And what is your opinion of the Lebanese University which the government intends to found?

I confess that in Lebanon there is a kind of enthusiasm that does not always find its way into my thinking. No, I am not enthusi-astic about founding a Lebanese university, for numerous consid-erations, the chief of them being the economic side... I am one of those who like to stretch their legs only as far as the rug will reach! The expenses of a university would drain a large part of the state's budget — not of the budget of the Ministry of Education alone! Then, too, Lebanon today needs projects worthier of our attention than founding a university — espe-cially when we have two uni-versities! Would it not be better first to increase the number of elementary schools, so that we may wipe out illiteracy? And kindergartens? Are not kinder-gartens in the remote villages

a necessity? And the districts deprived of water and light — is not reviving them with these two elements more important than founding a university? I say this in all frankness, and I do not fear being charged with apostasy from patriotism, for I have been an emigrant for forty years and I still keep my Lebanese nationality!

The Woman's Voice takes pride in publishing the good works of the emigrants, and renews the kindly feeling that moves the sons of the Mahjar lands to help their homeland in this useful, fruitful way — for every stone built into a construction project is a new pillar in this new edifice of ours: Lebanon.

As for Mr. Murr's opinion of the Lebanese University, it is a weighty opinion with many supporters; we refer it to His Excellency the Minister of Education, Mr. Emile Lahoud...

You come from a country in which industry has succeeded, and from a great commercial milieu. What do you advise those who desire to build up Lebanon industrially?

The first thing I would urge upon the sons of Lebanon is not to despair because the great industrial projects have not arisen; and if I may advise them, it is small industries with small capital, whose products are consumed in Lebanon according to the needs of its people. And I urge them to take up summering, and to establish pensions such as I have seen in the cities of Brazil and in the mountains of Switzerland, where numerous families live from houses run with order, perfection, and cleanliness like the best of inns.

a hall for receiving the visitors who come to Lebanon on official visits.