PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

TO THE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

1952 I 53

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American University of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon

CA:P:AUB

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

ANNUAL REPORT

1952-1953

Photograph by Richard Finnie lor BECHTEL

The American University of Beirut (foreground) is situated on a hill overlooking the city of Beirut and the Mediterranean. In the background are the Lebanon Mountains.

The new School of Agriculture is expanding. In the upper photo Vice-President Zurayk (seated, center) concludes negotiations with the Marquis de Freige for the purchase of the experimental farm in the Beka'a Valley . Seated at the righi is the Land Registration Officer. Standing are (1. to r.) Dr. Edgecombe, Dean of Agriculture, Vice-Presi­dent Crawford and Mr. Karam, Assistant Treasurer.

The lower photo shows the new agricultural teaching and

research Laboratories.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

ANNUAL REPORT =· 1952 953

By Acting President Zurayk

Du ng the aeadem1c yea ~952=195JP I had the p vilege and the honoT to serve as Acting Pres .dent of the Un1versity, while Pres i dent Penrose was away in he States act1vely engaged in a f nancial campaign t o ensure the de= velopnent f t he ~nsti t t_on during the coml.Ilg t en=year periodo 'I'he absence of President Penrose was keenly felt by the Faculty and the offi cers of adm~n= istrati n9 and all t hose ho serve the University misse his r el ent less d ve 9

his wise j udgment and his ab1e eadership at t he head of the institutiono As Acting P1·esi.dent I did 1IIY best .o keep the insti tution r unning along the l i nes of development which were started unde .. his eadersh p and to promot e a.nd co= ordinate t his devel pment ~ .he ~ght o£ the i deals of t he instituti on and the needs of the area ,

The ideal s of the AoUoB, 1 as they a£fect or are affected by the needs of an important area cf t he wor .... d wlnch is awakening to a new life .~> afford the standard by whi ch we hould measur e the progres s or retrogression of our insti= tution7 and the core ir1 wh ch 1ts deta~led act i ties should meet and have their meaning a Consequently~ t hey w1ll form the cent ra theme of my reporto

L A Univer sity

It is imnortant tc stata a f1rst at t he A. UoBo 1 S main task i s t o be true t o i t s dea s as a unive sity~ ~o cu t~ ate and radiate ~hose values which are embod • ed in t he pos1. t ve tradition of 1 vers t es throughout. the ages ~ namel y ,, t he pursu t of truth the service of mi nd and spirit ,~ the cu "ti­vation of the f ul perso a .... ty" and t e promotion of responsi ble f reedom , It may se am strange and 0ut-of pla~€ to emphasize t hi s point~, but i n this confus ed., mater i alistic and utlli 'arian age ni.versities throughout the world are ex= posed to t he dangerof den at g f rom the r main f uncti on.i> of serving this or that polit i cal creed or soc ial cause., of catering to the r.empor ary and the expedient~ and of aiming at t he means rather than at t he ends of l i fe.

Thi s l s part ie arly true in an area such as t he Middl e East which ex~ periences some of t he mos t severe t ensions of t he wo~ ld today = poli~ical , economic» socia and cu t.ur al = and whi ch is on t he t hreshold of an extensive and i ntensive development cf al l aspects of it.., existenceo 'l'he AcUoBo» as a i vi ng institution» as we shall see later ~ active y resnon(!ing to t his chal enging situation) but it is striving a~ so to keep itself fl.nnl y a t tached to the roots of i t s being as a univers J.""C.Y " ded..Lcat ed t o t he service of truth9 beyo d +ime and p ace .~~ and to the promoti on (Jf f r e edom of mind and spi n to

Thi s type of achi evement 11 as all that -re rta..:..ns t t he realm of the spirit .11

cannot easily be measm ed in concre e forms~ It expr esses i tsel f in attitudes which are tne r esult of inward struggle~ and 1 n an atmospher e which has to be felt to be r ecogn zed, But it appear s aL o i n uro gress at tained by t he institu=

tion in the three fundamental spheres of i t s activity as a university:

A. Teaching: In view of its l imited resources~ and of the great opportunities which lie before it in the field of education, the A. UoB. has been mostly a teaching institution. The past year has witnessed a continuation of its efforts t•:l improve the quality of its teaching and to raise i ts academic standard and that in the following ways ~

lc Stricter admissi on requirements ~ The down=grading of the government secondary diplomas by one year (admission of the bearers of the Lebanese~ Syrian and French baccalaureats to Sonhomore instead of Junior~ and of the other baccalaureats to Freshman instead of Sophomore), intra= duced two years ago 9 has resulted in raising the quality of our under= graduate program.

Along with this j the School of Arts and Sciences attempted in t.he past year a stricter control of the schools certifying to the Freshman class. Committees of the Faculty visited these schools, examined their facilities, and the quality of their teaching ~ and recommended to the Faculty actions to be taken with regard to those schools which do not come up to the required standard. These reco~~endations were adopted qy the Faculty and communicat­ed to the schools, and have already had their effect in spurring the schools to take measures to improve their wor-k.

As an additional measure of improvement, the Senior students of all these schools were given aptitude tests, which had been carefully prepared by the A.U.B. Faculty. The results of these tests will be taken into con­sidera~ion, along with the recommendations of the Principals, in deciding the admissibility of the students to the Freshman classo

It is hoped that through these and other measures, systematically adopted and consistently foJlowed i the quality of the students admitted to the School of Arts and Sciences will be improved. With better students there can be better teaching and a lowered level of student failure with its con= sequent wastage of teaching effort. The improvement must in time permeate the entire inst.itution.

The Faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences introduced similar restrictions upon admission to graduate work. Normally, only a student who has achieved an average of 80 in his senior work and who is recommended by his Department will henceforth be accepted for graduate study» and the program of his work and the progress of his study will be under the constant supervision and control of his advisor, his Department j and the Committee on Graduate Study.

The same policy is followed in other schools of the University. The School of Medicine continues to limit its enrolment, admitting to the First Year only 40 students out of the large number that applies6 In the Schools of Engineering and Agriculture each new student is interviewed by a Facul~ member or committee before gaining admission~ Limitation of enrolment 'nd selection of candidates are also strictly applied in the various sections of International College and every year hundreds of applicants are refused,. It may be worth

noting that~ as a result of these and other measures~ L C, v s nsection Secondaii'"e" ~ which foll~~s the Lebanese Government programJ ranked fir s t t his year among all the schools of Lebanon in the r esults achieved by its students in the Government baccalaureat exam'inations o

2o Academic G i dance: This past year academic counselling was ap= plied in the Schoo of Art s and Sci ences in a syst ematic way o A commit tee of the Faculty ~ under t he Chairmanship of Professor Fei ~ foll owed up the work of each student of the School and cooperated wi h the Dean of the Schoo , t he heads of Departmentsj and the Dean of Students in remedying_9 as far as possibl e 9 the defi­ciencies of the individual studentso Similar individual interest and f ollow=up is being pursued by the Deans and t he Facul ties of the profess ~ onal scho l so

3o Improvement of the situation of the Faculty ~ Since the beginning of World War II, the members of the Faculty have suffered f rom the inadequacy of their salaries as compared with the rise in the cost of l iving in Beirut o The Board of Trustees has tried t o remedy the situation by ·~0nuses and emergency grants) but hese were not ad~quate to meet the needo Last year7 it voted a new salary scale to be apnlied as soon as funds were available a The special grants to the Schools of Engineering and Agriculture made it possible to apply this scale to them when they were establishedj) or shortly afterwardso As a result of a grant of $350~000 for three years by the Ford Foundation for the development of the Liberal Arts programj it was possible to apply the new scale ~his year to Arts and Sciences 1 International College~ and the pre-clinical Departments of the School of Medicine. This has resulted in an improvement of t he situation of the teaching personnel of these Divisions o As a result of the financ i al camnaign undertaken by the Board of Trustees and the President ~ the new scale will be applied as of October 1, 1953 to the remaining teaching and administrative staff of the University "

In this way~ it wi 1 be less difficult for the University to retain valuable members of its Faculty and staff who otherwise could not afford to stayll and to engage new~ competent personnel who might be unavail able because of the attraction of higher salaries of universities in the United Stateso

The condition of the Facul ty has also been ~~proved by valuable per­sonnel additions which were made possible by the above-mentioned For d grant to Arts and Sciencesj and by the special regional training programs undertaken in co­operation with the T.C.A. Administration in the fields of Publ ic Health, Public Administration~ Economics~ Agriculture and Engineeringo

B. Resear•ch~ The A. U. B. has been conscious of its r espons i bilities and its opportunities in the reaL~ of research} and during the past year its research ac= tivities have been pursued and devel opedo Due to its particular situationll most of the ~esearch undertaken by its staff deals with problems of the area which 9 as is well known~ offer a fertile fiel d for study and investigat~ no

The Arabic Studies Department cont nued its rogram of research which was supported by a grant from the Humanities Division of the Rockefeller Founda­tion. The grant was originally for three years ending in 1952 9 but the Foundation authorized the use of the unspent funds for another years and so the program was

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pursued i n 1952=53. As a result of this program~ many v~luable studies , have been made~ notably those of Professor Anis Makdisi on the significant trends in modern Arabic Literaturell of Professor Nabih Faris on the factors of unity and of division in the Arab World 9 of Professor Ishaq Mo Hussayni on the Moslem Brotherhoodj of Professor Frayha on Arabic Folk ore and of Professor Ziadeh on the Sanusis of North Africac Some of these works have already been published and the others are ready for publicationo

Through another grant by the Rockefeller Foundation in the amount of $ 3~000, the Arabic St udies Department is sponsoring a program of translation of some of the outstanding Western works into Arabic . This is done with the help of scholars and men of etters in the area whose cooperation has been enlisted in the translation of these workso

The same Department is u~1dertaking, for the Iepartment of Interior of the UoSoGovernment~ a project for the identification and proper transliteration of geographical names in this part of the worldo

All these programs of research have been under the direction of Professor Nabih Faris 9 chairman of ~he Arabic Studies Program"

Thanks to a three-year grant by the Ford Foundation in the total amount of $200 9 000~ an "Institute of Economic Research" was established in October 1952, to cooperate with the Department of Economics in a program of research and investiga­tion of some of the outstanding economic problems of the areao Studies on national incomell agricultural credit9 and economic development have been initiated, some of which will be ready for publication in 19Sh» along with previous studies which had been undertaken by members of the Economics Department~ and which aFe now continued ~der the auspices of the Institute. The Institute is under the direction of Pro­fessor Albert Badre, and will soon become, it is hoped 9 a guide and a counsellor to national governments, international agencies and private organizations in the in­vestigation of the economic problems of the Middle East. .Its achievement in this first year of its existence points to the wide aspects and opportunities for the futureo The Institute is integrated with the Economics Iepartment and provides exceptional opportunities for training and experience in research for economics majors and special studentso

The Faculty of the School of Agriculture has been engaged on the basis of half=time teaching and half-time research. Although the School was put into oper= ation only this year 9 it has established as a matter of proved observation that its teaching staff will not be able to fulfill adequately their functions of teaching and extension~ unless they are engaged in investigation arrlresearch into the specific agricultural problems of the area. This first year has been for the members of this Faculty one of general survey and orientationll acquainting them with gaps in our knowledge and with possibilities of researcho

Although, naturally ~ research undertaken by members of the University Faculty tends to be directed ~o the problems of the Middle East~ which ts a virgin and fertile field for study and investigation, pure resea:r'ch is -carried·. on by a number of Departments~ notably by Professor Robert L1nnell in Chemistry, Professor

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Edward. Kennedy in the History of Mathematicsj Professor George Fawaz in Pharma­cology, Professor Stanley Kerr in Bio-Chemistry and Professor William Shanklin in Histology. Professors Fawaz, Kerr and Linnell were aided by grants from the American Heart Association, the UoS.Public Health Service~ and the Research Cor­ooration, resnectively, in the pursuit of their research.

There is no need to emphasize the importan~:e of this aspect of the work of the A. U.B. Not only are there unlimited possibilities in the area for r esearch and the advancement of knowledge~ but the essential nature of the Univers i ty it­self - and this is the aspect stressed in this part of the report - eannot achieve its fullness and fruition unless this free and insistent pursuit of trut h takes its rightful place in University life.

Unfortunately, because of the University1 s financial limitations~ it has not been possible in the past to do justice to this important part of its activity. The teaching load of the Faculty has been heavy~ and the facilities for research limited . It is hoped that the present campaign will go a long way towards remedy­ing this situation9 so that the A. U. B. may more adequatel y and fully justify its existence as a university,

Before leaving this aspect of the work of the Universityj it may be worth­while to refer to two academic conferences which took place in it during the month of April and which brought together a number of scholars and helped to diffuse the ·l"eall1

of research in their particular fields. One was the Medical Symposium in which medical specialists not only of the region9 but of ~1rope and America, took part. The quality of tqe papers read was high, and the attendance was unusually large. President Camile .Chamoun, President of the Lebane~e Republ ic attended in person the opening session of this Symposium.

The second was the Arabic Studies Conference at ·which four parti cular aspects of modern Arab life were discussed . Papers were read ~ and throughout the week April 27 - May 1, discussions were carried on by the members of the Conference, which had their echoes throughout the University and in the local press .

C. Development of the total personality of the students .

The A.U. B. is conscious, as a university} that its responsibility does not stop with the transmission and the advancement of knowledge 9 but involves also the development of free and integrated persona~ities with a yearning for the highest values of lifeo As a matter of fact, its chief pride in the past has been the qual­ities of life, service, and leadership which its graduates showed. Freedom coupled with responsibility; an appreciation of the spirit ual; moral integrity - these and other values formed that indefinable, but no less real 1 "spirit of the A. U.B.", which was one of the chief sources of power to the instit ution and of inspiration to its graduates. In the words of President Penrose this institution was dedicated to "the making of men11 •

Th~re are some who believe that this is not necessarily a fundamental part of the w~rk of a university, and that as the A. U. B. grew from a college to a

university~ this function had to give place to other pursuits more properly asso­ciated with this type of an institution. As a matter of fact~ the growth of the AoU.B. has been one of the main causes for the decreasing emphasis on this aspect of our educational wark in the last few years. This is a subject of concern to the Administration and the Facul~, particularly as we are passing through a moment in world history where pr~cisely those qualities need to be appreciated and pro­moted. Furthermore, the A.U. B. serves an area which is crying for true leadership, a leadership which it has to a great extent provided in the past and which it is still called upon to provide in the future . In view of the fact that this aspect of the work of the A.U.B. is particularly connected with the needs of the area3 it will be referred to in greater detail in the second part of this report. But I wish to emphasize here that it continues to be one of the fundamental elements of our conception of a university ~ and a goal which we strive to attain ever more adequately and fully.

II. Special Position of the A. U. B.

The A. U.B.'s primary concern is to fti~fill its mission as a university~ and its achievement in a~ one year should be measured by the extent to which it realizes the essence of this type of institution. But its particular character and situation impose upon it certain special resnonsibilities, and any evaluation of its work should take into account also its achievement towards the fulfillment of these re­sponsibilities.

A. A Regional Institution.

The A.U.B. continues to be an institution serving not one particular country, but a whole region, the Middle East, and~ more particularly, the Arab World.

1 . Out of a student body of 3108 registered in 1952=53, 2788 came from the Arab countries, 113 from other countries of the Middle East, and 207 were dis­tributed among thir~~four other nationalities.

2. The A.U.B. has continuerl to provide educational facilities to the governments of the region and international and private organizations operating in it. The extent of its service in this direction is evidenced by the following list of governments and organizations that maintained bursaries in it during this yeart The governments of Bahrayn, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordanj Kuwayt , Lebanon, Sa'~pi Arabia, U.S.A., the United Nations~ the World Health OrganizationJ the British Council, the British Red Cross Society, Aramco, Bahrayn Petroleum Co. Altogether, 530 students received their education this way.

3. As a regional institution, it carried on this year its cooperation with T. C.A. in the technical training of young men and women of the region in cer­tain specific fields. This will be discussed more fulJy under B. 1-d below.

4. Many of the research projects undertaken by its faculty deal, as we have seen above, with problems of the region.

5. Its special regional position has developed in it a fund of know-

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ledge and experience which is being increasingly sought by governments ~ i nsti= tutions and individuals:

a, During tfie .~ummer the University organized again;) in co­operation with the State Department Foreign Service Institute~ an eignt=week intensive course for U~S , Government employees on the history and the present problems of the Middle East. - There were 36 of these employees who came to Beirut for this purpose. The course consisted of lectures} discussions ; super sed reading and individual work ending in a report on a special subj ect and an exam= inationi and was as successful as it had been in the last t wo pr ece ing ye rs and much more appreciated by those who took part in it, As a sign of their ap= preciation of this course and of the University 1 s efforts in promoting t 12 ca se of cultural understanding, the students presented to the Universi ty ~ 50 t o be used as a scholarship for a worthy A.U.B. student or otherwise to advance inter­cultural understanding.

b , A similar course of six weeks was organized during the smmner for LO American teachers of the Aramco schools in Saudi Arabia, The purpose of the course was to help them to understand better the world in which they are liv= ing and working ,

c~ A week's course was also arranged for a group sent by the American Friends of the Middle East to acquaint them with the pr oblems and t.he outlock of

this part of the world in pursuance of the objectives of mutual understanding which this organization seeks,

d. This year ?1 American students were enrolled in the Arab Studies Department as graduate or special students studying Arabic history~ language and modern problems< An increasing number of applications is bet ng re­ceived from students in the States for specialization in these fields at the A~U,B,~ but our limited possibilities do not allow us to take more than a small number of them.

eo A continuous stream of employees of goverrnnents~ interna tional organizations~ private institutions and companies and of individual scholars and students have during this year, as in the past, visited the University and called on members of the Faculty or worked in the Library in pursuit of thei r studies re­lating to this part of the world.

B. A Region in Process of Development,

le Professional and Technical Education:

A glance at the Middle East today will show that it is undergoing rapid development in all aspects of its life. This development needs professional l eaders and workerso Through their national universities and tr~ough the in­creasing number of bursaries sent to the West~ the governments of the r egion are trying to meet this need.

Conscious of its responsibility in this field~ the Ao UoB o is expand-

ing its facilities for pr ofessi onal education. The chief developments along this line are the following ~

a. New Hospital Wing ~ Thanks to the new special allocation anproved by the Board of Trustees~ work on the new hospital wing was continued during the win­ter, and the wing will be onen for service by October 1, 1953. This new structure will not only add much badly needed space to the Hospital compound; it will also better coordinate its facilities and in this way make the work of the Hospital more efficient and economical. At the same time, renovation in other parts of the com­pound has been undertaken, so that the work of the Hospital will meet more adequate­ly the teaching and research needs of the Medical School.

b. The Engineering Sefiool: The Engineering School continued its de­velopment started two years ago under the able leadership of Dean c. Ken Weidner. Towards the end of last summel" it moved to the new Engineering building, even though it was not yet entirely completed or fully equipped. Work is proceeding on the adjacent buildings which are to house laboratories and shops, which will soon be ready to use.

The Faculty of Engineering has developed a program which meets both the needs of the area and the standards of engineering education in the U. S. It is building up, through purchase and donation, the equipment necessary for this pur­pose. In order to make full use of its shops it is making plans for a program of vocational and industrial training which is much needed in this part of the world. The Experimental and Service Laboratory which has been established promises to be of valuable use to industry and to the various fields of engineering activity throughout the area. Altogether, the energetic and coordinated building up of the School is one of the chief new aspects of development of University activity.

c. The School of Agrieultureg This year was marked b,y the establishment of the School of Agriculture whieh was made possible by a grant b,y the Ford Founda­tion. It was a year of intense and successful activity for Dean Samuel Edgecombe and his faculty.

Work on the Agriculture Buildings had been started at the beginning of last summer. The Faculty moved into the offices on December 22, 1952. Class­rooms and some laboratories were put into use on February 18, 1953 and the entire unit was ready for occupancy and use in late spring. It is composed of two major wings in echellon, and in the words of Dean Edgecombe, once it is "completely furnished it will be as good an agricultural and research building as can be found in any Land Grant colle!e in the U.S., and it should prove to be an excellent tool to service the Middle East . "

Soon after his arrival, Dean Edgecombe examined with some of his staff plots of land available for purchase in Lebanon, with a view to the setting up of an experi.iiiemtal farm. After much investigation, their choice fell on a piece of the property of the Marquis de Freije in northern Biqa', about 250 acres in area. This was purchasedin January, and immediately work was started, through the co­operation of the TCA Lebanon, on the drilling of wells to test water repources for

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J..rrigation and culinary purposes. The water that has been found has proved to be, as anticipated, ample for the needs of the farm. Final plans for the Farm buildings are completed and bids will be sent out soon.

The Farm will form an integral and impor~ant part of the School. The third year students will spend a whole year of study and work on it9 and the Faculty plans to make it, together with the laboratories in the Agricul ture Buildings on the campus, the center of a research and extension activity which will be of benefit to the entire area.

During the year Dean Edgecombe and his Faculty familiarized themsel ves with agr'icultural and other conditions in the Middle East. They visited a r i c l= tural areas in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Dean Edgecombe visited Turkey also, and during August, he and most of his staff spend a month in Iran, at the invitation of TCA - Iran, to give advice on the re-organization and development of Karaj Agriculture College.

The Faculty of the School have worked out a curriculum which meets the best standards of agricultural education in the States and the needs of an area in whose life agriculture plays such an important role. It is a four=year course following Freshman year (Science) or the Lebanese, Syrian or French Baccalaureat (other local baccalaureats admit to Freshman), and it leads to the B.S. in Agri­culture.

Finally, the Dean and the Faculty have established connections with the Ministries of Agriculture of the above-mentioned countries of the Middle East j with TCA agricultural personnel, the Ford Foundation, and other organizations interested in agricultural development in the area.

The aim of the School, and the efforts directed to it during this first year of its establishment, are such as to make of it an institution which will assume a position of leadership in agricultural education in the Middle East and9

at the same time, cooperate through research and extension activities, with governments 9 agencies and · individuals. In view of the importance of agriculture in the Middle East, and the role which its development will play in the building of a stable and prosperous life for its people, the importance of the Schoo1, and the need for providing it with the necessary facilities and financial backing, cannot be over=emohasized.

d. TCA Programs: The University continued during this years its two­year program of regional technical education, in cooperation with TCA. Thi~ pro= gram was made possible by a contract with TCA aJlocating a sum of $62h,OOO for the two-year period. This original a)location was later ~upolemented by $62~000 for the public health program, and a two-year grant of $116,000 to the School of Agriculture.

As a result 'of the original contract (with its supplement for the public health program) 128 students received fellowships during this year. They came from the following countries, and in most ~ases were nominated 'Qy their re·-

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spective governments: Lebanon, Syria, Palestine refugees (nominated by UNRWA) Iraq, Jordan, Cyprus, Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Liberia, Aden.

The training they received was in the following fields: Public Health, (Sanitation, Laboratory Technology, Medical Technology, Public Health Nursing), Economics, Public Administration, Engineering ~ Agriculture, Industrial Chemis­try, Education and Sociology. Their distribution among those fields was as follows:

Public Health

Sanitation 22 Laboratory Technology 22 Medical Technology 5 Public Health Nursing 15

Economics Public Administration Engineering Agriculture Industrial Chemistry

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15 18

25

Education Sociology

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The execution of these programs gained from the experience of the first year's operation. There was a longer time available than in the year before for the screening of candidates and for the building up and coordination of the pro­grams. The great majority of the trainees completed their work with satisfactory records. Quarterly ren.orts were submitted to TCA, and at the end of each semester the grades of the trainees were sent to the nominating governments with individual comments on each of them.

In addition to these programs undertaken with TCA Washington~ a special contract was made and executed with TCA Iran for the training of 3~ Iranian students in the following fields:

Public Health

Sanitation 3 Laboratory Technology 5 Public Health Nursing 6 Hospital Administration 2

Agriculture 14 Engineering 2 Industrial Chemistry 2 Public Administration 4

In these programs there were also two trainees with fellowships from TCA

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Lybia, one from TCA Afghanistan, and 2 from WHO.

Also in cooperation with TCA the work of the two institutes for elementary school teache~s was continued this summer. The one, for urban teachersj was located on the AUB campus, and the otherj for ~al teachers, operated in Sidon. Altogether a group of 7u teachers was handled by the two institutes and given an intensive eight=week course of training in modern methods of education. They came from the following countries: Lebanon, Syriaj Jordan~ Iraq,, Satudi Arabia and Bah~ein.

These studen~s were selected by their respective governments from among the elementary teachers in their services. The training they received in these courses will undoubtedly raise the standard of their achievement and radiate to wider circles in their fields.

Two new contracts have been signed with TCA Washington for a continua­tion of these regional training nrograms. The one~ extending over two yearsj calls for the training each year of 200 students in the following fields:

Public Health

Sanitation 30 Lab-Technology 30 Public Health Nursing 30

Education 30 Public Administration 20 Engineering 30 Agriculture 30

In addition two courses of intensive in-service training in education and public administration are envisaged for the summer, and involve a total of 60 trainees.

The other contract is for two years and markedly strengthens the pro­gram of training in Preventive Medicine within the Medical School.

TCA Iran was anxious to renew its contract next year, but in view of the Universityvs commitment with TCA Washington in the two above-mentioned contracts, the A.U.B. could not promise to take more than a maximum of 12 trainees specially selected from those who received this year's training.

All the above mentioned programs serve the cause of technical education in the Middle East and exhibit one aspect of the University's efforts for the promotion of this type of education in the region.

e. Teacher Training: There is no profession in the Middle East which needs as much backing and encouragement as does the profession of teaching. All the countries of the area are undertaking programs of educational development, and the need for well-equipped teachers is most urgent and serious. In order to en­courage students to specialize in this field~ the School of Arts and Sciences has

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es ab i shed 20 special ~ch a ships j paying full t ui t i n for t hose who wishj nd are qualified j to t ake t acher training. It is hoped that +hrough this scho ar­ship plan9 the TCA teacher~training prograrnj and other means, the AoUoB. will play its par in providing the countries i t serves with gr oups of well-tr~ined and highly equicped t eachers .

From all that has been ment ioned regarding Professi onal educ tion j it s clear that the ~ o U. B. is expand · ng t s f acilities and extending i ts efforts ~o meet the needs of professi nal leadership for an area which is in rapid aconomic development. It is also clear j we hope j that this year has marked a s gn ficant achievement in this directi on.

2. Libera Education

The deveJ opment which the area is under goi ng is9 howe er, not merely economic . It pervades all aspects of life. And the leadership which it needs is not professional only. It is alsoj and perhaps primarily:; leadership in the realm of ideas and val ues , intellectual:; moral and spiritual leadership cf the highest level. Unless this i s provided:; all the technical training and the resulting technical and economic development will be of no avail. Indeed, they may bring more evil than good.

Furthermore:; no university is wor thy of the name wh ch satisfies it­self with professional training ~ which does not address itself sufficientl y to imparting a sense of values and to the development of fine and responsible per= sonalities.

a. Achievement

The Universi ty s achievement in this direction during this year:; though significant ~ is still less than its development of professiona education and far behind the basic needs of the r egion and the University1 s potenti alities to meet them.

In the acsdemic field~ the Administration and the University Faculty - including t he Faculti es of the professional schools - have fel t t he need for the strengthening of the School of Ar ts and Sciences,and its li eral studies in particular. The Board of Trustees has shared this feeling s,nd has so ght means for achieving this end. The grant recently secured from the Ford Foundation and applied this year has been helpful in strengthening the School by i mpr oving the status of its faculty 1 nd broadeni ng its program. At the same time t he steos taken by the Faculty of the School in raising the standards of admis sion» in pr oviding academic counselling» in keeping the cause af liberal education alive, and in con= tinually re=examining the curriculum in its light, have achieved positive results:; some of them concrete, others imperceptible but no less reaL

Liberal education i s, however , not merely .. a product of the class.., room , It is the result of University l i fe as a whole. Our extracurricular activi-

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ties = athletics, student societies, clubs, publicat i ons, etc . = have been as widespread and aJive as before , The Dean of Student s 1 Office has conti ued its work i n personal counselling. Thro gh its insp.ration~ the St dents 1 Coopera= tive is gaining strength and promoting student l oyalty and student initiative and r esponsible organizing abil ity.

In one aspect of student life, there has been this year decided pro= gress. Except for two minor political demonstrations ~ organi zed Qy t he stud~nt~ en two different occasions on Saturday noon, so as not to interfer e with their cl assroom work, the University was spared this year the difficulties hich it had the year before, which were outl ined in President Penrose ' s last annual report, This is due partly to the local governments l; changed attitude ( parti ularly in Egypt and Syria) towards studen~s 1 participati on in politics~ partly ~o t he str icter regulations applied by the University Administration and Senate towards the middle of last year, and partly to the growing feeling among the students of t he useless= ness of these demonstrations and t he necessity of devoting themselves compl e t ely to the hard work of preparation for real constructive service and leadership i n the future ,

However~ this absence of trouble does not mean positive achievemento It is questionable whether our students are enjoying the full blessings of a free ~ abundant and creative university life. The various tensions in the area = political, economic~ social - are partly responsible for this state of affairs) but another cause is no doubt the fact that our University life is not as thoroughly pervaded as it should be with the meanings and values implied in a truly l iberal education.

b .. Needs

In order to fortify this aspect of o University education and r aise it to the level commensurate with our potentialities and the basic needs of the r egionj it is necessary to take at least the two following fundamental measures wi th all their implications~

(1) Strengthening the School of Arts and Sciences which should be the r eal core of the University~ and promoting t hose of its developments which are con= cerned with liberal, humane studies. This means (a) an expansion and en chment of its course offerings, (b) stricter admission requir ements and l i mitati n of en= olment to allow for individual contact between t eacher and student and more t hor =

ough a~ademic and other counselling, ( c) l ighteni ng the teaching load of t he Faculty to promote scholarship and research~ and (d) ample scholarshi p help t o attract the outstanding but needy graduates of the government and secondary schools.

(2) Recapturing and improving the r esident ial charact er of the in t i = tution. Although a number of our students still live on the campus~ the expansi on of the various departments and schools of the University, and the speci al programs which it has been undertaking, have forced more and more students to live outside. This is very unfortunate.~~ as it tends to limit t eacher=st udent r elat i ns to t he classroom, and exooses the students to a l l sor ts of influences whi cn impair t he values which the University endeavors to impart to them. What is needed i s not merely the increase of dormitory space » but the provision of residential units, with

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the right a~osphere for common living and cultural growth. The experience which the University has had with such a unit (the Lodge, although its facilities are very inadequate) points to the great advantages which are thereby gained in rais­ing the quality of student life and in reinforcing the liberalizing influences of our education.

This need for residential units is particularly serious for our women students. Women students who are not resident in Beirut are housed in rented quarters run by the University. These quarters do not have adequate facilities and do not lend themselves to the type of living which these students need. The number of women students rose from 176 in 1951-52 to 258 in 1952-53, one of the reasons be­ing that this year women were for the first time admitted to Freshman, whereas pre= viously they were not accepted below Junior. This places an added and special re­sponsibility on the University. Women's education, it goes without saying, is most important for the future of the Middle East, and there is no doubt that the provi~ sion of residential units for our women students, aside from the economies it will bring in the long run, will improve the type of education we can give them.

We realize that these measures for the strengthening of the liberal aspects of University work are costly, that it is today easier to secure funds for the support of professional education than it is for the promotion of liberal educa­tion, that the students themselves are professionally minded, and that the tempo of our times in general is not very favorable to the development of liberal education. However, we feel that this remains the primary function of a university (which has a unity within itself and is not merely a collection of professional schools) _and that the A.U.B. has a unique opportunity in this field which is not shared by any other institution in the region.

The Board of Trustees is equally conscious of these opnortunities, and in the objectives of the financial campaign which it has adopted these needs are included. But I wish to take the occasion of this annual report to underline the far-reaching importance for the future of the A.U.B. of strengthening this liberal aspect of its educational work, and of thus enriching its being and its in­fluence as a university.

C. A Private Institution

1. Advantages

Most, if not allJ of the institutions of higher learning in the Middle East are government institutions. They have many advantages over such a private institution as the A.U.B. They are backed by the governments, financially and otherwise. Their degrees and diplomas are taken as the norms by which other de­grees are measured. Their tuition fees, when required, are small. But the A.U.B., being a private institution and consequently free from government routine and public pressure, is able, to a much greater degree than these institutions, to im­pose standards, to work for quality, to stress liberal education, and to develop its studentf into free and responsible personalities. This is its unique contribu­tion, and the objective which it has to keep continually in view. Its achievements

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in any single year must be measured in the light of its objective, and the measures which it has taken this year to promote the quality of its work are evidence of its consciousness of this particular mission and of its pr)gress towards its realization.

2. Problems:

a. Equivalence of degrees~ The A.U.B. degrees and diplomas ha e been given their proper rating in Palestine, Jordan, Iraq and other countries of tt~ Mid­dle East where the Anglo-Saxon system of education is known and to ~ large de~ree followed by the governments. In Syria and Lebanon, however, where the syetern of ed­ucation has been thoroughly imbued with French Latin influence, our degrereand diplomas have not been justly treated. As indicated in President Penrose's last an­nual report~ an equivalence was finally established in February 1952 between t hd end of our Sophomore Year and the Lebanese Baccalaureat, Deuxi~me Partie, but only until 1955 when government baccalaureat examinations, with English as the foreign language, will be given. The decree establishing this equivalence also considered our B.A. as equivalent to two "certificats'' of the Licence. This latter equivalence is unjust, and the University is carrying on the fight for a fairer rating.

An equivalence of our Sophomore with the Syrian Baccalaureat had been established in 1945, but recently the Syrian Ministry of Education has restricted this equivalence to those who had all their secondary education at the A.U.B. and International College. This works to the disadvantage of those Syrian students who come to our Freshman from schools other than our own Preparatory School. Negotia= tions are being carried on with the Syrian Ministry of Education for the abolition or the lightening of this restriction.

In view of the fact that local governments are placing increasingly greater emphasis on their own baccalaureats, are requiring these baccalaureats for the practice of professions, and are restricting their equivalence more and more; and in view of the fact that International College is already preparing, through the Section Secondaire, for the Lebanese Government examinations with French as the foreign language, the Executive Committee of the University took an action this year asking International College to institute a section preparing for the same baccalaureat with English as the foreign language. This involves a number of academic aiM financial problems which Internatlonal College will have to face, but if these problems are successfully resolved, much of our present preoccupation with the equivalence of our degrees in Lebanon and Syria will be eliminated.

b. Alumni Contacts: Like other private universities, the A.U.B. needs to keep continuous and lively contacts with its alumni. This year has marked a great advance in this respect. Under the energetic leadership of Mr. Emile Bustani, President of the Alumni Association, this Association is gaining vigor . Its constitution has been revised; its magazine, the Al~Kulliyyah, is establishing itself as a strong link among the Alumni; and the Alumni Clubhouse, which has been very active this year, has brought Alumni closely together and made their associa­tion better know in the region as well as among the many important Beirut visi tors who were invited to it or used its facilities during the year. The publication of the Alumni Directory, through an anonymous gift, was helpful and will become in­creasingly so in the coming four years.

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The ~ppointment of Mr~ Fuad Sarruf as Vice-President in Charge of Rela­tions has filled a gap in the University's relations with Alumni. During all t his year, he kept close contact with the work of the Association in Beirut and t hroughout the Middle East, and his efforts for the strengthening of Alumni solidarity and Alumni relations to the University will pay large dividends in the future •

.Also helpful was the visit of Mr. Harold Hoskinsll President of the Board of Trustees who during his stay in the Middle East made it a point to renew his contacts with Alumni. In Beirut, he had a meeting with the Council of the Asso­ciation, and met also a number of Alumni at a reception given in his honor by Mr. Bustani, and other private gatherings. Together with Mr. Sarruf, he visited Alumni in Jordan and in E~t, and everywhere else he went he took the trouble of looking up Alumni and renewing relations with them.

Mention should also be made of the revived activity of the Alumni Associa­tion of North America which, under the leadership of Dr. ~iilliam Shehadi, is strengt hening the bonds of Alumni in the USA, Canada and Mexico, and is helping the A.U. B. through scholarships and in other ways.

It is frequently said that the Alumni of the University are not doing their part in the financial assistance of the institution. This is true, but it has to be considered in the light of the real, deep and widespread dissatisfaction which u.s" policy towards Palestine has aroused in the Arab World in the past few years, and the difficulty that all American institutions have, as a result, in maintain­ing their prestige, to say nothing of receiving financial support from the regiono There also are other complex reasons in the local situation which it is not possi­ble to go into in this report. However, there were concrete evidences of Alumni i nterest and:, support this year, Mr. Emile Bustani gave LLeb.23llu75 to equip an operating room in the new wing, and smaller gifts from other Alumni came for the same purpose. Mr . Bustani and his associates in the Contracting and Trading Com­pany are establishing ~hirty scholarships in the Engineering School. Three Alumni of Egypt have promised Mr~ Sarruf a gift to equip a room to be a center of stuqy f or the Arab Studies Department. Dr. William Shehadi has, with his brothers and sisters ~ renewed the scholarship in honor of their late father, Shehadi Shehadi, and has secured two other scholarships, in addition to the ones maintained Qy the Al umni A~sociation of North America. Finally, the late Mr. Sami Slim, B.A. 19lu, bequeathed to the University in his _will, the whole of his property, with an esti­mated value of LLeb.lSo,ooo to 200llooo.

These are indications of larger support that may come from Alumni in the futur e , if relations with them are pursued. Altogether it may be said, that this year's efforts were not aimed so much at securing actual financial support, as at the restrengthening and rebuilding of Alumni spirit and solidarity, which through political and other causes beyond the University's control, had been impaired in the last few years.

It should be noted also that the presence of Alumni in prominent positions in the governments of the countries of the Middle East has been very helpful to

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the University.

co Other Public Relations: The relations of the University)~ l ocated in a strategic and rapidly developing area of the world, have become very complex in recent years~ These relations were ably supervised and administered this year by Vice-President Sarruf who 9 in addition to his work with Alumni» maintained cl ose and friendly contacts with government departments, the local and foreign nres s , and the large number of prominent visitors who passed through Beirut or called on the University. It is really amazing to note the widespread interest whi ch t he University has attracted to its work, and the interest which it arouses n people of differing backgrounds and activities.

d. Financial Support: Like all other private institutions, the A.U.B. is in need of constant efforts to secure adequate financial support. The Faculty of the University are grateful to the Board of Trustees for their persistent endeavors in this regard. Their minds and their hearts are with them and with President Pen­rose in the great task which they have taken upon themselves of seeking a fund of approximately $10,000,000~ to provide for the operation and development of the University in the next ten year period.

As President Penrose will report on the progress of this financial camnaign, I shall not touch on it here. I shall merely content myself with two observations. In the first place, the next ten years are decisive not only for the University~ but for the region as a whole. Consequently the future of the institution and of the service which it is called upon to give are closely tied up with the results of this camnaign. The Board of Trustees and the President can count on the support of the Faculty in all that leads to the success of this important undertaking "

Secondly, let me refer to the efforts which are being exerted locally for financial support. The Deans of the Divisions, and particularly the Deans of "Engi­neering and of Agriculture are continually seeking support for the development of their schools. Dean Weidner's trips to the States» to England and the Continent~ and to Sau9 di Arabia have resulted in the acquisition of valuable equipment. In ad­dition)~ he has brought together a groun of supporters in the States who are interest~ ed in the future of the School and who, he hones] will assure its devel opment in the coming ten-year period. This he has, I understand~ renorted to the Board during his visit to the States last Suring.

Dean Samuel Edgecombe~ for the same purpose, kept in close touch with the Ford Foundation~ the T.C,A. authorities· in Washington and throughout the area 9 and private organizations and firms. His trip to the States during late Spring has been helpful in this regard. The interest of the first two organizations is needed for the develop­ment of the School' s programs, and valuable donations of equipment have been promised and are expected from private firms and industries. Two scholarshi.ps have already been established in the School in the first year of its operation~ the one 1J:'y the Marquis de Freige and the other by the British firm of Ransomej Sims and Jeffries ~ I.tdo

Dean Norman Nelson with the help of Associate Dean Ghantus drew up the request to the ToC.A. authorities for the development of the Preventive Medicine program and

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discus sed it wit h these a thor ities her e and i n t he States. The same is 'true of Dean Cl ose,. Assistant Dean Miller and member s of the Faculty of Arts and Sci ences who had almost conti nuous contac ts throughout the year with representatives of T.C.A., the Ford and the Rockefeller Foundations to enlist their interest in the development of the program of the School.

In view of the expansion of the University~ and of the different interests which organizations have in t he vari ed aspect s of its work 9 the Deans and t he Faculties of the Schools will have to t ake a greater responsibility in the future i n secur i ng donations t o support the operati on and development of their Schools .

Finally~ let me refer to very generous contribution received this yea from H.M. King Abdul~Aziz Ibn Sa ' d of $33~000 for the support of the Pa e3tine Students' Aid Fund. This fund was established to help needy Palestinian refugee s tudents to pursue their University education. This generous contribution by HvM. the King was a great encour agement to the students and a mark of confidence in t he University. Grateful ment~on shoul d be made of former Ambassador Edwin Locke 1 s efforts to help secure this gr ant as w~ll as other grants for the same fundo

The fund helpetl this year 165 students to receive their education. In addi= tion to H.M.King Ibn Sa 1 ud 1 s gift ~ the following contributions were received~

UNESCO LLeb Kuwait Oil Company H.H.Shaykh Salman = Bahrein Arab League - Cairo American Friends of the Middle East

LLeb

32s2U2oSO 19~260.00 3~000.00 h~450.00 8,064oOO

77j)Ol6oSO

No report of the annual operation of the Aa U. B. can do justice to its diversi= f ied activities and the various aspects of its educational service. One must be a part of it to apnreciate it fully.

However~ these activities are comprehended when seen in the light of the ob~ jectives of the University and the needs of the area a This is why I have made these the connecting thread of my report.

If this report shows any progress during the year in the A.U.B. 1 s effor ts to attai n its objectives as a universi'ty and to serve more adequately the intellectual and spiritual needs of the Middle East~ it is because of the devotion and the col= laboration of the entire Faculty and staff of the institution. This devotion and col= laboration1) together wi th the help of Dro Hardy and the staff of the New York office~ were the main sunnorts of the University Administration in directing the work of the University in th~, absence of President Penrose.

I t is with sincere regret that the University lost at the end of the year the services of Dean Norman Nelson who resigned to take the deanship of the Medical School at Iowa University. His leadership of the Medical Division during the last two years was greatly anpreciated by the Faculty. The Lebanese Government recognized his ser=

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vices by decorating him with the Lebanese Order of Merit~ First Classo The Medi= cal Division and the Uni-versity are fortunate in having secured the services of Dr. Josenh McDonald as the new Medical Dean. Dean McDonald is well known t o the A. U.B. c;mmunity ~ having served five years ~ 1946=5lj as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery.

The University l ost alsos through retirement~ the services of i t s wo old= est members of the Faculty!/ Dean Harold Close and Professor Byron Smithj each of whom served the University for 42 years and gained the love and respect of his colleagues and of many generations of students. Both of them came t o t he AoU. Bo as young staffites in 1910. Dean Close began as instructor in Phy~ic~ and Chemis­try~ and was promoted to full pr ofessorship in Chemistry9 which he kept until his retirement. In addition, he was appointed in 1942 Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He led the School during a difficult period with great devotion~ ability and wisdom. Professor Smith began his career as instructor in English in the Prepar~ atory School, served from 1913 - 18 as Associate Principal of this School. From 1919 until his retirement he was Professor of English in the School of Arts and Sciences.

It is of lives of such as those of Professors Close and Smith that the edifice of the A.U.B. is built. In recognition of their services to Lebanon~ the Prime Minister of the Lebanese Government personally decorated each of them with the Lebanese Order of Merit (First Class) at Commencement.

Another member of the Faculty was honored by the Lebanese Government this year . Mr. Leslie Leavitt, Principal of International College was decorated at the International College Commencement exercises with the Education Medal (First Class) by the Director General of Education.

In conclusion, one may say that the road ahead of the University is not an easy one, but the opportunities along it are rich and full of promise to the Middle East . Only by keeping itself always conscious of its being as a university~ dedicated to the ideals formu~ated by the positive tradition of universities throughout the ages~ will the A.U. B. realize these potentialities and radiate , ever more bri ghtly» the intellectual, moral and spiritual values which are so sorely needed in this de= cisive moment of the history of this part of the world and of the world as a wholeo

c. K. Zurayk Acting President

REFDRT ON THE FINANCIAL CAMPAiuN

After remai ning i n Beirut until the school year opened~ the President left for the Unit ed Stat es on the 22nd of Octo oer 1952. After three days in New York he began a series of travels around the United States designed to establ i sh con= t acts with potential contributors to the financial campaign. The objective3 of the financial campaign are included as Anpendix ii A" with the annual report.

By the tL~e that the President ret urned to Beirut on August 20 ~ 1953 ~ he had covered approximat e y 87 ~ 000 miles and had made somewhat more than 175 S?eeches and radio or t e evision appearances. Among major p. aces visited were g ew Yor · .~

Los Angeles ~ San Francisco ~ Seatt"' ell Spokane~ Chicago ~ Pittsburgh, Cleveland5,

Detroit~ Dallas ~ Houston~ Boston and Washington~ D~ Co A visit was also made t o Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro 9 Brazil. In spite of the wide area covered t he cam~ paign was not directed generally at a pub- i appea for funds. Duri ng th~s first year of the campaign special emphasis was l aid upon approaches to foundat ions. Some contacts were established w'ith industr ial and COlTDTlercial firms interested in the Middle East and a few prel iminary connections were made with individuals capable of making substantial contributions. In the main~ however ~ the emphasis was upon the development of foundation grants and in the preliminary cul tivation of other pros= pects. A great deal remains to be done in the following up of leads which were un~ covered and in the development of interest which was discovered but not developedo

In addition to the visits of the President 9 the Deans of the School s of Medi­cine~ Engineering and Agriculture also participated through brief visits to the United States. Dean Nelson was primarily concerned with the grant. of the Rockefel~ ler Foundation and the snecial contract in Preventive Medicine and Public Health undertaken with the Teci-Jnical Cooperation Administration. Dean Weidner and Dean Edgecombe devoted most of their effort to interesting industrial concerns in the provision of equipment for the Engineering and AgriculturaLSchoo~and in generating interest in these two branches vf the University 9 s work "

The President spent a considerable amount of time with groups of Arab= Americans in various parts of the United States seeking to stimulate their interest in the work of the University and to gain their support for its efforts in the educa~ tional cievelopment of their former homelandso In Los Angeles~ San Francisc ll Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro the framework of organizations to be tentatively ca led 11 The Friends of the AoUoB. " was established, with central committees to serve as a liaison with the campaign efforts and the Al'ab-American communi ties. In each .::om~· munity real interest was apparent and a quality of cooperation was attained which will eventually result in great benefit to the University.

T'nis first year of effo:::-t had of necessit y to concentrate l argely upon Yery general preliminary cultivationo The level of knowl edge about the Middle Easty in the Unit ed States at least, is not generally very high a though the level of inter= est was far higher than had been at any tL~e previously experiencedo I was essen= tial that a groundwork of general information concerning the importanct:: of the Mid= dle East to the UnJ.t ed State& and to the worl d be estab ished bef re the more specific subject of the Arnerican University of Beirut cou d be approache • Financial support for an institution cannot readily be obtained i f potentia1 donors have onl y the foggiest notion concerning its location and are even ess clear a s to the i m-

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portance of the wor k which it may be do ngo For t his reason a very large amount of time was devot ed to speaki ng to gr oups about the probl ems of the Midd e East and relatively l i ttle about the specifi c needs of t he Urn.versity , However ~ there is 1··e:3.l evidence that the general ity of the or ginal approach will be beneficial not only to the Uni versity but to the deve opment of Amer i can policy as welL

The results of the campaign to date are shown in the attached list, ai= though it gives no indication at all concerning additiona contri butions which are nending but have not yet become firm commi tments .,

It is apparent from an inspecti n of the figures t hat the ma j r amount of assistance thus far has been provided f or the School of Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences ~ It is not poss b e when securing funds for different branches of an institution always to keep t he support in bal ance, Nevertheless it must be borne in mind that the campaign currently being carried on is seeking funds for a lO=year period of operations and that no decision concerning the sue= cess or failure of the campaign should be made on the basis of the first year1 s efforts . Certainly the result of these effor ts has assured a marked strengthen= ing both of the School of Medici ne and of the School of Ar ts and Sciences for a period of several years even if no further funds were to be obtained~

The effectiveness of a financial campaign i s dependent in large degree upon the enthusiasm and dedicat'lon of those who ar e engaged in ito There can be no question in the minds of the Univers ity Faculty or of ~he Board of Trustees con= cerning the genuine importance of the g al which t hey are seeking to achieve, A study of the Annual Report which precedes this campa. "gn summary will convince any reader of the magnitude of the University ~ s t ask and ot s importance to the welfare of a large segment of humanity o 'fhe signifi ance of the Uni versi tyu s function is one which needs to be widely understood in the Un~ ed States, There need be no hesitation i n undertaki ng the program of creat i ng this understanding for it will meet with a ready response ~.

The experience of this year has pr oved t he practical importance of having the major field representative a member of he Univers i t y Fa~ulty who is thorough= ly familiar with the detail of University operations n the fie l do By the same token~ t his individual cannot afford to remain too long away from Beirut because of the ease with which he may lose contact with developments thereo It was for this reason that the President felt it essential ~o return to Beirut during the summer l eaving Professor Ac J o Meyer i n the Stat es during the fall and early win= ter to carry on the campai.gn work e- Professor Meyer will return to Bei rut around the beginning of the year9 and it is expected t hat short ly afterwards the Presi= dent will again visit the States to maintain t he campaign effort,

Nothing has been said thus far concer ni ng work which has been done in the Middle East itself to secure support there for the Universityo This aspect of the campaign has been under the direction of Vice Presi dent Fuad Sarruf who has con­centrated his effort s during the past year on strengthening the t ies between the University and the Alumni throughout the areao It l s to be hoped that in the re= port for next year it may be possible to indicate t he practi cal result s of this work which is very promising indeede

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One Alumnus in Brazil stated his op1m.on that 11 it. is high time that the Arab peoples and the Alumni of the AoU.B. should take over the financial sup-port of the University." It was his feeling that the generosity of the people of the United States had brought the institution to its present state throughout eighty~six years of support» and that they should therefore be relieved of the heayy responsibility which they have thus far carriede The sentiment expressed was not based on an adequate knowledge of the cost of the University1 s operation» but it was heartfelt and sincere. It is probable that this feeling can be brought to fruitful expression if sufficient effort is devoted to doing so over a period of time. There is at least no reason at all to be discouraged ~ an apparent lack of solid financial support from Alumni in the paste

In reviewing the work of the year there is no need to make a judgment con~ cerning its success or failure. A start has been made on a very extensive task. The Administration of the University and the Trustees are committed to its ful­fillment and with the help of God they will not fail.

October 5» 1953

STEPHEN B.L.PENROSE President

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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN

Source

Ford Foundation = Arts and Sciences Ford Foundation = Economic Research Institute Rockefeller Foundation =Medicine ( conditional ) Rockefeller Brothers Fund = Education Milbank Memorial Fund = Medicine James Foundation = Medicine Grant Foundation = General

* Technical Cooperation Administration =Preventive Medicine International General El ectric = Engineering Fluor Corporation = Engineering James Mfg. Co. ~ Agricult.ure Willys Overland Co. ~ Agriculture Trabulsi Fund = General Gifts from Individuals in Urdt.ed States and Middle East

TOTAL

Amount

$350~000.00 200~000.00

500:i>OOO.OO 1609000.00 50~000.00

100~000.00

10.?.000.00 436~920.00

5.9004.00 5))000.00

306.54 1~558o74

200.00 149442.00

In addition gifts and grants of equipment for the Engineering School have fulfilled requirements for

1., The internal combust.ion laboratories and shops 2. The mechanical engineering laboratories and shops 3. The electrical engineering laboratories and shops h. The general construction shops

Further.~~ the central power plant for the campus is provided with a 1500 kilowatt Diesel driven generator with attachments.

* Not a contribution to the campaign but acceptable by the Rockefeller Foundation as matching funds to meet their conditional grant.

APPENDIX "A"

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

T 0 T A L ANNU~L RECURRING REQUI REMENTS

Ao Sa l ary I mproveme nts $ 210 ~ 000,

Bo New Faculty & Staf f 275 ~ 000. C o Schol arships 509000. Do Equipment , upplie s .9 etco 175~000 .

ANNUAL TOTAL $ 710 9 000 -: -

10 YEAR TOTAL $7 ~1009000o

NON-RECURRING CAPITAL OUTLAY

Equipment $ 375 JI OOO. Mechani cal Engineering fo r

New Wing 250 9000 o Remode ling & Cent r al Heating 295 .9 000. Nur ses Home l OOJOOO. Se cond Hospita Wing 500,000 Re search Equipment

• 1~09000. Interns Dormit ory o .~~ ooo . Wome n ' s Dormi tory & Recreation

Facili ties 200 , 000. Men is Do rmitory 15 09000. Refe c t ory, Fac l t y Cl ub 9

New Gate 1509 000 . Classroom & Offi ce Bui l di ng 100 ~ 000. Gymnasium 50 ~ 000 . Sbop Bui ldings 75 9000. Central Power Plant 350 9000. Dental Schoo l 500 9000.

TOTAL NON- RECURRING $3 93 15.9000 . ---- -----

CAMPAI GN TOTAL TEN YEARS 1_10 94151.00 0·

FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES

ARTS & SCIENCE

$ lOO ~ OOO o 100 .\l OOO o

30 9000. 25 9000.

$ 2.55 ~ 000. -

$2 , 550~000 .

$

100~000.

200 9000, l 50ll000.

l 50g000 . 1009000 . 50~000.

$ 750 9000 :

~3 ll3 00_~ 000 .

MEDICAL DI VISI ON

$ 50 ~ 000 o 100 $000 ,

10 .. 000. 7.Sv 000.

$ ~---2J~, ~ 000 0

---$2,350~000 " -----

$ 1.50 »000 .

250 .9 000. 195 i ooo . 100 -~ 000. 5009000. 40 ~ 000, 8o ~ooo ..

$1 9415 5) 000.

V ll765,ooo .

ENGI NEERI NG UNIVERSI TY & AGRICULT , GENERAL

$ 10 ~ 000, $ 50..,000 , 75 ~ 000 . 109000, 50 y000. 25 9000.

$ m ; ooo . $ ~, QOO-

$194.50 9000. $ 750 , 000 o

$ 2259000 .; $

75 9000. 350$000.

---$ 300 9000 $ J 50»000o

- - --t19 750 J 000 0 11 9 100 , 000.

$

DENTAL SCHOOL

---

5 00 9 000 o $500 , 000.

t500 , 000o

E x p e n s e

Instructional

Salaries, Allowances, Travel, Supplies, etc.

Scholarships

Grants to Students

Hospital Group

Operation of Hospital and Associated Services

General

Central Administration Educational Services Libraries Physical Plant

Less: Distributed to Divisions

President's Report 1/15/54 - JAB

$170,443 .. 269,507. 59,876.

196,545 .. $696,371.

Income and Expense

July 1, 1952 to June 30 2 1953

$1,333,919 ..

37,631.

411,975. $2,399,113.

$2,399,113.

Income

Instructional

Tuition and Fees

Scholarships

Income from Endowment

Hospital Group

Fees and Services

General

Central Administration Educational Services Libraries Physical Plant

Non-Operational Income

Trustees Int'l .. College Income from Endowments Gifts

Net Loss for Year

$ L.h.,ooo. 2B7,8o~. 692,868 ..

460,310 ..

314,112 .. $1,328,989 0

1,024,672 ..

45,452.

$2,399,113. -tJj

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APPENDIX 11 C11

STATISTICS OF STUDENTS

1950 1~51 1952

Universitx: ProEer

School of Medicine 164 238 263

School of Pharmacy 83 70 68

School of Nursing 48 51 61

School of Arts and Sciences (intermediate Section included) 1076 975 1186

School of Engineering 122 158

School of Agriculture 46

'l'()TAI.S ••••oooooo•ooooo 1371 1456 1782 1782

Other Schools

French School 509 504 516

Preparatory School 573 563 590

Elementary School 218 222 220

TOTALS o•o•ooooe••ooooo 1300 1289 1326 1326

GRAND TOTALS ..•••••••. 2671 2745 3108 3108

STATISTICS OF STUDENTS APPENDIX "D" NATIONALITIES

University Proper - Other Schools Totals

1950 1951 1952 1950 1951 1952 1950 1951 1952 Lebanon 555 632 740 848 854 909 1403 1486 1649 Syria 211 204 2.42 132 112 98 343 316 340 Pal estine 218 188 227 164 143 131 382 331 358 Iraq 121 85 109 22 24 21 143 109 130 Egypt 17 22 17 1 18 22 17 Cyprus 8 17 22 8 17 22 Iran 1 1 50 8 8 6 15 15 56 Turkey 4 1 2 8 8 1 1? 9 9 Jordan 136 161 169 11 8 10 147 169 179 Bahrayn 5 10 14 11 8 13 16 18 27 Kuwait 3 5 9 3 1 6 6 9 Aden 1 1 1 1 Saudi Arabia 5 6 10 30 49 53 35 55 63 Sudan 4 5 6 1 5 5 6 India =- 1 2 3 Ethiopia 5 15 17 1 5 15 18 France 1 4 3 1 11 6 8 15 9 Switzerland 3 4 3 3 4 3 Yugoslavia 1 1 1 1 Roumania 1 1 1 1 1 1 Great Britain 1 11 16 15 11 17 22 22 33 Greece 4 4 11 11 9 9 15 13 20 Belgium 1 1 South Africa 3 3 Poland 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 Italy 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 Germany 2 1 2 1 Australia 1 1 Dominican Republic 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 Brazil 3 6 6 6 6 6 9 Argentine 1 1 1 1 Mexico 1 1 1 1 1 1 Chili 2 2 3 2 2 3 Columbia 1 2 1 1 2 1 UoSoAo 46 46 72 1 8 1 53 54 19 Canada 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Afghanistan 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 Zanzibar 1 1 China 2 1 1 1 3 Gold Coast 1 5 6 1 5 6 Qatar 1 1 Jamaica 1 1 1 1 1 1 Liberia 1 8 4 1 8 4 Pakistan 2 2 2 2 2 2 Philippines 2 2 2 2 Nigeria 1 1 1 1 2 2 Lybia 6 6 6 6 Eritrea 3 3 3 3 Yemen 1 1 New Zealand 1 1 Indonesia 1 1 -c. 1 1 Holland 1 2 2 2 3 Cuba 1 1 1 1 Dubai 1 1 Undetenrdned 3 3 5 3 3 5

1371 1456 17Tf2- - lJOO 1289 -

1326 ?[ 71 ?745 3108

APPENDIX "E11

STATISTICS OF STUDENTS

RELIGIONS University Proper Other School s Totals

1950 1951 1952 1950 1951 1952 1950 1951 1952 -

Moslem 485 495 602 505 499 516 990 994 1118

Jew 15 10 8 23 21 22 38 31 30

Druze 52 65 63 61 f:IJ 73 113 125 136

Bahai 3 7 3 3 3 J 6 10

Alawite 1 1

Confucian 1 1 1 1

Zoroastrian 2 2

Sabii 1 2 1 1 2 1

Greek Orthodox 319 318 388 322 330 359 641 648 747

Greek Catholic 51 61 85 95 81 69 146 142 154

Protestant 213 231 302 83 79 73 296 310 375

Maronite 55 64 66 107 107 118 162 171 184

Gregorian 108 125 150 28 30 28 136 155 178

Roman Catholic 44 47 66 38 40 30 82 87 96

Coptic Orthodox 5 15 15 1 5 15 16

Syriac Orthodox 8 6 7 9 14 9 17 20 16

Chaldean Orthodox-= 2 2

Chaldean Catholic 6 3 7 2 3 1 8 6 8

Armenian Catholic 5 6 10 7 7 6 12 13 16

Syriac Catholic 4 5 4 16 15 13 20 20 17

1371 lh56 1782 1300 1289 1326 2671 2745 3108

APPENDIX "F"

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Graduates 1952.,1953

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Lebanon & Syria 17 1 6 16 67 17 1 18 9 2 160

Palestine 3 4 5 17 4 2 2 1 38

Iraq 2 1 10 1 1 15

Egypt 1 1

Iran 1 1 2

Jordan 8 5 1 8 4 2 4 4 1 31

Bahrayn 1 1

Kuwait 1 1

Sudan 1 1

Ethiopia 1 1

Cyprus 1 1 2

Great Britain 2 1 1 4

Greeee 1 1 2

U.SoA .. 3 4 1 8

Canada 1 1

Phil-ippines 1 1

Chili 1 1 2

33 18 10 22 112 29 7 28 15 3 277

APPENDIX 11 G"

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Women Students Since 1908

Arts & Intermedo Year Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Nursing Sciences Section Total

1908-1921 69 69

1921 .. 1922 2 1 7 2 12 1922~1923 1 1 10 2 4 1923=1924 3 8 1 12 1924-1925 2 1 10 4 17 1925-1926 3 11 13 27 1926-1927 2 2 1 10 11 26 1927~1928 2 3 7 6 18 1928-1929 1 3 2 8 8 22 1929-1930 3 2 2 10 15 32 1930-1931 3 2 1 14 21 41 1931-1932 5 1 24 19 49 1932-1933 7 1 3 22 16 49 1933-1934 8 4 16 14 42 1934-1935 5 5 12 18 40 1935-1936 7 13 28 48 1936-1937 5 2 21 20 48 1937-1938 7 1 18 21 47 1938-1939 7 5 19 32 63 1939-1940 7

... _ J 14 47 71

1940-1941 3 14 49 66 1941-1942 2 c.- 4 1~ 41 == 62 1942 ... 1943 1 2 23 52 78 1943-1944 3 2 17 49 71 1944-1945 4 9 10 70 93 1945-1946 9 11 14 93 127 1946-1947 8 15 14 90 127 1947-1948 9 15 11 55 90 1948-1949 7 7 17 55 86 1949-1950 9 7 40 69 11 136 1950-1951 9 ..,_ 4 48 83 3 147 1951-1952 26 6 51 93 176 1952-1953 45 7 61 145 258

204 24 122 658 12u.2 14 2264

APPENDIX "H" AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Women Students Since 1908

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364 45 2 146 48 51 2 51 1073 108 47 1 12 1 31 68 1 1 1 13 2264

APPENDIX "I"

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Women Students Since 1908

BY RELIGIONS

Year Moslem Jew Bahai Druze Hindu Christian T 0 T A L

1908~1921 1 11 1 56 69

1921-1922 3 9 12 1922-1923 3 11 14 1923-1924 4 8 12 1924-1925 1 3 13 17 1925-1926 1 1 19 27 1926-1927 2 4 20 26 1927-1928 2 1 15 18 1928-}.929 2 2 18 22 1929-1930 2 4 1 25 32 1930-1931 6 9 2 24 41 1931-1932 5 ]$ 1 28 49 1932-1933 2 19 1 27 49 1933-1934 3 12 2 1 24 42 1934-1935 1 12 2 1 24 40 1935-1936 2 8 6 1 31 48 1936-1937 4 9 2 1 32 48 1937-1938 5 5 1 1 35 47 1938-1939 8 15 2 1 37 63 1939-1940 14 15 2 1 39 71 1940-1941 15 10 5 36 66 1941-1942 13 11 1 3 34 62 1942-1943 15 17 3 3 40 78 1943-1944 9 16 3 43 71 1944-1945 13 9 3 68 93 1945-1946 15 10 5 97 127 1946-1947 25 1 ~ 3 92 127 1947-1948 22 3 1 64 90 1948-1949 28 3 3 52 86 1949-1950 40 2 1 87 136 1950-1951 45 1 e 93 147 1951-1952 46 1 10 119 176 1952-1953 51 1 6 200 258

~9.8 251 22 71 2 1520 2264

APPENDIX "J"

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Personnel 1952-1953

NATIONALITIES 1:1)

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Lebanon & Syria 86 69 12 3 95 8 114 60 447 Palestine 16 17 6 2 17 2 15 9 84 Iraq 1 1 l 3 Egypt 1 1 1 1 4 Iran 2 1 3 Turkey 1 1 2 Jordan 2 3 2 1 8 Sati.di Arabia 1 1 Artnenia 1 1 Frs.nce 1 1 10 12 Switzerland 1 2 3 Great Britain 1 13 1 1 6 1 29 Italy 2 1 3 Germany 1 1 Poland 1 1 Holland 1 1 Detunark 2 1 3 Greece 1 1 1 3 Austria 1 1 Bulgaria 1 1 U;SoAo 10 44 1 6 11 11 6 95 Canada 1 1 1 1 4 Australia 1 1 New Zealand 1 1 China 1 1

118 155 33 12 142 10 154 89 713

APPENDIX 11 K11

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Personnel 1952-1953

RELIGIONS tlO !:::

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Moslem 3 15 15 1 5 1 46

Druze 1 3 2 1 3 1 4 4 19

Jew 1 1 2 4

Bahai 3 1 1 5

Greek Orthodox 52 30 8 2 36 3 33 29 193

Greek Catholic 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 13

Prbtestant 42 80 16 1 52 4 54 23 278

Mal'onite 1 5 5 8 11 36

Gregprian 1 1 4 1 12 28 59

Roman Catholic 4 11 2 1 13 15 9 55

Coptic Orthodox 1 1

Syriac Orthodox 1 1

Syriac Catholic 2 1 3

118 155 33 12 142 10 154 89 713

APPENDIX "L"

GOVERNMENT BURSARY STUDENTS

1952 - 1953

Upper Other Classes Schools Total

1 .. Bahrayn Government 12 5 17

2 .. Bahrayn Petroleum Co. Ltd. 2 1 3

3 .. Ethiopian Government 2 2

4 .. Jordan Government 4 4

5 .. Iraq Government 44 44

6. Kuwait Government 8 8

1. Palestine Government 1 1

8 .. Saudi Arabian Government 5 45 50

9. Lebanese Government 1 1 14

10 .. Lebanese Government (Special Grant) 178 178

11. U .. S .. Government Goi .. Bill 4 4

12. Fulbright Scholarships 2 2

13 .. British Council Scholarships 10 10

14. World Health Organization Scholar. 10 10

15. ARAMCO Scholarships 6 6

16 .. British Red Cross Society Scholar. 2 2

17 .. T .. C.Ao Scholarships 174 174

18 .. United Nations Scholarships 1 1

472 58 530

The academic year 1952-53 marked the first time that women students par­ticipated in !'he annual Field Day ath­letic contests. Of even greater impor­tance was the fact that this year saw •omen admitted to the Freshman Classes . Previously they were permit­led to enter the University only at the Junior year level.

The President of Lebanon, His Excel­lency Camille Chamoun (left) arrives at the University to open the Med ical Symposium. He is accompanied by University Vice-Presidents Crawford and Sarruf. Dr. Shorey, the Chairman

of the Symposium Committee, is in the rear .

One of the University's most distin­guished visitors during the year was Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the President of the United Nations Gen­eral Assembly . In the photo at left Mme. Pandit is shown with Vice-Presi­dent Zurayk outside of the Chapel.

TRUSTEES AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

Harold B. Hoskins- President of the Board

Lawrence C. Marshall- TrecHttrer

George P. Berry Daniel Bliss John C. Case Gordon R. Clapp R. Inslee Clark Kenneth H. Condit Mark Ethridge Alfred H. Hauser Philip K. Hitti

Yale Kneeland, Jr. Mrs. WilliamS. Ladd Frederic C. Lawrence James M. Nicely Donald B. Perry Warren L. Pierson Mrs. Frank R. Smith Vanderbilt Webb Allen 0. Whipple

John A. Wilson

TRUSTEES INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

Daniel Bliss - Chairman Loren H. Rockwell - Treamrer

Miss Dorothy M. Bell Julius Seelye Bixler George E. Cary Herbert E. B. Case Mrs. Albert Buckner Coe Robert W. Coe Whitney C. Colby Carleton S. Coon

Truman B. Douglass Edward Eames Miss Mabel E. Emerson William F. English Fred Field Goodsell Alfred H. Hauser Roger Hazelton James M. Landis

Homer Little David McKeith, Jr. James A. Patch Loomis Patrick William W. Patton Donald B. Perry J. Butler Tompkins Sargent Wellman

Communications to these Colleges should be addressed to

DR. ROBERT S. HARDY - Americmz Director Near East College Association. Inc.

tj() \'Vorth Street, Room '521, New York I), New York

The AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT and INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

are members of the NEAR EAST COLLEGE ASSOCIATION.