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CHARLES MILLS WRITES
AMERICA is UNPOPULAR
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ing / am making the BOY work and
as result have to work almost as
hard as they do. Lately | have been
ripping a couple of classes up the
back" and | thoroughly enjoyed tell
anything. | scared them so they
would study a bit harder. 1t is too
bad that they do not get sarcasm in
this land, for / would like to use it
once in while for effect, but it
doesn't do any good to be sa castle,
| have found.
My social experiences ara so much
more vivid that it is easier to write
about them than about my pedagogi-
cal activities. That reminds me Of
what small Theodorus boy said to
Dodge who had asked him a question
after hitting him on thei head with q
book in order to make him serious.
The boy said. very cunningly, please
sir you have knocked it all out of
mo-.
M. Crathern has been heard from
at last. He is safe somewhere in
a "a MINOR f'Np or orr a 'NRnlun ~
structors showed me a letter this
morning from Mr.. Crathern in which
he said that he had just completed
70 mile trek with 5000 refugees, 1000
of whom persisted on a single day
because of a severe blizzard. He is
eager to go back to America and tell
lne peOp.e ol tue su-4-.-.-,
Armenians in this accursed land,
He has written a report of the death
OF the two Y. NJ c. a. men which
VIII soon be in the hands of the as
ISOLATION here in Constantinople, and
| hope can see it.
1t was wicked of the F ench to
burn Marash. They are poor colo
nizers and the people Of Syria arc
very hateful toward them. What
country isn't badly off? Every ma
tion is quarrelling but / tell you that
England has the most sense. The
English can do things and they
don't so bragging about eve ything
as we Americans do. Sometimes |
wish were an Englishman, so
ashamed am | OF my country. And
now we hear that the senate may re-
iect the League of Nations and the
Treaty. 1t is a singular thing that,
although | am in the midst of the eX-
citement, have 10 read back mum
bers of American and English papers
to find out the real news We don't
know the least thing about what Is
happening right near us and We don't
know very much about America
either.
The other afternoon three OF. us
went into town to see the new British
hattleships which are part OF the
Home Fleet They constitute the
first battle squadron and are Of the
big gun tyne. There are five war
ships. each 26.700 tons-the largest
of their kind / have ever seen and
they look brand new with their fresh
paint which puts to shame the dirty
looking French warships and the lit
tie battleship owned by the G eek
naYy--0nca ours. Then there are
four destroyers which are Of the lat
est design The Revenge" ana the
Royal Oak were in the battle Of
Jutland in May Of 1916. Tuesday
morning the ships win sail up thu
Bosphorus and then turn around In
the Black Sea and, passing again
tn ough the straits, will sail into the
Marmo.a and away 10 some other
por;.
had a rather unusual experience
the other evening in Theodorus
studyhall where / was Interviewing
a student Mr. Shafak, a Turk (Pe
siam was in charge and a. was
talking, some boy committed a
slight offense and Shafak immediate
ly went for him with both fists. The
boy, as near as could find out, did
not do anything very wrong but
Shafak was thoroughly mad ana
went at him hammer and tongs,
striking as hard as he could. Every
body has heard OF the affai: and
Shafak has been severely reprimand-
ed, for no one is allowed to strike a
student and certainly not in the face
with fists. That illustrates the ma
ture OF the Turk. He is very acious
and polite on the surface but within
he is a savage. One young kid said
to Pete Dodge the next morning. u
guess Mr.. Shafak thought he was out
on the Persian hills last night beat
ing up the donkeys'
You Will be Interested in the fol.
lowing composition on THE Honor