UniCouncil_1938-40_053

THS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT CAIRO aad THS SYNOD OF THS NILS To the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North . d *ff America, Board of ]y*usteei of the American University at Cairo: Brethren: k between fifty aad *l*ty pufeiiv &*•£ of Its fe», The Council of the American University at Cairo has received with genuine sorrow and regret copy of action taken by the Synod of the Nile and copy of a letter addressed to the three organizations named above* This letter not only states the disapproval by the Synod of certain policies of the American University, but takes official action which logically would debar its members from cooperation with the University. The University's regret is all the keener inasmuch as the University took infinite pains by correspondence and jbh.Ar-fi MJtm ytfi -i f _ nrijaamm 4 . , . , . conference to make dear to the representatives of Synod the conscientious en-dsavor of the American University to serve the Kingdom of God in Egypt in the matter under dispute and refused to admit any lower Christian Ideals or motives tor itself than those held by the delegates of ths Synod. All of this will appear in the papers attached. T***i$#M,iw .Amtirifa end of its st Since, however, the Synod of the Nile Us seen fit to take the action referred to and is communicating this action to the General Assembly cf the United Pr*sbyterlan Church of North America, to the Board of Foreign Missions of that Church, and to the Trustees of the UniverAity, the Council of the University feels it its duty to conreunicate with these three bodies also so that its views ■ay be presented wherever the complaints of Synod are presented. to the To keep a true perspective with reference to the complaint entered against the University, which seems sweeping in its action, we would call attention to the fact that it deals with one of the most minor details of the entir