The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
OF HIS DOGS
SULTAN OF TURKEY HID THEM FROM
GERMAN EMPEROR.
Miss Flora Fensham Describes Com
st~antinOpIe and American Col
Iege for Girls.

Miss Flora Fensham. dean Of the Ameri-
can College for Girls in Constantinople, and
a missionary for twenty years, lectured at
Mayfower Congregations Church yester-
day afternoon on The Advantages of the
American School in Constantinople." In
part she said:
"ConstantinOple is the Queen City of the
world on account of its beautiful APP
proaches and its geographical position. The
favorite way of reaching the city is by the
sea and according TO the law of Turkey no
ship is allowed to enter the harbor after
shutdown. The ships anchor outside the
harbor, and early the next morning they
steam toward the city envelOped in a veil
of mist that is impenetrable to the eye.
After the sun rises the mist passes away
and ahead lies beautiful Constantinople
After landing in the city one is impressed
with the large number of dogs in the
streets. The CANNES possess a peculiar
character and are the scavangers of the
city, the Turks depending on them to keep
the streets clean. They sleep during the
day and bark at night. The Sultan is not
proud of the dogs and when the German
Emperor paid a visit 10 C~onstantinople the
Sultan had the dogs all gathered from the
streets and taken to a park until the En-
peror left.
in the Turkish part of the city is the
mosque, now under the control of the
Turks, and formerly controlled by Chris
tians. The Turks are very proud of the
mosque because of its grand architecture,
but in many places can be seen Christian
~ 1htIC az n CstHuS COllC6IH-
ing the mosque and the Turks claim the
doors are from Noah's ark. In the MOSQUE
is a marble pillar that many people with
afflicted eyes visit as there is the supersti-
ton that TO touch the pillar will cure. There
is a hole worn in the pillar by the thou
sands of persons who have touched their
fingers to it.
Our college is located in Constantinople
and when inside its walls you would be as
much at home as in America, for English Is
spoken altogether. This college has a
faculty of seven American professors and
twenty-five instructors. There are 10
They all learn English readily as the East
ern people are natural ~linguists. After the
girls have been in college two months they
are told to speak nothing but English dur
Ing the forenoon and in a few months more
they are told to speak English or keep still
during the entire day. BY the END of the
first year they become quite proficient i'm
English. The students also study French
ancient and modern. The girls are given a
thorough education and also q Christian
education. Careful attention is paid to
their athletic training. The girls are de-
become members of the Bible class, which
is voluntary.
There is a benevolent society in the COL
lege that meets once a week and there is
also a missionary deparement. In the lat
ter they raise about $3.50 a year and not long
ago the students became greatly Interested
In the slums in New York and sent half of
their funds to New York for missionary
work and the other half to the interior Of
Turkey. The graduates of the school do
great work and most of them become
Christians. The Sultan outwardly loves ms.
but inwardly is trying to destroy us. as he
realizes that Christian faith will eventually
destroy Mohammedanism. Some of our
textbooks have been condemned by the
Sultan because they have made alleged
scurrilous re larks about the Turks