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1.73 Arpendix A-2 October 28, 1922. and European out of their territories. The Arabic papers here are revelling in the good news of Greek routs, of great Turkish victories and still greater Turkish pronouncements and of the ravaging and pillaging of Armenian and Greek cities. To some of us, it seems perfectly unpardonable that great and strong nations of the West will remit such conditions, especially when order can be so easily maintained (witness 5000 British troops in Egypt and a handful in India) and when disorder spells such fearful bloodshed and destruction of property. (2). Enrolment: I wish you could all visit us today. We are in the midst of enrolment for the College for the new year. The building and grounds are dotted with students. Already 182 students have signed up, but the process is not complete. "Process" it is, for there are endless siftings. You would be pleased with this. Already, I am told, 58 have been turned down for one cause or another. Obviously, it is impce7sible at this writing to give any analysis of this year's enrolment, but it is safe to assume that it will be much like that of last year. A questionnaire filled out by 171 of our 20C students yielded some most interesting generalizations as to our student body. Of these, I might refer to the following: The fathers of 82 per cent are alive; of these, the fathers of 5 bear the title of Pasha, 49 the title of Bey, 67 the title of Effendi (mean-ing a modern Egyptian,-with Western dress),2 the title cf Monsieur probably Armenian or foreign), 20 the title of Sheikh (Oriéntal Moslem type), 2 the title of Is Sayad (descendant of the P—ro phet), one the title of Priest (a Copt). As to tl e chief occupations of the fathers, the replies s íhow 62 landowners, 26 government officials, 19 merchants, 12 doctors, 8 army officers, 8 engineers, while the rest are widely distributed. This is most suggestive as to the type of education we should provide. The questionnaire coverer 33 points of inquiry, most important for our properly understanding of the social, economic, intellectual, moral and religious background of t}e students, but it would carry us too far afield to discuss them all here. The enrolment of students in the School of Oriental Studies is dfe òdent, of course, on the number of new recruits received by the Missions. The number is much the same as last year. (3). Visits of Trustees. I wish to express our great appreciation of visits of our Trustees to Egypt. Dr. Kyle was here the year before my arrival. This past year Mr. W. S. George came. understand there is a good Lope of our seeing Dr. W. B. Hill, the Chairman of our Board of Trustees this coming winter; perhaps also this year, or else next year, Mr. Frackel-ton. To this list we may add visits to Egypt before the launching of the University, on the part of Mr. Innes, Dr. McClurkin, Dr. Robinson and Prof. Beach. This is a splendid record and means much for effective ad-ministration. The visit of Mr. George this past winter meant much to me as it brought an enheartenment, a courage and a guidance which I greatly needed lust at the time of his coming. I trust he will pass on to the Board his impressions especially as regards the out-of-town site on the road to the Pyramids. (4). Under this heading of General Outlook, I wish to speak a word of hearty appreciation of both the promotion and administration work that has been done by Mr. Lum since I left America. As the promotion work was my own work in America, you can imagine my interest in it