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IJA 3707

Correspondence Regarding Standardized Exams, Shamash Secondary School

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. They contain correspondence regarding payments for the SAT and Achievement Tests between the president of the Jewish community, the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., the Bank of Iraq, and the principal of the Shamash Secondary School. There are also several brochure publications regarding administration of standardized tests, advertisements for supplemental test preparation, generic correspondence from the Educational Testing Services, forms assessing English language competency, and copies of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam for 1964.

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Source
Iraqi Jewish Archive
Archive Reference
IJA 3707
Item Number
12283
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Illustration, Shamash Secondary School, Newspaper, Form, Exams, Baghdad College, Typed, Advertisement, School Material, U.S., Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, New York, High School, Letterhead, Invoice, Postage Stamp, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Envelope, American Institute of Languages, Standardized Test, College Entrance Examination Board, Receipt, Bank of Iraq, Correspondence, University of Baghdad, Annotation, Handwritten, SAT Exam, Foreign Exchange Control Department, Printed Text, Students

AI Transcription, Pages 226-250

Archival unit 226

COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD

Memorandum for: Recipients of scores for students who took the College Board
Achievement Test in American History and Social Studies in
March 1963

Beginning with this academic year, the College Board is offering both
an American History and Social Studies Test and a European History and World
Cultures Test instead of the single Social Studies Test that was part of the
College Board testing program for many years. The decision by the College
Board to offer these new tests was prompted by changes over recent years
that have taken place in secondary school curriculums and in the admissions
testing schedules of many colleges. After reviewing these changes, the
College Board judged that two tests would provide better measurement and
more meaningful information than could be provided by the single Social
Studies Test.

The American History and Social Studies Test, the only one of the two
new tests offered in March 1963, is primarily a test of American history.
However, it contains a small number of questions that deal especially with
American political and economic institutions and which are based on the
content of secondary school economics and government courses. These areas
were also covered by the earlier Social Studies Test, but less intensively,
since that test also included some questions devoted to world history.

Scores on the new test are on the College Board scale and may be
interpreted in the same way as scores on other College Board Achievement
Tests.* The following table presents a distribution of American History
and Social Studies scores of students tested in December 1962 or in
January 1963.

Percentile Ranks for the American History and Social Studies Test
(Based on students tested in December 1962 or in January 1963)

| Score | Percentile Rank |
| 800 | 99+ |
| 750 | 98 |
| 700 | 93 |
| 650 | 84 |
| 600 | 71 |
| 550 | 55 |
| 500 | 39 |
| 450 | 24 |
| 400 | 13 |
| 350 | 5 |
| 300 | 1 |
| Average (Mean) Score | 533 |
| Number Tested | 39,706 |

March 1963
College Entrance Examination Board
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey

* For a discussion of the College Board scale see College Board Score Reports:
A Guide for Counselors or College Board Score Reports: A Guide for Admissions
Officers.

Archival unit 227

B01 · header / latin
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD

B02 · paragraph / latin
Memorandum for: Recipients of scores for students who took the College Board
Achievement Tests in Biology and Chemistry

B03 · paragraph / latin
In recent years a number of secondary schools have introduced new courses
in the sciences which differ in varying degrees from the more traditional
courses in these subjects. As part of its normal score reporting operation
the College Board has analyzed the test results of the students trained in
these new curricula in an attempt to determine whether they are at a dis-
advantage in comparison with students taking the more traditional courses.
These analyses at the time of score reporting represent an attempt to develop
score interpretation information during a period when more extensive research
is underway but has not been completed.

B04 · paragraph / latin
Analysis of the Chemistry Test administered in May 1962, has led to the
conclusion that when students in two new curricula, developed by the Chemical
Bond Approach (CBA) and the Chemical Education Material Study (CHEMS), are
tested at or near the completion of a course, they may be at a 20 to 25 point
disadvantage when compared with students of equal competence taking traditional
chemistry courses. On this basis we urge college admissions officers to give
extra attention to the student's course of study in the few instances where
a decision might hinge on a difference of this magnitude. Secondary schools
that have adopted these new curricula are requested to indicate on their
transcripts that they have done so.

B05 · paragraph / latin
This statement represents a change from our prior statements that there
seemed to be no disadvantage for these students on the Chemistry Test. The
study in May 1962 followed the same procedures as those used in earlier
studies. However, it provided more dependable evidence than the earlier
studies because, for the May administration, there were about five times as
many examinees from the new chemistry curricula as there had been in past
administrations. It should be noted that other limitations associated with
analyses of data from the normal score reporting process remain. These
results, then, are not considered definitive.

B06 · paragraph / latin
The problem of providing unbiased measurement for students from different
curricula will remain under study during the coming year. We expect that
additional information about chemistry will be available following the
administration of the Chemistry Test in May 1963.

B07 · paragraph / latin
Because the numbers of examinees from the Biological Sciences Curriculum
Study (BSCS) have remained small, it has not been possible to do an intensive
analysis of the Biology Test. What evidence there is seems to indicate that
the Biology Test is appropriate for students from the new biology curricula.
In this case too, however, we would suggest that it might be advisable for an
admissions officer to give special attention to students from these curricula
if a decision hinges on a small score difference.

B08 · footer / latin
College Entrance Examination Board
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey
December 1962

Archival unit 228

مدرسة فرنك عيني
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

الرقم: ش/ ⟦٦٣⟧/
التاريخ: ٢ / ٣ / ١٩٦٣

الى بنك الاعتماد العراقي - بغداد

م / طلب تحويل مبلغ (١٢٥) دولارا

بعد التحية ،
نظرا لاشتراك تسعة طلاب من هذه المدرسة في السنة الدراسية الحالية بتقديم
امتحانات خاصة (Scholastic Aptitude Test & Achievement Tests)
تجريها لجنة امتحانات القبول للجامعات الاميركية في بغداد ونظرا لما يتطلبه ذلك من اجور
الاشتراك في هذه الامتحانات التي يجب ان تدفع مقدما . لذا يرجى التوسط لدى مديرية
التحويل الخارجي لاستحصال مبلغ (١٢٥) دولارا ، وهو المبلغ المطلوب دفعه لهذا الغرض
مع العلم ان الجهة التي يجب تحويل المبلغ اليها هي :-
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey. U.S.A.
وذلك اسوة بالسنة الماضية ، اذ سبق ان طلبنا بكتابنا المرقم ش/ ١٤٢ / ١٩٦١ والمؤرخ في
١٢ / ١٢ / ١٩٦١ تحويل مبلغ (٥٧) دولارا عن اجور امتحانية لخمسة طلاب كانوا قد اشتركوا
في نفس الامتحانات في السنة الماضية ووافقت مديرية التحويل الخارجي على ذلك في حينه .
هذا وبعد موافقة مديرية التحويل الخارجي على تحويل مبلغ (١٢٥) دولارا يرجى قيد ما
يعادله بالدينار العراقي على حساب مدرسة فرنك عيني معكم المرقم ٢٠٨٨ واعلامنا .
هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام ،،
المرفق
مذكرة طلب دفع مبلغ (١٢٥) دولارا صادرة من اللجنة المختصة
بالامتحانات لتعزيز الطلب .

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] المدير بالوكالة

صورة منه الى /
مديرية التحويل الخارجي للتفضل بتسهيل معاملة التحويل المشروح اعلاه
مع العلم ان هذه الامتحانات تجرى في بغداد بتاريخ ٢ / ٣ / ١٩٦٣ .

Archival unit 229

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

[Marginalia] 4 Copies

No.:
الرقم:
Date: 20th December, 1963. <del>14th December, 1962,</del>
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210

To:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
(U.S.A.)

Dear Sirs,

I am enclosing with this letter 13 <del>nine</del> application cards properly filled up by students from this school who are to sit the SAT and Achievement Tests on March 7 <del>2,</del> 1964 <del>1963,</del> in Baghdad. The total fees amount to 162.50 <del>125</del> Dollars as detailed below:

|  |  | Dollars |
| 13 <del>9</del> | SAT & Achievement Tests at $ 12.50 <del>13.00</del> | 162.50 <del>117.00</del> |
| 2 <del>8</del> | Additional score reports to Colleges at $ 1.00 | 2.00 <del>8.00</del> |
|  | Total fees: | 164.50 <del>125.00</del> |

According to the regulations enforced in this country, we have to present an invoice from your Board for this amount, to the foreign exchange control Department in Baghdad, before we are permitted to transfer the money in dollars to you.

I shall therefore be much obliged if you will send me at your earliest convenience the necessary invoice (in duplicate if possible) to be presented to the foreign exchange control department in Baghdad, to enable me to transfer the sum of 164.50 <del>125</del> dollars to you in due course.

Thanking you, I remain,

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦A.S. Obadiah⟧

A.S. OBADIAH,
Principal.

copy to:
Educational Testing Service,
20 Nassau Street,
Princeton, New Jersey,
(U.S.A.)

Archival unit 230

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
الرقم:
Date: 14th December, 1962.
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210
To:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
(U.S.A.)
Dear Sirs,
I am enclosing with this letter nine application cards properly filled up by students from this school who are to sit the SAT and achievement Tests on March 2, 1963, in Baghdad. The total fees amount to 125 Dollars as detailed below:

|  | Dollars |
| 9 SAT & Achievement Tests at $ 13.00 | 117.00 |
| 8 Additional score reports to Colleges at $ 1.00 | 8.00 |
| Total fees: | 125.00 |

According to the regulations enforced in this country, we have to present an invoice from your Board for this amount, to the foreign exchange control Department in Baghdad, before we are permitted to transfer the money in dollars to you.
I shall therefore be much obliged if you will send me at your earliest convenience the necessary invoice (in duplicate if possible) to be presented to the foreign exchange control department in Baghdad, to enable me to transfer the sum of 125 dollars to you in due course.
Thanking you, I remain,

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A.S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] Principal.

copy to:
Educational Testing Service,
20 Nassau Street,
Princeton, New Jersey,
(U.S.A.)

Archival unit 231

B01 · header / latin
INVOICE EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE
20 NASSAU STREET
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
COLLEGE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION BOARD

B02 · form / mixed
DATE: 1/17/62
EXAMINATION FEE: 1 SAT @ 5.00
⟦illegible⟧: 4 CS @ 13.00
EXTRA SCORE REPORTS:
COLLEGE HANDBOOK:
CENTER CHANGE:
TRANSFER FEE:
LATE REGISTRATION FEE:

B03 · table / latin
CORRECT FEE | AMOUNT PAID | AMOUNT DUE
5.00
52.00

B04 · paragraph / latin
Shamash Secondary School
c/o A. S. Obadiah, Principal
New-Alwiyah, Baghdad
Iraq

B05 · footer / latin
$57.00
<del>$57.00</del>

Archival unit 232

⟦SHAMASH⟧ SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693

مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
العدد:
Date: 6th April, 1962
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210

To:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,

I have received the enclosed invoice about two
weeks ago. The sum of 57 Dollars has been remitted to you
by air mail on the 19th December 1961, through the First
National City Bank of New York, New York.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A.S. OBADIAH
[Signature] Principal.

Archival unit 233

B01 · header / latin
COLLEGE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION BOARD

B02 · paragraph / latin
TRUE COPY
INVOICE

B03 · header / latin
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE
20 NASSAU STREET
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

B04 · table / latin
Correct Fee | Amount Due
1/17/62 Mar / SAT | @ 5.00 | 5.00
Examination Fee 4 c.s. | @13.00 | 52.00

B05 · form / latin
Extra Score Reports ⟦line⟧
College Handbook ⟦line⟧
Center Change ⟦line⟧
Transfer Fee ⟦line⟧
Late Registration Fee ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧ $ 57.00

B06 · paragraph / latin
Shamash Secondary School
c/o A.S. Obadiah, Principal
New Alwiyah, Baghdad. Iraq.

B07 · paragraph / latin
TO INSURE PROPER CREDIT TO YOUR
ACCOUNT YOU MUST RETURN THIS INVOICE
WITH YOUR REMITTANCE.

Archival unit 234

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
New Alwiyah - Baghdad بغداد
Tel. No. 91693 علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
العدد:
Date: 6th April, 1962
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210

To:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,

I have received the enclosed invoice about two
weeks ago. The sum of 57 Dollars has been remitted to you
by air mail on the 19th December 1961, through the First
National City Bank of New York, New York.

Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦A. Obadiah⟧
[Signature] A.S. OBADIAH
[Signature] Principal.

Archival unit 235

B01 · header / latin
COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD

B02 · paragraph / latin
Memorandum for: Recipients of scores for students who took the College
Board Achievement Tests in Biology and Chemistry in
March, 1962

B03 · paragraph / latin
In recent years a number of secondary schools have introduced new
science courses in biology and chemistry. The new courses, developed by
various curriculum study groups, differ in varying degree from the more
traditional courses in these subjects. As a result, the question has
been asked: Are students who have studied the new courses at a disadvantage
when they take College Board Achievement Tests in Biology and Chemistry?

B04 · paragraph / latin
This memorandum is intended to serve as a guide in the interpretation
of test scores for students who have studied certain of the new curricula.

B05 · paragraph / latin
New chemistry curricula: Two new chemistry courses are now being offered
in some schools to relatively large numbers of students: One is being
developed by the Chemical Bond Approach Project (CBA); the other is being
developed by the Chemical Education Material Study (CHEMS). Both have
been introduced into schools so recently that they affect a relatively
small number of candidates taking College Board tests this year. (Schools
using the new chemistry curricula have been encouraged to notify the
colleges to which their students are applying for admission that these
students have had this different instruction.)

B06 · paragraph / latin
In order to evaluate the implication of curriculum changes for test
score interpretation as quickly as possible, the College Board has con-
ducted a two-phase study. First, qualified people closely associated with
the development of the CBA and CHEMS curricula reviewed the December 1961,
January 1962 and March 1962 College Board Chemistry tests. Each reviewer
was asked to judge the appropriateness of each question in these tests for
candidates who had completed a one-year course in the new curricula.

B07 · paragraph / latin
With these judgments available, it was possible to undertake the
second phase of the study: an analysis of the test scores obtained by
students from schools using the new curricula, in comparison with scores
of students of similar ability who had studied more traditional chemistry
courses.

B08 · paragraph / latin
Studies were made for students who had completed a year of either the
CBA or CHEMS curriculum and who, in addition, had taken the College Board
Chemistry test in December 1961 or March 1962. In each study the scores
of students from a special curriculum were compared with the scores of
students of similar ability who had studied more conventional chemistry
courses. The general measures of ability used in the two studies were

Archival unit 236

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scores on the test questions judged to be appropriate for students in the
special curricula. These comparisons indicated that students from schools
using either of these courses were at no important disadvantage on the
College Board Chemistry test.

New biology curricula: Three new biology courses - all being developed
by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and known as the Blue,
Green and Yellow versions - have recently been introduced into some
schools. In view of the fact that biology is primarily a sophomore
course in secondary school, and that these new courses were introduced
within the last year or two, very few high school students taking
College Board tests this year have studied the new courses.

The College Board, however, has made a preliminary study similar
to the first phase of the study conducted for the new chemistry curricula:
Qualified people closely connected with the development of each of the
three BSCS courses were asked to review the College Board Biology tests
administered in December 1961, January 1962 and March 1962. Each
reviewer was asked to indicate the extent to which he thought the test
questions were appropriate for candidates who had completed a year of
study in one of the BSCS courses. These judgments appear to indicate
that the College Board Biology test should provide as good a measure of
the ability of the students in any of the three versions of the BSCS
curriculum as the Chemistry test provides for the students in the
special chemistry curricula.

Since there is not yet enough information to make a meaningful
analysis of the performance of BSCS students on the College Board
Biology test, any judgments about the appropriateness of the test for
such students remain tentative. Detailed studies will be carried out
as soon as possible.

March 1962
College Entrance Examination Board
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey

Archival unit 237

B01 · header / mixed
الفروع في العراق بغداد شارع البنوك . الفرع المركزي . الكرادة الشرقية - باب المعظم
شارع الرشيد - كرادة مريم . شارع المهدي
Branches in Iraq BAGHDAD: (Main Office) (Mahdi Street) (Rashid Street)
(Karradah) (Northgate) (West Bank) Arbil Basrah Mosul Zubair
البنك العثماني المركز الرئيسي Ottoman BANK
(شركة مساهمة مؤسسة في تركيا) غلاطة - استانبول - تركيا (Incorporated in Turkey with Limited Liability)
رأسمال المدفوع ... 5,000,000 باون استرليني Head Office Paid-up Capital £5,000,000
Galata - Istanbul, Turkey TELEG. ADDRESS: OTTOMBANK

B02 · form / latin
CITY: BAGHDAD
DATE: 19th Dec., 1961
COUNTRY: IRAQ.

B03 · marginalia / latin
4
in accordance with your
Letter of 28.11.61

B04 · form / latin
DEBIT ADVICE TO: MESSRS. SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
NEW ALWIYAH. BAGHDAD.

B05 · paragraph / latin
in respect of our mail transfer, as per details mentioned below :

B06 · table / latin
Reference Number | BENEFICIARY | AMOUNT
48923 | COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD,
BOX 592, PRINCETON,
NEW JERSEY. U.S.A. | $. 57.-
(U.S. DOLLARS FIFTY SEVEN ONLY).

B07 · table / latin
RATE | DEBIT I.D. Fils
2.802325 +150 | 20.490
Commission | -.250
Postage | -.150
Stamps | -.180
Cable
-.580
Tax 1‰
TOTAL | 21.070

B08 · paragraph / latin
E. & O. E.
Iraq Dinars twenty one & fils 070 only.

B09 · signature / latin
Yours faithfully,
Sub-Manager. Manager.

B10 · stamp / latin
OBL 114

Archival unit 238

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
⟦line⟧
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣
⟦line⟧

No.:
العدد:
Date: 22nd December,1961.
التاريخ:

Our Code No.with ETS: 990210

To the:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersy,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,

I am enclosing, herewith, five applications of students
from this school who will be taking the SAT and Achievement Tests
on March 3, 1962.

The amount of 57 Dollars, covering examination fees,
was remitted by air mail on the 19th instant by the Ottoman
Bank, Baghdad, through their New York Correspondent, the
First National City Bank of New York, New York, for payment
to you through their Princeton correspondent.

At present, the only way we can arrange for payment
in Dollars is by Air Transfer, as all transactions in Dollars
have got to pass through the Foreign Exchange Control Depart-
ment in Baghdad and are settled in this way.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A. S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] PRINCIPAL.

Archival unit 239

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
مدرسة شمش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.: ⟦line⟧
العدد: ⟦line⟧
Date: 22nd December, 1961.
التاريخ: ⟦line⟧

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210

To the:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersy,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,
I am enclosing, herewith, five applications of students from this school who will be taking the SAT and Achievement Tests on March 3, 1962.
The amount of 57 Dollars, covering examination fees, was remitted by air mail on the 19th instant by the Ottoman Bank, Baghdad, through their New York Correspondent, the First National City Bank of New York, New York, for payment to you through their Princeton correspondent.
At present, the only way we can arrange for payment in Dollars is by Air Transfer, as all transactions in Dollars have got to pass through the Foreign Exchange Control Department in Baghdad and are settled in this way.

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A. S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] PRINCIPAL.

Archival unit 240

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
⟦line⟧
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣
⟦line⟧

No.:
العدد:
Date: 22nd December,1961.
التاريخ:

Our Code No.with ETS: 990210

To the:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersy,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,
I am enclosing, herewith, five applications of students
from this school who will be taking the SAT and Achievement Tests
on March 3, 1962.
The amount of 57 Dollars, covering examination fees,
was remitted by air mail on the 19th instant by the Ottoman
Bank, Baghdad, through their New York Correspondent, the
First National City Bank of New York, New York, for payment
to you through their Princeton correspondent.
At present, the only way we can arrange for payment
in Dollars is by Air Transfer, as all transactions in Dollars
have got to pass through the Foreign Exchange Control Depart-
ment in Baghdad and are settled in this way.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦illegible⟧
[Signature] A. S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] PRINCIPAL.

Archival unit 241

⟦SHAMASH⟧ SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693

مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
العدد:
Date: 22nd December, 1961.
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210

To the:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U.S.A.

Dear Sirs,

I have posted to you under a separate cover by air
mail five applications of students from this School who
will be taking the SAT and Achievement Tests on March 3,
1962.

The amount of 57 Dollars, covering examination fees,
was remitted by air mail on the 19th instant by the Otto-
man Bank, Baghdad, through their New York correspondent,
the First National City Bank of New York, New York, for
payment to you through their Princeton correspondent.

At present, the only way we can arrange for payment
in Dollars is by Air Transfer, as all transactions in
Dollars have got to pass through the Foreign Exchange
Control Department in Baghdad and are settled in this
way.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦A. S. Obadiah⟧

A. S. OBADIAH,
PRINCIPAL.

Archival unit 242

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
العدد:
Date: 22nd December, 1961.
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS: 990210
To the:
College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U.S.A.

Dear Sirs,
I have posted to you under a separate cover by air mail five applications of students from this School who will be taking the SAT and Achievement Tests on March 3, 1962.
The amount of 57 Dollars, covering examination fees, was remitted by air mail on the 19th instant by the Ottoman Bank, Baghdad, through their New York correspondent, the First National City Bank of New York, New York, for payment to you through their Princeton correspondent.
At present, the only way we can arrange for payment in Dollars is by Air Transfer, as all transactions in Dollars have got to pass through the Foreign Exchange Control Department in Baghdad and are settled in this way.

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A. S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] PRINCIPAL.

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مدرسة فرنك عيني
و
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

الرقم: ش/ ١٤٢ / ٦١
التاريخ: ١٢/١٢/١٩٦١

الى البنك العثماني - بغداد

م/ طلب تحويل مبلغ (٥٧) دولارا

بعد التحية ،
نظرا لاشتراك خمسة طلاب من هذه المدرسة في السنة الدراسية الحالية بتقديم امتحانات خاصة
(Scholastic Aptitude Test & Achievement Tests)
تجربيها لجنة امتحانات القبول للجامعات الاميركية في بغداد ونظرا لما يتطلبه ذلك من اجور
الاشتراك في هذه الامتحانات التي يجب ان تدفع مقدما . لذا يرجى التوسط لدى مديرية
التحويل الخارجي لاستحصال مبلغ (٥٧) دولارا ، وهو المبلغ المطلوب دفعه لهذا الغرض
مع العلم ان الجهة التي يجب تحويل المبلغ اليها هي :-

College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A.

وذلك اسوة بالسنة الماضية ، اذ سبق ان طلبنا بكتابنا المرقم ش/ ٣٥٨ / ٦٠ والمؤرخ في
١١/١٢/١٩٦٠ تحويل مبلغ (١٢٩) دولارا عن اجور امتحانية لاحد عشر طالبا كانوا قد
اشتركوا في نفس الامتحانات في السنة الماضية ووافقت مديرية التحويل الخارجي على ذلك في حينه .
هذا وبعد موافقة مديرية التحويل الخارجي على تحويل مبلغ (٥٧) دولارا ، يرجى قيد
ما يعادله بالدينار العراقي على حساب مدرسة فرنك عيني معكم المرقم ٢٠٨٨ واعلامنا .
هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] اسحق كوهين
[Signature] المدير بالوكالة

صورة منه الى /
مديرية التحويل الخارجي للتفضل بتسهيل معاملة التحويل المشروح اعلاه مع
الشكر ، حيث ان مدة طلب الاشتراك في الامتحانات المذكورة اعلاه تنتهي في
اواخر الشهر الحالي كانون الاول ١٩٦١ .

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مدرسة فرنك عيني
و
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

الرقم ش/ ١٤٢ / ٦١
التاريخ ١٢ / ١٢ / ١٩٦١

الى البنك العثماني - بغداد

م/ طلب تحويل مبلغ ( ٥٧ ) دولارا

بعد التحية .
نظرا لاشتراك خمسة طلاب من هذه المدرسة في السنة الدراسية الحالية بتقديم امتحانات خاصة
(Scholastic Aptitude Test & Achievement Tests)
تجريها لجنة امتحانات القبول للجامعات الاميركية في بغداد ونظرا لما يتطلبه ذلك من اجور
الاشتراك في هذه الامتحانات التي يجب ان تدفع مقدما . لذا يرجى التوسط لدى مديرية
التحويل الخارجي لاستحصال مبلغ ( ٥٧ ) دولارا ، وهو المبلغ المطلوب دفعه لهذا الغرض
مع العلم ان الجهة التي يجب تحويل المبلغ اليها هي : -

College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A.

وذلك اسوة بالسنة الماضية ، اذ سبق ان طلبنا بكتابنا المرقم ش/ ٣٥٨ / ٦٠ والمؤرخ في
١١ / ١٢ / ١٩٦٠ تحويل مبلغ ( ١٢٩ ) دولارا عن اجور امتحانية لاحد عشر طالبا كانوا قد
اشتركوا في نفس الامتحانات في السنة الماضية ووافقت مديرية التحويل الخارجي على ذلك في حينه .
هذا وبعد موافقة مديرية التحويل الخارجي على تحويل مبلغ ( ٥٧ ) دولارا ، يرجى قيد
ما يعادله بالدينار العراقي على حساب مدرسة فرنك عيني معكم المرقم ٢٠٨٨ واعلامنا .
هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] اسحق كوهين
[Signature] المدير بالوكالة

صورة منه الى /
مديرية التحويل الخارجي للتفضل بتسهيل معاملة التحويل المشروح اعلاه مع
الشكر ، حيث ان مدة طلب الاشتراك في الامتحانات المذكورة اعلاه تنتهي في
اواخر الشهر الحالي كانون الاول ١٩٦١ .

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693

مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
العدد:
Date: 25th November, 1961.
التاريخ:

Our Code No. with ETS : 990210

The College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your consignment to this school of the
1961-1962 set of the Bulletin of Information Booklet together with
the description Booklets of the College Board SAT and Achievement
Tests. However, we urgently need at least three C.E.E.B. transmittal
forms to be used for the purpose of transferring to you the students'
test fees and their applications in a group. The Exchange Control
Department in Baghdad requires these transmittal forms as testimonials
before payment of fees to you in dollars can be effected.

Hoping to hear from you soon,

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦A.S. Obadiah⟧

A.S. Obadiah,
Principal.

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL                                  مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
New Alwiyah - Baghdad                                                 بغداد
Tel. No. 91693                                                علوية الجديدة
⟦line⟧                                                تلفون ٩١٦٩٣
⟦line⟧

No. ........................                                ........................ العدد
Date 25th November, 1961.                                   ........................ التاريخ

Our Code No. with ETS : 990210

The College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U. S. A.

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your consignment to this school of the
1961-1962 set of the Bulletin of Information Booklet together with
the description Booklets of the College Board SAT and Achievement
Tests. However, we urgently need at least three C.E.E.B. transmittal
forms to be used for the purpose of transferring to you the students'
test fees and their applications in a group. The Exchange Control
Department in Baghdad requires these transmittal forms as testimonials
before payment of fees to you in dollars can be effected.

Hoping to hear from you soon,

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] A.S. Obadiah,
[Signature] Principal.

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PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD

Applications are invited for TEACHING POSTS in the subjects mentioned below. Salaries
are according to qualifications. For further information and application forms, please apply
to the Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, 22, Queen's Gate, London, S.W.7.
Applications with copies of recent testimonials and copies of degree certificates, etc., to be
sent direct to the Secretary General, University of Baghdad, not later than 15th May, 1960.
FOREIGN STAFF REQUIRED for ACADEMIC YEAR 1960-1961.

| Field of specialisation | Nos. req. | Qualifications, &c. |
GEN⟦ERAL⟧ CHEMISTRY ... 3 Ph.D.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY .. 2 Ph.D.
BIOCHEMISTRY ....... 1 Ph.D.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY . 2 Ph.D.
PHARMACEUTICAL
CHEMISTRY 1 Ph.D.
INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY 1 Ph.D.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 3 Ph.D.
GENERAL PHYSICS ..... 5 Ph.D. or M.Sc.
THEORETICAL PHYSICS .. 2 Ph.D.
GEOMORPHOLOGY ...... 1 Ph.D.
GEOPHYSICS .......... 1 Ph.D.
ELECTRICITY &
ELECTRONICS 2 Ph.D.
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 6 Ph.D.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS.. 3 Ph.D.
STATISTICAL
MATHEMATICS 4 Ph.D.
HISTORY AND TEACHING
METHOD OF
MATHEMATICS 1 Ph.D.
GENERAL ZOOLOGY .... 3 Ph.D.
BOTANY .............. 2 Ph.D.
BIOLOGY ............. 2 Ph.D.
BACTERIOLOGY AND
PARASITOLOGY .. 1 Ph.D.
BACTERIOLOGY ....... 1 Ph.D.
INVERTEBRATA ....... 1 Ph.D.
COMPARATIVE
VERTEBRATA .. 1 Ph.D.
PATHOLOGY ........... 1 Ph.D.
VETERINARY PATHOLOGY 1 Ph.D.
VETERINARY
BACTERIOLOGY .. 1 Ph.D.
VETERINARY
PARASITOLOGY .. 1 Ph.D.
VETERINARY SURGERY.. 1 Ph.D.
VETERINARY CLINICAL
MEDICINE .. 1 Ph.D.
GENERAL SURGERY .... 2 F.R.C.S. or Ph.D. or equivalent
GYNAECOLOGY AND
OBSTETRICS 1 M.R.C.O.G. or Ph.D. or equivalent
(The following should have high academic standing in the field of teaching so as to assume the Chair of Professor.)
PEDIATRICS .......... 1 Ph.D. or equivalent
EAR-THROAT-NOSE
DISEASES .......... 1 Ph.D. or equivalent
OPHTHALMOLOGY ...... 1 Ph.D.
PHARMACOLOGY ....... 1 Ph.D.
PHARMACOLOGY AND
TOXICOLOGY .. 1 Ph.D.
MANUFACTURING
PHARMACY .. 1 Ph.D.
(With good knowledge of Dispensing Pharmacy.)
PHARMACY AND
PHARMACOLOGY .. 1 Ph.D.
ORAL SURGERY ........ 1
(To be Head of Department and responsible for teaching Oral Surgery including Exodontia Minor Oral Surgery and Maxillo Facial Surgery.)
OPERATIVE DENTISTRY .. 2
(To be Head of Department and to teach Tooth Anatomy, Tooth Carving and Operative Dentistry and Crown and Bridge Work.)
ORAL MEDICINE & ORAL
PATHOLOGY ....... 1
(To be Head of Department and to teach Oral Dental Pathology, Periodontology and Oral Medicine.)
ORAL MEDICINE ........ 1
(Including teaching of Periodontology.)
ORAL & DENTAL
PATHOLOGY ....... 1
(Including teaching of Oral and Dental Pathology.)
DENTAL RADIOLOGY .... 1
(To give instructions in the principles of Radiology and Radiography including Radiographic diagnosis.)
DENTAL MATERIALS ..... 1
(To work under the Head of Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and to give students teaching in properties and manipulation of Dental Materials. (Not necessarily a Dental Surgeon, but may be a Physicist.))
ORTHODONTICS ......... 1
DENTAL TECHNICIAN .... 1
(To work in Orthodontics Department.)
DENTAL LABORATORY
TECHNICIAN ....... 1
(To work under Head of Department of Oral Pathology, to arrange preparation of pathological material for demonstrations and preparation of slides of pathological material.)
IRRIGATION AND DRAIN-
AGE AND FLOOD AND
IRRIGATION DESIGN .. 3 Ph.D.
SOIL LABORATORY ...... 1 M.Sc. or B.Sc.
SURVEYING ............ 3 Ph.D. or M.Sc.
MATERIAL TESTING
LABORATORY 1 M.Sc. or B.Sc.
POWER ENGINEERING .. 2 Ph.D.
ENGINEERING DRAWING 2 Ph.D.
FLUID DYNAMICS AND
HYDRAULICS ........ 1 Ph.D.
HEAT DYNAMICS AND
CONDUCTION ........ 1 Ph.D.
MECHANICAL DRAWING 1 Ph.D.
ELECTRONICS .......... 1 Ph.D.
2 M.Sc. or B.Sc.
PETROLEUM
ENGINEERING 1 M.Sc. or B.Sc.
ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERING 2 Ph.D. or M.Sc. or B.Sc.
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING 3 Ph.D.
ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING 3 Ph.D.
(Power)
CIVIL ENGINEERING .... 2 Ph.D.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1 Ph.D.
PALEONTOLOGY AND
MICROPALEONTOLOGY 1 Ph.D.
MECHANICS ............ 4 Diploma
(Turning and Fitting)
BRICKLAYING .......... 2 Diploma
CARPENTRY ............ 3 Diploma
TINSMITHING .......... 1 Diploma
BLACKSMITHING AND
WELDING .......... 1 Diploma
GENETICS ............. 1 Ph.D.
ENTOMOLOGY .......... 1 Ph.D.
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY .... 1 Ph.D.
1 M.Sc.
1 B.Sc.
BACTERIOLOGY (Dairy) .. 1 Ph.D.
FIELD CROPS .......... 2 Ph.D.
1 M.Sc.
1 B.Sc.
AGRICULTURE MACHINE
ENGINEERING ...... 2 M.Sc. or B.Sc.
HORTICULTURE ......... 2 Ph.D.
2 M.Sc.
VEGETABLES ........... 2 Ph.D.
1 M.Sc.
SOIL .................. 1 Ph.D.
FORESTRY ............. 1 Ph.D.
2 M.Sc.
1 B.Sc.
AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS ........ 1 M.Sc.
SOCIOLOGY ............ 2 Ph.D.
ISLAMIC SHARIA ....... 3 Ph.D.
FINANCE .............. 3 Ph.D.
ECONOMICS ............ 8 Ph.D.
HISTORY OF LAW ....... 1 Ph.D.
ROMAN LAW ............ 1 Ph.D.
LABOUR LEGISLATION
LAW .............. 1 Ph.D.
PENAL LAW ............ 1 Ph.D.
GENERAL INTER-
NATIONAL LAW .... 1 Ph.D.
CIVIL LAW ............ 2 Ph.D.
CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL
PROCEDURE AND
EXECUTION ........ 1 Ph.D.
ECONOMIC THEORY ...... 1 Ph.D.
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC
THOUGHT .......... 1 Ph.D.
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
AND LEGISLATION .. 1 Ph.D.
ECONOMIC PLANNING .. 1 Ph.D.
DEMOGRAPHY .......... 1 Ph.D.
BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION .. 2 Ph.D.
COMMERCIAL ENGLISH .. 2 Ph.D.
CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANTS ...... 2
DROIT PRIVE .......... 1 Ph.D.
ARABIC RHETORIC AND
CRITICISM .. 1 Ph.D.
QURAN AND TRADITION 1 Ph.D.
LITERARY CRITICISM .. 1 Ph.D.
(English)
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY .. 2 Ph.D.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY .. 1 Ph.D.
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY .. 1 Ph.D.
ISLAMIC ARTS ......... 1 Ph.D.
SUMARIAN AND
AKKADIAN LANGUAGE 1 Ph.D.
MODERN GOVERNMENTS 1 Ph.D.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2 Ph.D.
ECONOMIC HISTORY .... 1 Ph.D.
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND
DOCTRINES ........ 1 Ph.D.
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY &
MODERN PHILOSOPHY .. 1 Ph.D.
ANCIENT HISTORY ...... 1 Ph.D.
ISLAMIC HISTORY ...... 4 Ph.D.
KURDISH LITERATURE .. 1 Ph.D. or M.A.
(To be recruited from Leningrad or Harvard if possible)
KURDISH HISTORY ...... 1 Ph.D. or M.A.
PERSIAN AND OLD
PEHLEVIAN .......... 1 Ph.D. or M.A.
FRENCH ............... 3 Ph.D. or M.A.
GERMAN ............... 3 Ph.D. or M.A.
(To be of German nationality and teaching in the Goethe method)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND LITERATURE .. 18 Ph.D. or M.A.
RUSSIAN .............. 3 Ph.D. or M.A.
SPANISH .............. 2 Ph.D. or M.A.
FLOWER MAKING ........ 1 Diploma

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I'm
with
IBM

B02 · paragraph / latin
and I enjoy it. It's my job to interest senior
executives in modern methods of financial and
management control. I work with them in a
study of their requirements and I'm responsible
for planning and installing data processing
systems to suit their needs. I left a good,
well-paid job four years ago to join IBM, and
since then I've more than doubled my income.
In a company that's growing as fast as IBM
there are many such opportunities and the
chance of rapid promotion. The standards
are high but so are the rewards.

B03 · paragraph / latin
IBM want to engage and train men (under 35) with
experience of commerce or industry to do the same
sort of job that I am doing. If you have a degree or
professional qualification, so much the better. There
are vacancies throughout the country, so get in
touch with W.M.R. Jeffreys at 101 Wigmore Street,
London W.1. WELbeck 6600.
Please quote reference D8.

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WIMPEY
invite applications from
REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGNERS
REINFORCED CONCRETE DETAILERS

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Continuing expansion of our Head Office organisation offers first-
class opportunities for keen and experienced men in the field of
Chemical and Refinery structures.
These appointments carry attractive salaries; personnel benefits include
opportunity to join pension scheme, five-day week, and restaurant
facilities.
Apply, giving full particulars, to:—
The Manager,
Planning Department,
GEORGE WIMPEY & CO. LIMITED

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
New Alwiyah - Baghdad بغداد
Tel. No. 91693 علوية الجديدة
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

[Marginalia] 3 copies

Our Code No. with ETS : 990210
No. .................... العدد ....................
Date 24th November 1961 التاريخ ....................

[Marginalia] ⟦السيد السكرتير⟧
[Marginalia] يرجى طبع مغلف لدول الخارج
[Marginalia] باسم المدرسة مع نسخة ترسل

The College Entrance Examination Board,
Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey,
U.S.A.

Dear Sirs,
Thank you for your consignment to this school of the
1961-1962 set of the Bulletin of Information Booklet together with the
description Booklets of the College Board SAT and Achievement Test.
However, we urgently need at least three C.E.E.B. transmittal forms to
be used for the purpose of transferring to you the student's test fees
and their applications in a group. The Exchange Control Department
in Baghdad requires these transmittal forms as testimonials
before payment of fees to you in Dollars can be effected.
Hoping to hear from you soon,

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] A. S. OBADIAH,
[Signature] Principal

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New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91939

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Yours faithfully,
R. S. GABAY
Principal