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matical computations, but to equip

men for responsible positions. and for
and to instill into their
minds the highest standard of bust
ness integrity. which is very import
mt point in Syria, where the sense OF
deception has been abnormally
developed.
The Ada Dodge Memorial hall. form
erly used by the preparatory depart
meut of the collge, has been devoted
to the School of Commerce. There
are now sixteen students The tut
tion is $50 year and including board
and lodging 1925 year.
The classes are organized to repre-
ient typical commercial community.
epresenting all the principal lines OF
business, and each student in his turn
serves a certain period in each of the
offices, to enable him to become IA
miliar with the methods of that de-
partment Every effort is made to
reproduce as closely as possible the
practical and actual experience OF
everyday life in commerce. banking. in
iurance. transportation, commission.
brokerage, real estate and exchange.
lsONlInPTttGi StDtia 10 ahOt'S' 49,
ture. which deals principally with the
countries bordering on the Mediter-
-anean and those with which they
have commercial relations. Special
attention is given to the history oil In
lustrial development and the inf1u-
ances that have effected commerce
transportation and kindred enterprises
No theoretical line of economics Is
pursued. but the student is required to
study the best authorities concerning
he problems of labor and industry.
production and consumption. interest
and profit, monopolies. trusts and 9TH
ar modern phenomena of trade. The
several systems of commercial law
prevailing in the Mediterranean coun-
tries are studied in detail, with ap-
plication to practical cases. From
this review you can Judge of the scope
and usefulness of the new department.
A school of biblical archaeology has
recently been established In connec-
ion with the college for the beneht
of clergymen and other scholars who
wish to investigate the lands of the
Bible in all easier and more economi-
cal manner than can be done by in
iividual effort. The library of the
college is especially rich in subjects
| pertaining TO this department, and the
| long experience and wide knowledge
| OF several members of the faculty
| make them especially competent in d.
| ~ecting such inquiries. The rate OF
| tuition is $3.50 year. including board
| and room.
The medical department is one of
the most important of the institutions
| and has already sent out hundreds OF
competent physicians to introduce
modern medical science for the relief
of the suffering who until recent years
| have been treated only by the sorcer-
ers and old women of their villages.
In looking over the list of the alumni
find that most of the graduates of
the medical school are occupying Off
oial positions in connection with the
sanitary department of the govern
| rleut and in the armies of Turkey and
Egypt.
DR. Daniel Bliss. who founded the
| institution. and has been It's president
| from the start is about to retire, be-
cause of his age and infirmities. and
will be succeeded by his son, who was
| elected president of the college at a
recent meeting of the board of trus-
tees. No man living can look back
upon his career with greater satisfac-
tion than DR.. Bliss. and the fruits of
his labors are always before him.
The alumni are already taking steps
to erect a monument in his honor, and
at meeting in the City of Cairo the
other day s3.700 was subscribed for
this purpose by a few graduates liv-
ing there. DR.. Bliss has exercised a
lization, not only directly, but indi-
rectly. though the students who have
been under his charge, by giving them
an ideal of true manhood as well as
instruction and advice. Such men
make America honored and respected
wherever they go.
BY far the larger part of the grad
yates of the college go into official
positions because their education fits
them for such work. They become
Judges, professors in the native
schools editors, physicians. engineers.
interpreters heads of business bur-
eaus and departments. Their quail
fications to lead and to command are
quickly recognized. They learn
something more than is found in
books. The discipline of the insti.
tuition is the greatest Importance be-
cause the American method is prac-
tically unknown to the orientals and
is foreign to their habits, The col
lege is living school of democracy
The faculty tell me that the athletic
ground is the most important branch
IN this respect Sports are great
Jewelers. They are new in Syria
The natives of this part of the coun-
try do not AXE kindly to them at first.
They do not understand why anyone
shall undergo exertion unless com
PEELED to do so. A young Arab stu
dent. soon after his arrival at the col
lage watched a party of professors
playing tennis with great wonder and
expressed surprise that they did not
require the servants to play for them.
But the men very soon get over such
notions. Athletic excitement is con
tagious. and when an oriental once