The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05
STIRRING up THE MOHAMA1EDANS- c. Carpenter

Copyright, 1910, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Beirut. ~ o you realize how American educa-
 tion is reyolutionzing the Orient? O It has been one of the chief forces which have modernized Egypt, it has much to do with the great revolution In Persia, and it. is the basis of the re- organization now going on throughout the whole Turkish empire. The first schools of Egypt were started by United. Presbyterian missionaries, and their ed ucational institutions now cover the Niie valley. They have schools in the Sudan and 0 great American college at Assiout, several hundred miles above Cairo. The college was started in a donkey stable about 40 years ago. and it has been turn ing out graduates ever since. It has now mora than 1000 students, who are housed in 16 large two-story buildings, and it has recently completed three of the finest halls to be found in the far east. These are situated just outside AssOut. at the june tion of the Nile with the great canal north of that city, and by the time this letter is published they will be finished and in active operation The college mas about 300 women, and it is associated With the new Girls academy which was dedi- cated at Cairo during the stay of Presi- dent Roosevelt s
 The American College in Egypt
 visited the college at Assiout not long ego. It Is full to overflowing and not withstanding the new structure just com pleted it needs more money and more buildings. It has a great prestige through out the Nile valley and it's efficiency, with, a little money, could be easily doubled. The college is said to give better educa, tion than the government institutions, and that at the lowest possible cost. The tuition is nominal. For the poorest schol- ars 1t is only about $1 atsession in money and the ordinary rate is about s10 year. The cost of the education varies with the taste of the students. These are of all classes from the sons of the poor est fellah othe highest pasha, and richest merchant of the Nile valley. There gre three kinds of accommodations the cost of which ranges from $35 year up- ward. The wealthy Egyptian boy can have his own room or he can live four in 2 room. He can have good table, or, at less cost, can be boarded so that he has meat three or four times a week. On the other hand he can work his way ! through college, bringing his own food. end buying vegetables and fish at very low cost. Many of the boys bring their bread from home. It is made of ground corn or nillet and baked in. cakes an inch thick. These cakes are toasted until they are as hard as stone, in which sf~pe they will keep through the term. Before going into meal the students dip their bread in buckets of water set out Tor the purpose. and. when soft, carry 1t with them into the table.
 The Assiout institution has its grad uates in all the government departments of Egypt. They are Hmong the leading merchants of the country, and every town has numbers of them. Many are Copts and not a few are Mohammedans am told that there are more than 16.00O boys now being educated in the United Presbyterian schools and col leges.s
 l How the Sultan Lost His Throne. }. Shortly before the Sultan Abdul Hamid was ousted by the Young Turks party and carried to his prison in ! 6aloniki. where he, now is. he referred