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[s. 739] : A town in Che-kiang, China, TAHITL j Syria 721 46 Tal-]£a The same fact as to the relation of the college to the general mi ionary movement from which it sprang is seen in the healthy stimulus which it becomes to all native communities. This is seen not only in the praiseworthy efforts of native Protestants in the support of the institutions of the Gospel and the educational work inseparable from these institutions. It can be noted in all the native Christian, and after a little while in the non-Christian sects, taking the form of a general rivalry in matters of humanitarian and educational enterprise. The existence of the college stimulates the increase of Protestant schools. The example of Protestant schools has caused the Greeks and the Maronites to found common schools and, subsequently, colleges. It has led the Jesuits to found the University of St. Joseph at Beirut, with preparatory, collegiate, commercial and medical departments. It has stirred the Turkish Government to establish and enlarge primary and higher schools for boys, culminating in the Rushdiyeh and Idadiyeh Turkish Colleges But the most surprising result has of Beirut. been the general diffusion of female education. Each of the Christian sects has its complete series of girls’ schools, with a collegiate institution at And, most wonderful of all, this has its head. led to the foundation of a society of Muslim men to promote female education and the establishment of schools for Muslim girls in the principal cities of Syria. SYU-YIN. See Stn Yin. situated about 70 miles S. S. W. of Ningpo. Station of the CIM (1867), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, one of them with his wife; 13 native workers, 13 outstations, 14 places of worship, 1 boarding school, 1 hospital, and 504 profe ed Also station of the CMS (1892), Christians. with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 33 native workers, 13 day schools, and 1,222 profe ed Christians, of whom 449 are com muni Some write the name T’ai Chow. cants. T’AI CHOW. See Tai-chau-fu. 739