Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
sentatives Of the United States have been
of great service
Aided by the Sultan.

Aided by the Sultan.
1.-THE sultan has done more for the
American College for Woman than for
any other institution in all his dominions."
said Miss Patrick. HE issued a special
trade exempting it from all taxes forever.
1t was a personal matter, given by his
own hand in acknowledgment of what we
have done for the education of women.
About a year ago he founded a new Order
of Merit for nurses and women physicians
and has established a school for nurses
He recently decorated two graduates of
the American College. Upon one of them
he bestowed a high honor because she
showed such skill and knowledge while
taking care of his cousins, the daughters
of the late Sultan AzZiz. She nursed
them through a dangerous Illness. He
decorated the other because he was pleas
ed with her translation of book en-
titled Mother and Home
But the sultan has always been friend
ly and courteous to American women.
You remember that he gave DR.. Mary
Pierson Eddy. missionary physician in
Syria from the Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant at Washington, an extraor-
binary trade, which gives her official
privileges that have never been granted
to any other human being.
This was because of her remarkable
success in restoring the sight of the wife
of one of his proteges, the governor of a
province in Asia Minor. They regarded
1t as a miracle. DR.. Eddy also made a
profound impression upon the imperial
board of health by her presence. her dig
nifty, her ability and her familiar knowl-
edge of Arabic and Turkish. She passed
such a fine examination that they not
only gave her a license to practice, but
granted her privileges that no one else
enjoyed.
Or. Zorouli Karalzian. who graduated
a Co11ppa Woman OF
Constantinople in 1867. and then took a
course at the University of Chicago, has
made reputation as physician in Ada
bazaar. one of the large cities of the in
terror of Turkey. by her skill and her
force of character. and has been treated
with the greatest respect by the officials
we'll as the public.
More Freedom for Women.
1.-The condition of women in the near
east is changing gradually. Women are
now admitted to'the universities. although
unfortunately. the University of Bulgaria
recently closed it's doors to them because
some of the woman students were in
volved In socialistic movement; but
they will probably be reopened. The
University of Athens has a number of
woman students. and the same may be
said of other institutions. This has been
brought about very largely through Amer
lean influence. American methods are
being adopted very generally by leaders in
educational affairs in the near east. Grad
yates of European normal schools are
adopting them. first because they are
more practical and effective. and particu-
larly because of the moral influence of
American ideas. The women of the east
are being taught to think and freedom of
action very naturally follows freedom of
thought. The graduates Of our college
have exercised "a powerful influence in
this direction. They have done more in
Bulgaria. however. than in any other
country. one OF our girls is the wife OF a
member of the Bulgarian cabinet, and
three of them are married to members of
the Bulgarian parliament. We have other
graduates there who are doing much to
promote civilization in that country.
I'VE also have graduates In Servia,
Roumania, Hungaria. Russia and the diff
ferent provinces of Turkey: and wherever
they go they exercise wholesome infiu-
ence. -
There is a demand for educated wives
in the east, and the reputation of our
college Is so wide that we often hear that
fathers Of marriageable girls have rep
resented their daughters to be graduates
as a recommendation. They often lie about
1t. Most of our{students are daughters OF
prominent people, the upper and middle
classes. the daughters of literary and edu-
Gated men; and often we have daughters
of pashas and other Turkish officials
We have several daughters OF Greek and
Bulgarian priests. We have a good many
Jews also from Russia and the surround
ing countries. and several girls from Per-
STA and the interior provinces of Turkey.
We have had only one Servian. She will
graduate this year. We have a great
MANY from Macedonia we have three
from Albania, and occasionally one from
Roumania The university at Bucharest
is coeducational and has large number
of woman students.