these subjects call for professors specialized in the sciences named and experienced in the field. And all these studies must follow a definite plan toward a single common goal: to arrive at an understanding of society in all its different aspects, at the capacity to solve its problems by scientific methods, and at the endeavor to secure its comfort and happiness.

Q — It is indeed a wise and orderly plan. And won't you now tell us something about the practical part of the programs?

A — That is the theoretical side. As for the practical part of the curriculum, it should take up an average of 16 hours — that is, two full days — which the student spends in training at various institutions approved by the school board, which keeps in constant touch with them in order to supervise the training of its students. These institutions must also enjoy the administration's confidence, so that trust may be placed in the reports sent to it by the directors of the work on the degree of the student's

success in the practical field and on his ability.

Q — And what are the kinds of this practical study, and what do you mean by the reports that are sent?

A — The kinds of practical study are very numerous. They usually involve training in the country's principal industries and in its large establishments, in order to examine the conditions of the worker and the work, to grasp the social situation, and to verify by work and practice what is studied in theory. When I was specializing in this subject in England, it was my duty to spend one full day a week, for a period of three months, over and above my university studies, in a large factory employing 16,000 workers, moving in it from one department to another and from one plant to another, criticizing the workers' condition, studying, and working under the managers' orders. And it fell to the lot of some of my English companions who wished to specialize in the labor service to spend their days

working in the factory like the rest of the workers, living as they lived and drawing their wages, in order to experience the toil and strain the worker goes through, and how it affects his spirits and his work.

Q — That is fine indeed, and no doubt of great benefit, as you say. And what more of this practical program?

A — I also used to go one day a week, for three months, to one of the infant and maternity welfare clinics, working with them and training; and at the end of the period I would be transferred to new work, and so on — this besides inspection visits, once a week, to the various institutions. As for the reports I mentioned, they are of the greatest importance: however successful the student may be, he cannot obtain his diploma unless the reports sent in by those with whom he worked testify to ability, fitness, and excellence.

Q — And can we establish such schools in Lebanon?