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knew before that life could be lived without quarrelling, cursing, 

 jealousy, deceit, and other dark concomitants. Many would 

 enter our schools, but prejudice runs high and official super- 

 vision forbids them. 



Latterly missionary eftbrt has more and more taken the form 

 of Christian education, and over 20,000 of the flower of the 

 Anatolian children and young people are in schools connected 

 with the mission. A few thousand of these were Armenian 

 orphans, but these are now maturing and taking their own 

 places in life. These schools are of all grades from the 

 Kindergartens up to the American colleges incorporated in the 

 United States, and conferring the bachelor's degree on their 

 graduates. 



In Marsovan itself Anatolia College has an attendance this 

 year of 316 in the four colleges; and three preparatory classes. 

 The faculty includes six Americans, one Swiss, eight Arme- 

 nians and five Greeks. The native gentlemen have pursued 

 advanced studies, one each in Berlin, America, Athens, 

 Constantinople, Edinburgh, Stuttgart, and one is now in Paris. 

 One has added about eighty new species of butterflies, beetles 

 and plants to the knowledge of scientific men. 



Students pay their own bills, the college making them as 

 low as possible. About one-third, being too poor to pay wholly 

 in cash, render some form of manual service in the AYickes Indus- 

 trial for part of their dues. A little aid outright is given those 

 who work well, and who otherwise could not be in college at 

 all. The course of study includes languages, mathematics, 

 natural sciences, history, philosophy, etc. Vocal and orchestral 

 music and athletics have made a good beginning. Every student 

 has a short Bible lesson every day, and our chief aim is from 

 among the many aspiring young people of the country to bring 

 forward a company filled with the spirit and power of Clirist 

 and return them with the strength of educated men to influence 

 their people. The college is greatly hampered by lack of funds. 

 Every additional pound means an added stroke of work, an 

 added inch of usefuhiess. 



Some of our students pursue Theological studies: ten 

 graduated from our course last May and are now preaching in 

 Turkey. Others go and study medicine. Turkey has need and 

 room for good physicians. Many of our students teach for 

 longer or shorter terms ; a large proportion enter some form of 

 business. The girls' boarding school at the other side of the 

 same compound is training most admirably above 200 girls who 

 are to be teachers, nurses, home makers, and leaders in all 



