Show ti A American A c College C 11 I In n E Egy A VISIT ERN TO AFRICA THE BIGGEST AT T HE UNIVERSITY OF NILE NORTH NORTHERN I 1 1 n 0 ege J 1 i. i I I S Special ecial Correspondence of the t Des cret eret News b by Frank G. G Car Carpenter Car Copyright 1907 1901 by br Frank Frnnk G. G taro I ter Upper Egypt Sept 1 A At As aWa away up the Nile valley about aa as far tar south of oC the Mediterranean as Washington Washing WashIng- t ton Is south of oC Buffalo some of or the most of oC our charitable Americans have established a 11 training college for Cor or y ung Egyptians which la iii doing a wonderful work in the valley of or the Nile I tAme came here from tram Cairo to see It winding my wa way in and out along the jr great Mt Ilver liver The Thc Nile valley is narrow ab above abc c Cairo Its width s 's from three to miles and as the thea railroad took ne me up It I could sea see a everywhere th the 5 yellow ellow sand on both sides We e w were ware re at times far tar out in th d desert ert and at times moving In and out of oC the thc Irrigated lands We passed pasc mud villages at every turn of oC the the- car wheels wheel The They border the thc river and th the larger canals and the date trees hang han over oyer thorn th m are now loaded yellow fruit Upper Egypt has vast numbers of or late lale trees There an are in inthe n the whole country something like 8 of oC these palms and the they bring In In at a rouge estimate 1 to every tree ever every year at THE CAPITAL OF UPPER EGYPT Is th the largest city In Egypt S couth of oC Cairo Call It Is the capital o othis this part of th tha Nile valley and Is the I Ichler chief center of ot Its commerce ani trade Before the railroad was built caravans from tho Soudan brought great reat quantities quantities ties of merchandise from Central Africa to this point and transferred It to otherS other S caravans bound bount for Tripoli Cairo n 01 Suez The Tho railroad now carries carrle the thc most of oC this and the Iron tracks have been boen extended from here south south- southward S ward with but one short break supS supplied supplied sup sup- S plied by steam Hc on the river to the S city of Khartoum Jm S The Nile valley n II e above Cairo Is ex exceedingly ox- ox SS S fertile ertie There Is not an acre cf Irrigated land In It Jt worth orth less than S and most mist C cf f it would bring GO GOper S per acre under the hammer The whole region Is prosperous and thc the beggars b are now comparatively cb few fe A Itself has R new build n n oun c 1 ings Not far from the railroad atai station sta ata- taiS ta- ta i iS r 5 tion are brick hou houses es of two tuo and three stories which would be considered fine fino 4 an anywhere The They arc are owned b by Copts S who started life UCe poor and have become millionaires The most of oC the houses of oC tho the city arc aro Eg Egyptian in character They ar are flit flat rooted roofed buildings of oC on ono One two and nd three stories facing tl the c str street t. t Man Many of oC them are new and substantially substantially sub sub- built The bazars are far better than when I visited 25 5 f years cars ago and the town which now has over people pc-ople la is double theS tho the size It was then S S AN AMERICAN A COLLEGE IN EGYPT But I started out out outto to tell toil you about S this big bl Am American rk n college coHee It Is doing so much good goOt foi fOJ Egypt that It is S commended b by the thA British government governmentS S and b by every to who learns anyS anything any any- S thing of Egyptian Eg affairs It Is known 5 S as the Training College ItS It S was founded about 40 years ears ago and Its first work was done In a o. donkey z stable It IL now has seven large two twoS S and rind three story buildings which cover coverS S two acres running around a a a. campus shaded b by date palms and among Its iti itiS professors sors are graduates o ot of the best S cot Even payment nt of oC 2 23 25 allows the donor to name three or four Cour our patients for treatment at the particular hospital hospitalS to which the money has been contribute S The sum of Includes the privilege of or being a ifo governor to a aI I hospital to attend annual meetings and und to recommend 24 patients out-patients and oneS one S patient in-patient a t. t year car By this elaborate s system of ot donation S the thc London hospitals are Kept going y from year to year scar ear Once every ever year car two days are arc set apart when the whole t of ot London is supposed to contribute something toward tho care of oC the sick eick The These das da's are Hospital Sunday Sundar and S Hospital Saturday All An the churches on the first named day give gl the major parS portions por par S of at their collections to the hospitals hospi and on Hospital Saturday collections S 5 are made In the streets On Hospital flosS Hos Hos- S S pital Sunday and Saturday in London l- l t. t the public gives generously to the fund 1 f that goes to help the suffering poor pOOl S S Upward of ot has been collected in one year in this manner er CARNEGIE'S GIFT S Another great source of oC income to theS tho the S London hospitals and which also como come under tho the head of or voluntary contributions contributions contri contri- are the sums raised by what is known as King Edwards Edward's hospital 55 fund for tor London It Is to this fund that S Carnegie has Just given his S Last year the total In Income ome of this fund was S l This fund was wag founded by King Edward Edward EdWard Ed Ed- ward 10 years ears ago and is ono one of oC his tl ji j- j i majesty's most creditable hobbles r i L Every cry member of or the royal ro al family Is S. S 1 S supposed to contribute something tot to t f this fund even oven down to the little 44 princes and princesses Of OC royal subI subscribers sub sub- I scribers King Edward gives elves annually t Queen Alexandra the Prince i V i of ot Wales 1500 Princess Victoria 25 little Prince Edward while little tittle I Prince Albert Princess of ot S Wales Prince Henry and Prince George orge each give The total royal donations dona- dona lions amount to about 2775 Of Ot course i It might have been a trifle more conS con- con I S that tho the royal family tl of England Eng- Eng J land lanI draws from the British people j every year car about but as the S king and the Prince o of Wales ales give their personal service to tho fund the generosity generosity gener gener- 5 of oC the Itself Itsel should perhaps be bo questioned OTHER SOURCES One of th the sources of oC wealth of the London hospitals are b bequests quests by will Recently Mrs Irs Hlll Lewis-Hill wife wife a of the famous London pawnbroker died and left lett to the fund Cund Alfred Alfred Al Al- fred eli Belt left while George Georgo Georgel l Herring Hening previous to his hig hI death had f- f contributed to King Edward Edwards t fund In his will he left to the hospital fund a lar um sum of or money wh which ch he had hall loaned the Salvation Army and also his house houle in Park lane Jane S To be mentioned as a 11 heavy subscriber 5 er to tho the King ICing Edward fund is 15 considered cons consid ered a great honor In England Thy The fund undergoes the personal supervision super super- vIsion of oC the 1 ing and the Prince of oC Wales and th the th names of oC all donors donors- j even of persons not sending moro more than are ar aro printed in handsome booklets which come under the direct eye e of oC his majesty Nevertheless Ne despite de despite de- de spite the temptation to seek personal advertisement ment b by appearing In these gilt edged lists some donors are arc sufficiently suf stif- self abnegating not to allow their names to lo u. u mentioned Recently an anonymous contribution of or was vas sent to the King Edward Ed fund an and the name of or the donor was known to none conne connected t 1 wish the administration Hon tion of ot the subscriptions Considering the extraordinary manner manner man man- ner ncr ncr-In in which these funds aro are raised it il itI 1 I III quite Quito a n man el that these g great t Institutions institutions In Institutions In- In should be able to I keep go going Ins at all It is from rein this ver very tact fact that London has hns come cono to be bo known as the most charitable city on earth S DOWN TO A SYSTEM Living as th hospitals do on t to the theSS S o voluntary contributions of the multitude multitude mul roul- it is ia not ant surprising to see great greatS S plastered across the buildings s apS ap'S ap- ap S 'S for ate aid ald Nearly i cl r t i of at our colleges Including Princeton and Yale Talc It has hns now between en and SOO students come from all parts of ot Egypt and oven even from the Soudan and tho other countries of or northern Africa Tho The students represent more nore than towns town throughout hout the Nile val YAI- ml- ml ley The graduates aro are scattered at all allover allover over oer Many of oC them are arc Influential business men some are arc lawyers lawyer doctors and find teachers and others are government officials The graduates of oC the school ar are anxiously sought by the government as clerks Their training Is considered better than that of ot th th government nt c colleges He where no rell lol except the Koran is taught and thc they are found Cound to be more trustworthy and arid of ot a higher moral character MA MANAGED AGED BY PRESBYTERIANS PRESBYTERIAN This college Is a missionary Institution Institution institution tion but It gives a 11 good general tion It Is run upon broad lines and has among Its Us students Copts I dans thins and Christians It is supported b by the United Presbyterian church of tho the United otates tates This Is about the only one o of our Protestant denominations which Is 19 doing work hero the other ts is having apparently given up Egypt to It IL It This church has mission stations scattered throughout tho the Nile valley aHey and arid It has schools not only In lower and upper Egypt but also in the Soudan Soudan Soudan Sou Sou- dan and even on the borders of or Abyssinia Abys Abys- sinia There are something like boys now being r taught in its various In In- In I I It Is surprising that a large largo part of or the money which this mission Is spending upon education comes from the natives themselves Last year more mOJo than was spent and of oC this almost al almost ci- ci most was sub subscribed b by the tho Egyptians Of the now In the schools more than are paying tuition tuition tuition tui tui- tui- tui I tion so that the Institutions are arc largely self The Tho Egyptians of oC to toda today today to- to da day have havo learned the value of oC modern school training and they are arc anxious to have hac their theft sons go to college They want vant them taught English Ush and are arc all willing to pay something in order that they ma may get a modern education IN AN A- EGYPTIAN COLLEGE I r went through the Training college with Its president tho the Rev John Alexander D. D D D. D who has boon been In charge of oC tho the Institution for tor almost a generation and to whom It Is largely due duo that it Is tho the most successful Institution Institution of oC its kind In III northern Africa Dr Alexander Is by birth an Ohioan He was educated at nt Wooster university and It was shortly after he lie left there that he came out to Egypt He has lived Il in Egypt ever since and he knows the people and their wants as well as any man In it H. He tells me that t the Egyptians Eg are thoroughly aroused amused as s asto asto asto to the advantages ad of oC modern education and that they could use more schools and better facilities than either the government go or the mission can now supply He tells me that he has to re refuse refuse refuse re- re fuse mAn many applications for tor entrance to the training college e for lack of or room and that the Institution stands ready to erect new buildings as soon as It can raise the mom money It has has' already bought bough t 20 acres of or land at the tho junction of or th the Nile and the great Irrigating canal which runs from tram here tb to th F oum oun and it now needs only oni tin tn appropriation for or additional college buildings 1 My careful c examination shows me mo that the college Is ably and economically managed and I know of no place where an any one of our rich men can better Invest Invest in invest In- In vest his surplus and have it pay bl big biff words wardA Supported by Voluntary Contributions Contributions Contributions Con Con- and each cach hospital has an elaborate system of oC appealing which Is In charge of or a committee of or publicity pub pub- Considering that money always alwa's Is urgently needed by each of oC the tho great London hospitals it Is a wonder vonder that the do note weary of ot subscribing subscribing sub sub- scribing to funds which are arc practically ally ally allya a perpetual drain on their pockets Occasionally one sees aces notices on th the outside o of certain hospitals that wards have been en closed for lack of or operating expenses Appeals of this kind are aio responded to quickly and wards are aie note allowed to be closed dosed for Cor any great s-reat length of oC tim 1 If the general public docs does not come coma to the rescue somo some private private vate ate individual is found who by a single single single sin sin- gle check mana managers ers to open up the much d word ARMIES AIt OF OP SUFFERING It Is 18 difficult for tor the American reader to conceive of oC the tho extent of some of these great L London homes of oC suffering St. St Bartholomew's hospital for tor Instance in instance In- In stance forms almost a small village it jt- jt self It Is situated in one of the tho densest densest densest dens dens- est portions of ot London between the tl o general and Smithfield mar mar- ket It was founded as far back as A. A D. D 1123 by R. and by Henry VIII In 1546 15 Going back more than years yea It may bo be considered considered considered con con- one of oC the oldest hospitals In Inthe Inthe Inthe the world St. St Bartholomew's accommodates accommodates patients who are attended by nurses The hospital occupies H several blocks block is 18 surrounded by a n. huge wall Vall and forms forma as It were almost a town within a town In order to keep this vast place going It requires a year The Tho number of ot cases treated treat treat- I ed a year is led Another of London's great institutions for or the tho sick sick known known tho the world over over over-Is la vs the ory or- or y How flow trie th the College i i. i Su Supported and nd M Managed Managed Managed-It n It h has has Native N ti vc Boys Boy Taught T By Ameri American J I can cat Pr Professors Some Some Egyptian Millionaires Charities Modeled His Church I After W Abbey Among Among the the Copts Copts Queer Marriage Customs o of Curious Christians Christians Their Their Beliefs etc II I S 7 r c tf S Z EIJI 4 I t 7 S 3 S T. i i iS S. S r S. S Q c-Q r FUTURE LA LAWYERS DOCTORS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF OP EGYPT r Photographed for tor the tho by Prank Frank G. G Carpenter l 4 dividends In a charitable wa way Ulan than right here FORCED TO PLAY FOOTBALL This college is on the dormitory plan The most of oC Its students live IIvo In the buildings and they are arc continually tinder under under un un- der the tho eyes Oos of their professors proCessors Tho The training partakes somewhat of or a military military mili mill tary order The boys must not only goto go goto goto to tho the class rooms but they ha ha- hae bae e to attend tho chapel the weekly prayer meeting and tho the Sunday school Thoy They are aie also compelled to take part in college col- col college college col col- lege athletics Twice a week the they have to til engage In football and tennis and every overy effort i is made to d develop them along alon the lines of or our civilization cI i Iam am told that thoy they study stud well and that they aro |