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 RELIGION, EDUCATION

The population by sex and birth in 1910 was : —

459

Male Female

Total

White

Negro

Indians and Asiatic

1,351,792 1,288,169

2,639,961

31,044 29,276

459 136

Total

383,295 317,581

60,320

595 ' 2,700,876

Of the total, 141,861 were foreign born, 77,808 being fi-om Germany, 16,305 from Ireland, and 10,872 from England. The largest cities in the State are Indianapolis (capital), with a popnlation in 1910 of 233 650 • Evansville with 69,647 ; Fort Wayne. 63,933 ; South Bend, 53,684 ; Terre Haute, 58,157 ; Muncie, 23,118; New Albany, 25,275; Anderson, 22,505- Richmond, 19,602; Lafayette, 20,223; Marion, 24,181; Logansport' 16,730; Elkhart, 17,084; Michigan City, 20,000; Elwood, 13,821- Hammond, 19,995 ; Jefferson ville, 12,000 ; Kokomo, 12,834 ; Vincennes' 13,947.

The movement of population in the State in 1909 is stated as follows : births, 54,445 ; deaths, 36,579 ; marriages, 26,456 ; divorces, 4,194. Persons wlio have resided two years in the State may obtain divorce on account of unfaithfulness, abandonment or (on the part of the husband) failure to support for two years, cruelty, habitual drunkenness, felony.

Religion, Education. — The religious denominations most numerously represented are, in order of rank, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Disciples or Christian, Baptist, Presbyterian, United Brethren, Lutheran, and Friends. Within the State in 1907 were 6,489 church organizations with membership of 1,003,145. Sunday schools had 512,164' members. .There were 4,169 active ministeis, and 6,239 houses for worship.

School attendance during the full term is compulsory from 7 to 14 years of age. In 1910 the public elementary schools had 17,267 teachers and 531,459 enrolled pupils. The public high schools numbered 730, and had 2,443 teachers with 50,820 pupils. Teachers are trained in one public normal school, having, in 1910, 46 teachers and 2,096 students. Parochial and private schools (1910), 26,376 pupils.

Indiana has many institutions for superior education, the more im- portant in 1910 being : —

Profes.sors

Begun

Institution Control

and

Students

State.

Instructors 85

1824

Indiana University. Bloomington

2,380

. 1837

De Panw Universitv, Greencastle

M.E..

07

734

1842

Notre Dame University, South Bend

R.C..

51

0H8

1S47

Earlhain College, Earlhani.

Friends

30

585

1832

Wabash College, Crawfordsville.

Non-Sect. .

l:>

34tJ

1839

Concordia College, Port Wayne ,

Luth.

8

239

1855

Butler College, Indianapolis

Christian.

23

575

1833

Hanover College, Hanover.

Presby.

12

286

1834

Franklin College ....

Baptist.

14

201

Purdue University, for agricultural and mechanical instruction, 146 professors and instructors and 1,874 students.

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