A Brilliant Success for the Elementary Section of the Lebanese Women's League

The fifth grade — numbering only seven — sits for the Lebanese Certificat examination, and six of them pass.

The model kindergarten of the Lebanese Women's League was founded in 1945 and advanced by degrees to the founding of elementary classes. And although the number of girl and boy pupils in the fifth and sixth grades is small, the association believes in its national and cultural mission and perseveres in its patriotic struggle, aided by a select band of esteemed women teachers who believe in that same mission. This picture shows some of the girl and boy pupils of the elementary section.

At its annual celebration this year the school exhibited the children's handwork, and those present watched charming rhythmic dances and listened to sweet childhood songs. The opening address was given by the school's

directress, Mrs. Nazik Sarkis, who welcomed those present and touched on the institute's development and its results; she then stressed the necessity of cooperation between home and school, and urged in her speech the necessity of unifying the programs of study in Lebanon, saying that nothing will pull us out of the cultural chaos we suffer at the present time but a unified national cultural program. Her address had the finest effect on the hearts of those present, who appreciate the tremendous efforts Mrs. Sarkis has exerted to raise the elementary section to an honorable scholarly and literary level.

At the celebration of the kindergarten of the Lebanese Women's League, the address of the day was given by Dr. Jamal Karam Harfush, one of the founders of the kindergarten and the watchful guardian of its progress.

After giving a glimpse of the history of the Lebanese Women's League and of the kindergarten

project, whose founding was accomplished in 1945, she said:

The aim the League still seeks through this humble educational endeavor is directed, at its core, toward raising this kindergarten from the level of the ordinary educational institution to the level of the model institution, in the belief that Lebanon's need for quality in the field of education and instruction exceeds its need for number and quantity.

At the close of her speech Dr. Jamal Harfush addressed her words to the children, saying:

"You, little living ones, are for Lebanon its glory and its pride; you are its brimming hope, you are its smiling tomorrow — so march toward that tomorrow with our hearts and minds watching over you, and may the shadow of firm faith in the immortality of Lebanon, and in the beauty of its mission in strengthening the civilization of man, keep you company."

* The Village Welfare Committee of the Lebanese Women's Union joined with the Orthodox Hand-work Society in holding a Kermess at the American School for Girls; pupils of a number of schools took part in presenting its games, so that the school courtyard — for all its breadth — resembled an amusement park on a smaller scale; and the children who attended the Kermess, their number exceeding 400, set about frolicking and making merry and letting loose their loud laughter, in token of their pleasure and delight.

* The Al-Nahda An-Nisaiyah Society of Sidon invited Mrs. Muneera Shehadeh and Mrs. Anissa Najjar, on Saturday, May 24, to speak at its session. The society's president, Mrs. Suad al-Solh, welcomed those present and introduced the two speakers to them. Mrs. Shehadeh spoke of the meeting of the General Arab Union in Baghdad and the warm welcome the ladies of Iraq gave their sisters from the various Arab countries. Then Mrs. Najjar spoke, saying that sound breeding is a national work and that it is necessary for marriage to rest