The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22

lines OF our civilization. AM told
that they study we'll and that they
are doing good work on track aai
football field.
wish / could show you these
Egyptian boys as 1 saw them to-day
There We're seven hundred and thirty
OF them In the campus when went
through. They were bright-cyed
dark-faced young fellows. ranging IN
age from ten to twenty years and
coming from every class of Egyptian
life. Some were Mohammedans, tile
fatalistic, sombre followers of the
prophet. and others were Copts, having
the bronze faces, the high cheek bones
and black eyes which mark them ms
the descendants of those who ou-
pressed the Israelites when Pharaoh
ruled. All the students wear red fea
caps which extend about eight inches
above their heads. and they keep these
caps on in both classroom and chapel.
They wear long gowns which are often
belted in at the waist. and they look
much more dignified than the conege
boy of America.
Education mt $40 Per Ycnr.
The students are Of all classes and
conditions. Many of them are work
ing their way through school, and
there are three different grades OF ex-
pense, graduated according to the ia
bles at which the boys eat There IS,
one class which has a special table.
where all have knives and forks, and
where the food furnished Is as good
and of as great a variety as can he
found anywhere. This is for the rich.
who can pay as much as 500 year
for room and board. The second table
~ filed by students who can afford to-
pay only $50 year. and the third by
those who have not more than S35 per
year. OF the students of the first class
only two or three live in one room.
and of the second from four to eight,
white those of the third class are
lodged in large rooms accommodating
twenty or thirty. each of whom has
his own bed, which he furnishes him
self.
The students of the second class
have simpler food than those of the
first and they eat with their fingers
in native style. Those of the third
class have still cheaper food. but In
all cases 1t Is as good or better than
the boys get at home, Cor they have
wheat bread and meat at least once
or oftener every week.
A student must pay at least 81 a
session in money. but as far AS Is
possible he may work out the rest of
his expenses. The ordinary tuition Is
only $40 year.
The Copts and the Government.
Many of the students of this college
are Copts. They belong to that class
of natives who are the direct descend
ants of the ancient Egyptians. They
are more intelligent than the Moham-
medans. and they take naturally to
education. They are shrewd clerks
and. as many of them are educated
they have a large part of the minor
government appointments.
The British are now trying to cod
die the Mohammedans, as they form
the great majority of the population,
and are giving them offices in prefer
charged by a Coptic committee, which
called on Lord Cromer shortly be-
fore he left Egypt and objected to his
crowding out these native Christians
and giving their places to the fol-
lowers of the prophet. The crowding
out of the Copts is done in curious
way. Take, for instance, the selection
of students for the training school for
policemen. Before examination all an
| plicants have to give their names and
| the Copts can thus be easily distin-
guished from the Mohammedans The
| Copt boys get their names from the
characters OF the Bible while the
names of the Mohammedan boys come
from the Koran. When the examination
papers are turned in the judges are