been in Bethlehem, Palestine. We lately appointed special agent wish Dr. Malouf great success for Palestine for the Central in his new field of duty. Agency Limited, Glasgow, as 19 1 7 Tawfik Kashushu, B.A., of they have recently established a :'Iusul sought freedom from the depot at Jaffa. We congratu­ heat of Iraq on the hills of Mt. Lite 1\11'. Kayat on the confidence Lebanon where he spent his sum­ worthily placed in him by the ni.er. We were glad to see him British and Scotch firms and and to hear his good news about wish him great success. the snns of the A.U.B. in Musul. AL-KULLIYY AH 35

.1920 Nabih Shabb, M.D .. has 1922 Joseph Haddad, M.D., established a well equipped hos­ l\ledical Officer in the Sudan pital in Sidon. An X-Ray appa­ Government, spent his leave ratus has been installed in his in his native country. He en­ hospital. Of course Dr. Shabb's joyed a pleasant summer after hospital will receive mostly pa­ which he returned to resume his tients who are in need of surgical work in the Sudan. operations, for surgery is his 1922 After spending a year and specialty. We sincerely wish a half in post graduate work in Dr. Shabb great success. Teacher's College, Columbia 1920 1\1iss Suheila Saadeh, K.T. University, KT., Abdullah Hajj, S., is at Queen Charlotte's Hos­ B.A., has returned to Syria car­ pital, London, taking a course in rying the degree of M.A. from the midwifery. 'Ye wish her great great American seat of learning. success in her work. We were glad to see him in the 1921 Kaisar Tohmy, ~I.D., of Alumni office and on the cam­ the Iraq Army Medical Service, pus. He has gone to Baghdad enjoyed a pleasant summer in to take charge of the Depart­ Lebanon and Syria. He travel­ ment of Education in the led a great deal in this country. Teachers' Training College. In the second week of October 1924 'Ye ll"arn that S. Kapon, he returned to his post in Bagh­ Com. eer. is still working in the dad. \Ye enjoyed meeting him offIce of l\lr. Staub, Executive on the campus. Secretary of the Board of Trus­ EX-I92I l\Iunah ur-Rasi of Man­ tees of the A.F.B. He is also chester, spent the summer in taking courses in Business Fi­ Beirut and the Lebanon. In nance and accounting in a ~ew Manchester he works in the York cOlnmercial night school. business establishment of his 'Yhen the political sky in Russia brother-in-law, l\Il'. Fadlo Hou­ becomes clear he expects to re­ rani. 'Ye were greatly pleased turn to :!lis country. to see Mr. Rasi and to hear from "924 We are glad to learn that him the good news of our dis· George H. Khouri, M.D., has tinguished alumnus. Fadlo HOll­ been appointed resident physi­ rani, B.A. cian at the Civil Hosoital, Wad 1922 We were glad to see on the Madani, Sudan. We' wish him campus Raji Khabbaz, M.D., success in his new post of duty. :l\Iedical officer in the Sudan T9::? 5 l\lichel Y. Samaha, B.A .. Government. Dr. Khabbaz returned from England in the spent his furlough on the beauti­ early part of September. He has ful Lebanon hills. studied at the Crvstal Palace 1922 "'e were glad 1() see Nail School of Engin('eri~g in London Hasan, :\I.D., l\fedical Officer. where he has dOlW very fmc Sudan Goyernment in SHia. Dr. work. 1\Ir. Samaha has been Hasan came to the "Lebanon granted a fellowship by the where he spent a \'ery enjoyable Rockefeller Foundation, to fit furlough. him to be a sanitary engineer for AL-KULLIYY AH

work with the Palestine Govern­ Ex Congratulations to Kamel ment. After gaining some prac­ Itani are in order.He has return­ tical fidd experience in the con­ ed during the summer from trol of malaria, he will probably France. after having received his study at the Johns Hopkins Doctor'at'e in Law from the School of Hygiene and Public Faculte de Thoit de Paris. Dr. Health at Baltimore. Itani has presented the Uni­ versity with several copies of 1925 Tawfik Khabbaz, B.A., his thesis entitled "Le Declara­ spent his summer holidays in the tions de Deroits de l'Homme Lebanon. After enjoying the cool dans les Constitutions recent de and invigorating air of Syria, rOrient Moyen." and the Lebanon, Mr. Khabbaz returned to his work at Gordon Graduate Nurses oj I926. College, Khartoum. Miss Van Zandt, Superinten­ dant of our Nurses' Training 1925 Farid Zayn-ud-Din, B.A., School sends us the following went last summer to Paris to items of news : study law. May great success attend his efforts. Miss Manoushag Abajian and Miss N uvart Sheshedian are go­ 1926 G. M. Churukian, M.D., ing to an American hospital in has been engaged to serve in the Bahrein. on the Persian Gulf. Civil Hospital in Wad Madani. Three other nurses have accept­ Sudan. He is in charge of Med: ed work here with us instead of ical and infectious wards. The going to Cairo. They are, Miss Wad Madani Hospital is one of Asdghik Avikian, Miss Shahanig the best in Sudan. It has about Keshgerian and Miss Flora Ga­ 200 beds. Dr. Churukian felt mmlan. Miss Aghavini Konial­ quite at home when he found ian is working with Dr. Smith at another son of the A.U.B., Dr. Latakia. We wish our nurses all G. H. Khouri in the Hospital as success in their efforts to allevi­ his co-worker. ate suffering among the sick. AL-KULLIYYAR ISSUED BY THE American University of Reirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. DESEMBER, 1926 No.2

THE IDEAL RICH MAN In our last issue we published a full report of the Memorial meeting held at Tabariz on July 28 in honor of the memory of the late Cleveland H. Dodge, father of Dr. Dodge, President of our University. Mr. Amin Rihany, the well ,known writer, was one of the speakers on that occasion. \Ve are glad "ve have the opportunity to publish in the Alumni Monthly the address of Mr. Rihany translated from Arabic. (The Editor).

I greet the man whose fine idea it was to hold a meeting in honor of the memory of a foreigner !who has not lived in our country; I greet those who have co-operated with him towards its realization; and I greet you, Ladies and Gentlemen, who have come to participate in what the idea implies-\the gratitude of a nation, coupled with honor and esteem. This is an unusual meeting, and the first, I think, of its kind. It is unusual, because it represents the spirit of the nation in all its elements, political and religious; and it is the first of its kind, because we have met to honor the memory of an exemplary foreigner;-a foreigner who is different;-a foreigner whom I hold above many of the natives themselves. I have no particular individual in mind. I insinuate no names. But I am now holding up to the rich the torch of the higher example-the ideal-in the hope that some of them here and beyond the sea might follow its light. A rich man died; -and the rich are seldom mentioned after their death. But the deceased is of the American rich, and they are different. AL-KULLIYY AlI A rich man died;-and his memory is sweeter than jasmine flowers in the two continents of America and Asia. A rich man died; -and he was in his worth and benevolence the highest example of benevolence and worth. A rich man died;-and of the like of him the poet Zuhair hath said: "When he beholds thee coming, he is too rejoiced to speak; As if thou comest with the gift which thou thyself dost seek. 1I One of the great millionaires of America has said: "The rich should die poor." And many are those in that country who amass amazing fortunes, and make gifts of them, public and private: free gifts, for the sake of the giving: nay, for the sake of improving the social, economical and educational con­ ditions of the nation. I say more. The American benefactor is or should be the leading example among the benefactors of the world. The American benefactor does not distinguish in his gifts between sects, or between peoples, or between nations, or between the white and the black and the yellow among the races of man. The American benefactor's gifts are without tags;-free from exploitation;-free from the national, the religious, or the culture motive. The American benefactor is first of alIa man, and a brother of man everywhere. The American benefactor knows as a rule the general conditions and wants of the world. Hence, his medical and hygienic institutes in China; hence, his educational institutions in the Near East; hence, his scientific grants in America, and hence, his libraries everywhere. Wealth, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a heavy burden upon the individual, if he does not take the nation as partner with him. Wealth is a great responsibility, and where there is respon­ sibility there must be an account. \Vealth is the nation's deposit with certain of its sons, and deposits should be returned. Some American millionaires have realized these deep eco­ nomic truths. They are busy accumulating wealth and busy; AL-KULLIYYAH 39 scattering it in the world;-sowing it where it may yield of its benefits to the human race, whether in a foreign country or in their own. Cleveland Dodge was of these elect and inspired rich. His death is a loss, not only to America, but to the world. Cleveland Dodge gave with a will, and with cheerful· ness ;-gave with the purpose of immediate good. He special. ized and was unique. The downtrodden and oppressed among the little peoples of the world were his own. The Syrians, the Armenians and the Lebanese, during the world war and after, have been and are still the beneficiaries of Cleveland Dodge. He not only gave his wealth, this man,-.he not only signed checks,-but he himself worked on the Near East Relief Committee as one of its active members. He gave of his wealth, and of his time, and of his heart to the sufferers of the Near East. I saw him in his office in New York, this great financier who was a member of many financial boards and the head of many business enterpr~es, I saw him assisting in the business of the branch committees, as if he were a local director.-pay, as if he were a relative of the sufferers in the war-striken countries; I saw him on one of the Brooklyn piers wishing godspeed to the steamer that was carrying food and clothes to our suffering people in this land; and I heard him speak at a public meetIng to promote the cause of education in the Near East the evening before I left New York. He spoke with fervor and devotion as if in support of a great national cause; and when he pro­ nounced the words, Syria and Lebanon, love seemed to flow in his voice and from his eyes, as if he were of the children of this ancient land. Many were the noble qualities of this distinguished Ameri­ can, and of these was his dislike of display and ostentation. He was simple and retiring. He avoided the headline, the ad. and everything that implied public acknowledgment or praise. He was in this sense like the Arab 'Akramat-ul-Faiyyad, the Redeemer of the Fallen,-he who went secretly mending broken hearts and homes. 40 AL-KULLIYY AH A man like Cleveland Dodge honors the wealth that flows into his coffers and flows out of his hands. Gold in the hand of such a man is like the sun which shines everywhere; and like the sun, it nourishes the sickly roots of humanity, revives the drooping branches of it, and brings back to its impoverished soil, in the East and in the West, the blessings of health and well-being. And the sun of Cleveland Dodge's benefactions, which shone upon this land during the war, still shines upon it from the educational institution, the American University in this city, of which his worthy son is President. The people of this country are, indeed, fortunate in such a succession, such a benevolent perpetuation; and they are deeply and lastingly grateful. Indeed, when I mention gratitude, I mention a people who may lose all of its ancient virtues, except gratitude. And when I mention sorrow;. I mention a people whose calamities seem unending, whose sorrows seel1l eternal. Indeed, Mr. President, the nation that would share your sorrow, this Syrian-Lebanon nation that owes so much to your noble father and to yourself, stands head-bowed today. With tears in its eyes, it looks back wistfully upon its dark past, where still shone a spark of life and hope.

THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. Administration Reorganization. In the past most of the responsibility was centered in the President's Office and the professors were asked to undertake all sorts of extra curriculum duties, to help with the conduct of the work. Questions of all sorts were presented to the faculty meetings for consideration and an attempt was made to interest the different professors in details of the institution as a whole. This system was appropriate to a small college, as it assured esprit de corps and made it possible for almost any professor on the faculty to substitute for a colleague at time of emergency. As the University has grown, the old system has become very unsatisfactory. Accordingly the Faculty have worked out AL-KULLIYYAH 4I a new organization, with three main objects in view: (a) to provide competent executive officers to share the responsibility of administration with the treasurer and president. (b) To relieve the regular professors of administrative duties so as to give them more time for intellectual work. (c) To form small committees to settle routine matters, so as to avoid wasting the time of the Faculty as a whole with lengthy discussions in their meetings. The New Plan of Administration is as follows: (r) Board oj Trustees in America. (Executive Secretary and Assistant Treasurer in the New York Office.) (2) University Faculty at Beirut. (Which is the local board of management made up of permanent members of the force and which delegates its routine work to the Executive Committee.) The President and Secretary oj the University are the prin­ cipal officers of this body. The University Faculty delegates its academic duties to three divisional faculties and its business affairs to certain standing Committees. (3) Divisional Faculties. (a) For the Preparatory School, which is presided over by a Principal, with H ead ~1 asters for the Senior School, Junior School and Elementary School. (b) For the School oj Arts and Sciences, which is pre­ sided over by a Dean, with a Director for the Freshman classes and another for the Upper classes, (The Freshman classes in­ clude the Sub-Freshman, Freshman, and students of the voca­ tional business course.) (c) For the Division oj Medicine, which is presided over by a Dean with Directors for the Schools of Medicine, Phar­ macy, and Dentistry, and a Principal for the School of Nursing. These divisional faculties delegate routine matters to their Ad­ Interim Committees. (4) Standing Committees. (a) Finance, with the Treasurer as chairman. 42' M-KULLIVYAH

(b ) Hospital, with the Superintendent as chairman. (c) Library, with the Librarian as chairman. (d) Athletics, with the Director oj Physical Education as chairman. (e) West Hall, with the Director oj West Hall as chair­ man. (f) Grounds and Buildings, with the Director oj Grounds . and Buildings as chairman. . . There are also committees to conduct the museums, public functions and other activities. (5) In case any delicate problem arises the President has the right to refer the matter to the Council, which is made up of a few ex-officio and elected members, and which has the right to deal directly with the Board of Trustees. (6) A new Rigistrar's Office has been established so as to keep proper records of the students and their programmes of work. Records of the actions of all committees and divisional faculties are mimeographed and distributed to the principal professors. Unless protests are raised, these actions are sanctioned without waste of time. Only matters of primary importance are considered by the University Faculty. As the University is still small, permanent candidates have not yet been found for all of the positions mentioned in this plan, but enough progress has been made during the past year to enable a number of professors to free themselves from ad­ ministrative duties, so as to undertake research. (6) The Preparatory School. During the past year the Principal, Dr. '''m. H. Hall, has been on furlough. Prof. Khalid Tabit has conducted the school during his absence. The elementary day school has been improved very much as it has had a better staff of teachers and programme of studies than ever before. As fees have been kept comparatively high many students have attended secondary schools in their own localities, so that the Preparatory School has not beep over- AL-KULLIYYAH 43 crowded and the quality of work has been better than during the war time, when too many boys were thronging the build­ ings. A system of modern tests has been instituted by the De­ partment of English with the hope that definite standards of measurement can be established for each class. The experi­ ment has worked so well that it is hoped that other departments of study can follow this example. A great deal more French is being taught in the School than ever before and the Faculty have voted to start a French section during the coming year. One of the greatest needs of the Preparatory School is for courses in manual training and hand work. The academic courses are thoroughly organized and there are many extra curriculum affairs in connection with athletics, literary meet­ ings, social entertainments, religious societies, and Boy Scouts. N one of these activities teach the pupils how to use their hands and how to respect manual work, so that this need must be met as soon as possible. During the past year many interesting students from distant places entered the Preparatory School. One Muslim settler from South Africa brought three boys to Beirut to enter the School. Many come from Iraq and Persia, and the Prince of Ethiopia made inquiries about placing some pupils in the ins ti tu tion. It is unusual for a University to conduct its own Pre­ paratory School, but as the school is self supporting and serves many useful purposes, the Faculty hope to develop its work as much as possible. It provides smaller schools with the model of a standard curriculum requisite for college entrance. It offers students from distant places the means of regularizing themselves with the University programme. It provides a laboratory for the training of teachers, and for experiments in education; and it serves as a secondary school for Beirut boys, who have no other school in their immediate neighbor­ hood, to prepare them to enter the American University. AL·:kULLIVY AM (7) The School of Arts and Sciences. (a) New Organization. As the schools of Commerce and Arts and Sciences were just beginning to gather strength, their progress was checked by the war. For the sake of economy and efficiency, and in order to give the higher Commercial diplomas a value equal of that of B.A. degrees, these two schools have been united under one divisional faculty and one dean. The sub-Freshmen, Freshmen, and students of the two year business course have been placed in the quadrangle around the hockey field. They have their own Director and com­ paratively strict discipline, as well as their own assemblies and outside activities. Following the European systems the secondary certificate will no longer be given to a boy who completes high school, but to a more mature student who has finished Freshman year. The old high school certificate was given this year for the last time. After Freshman year the real University work begins and girls as well as men are admitted. Most of the students who gain the Freshman Certificate at Beirut expect to pass to Sophomore year and candidates who have won government certificates in Egypt and Palestine are also eligible. (b) Elective Courses. Upon entering University work the student is expected to train for some profession or else to elect some major department in the School of Arts and Sciences. During the past year the following selections were made by studehts who ~ad completed the course of Freshman year: Number of Students Major SUbject 26 Medicine 22 Dentistry 17 Pharmacy :t 0 Engineering 7 Agriculture 7 Education IS Chemistry 34 Commerce COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL REPORT ON REGISTRATION November 3rd 1926

Nationalities Nov 3rd, '25 Nov. 2nd, '26 Increase Religious sects Nov. 3rd, '25 Nov. 2nd, '26 Increase Schools of the University Nov. 3rd, '25 Nov. 2nd, '26 Increase

Syrians ...... 388 438 50 Inc. Moslems ...... 4:24: 468 44: Inc. Preparatory School. 373 380 7 Inc. Oruzes ...... 2~ 24 5 Dec. Palestinians ...... 4 ... " 201 ~04 3 Inc. School of Arts and Bahais ...... 16 25 9 Inc. Sciences ...... 585 593 8 Inc. Armenians ...... 147 139 8 Dec. Jews ... 91 . .... -...... 77 14 Dec • 34 9 Inc. Mesopotamians ..... 144 170 26 Inc. E,chool of Pharmacy 25 N on-Ohristians 560 594 34 Inc. 39 8 Inc. Egyptians ...... 116 98 18 Dec. Schocl of Den tis try 31 Protestants ...... 223 20 Dec. 98 6 Inc. Persians ...... • - . , . 35 47 12 Inc. 203 School of Medicine 92 Greek Orthodox .... 19:1: 223 29 Inc. School of Nursing. 41 34 7 Dec. Greeks ... , ...... 31 30 1 Dec. Gregorians ...... 7'1, 72 - - Other Europeans .. 31 25 6 Dec. Oopts ...... 16 13 3 Dec. 1147 1178 31 Inc. Other Asians ...... 17 10 7 Dec. Greek Catholics .... 33 23 10 Dec. Maronites ...... 20 ~2 2 Inc. Americans ...•..••. 26 17 9 Dec. Latins ...... 11 8 3 Dec. Others ...•...• , .•• 11 11 Dec. Ohaldeans ...• ...... v 15 6 Inc. Others ...... 9 5 4 Dec. 1147 1178 31 Inc. 587 584 3 Dec. 1147 ills 31 Inc. AL-KULLIYV AH 45

16 Biology 20 History 6 Arabic 6 English The courses in Agriculture, Engineering, and Commerce lead to the B.A. degree. Students who desire spec;:ial degrees in those subjects must spend several additional years in some technical school of Europe or America. ' Students in training to be teachers often major in some scientific department and elect minor courses in Education. The new system of electing some primary department of study seems to be a success, as it gives definiteness and purpose to a student's work. As certain cultural courses are obligatory, extreme specialization is guarded against.

INVENTION BY AN ALUMNUS \Ye are publishing with pleasure and pride the following article which \ve ha'"e read ill the Cornell Daily Survey concerning one of our Alumni. It ret1ects honor upon Mr. Malti and his Alma Mater. We congratulate Mr. Malti upon his success and wish him good prospects in the distributi~)ll of his product. (The Editor). "Instructor Michel]. Malti of the College of Electrical Engineering announces that his new invention, a complex­ quantity slide-rule, will be placed on the market next week. Instructor Malti conceived the principle of the slide-rule while working last year on a mathematical problem requiring a great many involved computations. Convinced that the slide rule then used consumed an excessive amount of time, he developed this new and more efficient instrument. Instructor Malti's new slide rule is a computing device which, though it does not re­ place the original l\lannheim slide rule, requires but one setting to perform operations which would require six settings on the latter rule. "The operations which the rule performs in one setting are: The complete solution of right triangles, the conversion of com­ plex numbers from the orthogonal to the exponential or trigo- AL-KULLIYVAIl nometric form, and the giving of the hyperybolic and trigono­ metric functions of any scale. The rule consists of a celluloid chart to which is pivoted a rotating arm. Immediately upon drawing up the plans of his instrument Instructor MaIti submitted original drawings and blueprints, and asked for patents and copyrights on his invention. The copyrights ,vere immediately granted: the patent is now pend­ ing in the United States Patent Office. Orders for the instru­ ment have already been placed at the Co-op and several large companies have expressed their desire to act as wholesale dis­ tributor for the product. "Instructor Malti graduated from the American University of Beirut, Syria, with the degree of B.A. in I915. He next took a post graduate course from the Georgia School of Technology, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1922. In 1924 he received the degree of Master of Electrical Engineering from the Cornell Engineering school; and expects to receive his Ph.D. degree in February. Instructor MaIti has held his position on the staff of the Electrical En­ gineering College since September, 1923." AL-KULLIYYAH 47 A.U.B. MEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL DENTAL CONGRESS The International Dental Congress held its annual meet­ ing last August in the city of New York. T. J. Mavrocordato; D.D.S., M.D., sends us a very interesting letter about the Con­ gress. We publish the following extracts as they would be of interest to our readers especially the Dental men. "The International Dental Congress met with great suc­ cess. The best authorities in all branches of Dtmtistry through­ out the world were present. We benefitted immensely by it. The two main points which attracted my attention and which may be of interest to the University were: "First: Utmost attention is given to Preventive Dentistry to-day especially among the children in public schools. "It would be a wonderful thing if the American University of Beirut would take the lead in such a movement in the Near East. "Second: Infected teeth as fOel of infection. "Two men took the lead in this subject, namely, Dr. Price of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Rosenow of the Mayo clinic. "In Prosthetic and Operative Dentistry very few new points of importance were mentioned. In Anesthf'sia a new synthetic local anesthetic (Tutocaine) was praised. I doubt if it will ever replace novocaine. "It was wonderful to have theAmerican University of Beirut represented. Unfortunately Dr. Rihan, because of sickness, came after the third day and missed quite a few interesting things. '

States who has been the pioneer of Dentistry in the Near East and has contributed immensely to the advancement of the pro­ fession in that part of the world, it is in behalf of that child and my colleagues of the Near East that I express to the committee of organization of this Congress my sincere thanks for the wonderful and cordial reception accorded to me and my heartiest wish for the complete success of this Congress for the benefit of the Dental profession and humanity at large." We read also in the Philadelphia Press of August 27 the following statement about our Alumnus : "Dr. Mavrocordato, for the past five years established in New York, was delegated by his Alma Mater to represent it at the Congress. He is urging that American dentists take a sym­ pathetic interest in the Near East work and seeks their aid in establishing more schools.})

INFANTILE KALA-AZAR IN SYRIA With much interest I read the article on "Infantile Kala­ Azar in Syria" written by my colleague Dr. Yousif Hitti and published in Al-Kulliyyah of July 1926. It treated a subject which I had made some studv of sixteen vears ago. At that time nothing was known abo~t the occUlT~nce of Kala-Azar in Syria, though cases undoubtedly did occur but were never re­ cognized as such. Fever with enlarged spleen and anemia are symptoms not unknown in Syria, and in the majority of the cases, the cause could be easily traced to malaria. From time to time, however, similar cases are met with which do not follow the general course of tnalaria by their temperature curve, nor by the blood­ findings or the effect of a quinine treatment, nor could they be classified among any of the infectious diseases existing in the country, therefore they remain undetermined and of doubt­ ful nature. I remember one of these cases, a boy from the vicinity of Beirut. was admitted to the Johanniter Hospital in 1910, where I was on duty. He had fever, enlarged spleen and AL·KULLIYYAH anemia. He was suspected of malaria, but no plasmodia were found in his blood, nor did quinine influence the course of the fever. I went through a great deal of clinical examination and laboratory research trying to find the cause of the illness, but all results were negative. Finally it oceured to me to make a splenic puncture and examine the blood in smears and cultures. I did so, and to my surprise, in the smears from the aspirated blood stained in Giemsa, I found numerous typical Leishman bodies. The case was then diagnosed as Infantile Kala-Azar. I believe this was the first case of Kala-Azar discovered in Syria, the diagnosis of which was supported by the clinical course and microscopic findings. This case was recorded in the AI-Kulliyyah of May, I912, NAJIB ARDATI, M.D.

THE WELLCOME HISTORICAL MUSEUM An account has reached us of the reopening of a unique and v:aluable historical medical museum in London. This museum, which has been in existence for thirteen years, has been recently completely reorganized and is now reopened to the general public. Its founder is Mr. Henry S. Wellcome, a prominent philanthropist of England. We quote the following extracts which we hope will be of interest at least to our Medical Alumni. The Wellcome Historical Medical l\luseum contains an extensive collection of rare objects, pictures, manuscripts, early printed books, etc., illustrating the evolution and practice of Medicine and allied Sciences fhroughout the world from pre­ historic times, and includes a section dealing with primitive medicine, surgery and the healing arts amongst savage and semi-civilized peoples of to-day. Special sections are devoted to Memorial Collections of objects originated by, used by, or associated with eminent men who have made history by their great achievements in medical science. These include Dr. Edward Jenner's relics, original 50 AL-KULLIYVAH manuscripts, instruments, etc., connected with his development of vaccine treatment for small-pox, and also Lord Lister's original appliances, chemical reagents and other materials which he used in the development of his methods of antiseptic surgery as practised by him in the" Lister Ward" of the Glasgow In­ firmary and elsewhere. A portion of the original "Lister "Vard" reconstructed from the actual and fitted with the original equip­ ment, forms an important exhibit in the Museum. The aim and purpose of the Founder are to render the collections of real educative value and to make them helpful to research workers, students and others interested in the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. The Museum was re-opened at a Ceremony presided over by Sir Humphry Rolleston, Bt., K.C.B., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., Regius Professor of Physic, University of Cambridge. In the unavoidable, and deeply regretted absence of the founder eMr. Henry S. Wellcome) the guests were received by Sir Humphry Rolleston and Dr. John D. Comrie, M.A., F.R.C.P., F.S.A., Lecturer on the History of Medicine, Edinburgh University. In the course of his Introductory Speech from the Chair, Sir Humphry Rolleston said :-Familiarity with what" famous men and our fathers who begat us" have done to build up our present state of knowledge has a great educational value. Further, it exerts a wholesome influence in making us feel modest from the realization of what our professional ancestors did in so much less favourable circumstances; we may indeed even find that discoveries made, or largely anticipated, by them years ago and long forgotten have independently again been brought to the light of modern eyes. It is salutary to look back and occasionally, as has been done with much advantage in the past, to act on the dictum "back to Hippocrates." The Great War carried the practice of surgery "back to Lister," the centenary of whose birth will be celebrated next year. Anti­ septic surgery and amesthetics are the two greatest mile­ stones in the advance of surgery, and here is presented a col­ lection of List.erian relics-unrivalled for its completeness; it includes part of Lister's ward in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, where he did his immortal work, which, had it not been for Mr. Wellcome's prompt action, would have been for ever lost when ~he building was demolished two years ago. AL-KULLIYY AH Sf MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial meeting in honour of the memory of Mr. Arthur Therin. who died last summer in Vienna, was held in the West Halt'Auditorium on Sunday evening, November 7th, at 7.00 p.m. It was planned and conducted by his classmates, the Fifth Year Medical students. Mr. Shafik Zahtan (5th year medics) presided. President Dodge opened the service by a short prayer. Mr. Zahran, in a few touching words ex­ pressed his own sentiments about the cruel loss of his classmate who was beloved and respected by all his fellow students. The speeches delivered that evening were simple and impressive. There were no attempts at eloquence or oratory; they were honest and spontaneous expressions of true and loving senti­ ments towards a friend and comrade who fell before entering the battle of life, for which.he had spent years in preparation. The first speaker, was Dr. Ward. He spoke of Mr. Therin as he knew him in the University, saying that he was a con­ sciencious and hard-working student, that owing to his earnest efforts, Mr. Therin was able to succeed in his work in spite of many difficulties and that the ruling motive in his life as a student ·was to prepare himself for service as a Missionary doctor in Central Asia. In speaking of Mr. Therin's last days on earth, Dr. Ward concluded "Therin was helped by Dr. Cruikshank to get an entree into one of the big hospitals in Vienna where he was offered an interneship. Just one day before he was to leave Vienna for Norway to see his mother and sister, he was taken ill by a severe attack of influenza, com­ plicated later by pneumonia and to which he succumbed. The second speaker was Mr. Antonius Tumah, who was Mr. Therin's roommate for one year. He spoke of Mr. Therin's early life and said in part, "When IvIr. Therin was only 14 years old, he lost his father; he was then advised to take up farming as his work in life and after studying agriculture for four years, he was employed on a big farm. His industrious and honest work gave his employer great satisfaction. At the bottom of his heart, however, Therin felt that farming was not his calling -he longed for missionary work. So he gave up the farm and went to England and upon the advice of a friend he came to the A.U.n., to study medicine and to learn Arabic at the same AL-KULLIYYAH time, in order to .fit himself for work in Turkestan." Lastly] Mr. Tumah emphasised the geniality of his companionship, the beauty of his character and referred to his love for sports, such as tennis and swimming. The last speaker was Mr. lad 'Isa, who told of his impres­ sions of Mr. Therin's life as a fellow student, emphasizing his admiration for Therin's strong will) sincerity and truthfulness. These qualities gave Mr. Therin the opportunity to exercise a good and wholesome influence on all the students who came in contact with him, thus winning their love and esteem. Mr. 'Isa said that "Therin's life was an outstanding example of the ideal student.· He stimulated among his friends and fellow students the desire to perform honestly their daily duties, to live in harmony with their highest ideals, and to prepare for the future, notwithstanding the possibility that anyone of them might be called away at any moment."

ALUMNI CORRESPONDENCE We received the following letter from our fdend ::\1r. Philip Mishalany, instructor at the A.U.B. \Ve publish the same with great pleasure and we invite our Alumni and former students to write us when they have any­ thing that would be of interest to our readers. As our space is limited, we prefer to have these letters short and to the point. (The Editor). The Editor, The Alumni Monthly. Dear Sir, An interesting article by the Superintendent of the Charing Cross Hospital, London, recently appeared in the London Daily Mail. I think extracts of it will prove of interest to the average medical student of the A.U.B., viz:-

"A DOCTOR IN THE MAKING "There is a good deal of hard work before the medical students. For two years the text-book will be their constant companion, the lecture room and the medical library their rendezvous. AL-KULLIYY AH 53 "With the third year comes the transition from the theore­ tical to the practical. This is the real testing time for many a student. The strongest physically often wince when they see the effect of the lancet for the first time. But the most sensitive spirit reacts when he sees the prostrate form of yesterday trans­ formed into a new being throbbing with life and vitality. "A doctor's life has its drawbacks. He is so tied that he cannot safely can an hour his own. He must not make a call or visit a theatre, or attend a dinner party, without making his whereabouts known. His ear is constantly glued to the telephone receiver, and his nights are often disturbed by people who think they are ill, but who are only suffering from a vivid imagination. But there is another side-for sheer adventure, infinite variety, and self-sacrificing service there is no profession to compare with it in the world." Yours very truly, (Signed) Philip F. Mishalany, PH.B.

STUDENTS' RELIEF COl\I1\IITTEE Nothing shows better the broad and humanitarian spirit of our A.U.B. students than the spontaneous movement that has started among them for helping the war sufferers of the country irrespective of their religions and sects. They give no consideration to the dogma or sect the war refugees follow. Their only concern is to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. These are the officers of the] Students' Relief Committee representing the diff,erent schools of the A.U.B. Mr. Muhyiddin Ralwani, Med. School ...... President Mr. Mahmud Khalidy, Dental School ..... " ..... ' .. " ..... Treasurer Mr. Shauki Dandashli ...... " ...... ' ...... Secretary Members oj the Committee. Mr. Muhammad Khurshid, Arts and Sciences Mr. Mihmasani, Pharmacy Mr. Rasan Nakib, Freshman School Mr. Wadi Jabburi, Freshman School Mr. Mahmoud Ja'far, Prep. Mr. Kiyork N asrallah, Prep. We take pride in reporting this important item of our University activities and we certainly wish the committee great success in their relief work.

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RECEPTION OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY The first annual reception of the Medical Society of the American University of Beirut was held at 8.00 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29th in the West Hall Auditorium. It was enjoyed by a large number of students and guests. The first item on the programme was a speech by the President, Dr. Bayard Dodge. He spoke on the relations of the Medical student to the people with whom he comes in contact. President Dodge congratulated the Medical Society on the hard work given by its members, to promote the scientific and social in.terest of the Medical students. Dr. St. John Ward followed. He spoke briefly on the living andnon-Iiving books which the Medical Department has recently received. He expressed the hope that these new books will add greatly to the higher development of the medical school. After that the audience was delighted to hear two charming songs from the nurses. Mr. Halwani played two seIections on the piano. Mr. Bishara then sang Ave Maria which was enjoyed by everybody. An interesting item of the evening entertainment was the showing on the screen of a number of very interesting pictures that were directly related to the scienc of Hygiene. They were instructive to the young men and women present. Funny games were played, and prizes awarded, by Mrs. Khayat. The winners were : 1st prize Mrs. Shahlah 2nd" Miss A. Khassoum 3rd" Miss Lucy Shawhan Refreshments were then served after which the reception cHded at about 10.00 p.m. AL-KULLIYYAH 55

REPORT OF PROGRESS

$ 20,000 RAISED AT ONE SITTING. Had it not been for the enthusiasm of our old friend Fayyad Jabara and others of the guests who were enjoying the hospitality of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Himadi of Ridgewood, N.Y., on Sunday, October 9th, our readers would be reading now simply the story of a fine dinner party, made up of alumni and friends, instead of reading about a successful Alumni Fund occasion. The Secretary of our N ew York Branch, Dr. David Himadi and Mrs. Himadi invited over 60 people to a dinner in honour of Prof. and Mrs. Philip K. Hitti of Princeton, New Jersey. The party comprised a very interesting group of people. Their spirit at dinner was unusually fine. Mr. Albert 'V. Staub, Ex­ ecutive Secretary of the New York Board of Trustees of the A.U.B., acted as toast-master. During the dinner there was a great deal of speaking-considerable wit on the part of Nfr. As'ad Rustum and much eloquence on the part of Dr. Himadi, Mr. Rashid and others. Of course the guest of honour, our friend Dr. Hitti was one of the speakers. Neither the graciously hospitable hosts nor any of the guests thought when they gathered around the festive board at Ridgewood that anything was to be done for the Alumni Fund, but Mr. Fayyad Jabara­ a non-A.U.B. mall~is ever uneasy unless able to initiate some good movement or support some good cause. Mr. J abara suggested raising $20,000 more for the Alumni Fund; and as is his habit in all his actions, he added "let us do it now." It was a delicate situation, but in trying to do good, Mr. Jabara is not governed by outward etiquette, nor does he stand on ceremony. Mr. Jabara, Dr. Himadi and Mr. Abood, sitting at one end of the table, said they would be responsible for $ro,ooo if the other e!ld of the table would raise the other $ro,oQO. 56 AL-:KULLIVY AH Mrs. Marie EI-Khuri, who was sitting at the other end accepted the challenge. She said she would pay one third of the $10,000 allotted to her end of the table provided the rest would subscribe to the remainder. The rest were very generous and contributed sums varying from $50 to $1000. Everybody was happy about the result. After the speeches Mr. Staub showed some stereoptican slides illustrating the university grounds and buildings together with other scenes from Syria. We hope to receive soon a more detailed list of the contributors which we will publish in the coming issue. Suffice it to say now that only seventeen of the guests subscribed the $20,000. Words are inadequate to express our thanks to our New York brethren-A.U.B. men and others. \Ve congratulate them most heartily and gratefully on their great and spontaneous generosity.

THREE CHEERS FOR RAJA NASSAR I A novel but an excellent way to celebrate the occasion of the arrival of a child and the anniversary of his birth day has been initiated by one of our loyal former students, Mr. Emile Nassar. The following letter is self-explanatory. Mr. Nassar tells his own story. Dear Mr. Shehadi, As you are deeply interested in the news of the Alumni, I take this opportunity to announce to you, the birth of my first born boy "RAJA", who came into this world's struggle at 6. p.m. on Saturday, October 30th. But this is not all, for, on the occasion of my first born coming into existence; I find it to be the most suitable moment to mention that as a symbol of my appreciation of the work of the Alumni Association in helping to raise the Alumni fund, and as a very simple token of the deep feeling I cherish for the high principles and great beneficial cause for which this fund is being raised, please be good enough as to write me down for a life contribution of five dollars payable every year at the anniversary of the birth of my son "RAJA" as from the 30th October, 1926. With best regards and hearty good wishes, believe me, Yours sincerely, (Signed) E. G. Nassar. AL-KULLtWAH 57 We appreciate Mr. Nassar's generosity not only for its material value, but also for the beautiful spirit that promted him to make the gift. We congratulate Mr. and Mr. Nassar most heartily on this joyful occasion and we wish the little Raja a bright and happy career. This new way of celebrating happy events should be adopted by other Alumni. It is a noble and grateful expression of joy and a sign of loyalty to the University and an evidence of faith in the Alumni Fund movement. It is furthermore a sign of high patriotism and of deep interest in the welfare of the youth of the Near East. This gift will certainly bind strongly Mr. Nassar's son to his father's Alma Mater and to its Alumnj Association.

HAIFA'S LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS f Eg. Mr. Emile Abu-Fadel ...... 15 Messrs. Boutagy & Sons ...... 2 l\Ir. Cohen ...... ,...... 3 Yousuf Fuleihan, B.A...... II l\fr. ]. Grad ...... ' 3 Mr. Azar Habib ...... 3 Habib Kattan, M.D ...... ~ ...... 5 Nasif Kawar, M.D ...... , ...... '" . I Mr. Michel Menassa ...... 3 Mr. Maschoef, Phar.M...... 3 Munir Mishalany, M.D...... 10 Wadie Nasr, B.A., M.D...... 9 Rashid Nassar, Phar.M...... 10 Suleiman Bey Nassif...... 10 Dr. Steinberg, Phar.M...... 3

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UNIVERSITY NEWS We are sorry to report the death, on Wednesday, November 3, of Miss Rose Kenan, sister of Dr. Jamil Kenan. Our sincere sympathy to Dr. Kenan and his family in the hour of affliction.

We sincerely condole with Professor Khalid Tabit on the death of hi:.; father, Mr. Elias Tabit of Bhamdun. Mr. Tabit passed away in hi::; native town, Saturday, Nov. 6. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr. Tabit was a member of the first class that entered the S.P.C. (A.U.B.) after its foundation.

Ninety eight years was the age reached by the late Mr. Himadi, father of Prof,essor Said Himadi. He was sick only two days before he died in his native town, Baaklin. We extend our sympathy to Proiessor Himadi.

We deeply regret that Kenneth Eddy Close, aged 8 years, oldest son of Professor and Mrs. Harold Close, died on Thursday, November 18, after a very seVl re illness from which the child suffered for ov.er three months. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to the bereaved parents in their great loss.

Professor Alfred E. Day is in New, York studying at Columbia Uni­ versity and Barnard College. He writes that he has entered as a pupil the same courses which he teaches here in order to make a first hand comparison of methods.

We learn with great pleasure that Mr. Maynard Booth, formerly a staffite of the A.U.B., was married on Sept. 8th, 1926, to Miss Ada Whetmath. We hear further that he is studying for the Ministry at Union Seminary. We wish him great success in both of his good ventures and ,<;end him our heartiest congratulations.

NEAR EAST SURVEY VISITORS Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, Educational Director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund; Dr. James H. Dillard, Director of Jeanes Fund, Slater Fund, Vice-President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, and a member of the General Education Board; Dr. O. S. Morgan, Professor of Agriculture of Columbia University, and Mrs. Morgan; and Mr. Barclay Acheson, Director-General Overseas Operations of the Near East Relief, visited the University in connection with the Near East Survey. AL-KULLIYYAH 59

While here they took the trip to Baalbek. On the way' stops were made at several stations of the Presbyterian Mission and the visitors were especially interested in the glimpses of village life in Syria. During their two days at the University, Oct. 14 and 15, many conferences were held with students and Faculty. Dr. Morgan returned on October 26 for a longer stay.

PUSSY-FOOT JOHNSON "I expected a great deal but really what I have seen is much greater than what I expected." These were the words Mr. Johnson the celebrated foe of the liquor evil uttered afttr visiting the Museum, Library, West Hall and other A.U.B. buildings and after a tour on the campus where he inspected the tennis courts, the new athletic· field and other college fields of sport. On October 20 Mr. Johnson addressed a full house at the West Hall auditorium. He spoke on the liquor evil and the growing tendency among the nations to fight and eradicate this great enemy of the human race. He said that the " Wets in America will never see their dreams realized and that sooner or later the secret liquor traffic will disappear from the U.S.A." His address was instructive and replete with wit and humor.

We enjoyed meeting in the University, William W. Peet, LL.D., called "the Ambassador of Good Will." Dr. Peet was travelling in the Near East for the purpose of bringing about a better understanding and rapprochement between the churches of the West and those of the East.

The University was greatly pleased to receive a visit from M.Claude, Professor of Mental Pathology of the Faculte de Medecine; in the Uni­ versity of Paris.

Another distinguished person who visited the University in the last days of October, was Professor Warren of the department of psychology of Princeton University.

Mr. and Mrs. Aristen of Oak Park, Ill., U.S.A., were delighted with their visit to the A.U.B.

Dr. and Mrs. Dorens Scudder of Hawaii and Japan, visited the Uni­ versity in the latter part of October. Dr. Scudder gave, on Sunday in the Brotherhood room, a very interesting and instructive address on the znodern history of Japan. 60 AL-KULLIYY AH

ATHLETIC NOTES The referee's whistle sounded-the center forward's foot urged the football to one side-and the first game on the new athletic field was on. The dream of a number of years was consummated and a new era open­ ed in the realm of A.U.B. sports. True, the field was a trifle soft and the track surrounding it was still far from completion, but never-the-Iess the field was in use. No longer must the University teams encroach upon Prep. Field for their athletics, a fact that will become increasingly true with the completion of the new volleyball and basketball courts. The new addition to the A.U.B. athletic resources places her far in the lead from a purely equipmental standpoint among the schools of this part of the world, and it remains to be seen if the athletic spirit will grow to an equally high standard. With such magnificent athletic resources the University must realize the obligation which it owes to the men who have made possible these things. We must also realize the tremendous possibilities which are opened up for us as leaders in sport and recreation all over the Near East. If A.U.B. is to accept the obligation as the "Fountain head" of the athletic spirit in this part of the world we must keep our eyes on the goal ahead and base our growth on the sure path of fair play and good sportsmanship. H.W.F'.

POST'S FLORA There have been several inquiries made regarding Post's Flora of Syria and Palestine. Any reader who has a copy of the said Flora and wishes to dispose of it, is invited to advise the office of the Alumni Association. AL-KULLIYV AH 61 EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS

We take pleasure in annou1lcing to our Alumni and Former Students that we have inaugurated an Employment Department which will be affiliated with the Alumni Office. Hereafter, the Alumni Monthly will reserve a space for employment advertise­ ments. Short paragraphs from alumni or former students­ applicants fo1' posts as well as from those in need of employees­ will be welcome and will appear in their. allotted space in the Alumni Monthly in due course. T here will be no charge what­ ever for such advertisements. Our sole aim in opening up this Department is to serve the sons of the A.U.B. No matter how far time and space separ..ate them physically from us, we still lzq-ve the deepest inter.est in their success and welfare. AL-KULLIYYAH

Alumni News

OBITUARIES

I 890 We condole with our friend 1907 We are sorry to report the a;nd fellow-alumnus, Fadlou death on the 19th of November, Hourani, B.A., on the death of of Mrs. K. Nakad, mother of his mother who passed away in Najib Nakad, Phar.M., Trea­ Judaydat Marj 'Uyun. Mrs. surer of the Zahlah Alumni Hourani was over ninety fi ve Branch. We extend our deep years old, and until the short sympathy to Mr. Nakad and sickness that resulted in her his family. death, she kept well, vigorous and active. I911 Messrs. Wadi Faris, B.C., anp Shafik Faris, Ex-student, 1891 Nicola Halabi, twenty-three have received the sad news from years old, recently married, the Haiti of the death of their bro­ only son of Dr. and Mrs. Iskan­ ther Nadim. We profoundly der Halabi of Jaffa, Palestine, sympathize with them and their passed away in November. We family in their bereavement and extend our most sincere and pro­ extend our condolences. found sympathy to the bereaved young widow, and to our class­ 1925. On Monday morning, Nov. mate and friend, Dr. Halaby, 1st, while on her way from B.A., and his wife on their great Shwayfat to B-eirut, Mrs. Mal­ loss. vina Hunaykati mother of Anis 1900 It is our sad duty to re­ Hunaykati, B.A., met her death port the sudden death in Egypt in an automobile accident. Just of Major George K. Ekmekjian, three days before the fatal ac­ M.D., of the Egyptian Medical cident Mrs. Hunaykati visited service. Major Ekmekjian had our office and delivered to us for a long and honorable record of the Alumni Fund a generous gift service in the Sudan. Two years from her son. Our heartfelt ago he went on the pension list. sympathy is extended to Mr. Our profound sympathy is ex­ Anis Hunaykati and his family. tended to his afflicted wife and children.

MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS 1903 After years of honorable marriage to Miss Salwa Hubay­ service in the hot and burning ka. The wedding ceremonies wilds of the Sudan in the employ took place in Shwayr on Oct. of the Army Medical corps, 31st. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Wadi Ghosn, Phar.M., has de~ Ghosn the fulfilment of their dded to live in Beirut. Now hopes-a happy and prosperous we receive the good news of his married life. At-KULLlYYAH

1909 W'e are pleased to receive a Yazdi is a graduate of the card announcing the engage­ School of Arts and Sciences of ment, on November 7, 1926, of Beirut University and Mrs. Basil Susu, M.D., and Miss Yazdi is a graduate of both the Angel Hanna, both of Tanta, University of California and Egypt. ""e congratulate ~r. Stanford," May the young Susu and Miss Hanna on taking couple enjoy a happy married the first step towards a married life. life. 1920 We send our con~~ratula­ 1914 We are pleased to announce hans across the seas to Mr. Farid that Elias Bishuty, Phar.M., of Shatara, Phar.M., on 11:s mar­ Beirut, and Miss Nelly Sayegh riage to Miss Mary O'Connor, of the same city were recently Sept 5th, at Rockaway. New engaged and hope to be mar­ Jersey, U.S.A. ried soon. We offer to them our Ex 'Ve are glad to receive a card sincere wishes and hearty con­ announcing, the marriage on gratulations. ~ovember 6, of Mr. Wadi Wakid 1918 'Ve read in the columns of of Beirut and Miss Sada Maloof Santa Paula, Cal.. U.S.A., the of Cairo, Egypt. The wedding following news : "Kipling has ceremony took place in the latter said, "East is East and West is city. Our heartly congratula­ West and never the twain shall tions are offered to the young meet" but the fallacy of this couple. statement was demonstrated in \Ve extend our best wishes the marriage, at Santa Paula, of to James Gabriel on his marriage, Miss Marion Carpenter to Sheikh during summer. to Miss Augusta Ali Yazdi of Berkeley. Ali Gabriel of Egypt.

M1SCl';LLANI<;OUS 1889 On his way back to New stopped in Beirut for a little York, Ibrahim M. Dahir, B.A., over a week. He expects to be stopped for a few days in Beirut. gone three months and then re­ Mr. Dahir had been staying for turn to his work in Iraq. Bon over two years in Sultamabami, Voyage! Persia. There he was buying rugs and carpets for the wen 1905 Du'aybis Murr,B.A., LL.B., known firm of Samarah Bros. of ex-President of our Alumr.; N ew York. We were very pleased Branch in Jerusalem, has come to see him and to hear from him to live and practice his profes­ about his experiences in that sion (law) in Beirut. We are fascinating Eastern country. sure Mr. Murr will co-operate with the officers and members of 1891 It was a great pleasure to the Beirut Branch in their see our old friend and class-mate, Alumni work. Amin Bey Kisbany, B.A., Sec­ retary of King Feisal of Iraq. 1910 Weare glad to see Spiridon Metni, Phar.M' again in Beirut. He was on his way to Europe l and America. Kisbany Bey After an absence of several AL-KULLIVYAH

months in the U.S.A., where he from a trip to the southern went to study ways and means states of Brazil and in a few days of improving his business, Mr. I expect to embark for Para and Metni returned to resume work Manaus. I think that within in this city. a few years I shall be entitled to 19II It is never too late to pub­ be an instructor in Geography." lish good news about the success­ We wish the tireless traveller ful work of our Alumni. After would send to theAlumniMonth­ the November number had gone ly some of his experiences. They to press we learnt that Benjamin will surely interest our readers. Baroody, B.A., the agent in Ex I9I7 Amin S. Nasr, Civil Syria, Palestine, and Egypt for Magistrate of Nazareth, Pales­ the Holeproof Hosiery Co., had tine, spent his leave in Lebanon received a most appreciative and Egypt. We were glad to letter from the company last receive a visit from him in the summer. He was also presented Alumni Office and to see him with a Buick touring car in re­ also on the campus. cognition of the phenomenal 1917 Iskandar S. Rufail, M.D., growth in sales under his able Sanitary Inspector of Daman­ management. hur, Egypt, did not only enjoy 19I4 Mirza Badi Bushrui, M.A., visiting the University and the Governor of Tiberias, Palestine, different administrative offices, spent a few days in the early but he attended several Uni­ part of November in Beirut. He versity functions and services. visited the University several He also visited the clinics and times, called at the Alumni the various hospital buildings. Office and showed deep interest Dr. Rufail enjoyed living again in the welfare of his Alma Mater the life of his old college days. and in the progress of the Alumni 19I9 The visit of Ahmad Samih Association. Khalidy, M.A., Principal of the 19I4 After serving eleven years Government TJ!'aining College, as a MilitaryOfficer in the Sudan to the Alumni office was thor­ Medical Corps, Joseph Abu­ oughly enjoyed. The Alumni Murad, M.D., has decided to Association problems were sym­ settle in his native country. patjhetically discussed. Mr. He lives in Wadi Shahrur, but Khalidy showed his usual zeal has opened a clinic in the Mu­ and readiness always to serve dawwar building, Damascus the Alumni cause. Road, Beirut. His specialty is I920 Khalil Abu-Ghazaleh, for­ the diseases of the eye, nose, and merly of Haifa, has been trans­ throat. We wish Dr. Abu-Murad ferred to Beersheba, Palestine, success in his work: where he is serving as Health 1917 Jose Abs, B.C., says in a Medical officer . We wish him letter dated Oct. 20, 1926, "I successful service in his new post have been travelling a great deal of duty. lately on business for the 1922. We enjoyed a pleasant visit "]afets." I have just arrived from Nai~ Hasan, M.D., o~ the :AL-KULLIVYAH

Sudan Medical Service. Dr. the famous dental clinics and did Hasan is the Medical Officer in some practice. She has open­ Singa. He spent his summer in ed a clinic in Ras Beirut op­ Lebanon. The interest he has posite the Jumhlat residence. shown in the Alumni Association We believe she is the only a.nd its Fund campaign was woman dentist in Beirut, if not gratifying. He promised to do in all Lebanon and Syria. We his very best to awaken among wish Dr. Izrail great success. the A.U.B. men in the outlying 1926 Elias S. Khalifah, D.D.s., provinces of Sudan, interest in has opened a clinic in Ladakiy­ the Alumni movement. yah, Syria. In his letter telling Ex 1922 After a delightful and us of his work, Mr. Khalifah profitable summer spent in En­ volunteers to render any service gland, Mr. Raja Dabaghi re­ he can perform for fostering the turned on November 13 to Bei­ Alumni cause. We appreciate rut to attend to his business. such loyalty and we hope Mr. Khalifah will prosper in his new 1925 Dia Khatib, B.A., formerly field of labor. of the Jerusalem Training Col­ lege is now taking some courses Ex 1926 George B. Sarrafian writes in the University of London, from New York that he has en­ England. We hope to hear good tered the Junior class of Colum­ reports about the work of our bia University. He is studying fellow-alumnus, Mr. Khatib. for the B.A. degree. In Columbia he met several A.U.B. men who 1926 Fortunah Izrael, D.D.S., are taking different courses. Mr. spent the summer in Paris. Sarrafian expects to spend two During her stay in the French years in America. We vvic;h Metropolis she visited most of him success.

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FOR~mRLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. JANUARY, 1927 NO·3

On behalf of your Alma Mater

and its Alumni Association

The Alumni Monthly

Extends ~ you the best wishes for

A Happy and Prosperous New Year, 68 AL-KULLIYYAH

JOB'S SKIN DISEASE Walter Booth Aciams, M.A., M.D., Proj. Emeritus oj Dermatology, American University oj Beirut. A thoro examination of my patient I always insist upon before pronouncing a diagnosis. In this case, however, I shall make an exception, the patient Job having been dead too long; -according to Ascher's estimate over 3000 years, and I do not know where they buried him. There are about half a dozen reputed tombs of Jonah in the country, but none for Job. This is a matter that should engage the attention of the honorable company of dragomans to scan the Hauran district when the Druze revolt is over and. locate a tomb that may be more or less authentic. The tradition of Job is strong in the country and any expression of doubt as to the historicity of Job would brand the doubter as an infidel. Ever since I was myself afflicted with two furuncles (boils) I have been a higher critic as to the translation of the book of Job, especially where it reads that he had "sore boils" and scraped himself with a potsherd. That scraping with a pot­ sherd did it ! No one who has ever suffered from a boil on his own person unless he be an "Eddyite" (Christian Scientist) ever scraped his boils even with his own nails. And Job was <'smitten from the sale of his foot to his crown." No one scratches boils, nor allows another to corne near them. "Don't touch it," is his cry, and he is right. Harsh potsherds would produce agony and no one with furuncIes would voluntarily use them. So that potsherd rules out furuncles. I am not a Hebrew scholar. So I consulted my friend Dr. Moses Mordecai Albert as to the original word that is rendered (( boil." He tells me that it is ,; Shekin," and that the word is a plural and strictly should not be rendered "boils,') but papules,-boiIs are too big; it is making mountains out of molehills. The papular disease of the skin that might have occasioned such distress then might be, as some have suggested, scabies or papular eczema. Scabies or the vulgar "tah" is a common ~skin disease in this country. One year during the War I saw: AL-KULLIYYAH by actual count 10,000 cases of it. It is caused by minute eight-legged mites \vhich burrow under lile skin and cause in­ tense itching. The camel is the common host for the parasite .and the cameleer gets it from the animal and passes it on to his family and so it invades the community. Some camels suffer so much as to interfere with their use­ fulness as common carriers. The Arabs treat it by smearing tar on the camels, so that one can smell a train of camels a mile away if the wind be favorable. The "ship of the desert" certainly smells like the ship of the sea. During the great war the Turkish army used camels largely for transport and established a camel hospital at Zahleh in Lebanon for the treatment of scabies in camels. Now Job possessed 7000 camels and may have caught scabies from one of them or from one of his cameleers. Others suggest an attack of eczema, but no weeping of his skin with the weeping of his eyes is recorded and further universal eczema, from head to foot, is almost unknown nor i~ there any mention of tetter. I am inclined to another skin malady, one that dermatolo­ gists recognize as caused by severe nervous shock and de­ pression. Surely we find all that in Job's case. First, the sudden loss by the Sabeans swooping down in a ghuzza and running off his 500 yoke of oxen and 500 she asses and the death of his faithful servants who evidently did their best to prevent this loss, and on the heels of this catastrophe the "fire of God .• " lightning-striking and destroying his great flock of 7000 sheep and their shepherds and then there follows the loss of his 7000 camels. A camel is an ugly brute yet as a carrier he has value in this land and more camels and cameleers are slain, and then comes the greatest and last shock,-the destruction of the house of his eldest son with the death of his other sons and daughters. Picture it yourself. It is truly overwhelming. During the war there were some cases of dermatitis herpetiformis caused by lesser catastrophes than these, as for instance where the bread winner was dragged off into the Turkish army, leav­ ing other members of the family dying of typhus and starving. In such a case dermatitis herpetifo{.ulls developed.w.the woman lof the family. AL-KULLIYYAH

Another case of almost universal head to foot eruption of dermatitis herpetiformis was in a banker who had been in great difficulties with his accounts and balances and so great was, his suffering from the disease that he only got relief by lying in a cool bath of a weak solution of permanganate of potassium. Job did not use that remedy but sat on an ash heap. Possibly the alkali of the ashes mitigated his suffering, but it is more likely that he sat in the ashes as a sign of profound mourning. CONCLUSION. Therefore from the sudden onset of the disease, the popules. (shekin) and the intense itching, as evidenced by the scraping with a potsherd, and the history of repeated and overwhelmingly; severe shocks to the nervous system, I feel justified in pro.. nouncing Job's skin disease to have been Dermatitis Herpeti­ formis or Duhring's Disease.

THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT (Continued)

TH1;; SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENC~S Post Graduate Work. Although the University Faculty has no desire to give courses for the Ph.D. degree, as such courses can better be given in the great centers of Europe and America, it is important :that full justice should be eione at Beirut to M.A. work. Until a larger staff of efficiently trained professors can be developed, only a few departments of study can attempt to fit students for the M.A. Teachers' Training. A splendid opportunity has come to the School of Arts and Sciences to train teachers. Such a demand has arisen for­ graduates with the B.A. diploma, that it has been impossible to find candidates to fill all the vacant positions. Not only have private and mission schools called for 'teachers, but an even greater demand has come from the governments of Palestine, Iraq and the Sudan. During the past year the Faculty have had the plea:mre of receiving visit,S AL-KULLIYYAH 7I from Mr. Humphrey Bowman, Director of Education of Pales­ ,tine, and Sati Bey AI-Husari, Director General of Education in Iraq. The following bursaries have been supported by their governments as students of the School of Arts and Sciences, :with the understanding that they will teach in their government schools when they graduate :- Palestine, 5 men and 1 woman (2 graduated inJune) Iraq 13 men (3 graduated in June) Sudan 3 men Other bursaries are to enter the University next autumn. A new Teachers' Scholarship plan has been worked out by the :University itself, whereby a picked student can receive his tuition free for the last three years of college, on condition that upon graduation he will teach for several years in the Pre­ paratory School, so as to gain practical experience and to pay back the money loaned to him for his tuition fees. In order to do fuller justice to this great opportunity to train teachers, Mr. Donald Hudson, a recent graduate of the Department of Education of the University of Chicago, has been engaged as an adjunct professor, to give educational courses at Beirut. Vegree of Self Support. During the past year the financial statement of the School of Arts and Sciences showed the following figures :- Expenditures Income from Subsidy Cost per Fees needed Student Freshman Classes $38,01 5.5 0 26,366.25 II,649·25 II9·54 Upper Classes 51,695.25 17,28 7.60 34,407.65 196.55 Combined Figures 89,710.75 43,653.85 46,056.90 154.40 Percentage oj Cost Covered by Local Income Freshman Classes ...... 69·35% Upper Classes ...... 34.988 % Combined Figures ...... 48·56~ AL-KULLIYYAH

Scientific and Literary Work. During the past year much progress has been made in developing the Arabic journal, as the scientific publication of the University but still further improvement is needed. During the Spring and early Summer, Sir Arthur Smith \Voodward, Late Keeper of the Geology Department of the British Museum, lived and worked at the University. Lady Smith Woodward was also a guest of the institution and it was both a pleasure and stimulus of no ordinary kind to have Sir Arthur and Lady Woodward on the campus. Sir Arthur studied and catalogued the splendid collection of fossil fishes of the Lebanon, in the University Museum. He also collected new specimens. Prof. Alfred Ely Day worked with him and was greatly helped by this contact with such a great scientist. Prof. Day has also been cataloguing other specimens in the Geology Museum and has made a great deal of progress in re-arranging his collection. During the winter he was able to obtain the collaboration of a distinguished French Pre­ History enthusiast, Dr. Emmanuel Passemard, and with his help he arranged interesting specimens of flints and pre-history bones from a cave at Antilyas. Miss Bate of the British Museum also assisted Prof. Day in this work. Dr. Harold H. Nelson, Professor of History, was loaned to the University of Chicago Epigraphic Expedition at the Temple of Medinet Habu across from Luxor. Through the efforts of Prof. Asad ,Rustum the University has been fortunate in coming into the possession of 'Isa Malouf's collection of Arabic manuscripts. The collection contains some 550 manuscripts about a variety of philosophic, historical, and scientific subjects. Many of them are very old and all of them offer material for study of ancient Arab culture. These new manuscripts, together with those already in the possession of the University, have been placed in a room adjoining the Library, with the hope that a collection of writing on Muslim and Arab culture can be developed. In the spring, the French and British High Commissaria'ts. for Syria and Palestine held an Archaeological Congress. The AL-KULLIYYAH 73 delegates assembled at Beirut, where a number of interesting meetings were organized. There were also trips to Ba'albek, Palmyra, and other places in Syria, after which there were a series of meetings and excursions in Palestine. Prof. Alfred 'Ely Day and Dr. Asad Rustum were the official delegates of the University to this congress and both of them presented papers in printed form. Through the kindness of the officers of the Haut Commissariat, other members of the FaCUlty were able to attend a number of the meetings and to meet the­ delegates at social gatherings. It was very stimulating to be able to talk over the problems of archae10gical research with so many distinguished guests. I During the year, Prof. Anis Khuri of the Department of Arabic published a rendering of "In Memoriam" in the Arabic Language. Prof. Nelson and Dr. Rustum of the History De­ partment have edited Breasted and Robinson's Ancient Times in Arabic. Through the great courtesy of the authors and publishers, Ginn and Co., it has been possible to use the cuts and maps from the English edition in preparing this new Arabic text. As a number of government systems of education and many private schools have been calling for this book, the Department of History is rendering a great service by publishing it, especially as many chapters have been rewritten with adap­ tation to the :N" ear East.

THl~: SCHOOL of PHARMACY During the past year Dr. Ladakis, the Director of the School of Pharmacy, regained his health. 'With his help plans have been worked out for increasing the efficiency of the School. In the past, students have been able to come from other schools to enter the second year Pharmacy. The first year of the School has been under the discipline and control of the School of Arts and Sciences. Hereafter all students must pass through the first year of the School of Pharmacy, after being well grounded in Chemistry in College. All three classes of the School will be under the direct discipline of their Director and from start to finish the course will be a carefully organized preparation for professional work. An American Adjunct Pro-_ ~74 AL-KULLIYYAH fessor has been appointed to join the staff, after a year of -.advanced study, and every effort, is being made to improve the equipment and instruction of the School, at the same time that the number of men in each class is being limited to twenty and academic standards are being raised.

TH1;. SCHOOL of DENTISTRY Reorganization. After a very profitable year abroad the Director, Dr. :Arthur R. Dray, returned to Beirut to reorganize the School, ,:which started sixteen years ago with Dr. Dray himself as the pne trained teacher and with only a couple of rooms to house ~e work. With a great deal of energy and enthusiasm Dr. Dray made pver the building which the School now occupies. A new lecture room and prosthetic laboratory with splendid north light were added to the other work rooms on the ground fioor. Upstairs tthe public clinic was re-arranged and equipped with twenty: eight chairs of modern type not counting the chairs in the examining and extracting rooms. Private clinics, with labora­ tories attached and a demonstration room for minor surgery were also arranged for, in addition to well equipped X-Ray and sterilizing rooms, and an improved Crown and Bridge laborato­ ry. The upstairs office, lecture room, and waiting rooms were also improved, and many pieces of apparatus set up. At least two years of college work were made prerequisite to entrance into the four years course in Dentistry, and the curriculum was revised so as to increase the amount of work in the medical sciences, at the start, and to assure a greater amount of practice in the clinics and laboratories towards the end of the course. Dr. Edward E. Fox arrived from America to become the "full time" head of the Department of Operative Dentistry. Several new technicians were employed and the .Schoollooked forward to a new chapter in its progress. Dr. Dray's death is a severe loss, but the School vvhich he built up has been so well organized, and his colleagues so well trained that the work can continue with increasing usefulness, as a tribute to the dental educator, :who was a pioneer in th~ Near East. Soudan Government Bursary Students at the A.U.B.

AL-K1JLLIYYAH 75 GOVERNMENT COOPERATION "Actions speak louder than words." Four governments -have sufficient respect for higher education and confidence in the A.U.B. to spend money to send students to the University. '.These government bursary students receive financial aid during their college course and are under contract to work for the government for a stipulated time after graduation. The number of such students is constantly increasing. This year there are 33 bursary students, while last year there were 22. This year for the first time, the Prince Regent of Ethiopia has sent six boys to the Preparatory School. The government of the Sudan is supporting two students, both in their Junior Near. Palestine is the only government which is sending a woman. She is a Junior and is preparing for a position in the government schools. The government has also five men, 3 Sophomores, a junior and a Senior. King Feisal of Iraq, is supporting 19 students at the ,University. Last year the first students he sent graduated and are now at work in Iraq. Three more will graduate this year, '5 are Juniors, one a Sophomore, and 10 entered the Freshman <,class. In addition to this direct support there is the fact of co-, (}peration in curriculum so that certain schools may give certi­ ,;licates for entrance to the University. Graduates of the government secondary schools of Iraq are admitted to the Freshman class without examination. Certificates of Gordon :College in the Sudan also give entrance to Freshman year. In Palestine there is a Board of Education representinK -both government and private schools. This Board sets standards for a matriculation examination and issues certificates to those who pass it successfully. Holders of this matriculation certificate are admitted to the Sophomore class. Last year this 130ard asked A.U.B. professors to help make out the examina~ nons in six subjects and to correct the papers. We are publishing this month the pictures of the students 'from Ethiopia and the Sudan. Next month we will publish '~ose from Palestine and Iraq. AL-KULLIYYAH

ATHLETIC NOTES Students of A.U.E. organizing and directing their own athletics is the unique result of the Coaching course offered this year for the first time. Field managers for each of five sports under the general direction of a. student assistant director have been named by the Intramural Council of the Athletic Committee, the men chosen in each case being students peculiarly fitted for the work of each sport. With the first, or practice, series in football, basketball, volleyball and hockey ending in mid-November and being followed by the inter-class and departmental series the four field managers find themselves quite busy seeing that equipment is on the field, that disputes are amicably settled and that the scores of the contests are efficiently recorded. The practice which the members of the Coaching course get in this; laboratory work among A.U.B. students is augmented by service as' assistan.ts in the regular required gym classes of the Freshmen and', sub-Freshmen. Together with the lectures on the theory and practice of physical education, coaching methods for the various sports,. and organizatiun and administration of athletics this laboratory work should fit the student for efficient service as athletic directors in Near-Eastern institutions. As many A.U.B. men are called upon to take charge of athletics in schools where they teach after graduation the training should prove invaluable. Members of the class are undertaking extension work in schools in .and near Beirut as part of their outside assignments. Principals of' ~chools interviewed by members -1f the class regarding the introduction of' 'Competetive sports into their institutions have extended a hearty and, -enthusiastic welcome. The preparation of an athl2tic handbook for use in the Near East" printed in English, Arabic and Armenian, has been suggested by authorities as a useful outlet for the energies of the class, funds for the printing of the booklet already being promised from American sources. Palts being taken by members of the class in directing the Athletic' program of A.U.B. are as follows: Field managers-football, 2YIahfuz. Ajluni; hockey, Kanan Khatib; volleyball, George Antippa, and track and field, Afif Tannus; assistan.t director of Intramural athletics, N. A. Faris. Basketball is in charge of Albert Diab, a Sophomore, the only field manager not a member of the course. . Afif Tannus, field manager for track and field, is in charge of a group

THANKSGIVING SERVICE The Thanksgiving service tl-tat was held at 4.15 p.m., on Thursday, Kov. 25th, attracted almost all the members of the American Community in Beirut to the University Chapel. Dr. Bayard Dodge presided; a prayer of gratitude was offered by the Rev. James H. Nicol. The Hon. P. Knabenshue, American Consul in Charge read the Thanksgiving Pro­ damation of the President of the United States; a very pretty song was then given by the children of the American Community School; Mr. Fowle. Director of the Near East Relief read the scriptures; The Rev. Mr. Crose gave the address of the Occasion-his subject was the beauty of gratitude and he related very interesting stories, some showing the quality of appreciation and others depicting the baseness of ingratitude.

We should not forget to mt'ntion' that before coming to the servicef the regular "Turkey dinner" was enjoyed at every American home.

THE ANNUAL BROTHERHOOD BANQUET The \Vest Hall Brot.herhood entertained one hundred and sixty mem. bers and guests of honour at its annual banquet on Friday evening, Kovember 26th in the Common Room. A short prayer of thanksgiving by Reverend J. H. Nicol preceded the banquet, which was served by members of the Brotherhood. During the meal and later between the speeches,. Professor Seelye had Song slides thrown upon the screen. and, assistec! by ~Ir. Hall at the piano, led general singing. Mr. Shehadi A. Shehadi, President of the Brotherhood and toast­ master of the occasion, spoke on the actual accomplishment of the Brother­ llOOd in bringing together students of widely different groups. He pointed to the speakers' table as an example of the amicable relations possible under the Brotherhood between men of different religious sects.. He de­ monstrated how many nationalities could unite happily by calling to their feet the representatives of half a dozen or more nations who were present at the banquet. President Bayard Dodge was the first speaker called upon by Mr. Shehadi. He devoted his t.alk to the ideal of unselfish service, pointing out its place in the life of the Brotherhood, and giving a striking authentic illustration of its power to command men's admiration and respect in critical situations. Mr. Joseph Aftimus, B.A. '85, C.E., Minister of Public Works of the Lebanon R.epublic spoke next in Arabic. He called attention to the great injury done the country by intolerance, and to the corresponding need for the spirit of brotherhood. AL-KULLIYYAH

Professor Smith gave an account of his past connection with the English editorship of AI-Kulliyyah, and the letters of personal advice he had written to members of the University community, past and present, who had called upon him for help. He mentioned some amusing cor­ respondence which he claimed had taken place during his editorShip, including letters written to and by Prof. Seelye and Mr. Shehadi and concluded wifh letters in which he had recommended the Brotherhood as a panacea for all ills arising from loneliness, discouragement, and meanness of spirit. Sheikh Yusuf Zakhariyyah, a Magistrate of the City of Beirut and instructor of Islamic Law in the University, spoke in Arabic of the evils arising from intolerance, stressing particularly disunion. He read a poem of his own composition, emphasizing the same thought. Professor Seelye, next in order, resorting to his ample stock of imagination spoke wittily of some of Mr. Shehadi's experiences, and afterwards was almost tempted to fall Into his usual habit of referring to "something he had seen in America." He concluded with a brief inter­ pretation of the ideals of the Brotherhood. Mr. Shukri Shamm~s, Vice President of the Brotherhood, confined his talk for the most part to a summary of the work and progress of the Brotherbood during the last year, and gave statistics under these heads. The banquet closed with the reading of the Brotherhood prayer. The Brotherhood Cabinet. and espcially the Social Committee under :Mr. George Farall, were in. clnrge of the event. V.P.H.

MR. WILLIAMS LECTURES ON "RUSSIA". Staffite from 19II to 1914, and globetrotter ever since, l\Ir. Maynard "Villiams can speak with interest and from personal experience about nearly every country in the world. He is busy for the National Geographic Society of \Vashington, U.s.A., recording on camera film the individual life and customs of many lands. He was engaged in special correspondence work in Russia from July 1917 to March 1918, and hence could compare his experiences when he travelled through Russia, Georgia, and Armenia last summer. Communism is dead in Russia, he said in his lecture on November 29, in West Hall. The Russian leaders today are ruled by pragmatism rather than by communism, and have AL-KULLIYYAH 79 been forced by circumstances to modify and even to give up entirely, the practices of many of their communistic theories. Europe used to end, and Asia to begin, at the Ural Mountains, but today, in reality, the dividing line between the continents has become Russia's western border, where the row of new states, Finland, to Poland and Rumania, form the "cordon sanitaire" of old capitalistic Europe. And thirdly, the Soviet government, while keeping a strict censorship and government control, has, by its new Economic Policy, opened its doors rather freely to travellers and business men, to all districts but Central Asia, from which vast backward region we may expect significant developments in the future.

THE IRAQUIAN STUDEKTS' RECEPTION In spite of the torrential rain that was pouring and the tempestuous wind that was blowing on Friday night, Dec. 10th, a large crowd attended the reception given by the students of Iraq in the Common Room at 'Vest Hall. The University Orchestra played some very fine pieces at the beginning and between parts of the program. J\lr. Hasan Mustapha J awad, in a iew well chosen words welcomed the audience. President .Dodge was the first speaker. He spoke on the duty of the educated Mesopotamians towards their country during this period of her reorganiza­ tion and renaissance. He pointed to the striking contrast between Pompeii, which has never recovered from her destruction, and Messina which recovered her life and prosperity shortly after she was laid down in ruins as a result of the earthquake. Dr. Dodge showed plainly how absurd it is for any nation to expect to become happy and prosperous and great by simply contenting herself with boasting of her past and bygone glory. He visualized this fact by relating vividly and wittily two very instructive and amusing stories. Cold refreshments were then served-the warmth of the hospitality of the sons of Iraq rendered the ice-cream very acceptable on that cold and chilly night. Prof. Jurjus Khuri then followed with his witty tales and funny stories which were received with applause and hearty laughter. Prof. Khuri spoke of the traces left by the Baghdad of old on all the countries that came under the sway of its Caliphs. A: very interesting feature of the evening was the exhibition lof the different picturesque costumes worn by the men and women of Iraq in the citie" . and among the peasants. The singing of Alma ;)Iater brought to its cloS"! a very enjoyable evening. ·'80 AL-KULLIYYAH

ALUMNI CORRESPONDENCE

We have received the following letters from our friends in Beirut, Iraq, and Palestine. We publish the same with great pleasure. We invite our Alumni and forrn~r students to write us when they have anything that would be of interest to our readers. As our space is limited, we prefer to have these letters short and to the point. (The Editor).

A.U.B., Dec. 7, 1926• The Editor The Alumni Monthly. Dear Sir, It would probably be of interest to the readers of the Alumni Monthly, especially to those who are fond of poetry, to know that the highest price ever paid for poetry was three hundred seventy five pounds sterling a line, James Smith of "Rejected Address" fame, being the fortunate recipient. One evening at dinner he met Richard Strachan, the King's printer, who, although badly crippled with gout, conversed so brilliantly: that Smith sent him the following tribute: "Your lower limbs seemed far from stout When last I saw you walk: The cause I presently found out When you began to talk, The power that props the body's strength, In due proportion spread, In you mounts upwards, and the strength All settles in the head." On receiving this Strachan added a codicil to his will, leaving the author £3000 as a reward for his poem. Yours very truly, Philip F. Mishalany, Ph.G. AL-KL~LIYYAH 8t

Basrah, Dec. 10, 1926. Dear Mr. Shehadi, It is a pleasure indeed to state that the Alumni are doing :very well here and that everyone occupies a post of no mean importance in his particular line-many indeed are leaders in their work. The 'writer has been posted lately to the Surgical Depart­ ment of the Maude Memorial Hospital in Basrah which was built in honour of the late Sir Stanley Maude and which is. indeed one of the finest hospitals of Iraq. It is needless to say that there are exceptional opportuni­ ties to do surgical work of a high order here. I am so happy to know that our Medical School is getting on so well and that its standard has been raised. British physicians in Iraq have a. high opinion of the work of our school of medicine at th~ A.U.B. Very sincerely, Afiatun.

Tel-Aviv, Near Jaffa. Dec. 22, 1926. To the Editor of the Alumni Monthly, A.U.B. I am very glad indeed to receive the Alumni Monthly. Your readers may perhaps be interested to know that when I went to the Lausanne Universitv in Switzerland in order to take post-graduate courses, the diploma of the A.U.E. was at once recognized and accepted without any examinations. I understood that I was not the first A.U.B. man who went to specialize in that university and that the Faculty of that fine institution have a very high opinion of our Alma Mater. This. '~A course gave me great Rleasure and encouragement. . Yours respectfully, Dr. J. Michelin.. AL-KULLIYYAH EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT .TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS We take pleasure in announcing to our Alumni and Former. -'Students that we have inaugurated an Employment Department: '!Which will be affiliated with the Alumni Office. Her.eafter, the Alumni Monthly will reserve a space jor employment advertise­ :ments. Short paragraphs from alumni or jormer students­ ;,applicants jor posts as well as from those in need oj employees­ ~i.Vill be welcome and will appear in their alloted space in thei Alumni Monthly in due course. There will be no charge what­ ever for such advertisements. Our sole aim in opening up this <'Department is to serve the sons of the A.U.B. No matter how far time and space separate them physically from us, we still /zave the deepest inter.est in their success and welfare.

WANTED A POSITION Applicant-a young man who has passed Freshman at the !A.U.B., a few years ago-knows English and French well and has some knowledge of Arabic; had three years' experience in .office work. Communicate with the Alumni Office. WANTED A TEACHER A High School in Mount Lebanon is anxious to employ; a well educated man-a B.A. preferred-to teach the English Language. A good salary is offered with board and lodging~ ~ommunicate with the Alumni Office. AL-KULLIYY AH

UNIVERSITY NEWS Muna Louisa Khayyat, first and only child of Dr. and Mrs. Khayyat, 8 months old, died Sunday morning, Dec. 19th after a very severe and short sickness. We sincerely condole with the sorrowing parents.

Mr. Archie Crawford, Assistant Treasurer of the A.U.B., is leaving for America, where he expects to spend a year or two in special study at some of the American Universities. Bon Voyage and good luck.

Dr. Pierre Raphael Lepine, :M.D., I.H.L., D.ES., formerly Adjunct Professor of Pathology at the A.F.B., was married on Dfcember 4th. Tpe bride is jUlle. l\Iarguerite Dollfus from Alsace. This marriage was not the result of love-at-first-sight, for Dr. Lepine and his wife had known each other almost all their lives. The happy couple count on living in Paris. On behalf of the A.U.B., we extend to them heartiest con­ gratulations.

Prof. and Mrs. Raymond H. Goodale arrived on Dec. 18th. Prof. Goodale is Adjunct Professor of Pathology succeeding Dr. Lepine. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS -Mf:" Rizkall(lh Haddad, one of the most prominent Syrian merchants in Rio-Janeiro, called at the Alumni Office and enjoyed walking on the campus and visiting some of our buildings. Although not an alumnus or former student, 1\1r. Haddad is one of the most earnest supporters of our Alumni :Movement.

Among the interested persons who visited the University in December, was Miss Gertrude Ely of Bryn Mawr, Pa., U.S.A., who is a member of the Board of National League of \Vomen Voters and a member of the Non-Partisan League of Nations Association in America. Miss Ely was accompanied by Miss Alma Ruggles of Washington, D.C., and Miss Anna Mitchell of New York. Both Miss Ruggles and Miss Mitchell came from Constantinople where they are in charge of the work for the Russian Refugees.

We were greatly pleased to see in the University, Madame Jibrail Haddad Pasha, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Bakhit, :tIl of Alexandria, Egypt. Madame Haddad Pasha enjoyed greatly visiting the scenes of her late husband's college days.

The University was greatly honored during the last part of December to receive a visit from Professor Manley O. Hudson of the Law School of Harvard University. Professor Hudson is also a member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations and the best known advocate of the League in the U. S. A. AL-KULLIYYAH

REPORT OF PROGRESS

MAGNIFICENT-SPLENDID In our previous issue we announced the great news of the princely generosity of our Syrian friends in New York, which was demonstrated at the memorable and now-historic Himadi Dinner. ';Y e are publishing below the names of the big­ hearted persons who contributed the $20,000 in one sitting. It is impossible for us to say how much we were moved by their excellent gifts nor can we find words to express our deep feeling of gratitude and appreciation, especially when we re­ member that almost all of these friends have made generous contributions to the Fund before. Their interest in the noble cause of providing education in the Near East for worthy but needy students knows no limit. They want to open as wide as they can the doors of opportunity for the youth of their native land. We have not yet learned the exact amount contributed by everyone of these true and sincere friends of the A.U.B. Suffice it to say that four of them, namely, Mrs. EI-Khoury, Mr. Jabara, Dr. Himadi and Mr. Abood have contributed $3,333.00 each. The University Faculty, all officers and mem­ bers of the Alumni Association together with every man and woman whose heart can be thrilled with noble deeds-all join in thanking our friends beyond the seas for their wonderful, moral and material support and cooperation.

SIDON BRANCH' ENTERTAINS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AT.B. A hearty welcome was extended to\ Dr. and Mrs. Dodge on their recent visit to Sidon with the General Secretary,lby the officers and members of the Sidon Branch. At 4.00 p.m., on Wednesday December 1st, a very pleasant reception was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Salim Aftimus. The host and hostess received the guests very cordially. The president and Mrs. Dodge were very pleased to meet our Sidon fellow Alumni and their wives. Dr. Aftimus delivered a short AL-KULLIYYAH.

but effective address of welcome in Arabic; Mr. Fuad Hitti :followed with an address in English on the influence of the Alumni on their various environments-the address was inter­ spersed with funny anecdotes and humorous remarks. Dr. Joseph Murad 'Azuri spoke next. He, delivered an eloquent speech in Arabic on the services rendered to the Western nations by the civilization of old Phoenicia. He said that at present the West is paying back the debt it owes to the East. Said Jimblat, M.D., speaking in French reviewed in a spirit of ap­ preciation the work that President Dodge is rendering to the young men of Syria and the Near East; and the efforts he is exerting to spread sound knowledge among them in order to uplift their character and to provide ways and means for im­ proving their health so that they may become happy and useful citizens. Mr. Nicola Harisi Daghir, the Secretary of the Branch, was then introduced. He pointed out the services that the American University of Beirut might render to the Near East; he stressed the need of uniformity in the curriculum of :the educational institutions in the country. President Dodge was the next speaker; he was listened to with deep interest. ;He spoke on the recent changes and developments in the University and told his attentive hearers of the plans the University has for the future. The last speaker was the General Secretary; he spoke on the Alumni Association, its aims and the noble work achieved by its Branches in spreading in the different cities and countries the spirit of the A.U.B. ,Refreshments were finally served by the charming hostess. The party was proud to visit the two hospitals in Sidon ~that are owned and directed by two sons of the A.U.B., Dr. Said Jimblat, running an Eye and Ear Hospital, and Dr. N abih Shabb, a hospital for surgical cases. Both hospitals are well equipped and excellently managed. The hospitality of Dr. and Mrs. Shabb on Wednesday eveninK was greatly enjoyed. :Thursday morning was spent in returning calls to our fellow Alumni. In the afternoon, after an enjoyable dinner at the home of Mr. and :Mrs. Fuad Hitti, the party returned to Beirut, carrying with them delightful memories of the courtesy and loyalty of our Sidon alumni and former students. 86 AL-KULltiVY AIt BEIRUT BRANCH The Beirut Branch held its first regular meeting on Wednesday evening, December 15th at the home of Dr. Sami Haddad. A large number of the members were present. Pro­ fessor KhauIi presided. Mr. Najib Dumit, B.A., 1925, was elected Secretary to succeed his brother Mr. Emile Dumit. The minutes of the last meet.ing were read and approved. The treasurer Mr. N ajib Mosawir gave a report on the financial condition of the Branch which was very satisfactory. The General Secretary, then gave an encouraging resume of the activities of the various alumni branches scattered all over the world, and called the special attention of his hearers to the wonderful and stimulating generosity of the Syrians in the U.S.A., where A.U.B. men and non-A.U.B. men are cooperat­ ing to support faithfully the Alumni Fund cause. The Executive Committee was empowered to appoint a sub-committee to further the progress of the .Fund movemeht in Beirut. Dr. N. Nucho, Mr. Faris Zuhair and Mr. Najib Dumit volunteered to help promote the alumni cause. The Branch voted to authorize the Executive Committee to arrange for a Mid-winter Dinner. Four applicants for membership were accepted by the Branch. The Alumni Branch promised to cooperate with the Arabic Department of the A.U.B., in making the coming celebration of the 50th anniversa­ ry of Professor Jabr Dumit as a teacher, a great success.

THE SIXTH MEDICAL CONFERENCE The Executive Committee uf the l\ledical Branch of our Alumni Association is making plans ahead for its 6th Medical Alumni Conference. The Conference will be held in the University sometime next spring. The exact dates have not yet been decided upon; the details will be published in the Alumni Monthly. Suffice it to say now that the Committee is exerting its best efforts to make this coming conference the most successful one in the history of the Medical Branch. Famous Medical authorities will be invited to address the Con­ ference; preparations are being also planned for the accom­ modation and comfort of medical men who may come from out AL-KULLIYY AlI of town. Of course the Executive Committee will also notify all medicalalumni--physicians, dentists and pharmacists-in due time when its plans are settled. We anticipate that a large number of our alumni will attend the coming instructive and interesting sessions. Let us add that medical men who have received their diplomas from other centers of learning will be welcome to share with our alumni the pleasure and profit to be gained in this conference. The Executive Committee comprises the following gentle­ men:- Dr. Najib ;Ardati ...... Chairman Dr. Mustapha Khalidy ...... Secretary Dr. Iskandar N asif ...... Treasurer Dr. Sami Haddad ...... Member Dr. Fuad Ghusn ...... Member

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY BRANCH The Women's Auxiliary Branch of the Alumni Association held a short business meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 30. After an informal discussion of the affairs of the society, the members proceeded to the election of new officers for the coming year. The following ladies were elected : President Mrs. N. Nucha. Vice President Mrs. Mansur Jurdak Treasurer Mrs. Sa'id Himadi. Secretary Miss Helen Said. We congratulate the new officers and wish the Auxiliary Branch a successful year. The members of the Beirut Branch still remember the valuable services rendered to them in their various activities last year by gentle and loyal members of the Auxiliary Branch. 88 AL-KULLIYYAH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE ALUMNI FUND AT DR. HIMADI'S DINNER

Jabara, F. M. 2 I2 Fifth Avenue Abood, Assad 586 Broadway, Himadi, D. I. Lodi, New Jersey EI-Khoury, Mrs. Marie 56I Fifth Avenue Trabulsi, N esib 599 BroadwaYJ Nicola, Andrew I9I Joralemon St., B'klyn Rashid, S. M. Chautauqua, New York Rasi, Dr. H. S. I39 Clinton St., B'klyn Kalil, F. A. 692 Broadway Macksoud, Jos. I6 East 34 Street Farhood, T. 236 Fifth Avenue Shehadi, B. East Orange, New Jersey Metni, S. Metni Pharmacy, Beirut, Syria Shatara, Dr. F.!. I5.3 Clinton St., B'klyn

NOTE.-Where llO city is given, New York is understood. AL-KULLIYYAH Alumni News

OBI'rUARI~S 1892In our last issue we reported our fellow-alumnus. Nicola J. the sad death of Nicola Halabi nib, B.C., of Jerusalem. He died the only son of our fellow­ on Saturday, Dec. 1 I at the age alumnus, Iskandar Halabi,M.D., of 35. Our sincere sympathy is of Jaffa, Palestine. Now we re­ extended to the bereaved Dib ceive another sad news, that of family. the death of Constantine Halabi, M.D .. brother of Dr. Iskandar 1922 We condole with Abdullah Halabi and Mr. 1sa Halabi, Hajj, B.A., M.A., of Baghdad, both of Jaffa. Dr. Constantine on the death of his father, Halabi passed away in Zagazig, IVluhammad Hajj, who passed Egypt, on Nov. 5. Our sincere away on Nov. 13 at Shiyyah, sympathy is e~tended to the Lebanon. Mr. Hajj came to Halabi family on their sad his native town from Baghdad affliction. for a few days after the death of his father. I9T2 It is our very sad duty to . report the premature death of

MARRIAG~S AND BIRTHS 1902 Yusuf Jureisati, M.D., of follows: "I have changed my Zahlah, and Mrs. Jureisati are address and my last name from happy over the birth of their Guzelian to Narbeyian by mar­ first born,-a baby girl. 'Ve ying Mr. Levon Narbeyian of congratulate the joyful parents Hama." Hearty congratulations and our best wishes are extended to 1\lr. and Mrs. Narbeyian. to the little baby. 1917 Our fellow-alumnus, Dr. 1907 Myrtle 1rmgaid is the name Aflatun, B.A., M.D., writes us of the latest addition to the home from Basrah that "Mrs. Aflatun of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. E. gave birth to a little girl whom Hanauer. \Ve congratulate the we called Gertrude Rebecca. happy parents and extend our Both mother and baby are hale best wishes to little Myrtle. and hearty." Our sincere con­ 1914 Elias Bishuty, Phar.:\i., gratulations are extended to the and :Miss Kelly Sayegh, both of happy parents and our best Beirut were united by the sacred wishes to little Gertrude Rebecca. bonds of matrimony on Sunday, 1918 Ibrahim Shehadi. D.D.s .. Dec. 12. Our best wbhcs are and Mrs. Shehadi are to be extended to the happy couple heartily congratulated on the for a long and prosperous new addition to their family. married life. On Sunday, December 5, a baby 1916 Miss Guzelian, formerly of girl arrived to cheer and grace Ladhakiyyah, writes us iiS their household. 90 AL-KULLIVY AH

l\:hSCELLANMUS r 890 It is a very great pleasure Mr. Dibs promised to help to to welcome back to Beirut Labib promote the Alumni cause in Jur~idini, B.A., M.A., who had .:\lontreal among the A.V.B. men for twenty years edited the and friends there. Sudan Times and managed its 1909 After spending five months press. Mr. Jureidini is a former in the jungles of Central Africa staffite of the A.t:.B. He comes the famous hunter of Damascus, to Beirut to do administrative Husayn Ibish, B.C., returned to and editorial work at the Egypt last November. He then American Press of Beirut. proceeded to Europe where he 1903 Najib Sham'un, B.A., head­ expects to spend the winter. master of the Brummana High EX-19I4 1\lr. J. Gordon Bouiagy, School, has gone to England Ex-Secretarv of our Haifa where· he expects to spend six Branch, has removed to Jerusa­ months. His headquarters will lem to establish :\ business be in Birmingham but he will branch for their well known visit the different British towns Haifa firm, E. S. Boutagy and and cities. His main object is Sons. May success attend his to study the educational systems work. of the high schools in England. I9I4 We are glad to report that 1907 It was a pleasure to meet our fellow-alumnus, Shakir B. on the campus recently, Avedis Hilal, B.C., has received from Injejikian, B.A., M.D., of the Law College of Iraq the Kessab, Northern Syria. degree of LL.B. In addition to EX-1908 La Presse, I\Iontreai's performing his duties as Examin­ leadinl2: French paper prints in er of accounts at the Irrigation its is~ue of ~ovember 20, a and Public \Vorks Department picture of Emile Habib Shartini, he had for four years studied a son of the A.V.B. It says also law in the said institution. in the same number that "Mr. Congra tulations! Emile H. Shartini, bachelor of 19I7 Iskandar Rufail, M.D., sail­ letters and civil engineer of ed for Egypt on Wednesday, Cairo, Egypt, is living now in December I5 after having spent Montreal. He is devoting his his leave of two months in time and energy to the develop­ Beirut. During his stay in the ment of trade between Canada city, Dr. RufaiI was a frequent and Egypt." 1\1ay success ac­ visitor to the campus and to company his efforts. the Alumni Office. IQ09 Philip A. Dibs, B.A., of 1920 \Ve are glad to report that . Montreal Canada, Instructor at upon completing his post gradu­ the A.V.B., from 1909-I9II, ate >lwk in the University of came recently to Syria to see his Lausanne, Dr. J. Michelin of Tel friends and relatives. We were Aviv received the degree of greatly pleased to receive a call "Docteur en Science" of that from him at the Alumni Office Swiss institution. His thesis on and to see him on the campus, Pharmacognosy was accepted MICHEL J. MALTI, B.A., 1915 Inventor of the Complex quantity slide Rule AL-KULLIYYAH 91 "avec distinction" by the com­ 1925 After the recent death of his mittee of examiners. We take mother, Anis Hunaykati, B.A., pleasure in acknowledging the came from Switzerland to his na­ receipt of a copy of Dr. tive town, Shwayfat. He stayed Michelin's thesis and in con­ a little over two weeks in Shway­ gratulating him on his success. fat and then went to Egypt to attend to some business affairs. 1921 William Nachman, M.D., of Damascus, made a flying trip 1926 We learn that 1Iahjoub to Brummana and Beirut. In ud-Dawi, Com. Cer., is now spite of his many engagements teaching' office practice and he found time to visit his typewriting at Gordon College, Alma Mater. Khartum. We wish him suc­ cess in his first post college 1922 L. l\1. Sa'di, M.D., who has activity. taken post graduate study in 1926 Aaron Gorelik, M.D., is the New Rochelle Hospital, New now an interne in the Cumber .. Rochelle, New York, has es­ land Hospital, Auburn Palace, tablished himself in Detroit, Brooklyn, ~.Y. We wish the Mich. where he is doing private young doctor success. practice. Good luck Dr. Sa'di ! 1926 Anis Nasr, B.C., of Haifa, 1923 We have received word that made a flying trip to Beirut in Rev. J. N. Armstrong, M.A., and December. Nevertheless he one of our former staffites, has found time to visit his Alma been called to become the As­ Mater where his friends were sistant pastor of the First Pres­ glad to see him. byterian Church in Utica, N.Y. Ex- We enjoyed a very pleasant and that he has accepted the call from Mr. Habib Homsi, call. Secretary of the courts in the Abdul-Latif Habbal, B.A., for­ Jaffa District. Mr. Homsi merly instructor of Alayh School showed keen interest in the has gone to Khartoum, Sudan, Alumni Movement. where he is teaching in Gordon Ex- We are glad to report that College. Mr. Musa Faysal, of Haifa, 1925 Abdul-l\Iasih:Massuh,D.D.S., Palestine, has fully recovered who had been practicing his pro­ after a long and serious sickness. fession' in Hamah, has removed Ex- E. Stephano is now studying recentlv to Hums where he has engineering in the University of opened a clinic for the same Oklahoma in Still Water, Okla­ purpo~e. homa. We wish him success, WILLIAM H. HALL Born J 871, Died 1927 Principal of the Preparatory School J902 - J927. AL-KULLIY-YAH ISSUED BY THE American University of Beirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

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WILLIAM H. HALL "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil." This was the text of the last sermon that Prof. Hall preached in the college chapel, November 28th, 1926, and that President Dodge used at Prof. HaIrs funeral service January loth, 1927. He spent his life in keeping boys from evil and it is for this that he is lovingly remembered on all sides. William H. Hall was born February 4, 1871, at Biddeford, Maine. His family moved to Kalamazoo, :Mich., when he was a child. His father was an invalid and Prof. Hall had to begin working when he was only eight years old. After he was prepared for college he worked with an electric company for two years before he was able to enter Union College in Schenectady, N. Y. During his college course he earned his way by installing wiring for electric lights that were just becoming popular at that time. In the fall of 1896 he came to the Syrian Protestant College for a three year term on the Staff. He served for one year as assistant to the Principal of the Preparatory School and for two years as Principal. At that time the school of about 170 boys was housed in Dodge and Jesup Halls. During these years he became engaged to Miss Gertrude Porter, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Porter. Upon his return to America he entered McCormick Theo­ logical Seminary in Chicago. While in the Seminary, he spent 94 At-KULLIYYAH his summers as a pastor in the woods of northern Michigan where he served three churches in an isolated section. After his graduation he and Miss Porter were married and he came to Beirut as Associate Principal with Prof. West. The latter was transferred to the Treasurer's department and Prof. Hall became the Principal of the Preparatory School, the position he held at the time of his death. The School was, from 1900-1913, housed in Bliss, Fisk, and Jesup Halls. In 1913-1914 the new plant of the Pre­ paratory School was completed. This included Sage Hall, a dormitory, Rockefeller Hall for classes, Thomson Hall for the Junior classes and a refectory. There is also Martin House, the Principal's residence. The Sub-Freshman class is located with the Freshman School in Fisk Hall. During the war, Jemal Pasha insisted that a teacher in the Preparatory School be removed because a geography book was being used which contained remarks uncomplimentary to the Turks. He expected that the University would be only too glad to let one teacher suffer and to escape further trouble. Prof. Hall insisted that as Principal he was responsible and must suffer. Accordingly he gave up his position for three years, turning over the work to Mr. Ernest Riggs. He remained in Syria for a year in charge of relief work at Brummana and then was deported to the United States. For one year he worked for the Near East Relief in America and the second year he held a pastorate at Middletown, Conn. In 1919 he returned to Beirut and took up again his work with the Preparatory School. He was a member of the Administrative Committee of the Near East Relief in the Syria-Palestine Area until 1922. The Halls always spent the summer at Aleih where Prof. Hall helped with the summer school before it was moved to Brummana. For the past two years he had not been well. In February, 1925, he went to America for six months. While he was there he served the cause of the University by speaking in many places. He returned to Beirut in October and died Saturday, 'January 8th, after a severe illness of several weeks. He was deeply interested in the history of Northern Syria and especially in the Crusaders Castles of the country. He l\L-KULLIYYAH 9S was the author of several articles in the National Geographic and other magazines. He also wrote a mission study book, "Crossroads of the Near East" and while with the Near East Relief in America edited a report on "Reconstruction in Turkey." Prof. Hall loved to work in his garden, installed his own electric wiring, repaired his automobile and always lived very simply. His life was a lesson in respect for work. His great ,joy was in thus being able to help many poor students. As a teacher, Prof. Hall always sympathized with the difficult student and tried to help him. In many cases he brought about real reform. Always his power and discipline came from respect and love rather than from fear. His saneness and common sense made him a wise counsellor in all University affairs. Prof. Hall will be long remembered as a speaker and preacher in the University. His earnestness held attention and carried conviction. The plea he made to the students was not only for personal living but that they should live in such a way 'that their people might live more abundantly.

FUNERAL SERVICE On Monday morning, January roth, the University chapel was thronged with students, Alumni, former students, co­ 'workers and friends who came to honor the memory of Prof. 'Villiam H. Hall. The funeral service was conducted by President Dodge assisted by Mr. Crose of the Church of God Mission, and Mr. Nicol of the American Mission. President Dodge said that Prof. Han had desired the text of his sermon in the chapel in November to be given to his \students as his last message. "I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world but that thou shouldest keep them from evil." Feeling too deeply to speak about Prof. Hall, President Dodge read Wordsworth's poem, "The Happy War­ rior" as typifying his life. The front of the chapel was filled with wreaths sent by student groups, friends and other schools. The pall-bearers 96 AL-KULLIYYAH were Prof. Najib Khuri, Prof. Najib Nassar, Prof. KhaIid Tabet, Mr. George Stewart, Dr. E. St. John Ward, and Mr. Maynard Williams. The simple service at the cemetery was conducted by Mr. Nicol. The great number of people and the variety of groups they 'represented was a living testimony to the love and esteem with which Prof. Hall was regarded on all sides and to his widespread influence.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Prof. Manley O. Hudson, of the Law School of Harvard University, lectured to the University Community on the League of Nations, December 23rd. Although it was the first evening of the Christmas vacation, the West Hall auditorium was filled almost to capacity. Prof. Hudson began by referring to the fact that the world is much smaller today than it was several generations ago, necessitating greater attention to international relationships if the nations of the world are to live together in harmony. He mentioned two leagues of nations that were established half a century ago, one for international communications, the Postal Union, and one for the establishment of an international stand­ ard for weights and measures; both successful in their opera­ tions and now considered indispensible. There was, however, no method by which the nations could be called together to discuss the far more important question of the preservation of peace between nations. Two peace conferences were held before 1914 but it re­ quired years of planning to get the representatives of the nations together in one conference, and not all of the nations were represented. Since the war, seven peace conferences have been held in the past seven years and the machinery for summoning such conferences is now so efficient that an annual peace conference is part of the agenda of every government. Prof. Hudson pointed out clearly that the League of Nations is not a body invested with dictatorial powers, it is AL-KULLIYYAH 97 merely a method of bringing the representatives of more than fifty nations together for conversation on international pro­ blems. He declared that the League would be con::;idered a success if it accomplished nothing more than this, namely, the bringing together of representatives of the nations at regular intervals for the discussion of matters of common interest. But the League has done far more than this. It has acted on a number of critical situations that might have led to war under the old conditions, it has greatly developed the code of international law, it has concerned itself with the post-war mandates, with international health, and with the traffic in opium and other illicit drugs. Prof. Hudson admitted that the League is, as yet, an imperfect instrument for the handling of international questions but he pointed out that if the League were abolished there is nothing to take its place and the nations would be forced to fall back on the old suicidal method of settling disputes by force of arms. President Dodge, who conducted the meeting, called for questions at the close of the lecture and so many questions were offered that not all could be dealt with in the time available. Prof. Hudson displayed the wit and skill of an experienced lawyer in answering several rather thorny questions. He used the method of answering a specific question by means of a general statement, so that his replies always were weighted with value though they did not always satisfy the expectations of the questioners.

PRESIDENT DODGE RECEIVES THE ORDER OF MERIT OF LEBANON

On Monday, October II, 1926, an American institution of learning, Occidental College of Los Angeles, California con­ ferred upon President Dodge the Degree of LL.D. The degree was worthily bestowed because President Dodge in his life, teaching and work in the East is interpreting clearly and em­ phatically the highest and best ideals of the American people. On Monday, January 17, the Lebanese Republic granted "our President the Order of Merit because in the opinion of its 98 Council of Ministers, he has rendered during and after the great war, and is still rendering, to the people of Lebanon the most valuable services in the realms of philanthropy and educa­ tion. At 4.00 p.m., the University Chapel was crowded with students, professors and members of the University Community. Our fellow alumnus Joseph Bey Aftimus, B.A., C.E. Minister of Public Works, and Najib Bey ~abba,ni, Minister of Justice presented to the President the Order of Merit and accompany­ ing it the official diploma signed by the President of the Lebanese Republic. The speech of presentation was given by our fellow-alumnus, Mr. Aftimus. He spoke of the splendid educational work accomplished by Dr. Bayard Dodge and the American University of Beirut in these lands and referred to the President's earnest efforts and personal endeavors during and after the terrible war to relieve the appalling hunger and suffering that were prevalent. Then as a faithful son of the A.U.B., he feelingly said that it is a privilege and a source of pleasure and pride for him to pin the Order of Merit on such a noble breast. The deafening applause that followed indicated the position the President holds in the hearts of the students of the A.U.B. On receiving the Medal, Dr. Dodge thanked the ministers and requested them to convey his feelings of gratitude to the Council of Ministers for the honor he received at their hands and then he said : "Who can live thirteen years in Lebanon and not love its people, its hills, valleys and shores." Dr. Dodge looked upon the medal not as a personal honor to himself, but as a recogni­ tion of what the University through its Faculty and professors and teachers is doing for the East. And then called upon Professor Bulus Khauli to speak on behalf of the University. In a few well chosen words, Prof. Khauli expressed the feelings of pleasure and satisfaction on the part of the teaching and administrative forces of the University in seeing the good work of their President so well appreciated by the Government of Lebanon. He thanked the two ministers for the part they have taken in the ceremony and praised their upright, honest and faithful careers as government official~ which he said lends more AL-Kl!LLIYYAH significance to the awarding of the medal. He then· quoted~ from the inaugural address of President Dodge the following paragraph which explains clearly the spirit and aims of the President and the University :- "Inspired by ideals like these, we long to make our campus a center of good-will; a source' of confidence and love. Our students belong to many different countries and we try to educate each one to be loyal to the law and authority of his own land. At the same time we strive to create fraternity between the men of different ~ands, as a basis for future peace. Our aim is that of a true school :-to train useful and intelligent citizens, who will not tear down but build up, and who will live for public service, rather than for selfish gain." At the conclusion of Professor Khauli's address the audience rose and sang Alma Mater as the closing item of the exercises. From the chapel, the President, the two ministers and the members of the Faculty and their wives adjourned into the Common Room at West Hall, where refreshments were served and a very pleasant social time was enjoyed by all who attended. On behalf of the Alumni and former students of our rniversity we congratulate our beloved president and we thank the Lebanese Government for expressing in a concrete form their own appreciation and that of the people of Lebanon of the great services rendered by Dr. Bayard Dodge and the institution he represents.

SUGGESTIONS ON CURRICULUM MAKING We repmted in the November issue of the Alumni Monthly that our fellow alumnus, Abdullah J:Iajj, B.A., I922, of Baghdad, was granted last summer the M.A. degree by Columbia University. This degree he received after a year and a half of post-graduate study in that institution and on presenting a thesis on "Suggestions on Curriculum Making." \\'e are· pleased to print the following extracts from the said thesis. (The Editor). By taking the position that education is life as it is going on, a real difficulty in the face of curriculum makers is solved. 'With such conceptions in mind it is possible to suggest a cur­ riculum that will fit into the lives of boys and girls. The pro-

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cedure in curriculum making has been to draw an outline of the aims of education; after this is done a study is made of subject matter which will fit such an outline. Dr. W. W. Charters gives as his rules for constructing a . curriculum the following :- 1. Determine the ideals and activities which constitute the major ob­ jectives. The major objectives are the goals which are to be attained. 2. Analyse these and continue the analysis until working units are obtained. By this Dr. Charters means analyzing the ideals desired in the pupils and the activities which go with them,-continuing the analysis until both are detailed enough to permit their use in instruction. 3. Arrange them in order of importance. 4. Raise to position of high rank in these lists those ideals and activities which are of great value for children even though low in. value for adults. 5. Determine the number of most important ideals and activities which can be mastered in the time allotted to school, after eliminating those which can be learned out of the school. 6. Collect the best practices of the race in teaching these ideals and activities. 7. Arrange the material in proper instructional order according to the psychological nature of children and the texture of the material. Dr. Franklin Bobbitt tells of how the city of Los Angeles, ". California, is going about the construction of a curriculum for its public schools. There, it has been assumed that every item in a curriculum is but a means to an end. Accordingly, a com­ prehensive list of human abilities and characteristics which appear to be generally needed by the citizens of Los Angeles was drawn. From this comprehensive list, those abilities and characteristics that were so c8mplex ~nd difficult as to require educational training were selected to compose the objectives of education. A list of abilities and characteristics which con­ stitute what was to be required of the Los Angeles pupils are 'as follows : I. Social intercommunication, mainly language. 2. U nspecialized practical labour. 3. The development and maintenance of physical power. 4. The labours of one's callings. 5. The activities of efficient citizens. 6. Activities involved in one's general social relations and behaviour. AL-KULLIYYAH 101

7. Leisure occupations, recreation a!ld amusement. S. Development and maintenance of one's mental efficiency. 9. Religious acti\'ities. 10. Parental activities, the upbringing of children and the main­ tenance of home. In this way the construction of a curriculum means the ''Construction of a program of practical training in the activities 'Of life itself. As Dr. Kilpatrick says, "The main business of

'curriculum making is twofold: First to know what interests1 native or acquired, are available in the child nature; second, to know how these may be stimulated, guided, and directed so as to bring about the proper development. One main part of -curriculum making is to know and stir interests that otherwise might be dormant." The term interest may be replaced by experience to get a wider view of the position stated. Thus the curriculum becomes a series of experiences in which by . guided induction the child makes his own responses. In a general way it is fair to say that the aim of education is to give training in living abetter, a fuller and a richer life; and that children and adults alike should live their own lives to the extent that such living promotes their continuous develop. ment, growth and happiness as well as that of others with whom they are associated. Specifically this means that the education· al objectives are, knowledge, skill, habits, attitudes and appre. dations. Those objectives include the present needs of children and the future needs of adults. For further illustration an analysis of the activities of life in which the normal student is expected to participate is given ..here. This analysis is for students in secondary schools. Three fundamental aims are necessary :- I. Social Ch'ic Aims, prep2ration of the student as a prospective citizen and a cooperative member of society. This demands the development of knowledge, habits, abilities and ideals. 2. Economic-Vocational Aims, preparation of the student as a pro­ spective worker and producer. This aim is resolved into training in the development of skill and creativeness. J. Individualistic Avocatiollal Aims, preparation of the student in the activities which, while primarily involving individual action, the utilization of leisure time and the utilization of personality, is o~ great importance to society:. 102 AL-KULLIYYAH

Summing up all three aims, the individual as a social unit: is a citizen, a worker and an independent person. Since alL these three aspects of life are inter-related, education must de­ velop all three simultaneously. The aims may be attained_ through the following functions :- 1. Adjustive or Adaptive Functions: to help adjust the student to his social environment. 2. The Integrating Functions: to develop like-mindedness, unity of. thought, habits and ideals, for community spirit and a democratic society. 3· Tlte Differentiating Functions: to take advantage of individual differences for the purpose of better social efficiency. 4. The Pro-pedantic Functions: to prepare for such higher education as the student demands. 5. The Selective Functions: to give a large list of elective studies. so as to afford natural pursuits of occupations. 6. Diagnostic and Directive Functions: to help students to be directed to the best in themselves.

STAFF BASQlJET Armed to the teeth with anecdotes about everything from the turkey dinner to the speakers and the songs, :Mr. Shehadi A. Shehadi acted as toastmaster at the annual staff banquet, December 21, in the staff dining room. If it wasn't Pat and Mike it was Theodore Roosevelt, and there was not a time when a story was needed that the master of ceremonies failed to have one ready. After the dinner was put away, Harry Hall led the 60 staffites present in A. U. B. songs and then the speeches began. Stories of staffites arrested as French spies, of the love-sick instructor who could never remember the rule against walking past the lighthouse when an enemy ship was on the horizon, and who consequently spent at least three nights in jail, and of a host of other interesting war time experiences of the staff told by President Dodge, started off the talks. Professor Hudson announced his subject as pageants, but spent most of his time telling stories about Archie Crawford, expressing the University's appreciation for Mr. Crawford's work, and wishing him good luck on his. trip to America. Certain hindrances which seem to be impeding the work of mission­ aries abroad were spoken of by Wallace R. Deuel, who said that the· AL-KULLIYY AH 103 support given these men by their governments, the division into sects 'which they sometimes caused, and the unfortunate records of their own home countries were handicaps in their work. Professor Smith urged the staff to keep some kind of record of their experiences and activities, and cited several instances in his own and his friends' experiences to show how valuable such a record might be. Archie Crawford produced an old album of letters written twenty years ago by staff members then and read some of the advice as an example of how one staff may look to another. Letters by Dean Nickoley. Professor Hall, and Professor Tabet were included. The advice most often repeated was not to get engaged without a good excuse. After explaining to the hearers the mysteries of astrology and fortune telling, Mr. George Shahla unfolded the past, present, and future of Mr. 13asim Faris by looking at the grounds in l\lr. Faris's coffee cup. When accused of incompetency, Mr. Shahla proceeded to read with even more success the fate of Mr. William R. Domer from his coffee grounds. The Banquet ended with the singing of the A. U. B. Alma ::\iater song. w· R. D.

A PRODIGAL SON'S IMPRESSIONS OF THE STAFF AND THEIR BANQUET

Objectivity is the soul of reporting, and the correctly spelled name its life blood. To be objective about the Staff is beyond me. To pay individual tributes to those who, by quite ordinary methods, achieved magic in the mass, would be to miss the mystery. No present Staffite, and no ex-Staffite still at the University, can appreciate the feeling of the prodigal who returns to the scene of those first, glamourous post-graduate tasks. It takes a Leonard Merrick to appreciate the quest of Conrad amid the scenes of his youth. Others are doing the work in which he once took pride. All the polite courtesy possible cannot heal the wound caused by the sense that he is out of it all. He is only a privileged guest where he was once a member of the family. The one-time player now on the side-lines.' He has his own life game and glories in it. But the old time scrimmage still calls. That is where the Christmas Banquet comes in. Beside those good fellows who foregather by the light of Christmas candles, he submits to the magic of the moment and lives again the "good old days." 104 AL-KULLIYYAH

The Staff is bigger than any of its parts and its tradition is a priceless thing. It represents an ever-flowing stream of that rare spirit distilled from the keen ,enthusiasms and high ideals of post-graduate youth. It transmits to its students a something that older men cannot give because its dreams and those of its students are similar. Both are at the threshold of life with all the blessings of new and thrilling adventure before them. Patience is too much to ask at such a time. Moderation is too mild a tool for such a burning task. It is only when life has become short that there is time for philosophy. There are moments in the life of every Staffite when it seems that only by thundering at his charges can he marshal them forward to the goal in time. Philosophy is for wiser} duller moments. A new teacher, divorced from home, approaches his first class. This. simple room has become the laboratory of his heart and dreams. Every student foot noisily scrapes the floor. The peace-pipe he reached for seems a tomahawk. The blood pounds to his temples. He wants to cry out at this trampling under foot of something infinitely precious. But he finds a less dramatic way out. Blessed is he! At that vivid instant) there are no side-lines. Meeting around the banquet board at Christmas time, we live over such moments, each supplying the mystic ingredient that makes the whole a huge success. I am proud, to have been a Staffite. I am grateful that the present transient group welcome me to their brotherhood. It comes as near as anything can to renewing one's youth. The sense of still being a youth in an organization of older men is less flattering. The Stilff has a wonderful work-that prosaic routine of holding­ other young men up to the level of their dreams. Many of them never make the grade, for one can't cheat in self-examination. Some prefer cleverness to honesty, shrewdne~s to candor, "success" to soul peace. But each year there go out young graduates of the A. U. B. who come to be a credit to their own high dreams. And to have a brotherly part in the training of such young men, so placed, is something so precious that it is no wonder that the prodigal Staffite, eating the fatted turkey to which his generous younger brothers invite him, is grateful to be one of them-to have Time turn backward for one golden hour during which he can dream again his own brave dreams. MAYNARD WILLIAMS. AL-KULLIYYAH lOS.

THE FLORA OF SYRIA, PALESTINE AND SINAI The University has been fortunate in being able to secure the valuable services of Prof. John E. Dinsmore, of the American Colony of Jerusalem. He has been invited to revise the "Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai" by the late Dr. George E. Post. Professor Dinsmore spent two weeks last December in the A.U.E. and expects to come again next April. Last year he also came twice to the University, once in April and then again: in September. Professor Dinsmore has lived in the East over 28 years-he is now a professor of Botany in the English College in Jerusalem and is an authority on the Flora of these lands. Professor Dinsmore ...vas kind enough to write for the Alumni Monthly the following short article on Post's Flora. - (The Editor).

The opening words of the Introduction are as follows :­ "The region covered by this Work is unequalled by any of 'the same size on the globe, not only for the thrilling and im­ portant events of human history of which it has been the theatre, but for the unique geological structure, its great diversi­ ty of surface and climate, and its remarkable fauna and flora. It is the meeting point of three continents, and, as such, a kind of connection between them all." ) -- Dr. Post has succeeded in revealing the rich and strikingly beautiful flora of this remarkable region both to the eye and to the mind, the first through specimens of the actual plants in the very large Herbarium, collected chiefly by himself, and the second through the careful descriptions of the plants thus collected in the text of the Flora. The Flora was printed in 1896, and during the thirty years. that have elapsed, the science of Botany has in company with all the other sciences made great advance. A considerable number of new species have been discovered in the area covered by the ,Flora, a more consistent arrangement of the families to show a progressive development from the simpler to the more complex forms is being elaborated, and very considerable changes in the specific .and generic names have necessarily to be made in the revised edition now being undertaken. The International Rules of Nomenclature, adopted by the Vienna Congress of Botanists )06 AL-KULLIVYAH in I905, require that the specific name first given to plants be­ ginning with the year I 753 be retained as the only correct name for that plant and that all later names for the same plant be disregarded. This rule requires a very large number of changes in the names as given in the first edition of the Flora. Other new features to be introduced are a large increase in the number of cuts to illustrate the critical species, simpler and hence more useful keys, enlarged indexes of the Latin, Arabic and English names, more definite indications of localities, a carefully chosen bibliography and a judicious selection of synonyms. The Revision, to be published by the University, will be completed) it is hoped, in I929. JOHN E. DINSMORE.

ATHLETIC NOTES Basketball played indoors, rain or shine, afternoon or evening, has been made possible for A. U. B. devotees of that sport as a result of the completion of a new court at the south end of the skating rink in West Hall. The new court, together with the volleyball court at the north end of the rink and the new boxing and wrestling room in the basement of the same building are further steps in the athletic expansion program of the University which started the new athletic field. . In addition to practice games on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons the court is used on \Yednesday night after supper for the games of the newly-organized Inter-Organizational League. Included among the campus groups represented in the league are the Brotherhood, Students' Union, 'Urwat ul Wuthka, Zahrat el Adab and the Staff. The interests of these teams are looked after on the University Intramural Council by Alfred Diab, basketball field manager. To increase the size of the playing floor it is hoped to remove the circular skylight in the center of the rink and run the court north and south. This move, it is hoped, can be placed under way during the summer in order that A.U.B. students may have unexcelled facilities for playing the popular game. The New Field has now been in use for three months and is admirably meeting the need for which it was constructed. Cinders are now being placed on the track and with fair weather will be ready for use within a month. H.W.F'. AL-KULLIYYAH

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UNIVERSITY NEWS We are glad to welcome back to the University Dr. Charles A. Webster and Miss Webster, after a year's furlough. Dr. and Miss Webster travelled in Europe and the United States, but their furlough was mostly spent in Canada among old friends and acquaintances. Miss Webster spent a good deal of time studying and doing experimental work in Laboratories in, Toronto.

Rena is the name of the latest addition to the family of Mr. Emile L. Appelrot, Chief Accountant and Cashier. The little girl came on the 31st of December as a New Year's present.

Dr. Rihan has been studying at the Columbia Dental School in New York City, attending lectures, clinics and laboratory exercises. He attend- . cd the General Dental Congress in Philadelphia in the summer. He is very enthusiastic about the opportunities he has had for studying in. America. Prof. Turner is living with his family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while he is attending the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania,

DISTINGUISHED GUEST The University was greatly pleased to receive a visit from Professor Will S. Monroe, of Vermont U.S.A. Prof. Monroe is the author of several worthy works, and before retiring from active life, he taught Psychology in several American Institutions. During his short stay in Beirut, several organizations in the Univ'ersity, like the Brotherhood and ()thers, were pleased to hear him speak. We enjoyed a delightful call from him at the Alumni Office.

EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS' GOVERNMENT SERVICE Occasional requests come from the governments of the' Sudan, 'Iraq, Transjordania, and other states for men to fill positions as doctors, dispensers, and teachers, and also to do, clerical work. Alumni interested in these positions should correspond with .the Office of the President of the University. AL-KULLIYYAH rog-

W~\J.~TED A CLERK We want for our drug store a young man, active, intelligent, willing, faithful, who speaks English fluently, and knows also some French and Arabic. Salary good for capability. Com­ municate with the Alumni Office. WANTED A TEACHER A High School in Mount Lebanon is anxious to employ a well educated man-a B.A. preferred-to teach the English Language. A good salary is offered with board and lodging­ communicate with the Alumni Office. WANTED - POSITIONS A young man, 21 years of age, with a High School educa­ tion, a good knowledge of English, French, Arabic and Type­ writing, is seeking a position-communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man of 20, with a High School education, wen versed Arabic and Mathematics, and with a fair knowledge of English and French, is after a position. Communicate with the Alumni ,Office.

Applicallt-a young man who has passed Freshman at the A.U.B., a few years ago-knows English and French well and has some knowledge of Arabic; had three years' experience in office work. Communicate with the Alumni Office.

ALUMNI CORRESPONDENCE 111, a letter dated Dec. I2, 1926, the Secretary of our Khartoum Branch, Najib Tarazi, B.A., writes to President Dodge among other things the following interesting items of information : :My dear Dr. Dodge, I thank you for your interesting letter so full of good .news about our dear Alma Mater. I have communicated it to. the Pr.esident of our Alumni Association, Issawi Bey, and to- 110 AL-KULLIYYAH several Alumni who were very pleased about the news of thi!i unprecendented growth of the University under your wise leadership. The work at the Gordon College is progressing satisfactori­ ly. Our examinations will begin this week and promotions will occur in January. One hundred and fifty new students will be admitted in place of fifty graduates. I do not think you know many of the older Alumni, but of the new all my colleagues are doing well. Dr. Noweiri is the only new man working at Khartoum. The others have been dispersed far and wide. Dr. Belsky is at Darfur, at a distance of some forty days from Khartoum! Dr. Rashid Attiyeh is at Waw, Dr. Naji Attiyeh at Twit, Dr. George H. Khuri at Wad Madani, Dr. Rushdi J abi at Roseiries. The· doctors are doing wonderful work and the country is in great need of their serVIces. Yours very sincerely, (Signed) Najib Tarazi.

A.U.B., Jan. 6, 1927. The Editor The Alumni Monthly

Dear Sir, I came across an interesting article by an old Professor on the subject of examinations. As the article is rather long, I have written a short summary of those points to which great importance should be attached, especially by those whose work is teaching. . In preparing an examination paper the teacher must shake off the accumulated staleness of a term's work and gird his loins for a final exhausting effort. This sounds amazingly easy> therein lies half its difficulty. The questions must not only cover the entire term's work and present sufficient variety to give every student a chance, but must contain certain subtleties which will separate the mere crammer from the student with brains. AL-KULLIYYAH III

Boredom and fatigue must never destroy his sense of justice. B's conduct during the term must be kept rigidly out of the teacher's calculations. The fact that X can do better need not influence the immediate fact that he has done badly. The responsibility is very great. A student's career may be at stake, a few marks may make all the difference between promotion and another year in the same class. During the examination week the teacher is a demi-god playing chess with human destinies. There must be kindly encouragement for the slow student who does his best, and an adequate spur for the bright student who can do better. Yours very truly, Philip F. Mishalany, Ph.G. ::lI2 AL-KULLIYYAH

REPORT OF PROGRESS

ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED BY A SON OF THE A.U.R.

Prompted by a recognition of the debt he owes to the A.D.B. and by his ardent faith in its ability to produce men of character and education, Mr. J. Shibli, Assistant Professor of ~Iathematics in the Pennsylvania State College, has decided to support a scholarship in our University, Negotiations have been completed and the beneficiary is already at the A.U.B. receiving the benefits of :\1r. Shibli's generosity. Professor Shibli has named this scholarship the "Carslaw Scholarship" in honour of the late Dr. William Carslaw of Shweir, Lebanon, who was "the teacher, friend .and ideal of my youth." We are all touched by this mark of devotion to the youth of his native country and of his loyalty to the institution that helped him in preparing himself for his present position of usefulness in life and his appreciation of the work ond goodness of a dead friend and philanthropist. But let Prof. Shibli tell his own story. We publish extracts from a letter he wrote to JUr. Staub, the Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees of our University . .My dear Mr. Staub, Twenty-five years ago I entered the American University of Beirut as a Freshman. I was at the University three years that I count. among the most precious years of my life. What I am lowe very largely to the influence of the University. It is

I trust that this scholarship will be accepted as a partial payment of my indebtedness to the University, to Dr. Carslaw, . -and to my native country. Sincerely yours, (Signed) J. Shibli, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Frof. Shibli is not a rich man, but he has a big heart and a great i:::ith in the A.U.B. It is our fondest hope that other men, equally or more ~ble than this practical idealist, will want to express in some concrete form their appreciation of what the American University of Beirut has meant to them in their college as well as in their post college life. \Ve join with the Faculty of the A.U.B., in thanking ::\Ir. Shibli for his generosity.

THE SAN FRANCISCO "BOYS" MAKE A RECORD As far as we know there are no graduates at all of the A.e.B. in the beautiful city of San Francisco. There is only one gentleman who has ever studied in our University, but there. is a group of "boys", as they are familiarily known, of which any community would have the right to be proud. Several of these "boys" are personally known to us and we are glad to say that some of them are our friends. Therefore we know of whom we speak. They are honest, hard working and generous and have the reputation of being always ready to support any laudable and worthy cause when clearly and fairly presented to them. . Having heard of the visit of Dr. Hitti to the Pacific Coast last summer, these "boys" extended to him a most cordial invitation and arranged for him to speak at a banquet and in a mass meeting in addition to speaking at two big American organizations. And having heard the story they met one evening at the home of Mr. A. Nasrallah, a "boy" (if memory does not fail us almost 70 years old) and organized themselves. into an association with the following officers ;- President...... M. Naify Vice President ..... C. Onthony Secretary ...... N. Zeibak . Treasurer ...... R. Nasser AL-KULLIYYAH

In five minutes after that the sum of $808.00 was pledgecf by eleven men. No sooner had Dr. Hitti returned to New York than the Secretary, Mr. Zeibak, sent his check for $758.00 This marks a record in the history of our Association. Compared to the size and wealth of the colony, the San Francisco Syrians have done as well as anyone anywhere. 'The promptness and generosity of the response were remark­ able. Every student and friend of the American University of Beirut ought to be proud of the San Francisco "boys". We extend to them across the seas our sincere greetings and reiterate our hearty thanks. :The following is a list of the San Francisco con tributions.

Ackel, Ed ...... $ 25.00 Ades, Jos ...... 5.00 Anthony, Chas ...... PI. $150 100.00 Paid Baida, :1\J...... •; 5.0 0 John Woke an ...... 20.00 Naify, M ...... 200.00 ,Naify, J. A...... 100.00 Nasrallah, A...... 150 .00 Rain, Jack, ...... 3.00 Sahati, :1\1 ..•...... 50.0 0 Zeibak, N. E ...... 100.00 AL-KULLIYY AH !IS

ALUMNI NEWS

OBITUARIES 1893 Our heartfelt sympathy is on the death or their father, offered to our friend Nassim Sulayman Nassar, who passed Sayba'a B.A., and his brothers away December 30th, in his Elias and Abdullah, former stu­ native village,' Ayn 'Unub, dents, on the death of their Lebanon. mother, Madame Nicolas Say­ ba'a. She died in her home in 1926 \Ve offer our sincere con­ Cairo, December 28th. dolences to our fellow alumnus Elias Khalifa. D.D.S., on the 191 lOur sincere condolences are death of his father, Salim Khalil extended to our fellm"! alumnus, Khalifa. who passed away on Faiz Nassar, M.D., l\ledical l\ov. 16'. 1926, in Kanka, French Officer, Sudan Government and G'linea, Africa. to ex-Student Mr. Said Nassar

MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS 1902 Said Khuri, Com. Cer. of extended to Wadi Faris, B.A., of Beirut, was married on Sunday, Tripoli upon the birth of a boy. Dec. 26th, to Miss Zayzaf Rizk eX-192o We are glad to receive a of the same city. The wedding card announcing the engagement took place in the home of the on Dec. 24th of Bishara J. bridegroom's father. We wish Hababo and Miss Nelly A. the young couple a long and Haddad, both of Jerusalem. We happy married life. extend to them our sincere con- 1911 Sincere congratulations are gratulations.

MISCELLANEOUS 1900 Spyridon Khuri, Phar.M., mas holidays in Beirut amongst of Alexandria m2.de a ~ying visit his relatives and friends. to Beirut. He came to attend the wedding of his brother Mr. 1910 We read in the columns of Said Khuri. the Arabic Press in Sao Paulo, Brazil, glowing reports about the 1902 We were glad to see and address deliyered by our fellow hear about our Alumni of Horns alumnus, Tawfik Daud Kurban, from Farid Massouh B.A., Prin­ B.A., under the auspices of the cipal of the Protestant National Alumni Branch in that city, on School of Horns who came to Dante's Inferno. After long Beirut for a few days this original research and hard study, month. Mr. Kurban is convinced and he 1906 It is a pleasure to report tried to convince his hearers that that Haim Bruchstein, Phar.M., the famous Italian poet, Dante has been recently elected a borrowed his ideas and plans in Fellow of the Chemical Society the plot and composition of his of Great Britain. great poem from Arab religious 1908 Anis Sidawi, B.A., Principal teachers and poets, mainly from of the Government Secondary the Prophet Mohammad and School of Jaffa spent his Chris- from Abul-'la Al-Mu'arri. He II6 AL-KULLIYYAH

has been asked to deliver his Habiballah Khan, M.D., of lecture before the English and Kirmanshah, Persia, came over American communities in Sao from his country to see his child­ Paulo. ren who are studying in Beirut. 1910 Rashid Nassar, Phar.M., He took pleasure in refreshing passed hurriedly through Beirut his memory with the scenes of on his way to and from Ain his old college days. After stay­ 'Anoub where he assisted at his ing a few days in Beirut he left uncle's funeral. for a short visit to Palestine and after his return he expects to Vahan Kalbian, M.D., has spend from two to three months been elected President of the in this city. Academy of Medicine of Jerusa­ lem. This Academy of Medicine 1915 \Ye were greatly pleased to is an association of the physi­ meet on the campus and in our cians and surgeons of Jerusalem office Jibrail Katul, B.A., In­ in the interest of the higher spector of Education of Pales­ ideals of medical practice. Mem­ tine. bers of all the various national 1919 Contrary to his habit, and religious groups participate l\Iunir l\Iish'alany,M.D., Health in its meetings. The High Com­ :Medical Officer in Haifa, Pales­ missioner for Palestine is Hon­ tine, made a flying trip to Beirut orary President of the Academy. and did not come up to the ex -I 9 1 I After fifteen years of University. wandering in Egypt, Iraq and eX-192o Sulayman Sa'd, Principal Palestine, serving the govern­ of the High School in Damascus ments of these countries in dif­ came to Beirut during the ferent capacities, Mr. Adib Faris Christmas vacation. We were visited the A.U.B. We were glad to see him on the campus. glad to see him on the campus 1923 Isaac D. Abu-TbouI, Com. and at the Alumni Office. Mr. Cer., is now working with Bar­ Faris is living now in Baisan; he clay's Bank in their Tel-Aviv represents the Land's Depart­ Branch. ment in the Baisan Demarkation Commission. 1925 Fuad Saba, B.C., 1925, was recently elected Fellow of the 19II Fuad Hitti, B.A., 19II, B.S., Royal Economic Society of 1916, formerly chief engineer of Great Britain. We are proud the Sidon district has removed that such a distinguished or­ to Beirut where he is engaged ganization should appreciate the in the Department of Public ability of one of our Alumni. Works. 19 Ahmad Kasim, B.A., teach­ 1914 Hanna Attiyyah B.A. 1914, 26 B.S. 1916, who had been for er in Government Secondary several years the Chief Engineer School in Nazareth, Palestine, of the Buka'a district has gone visited Beirut during the holi­ to Sidon to occupy the same days in the early part of J an- post. AL-KULLIYYAH

uary. He took special delight was with us last year, received in coming to the University and these students most cordially in seeing his many friends. and has helped them in every 1926 We were glad to receive a way possible. Mr. Bellos and visit from Miss Munira Saffouri, Mr. Weizard are serving in the B.A., of Jerusalem. Miss Saf­ clinical work in Internal Med­ fouri enjoyed immensely walking icine, while Mr. Sim'an and Mr on the campus and meeting her Nystrom are working in th~ professors and friends. It is clinic of general surgery, with very pleasant to be able to re­ Dr. Berrard at Hotel Dieu. All port the visits of our women of these students seem to be graduate3 to their Alma Mater. profiting from their experience III France. 1926 Mr. Musio of the Fifth Year Class in Medicine is now 1926 A. N. Gorelik, M.D., has an interne at the l\letropolitan changed from the Cumberland Hospital, Welfare Island, New Street Hospital in Brooklyn City. In a recent competitive New York, where he was a~ examination, amongst the thirty­ interne to the Broad Street Hos­ five internes in the Hospital, he pital in New York City. The was one of the first six who were period of interneship in this chosen for the position of House latter hospital is two years. Officer. He would have entered Dr. Gorelik is very fortunate in upon this new position on J anu­ this fine opportunity to work in ary 6, 1927. This is a rotating one of the best hospitals in New service, two months being spent York City where some of the in each department of the best surgeons are in attendance. hospital. He sent his most cordial greet­ 1926 Mr. Harold Nystrom of the ings by cable to the members of Fifth year of the School of the University Community. Medicine writes from Lyons ex-After a long and honourable where he is attending the Medic­ service in the different provinces al School of the University of of Sudan, Farid Shihab, M.D., Lyons, together with Mr. Bellos, has gone on the pension list. Mr. Weizbard, and Mr. Sim'an He is now enjoying the scenes of the same class. The Dean of his childhood in Wadi-Shah­ of the School, Dr. Jean Lepine, rour, Lebanon. the father of Prof. Lepine who Prof~ Khalid T abit I \ J AL-KULLIYY AH ISSUED BY THE American University of Beirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. MARCH, 1927 NO·5

PROFESSOR KHALID TAB IT New Priiicipal of the Preparatory Department of the A.U.B.

An excellent tribute to the administrative ability of om fellow alumnus, Professor Khalid Tabit, was paid by the Facul­ ,ty of the A.U.E. and confirmed by its Board of Trustees in New York. This, however, was not merely a tribute consisting of simple words of praise and expressions of appreciation for Prof. Tabit's past services in connection with the directorship of the Junior Department. On the 28th of January a cable was received at the administration office of the A.U.B from the Board of Trustees in New York carrying a definite offer to Prof. .Tabit of the position of Principal of the Preparatory School which was left vacant by the death of the much beloved and highly respected, Professor William H. Hall. Professor Tabit has accepted the position and has already assumed this new responsibility, but the formal intimation will take place at Commencement time. Prof. Tabit's career, from his early youth, is intimately ,related to the University. Upon completing his primary edu­ cation in his native town Bhamdoun, he studied in the Pre­ paratory Department, and after receiving its certificate he entered the School of Arts and Sciences where, four years after, he got his B.A. degree; later, after going through the prescribed post-graduate work, he got his M.A. Upon graduating from the School of Arts and Sciences, Professor Tabit was invited to teach in the Preparatory Department· after teaching two years here he .was made· a form-teacher'. I20 AL-KULLIYYAH His splendid work as form-teacher led to his appointment as Head Master of the Junior Department to which duty was later added the management of the Ras Beirut School for boys, and he continued to fill this post until the present year. Prof. Tabit has travelled in Europe and the Gnited States and took the opportunity to visit, while in America, several institutions of learning as well as to spend one year in Columbia University, where he took a course of education and school management. He has also travelled extensively in Egypt and Syria as a re­ presentative of the University. It is noteworthy that this is the first time in its history that the directorship of the Preparatory School has been intrusted to a non-American. On behalf of the Alumni Association, we congratulate Professor Tabit on occupying a post that boasts of a list of brilliant names such as Hoskins, Giroux, Erdman, 'Vest and last but not least, William H. Hall.

HARVEY PORTER Ph.D., D.D. Professor of History, 1870-1914. Professor Emeritus, 1914~I923.

By his devoted effort this museum of archaeology was built up and through his generosity it was first endowed. "So didst thou travel on Life's common way "In cheerful Godliness: and yet thy heart "The lowliest duties on herself did lay." This is the inscription on the bronze tablet that was unveiled at 4:00 p.m., Friday, February lIth. The tablet hangs on the wall to the right as one enters the museum­ known as Post Hall. The unveiling ceremony, simple and dignified, was performed in the presence of a large number of students, professors, instructors and ladies of the University community. Dr. Bayard Dodge presided. He opened the ceremony with a few remarks in which he showed the value of th~ services and the fine character of the man in whose memory AL-KULL1YY AlI 12t the tablet was made. He referred to his long services as a professor and stated that it was because of Professor Porter's efforts and generosity that the museum was built up. The President spoke of the valuable collection of old coins that Prof. Porter gave to the museum and of the endowment he offered out of his moderate salary. The speech of the occasion was delivered by Professor Edward F. Nickoley, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, a friend for many years, of the late Dr. Porter. Professor Nickoley's speech was very impressive and comprehensive. He spoke at first of the early history of Professor Porter's con­ nection with the University. "Professor Porter", he said, "was the fIrst man to come (in 1870) from America on specific appointment-the other founders were in Syria as the College was being founded." He said that the chief duty of Dr. Porter was to teach history and that he kept his post longer than any other man connected with the University. He filled the chair of History, Logic and Psychology for 44 years, besides being an advisor as Professor Emeritus for 9 other years. Prof. Nickoley stated that Dr. Porter was also one of the College preachers and very often he occupied the college pUlpit. The two works that will stand always as monuments to Dr. Porter's hard, industrious and faithful labour are, the University Library and the Museum of Archaeology. To these 1\vo branches of our University he gave a great deal of his care, time and personal attention. His work in connection with the Wortabet-Porter's Arabic English Dictionary and his historical publications were cited as evidences of his scholarly attain­ ments and of his careful and painstaking nature. Besides his duties in the classroom, library and museum and the pulpit, Prof. Nickoley said that Dr. Porter was a very prominent and effective figure in shaping the policy and in directing the administration of the college. In the committees he was always ready to work and his suggestions were always sane and fruitful. In speaking of Dr. Porter's qualities as a man, Prof. Nickoley said that he was kindly and helpful; he had faith in his fellow men because in every man he saw the image of his divine creator. Prof. Nickoley summed up his speech by say­ ing that all who came in contact with Dr. Porter were impressed by his devotion to duty and concluded by saying "Dr. Porter was a hard ta~k ma:;ter to himself." 122 AL-KULLIYYAH

Prof. Crawford was next introduced by President Dodge. He dwelt on Dr. Porter's work as a member of committees. especially of the Post Hall Museum Committee; also on Dr~ PorterJs gentleness of character and his rich and valuable counsel, his readiness to sacrifice and to consecrate his efforts for the good of the University. As Prof. Rustum and Mr. Forrest Crawford were unveiling the bronze tablet, President Dodge terminated the service by the reading of the inscription on the tablet.

DR. DORMAN'S EXPERIEKCE ON THE S. S. SINAL'\. AS SHE CATCHES FIRE IN MID ATLANTIC

EXTRACTS FROi\1 A LETTER S. S. Sillaia, due at Lishon in 12 hours. Friday: January 21, 19'27. "\Ve are nearing the end of the fIrst stage of our trip, namely the leg across the Atlantic. One week ago, Tuesday the tenth, I was ploughing about the streets of Providence looking for a mail box, in a howling blizzard with snow half way up to my knees. This week, Tuesday the 18th, we landed at Horta on the island of Fayal and went for a three hour tramp on the hills surrounding the town. \Ve walked out into a wonderful springtime. The fields were green with grass and with growing wheat. In places the fields were actually pink with the blossoms of the pink oxalis. Horta is a lovely town on a beautiful island. In the afternoon the boat was on its way again to Ponta Delgada on the Island of San Miguel, where we were due to arrive the next morning." "That evening we were all rather tired after our unac­ customed exercise in the forenoon, and I insisted that David should go to bed rather than to attend the ship's movies, that did not begin until half or quarter past nine. The ship's movies had not been particularly exciting, and this evening John was the only member of the family who attended. Mrs. Dorman and Mrs. Dale were writing in their cabins, and David AL-KULLI-Y"YAH I23 and I had gone to bed. What happened in the first class dining room where the picture was being shown was reported by John. It was quarter past ten. The movie had been delayed by the repeated breaking of the film. John had been looking at the picture on the screen when he saw there the film break again, and saw the fizzing and crinkling that he had seen when he had been burning celluloid negatives. He re­ cognized that the Elm was on fire and turned to look at the movie machine. A flame was shooting up from it. A man near the operator pulled off his coat and wrapped it around the machine. The nperator pulled off one of the two blazing reels and threw it on the ground and stamped on it. Meantime the other reel was burning through the coat. Some others near tried to help by wrapping the machine with table cloths hastily snatched up, but the flame caught them too. In a moment the flame had leaped to the ceiling where a thin wood veneer soaked in paiilt ann varnish fed it, and it mushroomed out and started to travel. The audience slowly backed out of the room, John being one of the last to leave, watching the efforts to put out the blaze. There were no fire extinguishers at hand. The passengers were orderly and there was rio panic. John told Mrs. Dale what had happened, and came on to our cabin, where he found his mother had just been warned. She roused me, and I had just time to slip on trousers and coat over my pyjamas, put on a pair of shoes, grab my purse, pass­ port, and life-preserver by the time the smoke in the corridor was almost overpowering. I carried out David wrapped in a blanket, protesting and half awake, uncomfortable in the life­ preserver that had been tied around him. 'We found our fellow passengers out on the rear deck where Mrs. Dale was put in one steamer chair, and I in another with David in my anns. It was a fairly calm night, and there was a fair moon­ light. From where we sat it was difficult to follovv the course of the fight with the fire~ except by inference or by report. For the first twenty minutes the smoke came swirling back at times so thick as to be uncomfortable. Then the boat stopped moving, and the breeze blew the smoke away from us. From time to time irresponsible individuals would come running 124 AL-KULLIYYAH up and shout out that the fire was out; but too often their well-intentioned lie was stultified by a fresh burst of flame and smoke that by this time we could see for ourselves soaring up above the captain's bridge. Our crowd was very quiet. Three times we saw the limp, inert form of some sailor overcome by smoke in the fight, carried by us down to hospital. (They all eventually recovered.) Finally we saw a heavy wash of water coming down the corridor way, by our cabins, and we knew it meant that the fire hose was beginning to get in its work, and we were glad to see it coming, even though we knew it meant that the luggage in our cabins ''''ould be flooded too. It was nearly three hours before the captain came back and assured us that the fire was all out. It seems that the fire had spread with amazing rapidity in the dining room. The thin veneer of the ceiling and walls afforded a tinder that engendered a terrific heat in a vcry few moments. Within three minutes from the time the fire started the saloon became a blazing hell. The draft from the motion of the ship swept the flames out through the open doors of the dining room, setting ablaze the foyer of the ship. Smoke and flame swept back through the side corridors as far as the middle of the ship to where the tight compartment doors had been hastily closed. Several passengers had narrow escapes from being shut off in their cabins by the smoke and flames. Through a narrow inside stairway the flames swept up to the deck above, where they drove the wireless operator from his room before he had sent out any call for help. 'When the foyer got ablaze, the draft shot up the big wooden stairway to the music room above, and to the two verandas enclosed on the upper deck. The smoking room behind the music room was ablaze, and the fire went up through the flooring to the rooms of the officers and the captain's bridge on the uppermost deck. By this time the forward part of the upper structure of the ship had been converted into the huge chimney of a raging furnace. Fortunately we could not see from the rear deck all these details; but those who were caught on the forward deck had a good view of the flames, and said that it seemed as if the ship were certainly doomed. It was perhaps twenty minutes after the fire began that they got the hose finally working properly. Four lines of hose AL-KULLIYYMl were pumping water from the ocean onto the flames. The crew worked like heroes. As I said, three were overcome, and tremendous risks were taken by others. The fire was attacked from below, and as it was choked out at the roots, it was followed above until finally it was gotten under control. By two o'oclock the ship was under way again. They steered her from the stern, following signals from the burned-out bridge. By two o'oclock we were bailing out the four inches of salt water from our: cabin floors; thankful to be back in our cabins at any price, instead of bouncing around in little boats on the open sea a hundred miles or so from the nearest land. Next morning we drew into the harbor of Ponta Delgada, the front of the ship charred and blackened with fire ana smoke, and with its windows smashed in and gaping vacantly. Within the ship the charred interiors of the gutted rooms made us realize more than before what a close call the ship had had. The bow of the lifeboat to which we were assigned had been burned by the flames. We unpacked our wet suitcases and hung out our wet clothing on the deck. We were thankful to find that most of our stuff was all right. Our worst injury was in the soaking up of a number of our books, but even in this we had some lucky escapes. On the fly-leaf of those that show their scars we have written, "S. S. Sinaia, on fire at sea, January 18, 1927." At Ponta Delgada we sent a cable home, "Safe and well," as we did not know what reports of the affair might be in the papers." HARRY G. DORMAN.

MEMORIAL'SERVICE

Sunday Morning, February 13th, at II o'clock, a memorial service in memory of Professor William H. Hall was held in the University Chapel in place of the usual morning chapel. Dr. Dodge presided. The president spoke of the beauty of the lives of religious men who consecrate their lives to the service of their fellow men. Prof. Khauli following gave a brief but clear sketch of the life of Professor Hall. He spoke of the religious and educa­ tional benefits that a life like that of Prof. Hall can bestow on the community. In all his career, from the time he had to :AL-KULLiyyAH earn his living at the age of 8 years till his last days on earth, Professor Hall, the speaker said, exemplified the meaning and :value of hard work, and of devotion to the service of others. Prof. Khauli described the growth of the department and its wonderful advancement and concluded by expressing his own sorrow and sympathy and those of all the native teachers and professors. Dr. Habib Abu-Shahla, a former student of Prof. Hall and now a prominent lawyer in Beirut, paid, on his behalf and the behalf of 5000 students who studied under Prof. Hall, a fine and glowing tribute to the strong and gentle personality of his be­ loved principal. Dr. Abu-Shahla said that Prof. Hall, in educat­ ing the students of the Preparatory School, was forming and polishing the corner stones of the Upper Departments; in fact, he was laying down for them theii' very foundation. The students always looked up to Prof. Hall as to a loving father; the debt they all owe is everlasting. Professor Hall he said im­ pressed his students as a man of strong will but of a very kind and sweet disposition. Then Dr. Charles A. Webster delivered the beautiful ad­ dress which we print in full herein below. DR. WJ;BSTJ;R'S ADDRJ;SS It is thirty years this last October since I first met Professor Hall. In the fall of that year, 1896, two new in­ structors, Mr. Hall and Mr. Wisner, came out from America to join the teaching staff of the College, which at that time was numerically very small. Mr. Hall was assigned to the Prep­ aratory School, then housed in Dodge Hall, as Assistant Prin­ cipal, and Mr. Wisner went to the Collegiate Department, now the School of Arts and Sciences. Whether this arrangement of teaching position in Professor Hall's case was made by chance or by choice I do not now remember. If it was made by chance, it was an extraordinarily fortunate one. If by choice, it was a remarkably wise one. The two young men travelled together from New York and arrived at Beirut, if my recollection is correct, on the Sunday morning previous to the opening day of the college. On that same Sunday afternoon, a small group of college pro­ fessors and teachers, not more than eight or ten in number, met at the house of Dr. Porter for conference upon the work of l\L-KULLIYYAH 127 the year that was about to open. The two new instructors were present, and, after being introduced and welcomed by the President, Dr. Daniel Bliss, they were invited to speak, and both of them spoke for a few minutes. First impressions of persons are often the deepest and most lasting, and they are often, not always but often, the most correct and truest revealers of personality and character. In that brief interview on his first day in Syria, Mr. Hall left on my mind three, at least, distinct impressions which have re­ mained with me to this day, as sharp and as clear as when they were first made. There was first the impression of a fine openness and frankness, and pleasantness of manner-a charming and captivating quality of personality. He began his brief talk that afternoon, as he did many and many a time afterwards, with that pleasant genial smile which was so characteristic of Professor Hall, something not put on, not assumed or acted, but the perfectly natural and genuine expression of goodwill, agreeableness and happy dispo­ sition. It was the outward shining of a happy, enlightened soul within. He said he was happy in coming to the college and his face plainly showed it. The last time I saw him it was still there, but more gracious and captivating than ever. Then also in the few words he spoke, there was made the impression of one who had a delightful gift of clearness, readi­ ness, simplicity and lucidity of speech. Professor Hall as a speaker had a wonderful faculty in this respect. He spoke with equal ease and readiness and clearness. There was never any misunderstanding his meaning. His public addresses, his discussion of subjects in faculty or committee or in private conversation were admirable as examples of clear thinking, and clear, as well as forcible, expression. He was totally free from all mannerisms and affectation; genuineness and sincerity were stamped on an his utterances: he never said too much or too little, said just what was right. It was always a pleasure to listen to him. Still one more impression was left with me on that first day of our acquaintance, namely, that of a noble, unselfish soul, possessed of a great moral and spiritual purpose in life. He 128 AL-KULLIYYAH made it perfectly plain there and then what his purpose was in leaving America and coming to live and work in the college. He did not come out on an adventure, to travel, to see the East. to study languages, for selfish gain or even for experience; he came out with a definite purpose of teaching and of helping the young men of the college in their intellectual, moral and spiritu­ allife. I felt that afternoon that a new and welcome force and personality had come into our midst-and so it proved to be beyond our utmost expectations. In looking back over the thirty years which have inter­ vened, these three impressions, produced by some of his out­ standing qualities on our earliest acquaintance, which have never been effaced nor even diminished, were the outstanding qualities of the man whom we know as Professor Hall-his charming manner of pleasantness, his gift of clear thinking and clear expression, his lofty spiritual purpose in life, which he earnestly and passionately sought to accomplish to the fullest measure of his ability. Another most valuable and most enviable quality he possessed, which became apparent later on, was his ability to understand the student mind, and to see, and, when wise, even to accept the student point of view. How necessary this gift is to success in a teacher and administrator of an educa­ tional institution, such as he had been appointed to, only needs to be stated. This was one of the sources of his immense power over and influence upon his students, as well as his justly gained and well deserved popularity. He did understand his students and although he could not always accept their mind on matters on which they differed, he did sympathize with them when no moral issue was concerned and understood them as one human heart may understand another. He was able to acquire this quality to an even greater degree as the years went on, and as he gained in knowledge and experience. On one occasion, at a time of serious difficulty, almost a crisis in our college life, concerning a matter of student discipline, and law, and order, it was Professor Hall's championship, not of the students' side or their cause, or their manner of action, far from it, but of the students' point of view which he presented with such earnestness and power that he turned the whole AL-KULLIVYAH 129 course of discussion and action on the part of the faculty, in dealing with students in a state of practical rebellion, into a peaceful, lasting and honourable settlement. But upon the University at large and upon our community life, I think his greatest work and influence was as a preacher of the Gospel. His clear presentation of the Gospel message, no matter what aspect of it he was presenting, was a delight as well as an inspiration to listen to. His preaching was always a public profession of his own Christian faith and life. I think we will all unite in giving him the foremost place amongst us in this high and beautiful task. He loved to preach; we were always glad to listen. His message was always clear, always helpful, always interesting, always instructive, and always had the same great end in view of proclaiming the glad news of the gospel of the grace of God; and so simple that the least ad­ vanced student could easily understand it. He loved to preach because he had the message in himself, and out of the abun­ dance of his own Christian life and experience, peculiarly rich in a calm happy faith and in a bright and inspiring hope, and in every other good and perfect gift of the Spirit of God, he spoke freely and feelingly, earnestly and convincingly, the message of eternal life. In exposition, teaching, appeal and warning, he was equally strong, effective and tender. In this high calling of God, he was a master workman, rightly measuring out and dividing the word of liie, and a master workman of such skill and understanding who never needed to be ashamed. He has left behind him to his memory, a splendidly or­ ganized educational institution, the Preparatory Department, with its separate buildings, equipment and staff of teachers and officers, the result of his own skilful planning, wisdom and labour. But he has left behind him an even greater and more lasting monument than this in the ideals and ideas of truth, honour, goodness and duty which he has built into the lives of thousands of students who had the privilege of coming under his loving care and guidance. . I30 AL-KULLIYYAH

"IT IS BETTER TO BE 63 YEARS YOUNG THAN TO BE 36 YEARS OLD." Seated in his big arm chair, surrounded by flowers, books and pictures, Dr. Walter B. Adams was receiving the con­ gratulations from his loving friends on his 63rd birthday; Mrs. Adams was welcoming the guests as they came in and was hos­ pitably serving them with tea and the delicious birthday cakes and sweets. The General Secretary called to greet Dr. Adams in the name of all the alumni of the A.U.B. The 365 days that have elapsed since February 1st 1926 have left no new traces of age on the doctor, who has won the love and respect of \thousands of students, colleagues and friends during his long service in the A.U.B. His wit and humor are as keen and as vivid as ever. Stories and anecdotes are the faithful com­ panions of Dr. Adams and his stock of them is large. The General Secretary told the doctor how his friends among the Alumni especially among the physicians always enquire about him. Then he said, "Doctor what message do you wish to send to the alumni?" Quicker than lightning he answered, "Tell them it is better to be 63 years young than to be 36 years 'old. Tell them I am deeply touched by their messages and tokens of kind remembrance." Then he said, "It is getting to be a melancholic pleasure now to have birthdays. When one is laid on the shelf as an Emeritus there is more honour in it than joy." But at once he changed his tone and bravely said, "I always love to have my own oar in the water and no one can say that I did not pull with my full strength on my oar. I 10ved to see the boat go ahead. Ever since I taught Materia Medica I have been asked about certain domestic remedies of the country. Now with the trained skill of my colleague Dr. Rossides we are prepared to test them out scientifically in the newly equipped laboratory of Pharmacology, so we may possib­ ly look forward to something new in Materia Medica and thera­ peutics." "What are your chief pleasures now?", asked the General Secretary-Dr. Adams replied, "l\ly chief pleasures as a shut-in are in reading, writing and seeing my friends. Many came on New Year's day and on my birthday and they re­ freshed me and gave me joy." AL-KULLIYYAH He then came back again to the subject so dear to him because he taught it for so many years in the A.U.B.-"As to Materia Medica, I wish to call their attention to an article which will appear in the Alumni Monthly on a new application of a well-known preparation of Bismuth. I have planned out a series of little articles, reminescences on my dermatological experience. I realize that they will be of interest only to our medical graduates, but hope that that interest may be sufficient to compensate for the space and printer's ink. I am encouraged to do this by the appreciation given to my paper on 'Some Gleanings From IO,OOO Cases' which I read at the .Medical Missionary Conference at Aintab in the year of the 'I;Iurriyyah,' that is, I908. It was an analysis of 3500 private cases and of 6500 public clinic ones. I wrote it to be of practical help to general practitioners, similar to my lecture to the Jerusalem Conference in I913. In the same way I hope the little articles may be helpful to those unable to get to the clinic for further teaching and brushing up in what is so easily forgotten. Fur­ ther, as I am no longer sitting in my clinic I have enjoyed so much for nearly 30 years and saw grow from a clinic with an attendance of 7 each time to 75 to 80 each clinic, I am glad to continue a little teaching to those who wish to learn. I shall not attempt an analysis of my 72,000 and more cases, but merely give gleanings and practical lessons to be drawn from them so far as my memory serves me and them." Dr. Adams is always pleased to see his former students and friends-"Tell the alumni", he said, "to drop in and see me when in town. It is always a pleasure to see them. I may not be able to put their label on at first glance, but I will know them nevertheless.}) The General Secretary feels sure that the alumni of the A.U.B. all over the world will be glad to receive this kindly message from their dear professor and when any of them come to Beirut they will surely grasp the opportun­ ity to call on him, to shake his hand and to enjoy his words of wisdom and cheerfulness. No visitor at Dr. Adams' can leave him without feeling that he has gained from the Doctor's company more courage and strength and more determination, to pull with all his strength on his oar as he tries to see the boat go ahead in this turbulent sea of life. AL-KULLIYVAEt

THE NEW UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC FIELD How many of you alumni have seen a game or a gym class on the new University Field? Or-to phrase it differently, how many of you alumni are going to be out at the field late in March when the athletes of the school formally dedicate the plant with a record-breaking Field Day? Record-breaking it must be, in number of students taking part, in track and field records broken, in attendance and in enthusiasm. The new track, two seconds faster for every hundred meters than the old one, will be geatly divided into six lanes, ready to carry sprinters and distance men to new laurels. Jumping pits of fullA.A.U. dimensions will be ready with new shaving and sand alighting areas upon which A.U.B. Athletes will descend to new records. Pole vaulting will be seen for the first time, a new event that should gain great favor. Another innovation will probably be the use of the metric system of measurements, bringing the University system into accord with the European and Olympic plar.. The one hundred meter straightaway, over which the short dashes and the 110 meter high hurdles will be run, starts at the sea-road end of the field and ends at the beginning of the first. turn at the southeastern corner of the track. Temporary bleachers, or grandstands will be built along the same side of the field as the straightaway. Directly in front of these seats the jumping pits will be located and opposite their eastern end will be the finish of the short dashes and the start and finish of the longer races. Under the metric system of computing track distances the hundred yard dash will be replaced by the 100 meter dash, the 220 yard dash by the 200 meter dash, the high hurdles will be over a IIO meter course, the low hurdles over a 200 meter course, the 440 yard dash or quarter-mile run will be replaced by the 400 meter run, the half-mile by the 800 meter run and the mile by the 1500 meter run. Since the distance for some of these races in meters is the same as the former races in yards and since the distances in weight events can readily be changed to meters and centimeters only a few new University records will have to be set up. The discus and shot put circles will be installed on opposite sides of the west goal-po~ts. The discus and javelin will both be thrown in a direction that will enable spectators to judge the approximate distance of each throw by numbers painted on the inside of the north curb. To add to the enjoyment of the meet by the spectators small flags will be used to indicate the present sc1'.ool and world record in these events and similar means used to show the relative excellence of high jumpers and broad jumpers. AL-KULLIYY AH 133

An exhibition football game will follow the meet in accordance with the usual custom. 'The football field is proving to be admirably suited to the needs of the school, its size, ninety by fifty-six meters being such that it can even be divided into two fields for practice games in gym classes. Alumni should make a special effort to get back to their campus on Field Day to renew their acquaintances and live again the joyous days that were theirs in A.U.B. H.W.F.

RECEPTION OF 'THE BOYS' SERVICB CLUB A very enjoyable and interesting programme was provided by the Cabinet of the Boys' Service Club for their members and guests in the reception held on Friday evening, Feb. 4th. l'he College orchestra rendered several pieces before and during the execution of the programme. 'The president of the club, 1\lr. hkandar Harik, gave a sketch of i.ts history and of its present work and various activities, chiefly consisting in the opening by the members of the club of a night school for poor unfortunate boys deprived of better opportuni­ ties, and in offering voluntary teaching to these boys-elementary but useful things, such as reading and writing in Arabic and English, Arithmetic, Geography, <:tc. He spoke in detail of the work of the deputation Committee and described the entertainment given by the club during Christmas, especially for the boys of the night school. As a result of the endeavours of the deputation committee, the girls of the Syrian National School CMiss l\Iary" Kassab's School) have started a girls' service club for similar parposes and the native High School in Aley has also organized a school. In the latter, 60 unfortunate poor street boys whose condition resembles that of the boys now being taught by the Boys' Service Club at the A.U.B., are being looked after. 'The boys of the night school sang a patriotic song in Arabic, after which two little urchins declaimed poems, one in Bnglish and one in Arabic. 'The song and the declamations pleased and amused everyone present. 'The next speaker was President Dodge. He spoke of his experiences in the New York slums and told of some of the great changes that occurred in the lives and conditions of some of the poor boys of the lower strata in the social structure in New York, after their having received some help from some good Samaritan. Mrs. Glanville, a magistrate in Sydney, Australia, was the second speaker. She gave a lengthy description of life among the boys in Australia. Mr. Labib Jureidini, of the American Press of Beirut, gave a very interesting talk about the life of boys and 134 AL-KULLIYYAH young men in Sudan. Prof. Seelye was the last speaker; he kept the audience roaring with laughter by his brilliant sallies and the funny jests he made at the expense of two members of the cabinet of the club-Messrs. Iskandar Harik and William Shehadi. After refreshments were served, the reception came to a close.

THE VOYAGE OF THE S. S. STUDENTS' UNION

The reception of the students' Union held Friday evening, January 21, in West Hall, was planned in imitation of an ocean voyage. The invita­ tions were sent out in the form of a cruise announcement, and the guests advised to dress for a rough trip. Upon his arrival, each visitor received a passport containing a picture (comic rather than complimentary), and was sent through the customs house. Many coats and hats were confiscated by the customs officers and held throughout the evening in the cloak room. Before he was permitted to walk up the gangplank from the Main Hall into the Common Room, each passenger was obliged to have his passport stamped by the Control. When everyone was safely aboard, the whistle announced the de­ parture of the ship. Deck tennis, quoits, shuffleboard and other games were organized on deck (the Common Room), and later the passengers were divided into groups of fifty or sixty each at five different life-boat stations. Group games were played at each station until "Captain" Labib Fuleihan, president of the Union, climbed up onto the bridge (two tables, one above the other) and delivered a brief speech of welcome to the passengers. Life memberships were conferred upon Messrs: Ajluni, Harik, and Jamali, of the Senior Class, the insignia being presented by President Dodge. Professor Smith read the ship's log, recounting the extraordinary adventures of the S. S. Students' Union and those upon it, concluding with an account of its sinking near a volcanic island with all hands aboard. His wit and humor made all passengers and crew forget their sea-sickness, misery and the sinking of their good ship. There were refreshments then, and the evening ended with the singing of the Alma Mater.

A SUCCESSFUL COKCERT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STUDENTS' RELIEF COMMITTEE The Auditorium at West Hall was crowded to overflowing on Saturday evening, January 22nd. Many persons could not get in at all as the seating capacity was overtaxed. A committee of charitably- inclined AL-KULLlYY AH 135 students had been banded together to help the war sufferers in the stricken parts of Syria and Lebanon, regardless of place, sect or religion. The cause for which the entertainment was given is a very noble one, but the audience which was there to help the sufferers was richly repaid by the music-vocal and instrumental-which was rendered that evening. Prof. Khauli welcomed and thanked the audience. The musical program followed and was listened to 'with great pleasure and interest. The artists who took part that evening were the following :- Camil Champ ere ...... Piano l\litri Murr and his two sons-song "$autu Sllriyya J'unl1di" S. Barbir & Yahya Lababidi - song -- music by Lababidi. K. Khatib and Joseph Louis- reed instruments. Mohammad Khorshid-an original poem entitled "The Sufferer" Abd-ul-Kadir Tannir-!Song "The Refugees" words by I. Toukan Mr. Sami Abdul-l\Ialik-Lyre and Bizouk-native instrument Omar Zi'inni (Hunayn)-recitation of original poems. The programme was thoroughly enjoyed. The success of the Stu­ dents' Relief Committee was more than they had expected. We cannot but express our admiration of the fine public spirit and noble motives and aims of our students. It is our fondest hope that these fine qualities will be developed and become stronger and broader in our students as they go out into the differ-ent countries of the Near East. This fine spirit is the surest guarantee of prosperity, peace and brotherly love in this part of the world.

BET\VEEN TWO FIRES

'Urwat ul-Wuthka presented an entertaining play, "Between Two Fires" in West Hall Auditorium, Saturday evening, February 5. Every chair in the big hall was occupied. The president of the society, Mohammad Khorshid, opened the evening's program with a few well chosen words of welcome. Between the acts vocal music was furnished by Messrs. Fuleifil Bros. and instrumental music by Mr. Yahya Lababidi, who played the lyre and piano; Mr. Shafik Faris played the native reed instrument-the ney. Abdul-Rahim Bey Kulaylat, Chief of Police, delivered an original poem. The music and the literary exercises were heartily" applauded. Bayn N arayn is a production of Elias Bey Fayyad, the well known Arabic poet and writer. Count Duboriof (Nuri Kaba), an honourable French nobleman who has borrowed large sums of money from Monsieur Georges :tyIaurice (Shukri Muhtadi), meets with severe financial losses AL-KULLIYYAH and is unable to meet his obligations when they fall due. The counes daughter, Hortense, (Anis Nasif), a very charming young lady, is deeply in love with a certain young man, named Charles Daryel (Lutfi Bustamy) who is called to join a medical mission to the Far East. When Georges Maurice calls on the count to have his accounts settled, he learns of the former's financial difficulty made more ~evere by his serious illness. The charms of Hortense captivate the wealthy creditor and her father's miserable condition touches him deeply. He cancels his debts and wins thereby the hand but not the heart of the daughter. To save her father from bankruptcy, she agrees to marry .Maurice. Charles, her real lover, returns from the East in broken health. The couple by chance meet the young lover, Charles Daryel, in a hotel outside of Paris. To guard her matrimonial honour Hortense insists on leaving the hotel with her husband inspite of a terrible storm that is raging. Antouan (Salim Bahu), Georges' cousin, is anxious to inherit the wealthy man's fortune and so continues to sow the seeds of enmity between Georges and his wife, charging Hortense with love for Charles. The husband's fury drives him to despondency and then to severe illness. The avaricious Antouan contrives to mix poison with his cousin's medicine and chai'ges Hortense with the criminal act. The real culprit is, however, discovered by the unhappy husband. On his dying bed, Georges leams that Charles, his rival to Hortense's heart, is the son of a man whom he had killed by accident and whom he had befriended and educated at his expense without the young fellow's know­ ledge. Before breathing his last, he forgives Charles and Hortense his wife and, conscious of his approaching death, he bequeathes his wife to Charles and blesses the lovers with all his heart. On the whole the actors played their parts well, and especially the hero of the play, Mr. Shukri l\Iuhtadi (Georges Maurice), whose acting in the fourth and fifth acts was splendid.

ZAHRAT -UL-ADAB A concert of vocal and instrumental music was given on Saturday evening February I2th in West Hall under the auspices of "Zahrat ul-Adab." A good number of students and guests attended the concert. The president of the society, Hafiz Jamil, delivered a short address of welcome. Abd-ul-Kadir Tannir and Samih Barbir sang in Arabic singly and together some songs the words and music of which are the composition of Mr. Yahya Lababidi. A piece of Oriental Fox-Trot music was rendered by Mustafa Lababidi with the assistance of a coloured American who is in town. The audiEllcewas greatly amused and laughed heartily when the negro immitated with his voice the musical instruments of some of the savage peoples of Africa. Shafik Faris played two pieces on the native reed instrument-the ney. The closing items on the programme were two original popular songs rendered by the well-known Omar ul-Zi'inni (Hunayn). The programme was thoroughly enjoyed. AL-KULLIYYAH 137 138 AL-KtrLLIYYAH

EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS GOVERNMENT SERVICE Occasional requests come from the governments of the Sudan, 'Iraq, Transjordania, and other states for men to fill positions as doctors, dispensers, and teachers, and also to do clerical work. Alumni interested in these positions should correspond :with the OfficE' of the President of the University. WANTl;:n A CLERK Wanted for a drug store a young man, active, intelligent, willing, faithful, who speaks English fluently, and knows also some French and Arabic. Salary good for capability. Com­ municate with the Alumni Office. POSITION-WANTED A young graduate of the Short Course Commerce is seek- ing employment-preferably as Shorthand-Typist. Com- municate with the Alumni Office. WANTED-POSITIONS

A young man, 2 I years of age, with a High School educa­ tion, a good knowledge of English, French, Arabic and Type­ writing, is seeking a position-communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man of 20, with a High School education, well versed Arabic and Mathematics, and with a fair knowledge of English and French, is after a position. Communicate with the Alumni Office. AL-KULLIYYAH

UNIVERSITY NEWS Aida Karima Sa'd, first and only child of Dr. and Mrs. Najib Sa'd, passed away Monday morning, January 25th. A short service was held at Dr. Sa'd's home in Beirut. The little girl was buried in Brummana. Our deepest ~ympathy is extended to the sorrowing parents.

A cable was received on February 16th announcing the death of Mrs. Nellie R. Hudson's father-Mr. Henry Ruckelshausen. He passed away February 14th in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Ill. We sincerely condole with Prof. and Mrs. Hudson in their hour of bereavement.

A prospective Co-Ed. in the A.U.B. arrived in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Farid Baddurah on Monday, Feb. 21. Congratulations to the parents and the best wishes for the little lady.

Dr. Joseph Rawdah left Beirut in the early part of February going to Europe for further study in Dermatology. He took the land route via Aleppo and Constantinople. He intends to spend two months in Germany, two months in France and the rest of his furlough in England. Dr. Rawdah will be at his post in the A.U.B. when the college opens next October. Mrs. Rawdah accompanies the doctor in his tour. We wish both a very pleasant and profitable journey and a safe return.

We are glad to welcome back to the University, after their 7 months' absence, Mrs. Dale, and Dr. and Mrs. Dorman with two of their children-the other four remained in the U.S.A. to continue their educa­ tion. Dr. Dorman has a thrilling tale to tell of their experience on the sea while coming over from New York to Syria-we print his letter on another page.

Mr. Robert C. Francis, ex-Staffiie, has moved to Amherst. His address is R.F.D., No. 2 Amherst, Mass., U.S.A.

Mr. Russell Leavitt, a former member of the staff in the A.U.B., has been appointed a high school supervisor at Concord N. H., with 70 schools to superintend.

T\,'O PROFESSORS l'ROJ\IOTED The Trustees of the A.U.B. have authorized the appointment of Professor Ariis Khuri as full Professor in the Department of Arabic and of Dr. Rustum as Associate Professor in the Department of History. The former had been associate professor and the latter adjunct professor. We heartily congratulate the two professors on this recognition on the part of the Faculty and the Board of Trustees of their ability, usefulness and devotion to duty. 140 AL-KULLIYVAH

THE JABR DUMIT JUBILEE The Arabic Department of the University is making preparations for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Professor Dumit's work as a teacher and author. The value of his great services to the Arabic language entitles him to the respect and appreciation of scholars all over the Arabic speaking world. The celebration will take place in "Vest Hall in the early part of next l\lay (exact date will be announced later). Prominent poets and speakers are expected to take part on that occasion. Here below we publish a copy of a notice sent in Arabic, by the committee of celebra­ tion, to the Arabic press in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and other countries.

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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS During the month of February the University had a great many visitors. There were three tourist parties as well as many individual travellers. A party of thirty tourists from the S. S. Canada, were entertained in West Hali one morning. Another day the University was visited by about thirty American travellers from Denver, Colorado. They had come on the S. S. Sinaia with Dr. and :'Irs. Dorman and J.1rs. Dale and so were especially interested in their glimpse of the campus. The S. S. Doric of the White Star Line was in Beirut for an afternoon and after visiting the Near East Relief Orphanage at Antilyas about 175 tourists came to West Hall. While tea was being served, Prof. Crawford spoke of the work of the University. Mrs. Glanville, a magistrate in the city of Sydney, Australia, stayed in Syria for several weeks. During her sojourn in Beirut, ::'\lrs. Glanville spoke at the Reception of the Boys' Service Club, at a Brotherhood meeting and also at the Sunday evening service in \Yest Hall. Her audiences were deeply interested in hearing her talk about her experiences as a magistrate and as an extensive traveller in Europe and America. Several travellers have made Beirut a stop in a trip around the world. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Burbank and Dr. and Mrs. John O. Beaty are interested in education. l\lr. Burbank has been connected with Ginn and Co., publishers, for many years while Dr. Beaty is Professor of English Literature in the Southern .:'.Iethodist Uaiversity in Dallas, Texas. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Dwight Chapin were much interested in the Hospital and Medical School for Dr. Chapin is a famous specialist in children's diseases in New York. Another American was I\1r. Franklin Stewart Harris, President of the Brigham Young University of Utah, U.S.A. From India came .Mr. and :;\lrs. ]. B. Raju. Mr. Raju is Professor of Philosophy at Nagpur, India. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, who were also visitors, are Irish missionaries in China. Mr. Davidson was President of a University in China before the present troubles started in that country.

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REPORT OF PROGRESS

A VOICE FROM SINGAPORE The Princely Generosity oj Alsagoff.

Acts, louder than words, have already been and are con~ tinuously being heard from our graduates, former students and friends in the two Americas, Europe and the different countries of the Near East. These acts of generosity are eloquent tokens of appreciation of what the American University is doing in the realm of culture and education in the East. Now comes a welcome voice from another part of the world-the Far East. It is the voice of Sayyid Ahmad M. Alsagoff (Sa1$.1$.af) of Singapore, one of our former students who has ardent faith in the University that gave him his education. Sayyid Ahmad is travelling in the Near East and Europe. During his stay in Beirut he visited the campus several times and called at the Alumni office. He did not need any urging whatsoever to give his support to the Alumni cause for he is deeply interested in the Alumni movement. The Alumni Monthly keeps him in­ formed of our Report of Progress. He wants to have a share in making the campaign a success. He says it is a privilege to be able to serve his Alma Mater. Sayyid Ahmad made a contribution of fifty pounds sterling to the general fund and pledged himself to make an additional annual gift of fifteen pounds sterling for the advancement of Arabic literature in the University. This sum he will pay each year as long as he lives and to perpetuate the gift he will make a special stipulation in his will to that effect. He further promised that on his return to Singapore, which will be within a few months time, he will try to establish a branch in that far Eastern city. There are in the Straits Settlements in and around. the city of Singapore about ten of our former students. Sayyid Ahmad hopes that our former students will meet as often as possible in Singapore to talk over their college days of old and to spread the spirit of the A.U.E. in their community. He believes that this new branch will raise a handsome sum for the Alumni Fund. We feel deeply gratified to hear this pleasant voice from the Far East. Just a few hours before sailing for Europe, Sayyid AL-KULLIYY AH I43 Ahmad Alsagoff also pledged himself to establish a scholarship to be called Alsagoff Scholarship. In a coming number of the Monthly we hope to publish details about this Scholarship. Three cheers for Sayyid Ahmad Alsagoff (Al-Sa~l~af) !

NEW OFFICERS OF ALUMNI BRANCHES Several of our Alumni Branches have held regular business meetings to elect officers to serve during the coming year. The following is a list of the new gentlemen who will take charge of the management of the activities of their branches.

ALEXANDRIA Selim Bey Musawwir, B.A., ...... President Dr. G. Yaleoussis ...... Vice President Kamal Shoucair, B.A., ...... Secretary Dr. N asib Haddad ...... Treasurer 1M embers oj Executive Committee. Dr. Iskander Kayem. Dr. Farid Kassab. Mr. Albert Klat. Mr. Emile J\Iabro, B.A. Mr. Fuad Nassar, B.C.

HAIFA. Dr. Habib Kattan, member of Executive Committee in place of Mr. Kohen, who wa~ transferred to Acre. Farid Nassar was elected Secretary instead of Mr. Boutagy, who is now in Jerusalem. JF,RUSALEM. Tawfik Canaan, M.D., ...... President Ahmad Khalidy, M.A., ...... Vice President George Salam.c-h, B.c., ...... Secretary GC'orge Khadder, B.C., ...... Treasurer lJfembers oj Executii.}e Committee. Amin Rizk, B.A. Farhud Kurban, B.A. E1ias~!f. Gelat, B.C, 144 AL-KULLIYYAH

SIDON. Dr. Salim Aftimus, B.A., ...... President Dr. Nabih Shabb, ...... Treasurer Nikula Harisi Daghir, B.A., Phar.M., .. . Secretary We congratulate the new officers and wish their branches n very profitable and successful year. May their coming activities bring credit to themselves and to the institution that helped to build their character and to give them their education.

SIXTH MEDICAL CONFERENCE The plans for the Sixth Medical Conference have been completed. The Secretary of the Medical Branch, Dr. Mustapha Khalidi, informs us that the exact days for the meetings of the Medical Conference are March 30th and 3 ISt and April ISt. The meetings will be held at the University in West Hall. Medical men from various parts of the Near East will address the Conference. Arrangements have been made for the board and lodging of out of town physicians who have the intention of attending the Conference. There will be an instructive and interesting exhibition, in connection with the conference, of medicines and medical instruments. \Ve are authorized to ask our alumni doctors and their physician friends to consider this as a formal invitation to attend the conference.

ALEXANDRIA BRANCH The new officers of the Alexandria Alumni Branch opened ,the year's work with a splendid entertainment, at the Regina Palace Hotel of that city. "The entertainment", says Mr. Kamal Shoucair, the Secretary of the Branch, "was not only very successful in the excellence of its literary and musical programme, but it has made the name of our association known all over Alexandria." One of the leading Arabic papers in Egypt has published a full report of that entertainment. It says in part: "The graduates and former students of the American University of Beirut held a very pleasant social evening on Saturday Feb. 5th at the Regina Palace Hotel. AL-KULLIYYAH 145

Over ISO sons of the American University and lady members of their families were present. Salim Bey Musawwir, Pre­ sident of the Branch, gave the address of welcome. Mr. Khalil Shaybub, the well known poet, followed with a beautiful poem that was warmly applauded. The able orator, Mr. Fadd Haddad, was the next speaker of the evening. He delivered ,an original poem in which he set forth the aims and ideals of the American University of Beirut and eulogized the strong bonds of friendship that are woven on its campus and which remain unbroken throughout life. Said Bey Tali' spoke on the debt the A.U.B. men in the Valley of the Nile owe to its ,inhabitants and government. His reference to His Majesty the King of Egypt was received with applause and cheers. The singing of Alma Mater closed the first part of the enter­ 'tainment. A social time then followed during which music was generously furnished. Then the whole party entered the sumptuous dining room of the hotel where a fine dinner was awaiting them. After dinner, Dr. Asad Haddad delivered an address on the late president of the American University, Dr. Howard S. Bliss. He enumerated his valuable services to the Universities and to the countries of the Near East." \Ve appreciate heartily the enthusiasm and loyalty of our alumni in Alexandria and hope that all the activities of the year will tend to strengthen the bonds that unite them with each other and with their Alma Mater. AL-KULLIYY AH LOS ANGELES LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS Daoud Abdo Abi-Saab, ...... $ IS Dr. A. S. Abdun-Nur, ...... ISO Joseph Adamow ...... 50 ;A.deeb Araman ...... SO N. I. Fadel ...... 20 Mike George ...... 50 S. M. Jereissati ...... 20 Edmond Hakim ...... 15 'B. I. lVlalouf ...... 200 G. S. Rossie ...... So N ajeeb Safady ...... , ...... 50 1. Sawaya & Son ...... - ...... 50 Fred M. Salih ...... SO S. K. Shoucair ...... 20 Syrian American Society ...... 100 G. N. Zlaket ...... 10

LA SAIGNEE BLANCHE We have received from the Denver Chemical Manufacturing Co., a notice about their Medical Journal "La Saignee Blanche." The manage­ ment will be glad to send a sample copy of their publication to any of our Alumni Physicians who would like to have it. This Journal is published In the French language. Their address is :- The Denver Chemical Manufacturing Co., r63-I67 Varick St., New York City. At-KULLIYY AH I47

OBITUARIE:S. r870 We are sorry tD report the sincerely condole with her son, death of Ishak S'1rruf, one of Tawfik Rizkallah, Com. Cer., our former students and a bro­ and with his family on their ther of our distinguished alum­ bereavement. nus, Dr. Yakoub Sanuf, B.A., 1907 We sincerely condole with Ph.D., editor of AI-l\luktataf. our fellow alumnus, Najib Yunis l\Ir. Sarruf died in Helouan. M.D., M.B.E., of Kajou Kaji, Egypt, on Thursday, January Sudan, on the death of his 27th. Our sincere sympathy is father Shaykh Yusuf Yunis, of extended to Dr. Sarruf, to the Brummana, Lebanon. Shaykh afflicted widow and children of Yusuf passed away Saturday, the deceased and to all the February 19, in his native members of the Sarruf family. village'. 1904 It is our sad duty to pub­ 1907 We are sorry to report the lish the news of the death of dEath of Mr. Michel Yakoub. Mrs. Lutfallah Rizkallah of Our heartfelt sympathy is ex­ Cairo, Egypt, who passed away tended to his son. Najib Yakoub in Cairo on January 24th. We B.C., of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS. 1907 On Jailuary 22nd, 1927. 19 17 On February 15th a baby Selim A. Haddad, B.C., and girl was given unto Mr. and Miss Josephine Agia AS50uad Mrs. Khalil Sukkar, N.T.S. We were married in Cairo, E!;ypt. congratulate our alumna, Mrs. Hearty congratulations and best Sukkar, and her husband and wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Haddad. wish the little lady a long and happy life. 1909 We are glad to receive an invitation to the wedding of ex- 19 19 Hearty congratulaIions Basile Susu, ::.\1.D., of Alex­ to Mr. Habib Homsi. Chief of andria, and J\Iiss Angell 'Bid of th~ Government Translation Tanta. The ceremony took Department, on his engagement place on Thursd2Y, February to Miss Mary Souaya, daughter loth in Tanta. \Ye wish the of Cami! Bey Souaya, inspector young couple a happy married of the Regie Co., Beirut. The life. engagement ceremony took place on Friday, January 14th.

l\hSC:E;LLANEOUS. 19 1 I We are glad to see in our 19 16 Assad Ibrahim el-Badawi, office and on the campus T. B.A.,B.enD .. of Amyoun, Kura, Abd-ul-Malik, M.D., of Alayh, was recently appointed Member Lebanon. of the Judicial Court of Zahleh district. Hearty congratulations. AL-KULLIYYAH eX-1916 We hav2 seen in the serve in the Turkish army, but Rochester Evening Journal and he managed to escape and join the Post Express a picture of the British forces. The stu­ the members of the Cosmopo­ dents who were in the A.U.B. litan Club of Rochester. N. Y. during the war remember Mr. The members of the ciub are Alsagoff's scouting ability and students representing thirteen his brilliant skill on the football nationalities. It is a pleasure fIeid. Although he is separated to report that the president of from the University by distant the club is Yervant Krikorian­ space, he is still interested in a former student at this uni­ its welfare-his generous gifts versity. After finishing his so­ last Christmas to the students phomore year in the A.U.B. he of the University will always be went to America in 192 1, remembered. .l\Ir. Alsagoff is and took a course in Mechanical now a successful business man Engineering at the 1Iassachu­ and a happy father in Singapore setts Institute of Technology -he boasts of three children. in. Boston. After graduating, He called at the Alumni Office Mr. Krikorian was appointed and made a fme cmtribution to :Mechanical Engineer in a big the Alumni Fund. We were factory in Rochester. happy to receive thE' donor and 1917 Bahij Luka, Phar.l\I., Trea­ his donation. surer of our Horns Branch, was eX-1917 A circular letter has in Beirut in the middle of Feb­ been received an.nouncing the ruary, but was too busy to visit organization in Beirut of a Joint the Universitv. He came to the Stock Company, dealing in city with th~ Greek Orthodox various merchandise and doing Bi:shop of Horns and three other commission business. The new leading men of that denomina­ firm gOes under the name of tion to examine the cast of the Halim Hanna & Co. We wish statue of the late Athanasius our former student, ~Ir. Hanna, .'Hallah, former Greek Orthodox and his partners all success 1Il Bishop of Homs. their new undertaking. eX-I917 A. 1\1. Alsagoff (Sakkaf), 1917 The medical practice of of Singapore accompanied by Said Jumblat, B.A., .:\J.D., of his physician Dr. C. P. Paglar Sidon, takes so much of his time stopped in Beirut on their way that he scarcely comes to Beirut. to Europe. Our former student We were glad to see him, how­ and his friend have visited ever, in this city on February Egypt and intend to travel in 18th and to hear from him the France, Germany, and England good news about our fellow and may go to America and re­ alumni in Sidon. turn to the Straits through the [922 Darwish l\Iiqdadi, B.A., Pacific Ocean. :Mr. Alsagoff left left Baghdad in the early part A.U.B. in 1917. He had some of February. He visited Basrah interesting experiences after he and intends to visit Musul and left the University. During the to travel a good deal in Iraq last year of the war he had to and northern Syria before re- AL-KULLIYVAH 149

turning to his native town, Tul­ on January 28th to rejoin her karem, Palestine. family. Before her departure I922 After graduating from the for America she accompanied Nurses Training School at the her son Dr. Abdu!lah in his A.U.B., Miss Mary Haddad visit to his Alma Mater. served as Head Nurse at the 1924 Like a faithful son of the General Hospital at Damascus. A.U.B., Anis Nusuli, B.A., visit­ From Damascus she went to ed the campus and the Alumni London, where she entered the Office soon after his arrival at Fulham Maternity Hospital. She Beirut from Baghdad. received the certificate of the 1924 'Ve were pleased to see on Midwifery Board and was one the University grounds and in of the best in her class. Then our office, our fellow alumnus she entered the School of Mid­ Jalal Zuraik B.A., soon after his wifery and the Pitie Hopital de arrival from Baghdad. Paris. She received in Paris 1926 Our New York correspond­ her diploma de sage femme de ent sends us very pleasing news Faculte de 1Iedecine de Paris. about the work of Fuad AI-'Akl, She took after that a post­ .M.D. Dr. 'AId worked as an graduate course at the "Hopital interne in the MetroDolitan l.ariboisiere de Paris." Hospital of the citv of New Miss Haddad is now estab­ York, Department . of Public lished in Cairo and has a Clinic WeHare, and he also worked in "Bab-ul-Hadid." We wish with the Reception Hospital as her the success she deserves Ambulance Surgeon. He served after her great preparation for for three months on the surgical her work. Staff of the Post Graduate 19.'22 Abdallah Mashnuk, B.A., Medical School and Hospital left Bagdad and came to Beirut of the same city. He is now towards the middle of F,ebruary. coming to France for further study, carrying very fine re­ 1923 Evangel K. Mazijoglou, ferences. B.C., formerly of Alexandria, Egypt, has moved to Athens, eX-I926 We learn that Mr. E. Greece, where he is employed by Stephanou is studying engineer­ ing in Kansas. He was a de:' the Ionian Bank Limited. It is gratifying to learn of the in­ legate to the Students' Milwau­ terest Mr. Mazijoglou is taking kee Conference that was held in in the Alumni movement and of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. his desire to serve its interest in I92 7 \Ve congratulate the foI1ow~ the historic land of Hellas. ing gentlemen who graduated at Mid-year (February 4th, 192 7) 1924 Hanna Abdullah, M.D., of with the degree of B.A.:­ Fi' al-Kura, Lebanon, came to Dimitrios Serlis, Habib Kurani Beirut in the latter end of Jan­ Labib Fulayhan, Jamil Naja: uary to see his mother off. Mrs. Hasan Jawwad, and George Abdullah sailed for the U.S.A. Stephanou. I J /5" J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J AL-I{ULLIYY AH ISSUED BY THE American University of Beirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL XIII. APRIL, 1927 No.6

CONSIDER THE ALUMNI FUNDS OF YALE A-~D NEW YORK UNIVERSITIES We read in the Providence J oumal the news about the gigantic Fund that Yale University is planning to raise to strengthen its work and broaden its sphere of influence. The goal of its efforts is $20,000,000. As soon as the news reached the Yale Alumni they rushed to the support of their Alma Mater. The campaign is to start on the 1st of next ]\fay, but President Angell said $6,000,000 have already been pledged by different alumni of that celebrated Connecticut in­ stitution of learning. New York University will celebrate in 1931 the hundredth anniversary of its founding. The 'New York University Alumnus says in its issue of February 23 "In the working out of its plans, the Centennial Fund Committee will endeavor to raise $73,000,000 as necessary new capital for progressive activity in the new century. Of this amount the raising of $47,750,000 which represents the most pressing needs, will be through the active aid. of the committee of 365 during the next ten years." Doubtless the field for raising the two above mentioned big funds by the Alumni of the two universities is much vaster and far richer than the field from which we are raising our Alumni Fund; but the sums they are attempting to raise are stupendous. The needs of the Near East in the realm of culture and education are greater and more pressing. The response that our Alumni and former students are showing AL-KULLIYYAH assures us of complete final success. The devotion and willing­ ness to cooperate denote that our men are not one inch less loyal to their Alma Mater than the American Alumni are to their Universities, although they are raising millions while we are raising only thousands. Each is expected to do in life according to his ability. Fellow-sons of the A.U.E. Have you contributed all you can to the Alumni Fund? Your support of our noble cause is a sign of your love to your Alma Mater. It is an evidence of your patriotism and of your earnest desire to see the Near Eastern countries prosperous, happy and enlightened.

RIHANI ADDRESSES THE STAFF Ameen Rihani, the eminent thinker and author, addressed the staffites and their friends, Tuesday, March 1St, at 4: 00 p.m., in the Staff Room in West Hall. His subject was "Where East and \Vest meet." From start to finish the audience was held, fascinated and spellbound. The versatility of the speaker, the beauty of his style and his perfect s~cerity and frankness were irresistible. Space does not allow us to print all of 1\lr. Rihani's address; we can publish only extracts. Among other things the speaker said :- "Where East and West Meet-this implies a partial denial of the dictum of Rudyard Kipling, megaphoned to the world in a line of verse, "East is East and West is West, and ne'er the twain shall meet." I admit, at the start, that, from a surface point of view, the evidence is in favor of Mr. Kipling. The East prays, the vVest dances; the East dreams, the West thinks; the East broods, the West plays. What is a mark of respect in the East, is con­ sidered an offense in the West: the Oriental, when he enters your house, slips off his shoes at the door; the Occidental finds a hat-rack for his hat. The Oriental enquires about the health of your wife and children, before he "bleeds" you; the Occi­ dental goes to it directly, even without a remark at times about the weather: the one is sauve and insidious, the other is blul1t AL-KULLIYYAH and often crude. The Oriental is imaginative and metaphoric, the Occidental is literal and "matter-of-fact." The Kipling dictum is in this, at least, wholly to the point. "Like all generalities, however, these traits are not without exception. They are characteristic, but not exclusive. Indeed the mass gesture everywhere is dictated by a common need or a common fear; and nations, like individuals, are often the victims of the prevailing manner. Take, for instance, the fawning and florid Oriental, extravagant with the metaphor and the puff,-he is not a type exclusive. He is a species produced by despotism and its pompous court. The aristocracy kowtows to the emperor; the lower classes kowtow to the aristocracy and to each other ;-the whole nation kowtows, before the broken mirror of the soul, to herself. "When absolute monarchies were the rule in Europe, the Europeans all the whole, were quite Oriental in the art of fawning and adulation; while the extravagant manner, as much in evidence in -the nation as around the throne, was revealed, not only in the speech, but also in the dress of the period. Consider the ruffles and feathers of mylords at court; the flounces and trains of mylady in waiting;-consider the dedications penned by needy scribes to their rich patrons ;-and consider, moreover, the lewdness and the ribaldry, which reach­ ed the height of fashion at the courts of Catherine of Russia, Queen Elizabeth, and Louis the XV. As for the people, they follow, according to the Arabic proverb, their sovereign. "Without ideals, no matter how material and how low, the business of life, whether in the Orient or in the Occident, would still have been a cave-and-jungle proposition; and with ideals, no matter how material and crudely spiritual, the nations rise to a point-to many points-of contact with each other. Now the protagonists of ideals in life are the poets, the sages, and the prophets; and the nation that can boast of a prophet, a nation that has withal a pantheon, cannot possibly be aloof, cannot even maintain for a long time an attitude of aloofness, from the world. Its politicians may build a Chinese wall around it, but its poets and its sages will light their torches beyond that wall and carry them, in the name of humanity, to the end of the world. AL-KULLIYY AlI "The Prophet Muhammad, I have said, lighted in the East a triple torch of spiritual and physical and political ideals. Aye, even political ideals. For is there anything more de­ voutly to be wished, anything more idealistic, than to have a seer, a holy man at the head of the state ?-a lWUl of the people, heroic and self-denying and just;-a man whose heart ever throbs with love and mercy;-a man whose thoughts and words and deeds are the fruits of the holiness within him;-a man like Abraham Lincoln, a man like Omar, the first Khalif. When such men lead their people, in the East and in the West, the nations, no matter how distant from each other, must meet; . and they meet on the higher plane of mutual understanding and mutual esteem. Let us now consider the higher ideal of the prophets and the poets-!the ideal of the soul-which includes the ethical and the practical aspects of life, and which is neither Oriental exclusively nor Occidental. It is supremely human. Before it every mark of birth disappears; and customs and traditions are held in abeyance, and the differences in nationality and language cease to be a hindrance to understanding. The soul seeking expression, the soul reaching out for truth, is one everywhere. Confucius might be American in his ideal, even as he is Chinese, and Emerson might be Chinese, even if he is American. Cotama Buddha made manifest in London might be mistaken for Carlyle and Carlyle revisiting the glimpses of the moon in Japan might be mistaken for Cotama. Jelal­ ud-Din Rumi, were he born in Assissi would have been a St. Francis; and St. Francis, were he born in Shiraz would have been a Jelal-ud-Din. "Even Voni N aguci, to come down to our own times, and Rabindranath Tagore are as much at home in New York or in London as Lafcadio Hearn was in Japan and as Kipling himself was in India. The highest ideal of the poet, I say again, is supremely human; and the poet's love for an alien land and people, which is reflected in his work, in spite of the harshness, now and then, of its criticism, finds its way, whole and pure, to the hearts of his readers. \Ve know India and Japan better because of Kipling and Lafcadio Hearn; and the people of AL-KULL1YV Ail 155 J apart and India will know America and Europe better because of Naguci and Tagore. This is one of the essentials of the message of genius-one of its great achievements. "And genius everywhere is one. In the Orient and in the Occident the deep thinkers are kin, the poets are cousins, the pioneers of the spirit are the messengers of peace and goodwill to the world. Their works are the open highways between nations, and they themselves are the ever-living guardians and guides. "Thus, then, when we go deep enough or high enough, we meet. Even Kipling, in his Recessional, meets Tagore. It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash. True, we do not always find our way to the depth or to the height, or we do not take the trouble to do so. Often too when there is a will, we are hindered by a prejudice inherited or acquired. We begin by misunderstanding; and sometimes we only think that we misunderstand. Impatient, we turn away, when an­ other effort-a moment even of indulgence, of tolerance, of kindly sympathy-might have brought us together. The difference in the traits of nations, are like tones in a picture: the central theme, the ego and the soul, is one. "Our instincts and our ideals are more or less the same, whether we wear hats or turbans. A barrister in Bombay may argue in Hindustani or Gujrati, but his code of conduct is that of his colleague in.London. A merchant who sits crosslegged at the door of his shop in Benares, adopts the same code of profit as that of the merchant of Manchester, who sits on a revolving chair behind a desk of quartered oak. A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or plays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a republic. The only real differ­ ence between them is in the point of view and the point of direction. "To us all, life is a gift, liberty is a right, and the pursuit of happiness is the object supreme. But our conduct in the pursuit differs in accordance with the measure of justice we uphold. A common measure, irrespective of class or creed or race or colour, is the pivot of the equality we uphold; it en- AL-KULLIYYAH

nobles the individual and the nation; it is th~ only safeguard to peace and progress~ but common measure is only possible when we begin to understand and learn to appreciate each other's point of view and point of direction. "Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighbouring or an alien spirit, locked by dogma and guarded by tradition. A sympa­ thetic approach is the open sesame to a hidden treasure. The heart yields to spontaneity, the mind bends to understanding. But we cannot understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we cannot understand each other~ if our approaches are always academic or conventional; we cannot understand each other, if we crawl back into our shells every time we see a worm across our path; we cannot under­ stand each other, if every time we venture out we stick the feathers of cocksureness in our caps; no! we can never wholly understand each other, and rise to the level of mutual esteem at least, if we do not invest of that fellow feeling that triumphs over class and creed and race and colour-that one touch of nature that makes all the \'lorld kin."

HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN There exists no perfect educational system, none that is suited to meet the needs of all peoples everywhere and at all times. There can be, in the long run, no permanent plan except one which is so flexible that it adapts itself automatically to the ever changing social, economic and political conditions of the people whom the system is to serve. Of the large number of variables in the formula of educational policy and methods the provision made for women's education is only onc, though one that has increasingly occupied the attention of educators and students of social science. The demand for education for women is of comparatively recent origin. It is not so long ago since the assumption was current that women require no education. From there it is a long step to the widely accepted and rapidly spreading belief that women should in this particular be placed on an absolute equality :with men. Such radical transformation of popular AL-KULLIYYAH 157 and official opinion inevitably gives rise to numerous problems so complex and involved that their solution can be found only by the slow and costly method of all social progress, the method of trial and error. Granted that women are entitled to as much education as men, that existing social conditions demand such quantitative equality, at least two other questions of a very practical nature thrust themselves into the foreground,-Shall the edu­ cation of women be in character and content as that provided for men? If so, is it better that women should receive their education in the same institutions and in the same classes with men or is the desired result more likely to be attained by the ,segregation of the sexes during the continuation of the educa­ tional process. Some years ago the authorities of the American University of Beirut sensed a demand on the part of its constituency for women's education of a higher grade than that provided by the high schools for girls conducted by various agencies carry­ ing on educational work in the country. The University ex­ pected that one of these high schools would develop its cur­ riculum to provide facilities for higher studies for women. Action was deferred in the hope that the need would be thus met. After a period of waiting during which other institutions showed themselves hesitant and reluctant about entering the new field the University opened its doors to women students, very cautiously at first, agreeing to admit women as candidates for the M.A. degree provided they should have had adequate previous education. In November, 1920, it was voted to admit women to the professional schools and to the upper two year::. of the School of Arts and Sciences. The hope was that the girls' high schools would advance their work suftlciently to prepare their students for admission to Junior year and to the medical schools. It was necessary, however, for the LTniversity to take one additional step, namely to admit women students to the Sophomore class. For obvious reasons the University could not duplicate its equipment for the accommodation of women students and, in the absence of a practicable alternative, co-education was in­ troduced. In establishing a co-educational system the Uni­ versity was fully aware of the controversy raging about this AL-KULLIVY AH subject and of the strong and widespread prejudices against it. Because it was a choice between co-education or no opportuni­ ties for advanced study for women of the Near East, the present plan was adopted. Fears entertained by some regard­ ing infelicities resulting from the plan have proven unfounded and gloomy prognostications have thus far been groundless for the women students have, in every case proven themselves to be ladies and the men have always shown themselves to be gentlemen. The first women students, three in number, registered in the fall of I92I, all in the premedical course of the Sophomore class. Since that time 23 women students have been enrolled in the University. Of these IS are at present in attendance. The first diploma was granted to a woman in I92 S with the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. The following year four women received degrees, one in Dentistry the other three in Arts. The criticism at the present time most frequently ad­ vanced against the plan in operation is not that it is co-edu­ cational, but the fact that women are being educated in such a manner that they will and must compete with the men in those vocations which have in the past been monopolized by the latter. This criticism, of course, grows out of the funda­ mental error that a college or university education is primarily or exclusively a means for making a living. With the recogni­ tion that a higher education is a means for enriching the life of the individual and the community rather than a device for improving the economic conditions of the person educated, this criticism falls to the ground. It would seem reasonable to assume that women's educa­ tion in the higher branches has tome to stay. The women want it and the country needs it. Just what form this educa­ tion will take in the future, that is one of the questions which will have to be worked out by each generation according to the needs of the times and in keeping with the resources available. It is highly desirable that with an increase in the number of women students in the University a residence hall should be established, providing the women students not only with ade- AL-KULLIYY AH 159 quate and suitable living quarters but also giving them a more normal field for their own distinctive extra curriculum activities than is at present possible. In such a residence they would have their own Dean of 'Women under whose direction certain lines of instruction would be offered exclusively for the women students, such subjects as are especially suited to meet their peculiar needs in preparing them for a fuller and a larger participation in the life of their communities. Such a plan when put into operation would give women students even to a fuller extent the advantages of university life to which they have so recently been admitted. The realization of such a plan represents the next step in the program of the University in providing higher education for women. Edward F. Nickoley.

A NEW REMEDY FOR SYPHILIS By Walter Booth Adams, M.A., M.D. Professor Emeritus of Dermatology in the American School of Medicine of the American University of Beirut.

For 400 years the medical profession struggled against syphilis with mercury as the only effective weapon in the fight: the iodides were used for after and side effects when the mischief had been already wrought. Guaiac and sarsaparilla and other lines long since abandoned and forgotten were used; but none were satisfactory, until the renowned Paul Ehrlich, after patient research, hit upon Salvarsan or "Arsphenamine" as it is now more commonly called in America; and later gave to the world "neo-Arsphenamine." These seemed to be the last word in our therapeutics of syphilis, until a few years ago the medical world was again startled by the announcement that Bismuth salts also were specific in the treatment of this great scourge of the world, and that it was also a poison to the spirocheta pallida but not to the patient. The trouble with Bismuth is that its ordinary salts and preparations are in- 160 AL-KULLIYYAH soluble in water and are with difficulty absorbed into the blood-stream. In fact the great value of Bismuth in medicine has rested upon those very qualities making it of great value in inflamatory conditions of the stomach and intestines by coating, protecting and astringing the walls of the "Allegany Canal" as the little girl called the alimentary tube; neverthe­ less, if too much be given or for too long a time, enough may be absorbed to produce mild bismuth poisoning; and when used for X-Ray shadow pictures of the digestive tract and if too much be carelessly given,absorption may take place and poison­ ing result; so that now the best X-Ray workers are abandoning it and are using, instead, barium sulphate, which is absolutely insoluble in water and so avoids the danger of poisoning. In administering Bismuth for syphilis, therefore, it had to be given by the needle, as by the mouth medication would be useless. There are two modes by the needle: intravenously, directly into the blood-stream, or intra-muscularly, where the medicine rests a time and is gradually absorbed into the tissues and so finds its way into the blood and to all parts of the body. Intravenously it must, of course, be in solution; now, only a few salts of Bismuth are soluble, they tend to form oxy­ salts which are insoluble in water or in blood, and insoluble particles are liable to clog up arterioles and so cause thrombi and hence must not be so used.· Samples of Bismuth prepara­ tions began to flood our clinic, some insoluble for intra-muscular use and soluble for intra-venous injection. \Ve quickly found difficulties with both. In the first place, the soluble prepara­ tions when given by the veins produced bismuth poisoning, stomatitis like, and as bad as mercury before they subdued the symptoms of syphilis; and the insoluble preparations vve found painful when given intra-muscularly, as did the soluble ones; moreover, the insoluble ones which were emulsified in liquid paraffin and clogged our needles, forcing the use of large calibre needles. Now every clinician knows that the pain from the needle is in proportion to the size of the needle used, and for intra-muscular use as fine a needle as possible should be used. Accordingly we were about to abandon the use of bismuth following the advice of Prof. 'V. H. Thomson, not to be th~ first to adopt a new fashion in medicine nor the last to discard old ones-good advice in medicine as in apparel ! AL-KULLIYYAH Now what should we do? There were no other bismuth preparations than those imported from Europe in ampules with the "marque deposee" and not easily obtainable and too dear for the poor at the clinics-now here is where there is an ad­ vantage as my friends in America told me in occupying the two chairs of materia medica and of Dermatology. We ran over in mind the Bismuth preparations and at once hit upon Liquor Bismuthi at Ammonii citratis of the British Pharmacoprea; it is not official in the French nor in the United States pharma­ copoeas. It is a remedy I have long been accustomed to ad­ minister in infantile diarrhea being miscible with ordinary ex­ cipients. If I may be pardoned a slight digression here, I would like to relate how I gave it to a 5 year old youngster ,who was accustomed to having his own way at all times and refused to swallow the medicine-not that it had a bad taste, it had not, but because it was medicine and he spat it out as fast as it was put in his mouth and trickled through his teeth. I had his mother wrap him up, especially his arms in a shawl so he was helpless and harmless and armless. I lubricated a rubber catheter in glycerine and inserted it into a nostril and to the open end I put a small funnel into which I poured the proper dose of the medicine. He yelled and howled and screamed, "bibla'.:' "Ma'lUm, ghasbin 'annak, ya Shabb," I replied. The mother brought him to my office three times a day and as soon as he was inside the door he would begin to protest "bibla'." The mother quickly learnt the trick and how to do it. I lent her the tube and funnel and in a few days the boy was well. Now, whenever be sees me on the street he looks the other way with a sheepish grin. I tested the liquor bismuthi and found that the bismuth content was right and that it might be diluted with distilled water if necessary to make it a normal solution for: the tissues; also that boiling it did not decompose it, therefore one could be sure of a sterile preparation every time and not have to trust to some unknown and possibly careless "employe" of a firm in Europe-you could do it yourself each time, and then we were ready to use it; and to our joy, Dr. Raudah and I, found that it gave no pain on injecting it into the muscles. When the patient returned at the next clinic there was no nodosity nor inflammation nor tenderness, but the syphilitic lesions were better; in fact be- AL-KULLtYYAH ginning to fade as markedly as if we had given an intravenous injection of "914." 'Ve were much pleased. The cost too was trifling-as near "belaish" as possible. Accordingly we had a number of sterile ampules filled at the college pharmacy, which gave good practice to the pharmaceutical students, so we hit more than one bird with one stone. We next tried the remedy by the intra-venous route, but found no especial ad­ vantage over the intra-muscular way. In fact we found that it flooded the system with bismuth so rapidly that it could not or was not eliminated rapidly enough to prevent a certain amount of accumulation and stomatitis and gingivitis and we quickly abandoned the venous route, finding the intra-muscular sufficiently rapid for ordinary purposes. Accordingly we do not recommend it to be given by the veins; but to be used only intramuscularly except in rare cases. Where haste is necessary it is better to use neo-Arsphenamine. There was, however, a great advantage in using liquor bismuthi intravenously. By diluting it we found it an admirable preparation for teaching purposes-fJne learns to swim not from lessons on the shore, but by going into the water and trying to swim. So, with intra-venous injections; students may watch their teacher and fellow pupils for weeks and then miss the vein when trying to inject. One must learn the technique and the feel of the syringe and of the needle. If he is using the arsphenamine products and goes outside the vein his patient will suffer horrible tortures and will advertise him as a blunderer and never go near him again, whereas should he happen to make an extravenous injection of liquor bismuthi, no harm nor pain results, the medicament is absorbed and none is the wiser and he can hope to do better next time. Another very great advantage we quickly found in the use of liquor bismuthi was in treating a different class of cases :­ that is infantile and hereditary syphilis in children; there are not a few frequenting the clinic and in private practice. 'fhe older method of (inunction) with Blue ointment was dirty, and unless done well was likely to be ineffective and intra­ muscular injections of most mercury salts even of gray oil are painful and likely to cause hydrargyrism, and the veins of little children are so small that intravenous medication is impractic­ .able and intramuscular injections of '914' will produce severe l\L-KULLIYY AH torture lasting for days-accordingly we felt we had found a highly valuable remedy in such cases of infantile and hereditary syphilis. \Ve put it to the test, and our expectations were verified in each case; and soon we had a large number under treatment on whom the sins of their parents had bestowed worse than a curse. CONCI,USION Liquor Bismuthi (B.P.) is the remedy of choice (1) in infantile syphilis, (2) in cases of poverty where the patient is unable to pay for the arsphenamine preparation, (3) the intra-muscular route is the method of choice; in dose for adults of 1 mil. or 1 cc., dose for children reduced according to Young's rule for dosage-better be diluted with distilled water, (4) Mercury now should be abandoned in treating infantile syphilis, as it is now nearly gone out in treating adult cases. We feel that the use of Liquor Bismuthi marks an era in the therapy of infantile syphilis and that the value of it should be known to all our graduates, and there seems no better means to bring it before them than by the pages of the Alumni Monthly, and I rejoice that I may thus continue to do a little post graduate teaching.

l'IWSICAL EVENTS IN WEST HALL The fourth annual series of afternoon concerts have been given in West Hall under the direction of Prof. Arcadie Kouguell, head of the Music Department. The first concert was given on the sixth of November, I926, and the tenth and last will be given on l'IIarch 26, I927, the centenary of the death of Beethoven. 'I'he orchestra has been increased in size, and its performance has been better balanced and more acceptable, even, than before. At its maximum strength, it consisted of three first violins, two second violins, two altos, two cellos, two contra-basses, a trombone, a cornet, two tIutes, a clarinet, and the piano, this last played by Prof. Kouguell, the conductor. The programs have been both interesting and varied. Thirty-seven different composers have been represented, among whom may be mentioned . particularly Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Mendelssohn, \Vagner, Gounod, Grieg, Tschaikowsky, Weber, Debussy, l\Iassenet, l\Ieyerbeer, Saint-Saens and Frank. AL-KULLIYV AH

The last concert of the series will be part of a world-wide celebration of the centenary of Beethoven's death, the program being devoted exclusively to the works of that great composer.

The University Students' Orchestra, also under the direction of Prof. Kouguell, appeared in concert in "Vest Hall on the afternoon of Thursday, January 27. Their first program was a success from every point of view, and they are preparing to present others in course of the spring.

There have been three instrumental recitals of especial interest in West Hall during the last three months. Prof. Kouguell played a program composed of works for the piano by Bach-Liszt, Rameau-Godovsky, Scarlatti, Tausig, Gluck-Brahms, Chopin, Schumann-Liszt, :MacDowell, :Manuel de Falla, Debussy, Albeniz, and Tschaikowsky, and upon special request, consented to include his own Variations OIZ an Arab Theme. His program was very well received, and he was generously encored. Com­ ments in the local press were highly laudatory. Rene Benedetti, a young French violin virtuoso on tour in the Mediterranean, gave two recitals in \Vest Hall, one on February 15, and the other on February 21. He was accompanied the first time by Madame Burstein-Arbre, and the second by Prof. Kouguell. Both concerts were far better attended than was thought possible, and ]\1. Benedetti elicited a most enthusiastic response on both occasions, The first program consisted in selections from the works of Beethoven, Glozounow, Mendelssohn, Cui, Kreisler, Debussy, Sarasate, and Paganini. In the second, M. Benedetti played numbers from Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Paganini, Bach, and Kreisler. M. Benedetti is Membre du Jury du Conservatoire de Paris, and is one of the most promising of the young French violinists. His programs were the best of their kind ever heard here.

A.U.B.'S FIRST VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Basketball made its appearance as a varsity sport in A.U.B. during the week-end of February 4, 5, and 6, when a team from the college journeyed to Tripoli and defeated the Boy's School team of that city by a score of 10 to 6. Alfred Diab, Intramural Field ~Ianager of basketball and Captain of the Varsity, Afif Tannus, Fadel Antippa, A. Ayub and Ahmed Izzat made the trip in charge of the athletic director. In addItion to a number of football games with Interscholastic rivals from Beirut the Prep. team has played and defeated by 3 to 0 the football team from Brummana Boys' School, the game being played on the University Field Saturday afternoon, February 12. AL-KULLIYYAH

STAFF WINS FIRST TRACK l\lEET ON UNIVERSITY FIELD "On your marks!" "Get set!" The starter's pistol barked and the first track meet on the new University Field was under way. To Emile Bustani, College II goes the honor of winning the first race, the 100 meter dash in the Staff-Upper Arts and Science track and field meet on Saturday, March I:? 'Yinning seven first places out of twelve events the staff trackmen took the meet by a score of 6 I to 47. Bustani was also high point man with a total of 17 points, A. Tabet of the Staff being second with 15 and Foot third with 14. The handsome berek "loving cup" offered by the staff to high point man of its contingent thus finds its first resting place in the room of the winner of three firsts in the jareed throw, shot put and discus. Results of the meet were as follows :-

100 meter dash-Bustani (CoIl.); Foot (Staff); Assely (Staff). Time, 12 seconds. 16 pound shot put-A. Tabet (S); Manasseh (C); Khalifeh (S); Distance, 9.71 meters. 800 meter run-Foot (S); Nassar (S); Shammas (C); Time, 2 minutes, 27 seconds. Pole Vault-Ledgerwood (S); Foot (5); Helming (5); Height, 3 meters. 200 meter dash-Bustani (C); Foot (S); Ledgerwood (S); Time. 24 seconds. Discus throw-A. Tabet (S); Khalifeh (S); Manasseh (C); Distance, 25.3 meters. Running High Jump-Mograbi (C); Helming (S); Toma (C); 400 meter dash-Khatib (C); l\lakoff (C); A. Tompkins (S); Time, 58 seconds. Jareed throw-A. Tabet (5); Khalifeh (S); Bustani (C); Distance, 46.6 meters. 200 meter low hurdles-Ledgerwood (5); Makoff (Cl; Bllstani (C); Time, 30 seconds. Running Broad jump-Bustani (C); Toma (C); Khatib (C); Distance, 5.59 meters. 1500 meter run-A. Tompkins (S); Khatib (C); A. Ruhi (C); Time, 5 minutes, 20.2/5 seconds. 166 AL-KULLIYYAH

INTERSCHOLASTIC FIELD DAY Three thousand spectators, one of the largest crowds ever to see an athletic event in Syria, jammed the grand stand and standing space of the new University Athletic Field at A.U.B. on Saturday, March 19, for the fourth renewal of the Interscholastic track and field meet. Although pressed by the strongest competition that has appeared ill recent years, centered largely in the Laique School with 3 I points the A.U.B. Preparatory department came off the winner with a total of 49 points. Shwayfat followed the Laique with I41S, Suk-el-Gharb was next with 12, Sidon was fifth with II, Aleih sixth with 6?~, Brummana next with 5, Shwayr eight with 4, Tripoli and Ras-el-Metn failing to place. That athletic performances in the various schools are constantly im­ proving is shown by the fast time registered in the runs, contested this season for the first time under the metric system. New Interscholastic records were established in the two steps and jump and the broad jump. Nadir, Shwayfat, set a new mark of II.86 meters in the two steps and jump and Shirkawi, A.U.E. Prep., broad­ jumped to a new record of 5.63. The former broad jump record had been 5.545 meters, held by M. Ghandour, A.U.B. Prep., while the old mark of 11.50 in the two steps and jump was held by Najib Mitri, Tripoli. Shirkawi, A.U.B. Prep., was individual high scorer of the meet, with three firsts for a total of IS points. Dr. Dorman, A.U.B. Medical School, acted as starter. The Results: 100 meter dash: Shirkawi, A.U.B. Prep; Wakil, A.U.B. Prep; Rajess, Laique; Habbaba, Laique; Hattata,Brummana.

Time, 12 seconds. 200 meter dash: Shirkawi, A.U.B. Prep; Wakil, A.U.B. Prep; Rajess, Laique; Taha, Aleih. Time, 25 1/5 400 meter run: Ghandour, A.U.B. Prep; Naffa, Aleih; Ariss, Laique, Solomon, Brummana. Time, 59 2/5. 800 meter run: Turk, Laique; 'Id, Shwayfat; Haddad, Laique; Levi, A.U.B. Prep; Markus, Sidon. Time, 2.20 4/5. High Jump: Naja, Laique: Shloush, A.D.B. Prep; Simon, A.D.B. Prep; Atiyah, Suk-el-Gharb; Mirza, Aleih; Zaynuddin, Shwayfat; (tied for fifth). Height, 1.57 meters. 6 ~ -SJ A. U. B. in Thee we glory, IVlake us true and brave.

Interscholastic Field Dayan the New Univer~ity Athletic Field AL-KULLIYY AlI

Broad Jump: Shirkawi, A.U.B. Prep; Simon, A.U.B. Prep; Naja, Laique; Baba, Suk-el-Gharb; Sha'ya, Shwayr. Distance, 5.63. (New Record). Shot Put (I2 pounds): Maruf Sa'd, Sidon; I. Khuri, Sidon; Said Bu Dahir, Shwayfat; N. Ataya, Suk-el-Gharb; Adil Zaynuddin, Shwayfat. Jareed: Salamuni, A.U.B. Prep; Habbaba, Laique; Geo. Sha'ya, Shwayr; K. l\1irhij, Suk-el-Ghrab; Y. 'Id, Shwayfat. Distance, 5T.24. Two Steps and Jump: Nadir, Shwayfat; Baba, Suk-el-Gharb; Shloush, A.U.B. Prep: Hawi, Brummana; Kanan, Sidon; Distance, I1.86. (New Record), HoW.F.

STUDENTS' UNION PLAY The Students' Union is to be congratulated upon the excellent pre­ sentation of "The Man on the Box" which they gave on March 19th. The West Hall auditorium was filled with a justly appreciative and en­ thusiastic audience. Mr. Iskandar Harik, president of the Union, welcomed the audience and spoke of the value of dramatics in developing cooperation as well as giving entertainment. Mr. Kouguell then played the Students' Union song which he composed. Between the acts, Messrs., Khendamian, Berberian and Btesh, entertained the audience with musical numbers. The play is an amusing comedy in which a rich young man assumes the identity of a coachman and enters the service of the lady with whom he is in love. Great credit should be given to the coach, Mr. Henry W. Glockler, B.A. '09, B.C. '12, for the well rounded character of the entire performance. It was an excellent example of the cooperation of which Mr. Harik spoke. No play can be a success unless each actor, no matter how small his part, is whole-heartedly working for the general effect and making himself a part of the group rather than an individual star .. The acting was of a uniformly good quality. The humour of the policemen and the comedy of the chef were greeted with outbursts of laughter. In the part of the weak old father, Mr. Haddad's characteriza­ tion was excellent. Mr. Souaya's presentation of the heroine was extreme­ ly good; especially in the first act. A hat seems to help the illusion of femininity. Mr. Kanan Khatib acted the part of the ardent lover disguised as the coachman remarkably well; 11r. Emile Bustany presented the characteristics of the newspaper reporter in a good manner, and Mr. Rafat Faris played finely the part of the well meaning though weak judge. 168 AL-KULLIYYAH

On many sides the comment was heard, "the best play they have ever given." Without any reflections on past performances, the pr'esent one certainly deserved the applause it received. It proved so successful that it is to be given again for the benefit of the AlullU1i Fund soon after Easter Vacation. The cast was as follows :- (In order of appearance). Martin (a clerk) J/ilr. Emile Salim Cassidy (an officer) Mr. M. Lak O'Brien Mr. Nabz'lz A. Faris " Henderson (Nancy's Fiance) lrfr. Emile Bustani Judge Watts l1fr. RaJat Faris Worburton (the groom) lrfr. Kanan Khatib Betty Annesley (the Col.'s daughter) Mr. George C. Souaya Mrs. Conway (Betty's friend) Mr. Albert A navy Cora (the maid) .Mr. E. Salim Pierre (cook) Mr. Emile Khadder Colonel Annesley (Betty's father) .Mr. Alfred E. Haddad Count Karloff (a Russian spy) 111[1'. lrfohsen Lak Nancy (Worburton's sister) J/lfr. Edward Nuc/ttJ Colonel Raleigh (Worburton's Colonel) .Mr. N. A. Fads

UNIVERSITY NEWS Mr. Anis Khuri, Professor of Arabic, has gone to Egypt on furlough, and will be gone probably six weeks. During his stay in Egypt he expects to study the present development of Arabic in the higher schools of learning. He will also meet the scholars and men of letters and get acquainted at close range with their ideas and efforts.

Mr. Emile Appelrot, chief accountant at the University Treasurer's office, was operated upon about the middle of March. He is getting along llicely. We wish him a speedy recovery. AL-KULLIYYA1I I69 EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS

GOVERNMENT SERVICE Occasional requests come from the governments of the Sudan, 'Iraq, Transjordania, and other states for men to fill positions as doctors, dispensers, and teachers, and also to do clerical work. Alumni interested in these positions should correspond with the Office of the President of the University.

WANTED A CLERK Wanted for a drug store a young man, active, intelligent, willing, faithful, who speaks English fluently, and knows also some French and Arabic. Salary good for capability. Com­ municate with the Alumni Office.

WANTED-POSITIONS A young graduate of the Short Course Commerce is seek- ing employment-preferably as Shorthand-Typist. Com- municate with the Alumni Office .

. A young man, 2 I years of age, with a High School educa­ tion, a good knowledge of English, French, Arabic and Type­ writing, is seeking a position-communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man of 20, with a High School education, well versed Arabic and Mathematics, and with a fair knowledge of English and French, is after a position. Communicate with the Alumni Office. AL-KULL1YYAH

ALUMNI CORRESPONDENCE

Alexandria, February 7th, 1927.

Dear Professor Nickoley, During your short visit to Alexandria, about a year ago, you expressed, in the meeting of our Alumni Association at Majestic Hotel, your interest in the various British Institutes of Accountants and Auditors. At that time I was myself communicating with the four recognized Institutes in the British Isles and after an exchange of correspondence I came to the conclusion that the only Institute in which non-British accountants can possibly be admitted as members is the Corporation of Accountants Ltd. (by guarantee) of Glasgow (I2 I George Street). I have, in fact, applied for membership in the above­ mentioned Institute and after having been exempted from the Preliminary Exams, I took part in the Intermediate Examina­ tions, and I am pleased to say that I have just received news to the effect that I have now been admitted as an Associate of the Corporation. Should you therefore consider that any of the graduates of the Commercial Department of the University are interested in such post-graduate work or intend to take up as a career the profession of Accountant and Auditor, I would be very pleased indeed to assist them in giving them any further in­ formation and details they may require. The members of the Corporation in question are entitled to the degree of Corporate Accountant and are recognized Accountants and Auditvrs by Government departments in the United Kingdom and the Colonies. I am at your entire disposal for any detailed information you might require on this subject. Yours sincerely, H. Angeli!. AL-KULLIYY Ail

VISITORS March has been a beautiful month and more than a hundred visitors have seen the University at its best and been obviously delighted with the beauty of the campus. The S.S. Empress of France was in port for a day and about 40 tourists came up for tea in West Hall. Two other tourist parties stopped at the University one morning. A number of people travelling independently have made short visit:; during their stop in Beirut. Among those who stayed longer were Dr. and Mrs. Otis of Boston and Dr. and Mrs. Pease and Miss Pease of Amherst. Dr. Otis is a specialist in chest diseases at Tufts Medical School and Dr. Pease is head of the Latin department at Amherst College. Dr. Adelaide Brown of San Francisco spoke to Dr. Dorman's class one morning. She is a well-known physician and was a college friend of Mrs. Adams. Mr. Frank W. Ober, who was here with ::\1rs. Ober, was formerly editor of the Association News and is now secretary of the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Near East Relief. The University had the great pleasure of a good visit from Prof. and Mrs. Franklin \\7. Johnson of New York. Prof. Johnson is a former Frincipal of the University High School of the University of Chicago, and is now professor of Education at Teachers' College. During his visit he spoke to the Education Club, the Preparatory Assembly, the Preparatory teachers and the Brotherhood. He also preached at Sunday Chapel. Miss Bertha Conae, who is very prominent in Y.\V.C.A. work in the United States, was in Beirut for about ten days and held many meetings at the Y.W.C.A. center in town. She also spoke in the \Yest Hall auditorium one Sunday evening and conducted a Forum for the Brotherhood on Friday. H. A. R. Gibbs, ProfeE'sor of Arabic in the School of Oriental Studies London, has been visiting the A.U.B. During his stay at the University he stopped at West Hall. 1\1r. W. J. Farrell, Assistant Director of Education in Pale3tine, visited the University on the 26th of February. Ahmad Khalidy, M.A.,'I9, Principal of the Men's Training College of Jerusalem, accompanied Mr. Farrell on his visit to the A.U.B. AL-KULLIVYAH REPORT OF PROGRESS

HAIL CAESAR HURRAH FOR FUAD In the December issue of the Alumni Monthly we reported the novel and excellent method, initiated by a son of the A.V.B., Mr. Emile Nassar of Beirut, for commemorating the happy event of the arrival of a child into his family, by a donation to the Alumni Fund. The echo of this noble deed is now heard from Shafa Amr in Palestine. This method has strongly appealed to Najib Abu-Jaudah, M.D. He recently visited the Alumni office and talked over the Fund campaign with the General Secretary and showed the keenest interest in its progress and final success. Dr. Abu-Jaudah had already given generously to the Fund. His first contribution was ten Syrian pounds; his second was 100 dollars; now he comes with even a more liberal donation. The good d-octor has two sons. His plan is to give yearly to the Alumni cause three Egyptian pounds on the birthday of each child no matter with how many children God will bless him. He paid up in cash the dues of this year-three Egyptian pounds for Caesar, whose birthday was celebrated Dec. 18 and three Egyptian pounds for Fuad, whose birthday was celebrated on March 7.. l\loreover he pledged himself to continue these gifts as long as he lives and to urge his children to continue them after him. We are grateful to our fellow alumnus for his liberal gifts. We appreciate his loyalty to his Alma Mater but we can see in this splendid method of commemorating the birth­ days of his children a deeper and a nobler significance. When the children grow up they will feel the strong ties that bind their father to the American University of Beirut and will take deeper interest in its welfare. Further than that they will realize the responsibility they owe to their less fortunate brethren in their country, and thus become better and more patriotic citizens. May the family of Dr. Abu-Jaudah live long and prosper. Who will emulate this noble example? Fellow-alumni and former students, Who comes next ? AL-KULLIYY AH 173

AS SEEN BY A WOMAN THE RECEPTION OF THE W. A. B.

The Women's Auxiliary Branch of the Beirut Alumni Association gave a most enjoyable reception in the Common Room of West Hall, on Friday afternoon, March 18. Mrs. Nucho, President of the Women's Branch, Mrs. Shehadi, wife of the General Secretary of the Alumni Association, Mrs. Philip Mishalany and Miss Najla Hourani received the guests as they arrived. Over two hundred ladies were present, and many of them came in a double and ev'en triple capacity, as wives, daughters and sisters of Alumni. The great room humming with activity was a thrilling sight, as one realized that this was no ordinary social gathering, but a company of women gathered to show their interest in a common bond, and to get in touch more closely with one another as members of tile vast family of the American University of Beirut. After a half hour of delightful visiting came the program of the afternoon. Mrs. Nucha presided, and welcomed the company in a well turned speech that gave a sketch of the history of the 'Vomen's Branch. Three of the Alumni were present, and all three spoke on ::1 common subject, the value and necessity of the cooperation of \Voman with Man for the fulfilment of the best ideals of the age. Mr. Labib Jureidini, an alumnus and former teacher, who lived for many years in the Sudan, brought his experi~nces to bear on the subject, and Professor Jurjus Khuri struck an amusing note vvith three of his inimitable stories. One of these gave the conversation of two men as to how many persons were represented by a man and his wife. Arithmetic says they make two, Scripture tells us they are one, but the speaker contended they made ten, "For," he said, "my wife is one person; I, by her side, am a cipher. Therefore we make ten."-"Yes," said the other, "but only if you stanrl at her right;" and he added, "see that you don't stand in her way, to make her stumble." Mr. Shehadi A. Shehadi made the next address, following the same theme and ending with a short but spicy account of the recent activities of the Alumni Association. Of special interest to the ladies present was his report, among other gifts, of small and large donations to the Fund from women, in the East and \Vest, one herself an alumna of the Nurses' Training School. A pleasant feature of the meeting was the music. Miss Lulu Dumit and Miss Zafir Abd-un-Nur played delightfully. Miss Nellie Kurban contributed a great deal with two songs in English, while Mrs. Jibrail Jabbur gave a most artistic rendering of Arabic songs. 174 AL-KULLIYYAH

It would be difficult to gauge the value of the gathering in \Y cst Hall that Friday afternoon. Certainly such a group of women must be capable of great service to the University, and the Women's Auxiliary undoubtedly is a moral support to the Alumni Association. Anyone attending that gathering would be cold indeed not to have been deeply thrilled. Surely he would be a pessimist if his faith did not grow stronger and more ardent in the readiness and desire of the members of the Women's Auxiliary Branch to cooperate with the sons of the A. U. B. in the service of the University and the ideals for which it stands. M.D.D.

)'.O,();(»:):(»:)'(~):()(~~~ SINGAPORE'S FIRST LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

£ Stg., (1) Single Gift (purpose undesignated) 50 (2) Yearly contribution to Arabic Department 15 (annual gift, perpetuated) (3) Scholarship established.

We owe all the above donations to the genero­ sity of Sayyid Ahmad AlaSakkaf (Alsagoff). ~~~);()();(~~ \..-/, (T--

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ORDER-Back row from left to right-Mr. Najib Nassar, (Master of Arabic in the Preparatory School), Prof. T. S. Crawford, Prof. Khalid Tabit, ~ Front row-Shehadi A. Shehadi, (General Secretary), Sayyid Ahmad Ul-Sakkaf (Alsagoff), Sir.gJpore, Dr. C. Femberton-Pagbr, 1'vIr. Omar Salam, AL-KULLIYY AH

ALUMNI NE'\VS

OBI'l'UARI:t:S. 1876 We regret to report the wards he became the Assistant death of Khalil Zaydan, B.A., Notary Public, the office he held of Beirut, who passed away in ~ill his death. Our sincere con­ his native city on Sunday, dolences are offered to his sad March 7. Mr. Zaydan' had a family. long alCd varied career. After 1914 Our heartfelt sympathy is graduating from the school of extended to Farid Nabhan,B.A., Arts and Sciences, flfty-on.e of Nigeria, Africa, on the death years ago, he Y,-ent to Alex- of his eldest brother, Najib. Mr. andria, Egypt, where he served N abhan passed away in Nigeria as the Editor of Ak\.hram, for after a severe sickness. twelve years. He then accom­ I92 I Our heartfelt sympathy is panied the Egyptian and English extended to our fellow-alumni, armies, as interpreter when they Ruhi Ahean, B.A., and Soheil quelled the Sudan rebellion and Afnan, B.A., of Haifa, Palestine, conquered that country. Later on the death of their father lHr. Zaydan returned to Beirut Mirza Muhsin Afnan, who pass­ where he joined the editorial ed away in Haifa on Tuesday, staff of Lisan-ul-Hal and after- February 22.

MARRIAGES AND BIR'l'HS. 1910 The children of Tawfik I9:Z4 Monday, March 21, the Kurban, B.A., of Sao Paulo, first day of the spring was a Brazil, are noV! evenly divided. roncantic day in the Beirut home The arrival on February 20th, of our fellow-alumnus, Dr. of a little baby girl, Samira, Nicola Malouf. In the morning made Mr. Kurban the father of his sister Mahiba was married, two boys and two girls. Ween her birthday, to our friend wish litHe Samira long life and Fuad Saba, B.C. The uncle of prosperity and we heartily con- the bridegroom, Mr. Iskandar gratulate her father and mether. Saba, who came from Jerusalem purposeiy to attend his nephevy's I9I5 Bahij Luka, Phar.l\1., Trea­ wedding, found himself prop­ surer of the Alumn~ Branch at Horns, is now the happy father posing, in the aftErnoon, to Miss of a healthy boy. Kamil is the Hala Malouf, another sister of name of the "Prince onVales"­ Dr. Nicola Malouf. The en­ gagement ceremony soon follow­ as his father is proud La call him. The boy 'vas named after ed. Our hearty congratulation:, his grandfather, Kamil Luka, are extended to the happy couple and to IVIiss Hala Jl.faloui M.D., 1889, President of the and her fiance. Homs, Branch. Hearty con­ gratulations to NIr. and Mr::;. 1925 Miss Sarah Der-Margos­ Bahij Luka and may the boy sian, N.T.S., has discontinued enjoy a long and prosperous life. her useful services to the Near AL-KULLIVYAH 177

East Relief Orphanage at Anti­ in the same orphanage. Hearty lyas to enter into a new life. congratulations to the happy She lately married Mr. Der­ couple. Bedrossian, one of the teachers

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1892 We are proud to announce before his resignation from his that the Government of Syria post, Amin Bey received from has decorated our fellow-alum­ his Holiness the Medal of Merit nus, Dr. Tawfik Sallum, with in recognition (If his services to the Syrian Order of Merit of the Catholic organizations in the 2nd degree. Dr. Sallum, Palestine. the President of the Hamah Alumni Branch, is the Govern­ 1903 Wadih Ghosn, Phar.M., ment district Physician of M.B.E., of Shwayr, Lebanon, Hamah. His faithfulness, zeal visited the University in the and his earnest efforts to serve latter part of March with Mrs. his city and his district make Ghosn. Mrs. Ghosn was de­ him worthy of the honor he lighted to see the campus and has received. We heartly con­ buildings amidst which her hus­ gratulate Dr. Sallum. band lived for a number of years. 1893 We were greatly pleased to 19II After having spent two and meet on the campus and in our a half years in London and other office, Samuel Nachman, Pharo European centers, in post gradu­ M., of Damascus. Mr. Nachman ate studies in Internal Medicine brought to us good news about Tropical diseases and X-Ray' the success of his two sons, our Hanna Khuri, B.A., M.D., ha~ fellow Alumni, Alfred Nachman, returned to Palestine. He will B.S., of Baghdad and William be established in Haifa. We Nachman, M.D., of Damascus. wish him success. 1 1902 Amin Bey Rizk, B.A., O.B. 19. 3 Nasim Kamar, M.D., has E., has resigned his position as been appointed to Sudan Medi­ chief Inspector of Land Re­ cal Service. His post will be gistratioo in Palestine. After assigned to him after he arrives twenty-five years of honorable in Khartoum. We wish him active service in Sudan, Egypt success in his new field. Dr. and Palestine, Amin Bey is hav­ Kamar served in the Turkish ing a short period of rest on the army during the war and since pine clad hills of his native vil­ then has been practicing in lage, Brummana. He expects Tripoli. to get back soon to active life. 19 14 Mr. Anis Abu-Rihan of We also take this opportunity to Sur, came to Beirut on private offer our felicitations to Amin business. Mr. Abu-Rihan was Bey on the distinguished honor too occupied to be able to make he was accorded from his Holi­ a visit to his Alma Mater. We ness the Pope of Rome. Just hope for better luc]{ next time. AL-KULLIYYAH

1915 Our fellow-alumnus, Michel soon as he reaches Khartoum he MaIti,B.A., is to be heartily con­ will know the place where he gratulated on the honor he has will be located. Before going received from Cornell Gniversi­ to Sudan he visited our office ty. On February 8th he was and made a generous contribu­ granted the degree of Doctor of tion to the Alumni Fund. Philosophy by that institution. 1923 Butrus Samaha, B.A., is His major subject was Applied spending Ramadan vacation in Electricity and his two minor Beirut. Mr. Samaha is teach­ subjects were Theoretical Phy­ ing at Rawdat al-Marif, Jeru­ sics and Mathematics and the salem. vYe were glad to see subject of his thesis ,vas "Solid 11im in our office and on the Dielectrics. " campus. 1916 Najib Abu-Jawdah, M.D., 1923 We were glad to meet, in of Shafa 'Amr, Palestine, spent town, Ibrahim Khayyat, D.D.S, a month in Beirut and Lebanon. of Sur, who came to Beirut for During his visits to the city he some private business. found time to call at our office 1924 David Grad, Com. Cer., and meet old friends on the writes us that after having serv­ campus. Read in the Report ed as clerk for one year in the of Progress of this number about American Consulate in Damas­ his generosity to the Alumni cus he returned to Palestine. Fund. He worked for some time as 1917 lurji M. leha, D.D.S., of accountant for the Haifa De­ Tripoli, came to Beirut about vcelopment Co. Ltd. Now he the middle of March. He ac­ lIas resigned the latter position companied his father who enter­ and is to go into the exporting ed the A.U.B. Hospital. We and importing business. We wish Dr. leha's father speedy wish him success. recovery. 19 2 4 \Ve are advised that the 1918 We are glad to report that partnership between Antoun Zahi Haddad, M.D., has been N'asim Yanni and Emile Latif, sent by the Government of B.C., known as Nassim & Latif, Palestine to take a special course has been desolved. Mr. Latif is in Legal Medicine in Kasr ul­ now the sole owner of the firm Ayni in Cairo, Egypt, under the which will carryon business at great authority on that subject, the same address under the Dr. Sidney Smith. name of Emile Latif. We wish 'EX-1919 Philip Aftimus, son of our fellow-alumnus great suc~ Dr. Salim Aftimus, President of cess. our Sidon Branch, has returned 19 2 4 Anis Nusuli, B.A., who red well and happy to Sidon from turned recently to Beirut from Brazil where he had been doing Iraq where he was in the go­ business in the past few years. vernment employ at Baghdad 1920 Said Najjar, M.D., of has gone into business with his Bayt Miri, has gone to Sudan father, Hajj Zakhariyyah Nusuli, to enter its Medical Service. As importer of dry goods. Mr. AL-KULLIVY AH .179

Nusuli's constant visits to the x926 Akram Ruhi, B.A., teacher University Library show that in Rawdat al-Marif of Jerusalem business has not taken his mind visited Beirut. He naturally away altogether from the search was pleased to come to the after knowledge. A.U.B. to walk on the campus EX-I924 B. A. Filcheff is doing and to meet his many friends statistical work for the Standard among the students and pro­ Oil Company of New York in fessors. their branch in Sofia, Bulgaria. EX-I925 Amin Izziddin holds a 1925 We are pleased to know responsible position with the Su­ that Wasfi Anabtawi, B.A., has dan Plantations Syndicate, Ltd. been appointed by the Board of at Barakat, Sudan. This syndi­ Education of Palestine special cate is irrigating the plains be­ tutor to the youngest son of tween the Blue and the White Prince Abdullah, Emir of Trans­ Nile south of Khartum. jordania. High Class Men's Suitings ARDA TI FRERES Suk-el-Tawileh BEYROUTH

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AL-KULLIYYAH ISSUED BY THE American University of Beirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. NO·7

THE SIXTH MEDICAL CONFERENCE OF THE MEDICAL BRANCH OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT The Sixth Alumni Medical Conference of the American University of Beirut was this year held March 30 and 31st and April 1st and 2nd. There was a large attendance of Alumni from various parts of Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Persia. A number of doctors, not A.U.B. alumni, also a:ttended. This year the Dental Alumni had their own conference with its special clinics and programs. Some seventy-five dentists at­ tended this conference. In the first session of the convention, Dr. Bayard Dodge, President of the A.U.B., delivered the address of welcome to the Medical Alumni and their guests. Dr. Najib Ardati, Pre­ sident of the Medical Branch followed President Dodge and gave a brief sketch of the history of the Medical Branch and of the aims of the conference and its aspirations. Throughout the conference the morning programs con­ sisted of practical work in the wards and clinics. There were demonstrations of new methods of treatment, new apparatus, interesting cases and an attempt was made to allow the visitors opportunity to see those parts of the work least accessible to them in their own clinics, such as X-Ray work and laboratory work. The afternoons and evenings saw the conference shifted to West Hall where various papers were given and discussed. 182 AL-KULLIYYAH

Most of the A.U.B. professors and an equal number of alumni from outside spoke. Tea was served each day on the skating rink. Friday evening, there was an Alumni banquet not only for the medical alumni of all branches but for the Beirut branch, which was largely attended and much enjoyed. It is significant that the papers read and the discussions of them are each year more and more valuable. This is felt by all who have attended previous conferences and was commented upon by Dr. Duguet, Inspector-General of Public Health of Syria and Greater Lebanon, who attended the Conference on April 1st. During the Conference there was a very instructive and useful exhibit of surgical and dental apparatus and instruments, new medicines, and other articles of the profession, which had been arranged by various dealers in medical and scientific in­ struments, both local and foreign agents. There was also an extensive showing of posters and data on health arranged by Dr. Khalidy, who recently returned from America where he ~pent a year studying Public Health Work in addition to his speciality. This exhibit had particular value for it showed what can be done to interest people in the value of milk as a food, the value of open air, plenty of sleep, even and balanced mental life, and it portrayed the importance of venereal diseases, and gave much information on malaria and tuber­ culosis. On Saturday, the last day of the conference, fifty-five doctors and fifteen nurses went by motor to visit the Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium near Hammana, Lebanon, where they inspected cases and saw the various methods of treatment. especially X-Ray, ultra-violet rays and pneumothorax. ' During the conference the following officers were elected to serve for the coming two years :- President...... Dr. Sami Haddad Secretary...... Dr. Philip Ashkar Treasurer...... Dr. George Khayyat Members...... Dr. Yusuf Hitti Dr. Fuad Ghusn Dental member. . .. Dr. Farid Baddurah Pharmacy member.. To be elected by the Pharma­ cist alumni themselves. AL-KULLIYYAH

The program of papers and discussions was as follows :­

Wednesday, ~~larch 30, 192 7. 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. Word of Welcome, President Dr. Dodge Opening Address, Dr. Najib Ardati Paper: The Visual Diagnosis of Disease, Dr. Ernest Altounian, Aleppo Paper: Anti-Malaria Measures, Dr. Halim Abu-Rahmeh, Amman (Discussed by Dr. Telemachos Rossides). Paper: Goitre, Dr. Stanley Harris and Dr. Bennett F. Avery (Discussed by Dr. 11 ovsep Yenikomshian)

4:30 to 6:00 Paper: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Intestinal Tubercu­ losis, Dr. Nimeh Nucho. Paper: The Universal Donor in Blood Transfusion, Dr. Leland Parr (Discussed by Dr. Rail Bellama)

8:00 to 10:00 Paper: X-Ray in the Diagnosis of Lung Diseases, with Special Reference to Tuberculosis Illustrated, Dr. Edwin St. John Ward, Dean of the Medical Division (Discussed by Dr. Nimeh Nucho) Paper: How to Fight Cancer, Dr. Raymond Goodale (Discussed by Dr. Sami Haddad) ~-KULLIYYAH

Paper: An Interpretation of some Important Reflexes, Dr. William Shanklin

Thursday, March 31St, 1927 2 :00 to 4:00 Paper: Surgical Tuberculosis, Dr. Percival Brigsto(kc, Damascus (Discussed by Dr. E. St. John Ward) Paper: Appendicitis, Dr. Ibrahim N assay Paper: Trans-Peritoneal Splanchnic Anesthesia, Dr. Nicola Rubeiz

5.00 to 6.30 P,aper: ·Wounds and Injuries from Firearms, Dr. Zahi Haddad. Haifa (Discussed by Dr. Fuad Ghosn) Paper: Arthritis Deformans, Dr. Alexan Bczjian

8:00 to 10:00 Paper: Recent Progress in Anti-Infectious Therapy, Dr. Rail Bella11la (Discussed by Dr. Leland Parr) Paper: Recent Advances in Nutrition, Dr. Stanley Kerr. (Discussed by Dr. Y usuI 1Iitti) Paper: Treatment of typhoid fever in Persia, Dr. Habibollah Moayyad, Kermanshah, Persia

Friday April 1st, 1927. 2 :00 to 4:00 Paper: The Determination of the Causes of Sterility, Dr. Harry G. Dorman (Discussed by Dr. Habib Khouri Saadi) AL-KULLIYYAH

Paper: Flectenular Disease, Dr. Charles A. Webster (Discussed by Dr. N ejib Sa(d) 5:00 to 6:30 Paper: Ectopic Gestation, Dr. Philip Ashkar (Discussed by Dr. j}[ustaja Khalidy) Paper: Radiological and Clinical Observations Concerning the Duodenal Ulter, Dr. Szegm Paper: Encephalitis Epidemica, Dr. labra Obeid Among the non-alumni visitors from a distance were: Visitors Dr. Altounian, Aleppo Dr. Brigstocke, Damascus Dr. Kazim Bey Dr. Tshalabi Bey Dr. Okeliyeh Bey Dr. Michel Braydi, Zahleh Dr. Michel Jeraisati, Zahleh Dr. Salim Abu-Sulayman, Zahleh Dr. B. Mutran, Zahleh Alumni Dr. Tawfik Abdul-Malik, Alayh Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Hajdar, Hammana Dr. Khalil Abu-Ghazaleh, Transjordania Dr. Yusuf Abu-l\Jurad, \Vadi Shahrur Dr. Arif Abu-Nairn, B.A., D.D.s., Shwayfat Dr. Ibrahim Alam-ud-Din, Transjordania Dr. Jurjus Awn, Bishmizzin, Lebanon Dr. Yusuf Azuri, Sidon Dr. Halim Barakat, Judaydat Marj 'Uyun Dr. Haddad, Haifa Dr. Ibrahim Haddad; ,,7 adi -Shahrur Dr. Himadeh Dr. ]ebejian, Aleppo. Dr. Yusuf ]eraisati, Zahleh I86 AL-KULLIYYAH Dr. Kamil Luka, Hums Dr. Abd-ur-Rahman Kayali, Aleppo Dr. Antonius Manasseh, Brummana Dr. Bahjat Mirza, N abatiyyah Dr. Habibollah Moayyad, Persia. Dr. Salim Muheish, Aleppo Dr. Sa'd Musallam, Haifa Dr. Wadi Nasr, Haifa Dr. Nikula Salamun, D.D.S., Damascus Dr. Ibrahim Shehadi, D.D.S., Zahleh Dr. Izzat Tannous, Jerusalem The Alumni Monthly sincerely congratulates the :Medical Branch on the success of its conference and takes great pleasure in showing the keenest appreciation and admiration for the splendid efforts and hard work of the Conference Committee which helped to make the Sixth :Medical Conference a great success. Here are the names of the retiring Conference Committee: Dr. Najib Ardati, Chairman Dr. M. Khalidy, Secretary Dr. 1. Y. Nassif, Treasurer Dr. Sami Haddad, AI ember Dr. Fuad Ghosn, Member

THE DENTAL DIVISION By Dr. K. G. Taborian

When is the next conference? Is is not possible to ha \'e an annual conference instead of a biennial one ? Could you not arrange for a bigger and better place for the discussion and demonstrations? These were some of the remarks repeated over and over again by various attending members. These remarks together with some other constructive and earnest criticisms will undoubtedly make the plans for the next con­ ference still more successful and instructive. For the benefit of those Dental Alumni who could not attend the conference, a detailed description of every item of AL-KULLIYYAH 188 AL-KULLIYYAH the program would be of great service. However, such a description would require a whole issue of the KuIliyyah, which is impossible. The maximum attendance was sixty-five, and the average number throughout the three days, beginnnig March 30th-­ April 1st, was forty-five. The visitors included Dr. Fernagut, Director of the French Dental School, who gave an admirably prepared and systematically arranged paper on the subject of "Le Traitement des Dents Infectees." Dr. Ginestet of the French Military Hospital, in spite of his lack of knowledge of English, attended almost every meeting and willingly demonstrated on a practical case his method of treating gangrenous pulps, especially the single rooted ones, by aqua regia and hydrogen peroxide. Under the supervision of Dr. I. Y. Nasif, the presiding' chairman, a senior student demonstrated mandibular, infra-. orbital, and tuberosity injections, for extractions and pulp ex­ tirpations. He also demonstrated an apicoectomy of an upper left central. One thing that was new to all of us excepting those who. have been to the States was the fine porcelain jacket crown demonstrated and made by Dr. F. I. Baddurah. "Porcelain Inlays and Jacket Crowns", he said, "are at present replacing most of the other filling materials as they are the least irritating to the gum tissue and take the highest polish." Preventive Dentistry, Prophylaxis and Dental Hygiene are terms that we often read about in Dental Magazines. Dr. Fox, in his well read paper, explained the aim of preventive dentistry to be "removing the cause rather than the effect"-a thing which primarily is a matter of education rather than an operative procedure. "To know what advance dentistry has made in this part of the world during the last 40 years", said Dr. Amin Haddad, "ask Mrs. x, the wife of one of our professors, who before coming to Syria, heard that there were no dentists out here, so she had all her teeth extracted and a plate made instead." AL-KULLIYYAIi

Dr. Ken'an supplemented his paper on "Causes of Failure in Full Plate Work" by a splendid demonstration of the Green method of modelling compound impression taking, that was well done and new to many. "Every case should be treated upon its merits," said Dr. M. Hany in his carefully and well prepared paper on "Fixed vs. Removable Bridge Work." However, he had to confess that he was for removable rather than fixed bridge work. Dr. Bitar, the champion advocate in the clinics for indirect method of Inlay taking, convinced a number of our old alumni of the advantages of this method and technique. Clinical experiences always carry with them conviction. This is the case with Dr. I. Shehadi of Zahleh, who in his splendid paper on "The Mouth as the Gateway of Infection", cited a number of his own patients· where the teeth were the source of some systematic troubles. The first Dental Conference ever held in the Near East has passed into history. The Managing Committee should be congratulated on the interesting and well planned program. H is very encouraging to have attained such a degree of success, a success that is not to be measured by the number of men that attended, but by the scientific spirit each member showed during the discussions.

NEW PLANS FOR I927-I928 IN THE THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Though it is still three full months before the end of the academic year, the Registrar has put the finishing touches on the schedule f?r next year. Groups of students are gathered about the bulletin boards. The content of the new program constitutes the main subject of individual cogitation and group discussion. During the coming months the students of the upper classes in the School of Arts and Sciences will have ample opportunity to canvass this intellectual bill of fare', at the end of that time they will be required to register definitely for 190 AL-KULLIYY Ali the courses which they expect to take next year. A special effort has been made during the past years to make the schedule permanent in order that students with the assistance of their advisors may plan the entire course in advance. Several changes are to be noted in the new schedule. In the belief of the Faculty, these are all by way of improvement and represent the carrying out of a definitely adopted policy, making the offering of courses more interesting to the student and more in keeping with the demands and the needs of the communities to which students look for their field of activity after graduation. The greatest change to be introduced next year is in the Department of the Social Sciences. A new course, an Intro­ duction to the Social Sciences, is scheduled, to be required of all Sophomores regardless of their plans and intentions after the completion of that year. Heretofore Sophomores have been required to take a course in Ethics and to elect either Economics or Political Sciences, all these courses running throughout the year. These three subjects will in the future be merged into the new course, which will be further enriched by the addition of elementary Psychology and Sociology. This course is intended to meet a specific need, of the existence of which the Faculty has become increasingly aware. Students and others, including educators are too much inclined to stress the vocational phase of formal educational process, while underemphasizing other more important and equally important features. After all, the greatest need of the Near East, as of every other land, is not for more and better trained professional men and women but for intelligent and enlightened citizens who can participate with intelligence in the conduct of community life, with a view to raising the level of personal and social standards. It is sometimes questioned whether there is not a danger in offering to college students courses in economics and Political Science. By some it is argued that such courses of instruction will tend to create unwholesome discontent with existing con­ ditions and with existing institutions, that such courses are likely to increase the destructive tendencies of the students rather than their constructive potentialities. The obviou~ AL-KULLIYYAH answer to this is that it is extremely dangerous to graduate men and women, with the power and influence that a university education confers upon them but without the ability and the training to do clear and constructive thinking along the lines that do and must occupy the interest of the people of any community. Two facts must be clearly recognized in dealing with young men and young women in college,-( I) Social questions and political issues, local, national and international, represent one of their main interests if not actually their chief concern. This is altogether natural in view of the nascent state of these questions in all the lands of the Near East. Periodicals every­ where discuss these questions as fully, as freely and as unre­ servedly as press laws permit and these same topics constitute everywhere the main topic of conversation. (2) The prevailing ideas on these subjects are crude and primitive in the extreme, -they are dangerously crude and immature. Under these circumstances it is clearly the duty of a university to offer its students a course of training which will lay down some fundamental principles to guide them in think­ ing along lines of social, economic and political questions, at any rate, to impress upon them the importance, the necessity of a;;ninimum of real thinking before they attempt to speak positively and with a show of authority on such deep and far reaching questions as those which constitute the chief topic of conversation everywhere. Even though it were desirable, it is impossible to keep students under a bell jar. It is merely a question whether it is better that they should form their ideas and formulate their conclusions on social questions on the basis of the material dis­ bursed by the newspaper press, local and foreign, or whether they should be definitely trained with a view to arriving at sound conclusions for their own guidance and perchance qualify them to assist their fellow townsmen and their fellow citizens to arrive at similarly sane and reasonable decisions on current questions and outstanding issues. It is this need which the University seeks to meet in developing the courses in the Department of theSocial Sciences. The new: course will serve to introduce the ~tudent~ early in AL-KULLIYYAH

their career to the simple but fundamental principles involved in the varied and complicated question of human relations. For those remaining in the School of Arts and Sciences after the completion of sophomore year more advanced courses are offered by a personnel increased and strengthened to deal more effectively than hitherto with those students who desire to specialize in this line of study. Through these courses the University can render its con­ stituency as great a service as through any other form of teaching and training. Edward F. Nickoley.

THE RELIGIOUS POLICY OF THE A. u. B. By Professor James Stewart Crawford. Morning Chapel Address, March 28th, 1927. The religious policy of the University is often misunder­ stood by both its friends and its critics. This is not surprising, because the religious activity of the Institution is avowedly an experiment which presents many new points of view. We are breaking new ground in the field of religious work, and, of necessity, there is an elasticity about our program that leaves room for differences of interpretation. A great experiment in religious education is being tried out on our campus, an ex­ periment which is perhaps not being attempted, on the same scale, any where else. r. We believe that the first great essential for our ex­ periment is Freedom. We grant the fullest freedom for the mind, for the conscience, and for individual growth. This means that there is genuine freedom to think differently from one another, on religion, and to develop on different lines. The same freedom we grant to teachers and to students. Our permanent teaching and administrative force is now be­ ginning to include Moslems, Jews, as well as several varieties of Oriental Christians. In every case, our institution demands evidence of earnest character imbued with the religious spirit, as the indispensable condition of appointment to a permanent position. AL-KULlJYYAH 193 One further condition must be progressiveness met by each man after his appointment, be he Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Christian, Moslem or Jew. His career, through the un­ folding years, must be such as to show that he is a growing man, growing in his understanding of right living, growing in his influence through right living. The man who has ceased to grow in character, has ceased to represent our type of freedom. II. The second essential for our new missionary experi­ ment is that we all-teachers and students together-cultivate co-operation in religious fellowship and activity. This co­ operation must be made possible inspite of the differences in our beliefs. Half of our students, at least, will always be non­ Christian. We insist on promoting a genuine unity of spirit amid our outward diversity of creed. Such cooperation to be vital and constructive must rest on a double basis. As a prerequisite (I) it calls for mutual respect \Ve believe it is possible, in the student world, at least, for Moslem, Christian and Jew, to have a deep respect for each other's religious experience. Such respect is evoked when we find that, as thoughtful men, we are trying to be equally sincere in our effort to make our various religions lead to right living. Let us recall the words of our hymn this morning, "Rise up, 0 men of God! Have done with lesser things: Give heart and mind and soul and strength To serve the King of Kings. "Rise up, 0 men of God! His kingdom tarries long : Bring in the day of brotherhood, And end the night of wrong." In this University we learn to address each other as "Men of God," each believing of the others that they also employ "heart and mind and soul and strength" in the service of God. Perhaps in no other institution do men of the three rival re­ ligions, deliberately train themselves to take this attitude, daily, toward one another, and with growing sincerity. Professor Whitehead, in his new book on "Religion in the Making," says that vital religion, whatever its name, is a source of belief that aims to penetrate the inner man; and that, in 194 AL-KULLIYYAH so far as it succeeds in being sincere, religion everywhere does, in truth, do something to cleanse and reorganize human nature. This University dares to proclaim that a Brotherhood of men, widely separated, though they may be, as to certain beliefs, can yet learn to regard each other as sincere in their seeking after God. They may then share with one another the vitality of the cleansing process which they experience together. Cooperation between religious men also (2) calls for mutual stimulus. "Rise up, 0 men of God! The church for you doth wait, Her strength unequal to her task : Rise up and make her great." \Ve meet together for spiritual worship and conference, and we call on each other "rise up," and meet the challenge which comes to men of religion to-day. Whatever our name, each of us has a responsibility to the "church"-the religious community to which he belongs. Professor Whitehead says that the modern world has lost God and is now seeking Him. Let us, this morning, as brothers be perfectly frank and open with one another. Our three religions have indeed lost their ancient fire. In this land of the prophets, no longer are we so living that our faith takes hold of men and lifts us with them nearer to God. As Professor Whitehead well says, with the transformation of knowledge that is taking place in the world of education, there must be a transformation of religion. We must so reorganize our religious beliefs and ceremonies that they will become the central factors in a coherent order of life -an order that is at once a social, an intellectual, and a moral stimulus to our people. III. But there is a third essential to the great religious experiment of the A.U.E. and that is the unquestioned fact that our University has a distinctive Christian contribution to make to our mutual experience of religious freedom and cooperation. "Lift high the cross of Christ ; Tread where His feet have trod; As brothers of the Son of Man Rise up, 0 men of God!" AL-KlJLLIYYAH 195

With all its breadth of sympathy, our Institution seeks to set forth a type of faith which is built around certain great facts in the life of our leader, the Syrian Christ. Our faith draws its nourishment from certain great moments of self-ex­ pression, in his experience, rather than around any specific set of doctrines or teachings about the Christ. Professor White­ head tells us that religion is what a man does with his solita­ riness. As each man among us faces, in his own reflective life, the great realities of right and wrong, of life and death, that man at that moment, in a true sense, stands alone and separate from all his fellows. In that instant of solitariness, in the life of the soul, what is then happening in the secret of our hearts? Are we finding God near us in our solitariness, helping us as a companion to solve the mysteries of evil and of death, in the world. Mysteries by which every man's faith is being put to the fullest test. The moulders of our religious policy center their faith on the fact that Jesus Christ was put to the supreme test of his career when he hung on the cross: When he cried, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" His spiritual nature was shaken to its depths. But in that very hour, he attained also the supreme spiritual triumph of his life, when he overcame doubt and perplexity by the force of his faith and was able to say, "Father, into thy hand I commit my spirit." In that moment of solitariness not only did Christ commit himself to God, but by the inspiration of that self committal he made it possible, for all who love him and seek to live as he did~ to share his experience of decisive self-surrender to God, even when evil seemed most triumphant. We believe that Christ attained the most sincere expression of his purpose and was truly a teacher and leader, when he endured the darkness of that solitary hour that he might vitalize the faith of mankind in the victory-not of force-but of loving service to our feliows. This belief we bring to the consideration of all our brothers of the A.U.B., that as they help us to understand better its import for mankind and to put its lessons into practice, the inspiration of triumphant Christlike faith may be restored to all religious men.

3 196 AL-KULLIYYAH STARTING RIGHT Was the A.U.B. what you expected when you came as a Freshman or were you puzzled about many things? Were there questions you wanted to ask and phases of the University life you wanted explained? Did you sometimes feel lost, lonely or uncertain ? All over the world Freshman students have the same diffi­ culty in adjusting themselves to the new life of the college they are entering. To meet this difficulty certain colleges have instituted Freshman \Veek. Next fall the A.U.B. will have its Freshman Week, Oct. 1-6. (The Acadamic Year begins Oct. 6.) By means of general assemblies, departmental assemblies, individual con­ ferences and tiemonstrations, the University will try to intro­ duce the Freshmen to the life of the A.U.B., and help them 'bridge the gap between preparatory work and college work. All the college courses have been divided into six major departments which will hold special assemblies for the students who have chosen their courses. These assemblies will try to point out to the student (I) the requirements in time, money, and abilities, (2) what his course will ultimately lead to, and (3) the relationship between his immediate courses and the ones required in the future. These meetings will probably raise many questions and doubts in the minds of the students. There will be ample time for conferences with department chairmen teachers who will be on hand to help students in­ dividually with their problems before the time comes for changes of courses.

In the gener~l assemblies there will be talks on the history and organization of the University and the use of the library, \Vest Hall, the athletic department etc. The student organiza­ tions will also have a chance to present their purposes and activities. Through meetings on Sunday the West Hall Committee and the Brotherhood will introduce the religious side of Uni- AL-KULLIYYAH . 197 versity life. Recreation also has not been forgotten in planning the program and there will be an entertainment as well as games under the direction of the athletic department. These are the general plans but a detailed notice will be sent to each student upon the completion of his preliminary registration. All Freshmen will be required to attend upon penalty of forfeiting their preliminary registration fee. . Let us hope that this effort will fill a real need and help many boys in making an easy, efficient adjustment to student life in the A.U.B.

ESSAY WRITING CONTESTS

Harriet Beecher Munro Prize Dimitri Salameh Prize Amt. Fifty Dollars Ten Egyptian Pounds. Eligibility.-All students registered in any department of the University during the year 1927-1928.

Length.-Not less than 4,000 words or more than 7,000 unless the Essay contains extensive quotations.

Subject Matter. Munro.-The History of some town, ~uilding, or institutioll" Medical Engineering or Agncultural conditions, any" topic which illustrates the past 1·Ife.o f Syria; any English translation of some manuscnpt in Arabic or in another language of the country. Salameh.-Some line of direct study or original in­ vestigation of a phase of the Economic Life or the Commercial Activity of Syria or Palestine, a study of the Historical Development of Commercial, Industrial or Economic practices or institutions. AL-KULLIYYAH

Regulations.-I. Each competitor must before July I, 19 2 7, hand to the Registrar a sealed envelope containing: (a) The competitor's own name. (b) An assumed or pen name, known to the competitor only. (c) The topic on which he expects to write. 2. The essays are to be handed in not later than the day before the beginning of the Easter vacation 1928. 3. On the Essay, when handed in, there must appear· no intimation as to the identity of the writer. It should be signed only by his pen name. 4. All essays, when handed in, become the property of the University. If the essays submitted are considered of sufficient merit they may be published by the University. 5. The winners will be announced at commencement time, 1928 . Edward F. Nickoley, Dean.

ANNUAL FIELD DAY College 44 Freshmen 41 Sub-Freshmen 40 Medics II Rain clouds had cleared away before the sun, hundreds of spectators fearful of a postponement had taken heart and found places in the grand­ stand or around the upper terraces of University Field. Running an even race through the whole meet College, Freshmen and Sub-Freshmen had come down to the last event with the relay race to decide the winner of the day. College cinder men had to place first or second in the race to take the day and although Freshmen runners nabbed first place the Sub­ Freshmen were unequal to the occasion and finished third. AL-KULLIYYAIJ

For the first time since 1918 the upper classes won the season's track and field classic, gathering four first places and seven seconds for their total of 44 points. College also furnished the high point man of the day' in E. Bustani, who captured I I points with one first and two seconds. Abu-Dabbeh, Sub-Freshman, and Tarabulsi, Freshman weight man, tied for second honors with 10 points each. The Freshmen amassed four firsts, four seconds and four thirds for their total of 41 points while the Sub-Freshmen gave a good account of themselves in their first year of competition with five first, one second and nine third places. In the long history of A.U.B. Field Days never has there been a closer finish to the day's events, indicating that the units most interested in athletic competition are unusually evenly matched. That track and field standards of the University are constantly rising was indicated by the fact that every field event record with the exception of the broad jump of the 1926 Field Day was bettered. Another evidence that University standards are rising with the opening of the new field and the exclusion of the Preparatory School athletes is shown by a comparison of the marks set by Field Day winners with those set by the Prep. field men in Prep. meets. Exclusive, of the pole vault, discus, high and low hurdles and the 1500 meter run, in which events Prep. students do not participate the younger athletes would have taken only three first places in the University Field Day. Even had they taken part it is doubtful if they could have carried off a victory. Only in the roo meters, broad jump and high jump would Prep. athletes have carried off first places. ,The meet being once conducted under the metric system prevented any running records being broken. In the field events the shot put lacked .33 of tieing the college record, the high jump .09, and jareed throw 6.85. The closest approaches to world marks in the running events were in the 100 meters, which time exceeded the best performance by I.5 seconds; the 200 meters, 3.4 slower than world's record and the 400 meters, 9.3 seconds slower than the best performance. The running records will have to stand for three years before they are counted as official college records. Results of the day will be exchanged with those of Robert College, Constantinople; and American University of Cairo. Five minutes before the meet began the new field was formally opened with the spectators standing at attention while the University's Alma Mater was played by the Antilyas Orphanage Boy Scout band. The splendid new field was made possible through the generosity of Mr. V. ~verit Macey, of ~ew Yor~ City. 200 .At-KmLIYV AH

Detailed results of the day's events :- 1927 Field Day Results

Pole Vault Broad Jump I. Ibrahim, Medics, 2.42 meters I. Bustani, College 5.8%m 2. Chicourel, College 2. Chaghlassian, Medics 3. Serviyar, Sub-Fr. 3. Araman, Sub-Fr. 100 Meter Dash 200 Meter Low Hurdles I. Abu-Dabbeh. Sub-Fr. 11-9 sec. 1. Makoff, College 30 4'5 2. Bustani, College 2. Kahale, Fr. 3. Kouyoumjian, Fr. 3. Izzat, Fr. Shot Put 1500 Meter Run I. Tarabulsi, Fr. I I. 28m. 2. P. Manasseh, College I. Fahoum, Sub-Fr. 3. Haddad, Fr. 2. Shahinian, Medics

800 Meter Run 1600 Meter Relay I. Ruhi, Fr. 2.12 3/5 I. Freshmen 4. 8 3/5 2. Abu Karam, Fr. 2. College 3. Abu-Izzeddin, Sub-Fr. 3. Sub-Freshmen Discus Final Result 0 I m I. Tarabulsi, Fr. 3 • 5 . College 4+ 2. P. Manasseh, College Freshmen 41 M. Kronfol, Sub-Fr. Sub-Fr. +0 200 Meter Dash Medics 8 I. Abu-Dabbeh, Sub-Fr_ 24 3/5 Exhibition Football Game 2. Bustani, College Upper Classes 5 3. Kouyoumjian, Fr. Freshmen School 3 High Jump I. Mughrabi, College I.58m INTRAMURAL AWARDS 2. Settian, Fr. Cross Country- 3. Ghandur, Sub-F r. First-H. Ruhi Second-A. TamlUS IIO Meter High Hurdles Hockey- I. Ghandur, Sub-Fr. 20 1/5 Freshmen- S. Ovanessoff, Capt. 2. Yazigi, College Football- 3. M. Kronfol, Sub-Fr. Fresbmen-N. Avramoussi, Capt. Jareed Throw Basketball- I. Araman, Sub-Fr. 58.59 Inter-Organization League­ 2. M. Kronfol, Sub-Fr. Brotherhood-A. Diab, Capt. 3. Jabbour, Sub-Fr. Inter-Hall League- 400 Meter Run West Fisk-N. Avramoussi, Capt. I. Khatib. College 574'5 U niversity Champions-~ 2. A. Ruhi, College Brotherhood 3. Abu Izzeddin, Sub-Fr. AL-KULLIYYAH 201

PROHIBITION IN THE U.S.A.

The Right Rev. James Cannon, Jr.~ Bishop, l\1eihndist Episcopal Church South, of Washington D. C., visited the University in the last week of March. \Vednesday morning, March 23., he spok~ at the chapel. The subject of his theme was the operation of the Golden Rule in the individual and in the social order. The spirit of Brotherhood~ the Bishop believes was never stronger than it is to-day. The League of Nations, the endeavours on the part of the civilized states of the world to reach an agreement about disarmament, the laws that are being enacted in the different countries that would protect and guarantee the rights of the individual and enhance his happi­ ness, all show that man is getting to realize the value and benefits of the Golden Rule: The spf·aker gave a detailed description of the Prohibition Law in the U.S.A., which was formed by seven men including himself. The law is violated and widely violated, the speaker admitted, but he answered the charge by asking the question-"what law is not violated? Should the Ten Commandments given by God Almighty be discarded and abolished simply because at all times and in all ages, they have been and still are disobeyed ?" Bishop Cannon then gave some interesting statistics showing the changes that have taken place in all phases of life in America, since the prohibition law went into effect. He gave astounding figures of homes constructed, of billions of dollars that labouring men have deposited in Savings Banks. He, moreover, described the improved conditions in the homes of workers and emphasized the decrease of crime and insanity. Prisons and State peni­ tentiaries have less inmates now, and the men who toil for their bread have happier homes· and their families are more contented than ever before. The address was interspersed with witty re­ remarks and was listened to with the closest attention from start to finish. 202 AL .. KULLIYVAH

EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS

GOVERNMENT SERVICE Occasional reqm"sts come from the governments of the Sudan, 'Iraq, Transjordania, and other states for men to fill positions as doctors, dispensers, and teachers, and also to do clerical work. Alumni interested in these positions should correspond with the Office of the President of the University.

WANTED-POSITIONS A young graduate of the Short Course Commerce is seek- ing employment-preferably as Shorthand-Typist. Com- municate with the Alumni Office.

Applicant-a young man who has passed Freshman at the A.U.B., a few years ago-knows English and French well and has some knowledge of Arabic; had three years' experience in office work. Communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man, 2 I years of age, with a High School educa­ tion, a good knowledge of English, French, Arabic and Type­ writing, is seeking a position-communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man of 20, with a High School education, well versed Arabic and Mathematics, and with a fair knowledge of English and French, is after a position. Communicate with the Alumni Office. AL-KULLIYY AH

UNIVERSITY NEWS We are glad to learn that Mr. Joseph Stein, formerly a member of the staff of the A.U.B., has been engaged to be married to Miss Ruth Casselman, a fellow student at the Union Seminary, New York. Hearty congratulations are extended across the seas to Mr. Stein; and his fiancee. '

VISITORS During the month of April over a hundred travellers have visited the University. Among those who stayed longer were Dr. William S. Carter of the Rockefeller Foundation who was here for a week inspecting the work of the Medical School. He then accompanied Dr. Ward to Baghdad for a short visit. Mr. Hallett M. Carpenter from the New York Office was here for a few days and is returning later for a longer visit. Mr. Will Bliss has returned to Beirut for a stay.

Among the many trips taken during the vacation two are of especial interest and we hope to have reports of them in the next issue. Prof. Crawford, Mr. Maynard Williams, ex-staffite and now on the staff of the National Geographic Magazine, Mr. Bixler, Mr. Forrest Crawford, Mr. Deuel, l\1r. Saunders, and Mr. Butler Tompkins have gone to Baghdad by way of Aleppo and Deir Zor. Another party has gone to Petra, the first party from the University to visit it since the war. This group includes, Mr. Frederic Adams, Mr. Du Bois, Mr. Hall, Mr. Ireland, and Mr. Kahrl, of the University and Mr. Robertson and Mr. Murphy from the Near East Relief. Other expeditions are Brotherhood vacation deputations to different parts of Syria and Lebanon, reports of which will be published in the June Alumni Monthly.

During their visit to the A.U.B., Mr. and Mrs. Udal of Khartoum, Sudan, were guests at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Dodge. Mr. Udal is the Principal of Gordon College. It was a great pleasure to hear from Mr. Udal excellent reports about the good work that our Alumni and former students are doing in Sudan. Mr. Udal spoke in the Sunday evening service April 3rd, and was also one of the speakers in the Spring Banquet which was given by the Alumni Association in West Hall, Friday evening, April 1st, 1927.

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Rev. Dr. R. C. Thomson, M.D., a classmate in Harvard of Dr. H. G. Dorman and his life-long friend visited the University in the latter part of March. Dr. Thomson is a medical missionary in Ilo Ilo in the Philippine Islands. During his stay in Beirut he was a guest of the Dormans. Friday evening, March 25th, Dr. Thomson gave before the Brother­ hood one of the most interesting and inspiring addresses delivered this year in the A.U.B. His subject was "Student Life in the Philippines."

. Dr. Erdman Harris, Professor of Mental Philosophy in the American University of Cairo, visited the campus in the latter end of March. He delivered a very interesting address in the Chapel on Thursday morning, Mrch 3I. His subject was "Why do we have to be Good". AL-KULLIYYAH 205

REPORT OF PROGRESS

A PLEASURE AND A PRIVILEGE "My dear Mr. Shehadi, On :March I3th, I had the pleasure to pay you Twenty Turkish Gold Pounds, not only as a contribution to the Alumni Fund, but also as an expression of gratitude and token of loyalty to my Alma Mater. The inward satisfaction which that trivial gift has given me prompts me to perpetuate the donation. I therefore pledge myself to make an additional annual gift of 20 Turkish Gold Pounds for the rest of my life. I surely deem it a pleasure and a privilege thus to be able to pay back even such a small fraction of my indebtedness to my Alma Mater, and earnestly hope that as the years go by I shall be in a position to make more substantial contributions. \'lith best regards, Sincerely yours" (Signed) Ibrahim Dada, Aley, Lebanon, April 5, I92 7. This letter is self explanatory. Mr. Dada is not a man of wealth. He is an able and conscientious teacher and depends on his salary for his living. Certainly we are grateful to Mr. Dada for the material gift as it is a valuable addition to the Fund,but what we appreciate most is the fine and splendid spirit behind the gift. Mr. Dada recognizes the debt he owes to his Alma Mater. He pays the debt not grudgingly nor simply from the stern sense of duty. Let us repeat his words; they are thrilling; "The inward satisfaction which that trivial gift has since given me prompts me to perpetuate the donation." Who can read these noble words accompanied by his noble deed and still doubt the sincerity of our alumni and their ardent devotion to their beloved University. If pessimism ever existed in the mind of any alumnus regarding the final success 206 AL-KULLIYYAH of our campaign, let him read Mr. Dada's letter and follow our report of progress-he will be cured for ever from the effect of any germ of incredulity and lack of faith. We are reaching the goal. Friend, do not hesitate to join the crowd of your enthusiastic fellow alumni. Join the army of honest workers for the noble cause and very soon you will share with them the joy that will come to you when you hear the glorious word, "well done."

ALUMNI SPRING BANQUET Buzzing with the sound of cheerful voices, West Hall was the setting for an event of unusual interest on April I-the first Alumni Spring Banquet. This came as the result of the de­ cision to consolidate the reception customarily given by the Medical Alumni Branch, and that given by the Beirut Branch at this time of the year, and hold a banquet instead. The occasion was the culmination of the Sixth Medical Alumni Conference which had been in session during the three days immediately preceeding. Covers were laid for approximately two hundred people, including not only alumni but also lady members of their families and various other honored guests. The Common Room had been tastefully decorated by the Women's Auxiliary, gay flowers on the tables adding a note of color. The guests sat down at eight o'clock to a delicious dinner, for which Mr. Ilyas Kurani deserves much credit. Music by the college orchestra contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion. The toastmaster, Mr. Shehadi A. Shehadi, introduced the speakers in his customary genial manner. His gift for presid­ ing on an occasion such as this is well known and needs no comment. The first speaker was Professor Bulus Khauli, Pre­ sident of the Alumni Association, who cordially welcomed his fellow alumni and their friends. President Dodge, who followed him, pictured conditions during the early years of the Syrian Protestant College, and, by contrasting them with the present, showed the growth the University has made. Mr. l7dal, Principal of Gordon College in Khartoum, a guest of honor on this occasion, gave a very gratifying report of the excellent AL·KULLIYYAH 207 service being rendered in the Sudan by the A.U.B. men there, and the contributions they are making to the upbuilding of that country. Dr. Bellama, of the Hospital Laboratory Staff, gave an amusing description of the difficulties of an after-dinner speaker. Professor Seelye was called on to speak as Professor of Philosophy. He did not, however, confine himself to the subject of philosophy, but rather gave an account of the recent experiences of the Alumni Secretary. It is to be hoped that the account was a fictitious one, though Professor Seelye's vigor in presenting it was most convincing. Dr. Yusuf Hitti outlined the factors which he considered conducive to the success of a physician, combining his good advice with a generous amount of humor and entertainment. The last speaker was Professor ]urjus Khuri. What A.D.B. gathering could be perfect with­ out some of Professor Khuri's inimitable stories! It is a genuine tribute that even those of his hearers who understand no Arabic are nevertheless entranced by his recital! At in­ tervals, between the speeches, good use was made of the A.U.B. song books which had been thoughtfully provided. When, much too soon, it came time to separate, all joined once more in the singing of Alma :Mater, and then parted, to meet again at Commencement time. The occasion was so pleasant that many were heard to say, "We hope such events will be often repeated." M.Y.O. - E.M.L.

CAIRO BRANCH Mr. Amin Mirshak, Treasurer of the Cairo Branch, gave a reception in his home on Saturday, April 2nd, in honor of Mr. Hallet M. Carpenter, Editor of the News Letter-a publi­ cation issued in New York in the interest of the A.U.B. and the other colleges of the Near East-and of Mr. Anis Khuri, Professor of Arabic in our University. A large number of our Alumni and former students attend­ ed the reception and enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Mirshak. The first part of the evening was spent in relating reminiscences of the old college days and in talking about the University and its wonderful development. Mr. Carpenter 208 AL-KULLIYYAH showed on the screen some beautiful pictures of American life, buildings and scenes. After doing justice to the refreshments which were generously provided by the charming hostess, the pleasant social evening came to a close.

JERUSALEM BRANCH The Jerusalem Branch held a successful Social Evening on April I3, at the Grand New Hotel. Some of the members of the Faculty and Staff of the A.D.B. who happened to be in the sacred city were present. Several speeches in Arabic and English were delivered on that occasion, some by the members of the Branch and some by the visitors. Mr. George Salameh furnished the music. An original poem was rendered by Dr. Salim Salameh. We are glad to read about this delightful social and we hope all our branches will often give social and literary entertainments. Such events help to keep alive the spirit of the branches and to strengthen the bonds of fellowship amonQ" their different members.

NASIB TRABULSI A careful observer of the alumni campaign in New York gives us the news that Nasib Trabulsi, President of our New Yark Branch, is redoubling his efforts for the glorious success of the Alumni movement in New York. With all the numerous and pressing demands on his time and energy, Mr. Trabulsi has often found leisure to go around personally soliciting contribu­ tions for the Alumni Fund; and readers of the Alumni Monthly undoubtedly recall that he has himself done his share very generously. Mr. Trabulsi is the head of a firm which is con­ sidered the leading one in the knitting business in New York City. We appreciate deeply Mr. Trabulsi's zeal and fine spirit and we feel grateful for the unselfish interest and untiring effort of the Chairman of the New York Branch, which have made the success of the work of our alumni movement in New York possible. AL-KULLIYYAH 209 BEIRUT LATEST LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS To be continued.

L.S. L.E. L.Tq.G. $ Dr. Habib Abu-Shahla, B.A ...... 15 *Philip Ashkar' M.D...... 4 Alexander Bezjian, M.D ...... 2 *Najib Dabaghi, ColI...... 2 Adib Faris, ColI, Baysan ...... 2 Nadra Ghissays, Paris ...... 25 Anis Hunaykati, B.A., Shwayfat, ... . 100 Abdul-Majid Russ, B.A...... 5 *Asad Khairallah, B.A...... 25 *Amos Landman, B.A...... 3 A. G. Masabki, Montreal, (friend) .. 10 Said Najjar, M.D., Beit Miri ...... *Emile Nassar, ColI. (yearly) .... I S. R. Niziblian, M.D., Alexandretta .. 2 T. N. Rossides, M.D., ...... 50 Salim A. Sab', (friend) ...... 50 Ramiz Sarkis, ColI...... 25 Jibrail Uubayd, M.D...... 15

93 30 61 177 Total (approximately) $672. * Have contributed once before to the Fund and their contributions were duly announced in AI-KuIIiyyah. 2ro AL-KULLIYY AH

ALUMNI NEWS

OBItUARI~S. 1870 Our heartfelt sympathy is Sarruf. She passed away in extended to our eminent fellow Beirut, Thursday morning, Ap­ alumnus Dr.Yakub Sarruf,B.A., ril 2 r. on the death of his sister, Kafa

MARRIAGES AND BIRtHS. 1876 It is a pleasure to announce Hammana. Hearty congratu­ the engagement of Miss Alice lations are extended to the Maria, daughter of Dr. Michel parents. Few days after the Maria, President of our Tripoli arrival of the child, Dr. Branch, to Mr. Abdullah Azar of Abu-Haidar made a trip to the same city. Hearty con­ Egypt where he stayed about gratulations are extended to the three weeks. betrothed couple. EX-1907 Bahij Bey Jawhari re­ 1882 The Sao Paulo correspon­ joices over the addition of a new dent of Lisan ul-Hal sends to member to his family, a baby his paper a delightful descrip­ boy. Cordial greetings are sent tion of the wedding ceremoney to Mr. and .1\1rs. Jawhari. of Mr. Shadid Yafith, son of our late fellow-alumnus, Nimeh 1915 Nikula H. Daghir, B.A., Yafith, B.A., and Miss Violette Phar.M., Secretary of our Alum­ Yafith, daughter of Mr. Basile ni Branch in Sidon, and Mrs. Yafith. The correspondent says Daghir, N.T.S., are to be con­ that the brilliancy of the wed­ gratulated on the birth of a ding ceremony and the fesitve young girl. We heartily wish celebration that followed re­ the young lady all prosperity. mind one of the stories of the 1920 Nabih Shabb, M.D., Trea­ Arabian Nights. Heartiest con­ surer of the Alumni Branch in gratulations are extended across Sidon, and Mrs. Shabb, N.T.S., the seas to Mr. and Mrs. Yafith. are happy over the birth of their 1900 We are glad to announce the first child,-=-a baby boy. Sin­ birth of a baby boy to Ibrahim cere congratulations are extend­ Abu-Haidar, B.A., M.D., of ed to Dr. and Mrs. Shabb.

MISC~LLAN~OUS 1902 George Abu-Hamad, B.C., cation the "Palestine News has returned to Beirut after Paper" will from now on, come taking a business tour in Europe. out three times a week, with an increase of two pages each EX-I904 Mr. Isa Isa of Jaffa in­ issue. The subscription price forms us that his weekly publi- will not be changed inspite of AL-KOLLIYYAH 211

the important improvement. \Ve 1914 It is a great pleasure to wish our former student further report that the health of Daud success in his enterprise. Nasr, B.A., is improving after Ex-During the recent visit of the a long and serious illness. We French squadron to Beirut wish him a full and speedy re­ Selim Bey Talhuk, M.D. Mi~ covery. . ' mster of Public Health of the 1916 We are very sorry to learn Lebianon Republic with other that Kamal Shoucair, B.A., Sec­ high government officials went retary of our AlexandriaBranch on board some of the men-of­ is very sick. Fuad Nassar', war. On his return to the city B.A., formerly Secretary of the he met with a slight mishap. On above branch, has volunteered disembarking his foot slipped to take his work during his ill­ and he fell down. The fall ness which we sincerely hope caused him slight injuries that will be of short duration. may confine him to his bed for several weeks. We regret the 1917 Zahi I. Haddad, M.D., As­ accident but we are glad that sistant Senior Medical Officer, Talhuk Bey escaped from what Haifa District, visited Beirut might have been a worse fate. and Abayh where he spent a few days. 1910 Ali Salam, B.A., has been appointed sub-Director of Agri­ 1919 Salim Hilal, Phar.M., of culture, Forests and Mines in Aleppo, writes us that Jubran Transjordania. Khawly,M.D., formerly Medical Officer of the Ophthalmic Hospi- EX-1910 Ali Tabbarah is now oc­ tal of Tanta and Asyut, and cupying the post of Director of later of the Travelling Ophthal­ Agriculture, Forests and Mines in Transjordania. mic Hospital of Palestine is now practising in Aleppo as a special­ EX-1913 Mr. Shakir Hilal, of ist in eye, ear, nose and throat Baghdad, writes us about the diseases. We wish Dr. Khawly excellent work that is being ac­ success in his new field of work. complished by Mr. Yusuf D. Salameh, one of our former stu­ 1920 Suhayla Saadi, N.T.s., has dents. Mr. Salameh is the head returned to Beirut after having of the Vernacular Section in the taken a course in Midwifery in High Commissioner's Secretariat. the Queen Charlotte Maternity Among other things Mr. Hilal Hospital in London. After re­ says, "Mr. Salameh enjoys in ceiving the regular certificate of Baghdad a position of excep­ that institution she visited the tional responsibility and trust. maternity hospitals in France He has worked quietly for years and Egypt. upholding throughout the best 1922 After roaming for seven traditions of the A.D.B." months in Transjordania and 1914 Farid I. Haddad, Phar.M., Palestine as a member of the Inspector of Pharmacies, Pales­ Medical Staff of the Transjor­ tine, made a flying visit to dania Frontier Force, Mubadda Beirut and Abayh, Lebanon, Bordcosh, .l\LD., has been ap­ during the :easter vacation. pointed Medical Officer of the :5 212 AL-KITLLIYVAH

AIM Force and is stationed in mately a year. Since May, 1926 Zerka, Transjordania. I have been with the Interna­ 1922 A. Jukhadar, Com. Cer., tional Telephone and Telegraph Clerk in the British Consulate corporation. " in Damascus, went on leave for 19 2 3 Badri Talih, B.A., spent one month to Egypt. Mr. Ju­ three years studying at the Law khadar on his way to Egypt School, of Lyon, France. He passed by Beirut and called at returned lately to Beirut with the Alumni office. the degree of Licencie en Droit EX-1922 Subhi Sadi writes us as de L'Universite de Lyon, and is follows: "After graduating now working with l\Ir.G.Nassar from the School of Business of and Amin Bey Takiddin of this Columbia University in 1925, I city. We wish to congratulate secured employment with the Mr. TaIih on his success as a Gotham Silk Hosiery Company student and wish him success in and stayed there for approxi- his career. ALMA MATER

Now that we are approaching the close of the University year-in three weeks' time the Commencement exercises will take place-;we believe the minds of all faithful alumni and former students are turning towards their Alma Mater.

Now and then we are receiving requests from our Alumni branches for copies of the "Alma Mater" song, which, no matter how far away we may roam from the campus, always brings back to our mind's eye beautiful scenes of our youth and pleasant memories of college days.

Feeling that ~very alumnus should have a copy of this College song, and that in their literary meetings and social gatherings Alumni would enjoy singing together: "Far, Far above the waters," etc., we are publishing "Alma Mater" in this number of the Alumni Monthly. ~-

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~. ILL ------41_-·-----~. .~~==f J ,- , Ii II J 1; tflr :J-.i.. =J ,,------:!I'F --.J. -,t -:e--: See the banner wave- A. U. B., In Thee we glory, Make us true and brave. f--?.-; 111 ,- • 1FI" "3 b~- ~3 I -I' 1>1 v I ~'rom the islands of the ocean, Hail to Thee \ Our Alma Mater! From the banks so green \Ve would ever be

Of the great Egyptian river, Worthy sons~Oh! make us faithful, Or from Palestine; Faithful e'er to Thee I From the waters of Abana, Whereso'er the land that call-> us, Pharpar Damascene, E'en across the sea, We salute Thee, Alma Mater! We'll salute Thee, Alma Mater, Oriental Queen. Hail! 0 Hail! to Thee \

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AI,rKULLIYY All ISSUED BY THE American University of Reirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. JUNE, 1927 No.8

PRESIDENT DODGE HONORED BY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Three times this year the services and worth of our beloved president, Dr. Bayard Dodge, have been academically or offi­ cially recognized. The first visible token of appreciati~n came from Occidental College in California, which conferred on him the degree of LL.D. Then the Lebanon Republic manifested its recognition by conferring upon Dr. Dodge the "Lebanon Order of Merit." On May 2nd, the Government of the French Republic, through His Excellency Monsieur de Reffye, Haut Commissaire P. I. in Syria and Lebanon, presented to Dr. Dodge the insignia and diploma of "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur." The simple and dignified ceremony of presenta­ tion was performed in the presence of a distinguisAed assembly which had gathered in the spacious court of the "Residence des Pins" at the invitation of the High Commissioner to take part in honouring this man of high id~als who is giving of his best for the service of others. On decorating the President's breast with the cross, the High Commissioner said that he took a personal pleasure in having the opportunity to confer upon Dr. Dodge such a high distinction and to convey to him the token of appreciation and goodwill of the French Authorities who valued highly his work in Syria, especially since he became the President of the American University of Beirut. After this ceremony M. and Mme. de Reffye gave a dinner party in honour of President and Mrs. Dodge. At the conclusion of the dinner, the High Commissioner raised his glass in honour of the new Chevalier. Once more he 214 AL-KULLIYYAH spoke of the sentiments of esteem he cherished for Dr. Dodge and of the joy he experienced in conferring on him this dis­ tinguished order. The High Commissioner referred to the bonds of friendship that have united on the fields of battle the French and American forces. He added: "These chains of unity, forged in the heat of war-far from getting weaker in times of peace-ought to help us to cooperate." "In offering this high honour to President Dodge," he said further, "the French Government desires not only to honour the man himself but also to show that far from fearing American rivalry and competition in this country, which she is commissioned to ad­ minister and to lead in the paths of progress and civilization, France is happy to show its esteem for the work accomplished by the American University of Beirut, from which it expects efficient collaboration for the greatest good of Syria and Lebanon," On behalf of our loyal alumni and former students who are distributed all over the world, the Alumni Monthly take5 the greatest pleasure in offering sincere congratulations to Dr. Dodge upon receiving the cross of the "Legion of Honour" and in expressing its high appreciation of the gracious act of the French Authorities in thus honouring Dr. Dodge and through him the University. The distinguished company present included the highest civil and military representatives of the Mandatory Power, prominent educators, the Consuls General of France and the United States, and several members of the University Faculty.

PROFESSOR DUl\UT'S JUBILEE Owing to his present ill health, Mr. Jabr Dumit, Professor Emeritus of Arabic in the University, has requested the Jubilee Committee to postpone the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of his work as a teacher and author, which was to take place on the 7th or 14th of May. The committee has acceded to his request and decided to have the celebration take place some time next fall. Following the advice of his physicians, Prof. AL-KULLIYYAH 2 1 5

Professor J abr Dumit Dumit has removed in the first week of May to Suk-ul-Gharb. It is sincerely hoped that the invigorating Lebanon air will help the beloved professor to recuperate. Recent news from Prof. Dumit already shows that his health is improving; our hopes, therefore, are growing stronger that he will be able in the fall to be present at the celebration, thus allowing his students and friends to show him their expressions of love and devotion. We are glad to see the great interest our fellow alumni and former students are taking in trying to make the celebration a successful and memorable event. Members of the Khartoum Branch gathered at the home of Samuel Bey Atiyyah and voted to ask Khalil Effendi Khuri, B.A., civil judge, to write an address of congratulation. They also raised in that sitting f Eg. 17 ($85) to be added to other amounts coming from other sources to be presented to Prof. Dumit. The Branch in Sao Paulo sent f Eg. 10. In Cairo there is a movement to raise a handsome sum also-one prominent former student promised [Eg. IS for that purpose. Mr. N. Mokarzal, editor of Al-Hoda, one of the leading New York Arabic papers, sent to the local Committee a cheque for 500 francs in token of his appreciation of the great services rendered 2I6 AL-KULLIYV AH to the Arabic language by our eminent professor. Another former student, Tawfik Balesh, of Santiago, Chile, sent a cheque for fro and others also sent tokens of their appreciation. \;V e understand that the local committee is starting a movement for that purpose in Beirut as well. Dr. Philip Hitti writes us from New York: "Let us either make a collection of Professor Dumit's articles in one book, the proceeds of which will go to his pocket, or contribute original articles by his students and friends, mostly scientific, historical and literary to be sold also for his benefit, or make him a preseQ.t of a purse-anything except a statue or a book of poetry will be excellent." It must be a source of joy and satisfaction to Prof. Dumit to feel in his old age the evidences of love and appreciation on the part of his friends and students who are scattered all over the world. The local celebration committee, whose chairman is Mr. Anis Khuri, Professor of Arabic in the University, is receiving and aclrnowledging all contributions sent. for Prof. Dumit's Jubilee.

MR. CONSTANTINE TABIT SPEAKS ON JOURNALISM In the assembly meeting, Tuesday morning, May 3rd, the students of the Preparatory School listened to a very interesting talk on Journalism by Mr. Constantine Tabit, B.A. 1891, Phar.M., 1896. Mr. Tabit is fully entitled to talk on this subject for he has been for several years the Syrian correspondent and repre:oentative of the London Times. We greatly regret that on account of our limited space we cannot publish his address in full; we publish herein below some excerpts. Mr. Tabit said in part ;- "Journalism may be apOy described as a double-edged weapon which, if mishandled, may cut the person that wields it. With its vast and illimitable resources, journalism now affects all the main springs of modern society, politics, literature, commerce, industry, art, drama, music, and, last but not least, the news service, in which it originated, and which, thanks to the recent wunderful development of radiotelegraphy, embraces now the whole world. Any event of importance in any part of the globe is flashed to the great newspapers, and brought daily to one's door. Possessing such vast power, the owners and editors of great papers have come to be described as the uncrowned kings of the world. Take for example the London Times, which since its foundation in 1785 was and continued to be the representative newspaper of Great Britain. It was the first newspaper to be printed by steam

limits. The rotary type of the printing press and the mechanical setting or composing of types by the linotype, allow now of thousands of copies to be turned out in a few minutes. The organization of a great modern newspaper came thf>refore to be like that of a small modern state. Edi­ torial staffs, with editors, leader writers, literary and art critics, reporters and correspondents on general and special subjects, not to speak of foreign correspondents disseminated throughout the world,-all this is seen to open out a vast field for young talents, ambitious minds and adventurous natures. Most great writers and politicians started their careers in journalism; and many politicians of note, like Mr. Lloyd George and Monsieur Clemenceau, reverted to journalism after retiring from political life. In the West the influence of the press on public opinion is practically supreme. The means necessary for the successful conduct of the world war were carried out by pressure of public opinion as controlled by the press. The· crucial issues of conscription, control of food prices, rationing, unity of command, were all matters in which the press went ahead of public opinion. In peace time a5 well, public opinion is educated and led by the press in regards to all national issues, politics, finance, education, social reform, etc. It is true that the resources of our press in advertisements, sale and circulation are nothing to compare with those of the great western papers that can command the services of the highest class of editors, reporters and correspondents. While admitting, however, the disabilities and limita­ tions of the press in this country, we cannot completely exonerate from blame some of them that seem to exist merely for money making. As a distinguished and unmalicious friend justly remarked to me in this connection, the newspapers of Beirut would do well to pool their interests and merge in a few, to be directed by able, and c0mpetent hands. Some of the pitfalls that a certain section of our press would do well to studiously eschew are the tendency to personal abuse, mercenariness and cheap appeal to political and racial passions under the guise of nationalism. On the other hand, each and all would do well to cultivate the virtues common to all great newspapers in the west, viz. sincerity of political conviction, aim at highest service, scrupulous search for truth, honest desire to serve the national cause and welfare and, at the same time, humanity at large. Unfortunately, the peculiar conditions prevailing in our country are not propitious for the cultivation of all that makes for a· first class press, and this is all the more regrettable as our talented writers are so many. We must not forget, however, that others have covered a long way before they attained the present stage of development, and that, although an old nation, we are still young politically and socially, and we must look to the future with hope and courage. AL-KULLIYYAH 21 9 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT DODGE May 16th, 1927. Conventional Express, near Adrianople. Dear Mr. Shehadi, As you asked me to send word about my trip to the Near East Su~vey Conference at Constantinople, I am writing from· the train just after crossing the Turkish frontier. Mrs. Dodge and I travelled to Alexandria on a French ship. It was a great pleasure to meet Salim Bey Musawir, his daughter and Dr. Nesib Haddad, and Michel Hubayka, who very kindly came to our ship and took us to our hotel in Dr. Kaim Bey's automobile. Our pleasure was augmented when Dr. Yaloussis turned up with his beautiful new car and took us for a drive all over Alexandria. The beauty and expanse of the city is very im­ pressive. In the evening, members of the Alumni Association gave a splendid dinner at the beautiful Syrian Club. After a very hearty banquet, at which the greatest possible cheer ,vas mixed with Syrian kibbeh and all of the delicacies of Alexandria, many Alumni came in for a reception. Mrs. Dodge and I were quite overcome by the enthusiasm of the graduntes and enjoyed the chances to know them to the fullest possible extent. It gives us the greatest encouragement to feel t.hat 50 many loyal alumni are so much interested in the educational problems that mUbt be worked out at Beirut. Saturday morning, Dr. Haddad very kindly left his work and showed me Victoria College and then we board:~d a Khe­ divial steamer and journeyed across to Athens, arriving there on Monday afternoon. Of course one could write a book about the past glory and present progress of Athens. 'Ve went there especially to see the new college, which is affiliated with our own university in sharing the same office in N ew York. A committee of Greeks have already pledged $275,000 for buildings and endowment and Mr. Staub is trying to raise further endowment funds. The school is being built three miles outside of the city on a beautiful hillside, which com­ mands a delightful view of the plain of Attica and of the three mountain~ famous in Greek history. ~20 AL-KULLIYYAH

After a night on the train we spent a day with a Princeton classmate of mine, who is building up a very beautiful agri­ cultural school at Salonica. The next morning my classmate and his wife and Mrs. Dodge and myself starterl by automobile for Sofia. As it rained very hard at Salonica, we were ).mable to see Mr. Gyras and we only had a fleeting glimpse of another alumnus, Mr. Arslanides (George Arslanoglou.). The rain also played havoc with the roads, so that it took us twice as long as we had to reach Sofia. Two things especially impressed me, as we went on the 380 kilometer drive across Macedonia and Bulgaria. The first was the horror of war, which left bridges destroyed, hillsides desolate and a hungry peasantry. The second was the marvellous achievement of the Greek government officials, who with a Commission of the League of Nations are building a thousand new villages to settle half a million Anatolian refugees on farm lands. In Bulgaria we saw the growing capital city, with its plagnificent new cathedral. We passed by wonderful mountains and forests as well as brightly dressecl peasants dancing for a national holiday. We went through deep gorges and along rushing rivers, but I shall not attempt to describe these things. We also saw the new buildings of the Sofia American School in process of erection on a green hillside several miles from the city. This institution is also being served by our New York Office. It is to be a boys' and girls' gymnasium combined, with courses in agriculture and industry in addition to' the book work. The Bulgarian government has contributed generously to help it and an enthusiastic committee of very prominent dtizensofSofia is also aiding the work. :Bvery body in Bulgaria, from the king down, is interested in education and the finest building in every town is to be a school. The country is developing rapidly and should hecome very prosperous if it can only avoid war from now on. The Conference at Constantinople will probably last for ten days and will deal with questions of relief and educational work. Looking forward to returning to Beirut before the end of May, Very sincerely, (Signed) Bayard Dodge. AL-KULLIYV AH 2Z1 INVENTION BY A SON OF THE A.U.B. \Ve are pleased and proud to report that Mr. Camille A. Sabbah, a former student and teacher of the A.U.B., has just been granted a patent by the United States Government for a new pressure control apparatus which he has invented. 1\1r. Sabbah, who comes from N abatiyyah: Lebanon, is now working .:Z

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Pressure Control Apparatus Invented by Camille A. Sabbah for the General Electric Co. of Schenectady. New York, one of the largest electric companies in the "vorId. In a letter inform­ ing Mr. Sabbah that the patent has been granted, the company expresses its appreciation of his inventive ability.

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TOPICS FOR PRIZE ESSAYS 1927-1928

Harriet Beecher Munro Prize. One Phase of the Life of Umar Ibn-ul-Khattab. The Capture of Damascus in 635 A.D. The History of Kalat-ul-Hisn or any other Crusading Castle in Syria since 1300 A.D. The Building Activity of Shaykh Dahir-ul-Umar. Beirut 80-90 years Ago-Political, Economic and Social. Dimitri Salameh Prize. 1. The system of entailed (wakf) lands in Palestine or Syria, with a study of the extent of this form of tenure, its ad­ ministration and its effect upon production. 2. Capital in Syria and Palestine, enterprize promoted by foreign capital vs .. those supported by native capital. A comparative study. 3. A survey of commercial houses in a given community, Jerusalem, Beirut, Haifa, Jaffa, Tripoli, etc., their distribu­ tion as to their kind, goods handled, capitalization, form of organization, business methods, and practices, etc. 4. Investigation of a number of manufacturing enterprises undertaken in Syria or Palestine, operated with a view to ascertaining the cause of their dissolution or failure. 5. A stu~y of price levels in Beirut, Jerusalem, etc., for a period of ten years. A study of such data as might be procured from some institution and results to be drawn from th~m.

Harriet Beecher Munro Prize The winner of the Harriet Beecher Munro Prize for the year 1926-1927 is Mr. Wasfi Anabtawi. of the class of 1926. Edward F. Nickoley, Dean. 224 AL-KULLIYYA1:t

DR. LAUBACH'S ADDRESS ON FELLOWSHIP

Tuesday morning, May 10, Dr. Frank C. Laubach, of the Union Theological College of Manilla, Philippine Islands, gave a very interesting and inspiring address in the University Chapel. He spoke of the great advancement accomplished in recent years in that great Eastern Archipelago. In no other country in the world, according to Dr. Laubach, has such rapid progress been attained as in the Philippine Islands. The eagerness of the eleven million inhabitants to get education is wonderful. In this great upheaval in the East, caused by the strong desire of the Eastern Nations to secure independence and advancement, these movements, the speaker stated, ought to be wisely and sanely guided by the students' groups. The hope of the East is in the wisdom of its educated men. "The world must get better", the speaker said, "but only devotion to duty and sacrifice can make it better." The educated classes must strive to improve human conditions instead of sitting down with hands folded, expecting God to invent some device by which the world can be made better, as some of them actually do. The people of the East, he said, should forget their racial and religious differences in their pursuit after progress. The speaker believes that nothing could save the world better than international understanding and international justice. Dr. Laubach spoke of the efficient and useful work that is being done in the Philippine Islands by our distinguished fellow­ Alumnus, Dr. Najib Saleeby. One of the great services that Dr. Saleeby is rendering to the Islands is his cooperation with the speaker and others in establishing and conducting the Inter­ national Fellowship Organization. Dr. Laubach spoke of Dr. Saleeby in the highest of terms.

Brotherhood Sun·ey Trip,

~ Alumni played a large part in making successful an athletic and recreational survey conducted by the Brotherhood and the athletic de­ partment in Damascus, Aleppo, Horns and Hama during Easter vacation. Making preliminary arrangements for Field Days, alumni "booster" meetings and informal receptions were some of the ways in which they helped smooth the way for the party, which was made up o! Messrs. AL-KULLIYYAH 225

Helming and Foot; Fadel JamaIi and Shukri Shammas, Seniors in the Arts and Science College, and Jamil Jawad, a Freshman in the same school. Eighteen schools were visited; programs of games and talks on athletic subjects were given in eleven; six talks were given before mis­ cellaneous clubs and organizations and four Field Days were staged. Five schools took part in the Aleppo meet, the occasion being the first Interscholastic meet in the history of the city. Five hundred people watched the affair. Track and field meets in Damascus, Horns and Hama were equally successful. A total of three hundred students took part in the games and contests directed by members of the party, approximately fifteen hundred people listened to talks and a similar number witnessed the four Field Days. It is hoped that similar meets can be held in the cities of the interior annually, now that the start has been made. Alumni of the A.U.B. can serve very valuably by assisting in the organization of such contests, the background acquired at Beirut being a distinct advantage in working towards those ends. Supervised playground activities as an outlet for undergraduate energies during vacations is another channel of service revealed by the trip. The need for modernized physical education methods, which may be filled through a physical director's conference in connection with the Principal's Conference this summer, was also apparent. With athletic interest making rapid strides in Syria, the need for an Interscholastic athletic organization is making itself felt. If such a Union is achieved, with the end in view of standardizing rules and making scheduling games easier, alumni will have ample opportunity to "do their bit." Especially those who are in close contact with schools would find their help and advice invaluable. The help given by A. U. B. graduates and ex-students on the Easter trip indicates that when the call for further help comes the alumni will be found ready to get "on their marks." Foot. AL-KULLIYVAH

Larnaca Boys at the A.V.B. Hockey: Larnaca 5 : Prep. r. Tennis: Larnaca 0 : Prep. 2. Football : Larnaca 4 : Prep. I. Football : Larnaca I : Prep. I. Over the waves from Cyprus forty-six athletes and teachers from the American Academy of Larnaca journeyed to the A.U.B. campus over the week-end of April 29 to do battle in three sports with the hosts of A.U.B. Prep. The three-game Carnival ended with Larnaca on the long end of a 2 to I score, having taken both hockey and football. Prep. teams played brilliantly during the lirst period of every game, but displayed an inability to stand the pace. Prep. ied 1-0 at the end of the first period at hockey, for example, having offset the weight of their opponents with fire and speed that could not be denied. Both football games showed the same weakness. At half-time in the first football game the two teams were tied I-I and in the second contest Prep. maintained a one-point lead for a considerable period of time. The Carnival was a return engagement following a similar trip to Larnaca two years ago. Larnaca Academj boasts of only 160 studtnts, but a high standard in sports has always been maintained. An informal reception with boxing matches as the central feature was tendered the Larnaca visitors in West Hall common room on the night of their arrival.

WATER SPORTS Beach patrols of five men each, under the direction of a patrol captain, daily safeguard the lives of the hundreds of students who use the swimming cove, under a new plan instituted this year.

Members of the A.D.B. Life-Saving Corps are chosen fer the patrols. on a basis of the grade made in qualifying tests. A mock drowning drill is staged every afternoon at 5.05 to keep the members of the Corps actively in practice. The following students were chosen tentatively as the first set of patrol captains: A. Parviz, N. Hammam, A. Tahir, A. Rawdah and M. Ruhi. AL-KULLIYYAH 227

Paris, April 8th, 1927. Dear Mr. Shehadi, The readers of the Alumni Monthly may be interested to hear about our journey from Beirut to Paris. We came from Beirut to the ancient capital of the Ottoman Empire by land. The route-Beirut-Aleppo-Con­ stantinople-is very pleasant, and the R.R. fares are comparatively cheap. The Turks were very civil and obliging, but one is soon s~rllck by the poverty-stricken Turkish peasant and the pressing need for the working hand in Turkey. Constantinople is a very beautiful city. Here we visited the Haidar Pasha Medical School, which is an up-to-date and well-equipped school, and its Mosque, which has been. turned into a Library. We thence took a steamer to Naples, a large and romantic city, boasting of its numerous columns and statues. We also visited ancient Pompeii and I would urge all those travelling through Italy to stop in Pompeii; for the remains-arrangement of houses, streets, courts and the public assembly -are simply wonderful and they certainly prove that the ancient inhabitants knew how to live. Moreover the system of their hot and cold baths equals even the best in the world. On the whole, Italy im­ pressed me as the land of statues, coliJmns and paintings; for wherever one goes and whatever one sees there is always a column, a statue or a picture. Most of the land between Naples and Florence is mountainous but is practically all cultivated. Florence is very charmingly situated from a natural point of view. Its streets are wide, it is penetrated by a large river and is surrounded by a high range of densely forested mountains on the peaks of which rise beautiful chateaux. We thence went to Rome. If we had tried to go through Rome in the right way of seeing things, it would have taken us the best part of three months to see everything in Rome. However, we stopped at the chief and world-known places of in­ terest, i.e., the Vatican, S1. Peter's Church, the Coliseum and the Forum. We then proceeded to Venice and greatly enjoyed the luring city of gondo­ las, canals and palaces. From Venice we came to Paris. It would take me more time and space than I can devote now to describe this wonderful city. Here I am attending the regular clinics and ward rounds of the St. Louis Hospital in the mornings, working under some of the best authorities in the world~Prof. Jeanselme, Dr. Ravant, Dr. Milian, Dr. Laurat Jacob, Dr. Schaurand (the most distinguished authority on hair diseases); and during the afternoons I visit other hospitals. I am also planning to go to Strassburg for a few days to attend the clinics and hospital work there. From Strassburg I shall return to Paris, where I expect to take a course in Dermatology and Venerology, the course terminating on June 12th. From that date onwards my itinerary is England, Berlin and eventually Beirut. 228 AL-KULLIYYAH

In Paris I met several of our graduates-Dr. Jameel Kyriakos, who is back from London, Dr. Hasan Hindi, Sulayman Bey Izzuddin and Dr. Fuad 'Akl, who is following up his courses in Surgery here and will leave for London in a month's time for further specialization. Among the doctors who are taking Post-Graduate courses and who are attending general or private clinics, strange to say there is not one French person, the majority being Greeks. Among students the largest number are Chinese and Japanese and there are many Jrakian and Egyptian students as well. With kindest regards and best wishes to you all, I remain, Sincerely yours, (Signed) Yusuf Raudah.

"LLEGOR 0 l\IORIR" Alausi, Ecuador, March 25th, 1927. To the President of the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Syria. 1\1y dear Sir, Though we travel far and wide in all parts of the world, we always cherish the sweetest memories of our beloved Alma Mater; and I take the greatest pleasure in writing you about another son of the A.D.B. Two weeks ago, I met in this city a young man whose name is Haim Raoul. He left Syria and the University inI925 after completing his sophomore year in college and now claims 10 be the first Syrian globe trotter. He began his adVEnture in July I926 at Buenos-Aires and made for New York on foot-a distance of 18,000 kilometers. Of the six mates who accompanied him, four dropped before, and the other two at La Paz (capital of Bolivia). Thus far he has crossed Argentina (2,400 km.), Bolivia (900 km.), Peru (700 km.), Ecuador (250 km.) and is now here at Alausi. He hangs the Syrian nag on his lance and is striving for the Globe Trotter Championship, consisting in a diploma, a medal and $25,000 besides a gold med:.:d which wiII be presented to his own nation, i.e. Syria. He has been met with hospitality everywhere. News­ papers in South America have graised him in their columns and in certain cities he was aske~ to talk on sport subjects. He is always proud of the A.G.B. and contends that, inspired with the spirit she has inculcated in him, IH' strives gladly nnc! endures patiently all hardships and obstacles AL-KULLIVY AH

The Globe Trotter that might come his way. His Spanish l\Iotto is "Llegor 0 Morir" i.e. arrive or die. Even the passes of Argentina, the deserts of Peru, the peaks of the Andes and the wilderness of Central America have witnessed something of the spirit of our beloved A.U.B. I am enclosing his photo which he sent me from a town near Colombia and which I promised to send along to you with details. With kindest regards, I remain, Your true and obedient student, .(Signed) William Garzouzi. 23 0 AL-KULLIYYAH EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT TO ALL ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS

GOVERNMENT SERVICE Occasional requests come from the governments of the Sudan, 'Iraq, Transjordania, and other states for men to fill positions as doctors, dispensers, and teachers, and also to do - clerical work. Alumni interested in these positions should correspond with the Office of the President of the University.

WANTED-POSITIONS A young graduate of the Short Course Commerce i3 seek- ing employment-preferably as Shorthand-Typist. Com- municate with the Alumni Office.

Applicant-a young man who has passed Freshman at the A.U.B., a few years ago-knows English and French well and has some knowledge of Arabic; had three years' experience in office work. Communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man, 2 I years of age, with a High School educa­ tion, a good knowledge of English, Freach, Arabic and Type­ writing, is seeking a position-communicate with the Alumni Office.

A young man of 20, with a High School education, well versed Arabic and Mathematics, and with a fair knowledge of English and French, is after a position. Communicate with the Alumni Office. AL-KULLIYYAH 23 1

UNIVERSITY NEWS The President and Mrs. Dodge sailed on May 4th for Alexandria, Egypt. From Egypt they proceeded to Athens, Salonica, Sofia and Con­ stantinople. The main object of the President's trip to Constantinople is to attend the meeting of the Survey Committee of the Near East Relief, which was appointed to consider the whole field of operations of the Near East Relief and its future, and to report to the Executive Committee in New York. Dr. Dodge chose this route in order to visit the Near East Colleges. He is expected back in the first week of June.

We are glad to report that Dr. Douglas Cruikshank, of the A.U.B. Hospital Staff, has been made a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain. He took the examination in Edinburgh, whrre he has been studying most of the winter and passed second in a class of sixty.

Professor Harold H. Nelson, for many years Professor of History in the A.U.B., came from Egypt in the beginning of May to spend the summer months in Lebanon and Syria. During his stay in Beirut, Dr. Nelson will assist in classification work in the University museum. Professor Nelson is now Director of the Epigraphical Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago at Luxor, Egypt.

Mr. Said Himadi, Professor of Applied Economics in the School of Commerce, sailed for the United States on May 20th. He expects to be absent for one year. During his stay in America, Professor Himadi will visit various seats of learning and will take advanced courses along his line of work.

UNITED MISSIONARY CONFERENCE A reception was given by the University Administration on Tuesday evening, l\Iay 3rd, in the Common Room of West Hall in honour of the members of the United Missionary Conference, which was holding its sessions in Beirut about that time. The large gathering, representing 18 different Protestant missionary societies and their friends, were cordially welcomed by Pre~ident Dodge. Rev. James H. Nicol, Secretary of the Presbyterian Mission, followed with a few remarks describing the motives and aims of the conierence, which consist mainly in inspiring these different bodies to work together harmoniously in Syria and Palestine. Several pieces of good music were rendered that evening by the College Orchestra. A delightful social time during which refreshments were :,oerved, was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended the reception. 232 AL-KULLIYYAH

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Dr. Emanuel Libman, of the Mount Sinai Hospital, N.Y., one of the leading specialists on heart diseases in New York, gave a lecture in the West Hall Common Room at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 12th. The lecture was attended by members of the Staff and Faculty and students of the three upper classes in the Medical School. .

Among the distinguished visitors who enjoyed :seeing our campus in i\1ay was Miss Florence \Vilson, who was iormerly Librarian to the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and is now the representative of the Carnegie Foundation in Paris.

Of special interest this month was the visit of Mr. Humphrey Bowman, Director of Education for Palestine. ]\1r. and Mrs. Bowman spent a week at the University as the guests of President and Mrs. Dodge. During his stay, Mr. Bowman spoke in chapel.

Mr. Headlam-Morley, who has been sent by the Missionary Council (1f the Church of England to study the work in Palestine, stopped at the University on his trip.

Another visitor who spoke in chapel was l\Ir. James Lee Ellenwood, Secretary of the New York State Executive Committee of the Y.M.C.A.

There have been many other visitors, including a party of about a hundred French Protestant Pilgrims who ,vere entertained in West Hall one afternoon and then shown the campus.

ZAHRA T UL-ADAB RECEPTION Friday evening, l\Iay 20th, Zahrat ul-Adab Society held a very pleasant reception in West Hall. Mr. Hafiz J amil, President of the Society started the activities with a few words of welcome. The crowd was divided in two separate parties arranged in circle forms. These parties occupied all the common room of 'Vest Hall. Games were indulged in freely. Then the indispensable master of humor, Prof. Jurjus Khuri, ap­ peared on the scene. As usual, he delighted his hearers with his anecdotes and humorous stories. AI-Dabki dance accompanied with "Dal'una Ya Dal'una", was a very pleasant feature of the program. Certificates of life membership were then given to the following members Fadil Jamali Sabih Wihbah Akram Rif'at Umar Farukh Kanan Khatib Ice cream and cake were the last item on the program. AL-KULLiyyAij

REPORT OF PROGRESS

ALMOST TOUCHED THE TOP KHARTOUM MAKES ANOTHER DRIVE

According to the splendid report of our friend, Mr. N. Tarazi, B.A., the Secretary of our Branch in Khartoum, our Alumni in the Sudan are not content with their past achieve­ ments for the Alumni cause. Nothing will satisfy them except "Reaching the Top." "On the 9th of April," our correspondent writes, "Samuel Bey Atiyyeh invited a large number of Khartoum Alumni to a party at his home to discuss our participation in the 50th Anniversary of Professor Dumit as a teacher and author. All responded to the call. "At the meeting, Mr. Khalil Khuri, B.A., district judge of the Civil Court and a distinguished Arabic scholar, was asked to write an address expressing the sentiments of the Khartoum Alumni. As Dr. Muhammad Nowairi is going very soon to Beirut, on leave, we asked him to read the address at the Jubilee. We then collected I7 Egyptian pounds to go towards presenting a gift by the Celebration Committee to Professor Dumit on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of his services as a teacher and author." Mr. Tarazi says further that the Alumni who had not contributed before to the Alumni Fund came forward with splendid zeal and enthusiasm. A list of contribution'S was sent us by Mr. Taraz~ and is printed on another page. The Sudan Alumni are fast approaching the goal. The officers from Khartoum and Najib Bey Yunis, M.D., in Kajo Kaji, are making a fresh drive. We hope that before very long the Khartoum Branch will over-subscribe its quota and that it will successfully "go over the top." We take this opportunity to thank Samuel Bey Atiyyeh for opening his home for Alumni work and we thank the officers of the Branch for their splendid efforts. 234 AL-KULLIYYAH

AL-HILAL ANNUAL PRIZE A former proposition made by our fellow Alumnus, Mr. Emile Zaydan, editor of the famous publication AI-Hilal, is now fully confirmed and firmly established. In addition to his generous contribution to the Alumni Fund, Mr. Zaydan pledges himself to give annually a prize of L.E. 15 to be administered by the Arabic Department of the University. Mr. Zaydan is deeply interested in the development and advancement of Arabic literature· in his Alma Mater and is ready to show his interest in acts louder than words. In former years the prize had been given on some occasions but not regularly, by our fellow alumnus, but now he promises to regularize it. The recent visit of Prof. Anis Khuri to Cairo acted as a reminder to Mr. Zaydan to take this welcome step. The amount of L.E. 15 each year will be divided as follows :- 1st prize...... L.E. 10 cash 2nd prize...... L.E. 5 in books or periodicals published by AI-Hilal. \Ve add our voice to that of the Arabic Department in sincerely thanking the editor of AI-Hilal for his liberal con­ tribution and for his loyalty and keen interest in the prosperity and usefulness of his University.

ALEXANDRIA BRANCH ENTERTAINS PRESIDENT DODGE Our Alumni in Alexandria have been anxious since their organization into a regular society to receive a visit from the President of their Alma Mater. May 6th, H)27, is a date to be long remembered in the history of the Alexandria Branch, for then their wishes were realized. We read in AI-Ahram that on Friday, May 6th, the President of the Branch in Alexandria, Salim Bey Mousawir, accompanied by his young daughter, Miss Lily, and Dr. N asib Haddad, the Treasurer of the Branch, and Mr. Michel Hubayka met the President and Mrs. Dodge at the port. Dr. Iskandar Bey Kaim, Ex. President of the Branch, was detained by business from accompanying the party to welcome the honoured guests but he sent his car to AL-KULLIYYAH 235 bring them to their hotel. In the evening the Executive Com­ mittee gave a dinner in honour of Dr. and Mrs. Dodge. Follow­ ing the dinner a reception was held in the club parlours. Thanks to the zeal and splendid efforts of Dr. K asib Haddad, the parlours were very prettily and tastefully decorated. After the singing of Alma Mater by the audience, Salmi Bey Mousawir delivered the speech of welcome. He mentioned the great services rendered by Dr. Dodge and the University to the Near East and thanked the non-alumni who cooperated with the members of the branch in welcoming to Alexandria Dr. and Mrs. Dodge. Mr. Farid Haddad was the second speaker. He delivered an original Arabic poem and an address, both of which were well received by the audience. (I) Dr. N ajib Farah followed with an excellent English speech in which he referred to the great good done by the A.U.B. and its president. Mr. Michel 'Akl,(I) a friend of the University, eulogized in a fine Arabic poem the magnifIcent work accomplished by our institu­ tion and paid a high tribute to Dr. Dodge, his family and to the American people. Dr. Fayyad, the well known orator and poet and an adopted son of the Alexandria Alumni Branch, is always listened to with interest. His captivating talk on that occasion was no exception to the rule. Mr.Hazzan, speaking in French, mentioned the benefits derived by the East from the 'University and referred to the debt the Near East owes to Dr. Dodge and his family, especially during the World War. The last speaker of the evening was Dr. Dodge. He started his address by saying: "You have mentioned the word Dodge many times this evening; you deserve my thanks. These thanks shall be expressed in the form of a description of the University." Dr. Dodge then spoke of the great changes and developments that took place during the latter years in the different departments of the University. He enumerated the different religions and sects represented and hoped for a brilliant future for the A.U.B. He closed his address by ex­ pressing his best wishes for the progress and prosperity of the countries of the East, declaring that he had pledged himself

(1) The poems of Messrs. Farid Haddad and Michel 'Akl will be published in the Arabic AI-Kulliyyah of July 1. AL-KULLIYYAH to do his duty to the East. A social hour then followed, during which refreshments were served and the final singing of Alma Mater brought that delightful evening to a close. The following morning, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Yaloussis and Mousawir Bey, Dr. and Mrs. Dodge were taken in Dr. Yaloussis's car around the city to see its beautiful sights. After the sightseeing they were taken to the steamer, which was sailing for Athens.

LATEST LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KHARTOUM BRANCH

George Abu-Shahin, B.C., ...... 6.50 Naji 'Atiyyah, M.D., ...... 2.00 Theodore Belsky, M.D., ...... 10.00 Afd Beyhum, B.C., ...... 5.00 Ciragos Churukian, M.D., ...... 1.00 Habib Daghir, ColI...... 3.00 Tawfik Fattal ...... 3.00 Adib Ghabril, M.D., ...... 10.00 Muhammad K. Noweiri, M.D., . . .. 3.00 Joseph Surati, ColI., ...... 3.00 Najib Tarazi, B.A., ...... 3.00

49.50 equal to $247.50 AL-KULLiYY AH

ALUMNI NEWS

1884 We deeply regret to report of Technology" In writing: the sudden death of Salim Bey about Said's death, Subhi Sadi; Bashir, M.D., of Duma, Leban­ Ex-Staffite, says: "His Greative on. Our condolences are ex­ mind enabled him to invent tended to the bereaved family. during the war a kind of artifi. 1899 A cable reached Professor chI light which was of benefit Bulus Khauli in the early part to a nation." We sympathize of May carrying the sad news deeply with Mrs. Dabbus and of the death of his brother-in­ the other members of the afflict­ ed family. law, Mr. Sami Rasi, Editor of the well known Sao Paulo publi­ 191 I We extend our heartfelt ca,tion, AI-Jaliyah. We offer sympathy to Abdul-Ahad Abd­ our heartfelt sympathy to his un-Nur, M.D., President of our brothers,Anis Rasi,B.A., Munah Musul Alumni Branch, on the and William, and to his sisters, death of his father, Aziz Abd­ Mrs. Fadlo Hourani, Mrs. un-Nur. The sad news reached Khauli and Mrs. Nasif, and the us only lately, although Aziz other members of the sorrowful Effendi passed away over three family. months ago. .

1906 We extend across the seas 19 I 9 Weare very sorry to report our sincere condolences to Amin the death of Mrs. Alexandre Khairallah, B.A., M.D., and to Zaydan, mother of our fellow­ Mrs. Khairallah, on the death of alumnus, Michel Zaydan, Pharo their baby girl, Virginia, who M. Mrs. Zaydan passed away passed away in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the 17th of May at her resi­ last April. dence in Cairo. Our sinCere con­ dolences are extended to her be­ Ex We read in the New York reaved family. Times of March 8th the follow­ ing item about our former stu­ 192 lOur sincere condolences are dent, Said Dabbus :-"Said offered to Samuel Haddad, Phar. Dabbus of Jamaica, L.L, an en­ M., of Cairo, on the death of gineer recently with Stone and his mother. She passed away· Webster, died Tuesday of heart in Beirut, Sunday evening, May disease. He was born thirty 6th, after a long and severe ill­ years ago in Beirut, Syria, and ness. Mr. Haddad came to helped organize the first Boy Beirut in April to offer to his Scout movement in Syria. He mother his filial care and love came to this country for an edu­ in her last days on earth. He cation in engineering and spent returned to Egypt a few days two years at the Mass. Institute ,li,fter his mother's death. AL-KlJLLrVYAtI

Ex We sincerely condole with Ex Our heartfelt sympathy is ex­ Najib Jabbour on the death of tended to Mr. Shibl Dammus, his mother, who passed away in member of the House of Depu­ the A:,U.B. Hospitals after a ties of Lebanon, on the death long and severe illness. of his wife, who passed away in Zahlah, Monday, May 9th.

MARRIAGl;S AND BIRl'HS.

1876 On a recent trip to Tripoli, We wish the little fellow a very we learnt that Miss Corinne happy life. Maria, daughter of Dr. Michel I9I3 It was a pleasure to receive Maria, President of the Alumni a card from Manasseh Hannush, Branch in Tripoli, was married B.A., .and Mrs. Hannush , an- to Mr. Harland A. Riker, of nouncmg the birth of a babv Boston. The wedding ceremony girl on Saturday, May 7tli, took place in the 'Hub", where weighing seven pounds. We con­ the couple are now residing. We gratulate the parents and wish heartily congratulate Mr. and baby Hannush a very happy life. Mrs. Riker. We also wish to report that Dr. Maria, after I926 Miss Nadima Nadir and passing an enjoyable time in Rashid Atiyyah, M.D., of the Valley of the Nile, returned Baynu, 'Akkar, were united by in April to Tripoli. the sacred bonds of matrimony, Sunday, !vIay I S. Dr. Atiyyah I908 • Michel Haik, B.C., Trea­ had returned, only a few days surer of the Tripoli Branch, and before the wedding, from Wau, Mrs. Haik are happy over the Sudan. Sincere congratulations are extended to the happy birth of a strong bouncing boy. couple.

MISCl;I,I.ANP:OUS

1883 Antonius J. Manasseh, tel' of Public Health in the out­ Phar.M., A.B., M.D., and Mrs. going Cabinet of the Lebanese Manasseh sailed for England on Republic, has been given the Monday, May 8th. They ex­ same portfolio in the new pect to spend about six months Cabintt. We congratulate Dr. in Great Britain and the Con­ Talhuk Bey and wish him great tinent. success in his endeavors to serve Ex Dr. Salim Bey Talhuk, who the public health. had served with credit as Minis- AL-KULLIVYAH 239

EX-I890 After many years of 19II Wadi' Faris, B.C., of honorable service in the Sudan Tripoli made a flying trip to Hasib Bey Stephan, M. C., Beirut. During his short stay in O.B.E., has gone on pension. He the city he visited the A.U.B. has returned to his native town, and enjoyed roaming over the Deir-ul-Kamar, to enjoy a well­ campus; but regretted that the earned rest from his work in football season was over and Africa. On his arrival in Beirut, he visited the A.U.B. and called that he did not have the chance at the Alumni office. to show the moderru athletes how to play a good game of 1903 Najib Sham'un has return­ foot ball as they played in the ed to his post as head teacher in good old days. the Brummana School for boys after a six months absence in 1914 After a stay of three months England. We were glad to see in Beirut and Palestine, Habib­ him in our office and on the allah Muayyad, M.D., returned campus. to his home in Kirmanshah, Persia, where he has a large 1903 A boarding school for boys practice. During his stay in and girls hees been established in Beirut he was a constant visitor beautiful Dayr Kubil, Lebanon, to the campus and the A.U.B. by our fellow alumnus Philimon Hospitals. Khuri, M.A. The school for girls is separated from the school I915 Jibrail Katul, B.A., In­ for boys althollgh the two are spector of Education in Pales­ under one management. It cor­ tine, accompanied Dr. Bowman, responds in grade to our Junior DirectJr of Education, in his Department in the Preparatory recent visit to Beirut. The two School of the A.U.B. We wish gentlemen came purposely to the "Lebanon Nashia School" this city to confer with President great success and a brilliant Dodge about matters of educa­ future. tional interest to Palestine. 1916 It was a great pleasure to EX-I904 ~Ir. Abdullah Shehadi, of Wau, Sudan-1000 miles see on the campus James Somer­ sout;h of Khartoum-came to ville, M.A., General Inspector of Beirut in the second week of Education, Baghdad, Iraq. After May. He intends to spend his a sojourn of a few days in Le­ 4 months leave in Lebanon and banon, he went with his family Syria. to spend their leave in England and Scotland. Mr. Somerville I910 Fuad Nassar, B.C., former­ brought us very good reports ly Secretary of our Alumni about the sons of the A.U.B. in Branch in Alexandria, has come Iraq. to Beirut to work with Messrs. I916 Sadik Asad, B.A., Senior N akad and Trabulsi. We ex­ Master of Bishop Gobat School pect Mr. Nassar to affiliate soon in Jerusalem, spent his Easter with the Beirut Branch and to vacation in Beirut. We were enter heartily into its activities. AL-KULLIYYAH

greatly pleased to see him on the who is now on leave. Dr. campus and in our office. Jazmati expects to spend his holidays in the Lebanon and 19 17 Nasib Yusuf Haddad, M. Syria. D., is back in his native town, 'Abayh, from the Sudan for his 1926 Khalil Shami, 1\1.D., called summer holidays. We hear that at our office in the first week of his mother is very sick·; we May. We were very glad to sincerely wish her a steady re­ see him. Dr. Shami left for his cuperation. native village, Jim, where he expe~ts to .spend. the largest part 19 20 A circular letter has been received in our office announcing of hiS holidays, after which he the organization of a Joint Stock will return to resume work in Company bearing the name of the Sudan Medical Service. 4'akariyyah Nusuli and Co., 1926. Jamil Baroody, B.A., of dealing in woolen and cotton BeIrut, went to Egypt in April goods and silks. Our fellow­ on a pleasure trip. He spent alumni, Muhyid-Din Nusuli, about a month in Cairo and M.A., and Anis Nusuli, B.A., Alexandria, where he met many are two of the seven partners of of our Alumni and former stu­ this firm. We wish the new dents. company great success. EX.-1926 George Sarrafian, who 19 23 It is a pleasure to congratu­ late Na'im Husni, Com. Cer. of IS now studying at Columbia Homs, on his complete recovery University, is one of thousands from a long and. protracted sick­ of Alumni and former students who received with pleasure and ness. satisfaction the news of the 1924 Yasir Muayyad, M.D'1 has honors and titles-academic and resigned his position in the Su­ governmental-that have been dan Medical Service and has ac~orded to President Dodge left for Paris for further study. thiS year. He wishes to convey through the Alumni Monthly his 1926 Naji 'Atiyyah, M.D., of the sincere congratulations to our Sudan Medical Service, is spend­ beloved president and the ing his leave in the Lebanon. University. 1926 Muhammad Nweiri, M.D., has resigned his position in the EX-1926 Sayyid Mustafa Hab­ Civil Hospital, Khartoum. He boob of Beirut has perfect right has come to Beirut to practice to be proud of his daughter his profession. Saniyyah when he receives the following letter from Miss Alice 1926 We were glad to see on the Hill Byrne, the Dean of the campus, Kamil Jazmati, M.D., Western College for women in of the Sudan Medical service, Oxford, Ohio ;-

· -- - -- AL-KULLIYYAR ISSUED BY THE American University of Heirut FORMERLY THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE

VOL. XIII. JULY, I~)27 No. 9

HOW THE 1926.27 ACADEMIC YEAR ENDED AT THE A.U.B. Commencement week this year, with all its festive occasions, academic ceremonies, literary and religious exercises, alumni gatherings, teas, parties and entertainments, is to be long remembered by teachers, students and friends of the University. Thousands of guests and hundreds of alumni attended the different functions held from June 18 to June 22 inclusive. Here below we give brief sketches of these different events that have been the crowning of the faithful efforts and noble achievements of the University academic year of 1926-27.

COMMENCEMENT In the deepening golden light of a sunset that cast the shadow of :Bliss Hall across the inner athletic field, with its platform and its benches filled with people, the University for the fifty-eight year sent into the Near East a class of seniors. The exercises were commencement exercises, and from the more distant viewpoint it was the beginning, rather than the end, of the richest pages of life, but to the seniors and to the crowds who had come to see them, it was more the ending of at least a chapter that the ceremony seemed to be. The Antilyas band had played wh\le the crowd had filed through the gate and deployed across the field to their places. The procession of Alumni and seniors, followed by the faculty, had marched and taken their places. The spectators had stood, during the "Marseillaise." Now Professor Crawford was reading the old motto of the University selected by Dr. Daniel Bliss, and the crowd sat silent while the deep, rich Arabic seemed to roll out over the field in powedul waves of sound. Professor Philippe Bianquis welcomed, in French, the visitors to the exercises, called attention to the cosmopolitan nature of the University, spoke briefly of the plans for French sections, and ended by reminding the students of the humane aims of science, and of science's collective nature~ Professor Bianquis declared that the aim of the University was to bring together as many different nationalities as possible. He pointed out AL-KtiLLiYYAH that the recognition of President Dodge by Occidental College, by the Lebanese Republic, and by the French government was a symbol of the work of international understanding which the University was carrying but. The French instruction planned for the preparatory department will be a great help to students who wish to go into more advanced work in France, and illustrates the eagerness of the University to cooperate with the government, he said. Science serves not only to improve methods of killing, Professor Bianquis insisted, but to uplift mankind. The speaker concluded with a quotation from the French scientist Berthelot emphasiz­ ing the great debt which every individual scientist owes to his prede­ cessors and to his contemporaries in other nations. Mr. Charles Malik, high honors member of the class, next ~poke in Arabic on "Personal Freedom." He began by recognizing the existence of doubt among certain people that such a thing as personal freedom could exist, and mentinoed some of the arguments brought by such people against the possibility of any choice or freedom. But this doctrine he rejected as false, and argued that there was indeed personal freedom which left the individual a wide discretion. The importance of this freedom to the speaker was not freedom for its own sake, however, but the logical implications of such freedom, granted that it exists. The most important of these implications, Mr. Malik declared, were two: personal respect, and the possibility of growth. The address will appear in full in the Arabic Al-Kulliyyah. The shadows were creeping across the walls as the sun sank into the sea, and a faint breath of air began to stir. The formalities were almost ended, and the University was about to grant the seniors their diplomas. Dean Nickoley presented the candidates from the School of Arts and Sciences; the names were read, and the seniors stood in their places. Dr. Ward presented the candidates from the School of Medicine and the School of Dentistry. The names of the nurses and of the pharmacy seniors completed the list; the entire graduating class stood ready to receive their degrees. It was only a moment until they had all passed across the stage, had shaken the hand of the President and of the director of their school, and were again in their places before the platform. There remained one thing to be done.-the administration to the medical graduates of the oath of Hippocrates. A beautiful oath it was, too, Dr. Ward gave it to the seniors before the black-gowned faculty, witnesses to the promise. Loyalty to their professions, devotion to the healing and curing of mankind, unswerving and conscientious observance of the honorable ethics of medicine were all included in the oath. AL-KULLIYYAH 245

At last the audience stood and, accompanied by the band, sang "Alma Mater." The sun slid deeper and deeper in the skies, and the shadows covered almost the entire crowd. It was the last time that the seniors would ever sing that song together, perhaps the last time that some of them would ever stand shoulder to shoulder on the campus, the last time that they would see sunset over the Mediterranean from the campus. The song ended. The facuIty broke its ranks on the platform and started down into the crowd. The seniors dispersed among their friends. The crowd spread out across the field and started home. The Fifty-eighth annual commencement was over. The following are the names of the successful winners of the certifi­ cates or academic degrees of the A.u.n. Candidates for the Nurses' Certificate Adelina Levon Amiralian Sirouhi Khachik Manougian Araxi Ghougas Ghougassian Armenouhi Kaloust Najarian Asma Michel ~ardush JaIilah Najib Na:;;rallah Yeranouhi Hovsep Kasnakjian Siranoush Hagop Ohanian Sara Mardiros Majarian Tzavag Garabed Tashjian Candidate for the degree of M.A. Tawfi~ Hezkial 'Atiyyah Candidates for the degree of B.A. Joseph Agathon Abazoghlou Isbir Constantine Jfizah J:Iilmi $aJil;1 Abu-Ramaqan· AUl KhalIl Mal;1fU~ Salman 'Ajluni Anis Ilyas Khftri 'lsa Ibrahim 'A!:;.l Ivlul;1ammad Farid Khurshid Rex Faraj Allahwerdi Kegham Solomon Krikorian Alexandar Emile Beiruti J:Iabib Amin Kurani, B.C. Lutfi Mu:;;tafaBu:;;tami Charles J:Iabib Malik ~afir Tawfi~ Dajani NiJplla Iliyya Manassah Muhammad Shawki Dandashli Shukri 'Abd-ul-Kadir Muhtadi 'Ar~fat Mul;1ammad Duwayk Jamil Bashir N~ja George Khuri Faral] Bashir Talib Rayyis Labib Yflsuf Fulavhfm Akram Muhammad Rif'at J:Ianna Ilyas Ghu~~' Shukri I:Ian~a Shammas Vahram Haratune Hadidian Tawfik Iskandar Shwavri Henriette G. J:Iakim Georg~ Ni~Ula Stepha;u Iskandar l\lansur Harik Sudki 'Abd-us-Salam Tabari Nftfiz Mul;1yiddin I;iusayni 'Abd-ul-~adir Al;1mad 1'ann1r Tal;1sin Ibrahim Jamal Sayf-ud-Din Tukfm Mul;1ammad Faqil Jamali 'Adil i:Iasan Turujm&n' I}asan Mu~tafa Jawiid Kamal Khalil Yazigi Khosroif Khachadur Yeramian AL-KULLIYY Ali

Candidates for the degree of B.A· (in Medicine) Levy 'Azizullah Khoren Harutune Yeretsian Candidates for the degree of B.C. Jirair Balian Tacob ::\lordecai 1\lakoff Charles Antoine Kettaneh Isaac Khalil N ashashibi Desire Antoine Kettaneh \YaWb 'Abd-ul··Ghani Shaykh Candidates for the degree of Pharm. Chem. Artin Ghazaros Artinian Zaki I:Ianna J::Iakim Fahmi 'Atiyyah Sami Murkus Alexander Constantinide:o 'l-\bd-ul-'A~iz Shafsha~ Shukri Ya'~ub Dal)burah 'Ali 1\1ul)ammad Sha'rani Candidates for the degree of D.D.S. Isaac Vita Gerson 'Villiam Shil)adah Shil;1adah Mal)mud Tawfl~ KhiHid As'ad Tadrus Sofia Perelman . George :\Iikha'll 'Yakim Euripides D. Zemenides Candidates for the degree of M. D. Mul;1ammad A1).mad 'Abd-ulJ>.adir M uhdi 1\1 u;;iri Fayi~ Andriyya Harold Nystrom Samuel Appelrot George Rodenkc George Gubran 'Atallah Sayyid $ali1). George Bellos Saliba Ya'kub Sa'id 'Aziz Butrus l'llsuf A. Salamfmi Sa'id 'Abd-ur-RaI)im Dabbagh Edward Yusuf Simian Souren Etyamazian Antonius Nasim Tu'mah Morris Leibson Eliphalet Weizbard Shafi~ As'ad Zahran AL-KULLIYYAH 247

n :l 3 3 (1) ::l () (1) 3 (1) .8. 248 AL-KULLIYY AH

DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT COMMEKCEMENT

M. & 2.\Ime Vercher de Reffye, Secretaire General du Haut Commissariat Haut Commissaire P.i. M. Paul Lepissier, Secretaire General A.djoint. M. & Mme Bounhour, Inspecteur de l'Enseignement Secondaire. IV£. & Mme. Berie!, Service Economique et Agricole. M. Charles Debb3s, President de la Republique Libanaise represented by ::\1. Cardahi. ~Iinistre ele Ia Justice. Shaykh Mohammed el Jisr, President du Senat. l\Ioussa Bey Nammollr, President of the House of Deputies. 11. l\Ied. ~fajor Causcret, Adjoint au Dr. Service de S3nte. M. Admiral Bouys, Commandant la Base N avale de Syrie. M. Colonel Kreiss, Directeur de la Gendarmerie. M. & Mme Carbonnief, Chef du Bureau Topographique. M. Pasteur :Maurice Bre;;, Eglise Protestante Fran,aise. Sherif Abd-ul-Majid. Dr. Selim Bey Talhouk, Ministre de I'Hygiene et de Sante Publique. M. Chukri Cardahi, Ministre de la Justice. Med. Major Baur, Chirurgien it I'Hopital St. Jean. - M. Vet.- Major Monbet, Veterinaire (Secteur Postal 600). General Gamelin, Ct. Superieur de Troupes de Levant. Mme. Escher. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, Near East Relief. Miss Frances P. Irwin, Principal American School for Girls. Miss Marie Kessab, Principal of AI-':\fadrasat al-Ahliyyah. M. et Mme. Sidim, Ecole de L'AIliance Israelite. Mr. and Mrs. James Nicol, American Mission. Mr. Paul Kmbenshue, American Consul General. Mr. Gordon P. Merriam, American Vice Consul. M. Beni Amer, Italian Vice Consul. l\Ir. H. E., Satow, British Consul General. Senni Bey, Turkish Consul. M. Hamad, Egyptian Consul. M. F. Tousek. Czechoslovakian Consul. Rev. Jeprem Vartabed Dohmouni, Armenian Catholic. Rev. Mufid Abd-ul-Karim, Protestant Syrian. Grand Raboin Shagetai Bahbouth. Bishop Zakariyyah, .".5St. to the Patriarch and Bishop of Hauran, AL-KULLIYV AH 249

. OUT OF TO\VJ'\ ALUl\INI WHO ATTENDED THE C01\IMENCEMENT EXERCISES ON JUNE 22, 1927.

18 76 19 I 5 Michel Maria, M.D., Tripoli. Arif Abu-Naim. B.A., D.D.s., 1888 Shwayfat. Dimitri Salameh, Jerusalem. Amin Hasan, M.A., Sudan. 1890 1916 Hasib Bey Stephan, Sulayman. Tannous, Jerusalem. Dayr-ul-Kamar 19 I 9 1892 Jubran Khauli, M.D., Aleppo. Spiridon Manasseh, Brummana. Bahjat Mirza, M.D., Nabatiyyah. 1903 I922 Najib Sham'un, B.A., Brummana. Yusuf Haddad, M.D., Marmarita. 1905 Najib Tarazi, B.A., Sudan. Abdullah Shehadi, Sudan. I92 3 190 7 Charles Saad, B.A., Shwayfat. Diran Bezirjian, M.D., Sin-ul-Fil. I924 1908 Labib Khairallah, B.A., Sudan. Joseph Bey Coudsi, B.C., I9 2 5 Damascus. Ibrahim Bassam, Com. Cer., 1910 Damascus. Ibrahim Shammas, B.A., Jerusalem Abd-ul-Latif Habbal, B.A., Sudan. 1912 I926 Ibrahim Dada, M.D., Alay. George Khadder, B.C., Jerusalem. George Salameh, B.C., Jerusalem. ----+--

THE FRESHMAN SCHOOL GRADUA1'ION EXERCISES

The recently organized Freshman School held its first graduation exercises on Saturday, June 18, on the Hockey Field. The fIeld was arranged in the same way as has proved so satisfactory for the Commence­ ments of recent years, and the seating accommodations were almost filled by the friends and relatives of the graduates. In all, ahout 1700 persons attended the ceremony. The Near East Relief band, from Antilias, provided music while the audience was assembling, and led the singing at the close. At five-thirty the graduating class march2d out from Bliss Hall, and took their places in front of the platform. Professor Jurjus Khuri, the oldest of the teachers of the Freshman School, opened the ceremony with scripture reading and prayer. Three orations were then delivered by members of the class, using. the three languages which are taught at the University. AL-KULLIYYAH

Azad Ketchian, of Beirut, who received his certificate "With Honor", spoke in French. He discussed the true purpose of education, showing that it consisted in the development of a person's powers and faculties, and pointed out that learning and instruction are valuable only as means to this end. The oration in Arabic was delivered by Fawzi Khabbaz, of Damascus. His subject was the duties of an educated man towards religion. The final speaker was Ilyas Stephan, of Joun, who received his certificate "With High Honor", ranking first in the class. His subject was "Perseverance", and he gave many well-chosen and inspiring examples of the part played by this characteristic in the lives of great men of the past. His address was deeply appreciated by the large gathering. The certificates were then presented by Professor Nickoley, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 130 students completed the Fresh­ man Class, and 26 the two-year Business Training Course, which is the successor to the Commerce Short Course. . The exercises then closed, as usual, with the sir.gin.g of the Alma Mater.

PREPARATORY SCHOOL CELEBRATION Certificates of promotion were presented to seventy-seven members of the Third Year class of the Preparatory School and to six members of the Eighth Grade of the Ras-Beirut School at the closing exercisl's of the two schools, Saturday night, June 18, on the University Hockey-field, before a crowd of neady 2000. The certificates given to the students of the Ras-Beirut School were the first to be given in the history of the school. Speeches by two members of the Third Year class, N agib Sou~sa of Cairo and Kamal Zuhayr of Basrah, and several plays and songs in French and in Arabic featured the program given at the exercises. Mr. Soussa, who spoke in French on the subject, "Le But de la Vie", said in part" "Entre Ie ministre qui gouverne l'Etat et l'artisan qui contribue a sa prosperite par Ie travail de ses mains il n 'y a qu'une difference; c'est que la fonction de l'un est plus importante que celIe de l'autre mais a bien les remplir Ie merite moral est Ie meme. Le sllcces n'est pas ce qui importe toujour, ce qui compte c 'est l'effort; car c 'est ce qui depend de l'homme, ce qui l'eleve, qui Ie rend content de lui-meme. L'accomplissement du devoir est Ie veritable but, Ie seul bien." Mr. Zuhayr, speaking in Arabic, spoke of Commencement day as being the beginning of true life, if the student has made true use of his AL-KULLIYYAH time in school. His speech was well-presented and was well-received by the listeners. Following the speeches, Professor Khalid E. Tabit, principal of the Preparatory School, presented certificates to the Ras-Beirut students. He spoke briefly of the new high standards being attained by the Ras-Heirut School, and how through the efforts of the late Professor William H. Hall, it has been recognized as doing standard grammar school work by the Regents of the State of New York. Certificates to the Third Year class were then presented by Professor Tabit. The class remained on the platform and sang the class song, written especially for the occasion by P. H. DuBois, instructor in the Preparatory School. A French play, "Paroles des Femmes", written and directed by Mr. Joseph Haddad, Preparatory School instructor, was then highly enjoyed. It was followed by an Arabic action-song sung and performed by students in costume. A song in French was the next number on the program. It was followed by a clever one-act Arabic play, "Al-Wahm bil-Wahm". The excellent acting of the performers from both the Preparatory and the Ras-Beirut Schools and the amusing and witty lines of the play thoroughly pleased the huge audience. The program was closed by another Arabic action-song, the music for which was especially written by Mr. Mustafa Lababidi. Both action-songs and the play were ably directed by Mr. Farid Mudawwar, principal of the Ras-Beirut School.

BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS The Univer3ity Chapel was well filled, Sunday morning, June 19, at II a.m. The Baccalaureate Sermon was delivered by President Dodge and his topic was "Live for Something that will not be Defeated by Death." The President, 'who had recently visited Athens and the Acropolis, drew a fine lesson from the old Greek ruins and Greek moral and literary achieve~ ments. He showed how the once superb Greek temples are now designated only by their ruins. The material glory of Athens has crumbled but her Philosophy, art, science and de­ mocracy still live. These fine products of the Greek intellect have inspired the Christian and Arab world. Rather than live in a palace and enjoy its ease, lUXury and splendor, Moses chose to give his life for the service of his AL-KULLIYYAH

people. He gave the moral law which has helped his people to become the teachers of the world. The President emphasized the necessity of the concious­ ness of nearness of God for a life that cannot be defeated. "Without God," he said, "Life is a mechanism and death nothing but defeat after years of futile life or even misery, but with God, life is an enlistment to achieve great purposes that are to win in eternity. He urged the graduates that are getting ready to leave the University and enter into the battle of life not to go out with conceit boasting that they do not need a god. "Do not live for outward appearances," was another valuable advice the President gave to the graduates for "inner, spiritual life is what counts and God knows all." He illustrat­ ed this truth by telling the stories of two men whose outward lives differed widely from their real inner lives. One was a New York citizen, who until his murder, was believed to be a decent man and had been highly respected by all who knew him. But his death revealed his real life. The man under the guise of respectability had been leading a life of sin and debauchery. The other man was a Moslem from Damascus. His acquaint­ ances believed him to be selfish and miserly, but at his death the sincere deep sorrow of the crowds of people from all parts of the ancient city whom he had befriended and helped during his life demonstrated that in spite of contrary appearances the man was a righteous lover and a faithful servant to his fellow men. Dr. Dodge councelled the graduates not to live for present ideas but for future progress. In closing, the President gave the Seniors of the graduating classes this valuable advice ;- "You must choose the road to follow; Will you go with ignorant, dumb humanity, plodding through the dust of life; sinning, cheating, fighting, lusting, as men have always done ?-or "'Will you feel the presence of God, the great shepherd, and see vision of a world of love and honesty and peace and then joyfully, trustingly, go out to choose the road and lead others on it ? "One road means disappointment, lost hopes, defeat. The road of the great shepherd means faith, joy, victory. You AL-KULLIYVAH have just one life to give; Do not waste it; Do not throw it away to defeat; "The world needs your life; God calls you to work with him. Accept God's challenge, live for eternal, spiritual things. Live for something that cannot be defeated by death. Live for spiritual things that are triumphant-Eternal."

THE PRIZE SPEAKIKG CONTEST The annual Prize Speaking Contest took place at the customary time, Monday evening before Commencement, in West Hall auditorium. An unusually large number of people were present. Judging by the attendance, the interest in this event is growing from year to year. The contestants delivered original speeches which were judged partly on the basis of content, partly on the basis of delivery. The judges were unani­ mous in giving first place to Mr. N ur-ed-Din, whose subject was "Inter­ national Languages." The competition for second place was very close as all of the speeches WE're of a high order of excellence. Second place was given to .~"Ir. Khalil Wakim, who spoke on the subject, "Fourdation Stones." The other speakers and subjects were as follows: Mr. Muhsen Lak The Problem of International Security. Mr. 'Afif Tannus My Source of Happiness. Mr. Emile Bustani A Vision of a New \Vorld. Mr. George Farah Science and Character. The judges were Mr. Edward Blatchford, of the Near East Relief, Rev. James Nicol, of the American Mission, and Dr. Stanley Harris, of the A.U.B. Music was furnished by the University Orchestra.

THE LADIES'LUNCHEON The Ladies' Luncheon which was held in West Hall on Tuesday, June 21st , was one of the notable affairs of Commencement week at the A.U.B. The ladies present at the luncheon seemed to have as much of the feeling of returning to their Alma Mater as if they themselves held the diplomas of the University. This feeling must have de\,E'loped from the activities of the Ladies' Auxiliary Branch of the Alumni Association in Beirut and from the fact that each year these relatives and friends of the University graduates and alumni meet as guests of the University at an annual luncheon. AL-KULLIYYAH

Due to the increase in demand for invitations, a change of policy with regard to invitations was adopted by the Commencement Committee. Each Alumnus was asked to send the name of one instead of two members of his family or friends who desired an invitation to the luncheon. The University regretfully thus limited the invitations but the accommodations of West Hall were not sufficient to allow a rapid increase in the number of guests which the former custom would have meant. In spite of such limitations places were arranged for one hundred and seventy guests and practically all of these places were filled when the group became silent to hear Mrs. Dumit's prayer for God's blessing. A novel scheme of seating had been devised by the committee. On entering West Hall each guest had received a card with her own name and the number of some table on it. At each of these tables she found two faculty ladies acting as hostesses to receive her and make her feel at home. Thus the group had been divided in such a way as to allow strangers to become better acquainted with each other and with the University ladies. The food, prepared by the University kitchens, was quickly and efficiently served by waitresses chosen from the girl students and daughters of alumni and faculty or University Community families. The color scheme of mauve and rose in the floral decorations gave a feminine daintiness and charm to the tables which was most refreshing. Soon after the coffee was served Mrs. Souckar, as toastmistress of the occasion, rose and rapped for silence. Speaking in Arabic she graciously welcomed the guests present. Then she introduced in turn the three speakers. Miss Irwin, President of the American Girls' School, was the first to speak. Briefly she told of the hopes entertained for the new Junior College for Girls to be opened next year in Ras Beirut on grounds just behind the UmversityNurses' Home. She likened our acquaintance with the project to that of the King of England's with the little boy who daily walked past the King's gardens in London and finally remarked one day to his nurse "Don't you think the King knows me now?" Miss Irwin hoped that all of the ladies present would keep in touch with and watch the development of this new effort to increase educational oppor­ tunities for girls in the Near East. Miss SouhiIa Sahadi next spoke amusingly about her experience in London during the past year. Her colloquial Arabic was especially ap­ preciated by those guests present who find the beautiful classical Arabic impossible or difficult to understand. She advised all girls planning to go to England to eat all the kibbi and favorite Syrian dishes possible since in London you would be able to find nothing but ham and eggs! AL-KULLIYYAH 255

Miss Henrietta Hakimian, the third speaker, a girl taking her B.A. this year, spoke on the subject "How it Feels to Have a B.A." Opening her remarks by saying she could not tell yet how it felt since she would not receive her degree till the following day, she wittily told vf some of the characteristics of the candidates for the B.A. in the University. In itemizing these characteristics she said that a candidate must be "scientific" and so must always admit his ignorance on the spot; he must always be seen carrying huge text-books in Psychology and Philosophy; and lastly, he must always be dignified. The toastmistress, Mrs. Souckar, closed the program by thanking the committee which had so successfully made the arrangements for the Luncheon. Thus ended the fifth annual Ladies' Luncheon of the A.U.H. G. PARR.

THE ALUMNI LUNCH The Common Room of West Hall was almost filled with the crowd of alumni and near-alumni from the Sedor classes. Mr. Labib Jureidini, who returned from the Sudan this past year to take up residence in Beirut, was the toastmaster. He mentioned his embarrassment when cl:ts3mates return and remind him of the years that have passed by talking about "Thirty-five years ago", and he referred to widely scattered alumni of the University as "individual centers of influence." Very neatly he introduced the next speaker with the remark, "If all the crowned heads in the world had as valid title to their position as President Dodge to his, there would be no tottering thrones." Pres. Dodge said that the Trustees of the University were agreed with the Faculty in trying to emphasize quality rather than quantity in the students who went out as alumni. Among notable events of the year he mentioned the new athletic field, the new Principal of the Pre­ paratory School, Prof. Khalid Tabit, the enlarging of the department of education through the appoin~ment of Professors Hudson and Leavitt, and in the School of Nursing the addition to the Nurses Home and the experiment in social service which the Rockefeller Foundation is subsidiz­ ing for two years. He also referred to the Trustees' appreciation of what the alumni of the LTniversity are doing for the Alumni Fund. He closed with the following from a letter from Dr. Asad Bshara in Brazil, "\\lher­ ever there is a movement towards truth, right, and justice and A.U.B. men are there, they are behind the movement." Mr. Philip l\1ichelany in English and Prot Jurjus Khuri in Arabic regaled the diners with funny stories. Prof. Smith spoke "about five minutes," concluding with the thought that "Every day is a Commence- AL-KULLIVYAH ment Day." For the Seniors Mr. Iskandar Harik spoke in Arabic of their past experiences and future hopes. Prof. :\nis Khuri spoke appreciatively of the fifty-year anniversary of Prof. Jabr Dumit and invited alumni participitat;on, Finally came none other than our own Mr. Shehadi Shehadi. Some of us knew both from the look in his eye and from little hints which he had mysteriously dropped beforehand that something was going to happen when he was permitted to open his mouth and make some revela­ tions. It happened. We sat speechless while he rolled off story after story of alumni. achievement, ilnd of the interest of non-alumni as well, in the Alumni Fund, modestly putting mention of Zahleh last. As the names of Alumni associations and alumni from all over the world dropped from his lips the reporter of the meeting gave up all effort to record them individually. It was an inspiring recital of alumni and public interest in the A.U.B. L. S.

TREE PLANTING It was more than the marking by a numbered piece of white stone of an ordinary, three-year-old Arizona cypress tree that took place at 4:30 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, June 22, near Post Hall. It was the simple, unaffected recognition by the senior class of the growth, the unselfishness, and the hope of a more abundant life of which they had· been a part and which they were about to go forth and carry throughout their lands. To all the speakers of the afternoon the ceremony was a symbol, a symbol of the roots of life which must reach deep down into the soil of the community, and of the leafy branches which must always reach higher and higher into the heavens of idealism and hope. President Dodge, the first speaker, compared the simple act to the planting by Dr. Daniel Bliss and Dr. George Washburn of two trees at the doorway of Amherst College Chapel. The creative spirit of these two men in later life had been a flowering of the same vi "ion and foresight which had prompted them to plant the trees; the graduating class might catch sight of the same vision, said the President. Mr. Muhammad Jamali drew from the tree a symbol of the gradual growth and development, the doing of good, which should be a part of the class's life. "The planting of a tree, it seems to me," said Mr. Shukri 1\luhtadi, the chief speaker elected for the ceremony, "is an embodiment of three most essential principles, all of which are necessary for the realization of a fuller AL-KULLIYY AH

life-Growth, Choice, and Hope." He emphasized the urgent need of growth, "continued growth proportional to our ideals, and adaptive to a change in surrounding conditions"; the necessity of the power of selection and assimilation of the best environment, -and the symbolism of hope in the class's expectations that this "little, dwarfy shoot" would grow into a "big tree under whose shade the following generations of students will rest and upon whose boughs the birds of the heavens will build their nests." Dean Nickoley, the last speaker, declared that the faith which was behind the planting of a tree, and the unselfishness which it proved, were the ideals which would prove most valuable to the class after it should leave the University. "Have faith in the inherent goodness of human nature," he told the seniors, "Let this tree be a symbol of the life of the class, of a buouyant, radiant hope and faith in fellow men, and of self· sacrificing service to the human race."

THE PRESIDEN'f'S RECEPTION Iuvitation to the President's Reception on Wednesday evening, June 22nd, was limited this year to the Seniors of the upper departments and members of the University community. The crowd was by no means a small one, but there was no rush and hustle. . The reception was a comfortable and enjoyable occasion. President and Mrs. Dodge received their guests in the Common Room in West Hall. The gay and happy graduates and the members of the College community enjoyed very much the social evening. They talked of past experiences and future prospects and dreams. The University orchestra furnished excellent music. Re­ freshments were generously served to the guests and at about I I .00 p.m. the last function of a busy and eventful week came to an end.

SENIORS ENTERTAIN Before leaving the campus of the University that is so dear to their hearts, the seniors of the School of Arts and Sciences gave to their friends, especially among the teaching and administrative forces of the A.U.B. a farewell reception in the skating rink, on Tuesday evening, June 2 I, at 8 o'clock. Miss Hakim, the president of the class, conducted the evening's program. With a few well-chosen words she welcomed the guests and in a touching way spoke of the previous years spent on the campus. President Dodge was then introduced. He congratulated the senior class on resembling the state of Texas in having a woman for a governor. After some witty remarks the president gave the seniors some advice full of wisdom. 258 AL-KULLIYY AH

It was a pleasant gathering although the graduates could not but have felt· the pangs of parting from their friends and from their Alma Mater which was to come two or three days later. An excellent original farewell poem was delivered by Mohammad Khurshid, the poet of the class. Then the "Prophet from the North," Shukri Shammas, gave lengthy prophecies concerning 20 members of his class. He had no time to tell his audience about the future career of his other classmates who were to leave the pleasant scenes of their College Life. After the serving of refreshments, Miss Hakim thanked the audience for accepting their invitation and then the evening's farewell reception came to a close.

MEDICAL TEA PARTY A very pleasant tea party was given on Tuesday afternoon, June H, in the HospiLal grounds in honor of the graduates of the Medical Depai"t­ ment of the A.u.B.-Medics, PharllJacy, Dentistry and the School of Nursing. Many friends of the graduates and medical staff were invited. The Hospital grounds presented a very delightful scene indeed. The band of Antilyas Orphanage furnished the music for the occasion. The beautiful flowers of the well kept Hospital grounds lent great charm to the charming party. There was no se·t program while the band played, the guests and the hosts talked and walked around. The Nurse's Home was inspected by all the visitors. Icecream and cake were served and enjoyed. At last when the company separated, all expressed their sentiments of pleasure and satisfaction.

TENl\;IS TOTJRNAMENTS Two tennis tournaments took place this year. The interdepartmental doubles tournament and the singles tournament. At 4: 00 p.m., Friday June ro, Nash'at Munla and Amin Zouhire, representing Freshman Schooi, played against Alfred Haddad and Desire Kettaneh, representing the Collegiate Department. After a l:ard struggle the team of the Collegiate Department won the day. Bronze medals were awarded to the winners. On Monday' June 20th, at 4:30 p.m., a large crowd watched the singles' tournament played. by Joseph Ghabril vs. Philip Manasseh. The warm weather had its effect on one of the players who could not continue at a stretch, therefore, it was agreed with his oponent to postpone the tourna­ ment till the next day. Tuesday's game was very close and interesting. Philip Manasseh won the tournament, the score being r:6; 6:3; 8:6; 6:1. A silver medal was awarded to the winner and a bronze medal to the runner up. AL-KULLIYYAH

STtFF FAREWELL DINNER Twelve teachers of the Preparatory School, who will not return next year, were given a farewell dinner last. night at the Refectory. Mr. Mishalany was toastmaster of the occasion, at which Mr. Du Bois and Mr. Gharzuzi spoke. The teachers who are lea"ing are: Mr. Said Abu-Hamzi, Mr. Adib Abu-Hamzi, Mr. Russell, Mr. Jimblat, Mr. Selsam, Mr. Aziz Tabit, Mr. Faust, Mr. Vinciguerra, Mr. I. Shahin, :Mr. Stiver, Mr. Gharzuzi and Mr. Crespin. Mr. Faust, Mr. Russell and Mr. Selsam will study on their return to America, while Mr. Stiver plans to enter b~lsiness. :\lr. Gharzuzi will teach in Mr. Oliver's school in the mountains, l\'1r. Jimblat will be busy with his lands and property in Baabda, Lebanon, Mr. Tabit will study engineering at Boston, Mr. Said Abu-Hamzi will be with the administration of the A.U.B. hospitals, while the others will be engaged in various professions.

COMMISSION EXAMINATIONS IN THE SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY

In every teaching institution, especially in those which confer degrees, it is necessary to obtain an appraisal of the success of the students in their studies. Any such appraisal must be made according to some standard of measw-emeat, because difficulties arise when standards are not defmite or commonly recognized. The usually accepted standard in teaching institutions has come to be that of examinations, that is, periodical tests of the student's attainment. These examinations test n;Jt only the students. They reveal at the same time the efficiency of the teaching on the part of the instructor. An alert teacher will often realize as a result of an examination that certain things have not been made perfectly clear to the students and will modify his course to correspond. In the Schools of the Medical Division there is an increasing tendency to adopt laboratory and clinical methods of instruction in place of didactic lectures. In certain courses this is possible, while impracticable in others. In those courses where the major part of the work has been experimental, to depend on written examinations only, seems hardly a fair test of the student's ability. There should be a definite proportion fixed between the grade representing the work done in the laboratory and the grade representing the final written examination. In some of the AL-KtJLLIYY AH courses in the School of Medicine more than 50% of the term mark is allowed for the laboratory work, this also includes grades for the student's notes and the occasional reviews associated with the laboratory work. Education is not a question merely of acquiring extensive knowledge which can be packed away in various compartments of the mind. A well­ trained doctor should be able to use the various facts accumulated from different sources, correlating them and focusing them upon any pardcular problem which may arise. It is felt desirable, therefore, to depend not purely upon written examir:ations but also to have practical and oral examinations. These latter are best arranged in groups, suhje:ts which are somewhat related being associated. Comprehensive examinations of this type serve as a basis for judging not alone the student's knowledge of facts, but also his ability to use those facts in their proper relation when new and difficult problems present themselves. They are made as practical as possible, the students being asked to do as much with their hands as can be conveniently arranged. In the medical subjects ttey are asked to perform experiments, examine patients and discuss cases. In the dental subjects they are often asked to do laboratory work and some simple work in the clinic. Since the teachers in each subject naturally place emphasis on those parts of the subject which appeal most to them, if each examination were' entirely indep~ndent of the others there would be no opportunity for leveling up the point of emphasis or getting another point of view. There­ fore in the practical and oral eXaminations a commission composed of professors, specialists in another subjects, meets to review the work of the student in the particular subject of the examination. Visitors, other doctors in active service, can still further broaden the outlook. The commission, as a whole, after completing the examination, reports to the Faculty, which has power to act according to a survey of the entire record of the student. Every student must pass both in the written examinations and in the practical examinations if he is to be advanced in his class or receive his degree. For the last two years visitors have been invited to attend the examinations in the Medical School in the American University. These \'isitors have come from various countries of the Near East, in some cases sent by the Government or the Public Health Department, and in other cases sent by a university engaged in similar teaching. Though these visitors are few in comparison with the faculty examiners, their presence serves as a stimulus to students and teachers. Not being teachers themselves, in all cases, they often hesitate to take an active part in the examination, but their freshness of thought and the practical questions which they ask help to test the efficiency of the course just completed. AL-KULLIVY AH

The plan of inviting outsiders to assist at our faculty examinations was first tried during the last academic year. All who participated in the examinations then felt that it was a valuable development, both from the standpoint of the University and from the standpoint of outside governments and institutions. The method, therefore, was extended this year to include not alone the Schuol of Medicine but also the School of Dentistry. Shortly after the Easter vacation of this year the oral and practical examinations of the second year men were held, and those assisting from outside the faculty were Dr. W. H. Wilson, Professor of Physiology at the Egyptian Government Medical School, Kasr-el-Aini, Cairo, and Dr. W. S. Carter, Associate Director of the Division of Medical Education of the Rockefeller Foundation. At the time of the final examinations at the end of this year there were present for the examina­ tions in the School of Medicine Maj0r T. ]. Hallinan, Inspector General of the Department of Public Health, Government of Iraq, Baghdad; Dr. J. W. P. Harkness, Associate Director of the Public Health Services for the Government of Palestine; and Medicin Major Leferriere, appointed by the French Haut Commisariat of Syria and Greater Lebanon. In the School of Dentistry, Dr. Felix Ginestet, Chirurgien Dentiste, representing the French Haut Commisariat; Dr. F. Khalil of Damascus, and Dr. Shakir Khalil of Cairo, joined with the Faculty commission in examining the students. The plan for commission examinations and for visitors to sit with the faculty commission has given added importance to the eXaminations in the eyes of t.he students and the Faculty. It has also helped to clear away misunderstandings in regard to the courses in medicine and dentistry, and allows the methods of the Schools of the Medical Division to become better known and appreciated than they have been in the past. The visiting doctors gain an understanding of the idea13 and organization of the University. They are not only better able t.o appreciate the work which the Medical School is trying to do but to correlate their own work with it. An added advantage from the plan is a rapprochement between the governments represented and the American University of Beirut. ST. J ORN E. WARD.

UNIVERSl'fY WORK AND COMMUNITY LIFE During the Middle Ages a boy of fifteen or sixteen, used to pack up his few helon~ings and travel up to Paris, to seek education and a fortune. There on the hillside, above the Seine, he would join with a circle of friends and attach himself to some scholar. Sitting on a mat before his teacher, he would strive to learn the secrets of philosophy and theology, which could make him wiser than his associates and sure of success. AL-KULL1YVAH

In those days the students engaged their own teachers and the true function of any professor was to gain a living by ability to teach and profound knowledge. Knowledge was not so much a search for the hidden mysteries of science, as it was a systematic understanding of the great theories and doctrines handed down by the fathers from days gone by. Thus the first duty of a university was the profession of teaching. and the primary pursuit of University life to this day is also teaching. It was not a very long time before another use was found for the university. Great scholars were not content to spend all of their time in studying the achievements of the fathers and in explaining this learning to their students. They longed to reach out into unchartered seas of knowledge and to find new truths. They employed assistants to attend to much of the routine teaching, so that they could be free to give their time to experiment and research. The basis of our modern scientific progress is this spirit of adventure and the university is the natural centre for this search for new horizons of truth. Even fifty years ago university learning was aloof from many of the more practical problems of community life. Culture' could fit a man to take a place of leadership as a gentleman; it could hardly go hand in hand with the commonplace problems of the life of toil. In many parts of the world a boy was obliged to choose between an intellectual education and a practical one. The two could hardly be combined together. Conditions are changing rapidly. Today the greatest intellects in the world are not ashamed to interest themselves in commonplace things. Science is the basis of industry. Social and political problems are just as much at home in a university amphitheatr·e as philosophy and poetry \ are. Instruction is not limited to a classroom or laboratory, for th~ country village, the city slum, the market, and the factory are used to demonstrate problems of intellectual value. No longer is it enough for a learned man to become master of the content of some system of knowledge and to gain refinement by the absorption of classic culture. The educated man of our own day is the person who can so train his mind and assemble his knowledge that he can find solutions to the practical problems of life all round him. Thus this third aspect,-community service-has been added to the two older functions of the university, that is, to the functions of teaching and research. While the American University of Beirut is passing through a period of reorganisation after the war, i! is impossible to form as many contacts AL-KULLIYYAH with the life around us as we might wish. On the other hand, in many ways the teachers and students are reaching out beyond the limits of the campus. Next October Prof. Stuart Dodd is to take charge of the Department of Sociology. If he is to make his subject valuable, he must understand the social needs of different parts of Syria and apply his theories and problems of community life. During the past winter, Prof. Seeiye organised a number of delegations of teachers and student", who went to typical centers to study the needs of the people. One active delegation spent several days at Nabatiyah, for instance, where they found that 1he village people needed a knowledge of hygiene. They learned that the growing children had little idea of sport and wholesome recreaticn, and they realised a need for a practical know­ ledge of modern agriculture. Games were taught to the children, Dr. Khalidy led some discussions about hygiene, and in a number of ways the members of the delegation were able to be of help. The Director of Physical Education discovered a lack of interest in games in North Syria. With the aid of another delegation of students he was able to organise field days at Rama and Aleppo, which have given the school boys new zest for sport. The Department of Natural Science has been able to join landowners in their search to exterminate certain pests. This is a large question. which deserves the best work that any university professor can contribute. The Department of Chemistry has been asked to study the com­ position of soap, in connection with a manufacturing company to the North of Beirut. The Faculty of Medicine has been discussing the possibilIty of teach­ ing social service nursing. In many parts of the world townships and municipalities are supporting trained nurses, who inspect the health of school children, visit sick people, and teach principles of hygiene to young mothers. If this valuable form of work can be demonstrated in and around Beirut, it may become popular in other places. Last summer an old building was reconstructed, to provide an elementary school for Ras Beirut. Professors of the Department of Education are not only interested in trying to show how such a school can be administered, but they are also endeavouring to make use of the building for community purposes after school hours. With the co-opera­ tion of the Boys' Service Club forms of community work, such as night classes, evening meetings, and boys' activities have been conducted during the past winter. A committee is now being organised to carryon broader forms of neighbourhood work in the future. AL-K1JLLIYYAH

Teachers and students of the School of Dentistry have tried to start a campaign for clean teeth. Professors of the School of Medicine have formed a committee to cooperate with the gov~rnment in exterminating mosquitoes in Ras Beirut. Examples might be multiplied of experiments which have been begun and which are suggestive of much more that might be accomplished. In the Near East, populations are depleted after the war. We need culture and refinement, but not the kind of culture that turns men into parasites, living at the expense of other people. On the contrary, the best trained intellects should interest themselves in the practical needs of industry, agriculture, and peasant life. Our University will miss its real calling, unless it can direct its scientific and theoretical activities to the solving of problems, which will uplift the people of the country socially and economically. The Rockefeller Memorial Foundation is aiding the departments of Commerce and Economics. This aid will bear fruit only as these departments can see the needs of the people and strive to find ways of meeting them. When the professors of the Faculty turn their attention from purely theoretical research to the making of contacts with the communities around them, they naturally come very close to the Alumni. Perhaps there is no one way in which the graduates can aid the University so truly, as by placing professors in close touch with the practical needs of community life. When the Alumni meet with social and economic problems, or questions of education, industry, and hygiene, if they will put professors and students in touch with these problems, they will be rendering the University a great service. The University will do more harm than good, if it weans men and women away from service to their communities, by giving them a veneering of culture and puzzling their minds with too many theories. On the other hand, the University can render a great service, if the students are trained to solve practical problems of everyday life, and inspired to go back to their communities and to use their science to help people around them. Thus I appeal to the Alumni to understand this new conception of a university, as a center for community ~ervice, as well as for teaching and research. If Alumni associations can bring professors and students of the Uaiversity in touch with the social and economic problems of the land, there will be a new atmosphere on the campus, for academic learning will become vital when it is linked with the practical issues of life.

BAYARD DODGE:. AL-KULLIYYAH

INTERESTING FACTS BROUGHT OUT IN ANNUAL :MEETING OF THE WEST HALL BROTHERHOOD

Anyone of the two hundred members and guests who attended the closing meeting and reception of the West Hall Brotherhood will tell you that it was an unusual affair. Friday evening, the twenty-seventh of May, was warm, but the Skating Rink where the gathering was held was as comfortable a place to be in as there was in Beirut and newcomers breathed a sigh of relief when they felt the cool bree~e. For the first few minutes after arriving, everyon.e was thoroughly busy trying to find someone in the crowd who had in his hand the particular piece of cardboard which fitted with his own fragment to make a complete postcard picture. To succeed, one had to get acquainted with nearly everyone present, which was just what the social committee wanted. Everyone was feeling friendly and enjoying making new acquaintances so informally by the time Mr. Shehadi Shehadi, the beloved retiring President of the Brotherhood, cCllIed the meeting to order.

Before introducing the other speakers, 1V1r. Shehadi h~l,d a good deal to say himself, as he always has when anyone will listen, and as usual it was worth hearing. We always prepare ourselves with about three hearty laughs and several smiles when we see Mr. Shehadi A. Shehadi getting up to speak, for we know we will need them. His wit ranks with that of Prof. ]urjus Khuri or Laurens Seelye himself in its gloom dispelling power. It was on Mr. Shukri Shammas, his able Vice-President, however, that Mr. Shehadi placed the real load of reporting the work of the past year and what he had to tell us did credit to the entire Cabinet and the one hundred thirty five members of 1926-1927. Since the founding of the Brotherhood in 1923, it has been showing a steady growth and this year's membership is one of the greatest it has ever been. Of the work done, the Friday evening meetings are well known, as they have become a University institution, but even with these a new idea was tried out quite successfully this year in the way of outdoor meetings after Easter. Early in the spring, these were supplemented also by several fireside sings on Monday evenings. The work of the social service committee was particularly inspiring. In addition to helping new students, strange to the institution, with their studies in the fall, weekly addresses were made by students of different countries at the Community School and much good work was done con­ ducting games in various play centers. Volleyball, especially, was

4 266 AL-KULLIYYAH sponsored at the Moslem Boy's School, Miss Ameeni Khuri's Girls' school, Miss Davies' girls' school, and at the Armenian camp. Another unselfish task which still brought gr·eat pleasure and benefit to the members was the Deputations work. Teams were sent to schools at Tripoli, Shwayfat, Aley, Suk-el-Gharb, and Shweir and to the Nabatiyeh community. A very pretentious deputations trip was also made to Horns, Hama, Aleppo, and Damascus. Although in most of these cases some of the faculty accompanied the students, the majority of the teams were always student members. Excellent reports have been coming in of the lVork done on these trips. The remainder of the activities of the Brotherhood have concerned the members themselves and included a University reception, an annual banquet, two social gatherings, an experimental series of "at homes" with members of the faculty, and a large number of very interesting discussion groups between teachers and students. Even this abbreviated outline indicates something of the intensely active nature of the Brotherhood, but there are results far more important than anything which can be written down or tabulated and they concern the tremendous contributions to the future peace and amity of the Near East arising from the meeting together of students of a dozen different nationalities and many religions for mutual understanding and benefit. The Brotherhood is carrying on intensively one of the greatest functions of the University of Beirut, that of uniting in a closer spirit of fellowship the many nations which it serves.

At the conclusion of Mr. Shammas'· address, Prof. Seelye livened up the gathering by leading us in a song and then provoking much laughter by his wit and humor. Baron Munchausen must have passed on his mantle to this staunch friend and supporter of the Brotherhood, for his tales of the ddngs of the organization are inimitable in the artistry of their imaginativeness. The concluding address was by Dr. H. G. Dorman, the newly elected President for H)27-1928, and speaking for the fine cabinet which will assist him and the members with whom he will work during the coming year, he said that everyone connected with the organization believed in it thoroughly and that together they would carryon the good work done by the retiring cabinet and make the Brotherhood what it was designed to be, a center for fellowship and tolerant religious advance­ ment in the American University of Beirut. B. F. AVERY. AL-KQL:Llyy AH

A CONTEST OF WIT AND HUMOR A large audience gathered on Friday evening, June 3, in the Common Room in West Hall to enjoy a delightful reception. The host was Urwat-ul-Wuthka. Wit and humor, classical and. popular music-th@ reed instrument as well as the piano and violin'-together with delicious ice cream and cakes joined hands to please the aesthetic as well as the epicurian taste of the guests.

After the College Orchestra had rendered very creditably some piece~ of music, Sayyid Jamali, the president of the society, gave a short address of welcome. M. Kuguell played the piano in his usual superb and masterly manner. An artist, M. Grobesquo, who recently came from Europe, played on the violin and brought forth tremendous applause. He had no alternative but to accept the urgent invitations to play again. The unique feature of the evening was the wit and humor contest. To encourage good slory telling, Prof·essor Seelye, himself a brilliant master of this fine art, contributed five dollars to go in prizes to the best two winners, the first to receive three and the second two dollars. The contestants were : Kamil Khattar, Abdullah Adra, Muhyid-Din Kuttaynah, Iskandar Harik and Ubayd Abdun-Nur. The jud~es were: Miss Salma Kurban, Professor Jurjus Khuri, and the General Sec­ retary of the Alumni Association. The contestants kept the audience in a very pleasant frame of mind as they were delivering the rare products of their powers of wit and imagination. Kuttaynah was an easy winner of the fIrst prize. His tale of his own death and burial in tne oepths of the sea showed that he is a good student of Ma'arri and Dante. The judges agreed that Ubayd Abdun­ Nur and Iskandar Harik did equally well and recommended giving the two dollars in two one dollar prizes. Before and after the formal program guests roamed about in the spacious Common room of West Hall enjoying each other's conversation. AL-KULLiYY AH

ALUMNI CORRESPONDENCE

. Weare glad to publish the following letter which was sent ta us by Miss Van Zandt, Principal of the Nurses Training School of tht A.U.B. It gives a report about the activities of the Nurses's Branch and about several of our Alumnae who are doing splendid work in different parts of the Near East. My dear Mr. Shehadi, I would like to give you the following items concerning the School of Nursing. There was a meeting of the Alumnae Association on Tuesday, June 21St, at II a.m. The members of the graduating class were present and were voted in as regular members of the association. A few weeks before the next meeting) we hope to send out notices, to members, of the names of those to be voted for. vVe are also anxious to discuss future activities of the Alumnae Association with those in other parts of the world. This year we have with us, at Commencement time, Miss Rojina Shibr 1923, who has been helping with Child Welfare work, at Ramallah, Palestine. Mrs. Albert Esber (Aniseh Khallouf 192 I), of Khartoum, is also here. It is always stimulating to have our graduates return and tell us of their work in other parts of the world. The members of the Senior Class were entertained at tea in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Knudsen. Dr. and Mrs. Ward invited them in for supper, one evening. On Tuesday, after the garden reception, the girls of the First and Second Year classes gave a farewell party, in the Home, for the Seniors. It was an informal evening of games and music. On Wednesday afternoon, the class picture was taken. At four thirty they had, in front of the Home, the planting of a class tree. It was the first ceremony of its kind in the history of the school. The president of the class, Miss Asma Kardoush, gave a short talk on the meaning of the tree; symbolizing strength, growth and expressed the desire of the class to keep their memory ever green. Each member threw AL-KULLIYYAH

sOine earth around the tree. The exercises closed with a song and a few words of appreciation, by the Principal. A final surprise awaited us, in the Home, when the class presented the Home with a carved stone pedestal, holding a lovely fern. The memory of the class will, certainly, be kept green! The culmination, of course, was Commencement, when the graduates received their diplomas and took the Florence Nightingale pledge. I have such nice letters from the two nurses in Bahrein, Persian Gulf. They seem to be making good under very trying conditions. They speak of how happy they are to be able to help those poor people. The patients come in with such sad faces. The girls say it is so satisfactory to send them out smiling! Very sincerely yours, Jane E. Van Zandt. June 24, 19 2 7.

Athletic Coaching Course of the A.U.B., the first course of its kind, so far as is known, in the Near or Far East From left to right, members are:-A. Tannus, Ali Kurdi, S. Husayni, N. A. Faris, D. Khuntrouny, G. Haroutunian, K. Khatib, F. Antippa, A. Izzat and H. W. Foot, athletic direetor. At-KULLIVYAH

Athletic Tests

Field tests to determine the comparative ability of Freshmen, Sub­ Freshmen and Prep. students along athletic lines have occupied the attention of lower-class students since Easter vacation. Partial returns show the high-ranking students to be as follows :­ Freshmen: 100 meters, Kahale, 12.3 seconds; 200 meters, L. Khouri, 27.2; 100 meter low hurdles, H. Ruhi, 15 seconds; broad jumb, Abu­ Karam, 4.61 meters; jareed, Abu-Karam, 38.7; shot put, Nasr, 9.50. Sub-Freshmen: 100 meters, Abu-Dabbeh, 12.1 seconds; 200 meters, Abu Dabbeh, 26-4; 400 meters, :1\1. Ghandur, 58.3; 100 meter low hurdles, 12.2; broad jump, M. Ghandur, 5.58; discus, Salam, 24; jareed, Abu 'Izzedin, 37; shot put, Salam, 10.58. Preparatory 1St year Junior and Senior: 100 meters, Tourkinits, 14.2; 200 meters, Tourkinits, 33. 2nd year Junior and Senior: 100 meters, Levi, 12.3; 200 meters, Levi 33 seconds. 3rd year: 100 meters, Suosa, 12.3; 200 meters, Suosa, 28. Prep. Jr. and Sr.: 100 meters, Khabbaz, 13; 200 meters, Khabbaz, 29.1.

Freshman Tests. 100 Meters Dash 100 M. Law Hurdles 1 Bsisu 12. 3 1 Bsisu 15 Kahala Hasan Ruhi 2 Habaib 2 Kamal Mavredis 3 Raouf Kouyoumjian Broad Jump 3 Hasan Ruhi 1 Kidess 4.86 Abu Karam 2 Raouf 200 Meters Dash 3 Abu Karam 1 Bsisu 26 Jareed 2 Ahmet Izzat 1 Abu Karam 38.7 3 Khouri L. 2 Keshishian 3 Mitri, N. 400 Meters Dash Shot Put 1 Hasan Ruhi 63.2 1 Bakri, 9.84 2 Abu Karam K. 2 3 Mavrides Nasr 3 Philip Simon AL-KULLIYYAH

UNIVERSITY NEWS Rev. Dr. A. C. James, l\Iethodist Pastor of Philadelphia, Pe.nn., visited the University with some friends in the early part of June. They visited the different buildings and enjoyed the wonderful views of Lebanon and the Mediterranean from the Campus.

President and Mrs. Bayard Dodge and their four children will sail for the United States of America about the middle of August. They will be gone for one year. The main object of Dr. Dodge's journey to America is to help Mr. A. W. Staub, the Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees, in the coming campaign to raise an endowment fund for the A.U.B. During Dr. Dodge's absence Mr. George B. Stewart will be the Acting President and Professor Brown the Acting Treasurer.

We are glad to announce that a little girl has been given unto Prof. and Mrs. Shanklin. The little baby arrived in June I s- \Ye extend our best wishes to the little lady.

On account of ill health, Miss Miriam Benedict, has resigned her position as Supervisor of Nurses in the A.U.B. Hospitals. She has sailed for America, where we hope she will regain her health.

Amin Nuzhat, B.C., has resigned his position as instructor in Book­ keeping and Economics in the School of Commerce. He has been offered a position to teach in Gordon College, Khartoum. Mr. Nuzhat has ac­ cepted the offer and will begin his work in Sunny Sudan next fall.

Mr. Ilyas Khuri, B.C., instructor in Stenography, Typing and Eco­ nomics in the School of Commerce, has decided to leave the A.U.B. and work with. Professor Harold H. Nelson, Director of the Epigraphical Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago at Luxor, Egypt.

Professor and Mrs. William A. West and child will leave for America in the fir3t week of August. They will be gone for t,1'O years. During his stay in the U.S.A., Professor West will take post graduate work at Princeton University.

Mr. J. Forest Crawford, B.S., Agr., Ph.B., instructor in Botany, Zoology and Agriculture left for America on the 21st of June. In America Mr. Crawford will study two or three years. Let us hope that we shall see him again in the A.U.E. after his work in the U.S.A. AL-KULLIYY AH

Basim Faris, B.A., Instructor in Physics, has finished his term of service in the A.D.B. He has accepted a post at the English College, Jerusalem.

We are glad to report that Raja'i Husayni has been granted by Columbia University the degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Husayni is an ex-staffite. He went to America a year ago. He took in Columbia University a post graduate course in economics.

REPORT OF PROGRESS

"UNKNOWN SOLDIER" SUBSCRIBES $2000 A year ago we reported the generous contribution made to the Alumni fund by a loyal alumnus who did not wish his name to be published. We are delighted now to announce the splen­ did subscription, $2000, made by a kind hearted, broad minded, philanthropist of Beirut, who wishes to have his name kept secret. This benefactor or "Unknown Soldier" is not an alum­ nus of our university. He is not even a former student; but he loves his country and his people and he has absolute faith in the aim of the American University of Beirut and in its ability to serve the Near East. He is in sympathy with the spirit of the Alumni Association and is glad to cooperate with us in pushing the Alumni Fund Campaign to a successful finish. It is a splendid sign of the times. Such noble deeds performed by men of the Near East revive our hopes in its ultimate progress and advancement. This public spirit is what counts in the long run in the development of a country. When men of means in the East begin to realize that it is a privilege and not a burden to help their fellow men, then, and not until then may the countries of the Near East feel sure that they are on the road to progress. Such acts of philanthropy are stimuli to the American friends of our university. They are encouraged to get more interested in its welfare and more anxious to support it morally and financially. The American people believe in helping a people that is willing to help itself. Many thanks and three cheers for the "Unknown Soldier." AL~KULLIYYAH

WELL DONE ASSIMACOPOULO 30 Egyptian pounds a year. Among the notable contributions made to the Alumni Fund this year the gift and pledge of M. Assimacopoulo rank very high indeed. What distinguishes Mr. Assimacopoulo's gift is not only its size but the beautiful spirit that prompted and accompanied it. One fair morning in the early part of June, this faithful alumnus called at the Alumni Office. After a pleasant visit during which the Alumni Fund was discussed, Mr. Assimaco­ poulo and the General Secretary roamed a little around the campus. The gentleman was deeply impressed with the growth and advancement of his College. He felt he ought to do his share to show, in more than words, his faith in his Alma Mater. He told the General Secretary that he intended to give a cash contribution of 30 Egyptian pounds and that he pledged him~ self to give the same amount every year. A few days after Mr. Assimacopoulo's departure to Haifa, Palestine, the mail-man brought a letter full with evidences of deep devotion to the A.U.E. and a check for the promised amount. Many thanks, Brother Assimacopoulo, for your finan­ cial help as well as for your moral cooperation and good will.

ALUMNI COlTNCIL

At II:OO a.m., on June 22,1927, the Alumni Council held its 4th annual meeting in the Alumni Office. Those present were Bulus Khauli, president, Dr. Mikhael Mariyyah represent­ ing Tripoli Branch, Najib Nassar representing the Hums Branch, Najib Tarazi representing Khartum Branch, George Salameh representing Jerusalem, and the General Secretary representing the branches in U.S.A., Brazil, Hama, Zahleh, and Alexandria. Owing to the absence in Europe of the general treasurer, Said Pasha Shoucair, no general financial report was received. The reports given about the activities and financial status of the different br~!1r:hes were exceedingly encouraging.

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The General Secretary told the Council of the progress of the campaign among the branches. The Council voted to push the work with great zeal and vigor. It was also decided that the branches do all they can to help increase the circulation of the Arabic AI-Kulliyyah.

BEIRUT BRANCH At 12 noon of June 22, the members of the Beirut Branch and vicinity occupied the auditorium in West Hall. Prof. Bulus Khauli presided. George Ma'asrL B.c., 1923, was elected secretary of the branch to succeed Mr. Najib Dumit, who has gone lately to U.S.A. The new secretary read the minutes of the preceding meetings. Mr. N ajib Mosawwir gave a splendid report about the financial conditions of the Branch. New members were ac­ cepted. The executive committee elected to serve in the year 1927-1928 is made up of the following gentlemen: Suhayla Saadi, N.T.S. Shukri Malouf, M.D. Spiridon Metni. Ali 'Ardati, B.C. Mansour Jurdak, M.A. George Haik, D.D.s. After the election of the new executive committee when one o'clock struck and as there was no further business to attend to, the alumni went down in a body to the Common Room, where a good dinner was waiting for them and for their fellow alumni from other branches. AL-KULLIYYAH

Nurses' List of Contributions

Sy. Pds. L. Eg. L. tq. ;(; Marie Abu-Hamad, N.T.S...... 10 Malakah Bahoaa, l'o{.T.S...... 24 Mary Boghosian, N. T.S...... 6 Afifeh Feisal, N.T.S...... 4 Jamilah Grabediao N.T.S ...... Mrs. Matilda Haddad, (Azar) N.T.S ... . Thereza Haddad, N.T.S ......

Ester Haroutounian, N.T.S...... 2

Hilaaeh Houie, N.T.S...... 2

Jamilah Houie, N.T.S ...... 2 Wadia Isber, N.T.S ...... Jamilah Jallouk, N.T.S ...... ,...... Alexandra Janho N.T.S...... 3

Nazira Karag.,lo, N.T.S...... 2

Mrs. Geo. Mishalany, N. T.S...... 10 Shams Mujais, N.T.S ...... · .. . Mrs. Najibeh Nachman (Khuri) N.T.S. Soheila Saadeh, N.T.S (8 Sy. Pds. yearly)...... 20 Raja Saleeby, N.T.S. (10 Sy. Pds. yearly)...... 30 Zahia Sousou, N.T.S...... 4

Katrine Vertabedian, N.T.S...... 2

Phelomena Yaziji, N.T.S ...... 2 Mrs. Zahran (Mary Bajjani), N .T. S.... 16

Miss Van Zaodt ... ~...... 10 ------~~-=-=~- 151 5. 00 2

Approximately 184 dollars + the two gifts to come every year. :AL-KULLIYYAIt

ALUMNI NEWS

OBITUARIES. ;1912 Our sincere condolences 1922 We sincerely condole with are extended to our fellow-alum­ George Joseph Makhlouf, Com. ni, Bahjat Abdun-Nur, B.A., Cer., of Ale~ndria, on the death B.Se., and Edward Abdun-Nur, of his father, M. Joseph M. B.A., B.Sc., on the death of Makhlouf, who passed away in their brother, Mr. Yusuf Abdun­ the same city on May 29. Nur, who passed aways in Bms­ sels, Belgium, in the last week of May.

MARRIAGBS AND BIRTHS 1903 We extend our hearty con­ 1915 The twin children of Muh­ gratulations to the President of yiddin Ardati, Phar.M., are glad our Jerusalem Branch, Tawfik to have a third child in the Kan'an, M.D., and to Mrs. house to play with. Aida is the Can'an, on the birth of a girl name of the girl welcomed by who came into this world on her brother and sister. Best June I, 1927. May happiness wishes for the happy household. and health be her companions· in 192 I Abd-ul-Majid Huss, B.A., life. was married, on April 3, 1927, 1908 On Friday, June 3rd, a to Miss Gulbahar Kuraytim, of third son was born unto Joseph Beirut. Our hearty congratula­ Bey Coudsi, B.C., and his wife, tions are offered to the happy of Damascus. We extend our couple. hearty congratulations to the 1925 Nakhlah Shammas, M.D., parents and our good wishes to and Rida Abdullah Shammas, the little fellow. both of Amyun, Kura, are to 191I Yusuf Hajjar, B.A., M.D., be congratulated on their mar­ of the Government Hospital, riage. The wedding ceremonies Jerusalem, was, in the first part took place Sunday morning, at of this month, engaged to be 9:00 o'clock, June 19, at their married to Miss Jamal, of the native town. same city. Hearty congratula­ tions. MrsCBLLANF:OUS 1886 About the middle of June, sincerely hope that the rest in Sir Said Pasha Shoucair, General Europe and Lebanon will restore Treasurer of the AlumniAssocia­ to our friend, Shoucair Pasha, tion, went to Europe. He will his usual good health. spend there a couple of months 1888 We are very pleased to hear and then he will return to join that rich coal mines have been his family in Mt. Lebanon. We discovreed in Philippine Islands AL-KULLIYYAH

in a vast piece of land belong­ 1912 In the first part of June, ing to our fellow-alumni, Najib M. Assimacopoulo, B.C., Man­ Saleeby, B.A., M.D., D.Sc., and ager of the Levant Bonded his brothers, Murad Saleeby, Warehouse Co. of Haifa, Pales­ B.A., Fuad Saleeby, B.C., Eliya tine, came to Beirut on business. Saleeby, Phar.M., Amin Saleeby, He found time, however, to visit B.A. the A.U.B. It was his first visit after his graduation fifteen years 189 I Amin Bey Kisbany has re­ signed his position as Private ago. He roamed on the campus, Secretary of King Faysal called at the Alumni office and of Mesopotamia and is now made a substantial contribution engaged in business in New to the Alumni Fund. York. 1913 ShafIk Khuri, B.A., B.Sc., Engineer and Contractor, Lata­ 1901 Michel F. Najjar, Phar.l'.1., kiyyah, visited the A.U.B. in the of Alexandria, made a flying trip last week of Mav. 'Ve were to Beirut. He visited the A.U.B. glad to see him i~ the Alumni and was pleased to see some of office. Mr. Khuri promised to his old friends. dQ his best to fortify the Alumni 1902 Rev. Paul E. Dimishky, cause in his city. B.A., has had an interesting 1915 Amin Hasan, M.A., In­ career after his graduation from structor in Gordon College, our Universtiy. Let him des­ Khartoum, came to Beirut in cribe it in his own words. the first week of June. He ex­ "As you will observe, I have pects to spend 'the summer in obtained my B.A. in 1902, and Lebanon and will enjoy its re­ in that very year, I was ordained cuperating air. We were glad and served the Church in my to see him in the Alumni office present capacity in various and to hear from him about the countries. I spent five years work of our Alumni in Khar­ in. India, where I preached toum. in both Hindustani and English. 1916 We were very glad to see I also held the University of in our office and on the Cumpus Bombay's Arabic Examinership. Kamal Shoucair, B.C., Secretary I spent, after my tirst furlough, of our Alexandria Branch. Mr. 10 years in Capetown; and very Shoucair will spend his summer often, had to preach 7 times a in Lebanon. We trust that the Sunday. Here, in England, I invigorating air of the mountains have worked in various chur­ will help him recover his usual ches, and wherever I went, I health and strength. took my A.U.B. Hood with me." 1918 Sharif Usayran, M.D., of 1910 Ali Ardati, B.C., Membfr Kazimiyyah, N ear Baghdad, of the Executive Committee of Iraq, has come to Beirut on a the Beirut Branch, took a busi­ short leave. His fater was. oper­ ness trip to France and England. ated upon in the A.U.B. Hospi­ He is expected back in the tals in the early part of June. middle of July, He surely ~as encouraged py JU;-KULLiYV AM

seeing his two sons, Sharif and 1925 Najib Dumit, f' ,.).., ,'led Abd-ul-Karim, near his sick bed. for America on Junt 2nd. He We are glad that Dr. Usayran's goes to study agriculture in the father is improving rapidly. Dr. University of California in U saYlan is to be congratulated Berkley. He expects to return SLlso on taking the first step to­ to this country after he finishes wards the establishment of a his studies in the F.S.A. We happy home. On Thursday wish Mr. Dumit great success. evening, June 9, he was engaged 1926. After a year in America to Miss Bahira, Daughter of spent in studying social sciences Badr Bey Dimishkiyyah of in Union Theological Seminary, Beirut. N.Y.C., Shakir Nassar, B.A., 1922 Najib Tarazi, B.A., Sec­ has returned to Beirut. He has retary of the Khartoum Branch, been appointed by the American Khartoum, brought us a very Mission to edit the Weekly encouraging report about his N eshra. We wish him success. branch and its work. Mr. Tarazi 1916 After working several years is on his furlough, which he will as head nurse and midwife in spend in the Lebanon. some of the government hospi­ 1922 We congratulate Abdullah tals in Damascus, Miss Philo­ Hajj, M.A., on the confidence mina Yazigi, N,T.S., ha;; return­ placed in him by His Majesty, ed to Beirut to practice her King Faysal. Mr. Hajj has been Profession. She is living now in appointed Secretary of His the National Women's Club and Majesty, King Faysal, to suc­ is engaged by the Municipal ceed Amin Bey Kisbany, B.A., Health Department. We are 1891. glad to see her on the cumpus 1924 Theodore Belsky, M.D., of and in our office. Sudan, is on his furlough in 1927 Anis Khuri B.A., sailed for Syria and Palestine. Dr. Belsky New York on the 2nd of June. called at our office. He was He goes to the University of delighted to roam about on the Chicago to take post-graduate campus and meet with old courses in semitic languages. friends. After he finishes studies in Labib Khairallah, B.A., of Chicago he hopes to return to Gordon College, Khartoum, call­ this country to teach in the ed at our office. Mr. Khairallah A.U.B. May success attend his is spending his furlough in his way. native town, Bhamdun.