The Detroit times., 1917-01-27
American High School
Popular All Over
Land
MANY CONVERTED
TO CHRISTIANITY
Sons of Royalty and
Poor Rub Shoulders
In Play and Work
BY TIE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER

BY THE RELloIO~S NAV oNG y
since America has gone To school
10 Omar khays am g bur "fra
about hat his land ancient PIT
STA. should SIT Al the feet OF your (
America and Tow there IS uno
way project Co give the land 81
the Medes and Persians. in its til
OF transition, iuitnedged Amcri
can college. the only one in the en-.
pire. The new college is the ma.
urai out growth OF an American his
school which has made deep dem
in the life Of modern Teheran
Becausc The enterprise wears the
technical tag. foreign missions
most Americans are not aware oi
the unique and immeasurably insn
entail work done by this conn ry 10
promoting modern education IN iet
oldest nations ~ the earth Amari-
can schools that o. American i
their character support and at
ministrstion- OF all grades from
kindergarten 20 university are lon' z
in practically an &C the nonthre.
tian countries Some of th"m hafc
been really deierminstiye 81 TIC de--
TIMES OF the awakened peoples
What Syrian Protestant college.
al Beirut. and Roberi college ~
Constsntinople. and the American
College for Women on the Bosphor
us. have done for n. recent deyfl
opment OF the Levant b. known 20
all students OF the near east. Shai.
ing this power With them and mo
praise they merit. are group u
other American colleges and loFer
schools scattered turnout Turkey
Thousands Of tourists know and
have praised the American schools
in Egypt. an educational system
that is 10 be crowned by univer-
aity AZ Cairo. Japan. Korea and
China. Burma. india and the straits
settlements: Africa and tho South
Sea islands: Mexico and South
American countries. all are fields ~
this extraordinary ministry 5y he
American Christian educator %
the entire realm OF altruism there r.
scarcely more potable exhibit
than this Iis ramihcations ara
manifold. For one thing The Amer
lean school teacher ha- been au iu.
ternational factor in enhancing the
prestige and power OF his country s
flag
IN the Land % The Great King
Iates; ~ all the ancient nations
mothers OF civilization - receive
an opportuniiy for modern educa-
ton ~ the hands Of The American
schoc muster Is Persia. the home n
philosoFsN, poetry and most sncien'
literature OF oroas'rianl proud
Persia, which once ruled the world
under 'ihr great king Cyrus
which dealt literally with lhc cyilel
Jews Of tho Old Testament and re-.
stored thorn ic their native land.
wh'ch wa tNe home Of Daniel and
fcsthe and The laad az immortal
stories in Biblical and classical g..
eratrrs-~this ailurins land j. being
led educalionaiy hy the mission
aries OF The American Pre- oyterian
church.
A Pennsylvania farmer boy FROM
York county. The Rev 5 n Jordan
~. d. Is a. present thc head OF The
American nigh schools in Teheran.
and he IS in this country In ne IL.
terest OF the new college Under
his direction the school which made
q humble beginning s3 year ago
has reacher It's utmost capacity Z
SAC pupils So notable factor has
The institution become In the life
OF The nAion tina, Inc American
ministers TO Persia Caldwell ami
Russell. he former British minister
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. nov BRITISH
ambassador IN Washington. and
Morgan W. Shuster. former tressur.
er-general ~ Persia. have written
glowing words about n.
Since Persia has adopted a cor
stitution, and has definitely set Us
face toward western civilization. Tho
modern ideas for which an Ameri