Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04


ing on. so that they may adapt their
plans at the center to the demands OF
the work outside.
Growth of the College.
AS an illustration of the way in which
educational institutions in Turkey grow.
Anatolia College is an admirable exam
pie. The germ which produced this
great institution. now with more than
800 students in several departments was
little school in the corner Of a stable
In the city Of Marsovan. in charge of
DR.. c. c. Tracy The animals filled the
greater part of the building, and in a
little corner, on a platform Of earth
raised foot or so above the common
level of the mud floor and protected by
light rail- was the school. Less than
lessons In learning TO read. At the be-
ginning, In common Intelligence they
were but little in advance Of the animals
that occupied the rest Of the building.
No one could have detected In that hum
bic beginning the germ Of a collegiate
institution that now covers several acres
in buildings and campus just outside the
large and fiOurishing city of Marsovan.
filled with bright young men from all
PARTS OF Anatolia. from all along the
southern shore of the Black sea. and
even from Russia. on the northern coast.
studying for academic degrees in prepa-
ration for positions Of influence and lead
ership in the new Turkish empire.
This little stable school became a. high
school in 1885 and full-grown college
few years later. 1t now has faculty
Of twenty-three professors fourteen OF
whom are natives. Of Turkey and eight
have taken post graduate courses to pre-
pare themselves for their work. They
have degrees from the New College at
Edinburgh. from the University Of Bers
lin, the University OF Athens. the Inn
;ol I OF a
Royal Conservatory Of Music at Stutt.
CART and the Academy at Paris.
Results of the System.
Anatolia College has sent out 224 grad
yates, of whom POI are now living. Fifty
two are engaged in teaching, forty-eight
have studied medicine and eighty-siX are
in business. In addition to these grad
yates. several thousands OF other young
men have for a time studied in the insti-
tuition and for various reasons have been
compelled to leave without completing the
course. These have. however. gone out
armed with a new power which this col
lege has given them, and many are doing
signal service within and without the
Turkish empire. Not long since in a
mixed gathering of Turks and Christians
pressed by Mohammedan leaders for this
institution and what it has done to dis
senlinate ideas of liberty for the emanci-
patton OF women. for the material prog
ress of the people. for education and for
the general welfare.
Among the students in the college, who
come from about one-half Of the twenty
nine provinces Of the Ottoman empire.
are found natives of Greece. Albania.
Egypt and, as has already been stated.
Russia. The courses OF study are SIM
liar to those of the ordinary college in
the United States. with the exception
that more emphasis Is put upon the living |
languages than upon the dead. All the
lish and their advanced courses are taken
through the medium Of that language.
First East Of Constantinople.
Trebizond was the first mission station
occupied by the American board east
of Constantinople on the Black sea. |
Thomas P. Johnson, the first American
missionary. took up his residence there
in 1895. The nearest mission station is
at Erzerum. six days journey to the |
south. over extensive ranges Of noun |
tsins. on one of the upper branches of
the Euphrates river. The territory d.
has population Of some 100000 Mo-
hammedans, 10000 Greeks and $1,000 |
Armenians. The city itself has a pop
ulation of only $1,000, being now nearly
four times as large as 1t was seventy
five years ago.
No large educational institution and
no important medical work have been
built up in Trebizond. not because of
the want of need or opportunity, but be-
cause it has not been possible to find
a force sufficient for the work i'm Tur-
key. The work in the city of Trebizond
itself has been largely among the Ar
menians. while Ordoun, a large city on
the Black sea, west Of Trebizond. has
hot ha0 dfrr # If iccSny fnr
the Greeks. AS Trebizond is SO near the
Russian border, and SO accessible by
water for all that part of Russia. there
has been most urgent call during the
work there to meet the demands Of the
Russian young men who are seeking
modern education but have no facilities
for 1t in their own country. Many Rus
SLAMS go to the Mission High School In
Trebizond. which is under the direction
of DR.. Crawford. and it Is evident that if
strong institution could be started
there 1t would have a wide patronage
from the Russian coast of the Black sea
and from the Caucasus.
New Railway Contemplated.
The Turkish government has decided
to build railway south from Samsoun,
and, according to the newspaper dis
patches, the contract has already been
AcI AOi us COIStIu CtlOH Ills VIII aU0
immensely to the Importance and the
usefulness Of the American schools in
AnatOlia. and much more will be required |
OF them. Their endowments will have
10 be increased in order to accommodate |
the students that will demand adnis- |
sion. Already the number of applications
is very much in excess Of the accommo-
dations, and it is lamentable to have
to turn away a young man who Is seri- |
ously demanding an education, especially
in country where educated men are |
SO much needed as in Turkey.
A letter from C0nstantinople received |
the other day says: Great embarrass-
ment has been caused to the department |
of public instruction by the fact that, al |
though liberal amount Of money has |
been set aside in the new budget to |
support the proposed schools. there are |
no properly educated teachers to be had. |
And the deputies in parliament are be- |
ginning to find fault with the minister |
OF education because he is unable to meet |
this emergency.
IAN interesting sign of the educational |
renaissance In Turkey is an application |
from the daughter Of Prince Bouhaned |
din, granddaughter of the late Sultan |
Abdul Hamid, for admission to the pre- !
paratory school Of the college at Ar |
naoutkeuy."
ROME AND INDIA.
In Two Stirring Tales by Well
Known Writers.