Campus Caravan, Vol. XVII, No. 3

              CAMPUS CARAVAN
VOLUME XVII NUMBER 3
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT CAIRO, EGYPT
NOVEMBER 22, 1939

Mid-Winter Play Postponed Until January
Tonsilectoniy on Faltas, Lead Player,
Forces Change of Date
Change of the Maskers mid-Winter show dates was the main item on the program of the November 17 meeting held on the s-age of Ewart Memorial hall. Reason lor tnis action was a tonsilitis operation that Michael Faltas, chosen ror the lead role, has to undergo shortly. The club voted that the ncw dates would be January 4 and 5, 1940.
All other aays proved to be too near no.iuays, or nines when the hail was leserveu oy otner g^ioups. TO ensure a good aumence ii was iieceusaiy lo cuouse convenient dates wiien scnoois were open ana no religious ceiouiations were ac hand.
iiie uusiiiess uiscussion look up iiiosi oi iiie meeting. Various ques-uoiis reiaiiiig lo uie miu-Winter Snow were uoOaCeu. Controversy lagcu especially around the potmt Oil wueiacr nicniuers oi the Maskers Having no acuve part in the perior-inance wouia attend the performance tree of charge. No final aecision could be reached, the suoject havtiig to be postponed winie otner iiiatters were attended lo. ihe iviaskers will meet again on Novemoer 27 for fuilher discussion.
Games conaucted by chairman of the eiiterlaiiiinent conimiuee Marion hierron enued the meeting. Charades and musical chairs consumed the better part of half an hour.
At the request of the Y.M.C.A. the Maskers read them a play "Speaking Terms" by Roland Per twee at their club. Several members of the "Y” are anxious to start an amateur group themselves, and preceded by a talk on amateur theatricals by Professor Howard, the Maskers showed them what such a group can do. Iglal Zananiri, Giselle Eskinazi, Samyr Souki, Ramez Souki, and Puzante Guzeli-mian handled the parts.
Americ2ins to Celebrate 1 tianksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated by the the American colony in Cairo on Thursday, November 23, when they will all indulge in the eaung of such dishes as turkey — the national symbol of Thangsgiv-ing Day — mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, lig pudding, and huboard squash. A service will be held at the American churen when the American Minister will read President rvoosevelt’s annual proclama-
tiOB.
Origin of this nationl celebration goes back to the early settlers in America who dedicated a day to thank God' for deliverance from oppression in Europe. Washington made this day a national holiday and declared that it should be the fourth Thursday in November.
President Roosevelt changed it quite recently to the third Thursday in November owing to its coming too close to Christmas holidays. This caused many hardships to the merchants.
The decree may or may not be adopted. Some states have, others effected a compromise, while some stick to the old tradition.
Donkey Ride Planned For Sophomore Class
A cavalry of forty donkeys will stare tomorrow Irom Professor Howard’s house desert-bound, bearing thirty six riotous sophomores and three Americans. Organised by Professor Howard, this donkey trip will be an all-day affair, spending Thanksgiving Day in the Maadi desert. All the sophomores, will participate it is hojied.
Tea will be served on their return in Prof. Howard’s house, and probably a few more pleasant hours will be spent there.
Dean Sprague, only student from the U.S. this year, will be spending his first Thanksg^ivlng Day without his traditional turkey and customary delicacies for lunch.
Former Instructor Finds Many Changes in Campus, Students
Tile man who introduced journalism instruction to AUC and Egypt came back to Cairo last week and before he left he was convinced tnat his dreams of 14 years ago had been realized in the establishment of the present Journalism Department and the publishing of Cwmpua Caravan.
The man was Mr. Cloyce K. Huston, second secretary of the umted States legation at Hucharest, Koumania, who served the College of Arts and Sciences as a shortterm instructor from 1922 to 1925.
During his recent visit to the campus Mr. Huston was surprised and gratified at the many changes ne found. For one thing he could not get used to seeing so many coeds. As he watched them entermg and leaving the library he said, “They add life and brightness to the University and I only regret not oemg a teacher now."
Astuunided At New Features
me Well furnished library, Ewart Memorial hall, and Oriental hall, me athletic Held, and Campus caravan—all new to Mr. Huston— were among the features that astounaed him the most.
Wnen Mr. Huston joined the AUC faculty ne brought with him conniuerable interest and experience in journalism. He had been editor-ni-cnief, for example, of the daily student newspaper at Iowa State College, his alma mater.
His first proposal at AUC was to uegin a student publication. He prepared and presented forms of a four-page paper of the College faculty in aduition to estimates on the coat of newsprint and printing. In addition ne suggested the inauguration of a regular class in joumaliam. The proposal for journalistic inatructlon was approved, but the price of paper proved too high smd the taculty recommended that publica-
tion be delayed. But he was not so easily discouraged.
Urst Paper Mimeographed
With a class of six eager, enthusiastic students Mr. Hustoii accomplished wonders. Sleepless nignts and busy days went into preparation of tue first issue of a uojiege paper. Hours were spent typing anicies and the final prouuct appeared in mimeographed form. Heaaimes sometimes dia not fit and ariicies often were too long, but the class persisted and the iirst issue was sold April 9, 1925.
Mr. Huston had a reputation for being strict with his students. He gave them difficult assignments, one being the report of a party to which they were not invited. X'ne story was essential for passiqg the course—and the boys knew it. One of them, the late Moussa Sirrl, who died two years ago, went to the party disguised as a servant, lie served the guests, heard every-thmg that was said, and wrote tne best story. The others eavesdropped or interviewed the guests after the party, but they all got their story.
The former teacher expressed considerable interest in Campus Caravan^ outgrowth of the AUC H»mew, which Mr. Huston helped to establish. He even was nuidly surprised that Campus Caravan pays its way and is read by all the students.
Mr. Huston is now back at his .leadquarters m Bucharest. He had le.t Bucharest before the declaration of war, joining his family in n'rance and sailing with them to America on holiday. United States neutrality laws prevented his return to Bucharest across Europe, forcing him to take the "back door” route through the Mediterranean and Black Seas. His family, including two daughters aged six and one and one-half, remained in America.
Events Show Spain 800 Guests Attend Will Revive, Fitiani Heliopolis Wedding
Tells Sophomores
Spain, Morocco, the Balearic and Canary islands, and southern France were the subjects of two lectures that Taher Fitiani delivered to the sophomore journalism class. Fitiani, wno is a senior journalism student, spent over four months in these countries this summer.
Evidences of the birth of a new Spain was the main topic of the first lecture. An intense economic activity, the destroyed cities, the relief of the Spanish people — all went to show the rise of a progressive Spain, said Fitiani. The country is exti’emely fertile in both agricultural and industrial material, declared the speaker, and barring a revolution, Spain is set on a very promising future.
Despite the recent civil war beauty abounds everywhere. Cities and the rural districts present to the tourist’s eyes a rare spectacle.
Morocco, the India of France, was described to the listeners from a geographical, cultural, and scientific aspect.
Fitiani went on to tell of his travels. A motor coach trip Genoa to Marseilles, and an aeroplane jaunt from Morocco to Barcelona, and from Tripoli to Cairo were the high spots of the journey he ha<J undertaken.
Questions made up the second session, when the students fired inquiries at Fitiani on certain characteristics of the countries he visited. The Moslem women in Morocco came in for a lot of discussion, while the economic conditions of the countries were also looked into.
New Report Card Made in Junior College
Neatness, attentiveness, response, and general attitude in class and on the campus will be indicated on the new report cards for the secondary section, announced Dean Badeau.
The system to be inaugfurated this year will serve as a fuller indication of the student’s activity at school. A special section of the report card will be presented only four times a year instead of one every month as previously.
Of Former Co-ed
Eight hundred people attended the wedding of MlSs Aida Fahml to Dr. Sorlal at the Heliopolis Palace hotel gallery on Sunday November 10. All the older faculty members were invited as well as several of Miss rahmi’s college friends.
A huge buffet with all sorts of western and eastern dishes fed the eight hundred guests. Om Kalsoum, the xamous Egyptian singer, and an excellent jazz band entertamed the people in two different halls of the notel.
Mrs. Sorlal (n6e Aida Fahmi) is still remembered at AUC as being a first class tennis player, an associate editor of the AUC Review, and an active member of the International Relations club. She was also known as the tallest of her graduating class and "the co-ed with uncombed hair” according to one of her classmates.
Braunstein Breaks Leg in Accident Near Suez
Salomon Braunstein, a member of the junior class and president of tb<‘ Moll6re club, had his right leg broken as a result of a car accident on the Suez road Sunday, November 5.
A lorry from the opposite direction collided with the car in which Salomon and his two sisters were riding and upset it. One of the girls suffered broken maxil-laries, the other a dislocated shoulaer. The three were immediately rushed to the Demerdache hospital and taken care of at once.
Salomon is recovering rapidly, but it will be another 15 days before he can walk and resume his activities at AUC.
Anna Theotokas, vice-president of the Molifere club, will replace Salomon Braunstein who is now at the hospital with a broken leg, at the club’s meeting Friday, December 8, in Oriental hall at 4 p.m.
The literary program will be more stressed this month than the musical one, the Mollfire club being primarily a literary activity.
' Tea will be served on the veranda as usual.
F ourth Formers Win Interclass Volleyball Cup
Outclassing their opponents by brilliant set shots and crasning point shots, tne Fourth Form volleyball team easily defeated the Sixth Foi-m in the finals of the aimual B'auulty Vtoileyboll Cup -oumament late yesterday afternoon on the AUC athletic field.
The Sixth Formers were unable to mach the superior teamwork of their rivals, who rushed through three straight games by scores of 15-3, 15-12, and 15-9.
Play waxed exciting, however, in the second game, during which the Sixth Form sharpsnooters, after a decisive Ucking in the
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14 Faculty Members Appointed Advisers To Student Body
Appointment of 14 members of the laculty as advisers to students of the Government section, Junior College, and Senior College was announced yesterday by Professor Harold B. Smith, chairman of the Student Advisers Committee, a com. plete rehabilitation of the program of student counseling is being undertaken under Professor Smith s direction.
Principal purpose of the adviser plan will be personal counselmg on a basis wnoliy removed from pro-Qiems of discipline and marking. Establishment of relations between adviser and student wui be encouraged on a friendly giveoind-take oasis, the student oeing able to gain as much as possible from the auvice of his counselor.
Advisers May Be Kept
In most cases students will be permitted to keep their advisers as long as they remain in College, even thougn they fail to keep up with their class. In other cases, where such a move seems advisable to the counselor and Professor Smith, a student may be permitted to change his adviser.
One of the advisers’ cardinal functions will be the writing of bi-monthly reports on each student with whom they counsel. These reports will be drafted following personal interviews with the students and after marks have been turned into the registrar at the end of November, the end of January, and the end of March. A summary of each report will be submitted to the students' parents or guardians.
.Advisers And Class Listed
Government section advisers this year follow: First government, Ismail Effendi; Second government, Milad Effendi; Third GoveiViment, Hashlm Effendi; Fourth Government Rizq Etfendi, and Fifth Government, Habib Effendi. Junior College advisers: Second form, Harry B. Crewson’ and W. Grant Parr; Third form. Professor Marcel Kiven; Fourth form, Raymond A. Patouillet and Professor Leslie A. Nichols, Jr.; Fifth form, Edmund Alexander; Sixth form. Professor Herbert W. Vandersall. Senior College advisers: Sophomore class. Professor C. Worth Howard; Junior and Senior classes, Delbert Sterrett.
Feninger Scores Top Marks in Piano Exam
Top marks were scored by Mario Feninger, Fifth form student, at the examination of the Rome Conservatory for pianists, which took place last week at Alexandria. Feninger is now entitled to be called “Professor", having completed eight years piano study and passed all his examinations brilliantly. Two more years will bring him the highest award given — the right to be named “Concertiste”.
Feninger, although only seventeen years old, has studied under his mother since his early childhood. Mrs, Feninger, or Mme de Rogatis (her maiden name) is well known as a biilliemt pianist and has composed several pieces of music. His score of ten points out of ten is a sufficient indication that he is destined to a brlllant musical future.
Final Figures Show 23 Per Cent Increase
17 Nationalities Listed Among Student Body of 271; Palestinians Gain
An increase of 23 per cent over last year in the enrollment of tne College of Arts and Bciences was reveaied this week by Mr. Eamund Abdul Nur, College registrar, who released final statistics on the 271 students registered this fall. Last year’s first semester registration totaled 219 while the enrollment of two years ago was 198. This year’s registration is the highest in seven years.
Of the seventeen nationalities represented in the new enrollment figures Egyptians compose 68 per cent of the total as against a per cent a year ago. Students of Greek and Armenian nationality are next highest in that order, just as they were last year.
Palestinian Increase
Palestinian representation jumped CO fourth place this year from sixth place for 1938-1939, with twice as many students enrolled from that country. Other nationalities listed this year, in order of greatest numbers, are British, Italian, French, Sudanese, Syrian. American, Czechoslovakian (German), Ethiopian, - ransjordanian, Indian, Polish (German or Russian), Russian, and ’Turkish.
There are eight religious classifications among this year’s students. They are represented as follows:	Moslem, 3tf.l per cent;
Orthodox (Greek, Armenian, and Coptic), S0.3 per cent; Jewish, 18.4 per cent; Pretestant, 8.0 per cent; (jatholtc, 6.3 per cent, and Baha’i, .4 per cent.
Fai.-ents’ Oocupaitlons Varied
’Two hundred and fourteen students have their homes In Cairo and Immediate area. 25 come from
First semester		registration	
figures for th	e last	10	years in
the College of follow:	Arts	and	Sciences
1929—1930			369
1930—1931			356
1931—1932			388
1932—1933			263 •“
1933—1934			178 -
1934—1935			155
1935—1936			. 196 ■'
1936—1937			220
1937—1938			204
1938—1939			231
1939—1940			271
Upper Egypt, 13 from Lowyr Egypt, and 19 from foreign countries. All kinds of occupations are listed for the fathers of students. They range from merchants to cabinet ministers and include landlords, physicians, engineers, teachers, judges, government employes, army officers, dentists, tailors, find pharmacists.
Greatest increase of students this year is in the Senior College, where the new Sophomore students are enrolled in either of the two journalism sections of that class. Total enrollment in the three classes of Senior college is 56, comparing with 31 last year.
Another interesting phase of the new enrollment statistics is the greater number of women students. Last year there were 10 coeds, while this	year the number hats been
doubled to 20. ail but one of them being in the Senior College. Of the College’s total registration, 52.8 per cent are new students, 47.2 per cent old students.
January Spelling Bee On English Program
A Spelling contest to be held in January will be the first item on the program of the English department. Rules will be given later, but it is announced that they will be on the same lines as last year’s.
A Junior college-Government section student club will come into being, hopes the English department. to breed more cooperation among the two groups. Plans have to be more definite before any further step is taken in this respect.
Professor Howard expressed the hope that more Engli^ will be used on the campus than at present