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1 47 10 were members of the A.U.C. staff, <3 were from the C.M.S. It is significant that 23 enrollments were o`' students not connected with any mission. Here a most encouraging fact is to be recorded. Due to negotiations started on the field and followed up by a personal visit to Tashington, D.C., trie State Depart-ment has agreed to ;bake use of this School for those in consular service, who are to be assigned a special study of Arabic. Thile this may not represent any great accession of students, it is a high tribute both to the facilities provided by our School and to the strategic importance of Cairo €a.; an intellect-ual center for the /.rabic-speaking world. The usual courses have bee offered in the Arabic t, rd lsla.inic studies. A class in Hebrew has pushed forward to advanced work and there has been for the first time a glass in Syriac. Advanced work in Arabic hr s included (a) the Mufa.ddaliyat, kb) iambic ralaeography. The Faculty has included Dr. "effery ,, who has rendered untiring service in teaching, administration and the maintaining of relations with outside agencies, not to mention much research work of the highest (uality which has added enormously to the prestige of the S.O.S.; Dr. Elder, who has continued as Director of Arabic Studies; and Dr. /darns and Mr. iiorrison, who have cooperated by serving as faculty me.nbers Pnd assisting in examinations. Dr. McClenahan, after his arrival from America, acted as Chairman of the Faculty c:nd rendered many advisory services. Mr. Enderlin, of the Ger-an Mission, was invited a year ;go to assist in the School on a part title basis. ' e established reh. tions with the School toward the end of the year r.nd his assignment includes some teaching, some administration, field work and lectures on Missionary methods. The School's need for a Dean who tould give full time to this work has long been felt , n_d w.• s recognized by formal action of the Trustees a year <_.go. In line with a thought that hr{s been in mind as well as in the mind of others, for some years, I consulted with the Committee on Education 's to trie propriety fo extending to Dr. R. S. ,cClenahan an invitation to become Dean of the S.O.S. With their approval, the proposal has been broached to Dr. McClenahan and sub-ject to certain further definitions of the plan, the matter awaits forr:,a.l ratifi-cation by the Trustees. A brief staterAent will suffice to cover two points that may be raised: (a) No increased expense accrues to the University for Dr. Nc- Clenr+ban's salary and support are simply transferred from the section of the budget entitled, "Administration" to the departmental budget of t_le S.u.S. The fact that a special gift covers the sup ort of Dr. .1cClennhan makes this transfer easy. But I feel that a real advantage will accrue to the appearance of the A.U.C. budget by making the change suggested. The section entitled "Administration" now carries three major salary items; that of the President, that of Dr. ic- Clenahan as Dean of the University, and thr t of the Bursar. The tottl has yielded a percentage for administr: tion of tyre University's entire budget which has been e_.barrassing in these days of drastic econo4 . That the S.O.S. should have a full time Dean is more normal. But the main point is that the proposal in-volves no increased cost to the total budget of the University . (b) Dr. iiicClena-han's fitness for this position is outstanding. For decades, even before coming to us, he has been a leLder in all plans and activities having to do with the training of .missionaries. His knowledge of Arabic, his intimate a.cc;uaintance vtiith Islam, his deep interest in the missionary enterprise, his tide acquaintance ti itn Egyptians and missiomr .es, am his administrative experience, combine to make him an exceptional choice for such a position. If the cuestion is asked whether this transfer will result in a loss to the University of Dr. idcClenahan's services in the field of friendly relations with t.Le public, it would seem at first sight as if such a loss might be avoided by careful planning, but this is one matter which I propose to study this corning fall on the field