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I I I - 2 .. spr'ng semester the flnlverslty was offering 143 courses, as opposed to 164 last year. Nine American graduate language fellows and theIr fami Hes had moved from Berkeley to Ca'ro. FOllr American Engl Ish language Institute fellows had gone f~ Columbia Teachers College to , Ca'ro. The AmerIcan and foreign Anc ArabIc Studies .fellows were now In Cairo. The Department of ~ubtlc Service dur'ng the fall tenn had registered the largest enrollment In Its history, that is, 2,345, the absolute maximum. There had been no changes In textbooks or changes In course offerIngs r.sultfng from sequestration. The reduced course offerings were the product of a slightly reduced faculty. The examlna~ tlon of the curricula, relatIve to Egyptian accredltat'on of The AmerIcan "nlversity In Cairo degree, was proceeding and some of the departments themselves were In the process of proposIng additional course offerIngs for consideration by the appropriate AlIC committee. One of the proposals whIch came out of the curricula examination by representatives of the Egyptian academic community had been for a strefght PolItical Science degree and a straight EconomIcs degree offering, as opposed to the current joint degree. C. Alit LI BRARIAN: One less encouraging note was that the Alit LIbrarian, Dr. James c. Van Lutk, had been refused a work permit. ThIs problem had Its Inception shortly after sequestratIon, and the fInal refusal, the Issue having been pushed to a high level by Or. Bartlett, had come after Mr. Thoron had left CaIro. this latest information was based on a report from Mrs. Bartlett. This particular refusal took on additional signIficance In the eyes of the faculty and the people associated with the University, because the grounds on which the refusal was Issued wer