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191 5. The public's confidence in the Extension Division is evident from the various letters of complaint of social defects. They feel that we can do some-thing about it. A member of Abu Teeg provincial Council, Mohamed Amer Farghali, wrote that he suggested an increase of 5 milliemes per day for the labourers of tne Council, and his suggestion was refused. He sent the letter of the Chairman of the Council, refusing the suggestion, to us, and said, "The Govern-ment pays tne human employee P.T.150 per month, while it spends P.T.22u on each horse it possesses. Indeed Dr. Cleland is right in saying that the Egyptian lives a lower life than the animals." The writer then urged us "in t_le name of the living Christ" to deal with this matter in our lectures. We get similar letters occasionally. It is, indeed, gratifying to see,as shown by the above quotation, that Dr. Cleland's book is known even among people in the provinces, although in the above case the statement ascribed to Dr. Cleland is evidently a misquotation. Extra Divisional Activities: Last year a reference was made to our contri-bution to the the School of social Work. This year, in the absence of the Dir-ector, who organized and conducted the Sociology course in the school, it fell upon me to give the course. its the Council of the University authorized me to give this help, I was glad to go ahead in order to keep up our relations with the school and the social leaders who are interested in the School. I gave 26 lectures and supervised the preparation of three theses. I devoted my so-called leisure hours for these assignments. This year I gave four lectures to the uenior class of our College, as well as three lectures to trie Government section. were called upon by several Christian organizations to make contacts be-tween them and the Ministry of Social Welfare, which we did willingly. The Extension staff have helped outside organizations in countless ways, which space does not allow me to enumerate. C o n c i u s i o n. The achievements of the Division of Extension during the year under review are all the more gratifying owing to the unusual conditions under which we had to work, and which I have described already. However, the success attained is in no small measure due to the whole hearted and generous support of several persons. President Watson gave freely of his time and energy on many occasions and was an unfailing source of guidance. Besides his valuable assistance in many ways, Dr. Adams kindly presided at almost all the forum meetings and about one half of the lecture programs. The Ministry of Social Welfare provided chairmen for the rest of the lectures. Then I should mention the efficient cooperation of the student ushers, who through their tact in receiving the public and eagerness to serve have helped to keep up the reputation of our meetings as trie most orderly in Cairo. My colleagues Messrs. Gliali Effendi Amin, Mr. A. G. Avramidis and Raouf Effendi Eid have cooperated most heartily and faithfully. Respectfully submitted, 1 Cairo, July 17, 1941. HANNA RIZK Secretary