From Last April's Lectures — And from Last April's Art Exhibitions

Mr. Jamil Jabr delivered a lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute on the evening of Wednesday, April 11 last, entitled "Gibran between Jesus and Nietzsche," on the occasion of the passing of a quarter century since the death of Gibran Khalil Gibran.

How good it is that our men of letters pay homage to the luminary of the generation!..

• The former Iraqi Minister of Economy and member of the Development Board, His Excellency Dr. Abd al-Rahman al-Jalili, lectured in the hall of the Ministry of National Education, at the invitation of the Union of University Women, on Friday, April 13. The subject of his lecture was: "Economic Dissemination in the Arab Countries." The lecturer treated his subject with the treatment of a learned expert...

• The National College in Aley extended an invitation for Sunday, April 15, to hear the editor-in-chief of this magazine lecture on the subject: "A Mother's Talk." She was constructive in directing the rising generation toward a free life and self-reliance.

• The patrons of West Hall listened, on the eve of Monday, April 23, to a lecture by Dr. Kamal al-Hajj on: The Arabic Language between the Classical and the Colloquial. The invitation was extended by the Arab Youth Association of the general secondary school at the American University of Beirut. Dr. al-Hajj made bold forays through this thorny subject...

• "The World at Your Door" is the subject of the valuable lecture delivered in English, in the hall of the Young Women's Christian Association, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 26, by Dr. Constantine Zurayk, vice-president of the American University of Beirut. Tea and refreshments preceded the lecture, so the satisfaction came in two kinds: material and spiritual...

• In the series "Lebanon's Capacities in Its Present and Its Future," Dr. Jamal Karam Harfush lectured at the Lebanese Cénacle on the evening of Monday, April 30. The subject of her lecture was: "Lebanese Social Policy." The lecture was a success and the hall was packed with the audience.

From Last April's Art Exhibitions

The Ministry of National Education and Fine Arts is active at present in holding individual art exhibitions in preparation for the great spring exhibition now awaited, which this Ministry sponsors with keen solicitude, its constant practice being to encourage the arts and to stimulate the artists to create what is better and more beautiful.

Last month this Ministry issued invitations to two exhibitions. The first: the "Exhibition of Decorative Murals" by the artists Jean Picart Le Doux and Marc Saint-Saëns. It opened on Wednesday, April 11, at the UNESCO Palace under the patronage of the President of the Republic, Mr. Camille Chamoun.

As for the second exhibition, it is by the artist Von Moyden, and it too is of decorative murals, at the Zouk workshops. It opened under the patronage of the First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Zalfa Chamoun, on Tuesday, April 24 — at UNESCO.

The interest of artistic circles in Lebanon has been noted in this kind of decorative art for adorning walls, most of it in ceramic with harmonious colors and exquisite designs and lines.

It is, without doubt, a blessed artistic renaissance making its way in Lebanon. Blessed be the efforts of the Ministry of National Education and Fine Arts.

• A Night for the Fine Arts: held on the evening of Wednesday, April 25, in Irwin Hall at Beirut College for Women. The departments of music, art, and literature joined together in organizing its program.

The most notable feature of this evening was the art exhibition, which reflected the students' activities over a year, and their artistic works in painting, sculpture, and dress design.

The literature department also displayed two bulletins, for the winter and spring seasons.

It is only natural that an institution like Beirut College for Women should hum with liveliness and activity!!...