lar has grown until now we have in Oroomiah a fine
brick building in which the college classes meet. In it are six
branches: high-school, preparatory, college, medicine, industrial, and
theological. Its superintendents from the start have been able men. Dr.
Perkins founded it, Mr. Cochran further developed it, and the late Dr.
Shedd, a profound theologian, contributed his fine ability to the
institution. Several eastern languages are taught. Mathematics,
including algebra and geometry, geography and history are taught, but
of course not as completely as in America.

LADIES' SEMINARY.

When the missionaries came to Persia there was only one woman among the
200,000 Assyrians who could read. Girls were not encouraged to study as
it was against law and believed to be useless. This belief originated
in Mohammed's teachings. Fidelia Fisk, soon after her arrival, saw the
condition of women and determined to open a seminary. At first it was
difficult to get girls to attend. If mothers were asked to send their
girls, they asked, "What is the use? They can never become bishops or
priests." If a girl was asked to attend she would reply that she did
not have time as she must be preparing a dowry for her wedding, an
event that would certainly occur before her eighteenth year. However, a
small free school was opened for girls, where the branches taught were
similar to those of the college. Fidelia Fisk labored faithfully in her
duties as teacher and made for herself a lasting reputation in that
country.

Her patience was often severely taxed. It is told of her that once
after she had become old she was trying to explain an example in
multiplication, when a loose tooth dropped out of her mouth. She sank
wearily into a chair, exclaiming, "It's no use; there is no god of
mathematics in this nation."

There stands to-day on the same site where this faithful soul started
the little school, a beautiful brick building known as the Fidelia Fisk
Seminary. It is also self-supporting, and is attended by 75 or 100
students. Now the girls and mothers laugh at their old superstition
about education, as they have learned that it prepares one for
something besides bishop or priest. Fathers want their daughters to
attend the seminary, and young men who are looking for a wife
appreciate the importance of the training which seminary girls have
received. They know that she can raise their children better, keep the
home cleaner, and better underst