• Among the lectures of the Lebanese Cénacle was that of Dr. Zahia Kaddoura, who lectured on the 15th of this month on 'asabiyya — group solidarity — in Arab society, its origin and its developments. It was a valuable historical study in which the breadth of the lecturer's learning and her far-sightedness were plain.
Dr. Kaddoura began her lecture by speaking of the origin of 'asabiyya from the time man first existed, then of how it developed in its different directions with the appearance of Islam and the evolution of 'asabiyya from the tribal and the familial to the religious. Then, with the rise of the Umayyad state in Syria, regional 'asabiyya arose, which paved the way for the emergence of racial 'asabiyya among the Persians and the Byzantines — awakening attention to the national idea, which came early and did not reach maturity until after the flourishing of the spirit of the renaissance in the West.
The weakness of the Abbasid state was the cause of the rise of Turkish racial feeling, which led to the Seljuk–Abbasid contest that ended with the Turks taking over the rule, until the close of the First World War, when the West laid its hand upon the Arab world.
The lecturer concluded by saying that the appearance of parties heralds a new dawn, since they help
greatly toward the disappearance of the existing solidarities; and she called for the necessity of intellectual and cultural harmony among these parties, so that they may be able to serve the public interest in the fullest manner.
• The "Child Welfare" Society observed Children's Week from March 15 to 21 under the patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic, presenting special programs every evening over Radio Lebanon, which President Chamoun opened with a gracious address.
Taking part in the daily programs of Children's Week were an elite of educators, specialists in childhood, and workers in its cause, together with clusters of children from the public and private schools.
Children's Week closed with a ceremony held by the Society in the hall of the Ministry of Education, at which the speakers were Zahia Salman, the president; His Excellency Adel Osseiran; Wadad Cortas; Alia al-Khalil; Zakan Shakhashiri; the poet Adonis; and Rashid Karami. The ceremony
was interspersed with music and charming songs.
It may fairly be said that Children's Week and Children's Day were this year a complete success, thanks to the energy of the president of Child Welfare, Mrs. Zahia Salman, and her companions, the members of the Society.
• On Thursday evening, March 25, in the hall of the Ministry of National Education, at the invitation of the "Union of Universities," Dr. Kamal al-Hajj delivered a valuable lecture entitled: Woman and University Education, in which he treated freedom from the philosophical and educational standpoints. It is worth mentioning that the lecturer was most successful in linking his theory of freedom to woman's present position and to what she must attain in accordance with the logic of this freedom.
He went on to note the awakening that has arisen in Lebanon to encourage university education — whence the Union of Universities — and this was the first stage of woman's social, economic, and political emancipation.
Vicks VapoRub
A gentle ointment that fights colds in two ways
Vicks VapoRub
Your child will find relief in two ways when you rub his chest and neck with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. This gentle ointment releases vapors to be breathed in, which relieve the cold, ease the soreness of the throat, and quiet the cough. And, like a hot poultice, Vicks VapoRub relieves tightness and pain in the chest. This double action puts an end to many kinds of colds.
VICKS VAPORUB
1 — Breathing in the medicated vapors
2 — Warming the chest like a poultice
"For gentle rubbing"
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The one cleanser for everything
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One-kilo tin: 260 Lebanese piasters
Half-kilo tin: 125 Lebanese piasters
Trial tin: 50 Lebanese piasters