news · Issue No. 4, April 1957 · p. 53

Activity of the Beirut College for Women Graduates

نشاط خريجات كلية بيروت للبنات

Ever since Mrs. Eva Badr Malik was elected president of the association of Beirut College for Women graduates last year, the executive committee has been active, under the president's direction, in holding charming family gatherings around a cup of tea or a "plate of tabbouleh" — to renew friendships, strengthen the bonds of affection, deliberate on the association's affairs, and put forward proposals for whatever may improve its standing and its prosperity...

One sign of this activity is the dinner party which the committee has arranged, to be held at the Bristol Hotel on the evening of April 13 of this month... Besides the festivities of welcome, there will be a sweet surprise: the "dabkeh dance," to be performed by the troupe led by Mrs. Jarrar, who ranks in the front line of those who have specialized in Lebanese folk dancing... The party is expected to be a success, especially as its proceeds will go, as usual, toward the education of six students at the College. So, a welcome in advance to all who will attend the dinner party and take part in this important cultural and humane project...

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