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y .. • I t I~ 84 ORGANIZATION 85 PERSONNEL THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT CAIRO Minutes _ :t-feeting of Executive Committee New York City April 11, 1960 Meeting of the Executive Committee of The American University at Cairo was held on Monday , April II, 1960 , at the Gramercy Park Hotel , New York City . The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9 : 30 a . m. Upon roll call the tollowing were present : Dr . Horton , Chairman . Mrs . Lloyd . Meesrs . Crary. Dirks. Harbison, Van Vleck. and also Dr o McLain . The Chairman stated that a quorum was present . The Chairman stated that the first iteM on the agenda was the consideration of several appoint­ments not decided upon at the March 12 , 1960 Board meeting. 1 . Folk Lore Project - Dr o McLain spoke first at Mrs . McLain's work 1n connection with the Univer­sity i n her role as Dean of Students , which was terminating with the end of the school year , her function as the wife of the President of the Uni­versity and. her wide range of interest in people and activities in Cairo . He stated that there were several possible areas in which her services would be helpful . in addition to her function as the wife of the PreSident , and referred particularly to her interest and training in the field of folk- l ore . He said that t his was a field in which there had been little research in Egypt and which, because of the present existence throughout the country of many traditions and ways which found expression in Egyptian art , music , work . and other areas , a great potential for research, study and teaching existed . He visualized the eventual desirability ot a museum at living folk arts and crafts connected with tho University , with perhaps the use of motion pictureo and other devices to portray exhibits . He diecussed the desirability of such a project both for its edueational value to students of the University and other Egyptians and to tourists coming to Cairo . The Committee asked about the expense of such a project and Dr . McLain estimated that durin, the first year or so the cost would run around $5 , 000, including Mrs . McLain's salary of $2.000 , until such time as the establishment of a museum took place . when the cost would obviously be greater. The Committee responded enthusiastically to the idea in general