The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-06

" young men constantly under m.
instruction-mostly Armenian youth
but with occasionally sprinkling o
Greeks--I had much experience fthis
, or whatever race they were, they were
, Orientals. They had come into being
under the laws of an unchangins, crys
tallized heredity of many successive
centuries. 1t usually required the dis
cipline of whole year to bring one OF
these genuine, interrupted Orientat
into the modes Of study and thought OF
the Occidental mind.
know an Oriental scholar of supe-
rior native ability whose whole educa-
ton was in the most minute and aceu-
rate study of Aristotles logic in ancient
Armenian He had given years to it.
His attachments in it We're wonderful,
but in all other departments OF lSnowl-
edge his ignorance was lamentable,
Our students generally become enthusi-
astic over our curriculum of study SO
soon as they learn how to study. The
usual variety of mental trials and tall
ents appeared quite as decidedly as
would be the case in any New England
school,
As u general thing mathematical
studies were pursued very successfully
by the Armenian students. One took
such a liking to algebra that he went
through every algebra he could get, in
Guiding Hacketts West Point algebra,
/ Sturm's Theorem and all. He became
| the president Of the Nubarlan college,
Similar cases occur in our colleges at
home but l was surprised to see them
! crop out on the Bosporus.
As there was no Textbook in chemis-
| try in the Armenian language, | gave
two lectures week, with experiments
upon which spent no little time, as
much Of the apparatus had to be pre-
pared. and l had workshop fitted up
with that end In view. The class in
chemistry was always a lively one
The student to whom chemistry was
a revelation was one of the most quiet,
studous, interesting youth have ever
known. Every illustration and expert
ment which I performed before the
class he would afterward work over
and study There was a brick vaulted
room where this was allowed and en-
couraged.
This student, Zenope. brought to me
young Armenian carpenter from
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been working a whole year upon finish
ing pasha's palace, and had been
driven away without pay enough to
take him home. I had some work for
him, which he did admirably. | could
not find steady work for him and Ze-
nope undertook to help him.
Carabed the carpenter, would bring
home any amount of pebbles about the
size of pigeon egg, and Zenope would
coat them with an explosive mixture
and thus make so-called torpedoes of
which any quantity could be sold to
Turkish boys with which to celebrate
Ramazan He asked the composition
of that explosive mixture. I had to tell
him that ! knew nothing about It,
Doubtless chlorate of potassa, phos-
phorus and sugar were all In 1t, but |
advised him not to experiment with
these dangerous forces. The next day
/ saw one of his hands bandaged and
said to him: you should have taken
my advice"
A day or two afterwards I saw the
young carpenter, with heavy haver-
sack strapped to his shoulder, just leav-
ing the seminary gate. / hailed him
torpedoes / tried one and it proved to
be just the kind that delights the Turk
ish boys heart In Ramazan. He sold |
enough in few days to carry him back |
to the Euphrates, and he departed with |
unspeakable joy, happy never to see |
Constantinople again. Zenope simply !
said that Carabed was such a good fell |
low, and had been SO wronged, he was
glad to help him.
Many things like his convinced me
that Zenope was predestlned to be a
chemist, and If ! could get him a good |
position in England with a manufac-
turing chemist he might enter into
competition with the druggist of the
Jesuit college Of San Benoit in Galata
This institution had established drug
gists | n all the chief towns. Why
could not we do the same and provide
for scores of distressed
Protestants?
Sir Henry Layard was then In Eng
land and member of Parliament. I
wrote to him about this scheme and
the wonderful fitness of my student Ze-
nope to carry 1t into effect, If he could
have a proper training in England
Layard took hold of the subject with
great zeal, and in a few weeks wrote
me that one Of the most successful and
manufacturers of drugs,
a good Wesleyan, had read my letter
with interest, and had said: Let Mr..
Hamlin send that young Armenian to
me. / will give him every chance to
master this business; and If he proves
20 be what he Is reported to be- will
set him up in Galata; and we will see
m we can't compete successfully with
the Jesuit druggists" Layard re-
marked that no young Englishman,
whatever his character, could get into
hat establishment then for less than
me thousand pounds!
| was amazed and delighted with this
magnificent prospect for zenope, and
he prospect of a most useful undertake
NC for the oppressed Protestant Arme-
1ians. ! wrote my warmest thanks to
4ayard without delay / waited until I
lad leisure to talk over the whole sub
ect with Zenope, and then called him
o my room. He was deeply affected,
ven to tears. But after a silent con- Z
ict with himself, re replied:
You are my father, Badvilli! But I
annot accept this offer! When / a
new the Lord Jesus as my Saviour, I
made covenant with Him that if He