The morning times., 1896-12-11
SCHOOL HOUSES BURNED
Turks Spared Neither Male Nor
Female Students at HarpoOt.
REFUGEES In THE COLLEGES
siege Maintained for Several Days.
Records of the Female Depart
Inent DESTROYED several of the
Schools ReOpened Appeal for
Armenian Orphans.

Boston, Dee IO.-Char.es c. Burr, presi-
dent, Key. Judson Smith, u. D., secretary,
and j. w. Davis, treasurer, OF the execu-
tive committee in Oston OF the trustees OF
Euphrates College, IIarro oot, Turkey, nave
received it's last annual report from the
president OF the college, Rev. DR.. Gates.
In part, the report is as follows:
The schC oil year opened mo mostauspiciOusly
with 291 scholars in the male depart
.rents and about the same humber in the
female. The records of the female depart
ment have been burned.
The villages surrounding Harpoot Were
first attacked, so that considerable time
was given to make preparations for the
safety of sci GLARS. When the attack upon
the city was made the male students were
scattered in the houses OF friends in the
city, and the girls were awaiting the issue
i'll their dormtories.
.One of the girls was wounded, another
carried off, and third killed; but these
were all day scholars. None Of the board
ing students in the female department were
injured OF the boys, two day scholars
were killed in their homes, and one board
ing student was killed in fleeing from Il
house in which he had taken refuge.
The boarding scholars soon came to the
college, where there was state of siege
for some days. The male college build
ing was occupied by refugees and the hlgh
school building by soldiers.
SCHOOLS REOP ENED.
The prImary school building was burned,
together with all the buildings of the
female department.. hence the school work
was sadly interrupted. The male depart
ment opened about four weeks after the
massacre and the female department about
two weeks later, renting two buildings
lOT ihe scnUoi ami occupying tine GreSo.ia..
!lriS' school building, which was given free
of rent.
The Gregorian schools have not opened
since the attack upon the city. With the
intermediate school building turned into
a chapel and so many buildings burned,
all who applied could not be accomnO-
dated -
Rev G.. G. Reynolds writing recently
from van, Eastern Turkey, says:
1t is these Armenian orphans that ap-
peal most strongly to ones sympathieS,
Some time ago | sent out Il letter asking
for help. 1t was no small qualification
then TO receive ESQ sterling from Germany
To support fifty Of this class for one year.
How eagerly did | begin arrangements for
receiving and caring for them.
The disturbed state OF the city and
the necessity Of securing the approval of
the authorities caused Il little delay, but
IL is now nearly a month since we were
able to begin calling in some OF this needy
class and it took but short time to
bring up the number To fifty, all that is
allowed and then began the sad duty Of
refusing those equally needy and dcserv
ing.
These poor. half naked children are now
neatly, though plainly and economically
clad and it was a real pleasure yesterday
10 see them file into chapel ia their clean
and comfortable clothes. as ii is a sat
isfaction 10 watch them at their studies,
or at their meals, or on the playground.
They have all been received as boarding
pupils in our schools. that their meutai
and spiritual natures ma not be neglected
while their physical wants are being sup
piled. Or course tuition is free, and all
the money gwen goes to supply food, cloth
ing ana bedding"
Contributions for these orphans may be
sent to F. II. Wiggin. No. l Somerset street,
or the Congregationalist Boston