Society in Pictures — The Home Economics Conference at Beirut College for Women

The aim of the home economics conference was to acquaint the public with the position of home economics in Lebanon and its close relation to various subjects. — The conference was opened by Dr. Stoltzfus, president of the College for Women, and the morning session was presided over by Miss Teagarden, while Miss Nihad Tannous and her committee organized the conference in its entirety, in association with the president of the Lebanese Home Economics Association, Dr. Najarian.

The speakers were, in order: Dr. William Durani of the World Health Organization, who spoke on health and its relation to home economics; then Mr. Fouad Najjar, engineer, spoke on the cooperative movement and its economic and social effect upon the rural home, urging the embrace of the cooperative movement for the sake of the countryside's economic well-being and the creation of a new national mentality.

The second session was presided over by Miss Nihad Tannous, who presented Dr. [...]