Telegram-herald., 1890-10-26

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oae n ks h2s GsAsxiSa.

Oas y Ne s.s Gs4sssSa.
TIE TuEkisa schools are noG 81 easily
access De ss are tne Asseriezu Ana
those 0f 81 the sLxtes 0f Cag.sE.4n Bar
ope schools SilA. MT. J. u LaSsEge,
snO las travelled extensively, aud a
waoIn the E0EAk hEEALn ones tals
interesting article on his siss 10 lne
capital 0f Turkey, through Ofhelsi per
nilsson, De has tea some of those
schools, and tnree " the asgneT order,
aud be gives us seaae euI.oes bul later-
esging Information about those lnstltu-
Ions of ConstAatlnOpis.
The one OF those OF the higher order.
called IA furzlsn language "Medfesse. "
and when are here called high
schools, !" Is situated n the great Mosque
OF Sollman. whose gigantic cupoia Is
ls5 feet high and z05 feet broad, sup
ported by four gigantic pillars. The
light enters the mosque through the
windows OF th.s cupols aud from many
skylights OF iron and bronze passing
through the balconies. On the boor. at
= distance Of -four or ak metres from
each other, are seated on their heels
twenty-five teachers and four profes-
sors, having before them a small table
which Is covered with ghG rug upon
winch manuscript is opened. Each
or the teachers has around him from
nfteen 10 twenty students, some
OF them seated on their knees,
and Others prostrated Oh the
floor. These teachers instruct
simultaneously and loudly. paying no
attention 10 their colleagues 40 If each
teacher was absolutely alone there
with his group OF students. The one,
teaches logic; the other, Arabic; the
third, Pertain or Farissce; the fourth,
the Koran; the nth, Jurisprudence;
the sixth, theology, ana SO forth. The
students follow in the books from which
they take notes, writing on small cards
which they keep on their left hand or
on their right knee. Many Of them lie
oa their stomachs, having their books
opened on the floor. None of them has
any board, bench, table or desk before
him. They plunge their pens into an
inkstand of wing.sheath of metal,
similar TO a poniard attached on their
waist.
In the high schools, the lessons finish
at ii O'Clock 4. m, and the students 60
then INTO the boarding school which is
ing schools are supported with funds
provided from private charity. There
are about three hundred of these
schools in Constantlnople, where the
young students stay for several years.
The primary schools offer another
aspect. In the class there are tables,
low stools Of straw. Ike those in the
| Turkish cafes. The tables are placed
| 4 10 nd no a.ha htaf
they never use them to write on;
they only place the books on them.
The children, like the other students
in the high schools, write either on the
left hand or on the right knee, and
very vel! lighted.
A remarkable thing, saws Mr.. La
Sarre, neither IN the obscure morgue
nor in the class rooms, SO well lighted +,
| either among the children, or among
| the students or teachers, could be seen
any eye-g lasses or spectacles. There
are no short-sighted persons there, and
yet, no precauuon, for which SO much
/ talk and so many lamentations are
made here for necessary measures to
| protect the sight, IS taken. This re-
markable fact could be attributed, Gays
Mr.. La Sarre, TO the race, 10 the form
| of the Turkish, Arabic and Parslan let
! ters of which the Mohammedan lam
| guage is formed, To the brevity of lines,
! TO their nabit of wridng, which does
not requ re TO lower much the head
etc. But. he further says, 1t could be
also noticed that the Turkish students
are not subjected, like the European or
| the American students, TO write q large
number of useless pages, 10 read IN
badly printed books, to work many
| hours IN the evening, to satisfy the ex-
| igencies of programs constructed by
| specialists by pieces; and TINS explana-
ton is enough for this interesting sub
/ lect.