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I I (..aJ: 1 H'c o ) rpose t h"H I.r .. ed, r bet.W'm~n 2) UI ati. . eve "al lae' ,rmd un.der-going ·re _ on.'l''' n, ij, ,," ,:. 1tJ'Jlel ie' nUn .. ve-rsit,' aL ~ irCl Be +~ .~ ",: (' ) J -en. ~rn..al. and flex} bl ( 3) uni vet" fI f U" (h-:' .d strong: by thf~ Aruerl.can ,';!~~ t I J;" an ~~ IJ(! ~ t (mal trad ' tj on nd de ~ 1 gned. be aerve: ~ ~~, .:i'VE!ly .' r.l the .Arab ru:' tUt"~l and educ- t- ol'\al pil:ie·u It .. strease· t.he liberal .atudiel~ i art, and I:]C i.encaa and thceby seek to J.mp aye man thlNlUgh the developm· nt of hif' empathic cap~cj t j hi 1'ealS~ning and ritl.cal think"l\lg" hi.s aesthe h: nd lntu..Ltive e pres. ion and his ce;ffective com= num CIl t i on in both spC!c::Lal :r.;ed and ;~ener.al fields u [t provides an i.lltel tectua meeti.ng pla{.~e for ,,~ ddl e EaatE:rn and \v(,stern cultur IS and.!) by it.s yc"r'Y (~.xi stence symho.t.izea 13n' S shared concern; an "'ommon as):l.i-at ·,,()08 e If t.h.i.~ GO[llewhat elaborate I, tatement were fa ced lnto t.he mo d cf lOne entence it w(ml.d probabJy be that the UnivelC"sit.J" be,-, 1 ieves in upeI iOT Bello at'ship .. If .1 but one cf the char.mct.eristics o· the U~1.ivtt~rl~ tty were el.Jminat.ed" It..fJ trust would probably be i n the ll'J L. LQI1\!:.e va ue of e:JtceJ.lence . Excce;llenc :in scholarship is not. tc be achieved apart from the at!"earl! tOf tradltiotl Df the inst"tution en the one hand ~ (as .indicated irlt,he fo~egoing p.arag,"apha) " and the pre.ssi.ug;- needs of the e1.wiromllent, \ on the other" Intellectual activity iG in relation to realit.y" The t)niversity is not unaws.re, therefore ~ cf the needs cf of the area or the perul ar epportunit es cf its ti.me a.nd pla.ce,. However, because cf the limitationH .impo.sed by its nature (excellenta small" flexible; \l1e$tel'n ~ liberal etc .. ) and by i.ts restricted re= , lo3~.f~"' to .t:h '1;·;V~:J"ive~~.~ty. 1.In~s t l be very diacrimillative if it is to a In ev.~ ,sup 'i<i"'or scholarship.t~ .. . ~ haunot; be all things to all menllt . e en to the c:Kt.ent' that a ·s.l..ml'lar university in .an American city .. 0 lId be., The proposed progralJl ~ therefcre, is deliberately limited i ~ bra Ldths and the limitation s (fd:.ermined both by what the inllt.i~ tut.. on helS to give and what the time and I>lace needo It is hoped .• hat the program. t ·o be described will be explic ' t enough t.c reveal he aWE~ren.ess and r.espc')!I.lsi veness of the Uni versi ty to the needs of f:. h~~ arf~Jl and t~e contemporar'y '\t,"orld u III" ifferen,es between the proposed and present programso In .lts sea).'ch for exc .... llence a still greater premium will. be . _:~£~d ui2.o~~ .. ~o .d -_t~-:.achtl.!« al1rL~reatj. ve resea!,cJ1.-.. ~~~'p"ubl~catio.!1~ - (~. SOt. the 196u .~VJS1 en r the By= .8WS of the Univel"sit. ? "f! ed.bl~ .LU the ueh ~ .,f exper'iment;,al , mobile