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Title: Leavening the Levant
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Greene, Joseph K., 1834-
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: Boston, The Pilgrim Press

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a mill for grinding wheat, which brings ayearly profit of $500. Again, the college has been an educational success. Fromthe beginning it has been highly favored in its native profes-sors, all of whom have had special training abroad, and aremen of good ability, of high moral and religious characterand thoroughly devoted to the institution. At two periodsthe college has also been favored in securing Dr. George P.Herrick as teacher and, for more than two years, as president.In 1913-14 the teaching force consisted of eight Armenians,nine Greeks, one Swiss, one Russian, and six Americans. Thestudents numbered 405, of whom 194 were Greeks, 157 wereArmenians, 32 were Russians, and 16 were Turks. In all,nine nationalities and five religious confessions were repre-sented. The courses of study have followed the usual curric-ulum of American colleges, save that greater attention hasbeen given to languages, both vernacular and European. Asin all like institutions in Turkey, English hasi been the
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> oo < HHihiOD COLLEGES AND SKETCHES 217 language of the college. Under the instruction of ProfessorDaghlian, who had a thorough preparation in Stuttgart, atrained choir of some 70 members, an orchestra with about30 pieces and several glee clubs have been formed. Thus thecollege has taken a leading position in music among the insti-tutions of the country. The following statement indicates the impression made bythe college on one who is both a great friend of education andan impartial critic. Among the guests attending the collegecommencement of June, 1914, was Sir Edwin Pears, a dis-tinguished author and for 40 years the leading English law-yer in Turkey. In a letter written after his return to Con-stantinople to the president of the college. Sir Edwin says:It was a genuine and delightful surprise to me to see themagnificent work that you are doing in Marsovan. I wasastonished at its extent and thoroughness. May I say, how-ever, that the most agreeable feature to me was the comp

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