The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

DIR MARY MILLS PATRICK.
The most remarkable woman's col.
ege In the world is Constantinople col
lege, where women from all parts OF the
orient are sent TO be grounded In the
arts and sciences Of the occident For.
ty years ago the small school which
established In Constantinople. II was
q missionary enterprise. and In those
days the orient looked with suspicion
on the occident and with disapproyal
on anything like the higher educa ton
Of women. All this Is changed. how.
ever. The sultan has set the seal Of
bis approval on the school and recon.
mends the education Of Turkish young
women. while from Armenia. the Bal
kan states. Greece and the farther orr
ent girls Of the best families are sent
TO enjoy the educational advantages OF
an institution which IL as well equip
ped as the average American woman's
college. Many rich Americans have
contributed generously for improve
ments. the total cost OF the college
buildings and equipment being about
three quarters OF a million dollars. Re
Gently FIVE splendid new buildings were
dedicated
The head OF this college is DIR. Mary
Mills Patrick. an American. 10 whom
are due the high standard and the sue
cess OF the institution. She was born
at Canterbury. n. II. From New Eng.
land she removed TO the state OF Iowa
with her parents. residing during her
school years at Lyons and there being
graduated from Lyons college
Soon after her graduation she went
TO Turkey under appointment received
from the American board OF foreign
missions and first spent several years
In the eastern part OF Asia Minor.
where her work was chiefly among the
Armenian people
Here she acquired a knowledge OF
the Armenian language that marked
her from the beginning OF her career
as gifted especially In linguistic fac
ulty. Besides the Armenian. she speaks
fuently Turkish. Greek. Bulgarian.
French and German.
After several years residence In the
Armenian provinces Miss Patrick was
called 10 the American school for girls
ut nstantinople. to which institution
she has devoted more than thirty
years Of untiring effort. establishing
there a standard for the education of
Urls that has c,,a ngab tha .ntIra NJ
titude Of the various races OF the near
east and the ideas OF the Ottoman
government as well on this most i'm
portant subject From a high school.
established In 1871. this American in
stitution for the higher education OF
young women has grown under the
able direction OF DIR. Patrick into the
strong and well equipped college. the
only college for girls in the Ottoman
empire. Seeing the need OF such a
college In Constantlnople, which draws
to itself people from all parts of the
entire Levant. even influencing the
thought and life Of Persia and Arabia.
Egypt and southern Russia. as well as
the whole OF the southeast OF Europe.
Miss Patrick early determined TO work
for the establishment of a permanent
educational work OF high standard.
Spending all her vacations In study and
research work. taking courses success
sively at the universities Of Heidelberg.
Zurich. Leipzig, Berlin and Berne. she
finally took the Doctors degree from
the last named institution. her major
work being in the field OF Greek phi.
losophy, She has done notable work
In Psychology also and In ethics, as
well as In Greek literature and his
tory. In 1890 the school over which
she had for nearly ten years presided
was Incorporated into a college. and II
Ia due 10 the splendid efforts Of DIR.
Patrick that this institution Is now
established In its beautiful new home |
on the European shores OF the Bos-
porus. the center Of intellectual life for
The women OF the near east.