New-York tribune., 1899-03-26
WOMEN IN THE ORIENT.
MISS POWERS. OF CONsTANTINoPLE'
TELLS THE STORY.
SHE SPEAKS OF THE MAGNIFICENT WORK OF IiiD
AMERICAN COLLEGE FOR GIRLS AND PLEADS

SHE SPEAKS OF THE MAGNIFICENT WORK OF THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE FOR GIRLS. AND PLEADS
FOR An ENDOWMENT
Miss Harriet G. Powers. one OF the faculty OF
the American College for Girls at Constantinope'
who has been spending the last few months III
this CITY taking methods OF study at Teachers
College under Dr. Monroe. left New-fork yester-
dav After a hvnG visit to Mount Hoyoke her
nina mater. where she will address the students
and 10 the home OF Or Angel. Ann Arbor'
Mich where she will assist Mrs Angel In her
meetings for the Woman's Missionary Board she
will 60 10 Ithaca for the spring term lectures IN
history and botany. under Professors burr anu
Rowlee. returning 10 her chosen WORK !" WI"
stantinople about August T.
Although Miss Powers has spent thirty years IN
educational work in the ottoman Empire gong
there Immediately after her graduation al "o'-
woke she IS intensely and enthusiastically f'"''-
lean and during her vacation here has lost no oP-
rortunitv Of studying the workings OF American
rhilantbropc and educational INSTITUTIONS """
methods In her long residence in Turkey she mas
had xceptional opportunities for observing the eN
,sing needs along those same lines in that country
and especially the demands for the broader educa-
,ion Of women. which. Il Is believed may solve
some Of the social and race problems. which nave
greatly perpleXcd the thoughtful both there anu
here.
Previous TO her call to the American College in
$50, Miss Powers had charge Of the mission
schools at Magnesia. near Smyrna just "here
Antiochus King Of Syria. suffered tremendous
defeat under Alexander the Great and later al
Erzroom near Mount Ararat.
Miss Powers is q most enthusiastic botanlSI an"
lust before coming TO this country spent thfee
months in working on the herbarium possessed ny
Inc college including go specimens haiiilHH H., l'
classifying species already collected ana autt,ab au,ta
new ones a work she was specially wen ludlirS III S =
10 do from her long study OF AsiatH nora ~
manent value to the college and the department OF
science HISTORY or THE COLLEGE.
I, conversation with Tribune representative
Miss Powers gave some account of the history "i
this college which. IN common with the olhe'
American schools is doing more. according 10 Yea"
Ramsay "to facilitate safe solution OF me E"S'-
cru question than all the diplomacy Of all the hu-
ropean Powers throughout this century. She a'So
smoke of the financial problem. when Is P'r.'V
larlv difficult here. as the college mas TO emu"
men, and the trustees have no college funds AT
their disposal
"Our most urgent need" said Miss Powers. rs 4
n,w bufIding-a science hall-which it is estimated
Will cost about $500 IN the Sciehr' 'V,. S.m ,he
have now i'm an old Turkish konak not even me me
im0 and skin Of the most brilliant professor
could make you ohlivious OF the sindI AMMAN 7,
apparatus both antiquated ana worn "il' w. ,,1 -
ehoul6 he given a permanent vacation. ana DS 81,
cceded by apparatus modern III sir d,,ntmfs dd. for
~ The professors chairs and for the permanent
scholarship fun ,, =. ,ho ,vor,en
or ~. EAST facilities for the broad ana hleh mi m,ri
Iectna1 culturc which they are beginning 10
Founded as "A High School by the 'hristIan y" ~ % i,j
Of America in 1871 its steady inlerht e,o" e, IN IN.
the increasing demand for higher cnare in
East led 10 lis being incorpoTated as d ,e ,~lee r., re-
iSO In the college work proper thrrc 'our -
nCyered' classical literary and scienthc. ne 'ry
riculum leading to the baccalaureate degree ~
"The endeavors Of the faculty to devc,op MI, NIX
,,..ln nf Scholarship which shall coHlIhit' VIZ
~, ~ tho best American colleges, ana AZ 'he s.
limo 10 adapt the teachings to the thirteen
," ~ r,,ioualties Of the land has been Il pi"p','n IN
Rut I think It has been squaTeN mr'' % anu or "u ~
,.Yri,us drpartmcnts of study stahd to-u"E va "a
v,.li-orcanizod and substantial basis ,
"Iic~t is an example Of the SomposIle ,.@ -, , nr
,.rilti,s and nationalities 10 DE found among 1,'
s,udents' continued the speaker, pI9ou&!hE 4 a.
@ n,"" ~ ,b. graduating class of lStN No. J. q
t',rl,r Eos . and are BulEarians NOS 80 o. "Hl
are Armenians No. Greek ana 80 "'
10 the question as to whether among ing the
aiitics there is never any jar or iIi'tY" ~,
,leU,"r came emuhaucaly. NO. Outsl'c. We We
Rulgarians and Greeks. the Greeks ana MN MN
10 Turks and other nationalitics may De ana oat
are at variance Here traditional and racial dlH''-