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1 which is not the case in many other places. Two illustrations may be given of this fact. One is when we invited Hafez Afifi Pasha to give a lecture on the subject, "My advice to Youth". Contrary to the customs of other leaders who would seek popularity by unduly flattering young people, Afifi Pasha boldly pointed out that Egypt could not expect much of the present generation of young people who mainly give themselves to unfruitful political antagonisms, instead of devoting their time and energy to the cultivation of knowledge and preparing to serve their country sincerely and efficiently. This criticism on his part was called forth by the numerous strikes which have characterized the past school year. The second event which might have some influence on the future policy of Egypt is the lecture by Senator Wahib Bey Doss, a prominent lawyer, in which he made a suggestion that Egypt should lease the Suez Canal to Great Britain for a period of fifty years following the termination of the Suez Canal Company's concession, and thus be sure that Great Britain would be more interested in the immediate defence of the Canal and at the same time insure the safety of Egypt. According to him, this policy would help to relieve the country of the heavy expenditures which are being made on armaments. As this idea is contrary to the present public senti-ment which advocates the complete arming of the country to realize its full inde-pendence, it seems doubtful whether any person would have had the courage to voice such an opinion elsewhere. Forums: A practice hitherto unknown to Egyptian audiences, was introduced by the Division of Extension last year, when a series of forums was organized in Arabic in Oriental Hall. Although the Egyptian public was not familiar with the idea of forums, yet it was noticed in several of the public lectures conducted by the Division that the interest aroused by certain subjects was so great that there was a feeling that the audience wanted to discuss points in tre lecture, especially if it was of a controversial nature or of profound significance, but could not find any means to satisfy its desire. Our experiment with the forums was welcomed by many people from our constituency who were interested in discussing serious subjects, and applications to participate in certain forums were greater than we could grant. With an average attendance of 89 (cf. Appendix III). Twelve of these forums were included in three series of four forums each. The topics of the series were, (1) The Egyptian Home, (2) New Governments in Europe, and (3) Birth Control. The first series was exclusively for women, while all the others were for mixed audiences. The forum system being a new idea in Egypt, it was not easy to get the audience or even the chairman and the lecturer, to conform to the rules and instructions explained at each meeting, and sometimes it was difficult to carry out discussions satisfactorily particularly when, at some meetings the audience .went up to 200, most of whom were friends of the speaker. However, we are hope-ful that our efforts in this direction will bear fruit before long and the public will soon appreciate fully this form of democratic gathering for discussion and exchange of ideas. Lecturers: A good deal of the credit for the success of our lectures and 1 forums is due to our lecturers who generously cooperated with us. Fifty-two person