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14. its services later, through academic offerings in library services. Such a de-velopment is greatly needed in Egypt and the Middle Igast. This kind of competent leadership is especially needed at the University just now as the joint School of Oriental Studies-Social Research Center library is being set up as the core for graduate studies, and as the Creswell library in Islamic Arts and Architecture becomes the property of the University. It.is requested that. the. Foundation support such a head librarian for atwo-year period, •after . which the normal staff of the library can perform the necessary functions.. -.It is • estimated that the travel, salary and other .costs in-volved would total $10,000.00 per year, or $20,000.00 5) It is necessary that the text-books and collateral reading materials used in the Arabic teaching program be completely revised. This particular ser-vice, long in the history of the University, is an important instrument in adjusting the Westerner to the Orient, and is a contribution that is greatly needed. No other organization in Cairo can do this so well as the University. The texts and readers now in use are based upon grammars and readers developed in the earliest years of the University, and make little use 'of the more recent insights of linguistics and the language-teaching experiences gained during the Second World War. The texts fail to meet the current demand for speedier in-struction and for relevant vocabulary. To accomplish this revision properly a skilled person must be on the job in Egypt for at least two years. Such a person, a Ph.D. from Ohio State, is al-ready at the University on a Fulbright grant for 1956-57, and the University is agreeing to pay his travel and other expenses to the extent of $2400.00 for the next year. It is requested that the Foundation consider this amount for next year, and $6,000.00 for the year following, or $8,400.00 Table I Recapitulation of Terminal Projects Requests Pro ect 1• 6- 1• - 8 Total 1) Undergraduate Dean $12,000.00 4) Librarian 10, 000.00 10, 000.00 5) Text-book Revisor 2,400.00 6,000.00 Total $41,400.00 $33,000.00 $12,000.00 24,000.00 10,000.00 20,000.00 8, 400.00 $74,400.00 2) Acting Dean of Students 12, 000.00 12,000.00 3) Self-Study Adm. Asst. 5,000.00 5,000.0