| Show ll llA A c 11 T Tn A VISIT TO THE BIGGEST UNIVERSITY OF NORTH A n American A m oge ege In I n E Egypt URN BRN AFRICA AT ON THE NILE i I Special Correspond nice of Me It D s cm Cf flY y Frank Fra G ar Copyright 1907 by b Prank Frank O fI L Carpen Carpenter ar f leT ter k lOUT tp r t L LA LAt A At up p th lie h Nile A jl valley velley about as a far RUth uth of ot oth the h ll sa Whit Whitten ton ten I Is south ot of Buffalo porn ome of or o the ti th most moat nf of our Jr charitable S eol for fcc ying MIn which I IS doing cIoll a wonderful work In th the valley of tb tile XII Kite I 1 tim Mini Nt here from Cairo lIro to tn toM top M lIfe p It my m w y in and out alow th the river The MI Ml NIle valley vally v vIs I IB le narrow ab bo we e Cairo It Iti width a tram tr three to n i ne mil mIle Mid aad nd a j th the railroad look took ne up lip It I 1 could I everywhere th yellow sand on both th ride We w U re III At t RIme lime Ilm tat tar out M I th tIn desert and it t 1 times time mo vine m I ml out Jut of th the Irrigated land W Wi 3 mud village at t ery turn lu of I o l the Cat er wheels They Ther b tb the river awl aM th he leTter larger ansi anaU na th the date dale tress trees tre hang hani hn them th m art are It now S lIow fruit rp tir r ha hs baa vat VI VIII I numbers II of lat tt tree t Tire There e ar are in inthe the th whole country ou g like I OMOO nf ot th this palm pelina and sed thy bring brn In at t Jl 1 to every tree trill every vry year r THE CAPITA OF UPPER BOVIT 1101 la Ii I th ti largest city In gy t south of Cairo alpo It 11 In Ic I th the capita this thin part of or PhD rhu Nile I valley an and 1 II I the Ih i chief center of It II lie commerce f an I 1 trado trad th the railroad rail wan ws built r I from tb the Soudan Io great ef f from Central Africa AtrIo to t this tha point and erred It t I other caravan earan bound boa for tor Tripoli Cairo i I Hue Nuz A The TIle railroad mm now the rh most moat of this Ihl trad and the th Iron track have n extended from here south southward ward werd w with but one abort phort break brek sup JIll by on the th river l t b the oUr oIt of Khartoum The Nile lle valley above Cairo alto hi Is ex fX fertl There The la Is I not an n acre cre creet of et I rated land In it worth I 1 lass M than thanS S se Me and nd moat r 1 I It would bring W IO per iw acre cre under the th hammer hemmer The region reon Ie I prosperous and anti the thc th beggar ore AU now comparatively fe f few lf has hAIl many man new nul build building ing inge Not Nol far flom the railroad al eta ta tion ar are brick house hf UMI o of two to and nd three which would woul t be he considered rp They rhy am are ar owned by b Cots Copt who vho tatted Started life lIe poor or and have bv become millionaires m 1 The most moil of th Ih the hot ho hoot Of ot the city ire re Egyptian E In character are re list Hat roofed buildings of one two and II nd three Ih faring facing the he street II t Many Malt of them hem are arc re new and sub built The are re far tar farb better b than when I visIted lIlted K fl yara yean awn and end the tIlI town lown which now hal hai ha over MOI N oe people l Is III th the elze ze It wail waa then tn thenAN AN AT IN Hut DUI I BIart d out OUI to 10 t tell ll you about thU thle tM big bis college e It la Ii I to 50 much good foi fo that It la is I by tbs th and Rud by b every ever tott who woo any allY anything thing of ot allaire nIMi It It I known Ha Ia the Training College It Wee wa founded about bollt 40 y year ar Riff ngn H I anti and Its It first work was waa done In a donkey Mable stable It now tan ha ma lIeven tain two and three tory story buildings which cover two acres crea running around a campus shaded by b date data palm nalma and nd among Hi Iti pre ar are graduate of or the b beet at if It our 1 Irin and Tel Tale Ta It haa ha no now TOO iiO and Ad MO students o come from frose rr an MI parts part rte of ot KIt anti and nd n from the III oudan and nd flu tho other n nur of Africa frk The students rent more mon mo than IhAn town lown throughout th Nile val al II alley ley isy t The TIt dl ar are Ud red alt all alln over oH n r Many Man of ot th them m III business buI men mn somi m ii doctor doctors nd teachers and other othra are official The of ofIn In the school hooI are i s ty sought by b the Ih a as clerks clerk Th Their r la II I helter better than Ihan ih thet l of f th I wh I h no lIal i the Koran Kornn It Is I tau M and AlIo they Ih are ir found to 10 be hI h nn mr more r i orth and u of a hither moral norel t r BT RY This collate clee I is II n II nary ion but It gives give a ua lion Hon It ta lit run upon broad brnad line anti and R hi h his H Hmong among mong It I Its stUdents Copt pt mm dan etna and nd Christian It I ii U b hi by th t the Uniti chur urh h of or th tb I tate It ta ThIs Thill I is about th Ihl the ont 01 one on of our Pro teat ant II III which hl h la Is doing work h re th tb ih 11 i it t Ta bavin apparently given u Ut uto Jo r tn to It II This church ha has mi lon throughout th lb Nile Nil ill illand II and n It II ha has school not nol only In III lom 1 i and upper but bill al III o In th su Iu u dan and anet even ven on ih the bonier or of r Ah Ahi AbyS AbySInIa InIa There T ai are o like Ilk H boy now nov being In 10 It lie III IHlo In Ii II II It 11 I Is II surprising that thet H II 1110 part of the mon t which hUh this Ihl m i il I l I Is spending upon t romps fr the Ih natives Ml than Ihan waa was spent p 1 and of this u t most molt UL Ie wa by th t h Egyptian Of the th now In th Ih hool mote mole than are re paying tin 1111 lion Ion so that the th Institutions Institution are re larg largy ly The Th Egyptians of or to in today inday day d have he learned Irn the value of ot school chool training und and nd they are to 10 have their eon anna go yn to 10 college oIl They want wt them m taught English sod ami nd are ar all willing witting to 10 pay pa something In order that they Ih may m get t a modern modem education IN AX AN EGYPTIAN I J went through the Ih Training college with It Its president the th Rev John Alexander Aleader D fl D who ha has been In charge chare of the Institution for almost a generation and nd to whom It U Is largely due du that It la Is I the Ihl moat mot successful InU Institution of or It ta kind In northern Africa Dr Alexander la Is by b birth an Ohioan He Ue was waa w educated luId at al university and 1 It was waa w shortly after he h left there I hr that he came cam me out to 10 Egypt He lie JI has hall lived In ever ver since end and he knows the tho people and their wants want as aa a well 1111 aa as any an man In It He Jle Ie tells tell me that the theE theE E EtcY y are aare thoroughly mused aa 5 to th the advantage of modern education and that U y could use u more mo schools hool and ltd better heUr facilities than either the government or the th mission minion can now SUPPlY lie He tells tell me that he Ie haa has to re iw refute reo fute fUM many mans man application for tor entrance to th hit training college rollee ron for tor lack Ik of f room and that the l stands stand ready dy to 10 erect e t new n building as soon lOOn aa as 1 It II ran can ao raise ral the money moM It U ha has hal already aldy bought W 18 acres acre of nf land at III the he I Junction of the I h Nile and the Ih great rat irritating Irrigating canal 0 nil 1 which runs from rom here to the th and pad It HOW cia only n 0 mr fr college colle buildings My careful examination how me m that the college I hi ably bly and ills managed und nd 04 I know of no plate pinte pi when uner aw aAY 14 MM OM of f our rich men can better In invest vet vest Ma We and aM have It pay pa y bie bla I How Flow the Colic Colie i Supported and Managed It has lu Native Boys BOYe Tau Kt By Ameri American AmeriCa A uri can Ca Pr rf Egyptian Millionaire CI Church Alter t r V c tm Abbey the tb Copt Queer Marriage Customs of f fu Cu Cur u ou u Beliefs Belief etc II I Ij IW j W I 1 r J JI I FUTURE LAWYERS DOCTORS AND ATh GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF EGYPT for or the Sews by b Trunk n C In a wa Way iy than Inan right tight here FORCED TO 10 JUAY ILAY FOOTBALL This Thin college I 1 on the dormitory plan The moat of its Ita It 1011 students live II In th the buildings building and they are continually un under under undEr der the th eye e of ot their The training partakes partake of a mill mili military tary lar order The Tho Th boy boys must not only ga go gato goto to 10 the claa c rooms roo Ul but bill they ther ha h hae to totten attend the ha I the meekly lI kly prayer meeting meU and end th the Sunday school h They art are also compelled to I take lake part pert In col college lege I athletics Twice a i wk they Ih have hate havet h e et t engage enal In foot football hull and t mil end and d every vr effort eort I made to 10 dex de lop them along Ion th the lines line Un of our civilian I Im am told lold that they study w well ll and that thit Ih they are doing good work on track and foot toot football football ball Held HeldI eld I J wish I could show how you thes th Egyptian gyp lea tian U boys 00 as all I 1 MH saw 1 w them today There Thre Were K o of oC them theol In th the campus when I wont Tb nil y were are bright eyed d H P t te w ranging In iti aei IJ and coining from front every v dais claa cia of pUan life III Some w wele UPI the fn anta tic le r followers follower at of the tile pr prophets and aAd a d nth r were Copla opts having baying the broos blOAM ri H the cheek bun boo l x which mark thorn them KM as the tHi II nd n nanti anti anta of thoM thoe who oppressed UM the 11 1111 lie Ite when whan Pharaoh h ruled Alt All th the stu student stud tu dent d wear red trot tea cape PI which extend about eight t Inches above their heads head bea and they the keep these th rap zaps on In both d room morn and chapel l They wear long gowns which are Ar often belted lIed In at t the th waist and nd they look much muth more dig than the college boy of America EDUCATION AT tit II 31 PER The students tua are of all classes d and Many of ot lam are arc world their way through asO a are IlI three different grM fl l u nl l graduated according to the tables table at Which h the boys eat MI There IB is l one which has ban a table where here v All nil have havo knives and forks and where the food tood furnished 1 is II a as good pod and of nt ft all as greet great a variety varlet aa as can an be ba found any an anywhere where whre This Thle la Iii for the rich who can canfill pay pal fill lift fan much M as a year er for tor room roam and nd board The Th second ond table lable la Is tilled HIM by b student who can an afford to pay paT only Ito 10 a r year ar and the third thin of those tho who have bave not more than SIC 3 per pr year Of OfU the U students of ef th the flat cIA class cla only two or three live Irve IB one on ream roem and of tM the th second MeoW end t for la is bees beeso o of th tM be third are arc lo In iii r L 1 room 20 2 or 30 31 each Ah of whom has hal ha his hie ow own u bed which be tie turn furn till himself 1 Th Tb h students of the second class claa hay hat ha simpler food than those thOM of th thi fir and nd they IMY eat with their fingers in native Ilha Those ThON of or the third class I Ih hay hat h still cheaper food but In all aU cases c cI it I is I na nJ good or better than the tM boys boy bo get pt at nl home for they hae have wheat bread and rot at least leat once or os on onery every ery eryA week weal A student nt pay pa at t loaM teut II at 1 a sea aea Ion alon in money but as a far tar aa as la is possible he may my work out th the rest reat of his hi ex CX expense pense The Tile ordinary 1 I is only 10 a year TilE THE COPTS AND TilE THE GOVERN GOVERNMENT MENT Many Ian of tile the indent of this thi col college college 01 lege lee are Copts They belong belo to that hot class cia of ot natives who are the direct descendant of the I ancient Egyptian They are ar more mote Intelligent than the Mohammedan and they take II at lira 11 to 10 education The Copts are shrewd clerk clerks and aa as II man of them Ihm are ar ed educated educated d they have bae a II large largi part of the miliN The British are now to trying tug to coddle oddle the he a as thy they form torm th the great majority of the population and andare andare are them hm I office In n preference to 10 the Ih Copt Cupl This Thle warn waa w recently charged l tt h v i a Coptic CoI commute committee which called call on t I rd r Crofter Cromer shortly alertly 1 before ber berM he M left In wi rt objected to 10 hi his hla crowd I DC oni l I Hi 0 Christians anti anil nd their place pIA a to 10 th Ua the follow The Th crowding out en of tt th lii II prophet ph of th ut Copt ul 1 15 done Iun In tn a curious curlu way wy w Tak fm to the Ih selection of stu students tu dents for the I hI training school for tor police m non n examination all chill II lit him hn in tO give their name names and ami amith th tb the Copts I Inn un 00 thuS thua be b eaI eaily Th The The lebel from nm the tb from the th Co Copt COlt t boys boIl get t their names name character of the Bible while th the names of the Mohammedan boys bor come from th the Koran When the M examina examination lion tion are turned In I the judges judged ar are Instructed to 10 mark down dawn all these thop thor who bear bar r such mch nan namee ag as II Mo Moses and Jacob l Peter ter and Anal Paul and In lo mead for lot appointment p the m mills meIN d th the Alia Ails and ami nd th tile the HaMan 11 COPTIC AND TH IK Th The IM ar are r the tha t meem of Many ny of them hem start atari life poor and grow aro rich U J I t la Is a It common saying here that no Jew oat oan compete with them and they have ha driven the JewS Je out of th the upper port part of ot the Nile valley In there Ute we ue a number of tich who have changed their religion and become Chris Christian Christians tian and some annie of thee men are ate very charitable ab One On for tor Instance In has built builta a ft Protestant native church lIe He put up the Ihn building after ner a visit to where he be waa was much Impressed with Abbey Abbe Upon hi his hili return he h Mid he be was waa 11 going to 10 It build a church for on the plan of Westminster The rite missionaries h hare re him to the contrary and ml asked ked that h he ha make hIs hla hi building blind In rectangular II Instead But Rut no not It mut must be Abbey or nothing and nd the Ih result I Is a great T abased 11 structure 1 of woo wood l with a long IonIC hall bali In th Ih the enter and wings at the end nd Th The cost coat about bout and It will l 10 people I J attended It last hurt Sunday and n nd found the th main hall ball tilled filled with men In gowns and andt tea fee t caps cap pM The Th wings wing wore were shut Mut off ore by h curtain curtine but bill I was waa w well up In front arid and nd ao so near nar one on vide side that I could look through the tho Ih cracks Ih wing wl wn Wit tilled with vt women m clad dad In Mack black balloon like and veiled ao so 0 aa as to con conceal coal ceal III all but bill their eyes eye A fow Ow of the th women wore or European clothes clothe and nd Krench hate hll I II showing IIII how the n new w cIvilization l I it coming In Another rich rth Copt opt ha hu has established two Iwo larg 1811 large primary schools here bert h one for tor boys beJ and nd the tho th other 01 her for tor girls iii rl In J 11 the I ht Lans school there U are BM pupils pupil and In that for the girls r more moore than GO TheSe Thae I schools school hWI ar are taught by native Prot tent tant and not one on cent of American money la ii I spent upon u oon them TJ C CI I am much Interested In the There are about bollt NO of thorn them In the country They look much like Uk Egypt Egyptian lana ian and dress about the same earn me The nIe woman n veil their tOM both In public and nd In private and until about a 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