On Friday afternoon, January 6, this school held a public-speaking contest in the two languages, Arabic and English, in which no small number of the school's boy and girl pupils took part. Enthusiasm ran so high that the judging committee was put in a difficult position. The following pupils won:
First prize — Najib Abd al-Salam Abou Dahr, "The Moan of a Blind Child," sixth grade
Second prize — Majid Sabri Hamadeh, "My Mother," fourth grade.
First prize — Najib Abd al-Salam Abou Dahr, "The Moan of a Blind Child," sixth grade
Second prize — Majid Sabri Hamadeh, "My Mother," fourth grade.
Third prize — Mona Sami Ardati, "At Night," third grade.
Fourth prize — Nawf Fawzi Misri, She's Proud, third grade.
Fifth prize — Issam Abd al-Fattah Rawwas, "The Flag," sixth grade.
Sixth prize — Nawal Muhammad Rawwas, "My Kitten," first grade B
Seventh prize — Maher Muhammad Qulaylat, "The Little Bird," first grade A.
We congratulate these pupils and wish them continued success!
At the invitation of the Ministry of National Education and Fine Arts, the committee of the Autumn Exhibition met at the UNESCO Palace at five o'clock on the evening of Monday, January 9, 1956, to award the prizes established for the Lebanese artists taking part in the Autumn Exhibition. These prizes are: the Grand Prize of His Excellency the President, the first prize of the Ministry of Education, the second prize of the Ministry of Education, the prize of the Commissariat of Tourism and Summering, and various prizes in the name of the Ministry of Education.
The Grand Prize of His Excellency the President is awarded only once to an artist — by secret ballot, and it must obtain a two-thirds majority.
The first prize of the Ministry of Education is awarded by secret ballot and absolute majority, and likewise the prize of the Commissariat of Tourism and Summering.
The second prizes are awarded by relative majority.
The committee's session lasted three hours, during which it voted on the prizes, with the following results:
The Grand Prize of His Excellency the President: won by the artist Said Akl, unanimously in the first round (his painting: Girl in Yellow)
The prize of the Commissariat of Tourism and Summering: won by the artist Omar Onsi, unanimously and in a single round (his painting: The River, Mairouba)
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