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[On letterhead of Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo]
24 Febry 19156.45 pm.
My dear Girls:
A day in Cairo and now here for a few minutes awaiting the dinner hour, for 7-30 p.m. Jerrom came with me as escort.
We found Dr David Dunlop, Education Adviser to His. Ex. the Minister. With him I had a chat on educational matters in general. He handed me over to a Mr Daniels, an intelligent Englishman, an inspector in the department, he took us to a primary school, and with the teacher we inspected the various classes, English, geography, writing, drawing, &c., from the lowest to the highest forms. All was interesting. The arabic writing is twice as expeditious & half as laborious as ours. The school rooms were spacious in every respect and the corridors wide high lengthy. The lighting & ventilation were such as to give pleasure to my eyes & opinions on healthy breathing. The lavatories, bath rooms, water supply of the highest standard. The dormitories spacious & not too crowded, but the iron bedsteads & wire mattresses were cheap & paltry. It has been
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