El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-04

logical and industrial museums devoted
to Syria and Turkey
The New Turks at School.
During my stay here I have visited
the college. It is beautifully located
the buildings being situated on the
bluffs south of Beirut and running from
them down to the sea- Standing upon
the campus, which contains about %
acres, one faces the glorious Mediter-
ranean. and at his back are the snow
capped mountains Of Lebanon with the
rich vegetation clinbing their slopes
The institution has a gymnasium, ten
mis- courts and good athletic grounds
It's students play sootball, baseball and
cricket. They are full of college spirit
and have their college papers and col
1ege songs. Their college yell is as
follows:
Rah. Rahl Rah.
Ripl Rail- Reel
Boom All Boomi All!
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The boys have silver cup which IS
commended for by the various athletic
teams, and these Persians, Greeks, Syr-
ians, Arabs, Egyptians. Armenians and
Turks are being welded into one
brotherhood by the hard knocks Of
football and the track.
CfvfIizing the MOhammedans.
The Beirut college is an American
college and a Christian college as well,
but it does not attempt to proselytize,
and the Mohammedan can come to 1t
without changing his religion. 1t in
sists only that every one who goes
through its courses shall attend chapel
and the Bible classes. studying the
Bible as one of the great influences in
the work of the world. 1t is not long
since the students. who believe in Mo-
BANNED, struck against these regula-
tions. They refused to go to chapel
and took an oath not to attend the
Bible classes. The strike caused SEN
sation and for time it seemed as
though it might do serious damage.
The faculty, however, headed by the
president, DR.. Howard 5. Bliss, insisted.
saying that the school was Christian
college They demanded that all stu
dents must attend the religious SER
vices. and the result was that most of
the strikers came in and the college
has gone along on its original lines.
In talking about this to one OF the
Mohammedan students Dr.. Bliss said:
"Our college was established to give
the Mohammedan world the best that
the Christian world has. Our aim is to
make of you broad minded, Intelligent
men whether you continue to be MOS
lens or Christians. We believe that
the best thing we have is our religion,
. and we are bound to let you know
what it is. Whether you accept 1t or
not rests with yourself If upon in
vestigation you still think the Moslem
religion the best we believe that the
knowledge you have of our religion
viii make you better and broader Mos
lens. Religion is for man, not man
for religion, and we want you to have
the training which win make each one
of you the best man, whether he be
Christian or Mos1em."
Today the Mohammedan students at
tending the services. look upon them
as largely educational, and they study
the bible as such.
The Spread of Education.
The influence of colleges like this
goes far and wide. The students come
from villages all over the Turkish en-
pire and from those Of India and Per-
STA as well. Going home, each forms q
little hotbed for the growth Of indie
pendent thought, and civilized ideas
are spread in other ways. One OF the
great means of such distribution is
the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which
is attended by about half a million Mo-
hammedans from all parts of the orr
emit At that time Mecca becomes a