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Ill/ Against this must be placed a comparison of the work done. In terms of enrollment the following is the situation: 1931-32 1945-46 College 388 444 Faculty of Education . . 26 74 Division of Extension.55,031 66,764 S O S . . . . 96 114 JOURNAL OF MODERN EDUCATION. 438 Subscribers 1,326 Subscribers. In addition to these figures it must be remembered that the program of the Univer-sitv has diversified and developed in many directions since 1932. The Faculty of Fducation has approximately doubled the number of courses offered; the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has added a new department (Journalism); the Division of Fxten-sion has inaugurated an educational cinema program that in 1945-46 had a total audi-ence of 30,907 and added adult evening classes (2) in the social sciences. Further-more, the level of scholastic work has risen as more effort has been put into devel-oping a defensible B.A. degree. Yet the expense of doing even the same amount of work in 1946 as was done in 1932 is considerably greater. Local salaries are higher, and Egyptian staff mem-bers who have thrown in their lot with the University have naturally been given f in-an cial r-cognition. An important Egyptian administrative assistant who was receiv-ing L.E.188 per year in 1932 is now receing L.E. 456, the Egyptian teachers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences received L.E.5843.830 in 1932 as against L.F.7840.084 in 1945. Other expenses have kept pace: laboratory maintenance cost L.E.147.055 in 1932 but L.E.250.432. in 1945. During this period the money received from the Trustees decreased by L.E. 2476.289. The University was only able to maintain and develop its program by (a) reducing the permanent American personnel from 15 to 6. This has been a serious handicap, forcing us to conduct an American institution principally with an Egyptian staff. (b) increasing local income derived from fees and rentals. Here the record is remark-able; since 1932 funds raised in Egypt have grown approximately 262% or by a total of L.E.11795.148. The present situation is that the University resources have been stretched to the breaking point. Under the pressure of inevitable growth of an adolescent in-stitution, it has not been possible to refuse both to deepen and enlarggithe program. Now the time has come when a halt must be called; indeed it is my considered conviction that either resources must be increased or. the •ro_ am of the University must be re-duced to a place where its work is more adequately done. We are spread too thin, our American staff is too small. We must either undergird our work with larger funds or be content to do a smaller job. Staff Responsibilities: One result of the budget situation has been the continuous increase of the responsibilities carried by the permanent staff. With a program equal to or larger than that of 1932, and only half as many permanent men, it is obvious that each man must do more. The effect of this appears in several fields: (a) Teaching Loads: Although the permanent men are all departmental heads, they carry a teaching or administrative load equal to that of the routine teacher. No 1