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 238 INDIANA examined anil receive certificates. The perma- nent common school fund of Indiana in 1874 was greater than that of any other state in the Union; it amounted to $8,016,931, which yield- ed an annual interest of $189,455. This fund consists of a productive portion comprising the congressional township, the saline, the surplus revenue, the bank tax, and the sinking funds; a contingent portion embracing the proceeds of fines, forfeitures, escheats, swamp lands, and taxes on corporations; and a non-productive portion comprising the sixteenth sections (17,- 882 acres) of the public lands remaining un- sold. Besides these sources of revenue, a prop- erty tax of 16 cents on the $100 and a poll tax are levied for school purposes. The in- come from state taxes in 1873 was $1,190,626, besides $530,667 from local taxation. The in- come from all sources amounted to $2,276,569, being an increase of $165,581 over that of the preceding year. The entire school population in 1872 was 640,332; the total enrollment 465,154, of whom 13,895 were in high schools; and the average attendance 298,851. Schools were open in 9,008 districts, the average length throughout the state being 5J months. There were employed 12,056 teachers, of whom a majority were males. The total valuation of school property in 1872 was $9,199,480. The normal school was organized in 1867, and in 1873 had 12 instructors and 356 pupils, of whom 228 were in the normal and 128 in the model school. The full course occupies three years. The state university was opened as a college in 1824, and became a university in 1839. It comprises a collegiate, a medical, and a law department, in each of which tuition is free. A department of military science and civil engineering is connected with the colle- giate department. "Women are admitted to the collegiate course. In 1874 the university had 28 instructors, of whom 12 were in the medical and 2 in the law department, and 371 pupils, including 108 in the medical and 41 in the law department. The 390,000 acres of land granted by congress to Indiana for the estab- lishment of a college of agriculture and the mechanic arts have been sold for $212,238, which is to be devoted to the support of Pur- due university. This institution was founded at Lafayette by Mr. John Purdue, a resident of that city, who gave $150,000 for the purpose. There are more than 200 acres of land con- nected with the institution. Among the largest of the institutions of learning not connected with the state are the university of Notre Dame (Roman Catholic) at Notre Dame, St. Joseph co., and the Northwestern Christian uni- versity (Disciples') in Indianapolis. The for- mer has a classical and a scientific course of four years each, and a commercial course of two years. It was organized in 1842, and in 1874 had 15 professors, 16 other instructors, and 441 pupils. The Northwestern Christian university, organized in 1854, comprises an academic department which affords a classical c NAME. Location. 3 ~ f 4 S t- II " & l i J
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1^70 q Wabash college Crawfordsville.. 1SS4 11 231 12.0CO Concordia college Fort Wayne. . . . 1SSO i; 109 8,000 Fort Wayne college " '* .... 1-411 7 17.S Franklin 1K7'> SI 1.000 Hanover college Hanover |l&88.10 134 7,000 Hartsville university. . . Hartsville is.M 4 117 r><> 500 j^r )S 8 400 Moore's Hill college Moore's Hill. . . . 1-C4 6 142 8SO St. Meinrad's college. . . St. Meinrad. .. lsi;o 9 62 4,000 Sinithson college Logansport 1S71 and a scientific course, a business, and a law department. In 1873 there were 13 instruc- tors and 205 students. The Indiana Asbury university (Methodist), at Greencastle, has pre- paratory, collegiate and law courses. (See GREENCASTLE.) Earlham college (Friends') was founded at Richmond in 1859, and in 1873 had in its collegiate and preparatory departments 11 instructors and 222 students, with 3,500 volumes in the library. Other prominent colleges of the state are represented in the following table : Special instruction in science is afforded at Purdue university and St. Meinrad's college; in theology at Hartsville university (United Brethren); in law at the Indiana university, the Northwestern Christian college, and the university of Notre Dame; and in medicine by the medical department, in Indianapolis, of the state university. Prominent among insti- tutions for the superior instruction of females are St. Mary's academy at Notre Dame, Logansport female college at Logansport, Mo- ravian seminary for young ladies at Logans- port, De Pauw college at New Albany, and the Indianapolis female institute in Indianapolis. According to the census of 1870, the total number of educational institutions in Indiana was 9,073, with 11,652 teachers, of -whom 4,974 were females, and 464,477 pupils. The income from all sources for educational pur- poses amounted to $2,499,511, of which $50,620 was from endowment, $2,126,502 from taxa- tion and public funds, and $322,389 from tui- tion and other sources. Included in the above were 8,871 public schools, with 11,042 teachers and 446,076 pupils, 16 colleges with 143 teachers and 3,102 pupils, 16 academies with 125 teachers and 3,580 pupils, and 124 private schools with 201 teachers and 6,296 pupils. The total num- ber of libraries was 5,301, containing 1,125,553 volumes; of these, 2,968 with 497,659 volumes were private, and 2,333 with 627,894 other than private, including 20 circulating libraries containing 8,248. The most important libraries are the state library in Indianapolis, which has 15,000 volumes; that of Wabash college, 12,- 000; university of Notre Dame, 12,000; Whit- comb and college circulating library at Green- castle, 9,000; Hanover college, at Hanover, 7,000; state university at Bloomington, 6,000;