New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

Girl, PUPILS OF THE AMERICAN COL
LEGE At CONSTANTINOPLE

SEVERAL RACES ARE REPREsENTEp. But ALL
THE SCHOLARS USE ENGLISH AND FRENCH
EXCrpT on SUNDAYS.
The American College for Girls NJ Constantlnopie
has passed through an exciting year. The Eastern
d,s,urbarcos have reduced its attendance ana cut
Avn its revenues. Its students have been confined
- tir,es 10 the college gardens for air and exercise
"a br and brightly clad Croats. the professional
"hounrers' Of the East, have been kept on the
nremises for protection. But though the work OF
This UNIQUE institution has not been done in an
o,noosnhere of scholastic calm. IL has been done
and the girls who return this summer to their
homes IN Asia Minor in Greece Macedonia. Bull
garia Rumania and Russia. will carry with them
a store of experiences not the less valuable be-
cause widely different from those Of the average
college bred woman.
TIE only Institution for the higher education Of
women in Turkey, this American college is con-
trolled by legally organized body Of women In the
United States and holds it's charter under the laws
Of the State of Massachusetts. The president OF
its Board Of Trustees is Mrs. Judson smith. OF
BOSTON: the secretary. Miss Carrie Borden. of the
same city The president Of the college, the dean
of the faculty and all the professors are American
women graduates of Holyoke or of other American
colleges. and trained. many of them in European
universities Among the instructors are men and
women Of nearly al the nationatics Of the LeVant,
according to the needs Of a school the chatter of
whose pupils on the day Of the week when
they are allowed TO use their vernacular reminds
8 bewildered listener of the Tower of Babel.
HAS A BEAUTIFUL SITE
The school was opened in 1871 and incorporated as
"a college in 1890 It's buildings occupy one Of the
finest sites in COnstantinople, commanding from
the heights of Scutari, on the Asiatic side Of the
Rospborus a wide view the Bosphorus and
the Marmora. Bowkcr Building the main struct-
,ure was erected i'm 1876 and Barton Hall in 1882 as
@ gift from William c. chaplin, OF Providence, H. l.
People go 10 Scutari 70 the bowling dervshes
the great Turkish cemetery and the girls coiiege
The professors are quite used 10 being sandwlched
by the traveller in the East between the two other
attractions The mob Of horseboys in fezzes and
long-skrted drivers Of ramshacke carriages that
waits the ferryboat from the Golden HOLD charges
a foreigner with the rush that drove BACK the
Greeks in this springs war The Turk that bears
off the body of the traveller jolts II with un-
Oriental energy over villanous roads back from the
water and up the hills for half or three-quarters OF
q mile. AT a stout gate in a heavy stone wall
kvass or Croatian doorkeeper glorious in red and
gold points the way through q rose garden, whose
GOODNESS and quiet contrast strangely with the
Asiatic noise and dirt outside.
PRESIDENT AND PROFESSORS.
At. O'clock IN the afternoon the women profess
eors are drinking tea in the cosey rooms set apart
for their social outside of working hours There
Is a litter of American papers and magazines ana
in place Of the Eastern hangings In when western
women delight these eXlles In turkey use AiHeii-
can flags Miss Flora A. Fensham. the dean OF the
faculty is a quiet. brany woman, graduate OF
Holvoke College. She has filled the position OF
acting president for the last year Miss Mary NJ
Patrick the president. being in England studying
university methods
Miss Fensham speaks with enthusiasm Of the
prospects OF the college Ii has seemed TO thrive
on obstacles The hostility OF the Sultan has led
10 the temporary withdrawal of the Turkish stu
cents who though few in numbers, were counted
among the brightest girls in attendance and the
troubious times at constantnople have thinned
ont the girls from distance, especially the Bull
garians: but in spite OF these disbursements,
the growing interest in the school and the demand
for it's advantages. seem to point to larger and
larger future for II conditions improve
The girls themselves are like college girls every
where. The preparatory department is large one
and the students look younger on an average
than at Nassar Wellesley Also they much
simpler and less smart in the matter of clothes.
For the rest. the big dark eyes of the Armenians.