Jan. 21 continued horses and were devoted to veterinary research. Another was involved in drug research. Mr. Reisman explained the custom of the covering of the women. The prophet Mohammed urged it to prevent sexual lust and attack. Reisman said he would probably be in bed standing if a religious leader heard him say that but I believe it is true. Women are uncovering their faces by stages. Some now expose the eyes, some the eyes a more, and some the full face. I have seen some "borkas" with two square "windows" covered with netting to permit vision. Others may have a single broad "window". Some borkas are white, some black. In the afternoon I visited the Government Intermediate College for Women on Freie Rd. a few miles from my hotel. Mrs. Oarashi is the principal. She is a sweet, graying women of 45-50, of gentle and dignified bearing, stocky in build. She did her PhD on a grain insect and is a biologist with a Cornell orientation toward field biology. She spoke with enthusiasm of Dr. Wright, Hamilton, Racey and others at Cornell. She has gone on bird trips with Allen. She has written science books for children and has one which describes how they may go to a pond outdoors,