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T HE AMERIOAN COLLEGE OF
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T ~e School ~ear drae near to a ~ ospone more wetk and a t r exaIlinations begin The iruj Cltinc c l ass as alredy finial eel the exarte anu ae get ting r ady for the exerci e efl Dext F ida~r lornshying The Gi rl B SchooJ IaR had til iT Co lencement E c ~lee 8 ~era1 of th ATlerican Te ch S R due to Iect1Te on their furloughs tnJe year and t ley n ted to Get a a~r i llf~ eli t Jy at thf en of school exshyaminntions the ha 1 ti 1r Co ~nce~ent e ~rJy and got it 01 er witL
iSFi Pomeroy is 1EA1Tinu in anotter thr ~e or fouT Veeke her three yearR aT finis ~d Ted ~ ill mies ~ rag at deal becau~e she c B just bout TectdJr 8 age and caMe here a gra t deal Sle is an awfully jolly pf-Ison and haa be n a I ltt tIe too ropul ar wi th the Men to suit t he di31i t) of SOM of 111 e fYliss5onar e 11Ut I r th r 1m pound5ne t at they wil repent after he s gone and wi3l~ that t h e hi d mor i th the l ife t t s e hac
i s6 YOLlnu io I flttving for home to-TYlorro f mornina She is one o tIe rABul~r Missionaries in the Girls chool an wi~ hfr goinG t lere 11 a ht q 1 AUon l11ark In t P MindA of aJJ of us You wi1 raca 1 that ahe h~ca e engaged to our Yr YOlln~ aJ thouGL a e is ten years hJB senior Ie woul d hnve hrfathect easter h cl th~r been Ilarri before ret lUling to AMerica bn t tle~ are 10 th rp turnJ ne she now an Yount a 11lnnt f ()I no bull an 1 wJJ J not s ( onp oth r for SeVshyer 1 onths The~1 Tl t in Europe b for J the ~ t halle _thoUBl I do not noV wlat tneir p l ans are ~ middot t a n ccte tle t ling trUlt puzzles ann pe p J exes us is jUflt what Youne wiJ 1 do when he eets to Al1er i ca w5th lie own fa i l y and frends withl s r llnjly ~eoll ~tgC1 j nst t he match
nylTay andhia friends all BO much younB - r than Ill s fiancee If he can e tand tle Gaff aD r~rY I ell and go d bu t if he oes not 1twill al)out fln i sh Charlottelpcause ehe is not 1 ne one to rfcover qudOY~Y frotl BUC~l a thing ental_ly she E ot 1uilt for SllCt recolJfries and
1 th her ag it i e unlike) that s1e yenrUl become eno u d 6Rin The thi one hic1-1 the Glrls School is 1 sjngxie iSB
c l or bull the prnciP 1 Her furlogn ie also due hut 1nste -d of taking her fur l ough ah is l1larr~rinG r Sch rr our v~dowed evant list YOll may ha1Te heard of Dr Sc_lltler 6 matrtplon Al ventures th r middot ve onny been two as f r as I knnw but the~r havp been varied The FirBt re 8m ul r Tas 26 yearR hJR senior he v Tere marri eel when he was a1JNIt 2G ye s of age out hFr in Jeraia One qf the older mj3esionT~1flB told UB of the affalr lOW Sc lnJfr mt-t lil1as UaJe in Ramadan Rnd 11011 the ieher n penple were el ectr1fied to r ce1rez a lettl r shortly after-I r is to the effect thct rSchul er find - is lale were in l ove with anoth r and ftlt ttlat it 8e liod s ill for the~ to eet married This p rtcul r IlissonarI sagelT remar fd t that tIme tl t he thought Go d haa said his l ast wor on the rlatter when llrSchul er wets hought into the orld 26 ye re aftfr Ji1as Gal e eJ1 MrsScb llF-r d i ed a out fi ve years agowhen sne was atout 8 0 nd he r uleb~nd just passed 50 tie _s no t at al l erey and incl ned to look yonn er tilM he i B whll they say tht - raSchul er aa very old ani feeble for the 1 at f 1 e or t en years of her l ife bull marvel that the Plan vms a )J e to make stich
a -a of tbut he di Sinc e ra Bchltl rls dtat h his thou~hte and attentions have turned tonalcl iss -oHenrJabout as IYlBny years hie junior as th e first rs Shuler afl his seni or hen c e s y 1 i A venshyt ures ha1Te betn Varled t 11 s bepn a 018mmy a1fampi1 i n ny opin i o bull e li k e Li~ l ap McHenry and ~Schul er a l eo but bee use of their POBshyit i oneahe as rinc ipal 0 the Girls Rcho ol and 11e as senior e~aneel ietthe th nu had to be carr d on un ler cover eo to speak Both of t-ePl haTe been um sualJy q -ia t and have kep t thejr cwn COllnsel s wi t t he result thlt e1T ~ ryone nefT everthlne and noon e knew nrt hinB a most unsa t1sfac t ory comH 11on for a love affa1r even for t e coup J e involve I think Under the circu~E~anoea people could not lelp congerins up t o llzhts arJout Schuler as hi s wi d vectuT 8 i n [IlltriJlIony whil e hie ool ish attetr~pts t o b e bo~ris 5n order to c n-vlnce everyone t hat he w s not too 01 to fie t marri ad h ve been patheti c t times u O N eurotTF7 pI iaemiddot be the thine i s over Rnd the en 8pound el1ient is annolnced and t1 ey are to ~et IlSrri e( J une 21 1 927
The Girls uchoo D ] e prrtt~T well sho) althongh tpe e getshymiddottine S)leo~e t() take iss cLl enry B plCc e and leR Poileroy 5 p I eC E
iss Yount B su ccessor h s no eln naI1ed howeV~r n or hf3 mis s hase s the latttr caMe out for women B eV ( ngeJietjc w(lrk ann has ~ust been worklng in t- e school (tnt tl she l eer ct the Inagnage Sle i JltJ ling out this year and going into h~r 0 n ~ork T1e ne l ~rinc rae iss Dool ittl ehas her work cut out for her l (an see but t hen it May not be hard or there rna not he a schoo l at all nex t year
The last PTOS ec t js not irnposRine in vievE of rae nt events ~n a nutshel l he r ersi-an -jnistry of Educ tion Rent a notic e t he other cla3 to all foreJen School s tha t ME cie six (pPlEmds bull 10ltt four of wn c~ hit our cc 100l e betwe en th e eyes an hene tl e t ng i a pl ainl y d i r c ted_against the i3sion School s and probe l~r our ColI e i erti shycular ~f I rec~ll t e six t1inCB the~r brfgt b80JJ O 5 1 A opt the govern~ nt lJrogra of enne ott n in i ts en iretmiddotbull This is ratr Pl difficult naSMtlCl as t1 ~re is not stabl e government prorm and it i s ohaneelt) e1prytlYlle the lnietfr f Ect chanees w11ch h s benn 4 t middotPlea aince we arrive l i n Persia At present the pr o ram i e i n a state of flux and DrJor an was In~ted somet ime ago to consul t with the JILinister about t e new profJra1lbut t1e t i e of he nference wan n eyeF set and rleantiMe COIles thi s noti e 6~ enect by h im 2 Th principal teachers Rnd stu en 1s nould answ r any questLona and all questions lut t~1eIl by school inspectors in a IIlanre r that is sati factory to the inspectors I heli~vp we hvelwetya d ne tLat ro thKt thera 1s no dang r in that one by its pl f 3 The oslero l aw an 1 rellion should be t2uJht to all Loslern students The books prescriled are pueri1e v i l e antiquate and llf el ess educat1onshyally eyen in Pera i a I do not see how Te can tech them unl ess they are revised eo thorout y that I clollbt whether the Perslan WOl d th1nk
it VTorht whl1e to llRe tnePl in t heir expure tee f (]Tm As mnet er of l i
f ac t very few of the lJ ers1a B knovr ~middothat i s in the cntent s of t1Ese books an I c are much 1 aS E I thi k t he in s t ry would 1e satisfi d i f we were to say that e tElUjl t the e Hl(lke and (11 noth2ne nore abol t the~ I do not belie 1e that the~r Intend t hat e sho llet t each l the 1)ooka on y that r~ should SElY- e Woul d and tnus cl () se tle mouths of the religious and political opvonents o the in i Btry of Ed 4 Tbe t ea ch1nn of any reliGion excep t the 09eM r elje i on t o oal eI stu ents ie strictly forbidden Or C(lUrRe fu is 1s aj~ed t t he t~achshyi ng af the ible and if i t la it probalJly cannot )e compli ed wi th beshycauce nowher n th worl d do I roOVI of a r eb3terian coJl ege that has agreed t o excl udi ng t he Bible and the hris t ian nel o io r m i n c rriCllluIl for any eroup of Rtudep t a t As the not ice reads t j s exshycJusiVebut what t he inal t ry will sayal10ut the actlldlal ractiee of the law is another t hina lhere a e probauly some Ie 1 j aree l oop shyholesbut that will have to be det erMined later
T HE A E RICAN COL GE o F
TEHERA N
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She Taa but a ahe pre days 01 tht
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a -a of tbut he di Sinc e ra Bchltl rls dtat h his thou~hte and attentions have turned tonalcl iss -oHenrJabout as IYlBny years hie junior as th e first rs Shuler afl his seni or hen c e s y 1 i A venshyt ures ha1Te betn Varled t 11 s bepn a 018mmy a1fampi1 i n ny opin i o bull e li k e Li~ l ap McHenry and ~Schul er a l eo but bee use of their POBshyit i oneahe as rinc ipal 0 the Girls Rcho ol and 11e as senior e~aneel ietthe th nu had to be carr d on un ler cover eo to speak Both of t-ePl haTe been um sualJy q -ia t and have kep t thejr cwn COllnsel s wi t t he result thlt e1T ~ ryone nefT everthlne and noon e knew nrt hinB a most unsa t1sfac t ory comH 11on for a love affa1r even for t e coup J e involve I think Under the circu~E~anoea people could not lelp congerins up t o llzhts arJout Schuler as hi s wi d vectuT 8 i n [IlltriJlIony whil e hie ool ish attetr~pts t o b e bo~ris 5n order to c n-vlnce everyone t hat he w s not too 01 to fie t marri ad h ve been patheti c t times u O N eurotTF7 pI iaemiddot be the thine i s over Rnd the en 8pound el1ient is annolnced and t1 ey are to ~et IlSrri e( J une 21 1 927
The Girls uchoo D ] e prrtt~T well sho) althongh tpe e getshymiddottine S)leo~e t() take iss cLl enry B plCc e and leR Poileroy 5 p I eC E
iss Yount B su ccessor h s no eln naI1ed howeV~r n or hf3 mis s hase s the latttr caMe out for women B eV ( ngeJietjc w(lrk ann has ~ust been worklng in t- e school (tnt tl she l eer ct the Inagnage Sle i JltJ ling out this year and going into h~r 0 n ~ork T1e ne l ~rinc rae iss Dool ittl ehas her work cut out for her l (an see but t hen it May not be hard or there rna not he a schoo l at all nex t year
The last PTOS ec t js not irnposRine in vievE of rae nt events ~n a nutshel l he r ersi-an -jnistry of Educ tion Rent a notic e t he other cla3 to all foreJen School s tha t ME cie six (pPlEmds bull 10ltt four of wn c~ hit our cc 100l e betwe en th e eyes an hene tl e t ng i a pl ainl y d i r c ted_against the i3sion School s and probe l~r our ColI e i erti shycular ~f I rec~ll t e six t1inCB the~r brfgt b80JJ O 5 1 A opt the govern~ nt lJrogra of enne ott n in i ts en iretmiddotbull This is ratr Pl difficult naSMtlCl as t1 ~re is not stabl e government prorm and it i s ohaneelt) e1prytlYlle the lnietfr f Ect chanees w11ch h s benn 4 t middotPlea aince we arrive l i n Persia At present the pr o ram i e i n a state of flux and DrJor an was In~ted somet ime ago to consul t with the JILinister about t e new profJra1lbut t1e t i e of he nference wan n eyeF set and rleantiMe COIles thi s noti e 6~ enect by h im 2 Th principal teachers Rnd stu en 1s nould answ r any questLona and all questions lut t~1eIl by school inspectors in a IIlanre r that is sati factory to the inspectors I heli~vp we hvelwetya d ne tLat ro thKt thera 1s no dang r in that one by its pl f 3 The oslero l aw an 1 rellion should be t2uJht to all Loslern students The books prescriled are pueri1e v i l e antiquate and llf el ess educat1onshyally eyen in Pera i a I do not see how Te can tech them unl ess they are revised eo thorout y that I clollbt whether the Perslan WOl d th1nk
it VTorht whl1e to llRe tnePl in t heir expure tee f (]Tm As mnet er of l i
f ac t very few of the lJ ers1a B knovr ~middothat i s in the cntent s of t1Ese books an I c are much 1 aS E I thi k t he in s t ry would 1e satisfi d i f we were to say that e tElUjl t the e Hl(lke and (11 noth2ne nore abol t the~ I do not belie 1e that the~r Intend t hat e sho llet t each l the 1)ooka on y that r~ should SElY- e Woul d and tnus cl () se tle mouths of the religious and political opvonents o the in i Btry of Ed 4 Tbe t ea ch1nn of any reliGion excep t the 09eM r elje i on t o oal eI stu ents ie strictly forbidden Or C(lUrRe fu is 1s aj~ed t t he t~achshyi ng af the ible and if i t la it probalJly cannot )e compli ed wi th beshycauce nowher n th worl d do I roOVI of a r eb3terian coJl ege that has agreed t o excl udi ng t he Bible and the hris t ian nel o io r m i n c rriCllluIl for any eroup of Rtudep t a t As the not ice reads t j s exshycJusiVebut what t he inal t ry will sayal10ut the actlldlal ractiee of the law is another t hina lhere a e probauly some Ie 1 j aree l oop shyholesbut that will have to be det erMined later
T HE A E RICAN COL GE o F
TEHERA N
~~ ~ 1 I v ~ lt iJ J~ 0 tgt~ J 4 ~D fi~
the b ttle is 0 a Be 001 in
ncl tle next y nGrlb ~
L ly
tionshyr ed
wluee in e
I 1 d 1 lost for ott n the oat L1 or t news of th l v EJ izabeth J t ohi Bon orriva tr B week edne d y mor in 3 30 a m to
e ex ct She rr1Ved lith yes open pull ~d eo lon f oe and yell t the pros ect and h Bone heTb ct t ep h~r eyes ahut ever s11ee
She Taa but a ahe pre days 01 tht
one inch ahorter good pound and
ther j cl0
it l ev
bull rn emiddotmiddotlth t es
f
T HE A E RICAN COL GE o F
TEHERA N
~~ ~ 1 I v ~ lt iJ J~ 0 tgt~ J 4 ~D fi~
the b ttle is 0 a Be 001 in
ncl tle next y nGrlb ~
L ly
tionshyr ed
wluee in e
I 1 d 1 lost for ott n the oat L1 or t news of th l v EJ izabeth J t ohi Bon orriva tr B week edne d y mor in 3 30 a m to
e ex ct She rr1Ved lith yes open pull ~d eo lon f oe and yell t the pros ect and h Bone heTb ct t ep h~r eyes ahut ever s11ee
She Taa but a ahe pre days 01 tht
one inch ahorter good pound and
ther j cl0
it l ev
bull rn emiddotmiddotlth t es
f