The last years of the decade 1920-30, the nationalistic movement and the partial withdrawal from the British occupation in Egypt foreshadowed an inauspicious future for the colonists. The change of the conditions troubled the numerous (over 100.000 people) Greek colony, which has already begun to realized the danger of an increasing financial decay as well as the diminution of its population. During this period, one of the most vivid and numerous (about 1.500 people with or without Greek citizenship) Greek colonies existed in Mansura, a big provincial city near Niles Delta. The colony was governed by the Kinotis, an institutional organization which, although not numerous, was rich and represented the whole colony acting as a mechanism of the state. The Kinotis of Mansura developed a lot of activities but its main interest was the Greek school, seen as an effective pole for the population gathering and a basic factor for strengthening the national identity, protecting the self-sufficiency of the people and, according the circumstances, to increase the possibilities for the Greek minority to survive in Egypt. Thus, the most of the Kinotis budget was spent for the improvement of this school in order to be well organized and to lead to the reinforcement of its dignity, which was reflected to the Kinotis itself, as well as to the whole colony. In 1926 the Greek School of Mansura, consisted of three levels (Infant, Elementary and High School), moved to a very modern building and in 1930 an Orphan's House, which became very famous in the area of Africa later on, was added to it. At the same time, a new curriculum, enriched with classical and commercial lessons and the teaching of many foreign languages, got in practice and a students association, the first one in the schools of Egypt, was established. Its name was "Phoenix", a name with a symbolic use, and was interfered in many cultural and athletic activities, which were announced through a students magazine published every two, three or four months. The magazine was called "Owl" and gained the esteem of the public for its nice appearance, its rich contents (literal, artistic, athletic, encyclopedic, historic and pedagogical subjects etc) and its long life (from 1931 to 1957). The purpose of this lecture, which is based on unpublished archive material, is to throw light on both students association and magazine and to examine their functions · as introducers of educational novelties, · as importers in the field of students activity, · as factors of projection, demonstration (or "advertisement") of the Mansura Greek School and · as promoters of the Kinotis efforts to establish more firmly the national identity and to reproduce the national ideology with signals of unity and solidarity.