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refused to accept an outsider to teach these courses on the grounds that "one of her teachers had studied in A.U.C." One graduate was asked to teach philosophy on the strength of the courses he had with us, although he had been originally intended to teach English. 3. Staff. In no other section of the University has been such a shortage of staff as in the Department of Education. This will certainly be the case so long as the war is not over. It is not very hard even during the war to find a teacher of a natural or a social science; but it is extremely difficult to find a teacher who will be qualified to teach the subjects we need satisfactorily. The situation would have been far less gloomy this year if we had a man with common sense and willingness to work and cooperate, even if he were not master of his subject. Fortunately the next year is already taken care of. It is unfortunate that Mr. Vandersall left, but we had already anticipated that early last April and had one substitute or more in mind. 4. Electives. This is the first year in which electives, apart from educational courses were offered to our students. Although the number of those who attended was not large (from 8 to 20 for each course), and although the courses were limited to three, there is reason to believe that they will become popular year after year. At least the course on English Drama that was conducted by Mr. Howard has been given such wide publicity by the students themselves that many are looking forward to attending a similar one next year. There are several reasons for the maintenance of these electives at any cost. In the first place, we are getting more students who are anxious to qualify for a degree and who cannot do so without earning credit by taking up background subjects. Secondly, the Ministry of Education is trying to provide for its grad-uates from teachers' institutions higher studies leading to a degree, probably in order to make them dispense with going to foreign institutions like ours. If the Ministry carries its resolutions, we shall be obliged to make provision for a different type of student if we want to maintain the popularity of our afternoon classes. Thirdly, the present trend in teachers' colleges all over the world today, particularly in America, is to enrich the curricula with cultural subjects in addition to the professional subjects. Following the decision of the Education Committee in its last meeting in June, a sub-committee composed of v'iessrs. Howard, Abdel Noor, and myself met to study the question of electives. Unfortunately, owing to the unsettled situation no conclusions were drawn, but as far as I can recall the prospects were promising. As to the question raised as to which section of the University will conduct these electives, I do not attach much significance to it, so long as the classes actually function. Details of expenses, teachers, and other matters will be the subject of study some time when we reunite in September or perhaps before, we hope. 5. A Recurring Question. Once every while a member of our Education Committee, who is either new or who forgot previous discussions, raises the question as to whether the time spent by the student with us qualifies him for a degree. The regulations binding Teachers' College had been studied, laici down, and reviewed by Dr. Galt and Mr. Reece, both specialists in the field. Whenever this question was raised, Dr. Galt, up to the year he left, explained the basis un which the credit house and the number of years rested, according to the practices of certain American institutions such as Columbia. No student in Columbia is allowed to exceed the maximum of 12 points a year, where a point is a semester lecture period once a week. According to this a student of ours by the end of three years accumulates 24 points. in other words if he were at Columbia he would not be allowed to take more than that much in two years. In fact a maximum of 12 points a year is permitted in ver