Memorandum on the present status of three departments in the American University at Cairo:-- The Government Secondary Course, preparatory school and the college. Note: The facts here summarized are condelnsed from various documents submitted to the Trustees by the President of the University and several professors. A. ELystian Government secondary Course Leads to Government Baccalauriat degree after Government examination. Taught in Arabic. In government schools this course deteriorating, but always has been bad. Memoriter work - cramming for examinations. Poor teaching. Low standards. Extreme centralization and rigid uniformity. Demands overcrowded schedule and puts premium on memorizing. Tends to inaYse students listless and wooden. Never...