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151 REPORT OF THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES For the year 1933-34. Dear President Watson: Herewith I present i4y annual report of the School of Orient-al Studies, for the school year ending in June 1934. ENROLMENT: The total enrolment for the year was 66. Of these, 34 were men, and 32 were women. The following table indicates the enrolment by nationalities, and missionaries and others: Americans, Missionaries 7; others 5, total 12 British " 18; 20 " 38 Germans 11 6 1 " 7 Swiss It 3 1 " 4 Dutch 2 - - -" 2 • Swedish 1 - - " 1 Russian 1- - -" 1 Esthonian " 1 rr i 37 29 66 That is, 56% of the enrolment were accredited missionaries from American, British or Continental organizations, and 44% were non-missionary. These latter re-presented the British diplomatic, army and commercial officials, the A,_lerican diplomatic service, Harvard, Leipsig and Toronto Universities; and unattached individual students; three were young men from the National Bank of Egypt. It is to be noted that the percentage of enrolment from ,.ission societies is much less than for.lerly. The remarkable reduction of enrolment of A:.lerican missionaries brought the nu:aber down to less than one-fifth of the total _mission-ary enrolment; the British missionaries, on the other hand, totaled half of the missionary enrolment, and the German missionaries one-sixth of the missionary enrolment. The American United eresbyterian Mission presented no new missionaries whatever this past year, since none came to Egypt; the British iaissionaries, representing the Church of England, the Egypt General Mission, the British Bible Society offered several new candidates. The enrolment of six German missionaries suggests a new field for service of the S.O.S. traceable without doubt to the presence of Dr. Enderlin, who acts as laison not only with the uerman, but with the Swiss, Dutch and some other European students. The special effort made for publicity for the S.O.S. throughout the English speaking coiil,unities in Egypt and the organizations operating in Egypt with head uarters in England or Europe, did not produce as quick results as we had hoped for. However, since this is really the first time that there has been any offering of the services of the S.O.S. in any practical way to the non-mission-ary community, we shall probablyhave to be a little patient in waiting for resu-ts