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A Bosporus Adventure A History of Istanbul Woman's College, 1871-1924
$13.36
Mary Mills Patrick
Book
A Bosporus Adventure A History of Istanbul Woman's College, 1871-1924
$13.36
Mary Mills Patrick
Book
Originally published in 1934, this is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy. The magnificence of the old Turkish Empire, the story of war and of revolution, the downfall of an old nation and the rise of a new one are all woven into this history of Istanbul Woman’s College. Here is the story by one who spent forty-nine years with the college, Dr. Patrick went to Constantinople as a young teacher in 1875, four years after the founding of the school. She retired in 1924 as President Emerita. During this time the college grew from a school with forty pupils in a rented house to one with several hundred students, modern buildings, and a campus of seventy acres. Those interested in the history of education in the Near East will find this a valuable book. Thos interested in the development of modern Turkey will find much material of real interest. PREFACE THE city known for many centuries as Constantinople was founded in 658 B.C. Originally called Byzantium, it was not until A.D. 328 that Constantine the Great conquered and renamed the city. The present name of Constantinople is Istanbul, not to be confounded with Stamboul, the oldest part of the ancient city. It lay, originally, between the Sea of Marmara and the Golden Horn, on what was called Seraglio Point because the palaces of the old sultans were there. The waterways around the city are intricate and far-extended. The Bosporus, the strait which connects the Marmara with the Black Sea, is eighteen miles long and varies greatly in width, being only one-half mile wide in its narrowest part and two and three-quarters miles wide at its northern end. The Republic of Turkey proves the possibility of a new creation in national thinking. President Mustapha Kemal brought modern Turkey into existence, as old methods and standards gradually ceased to control. The Turkey of today marks an era in the history of the Near East. It is one of the progressive republics of modern times. As old methods and ideals gradually disappeared in the land, an educational institution was corning into existence--Istanbul Woman's College. The foundation of this college was laid in the latter part of the last century. Caroline Borden was an enthusiastic leader among the trustees of this institution. From 1871, the date when it was founded, to 1921, the year of her death, the college was her special interest. Under her influence it grew and developed. During the whole of that period her efforts were untiring along both financial and educational lines. She was in a sense the real author of the following pages. Under the pressure of great difficulties she wrote a history of the college, carefully composed and dictated (for during the latter part of her life she was almost blind), but never published. To her account I am indebted for many exact records of dates and events in the history of Istanbul Woman's College. I would acknowledge further generous assistance and suggestions from Dr. Louise B. Wallace, former Dean and Vice-President; Dr. Isabel F. Dodd, Professor of Art and Archaeology in the college for many years; and Elizabeth Clarahan, Professor of Education and Principal of the High School. I am greatly indebted as well to Henrietta H. Sisson for assistance in preparation of the manuscript. M.M.P. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA May 1, 1934 Contents THE LAST ERA OF OLD TURKEY 3 SULTAN AZIZ 22 AN EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE 28 LIBERTY FRATERNITY EQUALITY AND JUSTICE 39 ROMANCE OF EARLY DAYS 47 LITERARY ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARLY TURKISH 53 DARK AGES IN TURKISH HISTORY 75 A STUDY IN TRUSTEES 86 A COLLEGE CHARTER 93 THE YOUTH OF THE COLLEGE 100 WINNING FINANCIAL SUPPORT 109 THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM I 116 A GARDEN IN PARADISE 126 HEAVEN IN THE NEAR EAST 133 THE IDEAL AND THE PRACTICAL 145 MORE STATELY MANSIONS 155 FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW 163 WAR AND COLLEGE HISTORY 169 WAR AND TURKISH WOMEN 176 CROSSING EUROPE TWICE IN WARTIME 189 LAST DAYS OF THE WORLD WAR 200 THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 214 SOME EARLY COLLEGE ALUMNAE 224 THE NEW WORLD IN TURKEY 244 A BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 5 I 251 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES REPRESENTED 258 GENERAL INDEX 269
