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 associa
tion 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. [...]
(Photographs by Issa Brothers)
The Ahliah National College for Girls has made it a custom to celebrate the coming of spring, spreading among its students the spirit of joy, renewal, and life. This season it presented the play "Spring," written by the woman of letters and friend of the little ones, Miss Rose Ghorayeb. It was performed by the pupils of the fifth elementary class under the supervision of Miss Samia Halabi, one of the teachers of Arabic at the Ahliah College...
It is a charming, invigorating innovation which we would like all schools to follow. We congratulate the Ahliah upon it and wish it success.