Lebanon

Further tension within the National Student Union U.N.U.L. was occasioned by the "Students' Day," organised by the National Union on March 24 with a student procession through Beirut. Some of the Lebanon student organisations were not officially notified of the event and consequently refused to participate. The presidents of the unions which did not take part, declared that the function should have been planned by all the student unions according to the statutes, and not merely by a few executive members. On January 13, 1958, the Lebanon student unions resolved for the first time to found a National Union comprising student representatives from all the universities and training colleges in Lebanon: The American University Beirut (A.U.B). the University of St. Joseph (U.S.J.), the Training School Centre (C.E.S.) and the School of Fine Arts (A.L.B.A.). (L'Universitaire, Beirut).