Correspondence Regarding Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Frank Iny and the Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. They are primarily correspondence with Iraqi government offices confirming teachers’ credentials, character, travel plans, and citizenship. There is correspondence regarding hiring teachers.
← To open cut here → BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION AIR LETTER AEROGRAMME POSTAGE 6D POSTAGE 6D BASINGSTOKE HANTS 15 OC 54 To:: Obediah Abdullah Esq., The Manager, "Frank Iny" Secondary School Nr. Alwiya, Baghdad I R A Q. ⟦illegible⟧ ← Second fold here → Sender's name and address:: Sasson Hakkak, Hilsea College, Oakley Hall, Nr. Basingstoke Hants, England. IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED THIS LETTER MAY BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL 3 PM 18 OCT 54
Sasson Hakkak Hilsea College Oakley Hall Nr. Basingstoke Hants To Oct. 15th 1954. Obediah Abdullah Esq. Manager of "Frank Iny" Secondary School Alwiya, Baghdad Dear Sir, I would be very obliged to receive from you some information about this matter:- One of my friends has taken at your College the Arabic Language and passed in it in Advanced level in <del>at</del> Summer 1952. As it is his mother's tongue they do not accept it in the university as a subject in Advanced level, and I believe, if I am right to say, that it has been arranged by Mr. Khabaza with the University of London <del>at that time</del> to be accepted as a subject in Advanced level, althou⟦gh⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL Frank Iny School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone Number 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ Date...28th October, 1954. Date ⟦line⟧ Mr. Sasson Hakkak, Hilsea College, Oakley Hall, Nr. Basingstoke, Hants, England. Dear Mr. Hakkak, In reply to your letter of 15th October, 1954, concerning your question about the G.C.E. examination in Arabic, all I can say is, that to the best of know- ledge, English Universities in general consider a pass in Arabic at the advanced level just as equal to a pass in any other subject at the advanced level disregarding whether arabic is the mother tongue of the candidate or not. I do not personally know whether any arrangement has been done with the University of London in the past regarding this matter. It seems obvious that the best quarter where you can get correct information about this question is London University itself. I suggest that you write to London University for enquiry on this subject. I hope that you will get the answer to your question there. Yours faithfully, ⟦A Obadiah⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah Principal. ⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL Frank Iny School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone Number 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ Number: Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 10/15/1954 Messrs. The United States Information Service, Baghdad. Dear Sirs, I shall be much obliged if you will kindly supply my school with Geographical Maps and any other publication of cultural or educa- tional value that you usually distribute to educational institutions in Baghdad free of charge. Thanking you, I beg to remain. Yours faithfully, Abdullah S. Obadiah Principal. Frank Iny School Date BAGHDAD FRANK INY SCHOOL Personal Save it in the ⟦illegible⟧ file Alwiyah ⟦illegible stamp⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No: Number: F/54/520 Date: Date: 10/15/1954 To the Honorable Director of Administration of Orosdi-Back Institutes Baghdad. Greetings. Please provide our school with the following maps while granting us the usual discount, and thank you. 1) Physical map of the continent of Asia 2) " Physical Europe 3) " Africa Abdullah Obadia The Director Frank Iny School ⟦illegible⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ F / ⟦...⟧ / 54 Date ⟦line⟧ 10 / 14 / 1954 To the Director of West Baghdad Station. Greetings. We hereby confirm that Miss Ruth Shlomo Shambi is a student at this school for the current academic year 1954 - 1955. Please grant her the privileges she is entitled to regarding reduced travel fares on the train. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Ovadia Principal
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Date.: No.: F / 54 / ⟦...⟧ Date: 4 / 10 / 1954 To the Director of West Baghdad Station. Greetings. We hereby confirm that Miss Ruth Shlomo Shambi is a student at this school for the current academic year 1954 - 1955. Please grant her the privileges she is entitled to regarding reduced travel fares on the train. Please accept our highest respect. Abdullah Obeid The Director ⟦...⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Number: Date: Date: 23 / 10 / 1954 United States Information Service We hereby certify that the student Saeed Barshan is one of the students of the first intermediate grade in our school for the academic year 1953/1954 and at his request we have provided him with this letter. Abdullah Owaidia The Principal ⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL ⟦Frank Iny⟧ School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone Number 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ Number F / 240 Date ⟦line⟧ Date 10 / 19 / 1954 To the Respected Manager of the Pepsi-Cola Company After greetings, Please supply our school with one large refrigerator for cooling Pepsi-Cola bottles. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obadia The Principal
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Date.: Number: F / 54 Date: 19 / 9 / 1954 To the Respected Manager of the Pepsi-Cola Company Greetings. Please supply our school with ten cases of Pepsi-Cola, and thank you. Abdullah Owaidia The Manager ⟦I received the contents of this list⟧ ⟦With thanks and gratitude⟧
Frank Iny School FRANK INY SCHOOL Intermediate and Primary INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Telephone No. 91693 No.: F / 474 / 954 No.: Date: 14 / 9 / 1954 Date: Central Post Office Directorate Baghdad Greetings, Please order the delivery of the nineteen postal parcels arriving in the name of our school to the bearer of this letter, Kadhim Makki, who is the school janitor, with the knowledge that the contents of these parcels are literary and scientific books. With much thanks and respect. Abdullah Obadia Abdullah Obadia Principal ⟦illegible⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL BAGHDAD
FRANK INY SCHOOL Frank Iny School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Intermediate & Primary Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone No. 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ : Number..: F/400 Date ⟦line⟧ : Date..: 6 / 9 / 1954 Directorate of the Central Post Office Baghdad . Greetings . Please order the delivery of the registered postal parcels arriving in the name of our school to the bearer of this letter, Kadhim Makki, who is the school janitor, noting that the contents of these parcels are literary and scientific books. For this, we offer your Excellency much gratitude and respect. Abdullah Obadia The Director ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No. F/540 Date 3 / 9 / 1954 Central Post Office Directorate Baghdad. Greetings. Please order the delivery of the forty-seven postal parcels arriving in the name of our school to the bearer of this letter, Kadhim Makki, who is the school janitor, noting that the contents of these parcels are literary and scientific books. With much gratitude and respect to your Excellency. ⟦signature⟧ Abdullah Obadia The Director
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No....................: Number F/: 54/⟦100⟧ Date....................: Date: 23 / 7 / 1954 Air France Company Ezra (Farouk) Ibrahim Sheena from the Fifth Primary Grade Youssef Ibrahim Sheena " " Preparatory Blanche Ibrahim Sheena " " Second Intermediate Greetings, We hereby confirm that the above-mentioned are students in our school for the academic year 1953 / 1954. Please grant them the privileges they deserve regarding reduced travel fares and so on. Please accept our highest respect. Abdullah Obadia The Director ⟦Abdullah Obadia⟧
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Preparatory School Baghdad Telephone 91693 Number: ⟦54/834/2⟧ Date: 27 / 6 / 1954 Subject: Mr. Muhammad Hassan Al-Souri is one of the teachers employed by the Ministry of Education in our school, Shamash Secondary, and in view of his request we have provided him with this certificate. ⟦Abdullah Owaidia⟧ Abdullah Owaidia The Director
Frank Iny School Intermediate & Primary Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 No.: F / 418 / 54 Date: 24 / 5 / 1954 No.: Date: His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected Baghdad . After greetings . Please be so kind as to order the provision of raw water to our school gardens noting that the water is currently flowing regularly in the stream adjacent to the school building . Please accept our highest respect . ⟦Frank Iny School⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Obadia The Director
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: Date.: No.: ⟦...⟧/F/⟦...⟧ Date: 18 / 5 / 1954 Management of the Iraqi Cement Company Baghdad . Greetings . Please provide us with an amount of four tons ( 80 bags ) of cement due to our school's urgent need for it, with thanks . Please accept our highest respect . Abdullah Obadia The Principal ⟦illegible⟧
Frank Iny School FRANK INY SCHOOL Intermediate and Primary INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone No. 91693 No.: ⟦illegible⟧ No.: Date: 1954/5/13 Date: Management of the Iraqi Cement Company Baghdad. Greetings. In view of our school's urgent need for cement to be used in school renovations, please be so kind as to order the supply of one ton to us for the fixed price. With many thanks. Abdullah Owaidisha The Director ⟦illegible stamp⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL AND SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Tel. No. 91693 Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Telephone 91693 The Book To be kept in the ⟦Miscellaneous⟧ file Subject: Number: Date: To, Mr. L.S. Pearson, The British Council, Baghdad. Dear Mr. Pearson, With reference to your letter No.Bag/604/17 dated 5th April, 1954, I have duly received the seven ⟦ert⟧ Certificates belonging to our successful candidates in the Cambridge Lower Certificate Examinations for which I thank you very much. These Certificates have been for- warded to their respective owners. Yours faithfully, ⟦Abadiah⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah Principal.
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ Date....14th April...1954.... Date ⟦line⟧ To, Mr. Eric N. Metcalfe, Quai du Bassin des Yachts, Deauville (Calvados), France. My dear Metcalfe. I have received your letter of 25th March, 1954 and am glad to know that both you and your wife are enjoying good health. As regards your remarks about entry visas into Iraq, while it is really difficult to get an entry visa for foreigner in some cases, it is not so difficult to get visas for non Jews. Only a year ago I had managed to get an entry visa into Iraq to a French lady teacher from Paris who is still teaching in our school to her great satisfac- tion. In your case, the best way would be to try & get a tourist visa from any Iraqi Embassy abroad, & once you are in Baghdad the question of your residence can be easily arranged by our school administration. In the last resort, even if a tourist visa will not be granted to you I can always manage to obtain visas for you from our end given a reason- able period of time before your intended departure for Baghdad. Conditions here are not as bad as you describe them to be. I think that your outlook on this part of the world is unjustifiably pessimistic. Do not forget that nowadays there is lack of stability all over the world As regards the terms of employment, in case you and your wife would like to work in our school, I am enclosing, herewith, two copies of a contract form written in French in which every side of the question is clearly stated. I may add here that, having in the past worked with us and for the Iraqi Ministry of Education, you are probably quite aware of the fact that teaching in our school requires much more ear- nest work on the part of the teacher, in the class-room as well as outside. But the work in our school is, I believe, much more interesting. We are after good results more than anything else. Unfortunately our school budget does not permit us to offer to a foreign teacher a treat- ment as liberal as is usually offered by the Iraq Government, and in your case, I think, I shall have to do a lot of persuasion with our Lay Council, who by the way have the final say in the matter, before gett- ing their approval to sanction the scale of salaries I am suggesting in the contract forms herein enclosed. Hoping to hear from you as early as possible, I close with my best regards to you and your wife. Yours Sincerely, ⟦Abdullah⟧ Abdullah. S. Obadiah
⟦Shammash Secondary School and⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL Frank Iny School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Intermediate and Primary ⟦Alwiyyah,⟧ Baghdad Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Telephone Number 91693 No.: F/357/54 Number: Date: 19th February 1954 Date: To, Mr. Metcalfe, Quai du Bassin des Yachts, Deauville (Calvados), France. Dear Mr. Metcalfe, You would probably be interested to hear once again about Bagdad and about the Shammash & Frank Iny Schools. In the last 18 months something of a revolution has taken place in the district where our school is situated. The whole place is now dotted with small love- ly villas surrounded with green gardens where it was a stretch of open & dusty fields two years ago. As for Bagdad, it now boasts of the most modern streets with clean side-pavements and long belts of green trees & flowers in the middle. As for our school, there is more sta- bility & better discipline now than when you last left us. I learnt that your wife is now teaching somewhere near the place where you are staying. I hope that her health is good. I would like to mention that I am trying to recruit for the next scholastic year, two good teachers, one a Britisher, for teaching English, (G.C.E. level as well as lower levels), and another a French, for teaching French literature & language, to coach our students for the Certificat d'Etudes Primaires, the Brevet Elementaire, and the G.C.E. exams. in French, advanced level. I wonder whether you and Mrs. Metcalfe would like to consider filling two such posts at our school. I shall be very glad to hear from you as early as possible about this subject as I have decide about the choice of my staff for the next academic year, before the summer vacation if possible. In closing, I ask you please to convey my best regards to your wife and accept the same to you. Sincerely yours ⟦Abdullah⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah Principal.
⟦Shamash Secondary School⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY ⟦Alwiyyah⟧, Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: F/25-2/54 Date: 19th February, 1954 To, Messrs. A.Gallenkamp & Co., Ltd., 17-29 Sun Street, London, E.C.2, England. Dear Sirs, I have glanced through your Catalogue, twelfth edition, volume 1, general section, and have found that there are quite a number of articles and apparatus which are suitable to be used in my school- laboratories. For the time being I am in need of the articles mentioned below with their specifications. Will you kindly send me a quotation of same so that I can arrange to make the formalities for obtaining the foreign exchange necessary for the purpose | Catalogue No. | Name of Article | Specifications | Quantity 1) | d 2931 | Bunzen Burner | diameter of flame 20 mm. | 12 2) | d 2973 | Flame spreader | to fit the above | 2 3) | d-11602 | Rubber tubing | size No.1 | half a coil (30 ft). 4) | -do- | -do- | size No.2 | -do- 5) | -do- | -do- | size No.3 | -do- 6) | -do- | -do- | size No.4 | one third of a coil (20 ft.) 7) | Either d 237 } or d 238 } | Water tap | as described in the catalogue | 2 8) | d-3744 | Cork boring machine | with the complete set of borers | 1 9) | dp-440 | Petrol-air gas generator | electrically driven (Bagdad Voltage 220) | 1 Hoping to have your reply as early as possible, I close with best regards. Faithfully yours ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah. S. Obadiah Principal.
FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Alwiyah, Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: F/356/54 Date: 11th February, 1954. Number: Date: Bookstore - Stationery <del>Du Quartier Latin,</del> Paul Boulinier, 19 and 20 Boul. Saint-Michel, PARIS VI Dear Sirs, I thank you for your letter of 12.1.54. I have just now received in good condition the 8 parcels of books which you sent me. As for the small illustrated dictionaries, (éditions Flammarion), you can very well substitute them with the encyclopedia of the same publishers, Flammarion, that you mention in your letter. As for the volumes of Lizette, will you please replace them Semaine de Suzette. I shall be much obliged if you will kindly send me the final list of all the books that you intend to send eventually with the prices and other charges for the records of the school. I shall be ready to settle any outstanding difference in the total cost if there will be any. Thanking you in anticipation, I close with best regards. Yours Sincerely, ⟦Abdullah⟧ Abdullah. S. Obadiah. Principal. ⟦illegible⟧
Shammash Secondary School and FRANK INY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Alwiyah Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No.: E/1354/54 Number: Date: 11th February, 1954 Date: To, Messrs. Henry B.Saxtons' Bookshop, Ltd., 7 King Street, Nottingham, England. Dear Sirs, I thank you for your letter of 16th December, 1953 as well as for the 12 books I ordered from your Bookshops which arrived in pretty good condition except one book which reached me with its cover slightly torn. I am enclosing herewith, draft No.A4998/2500/F dated 8th February 1954 drawn by the Rafidain Bank, Baghdad to your order on Rafidain Bank, London receipt of which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience. I shall be much obliged if you will supply me with one more copy of each of the following books: 1 | The Universe Around Us 1 | The Silent World 1 | Children's New Illus. Encyclo. 1 | Kon tiki Expedition 1 | Pictorial Encyclo. 1 | Wonder Book of Science I shall not fail to send you a draft to meet the cost of these books as soon as I get your bill in the amount. Thanking you, I close with best regards. ⟦M/111⟧ Yours faithfully, ⟦A. Obadiah⟧ Abdullah S. Obadiah Principal.