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III. S AAREY ZEDEK SYNAGOGUE
Henry Morgenthau —A Christian Tribute
By GRACE M. BOYNTON
American College for Girls
Constantinople
Henry Morgenthau, the emi- may help, or kindness he may do
nent statesman, efficient diplo- —but generally no one has time
mat, open-handed philanthropist, to ask him before he thinks of it
is also the genial host, the zeal- himself.
ous idealist, the kindly friend.
At the moment when I first
He has always a warm hand- met him he was busily inqUiring
clasp and a droll word for a of our college housekeeper at the
greeting since his relish for hu- American College for Girls if she
mor is great and he is possessed had an abundance of stores for
of a very spicy variety of his the winter. He was sending for
own. In fact, among his friends provisions of flour, potatoes, rice,
the ambassador is a dreadful and so on from America via the
tease. He has also an eager ear Standard Oil boat, and could he
for any kind of trouble that he get anything for the college?
Both he and Mrs. Morgenthau
seem to read the college as sonic-
thing to be served in all capaci-
ties—from representing our in-
terests to the Turkish govern-
ment to acting as provisioner of
salt and potatoes.
Mr. Morgenthau cares deeply
for education. The two Aineri-
can Colleges are his constant care
and also his continual delight,
for he makes visits to them, as he
says, "his recreation." No occa-
sion at either Hissar or Arnout-
keu) is complete without the am-
bassor and Mrs. Morgenthau, and
there is no part of the life of the
two institutions which these
friends do not share.
The first time I met the am-
bassador he had come to the Col-
lege for Girls to hear Dean Wal-
lace preach at the Sunday morn-
ing service. As was his custom,
he stayed for dinner and enthusi-
astically pointed out to the girls
the fine elements of the discourse
they had heard. Two weeks later