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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