that won the audience's admiration and applause.

Before the end of the ceremony Dr. Sadaqa delivered an address in which he noted the society's services and the efforts of Mrs. Malaki Haik, and said that the government had officially recognized her works, His Excellency the President of the Republic having awarded her the gilded Order of Education, first class. Then Her Ladyship Mrs. Zalfa Chamoun pinned the

decoration on the breast of Mrs. Malaki Haik amid a storm of warm applause.

The House of Nightingales

The House of Nightingales is a modern institute for children in Damascus, following the most modern educational methods. Its realization is the work of Miss Mubina Quwatli, founder of the institute, a specialist in kindergartens who holds an M.A. degree in education and psychology.

The institute's pupils are of both sexes, and their ages range between five and twelve; besides the elementary classes, it includes a kindergarten of two classes.

In summer, the nightingales move to Syria's famous summer resort, Bloudan, where study grows brighter amid the airs of nature, as the pupils accustom themselves to a life of sport and tents and pass the summer without ever feeling bored.

And in the future they will climb the peaks of life with ease

The House of Nightingales, in Bloudan, receives its pupils beginning the twenty-fifth of June; the registration period continues until the end of the said month.

The Certificat winners at the Model Primary School of the Lebanese Women's League

From the right: Salwa Habib Kassab, Afif Abd al-Fattah Rawwas, Maha Muhammad Fares, Yaacoub Youssef Muslim, Omar Muhammad Kamal, Munir Samih Beydoun, Husam Zaki Darwish.

A group of pupils of the Model Primary School of the Lebanese Women's League performing a folk dance at the closing ceremony, held in the school's spacious courtyard, for the distribution of certificates to those who passed the Certificat.