Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Hard on Modern Physicians.

IHeS make IL Cln1CuIt Tor mOuern
physician to live up to the reputation
Of the first missionary doctor seen in
that region, IT would be expected that
this work. at once recognized as of
such Importance. should have been
maintained, and there is an American
physician located at Sivas now with
hospital and dispensarY.
At the time of DR.. West there were
no missionary hospitals. and the dis
pensaly usually consisted of a cup
board in a corner of the doctors office.
or more frequently Of saddle bags from
which he drew according to the needs
on his journeys up and down the coun
try. The first missionary physicians
were itinerant. with no office hours. but
ready whenever and wherever called to
render relief to the sick and suffering
to the limit of their power. Under the
changes that have taken place since
those days the physician naturally and
rightfully demands a place in which he
can care for patients who are seriously
ILL., or after surgical operations, until
danger is passed.
There was no hospital in Sivas I'M
til six years ago. when a small house
was hired with four beds in it. After
now equipped with twenty beds. with a
royal permit from Constantinople,
which puts it upon legal and recog-
nized basis The physician in charge.
Charles e. Clark, NJ. D., has a trained
nurse as an assistant The patients
who avail themselves of their services
range all the way from the beggar on
the street to the wealthy government
official. Turkish Moslems. Circassian
soldiers, kurds, Armeniafls, all come
can dispensary and hospital when suf-
fering. The hospital is crowded to
such an extent that it must be en-
larged to accommodate not only the
hospital patients, but the clinics in the
dispensary. The demands which press
upon the physician cannot be met with
the present equipment. Over 5000 pa
tents were treated in the year 1910.
Expansion of Colleges.
Several of the colleges administered
by the representatives of the Ameri-
can missionaries in foreign lands have
passed out of the first period of their
history, that of laying foundations and
have entered on period of expansion
One hundred and thirteen high and
boarding schools which are the feed
ers for the sixteen colleges, scattered
in many lands, have hitherto lacked
the attention necessary for their best
development, but now that the col
I !eses are firmly established, more at
tention is being given to the entire
system of lower schools, without which
the colleges cannot do their best work
These high schools are the educa :
tional centers of territory larger in
extent and containing a greater pon,1-
lation than some of our American
states.
The Sfvas Normal School, located in
the heart of Sivas. city of 5000 peo
pie, and the capital of the ancient Sell
JukS, Is one of these schools and until
recently was unique in Turkey in the
attention which it gives to training
teachers for the common schools ~
the entire region.
More than twenty-five years ago the
Sivas missionaries, because of tho in
creasing need of more and better pre-
pared teachers. decided to strengthen the
common schools which were being car
RED on in the city under their direction
and raised the standard to that of q
high school The name Sivas Normal
School was given to it at that time to
represent the consciousness of the need