New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11
ANATOLIA COLLEGE, TURKEY
LIBRARY OF MANY VOLUMES IN THIS
EASTERN INSTITUTION.
Pupils DRAWN FROM HUNDRED THOUSAND
SQUARE MILES OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
SHIPS PROVIDED BY PHlLAN-
THROPIC PEOP1L

THRoPIc PEOPLE
The Prudential Committee OF the American boaru
Of Commissioners for Foreign Missions hoio
charter granted by the State OF Massachusetts III
cooperating them as trustees OF AnatoIs 'oIese'
Marsovan Western Turkey. with all the powers
and privileges pertaining to similar bodies In other
colleges The annual report Of the college mas JUST
been received. and the following are some OF inc
statements made:
The last wear shows an increase OF - per cent
in the attendance. The field from which the COL
lege draws its students comprises more IMAM nan
OF the peninsula OF Asia Minor. an area or about
one hundred thousand square miles GRADUATES n'e
establishing preparatory schools. the set-heip re
partment has become entirely self-supporuHb' "'o
income from sales Is IS per cent Of the expense
and the debt OF the department has been feuu'eu
10 1857 The object OF the sefhelp Is not 10 make
money but TO make men. There is library OF
forty-one hundred volumes; a readins-roon j. lu'-
nished with papers and magazines III I'VE AN
guages Cabinet-work bookbinding ana o'hei IN
dus;rie. are carried on Tho Giles 5. Chapn me
mortal professorship. or chair OF mathematics ana
astronony mas been endow by Mrs. d. X. Pear,
sons OF Chicago. with $1,000. the amount required
for the endowment OF chair. , ,,.
The scholarships provided are The Lew ra dos
scholers 1i the Pcra Inion Evanreical church
scholarshp the nr tran Inen nnrara Of Nnw
Haven. Conn the Blank memorial schQlarshlps,
FOR which 81 10 invested at present ne a. ais
assisting four needy students. used princlpa.y n
aiding ministers sons or good character and stand
INK: also the OF 5 90 given by 'I- H. - ~"
ION OF Sherburne. y. Y. as a memorial or MS
father the interest which IS used In helping SUI
dents who do what they can 10 help Themselves IN
the Industrial department So likewise the last
sm!thAeld PENN scholarships. for which about
81 600 is provided. and. IN .arge part already IN
vested Three hundred dollars Will endow scholar
ship" , 49,.
OF the Girs' School. nided by the Womans HOARD
OF Missiona another. abe astronomer. hoth
trained FOR years IN fine observatory IN the Inited
States One Of these is an adept IN astronomer
photography a college situated rs this Is. twenty
six hundred feet above the sea. II 10 had an OBJ
servatory- especially as there ia none IN this part
OF the world-right he % consi i"rahl" scicniinc
Importance a sufficient observatory could prob
ably be established with $1,000 Dr. and Mrs
Pearsons OF Chicago have provided s. 90 for better
buildings
Anatoa College has mainly dependent on 4; for
higher education a territory twice the size OF al
New England. with population imDressih.e and
newly aroused 10 the importance OF education.
The receipts" says the report. were E.lls and
the cash balance IS tl4s The enrolment Of the girls
boarding school Is i43 and teaching force twelve
O. whom eight devote their entire time 20 the
school! All graduates have far been Armenians
or Creeks but Turks have been represented among
the pupils
The missionaries OF the Marsovan station have
under their care sixty orphan gir.s many OF whom
will be trained 10 such work the women OF
Turkey do. but the more promising 81 them
may be given a good education IN he girls board
ing-school and fitted FOR active Christian work