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Robinson Crusoe had his island and the AUC. hostel students had theirs. Both found themselves cut off from the outside world; and both found natives to help them. Yet there were differences.
Crusoe found only one native whom he called Friday because ht found him on Friday. The hoste. students found many natives whom they did not call Saturday even though they found them on Saturday, These natives already hat names. Half were Ahmads^ hall Mohammeds.
Crusoe was shipwrecked, but the AUC. boys were abandoned by their boat like Ben Gunn in “Treasure island."
Crusoe stayed on his isle 26 years, and our friends remained only about 260 minutes.
It all began when the hostel decided to have a fellucah ride and picnic. Saturday morning, March 2, the boys sailed away, accompanied by the Hostel Masters and Khalii Effendi Rizk, Rizk Effendi, Dean Badeau, Dr. Harold Smith, and Prof. Worth Howard. The boat was headed up river; yet it soon became apparent that Aswan would not bt reached by evening. As a compro mise the voyagers docked at ar. island opposite Old Cairo, and thai only afier considerable towing b> Kitchen Servant Sa’d and sundry boat wallads, all of whom ran along the bank and tugged on a rope.
Once on the island, the “gang walked across to the opposite ano East bank, there to eat a hearty lunch and try a bit of singing.
Dean Badeau had a friendly scuffle with a student which arouseo the interest of an island dog. Deciding that ther§ should be something in the fray for him. Rover dartec in and soon with a good-sized piece of the Dean’s trousei leg.
Finally someone discovered tha; no fellucah was at hand. The boat man had been told to sail around the island and pick up the group. Yet two hours had passed, and he had not appeared.
Ahmud Hussaini, Fuad Zanati. Elmil and Riskalla Kamel Y’coub, Mr. Patouillet, Mr. Parr, Hostel Servant Naguib, and, “Island Dra goman” Mohammed started on a fellucah hunt. Mohammed, whe claimed to know the island stone by stone, lead the group aro\pid half his territory and back to camp; but no fellucah was found.
’Then, when hope was lowest, a shout was heard on the west bank. The boatman had finished his v s with friends in Old Cairo and had decided to return.
The homeward journey was speeded by a tram-ride. The second clsiss compartment was pre-empted by force of numbers. and Khalil ’Uri entertained on the phonograph.
There were no casualties and all our air ... students returned safely.
This month is a month of holiday. Easter week and constitution day, falling this year, a week apart, offer three days’ holiday.
Preparation are in full s\ving among students to make full use of the holidays, be it in preparing papers or just having a good time.
To-night, the maskers are holding their fancy-dress party in Oriental Hall.
Munir Alxlel Nccr, class of ’36, mailed for England last week to accept a job offered by the British Bioadcasting Coiporation to an EgOT>fian who could transcribe all Arabic broadcasting from European stations.
’Two days after he had applied for the job, Abdel Noor was examined. accepted and told that he had to leave for England in forty eight hours. Hurriedly given his visas, he left Egypt last week on the S.S. Kawsar.
Munir Abdel Ncor, is the younger brother of the College Registrar, and was formerly secretary to Dr. Amir Boktor, and then worked for the Vacuum Oil Company in the desert.
When at school Munir Abdel Noor was editor-in-chief of the AUC Review, and an active member of many clubs and groups at the university.
This is the first time in the history of the college that a fancy dress party will take place and will provide the entertainment that the Maskers will put on to-night.
Although certain items on the program are jealously guardec secrets organiser Michael Faltas hat announced part of the show. Songs will be sung by the AUC trio composed of Mr. Delber Sterrett, Mr. Russell C. Tuttle and Dean Sprague, and a pantomime based on the song "Abdul the Bulbul Emir” will be played out by Gulrgnis Sldarous, Kamel Azzam, Mahmoud el Mana-sterll, and Loutlf Zain. Another pantomime — “Wild Nell” — will be acted.
Dances will also be introduced for the first time. The “Virginia Reel” and the "Lambeth Walk” will bs damced by the entire group; while Impromptu acting will bi done by the guests.
Guests will be from the faculty, former members of the Maskers, and friends of present members.
Helping Michaei Faltas in the organisation of the party are Miss Marion Pierron ,Miss Andree Saab, and President Laura Haddad.
It is interesting to observe that the number of students in the Department of Education has reach 5d this year the figure of 58 which is teh highest total ever attained. Owing to the number of students and the lack of sufficient subjects in the Sociology Text Book, it has been announced by Dr. W Cleland that the members of the Sociolog;y Course should form sets of two, thus enabling th:m to work on a term-paper in cooperation with each other. The contents of the test-book are to be applied to So-clolog;y in Egypt. This would bs the Objective Test and would have to be handed in on May 1940. It is expected that this new method of working in small groups will give interesting results.
3)	Basic Course in the teaching of the Social Studies.
4)	Teaching of Economic Geography in Secondary Schools.
5)	Modem Trends in Secondary Schools Education.
1)	Basic Course in Curriculum.
4)	Improvement of reading for adults and College Students.
6)	Physical Education.. Activities for boys and men.
Mr. Did^s adds that he attended the X-Cairene gathering in New York last fall, where he had the pleasure of meeting some of the people he had previously known In Cairo. Concluding his letter Mr. Dldes asks to be remembered to all his former professors and friends at AUC and he mentions particularly Professor M. Kiven.
Latest figures for candidates sitting for the final examinations are twenty-two for the Baccalaureat and twenty-one for the Orientation certificates.
'Tut Ankh Amon sarcophagus was the most talked of exhibit seen b.v members of the Kcdak and ’Travel Club during their visit to the Egyptian Museum on March 3. The group was accompanied by Messrs. Milad and Patouillet.
A number of excellent snapshots were taken in and around the Museum; interesting to hear were some of remarks made by students on various antiquities.
Particularly interested in the visit was Mr. Patouillet who was visiting the museum for the first time, and like a real American showed great enthusiasm for anything new to him.
Seven entrants have already g;iven their names to MV. Parr for the Elxtemporaneous Speaking Contest to be held on March 20 in Ewart Memorial Hall. All students are from Sixth Form and Senior College.
The general topic has aready been chosen ... “The Economic Issues of the Present War”. ’The specific topic will be announced one hour before the contest.
Three judges will decide on the winner. They have been chosen from the Government schools, the American Legation, and the college faculty.
The list will not be definitely closed until there are ten competitors.
Fifteen lectures have been attended up till now by the First. Second and Third years of the Government section on Air Raid Precautions given by William Effendi Milad. The course will end to-day and students taking the course will be examined.
Students passing ' the examinations will be presented an insignia by the Dean at Assembly. They will form a First-Aid group which will be a supplement to the extra-cur-rlcuiar activities.
This is a volunteer course and there is no compulsion for students to follow it. A chance will be given later on to the Fourth and Fifth years to attend the lectures if they wish. A summary of the lectures will be typed and distributed to staff members and students taking up the course.
William Effendi Milad, in charg3 of the course, is a specialist on the subject. He was trained in 1938 when he received the certificate of Master in' A.R.P. at the Helmieh Air Raid Precaution School.
Intra-mural six-a-side football tournament is to be inaugurated to-day with a match between Sixth and Fifth forms.
Seeded teams this year are Senior College and Form IV, who have already shown their merit in basketball, and are expected to had in the football tourney too Government section, however, is expected to spring a surprise.
Form V v. Form VI to-day.
Govt. 3 V. Govt. 5.
Form III V. Govt. 2.
Byes are: Form IV, Govn. 4 and Senior College.
Form 2: Sadiq Ahmed Khatib.
Seventy-five years ago the first school for girls was opened in Upper Egypt known as the Pressly. Memorial Institude. Last Friday Dean Badeau attended the 75th anniversary of the school held at Assiut.
Principle speaker at the meeting wais Hilmi Issa Pasha, former Minister of Etlucation, Another speaker was the father of Dr. Boktor’s secretary, Rauf Elffendi Tadros.
Dean Badeau said that he was agreeably surprised to find one of the old girls who entered the school when it was first opened, attending Tliree-hundred. people were present at the meeting. After the cererSony the Dean had dinner with a group of notables including Helmi Issa Pasha.
Sophomore coed Ar.dr^e Saab will play the leading part In “Dulcy” declared Professor C. Worth Howard at the last Maskers meeting held on Thursday March 8.
“Dulcy”, a farce by Kauffman and Connelly is a light, modern, American comedy and differs from the English plays which have formerly been acted by the Maskers. It is four years since the Maskers attempted this kind of comedy, so it will be a great change.
Professor Howard has not yet given the names of the entire cast. However he believes that Dulciana, a charming young lady always trying to be helpful, will be acted by Ardr6e Saab while her husband Gordon Smith will be taken by Michael Faltas. Mr, Forbes, a 'middle aged man will be acted by Pierre Cachia and his wife by Iglal Zananiri. An excellent but noisy pianist van Dyck will be taken by Dean Sprague, while the role of a distinguished young man will be held by Galal Kashmiri. Ramez Souki will act the talkative scenario writer. The characters of Angela, Miss Forbes and a butler are not yet known.
“Dulcy” will be played some time in May and the cast is planr-ing to begin work with professor Howard soon.
There being only one setting, stage manager Mohamed Kouieder will have a much easier time of it this time. Lucy Khourl-Haddad has been chosen as costume mistress and Mohamed Mahdi as proparty manager.
Soliman Bey Naguib, director of the Royal Opera House, will be the speaker at the Division of Extension lecture to be held on March 29. He will talk on “The Stage and its Moral Effect on Social Life,” and will be illustrated by a play entitled “Abaya,” "tiie gown.” ’This lecture is the first of its kind to be held in Cairo, being illustrated by a play.
“Criminality in the Country” is the title of the lecture to be g^iven by Dr. Mohamed El Kolaly on March 22. Professor Sarruf has asked his Sophomore Journalism class to attend this lecture.
The last film of the Educational cinema was "Sequoia” starring Jean Parker, which was shown last ’Tuesday.
’The class of 1940 — this year’s senior class — was invited last Friday to Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Adams for dinner. Others present at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Sterrfett. and Mrs. Louish Coes, nee Adams.
Dr. and Mrs. Adams, wanting to know the senior class better, had planned a full program for their guests. A splendid menu, followed by an after dinner discussion on “What is an educated man?”, and games kept the guests busy till eleven oclock.
Longest time was taken over one of the games played—“Mr. Jenklni savs . . .” — which produced some amusing situations.
Seniors present were Miss Anna Theotokas, Miss Claire Mayas. Michael Jmean, Ishaq el Husseini, Youssef Sa’id, Tahir Fitiani, and Sarnyr Souki.
Professor Hassan Ibrahim Hassan gave a lecture under the auspices of the School of Oriental Studies last Friday on “The Relation of Egypt to the Khallfate.” He treated with commendable Egyptian scholarship this difficult subject, stated Dean Charles C. Adams.
Transcript CAMPUS CARAVAN Hostel Turn Crusoes In Nile Trip Boarders and Faculty Spend Adventurous Afternoon on River Robinson Crusoe had his island and the AUC. hostel students had theirs. Both found themselves cut off from the outside world; and both found natives to help them. Yet there were differences. Crusoe found only one native whom he called Friday because ht found him on Friday. The hoste. students found many natives whom they did not call Saturday even though they found them on Saturday, These natives already hat names. Half were Ahmads^ hall Mohammeds. Crusoe was shipwrecked, but the AUC. boys were abandoned by their boat like Ben Gunn in “Treasure island." Crusoe stayed on his isle 26 years, and our friends remained only about 260 minutes. Landing on Island It all began when the hostel decided to have a fellucah ride and picnic. Saturday morning, March 2, the boys sailed away, accompanied by the Hostel Masters and Khalii Effendi Rizk, Rizk Effendi, Dean Badeau, Dr. Harold Smith, and Prof. Worth Howard. The boat was headed up river; yet it soon became apparent that Aswan would not bt reached by evening. As a compro mise the voyagers docked at ar. island opposite Old Cairo, and thai only afier considerable towing b> Kitchen Servant Sa’d and sundry boat wallads, all of whom ran along the bank and tugged on a rope. Once on the island, the “gang walked across to the opposite ano East bank, there to eat a hearty lunch and try a bit of singing. Uean Badeau Fights Dean Badeau had a friendly scuffle with a student which arouseo the interest of an island dog. Deciding that ther§ should be something in the fray for him. Rover dartec in and soon with a good-sized piece of the Dean’s trousei leg. “This will show my wife that ont shouldn’t wear good clothes on i, picnic,” said Mr. Badeau. He re fused to comment further for . tht Press, Stranded! Finally someone discovered tha; no fellucah was at hand. The boat man had been told to sail around the island and pick up the group. Yet two hours had passed, and he had not appeared. Ahmud Hussaini, Fuad Zanati. Elmil and Riskalla Kamel Y’coub, Mr. Patouillet, Mr. Parr, Hostel Servant Naguib, and, “Island Dra goman” Mohammed started on a fellucah hunt. Mohammed, whe claimed to know the island stone by stone, lead the group aro\pid half his territory and back to camp; but no fellucah was found. Saved! ’Then, when hope was lowest, a shout was heard on the west bank. The boatman had finished his v s with friends in Old Cairo and had decided to return. The homeward journey was speeded by a tram-ride. The second clsiss compartment was pre-empted by force of numbers. and Khalil ’Uri entertained on the phonograph. There were no casualties and all our air ... students returned safely. Prospect oi Three Holidays Cheer Students This month is a month of holiday. Easter week and constitution day, falling this year, a week apart, offer three days’ holiday. Preparation are in full s\ving among students to make full use of the holidays, be it in preparing papers or just having a good time. To-night, the maskers are holding their fancy-dress party in Oriental Hall. Former Student Gets Job at B.B.C. In London Munir Alxlel Nccr, class of ’36, mailed for England last week to accept a job offered by the British Bioadcasting Coiporation to an EgOT>fian who could transcribe all Arabic broadcasting from European stations. ’Two days after he had applied for the job, Abdel Noor was examined. accepted and told that he had to leave for England in forty eight hours. Hurriedly given his visas, he left Egypt last week on the S.S. Kawsar. Munir Abdel Ncor, is the younger brother of the College Registrar, and was formerly secretary to Dr. Amir Boktor, and then worked for the Vacuum Oil Company in the desert. When at school Munir Abdel Noor was editor-in-chief of the AUC Review, and an active member of many clubs and groups at the university. Maskers Give Fancy Dress Party Tonight Excellent Program Planned By Entertainment Committee Of Club Everything is ready for the first Maskers fancy dress ball ever held, which will take place to-night in Oriental Hall at 9 p.m. Members of the club and guests are expected to come dressed as a character in literature ,and there has been feverish activity among students to make, beg, borrow, or steal a costume worthy of the occasion- This is the first time in the history of the college that a fancy dress party will take place and will provide the entertainment that the Maskers will put on to-night. Although certain items on the program are jealously guardec secrets organiser Michael Faltas hat announced part of the show. Songs will be sung by the AUC trio composed of Mr. Delber Sterrett, Mr. Russell C. Tuttle and Dean Sprague, and a pantomime based on the song "Abdul the Bulbul Emir” will be played out by Gulrgnis Sldarous, Kamel Azzam, Mahmoud el Mana-sterll, and Loutlf Zain. Another pantomime — “Wild Nell” — will be acted. Dances will also be introduced for the first time. The “Virginia Reel” and the "Lambeth Walk” will bs damced by the entire group; while Impromptu acting will bi done by the guests. Guests will be from the faculty, former members of the Maskers, and friends of present members. Helping Michaei Faltas in the organisation of the party are Miss Marion Pierron ,Miss Andree Saab, and President Laura Haddad. Andree Saab to Play Lead In Maskers’ Spring Show New System of Work Adopted By Large Education Class By Lucy Khouri-Haddud It is interesting to observe that the number of students in the Department of Education has reach 5d this year the figure of 58 which is teh highest total ever attained. Owing to the number of students and the lack of sufficient subjects in the Sociology Text Book, it has been announced by Dr. W Cleland that the members of the Sociolog;y Course should form sets of two, thus enabling th:m to work on a term-paper in cooperation with each other. The contents of the test-book are to be applied to So-clolog;y in Egypt. This would bs the Objective Test and would have to be handed in on May 1940. It is expected that this new method of working in small groups will give interesting results. Another item of interest, is a letter received lately from Wadih Did^s, graduate of the Department of Education. After having received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Education in 1933, ho left AUC for Palestine and taught in the "Friends’ Boys’ School” at Ramalla where he was promoted to the responsible position, of headmaster. In May 1939 he sailed to the U.S.A-to work for his M. A. degree. He is now enrolled in Teachers College, Columbia University where Dr-Amir Boktor, chairman of the De- partment of Education got his M. A. and Ph. D.. together with the former Dean Galt- It seems that Mr. Did^s is enjoying his time tremendously, and is finding much interest in the following courses: 1)	Educational Foundations. 2)	American Education. 3)	Basic Course in the teaching of the Social Studies. 4)	Teaching of Economic Geography in Secondary Schools. 5)	Modem Trends in Secondary Schools Education. 6)	Extra Curricular Activities. during the second semester: 1)	Basic Course in Curriculum. 2)	Educational Psychology. 3)	Teaching of History in Secondary Schools- 4)	Improvement of reading for adults and College Students. 5)	Public Speaking. 6)	Physical Education.. Activities for boys and men. Mr. Did^s adds that he attended the X-Cairene gathering in New York last fall, where he had the pleasure of meeting some of the people he had previously known In Cairo. Concluding his letter Mr. Dldes asks to be remembered to all his former professors and friends at AUC and he mentions particularly Professor M. Kiven. 43 Students To Sit For Govt. Exams Latest figures for candidates sitting for the final examinations are twenty-two for the Baccalaureat and twenty-one for the Orientation certificates. Museum Visited By Travel Club 'Tut Ankh Amon sarcophagus was the most talked of exhibit seen b.v members of the Kcdak and ’Travel Club during their visit to the Egyptian Museum on March 3. The group was accompanied by Messrs. Milad and Patouillet. A number of excellent snapshots were taken in and around the Museum; interesting to hear were some of remarks made by students on various antiquities. Particularly interested in the visit was Mr. Patouillet who was visiting the museum for the first time, and like a real American showed great enthusiasm for anything new to him. Seven Students Enter Speaking Contest Seven entrants have already g;iven their names to MV. Parr for the Elxtemporaneous Speaking Contest to be held on March 20 in Ewart Memorial Hall. All students are from Sixth Form and Senior College. The general topic has aready been chosen ... “The Economic Issues of the Present War”. ’The specific topic will be announced one hour before the contest. Three judges will decide on the winner. They have been chosen from the Government schools, the American Legation, and the college faculty. The list will not be definitely closed until there are ten competitors. 15 A.R.P. Lectures At AUC End Today Under Milad Fifteen lectures have been attended up till now by the First. Second and Third years of the Government section on Air Raid Precautions given by William Effendi Milad. The course will end to-day and students taking the course will be examined. Students passing ' the examinations will be presented an insignia by the Dean at Assembly. They will form a First-Aid group which will be a supplement to the extra-cur-rlcuiar activities. This is a volunteer course and there is no compulsion for students to follow it. A chance will be given later on to the Fourth and Fifth years to attend the lectures if they wish. A summary of the lectures will be typed and distributed to staff members and students taking up the course. William Effendi Milad, in charg3 of the course, is a specialist on the subject. He was trained in 1938 when he received the certificate of Master in' A.R.P. at the Helmieh Air Raid Precaution School. Six-a-Side Football Starts Today Intra-mural six-a-side football tournament is to be inaugurated to-day with a match between Sixth and Fifth forms. Seeded teams this year are Senior College and Form IV, who have already shown their merit in basketball, and are expected to had in the football tourney too Government section, however, is expected to spring a surprise. Matches scheduled are as follows: Form V v. Form VI to-day. Govt. 1 V. Form II Govt. 3 V. Govt. 5. Form III V. Govt. 2. Byes are: Form IV, Govn. 4 and Senior College. Captains of this year’s ream are: Govt. 1: Mahmoud Mohamed. Govt. 2: Fikry Gulrguls. Govt. 3: Moh’d Khatib. Govt. 4: Moh’d. Hammouda. Govt. 5: Lutfi Zain. Form 2: Sadiq Ahmed Khatib. Form 3: Jack Lidji. Form 4: George Coulourls. Form 5: Munub Zain. Form 6: Tony Maghraby. Senior College: Michael Jme’an. Badeau Attends Jubilee Of Girls’ College Seventy-five years ago the first school for girls was opened in Upper Egypt known as the Pressly. Memorial Institude. Last Friday Dean Badeau attended the 75th anniversary of the school held at Assiut. Principle speaker at the meeting wais Hilmi Issa Pasha, former Minister of Etlucation, Another speaker was the father of Dr. Boktor’s secretary, Rauf Elffendi Tadros. Dean Badeau said that he was agreeably surprised to find one of the old girls who entered the school when it was first opened, attending Tliree-hundred. people were present at the meeting. After the cererSony the Dean had dinner with a group of notables including Helmi Issa Pasha. First Farce To Be Played At AUC For Four Years Sophomore coed Ar.dr^e Saab will play the leading part In “Dulcy” declared Professor C. Worth Howard at the last Maskers meeting held on Thursday March 8. “Dulcy”, a farce by Kauffman and Connelly is a light, modern, American comedy and differs from the English plays which have formerly been acted by the Maskers. It is four years since the Maskers attempted this kind of comedy, so it will be a great change. Professor Howard has not yet given the names of the entire cast. However he believes that Dulciana, a charming young lady always trying to be helpful, will be acted by Ardr6e Saab while her husband Gordon Smith will be taken by Michael Faltas. Mr, Forbes, a 'middle aged man will be acted by Pierre Cachia and his wife by Iglal Zananiri. An excellent but noisy pianist van Dyck will be taken by Dean Sprague, while the role of a distinguished young man will be held by Galal Kashmiri. Ramez Souki will act the talkative scenario writer. The characters of Angela, Miss Forbes and a butler are not yet known. “Dulcy” will be played some time in May and the cast is planr-ing to begin work with professor Howard soon. There being only one setting, stage manager Mohamed Kouieder will have a much easier time of it this time. Lucy Khourl-Haddad has been chosen as costume mistress and Mohamed Mahdi as proparty manager. Opera Director Speaks At Extension Lecture Soliman Bey Naguib, director of the Royal Opera House, will be the speaker at the Division of Extension lecture to be held on March 29. He will talk on “The Stage and its Moral Effect on Social Life,” and will be illustrated by a play entitled “Abaya,” "tiie gown.” ’This lecture is the first of its kind to be held in Cairo, being illustrated by a play. “Criminality in the Country” is the title of the lecture to be g^iven by Dr. Mohamed El Kolaly on March 22. Professor Sarruf has asked his Sophomore Journalism class to attend this lecture. ’Two forums will be held during the next fortnight by Wahib Bey Doss on "The Future of the Suez Canal,” the first on March 18 and the second on March 28, The last film of the Educational cinema was "Sequoia” starring Jean Parker, which was shown last ’Tuesday. Adams Invite Seniors For Dinner ’The class of 1940 — this year’s senior class — was invited last Friday to Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Adams for dinner. Others present at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Sterrfett. and Mrs. Louish Coes, nee Adams. Dr. and Mrs. Adams, wanting to know the senior class better, had planned a full program for their guests. A splendid menu, followed by an after dinner discussion on “What is an educated man?”, and games kept the guests busy till eleven oclock. Longest time was taken over one of the games played—“Mr. Jenklni savs . . .” — which produced some amusing situations. Seniors present were Miss Anna Theotokas, Miss Claire Mayas. Michael Jmean, Ishaq el Husseini, Youssef Sa’id, Tahir Fitiani, and Sarnyr Souki. Expert Lectures At S.O.S. Professor Hassan Ibrahim Hassan gave a lecture under the auspices of the School of Oriental Studies last Friday on “The Relation of Egypt to the Khallfate.” He treated with commendable Egyptian scholarship this difficult subject, stated Dean Charles C. Adams.

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