Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross:

The publication of this issue of The Woman's Voice coincides with the very date on which all the members of the Red Cross family — the International Committee of the Red Cross, the League of Red Cross Societies, eighty-three national societies, and one hundred twenty million members — celebrate the memory of Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross.

The opening of Red Cross Week:

On the occasion of Henri Dunant's memory, the Lebanese Red Cross is holding a week, to be opened on the second of May with a ceremony at the Capitol Cinema honored by the presence of His Excellency the President of the Republic and his wife, honorary presidents of the Red Cross. His Excellency the President and his wife, the supreme commander of the army, the ministers, the deputies, the members of the diplomatic corps, and the distinguished guests will then watch a beautiful and splendid parade of the corps of nurses and hostesses, the mobile dispensary cars, the members of the Junior Red Cross, and the various branches, the parade being accompanied by the music of the army and the gendarmerie.

The Red Cross financial campaign:

During the week, the members of the central committee of the Lebanese Red Cross will conduct a financial campaign, giving the charitable and well-intentioned the opportunity to contribute to the works of this institution, radiant with the spirit of compassion and human justice.

Red Cross Week will close on the eighth of May with the distribution of a full day's food to a thousand Lebanese families, and with a commemorative program broadcast from Radio Lebanon.

On the ninth of May, the Lebanese Red Cross will open the children's health nutrition center at the Ashrafieh dispensary.

The High School Students' Union held a dance at its headquarters, to which it invited a company of young women and men students in order to strengthen the bonds of affection and cooperation between them. Ever since the Union was founded in 1950, it has been working with diligence and energy within its lofty aims. The Lebanese girl plays her part in the student field, and takes part alongside her fellow student in the administrative committees.

The picture shows some of the members of the Union's general assembly listening to the statement of their president, Mr. Ali Jannoun.

During the spring holiday, a group of young women and men made trips to Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey; Miss Nur Salman was among those who visited Egypt, between the fourth and the fifteenth of April.

During her stay in Egypt, Nur was the object of the warm welcome and honors of literary circles, and she made contacts with certain great personalities, such as Taha Hussein; we leave the account of them to the coming issue.

Mrs. Afifi Majdalani, one of the pillars of the Lebanese Women's League, has recovered — praise be to God — from the minor surgical operation which she underwent at the American University Hospital, surrounded by the best of medical care. She had kept the news from the circle of her friends and family so as not to burden them with the trouble of coming and going to the hospital.

The Woman's Voice congratulates Mrs. Majdalani on her recovery and wishes her lasting good health.