CHAPTER XLIV

. THE ARMENIANS.--EDUCATION.--1872.

Common Schools a Necessity.--The Four Seminaries.--The Female Boarding Schools.--Tabular View of the Higher Schools.--Marsovan Seminary.--Harpoot Seminaries.--Marash Seminary.--Mardin Seminaries.--Training School at Tocat.--High School at Aintab. --Marsovan Female Seminary.--Harpoot Female Seminary.--Female Boarding School at Aintab.--Marash Female High School.--The ROBERT COLLEGE.--Its Origin.--Obstacles to be overcome.--To be a Christian Institution.--The Founder.--Fully established.--How Obstacles were surmounted.--The College Self-supporting.--Gifts by the Founder. --The Demand for Liberal Education.--_Proposed College in the Interior_.--How the Idea originated.--Interesting Statement from Aintab.--To be located in Aintab.

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