Charles Chapin Tracy, missionary, philanthropist, educator, first ...

CHARLES CHAPIN TRACY 15
acter; unprepared for metropolitan pulpits, they were
ready to keep cheerfully preaching while dodging the
missiles thrown through the windows from outside;
they were modest men, but men of spiritual power.
The new missionary proved to be an inspiring teacher,
unique and unconventional in method, stimulating
and forceful. At the first commencement of the
Seminary in 1868, eight men were graduated; at the
same time five girls received the first diplomas given
by the Girls' School; visiting ministers and mission-
aries organized the " Central Evangelical Union of
Churches "; Mr. Avedis Assadourian, a teacher in
the Seminary, was ordained; and five students were
licensed to preach. It was a heartening occasion.
At the Jubilee of the institution in 1914 it was stated
that 119 men had been graduated, and about 180
had been enrolled as students. In spite of absence
for occasional furlough or other purposes. Dr. Tracy
had personally shared in teaching practically every
man for at least some part of his course. First and
last he taught quite a variety of subjects, as occasion
required, particularly in Exposition of Scripture and
the Evidences of Christianity. The " Notes on He-
brews," which he published, grew out of his work in the
classroom.
CONSTANTINOPLE
Early years brought the Tracy home its full share of
sickness with the refining discipline of suffering and
sorrow as a result. In 1870 Mrs. Tracy's health was
in a threatening condition and there was no doctor
in Marsovan. The family was therefore transferred