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32. X. Costs of Total Improvement Program. for the University Table VI is a consolidation of Tables` IV;and .:V, and ..reveals the total . financial program for the University for the five-year periód beginning in 1956-57. It is to be understood that some of the building..pro jects: ma.y actually be under- .taken beyond the five-year period, but the Table .was . made on the-five-year basis for purpose of comparison. Table VI. Costs of Total Improvement Program for Five Years . 1956-57. 1957-58 . ' 1958-59 1959-60 1964-61 Totals • Request from Foundation Commitment of • University . 41; Ltpo 219, OÓ4 -11:26ó, 000. 2,20r250- $3,727,650). 75,000 ::250, Ó0o. 1,190,000 2 ,112,500 230,000 3,857,500. Totals .1-16,400 4-69, 000 2, 4-50, 000 4,319,75o 230 , ooQ $7,585,150. XI. In Conclusion It is obvious that if the foregoing financial program is to be accomplished, all factors in the University situation must be made as favorable as possible and all personnel must devote themselves completely to the total University task. The reason, of course, is that the foregoing is not just a financial program. It is a program for the whole life of the University. Students, alumni, faculty, ad-ministration, board, sponsors, friends, Foundations, business, colleges and unversi-ties, and churches are involved. These persons are in Cairo, the Middle East, America, and we trust, in other parts of the world as well. It is a great satis-faction to report that at the time of this writing there is every evidence to sup-port the belief that there is and will be this kind of happy devotion. Permit the University to thank the officers of The Ford Foundation even for expressing an interest in the institution, and for permitting it to submit these considerations for assistance in the all-University program. Whether or not it is possible for the Foundation to grant this request in whole or in part, the very preparation of the material has provided the administration with a needed compre-hensive view of the problems and possibilities of the institution, and has become an encouragement, in fact, in moving it ahead. Respectfully submitted with the approval of the Board of Trustees of The American University at Cairo, in meeting June 29, 30, 1956, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Raymond F. McLain Presiden