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pr* MeClenahan then pointed out that at Beirut there was a very small percentage taking the last two years of the College course* Host of the students left at the of the second year to entir the professional schools* Furthermore tha^^the/opr years standard had been id effect in Egypt for twenty years and it was SssSSefert by many as the real standard of education * Nevertheless there were many in Egypt beginning to feel that after all,this four years secondary course was a very meagre education and were looking for something better* He felt that if this two years were to be added, it should not be an addition of a variety of new subjects but it whoujd bo used to give additional quantities of subjects which they were already studying* * a . .. , -~v ~ .. Hr* Heal UoClanahan said that Assiut College was very weak on its Arts side* 2hey had made an experiment a few years ego offering an oxtra year of study and advertisl$ it well, t.Vy had even offered additional aid to those who would enter It* But it has failed hopelessly, only one boy responding* He said that there was certainly a need for the raising of the standards of education in Egypt and he thought that we hero in Cairo were in a position to try to make a new experiment* Dr* Watson then asked if there was a desire in Egypt to hurry a boy into his life work* Shat in America tho industrial pressure was so great that there was a great tomcat ion for a boy to get out and make money* Dr* Nimr said that in Egypt this was also true, parents wanting their boyd to get out after four years of sohooling* He also raised the question if the parents would want to pay far a fifth year of study* Dr* MeClenahan pointed out that contemplated changes in the program of the Ministry of Education here indicated that there was a higher standard coming soon, a standard which seems to indicate that there would be a raising by two years of study* Dr* Henry s sld that because of our success/^nT^ec^ing^Iroady^students for our Arts Course, because so many of our students contongilated going abroad, and beoause of the unusual spirit already shown by our students, he believed that the experiment of adding a ye^r would certainly be worth the trial* Dr* Hill suggested that this extra year be mde a preparatory year, be added at the beginning of the oourso rather than aj^J&e, en(^ whichjjft^ild make a buy take five years, one of them being preparatory be4^-theAhig£er° course^* Dr* MeClenahan said that something of this idea had already been ours for we had called our Arts Course in Arabic a preparatory course* Dr* Nior said, In Syria there is a very small number who take the B* A* degree* In Egypt we ought to raise this standard* Ho said that Dr* Hill's scheme looked better to him and he thou{£it it would appeal more to the parents* Dr* ?/ateon pointed out that the difficulty to be faced was, that the Government had set certain landings and there was always an analogy made between the standard Government Course ;*ud any new Arts Course that might be proposed* Hr* Bryan suggested that ”bhroa scholarships for boys who were interested in education fly)c\ yyko not have enough money to pay for it might help to solve the problem for they would be willing to go on as experiments in a new course* Hr* Smith Said that where so oacy students were preparing to study abroad he thought that the addition of a year cf work here would give the boy* a much needed preparatio