FINANCE, DEFENCE
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Religion, Instruction, Charity— The Iowa State Census Bureau publishes statistics of Churches fo- 1905. The number of congregations reporting was 3,821. The returns, however, are incomplete and the numbers triven below should all be increased by about 10 per cent. The sittin<4 accommodation in places of worship Avas put at 1,155,648 ; church members (communicants), 681,840. The membership of the more important bodies is given as follows: Methodist Episcopal, 147,899; Roman Catholic, 143,639 ; Lutheran, 83,536 ; Presbyterian, 43,423 ; Christian, 37,443 ; Congregational, 33,739; Baptist, regular, 30,223, others, 4,974; United Brethren, 11,133; United Presbyterian, 8,442; Latter Day Saints, 7,544; Friends, orthodox, 6,950, other, 1,654; Episcopal, 6,831. Among the numerous bodies with smaller membership were the Salvation Army, Dunkards, and Christian Science.
School attendance is compulsory during school age (7-14). In 1910 510,611 pupils and 24,909 teachers. 1,990 teachers and 39,473 pupils, teachers and 2,615 students in 1910
for 16 consecutive weeks annually the public elementary schools had 582 public high schools had (1910) Two public normal schools had 95 In the State there are 25 universities
and colleges the more important being: —
Year of
Institution
Control
Profes-
Students
Opening
sors
1855
The University of Iowa at Iowa City .
State
153
2 382
1881
Drake University at Des Moines . . ,
Christian
158
1,787
1890
Highland Park College at Des Moines
Unden'iiii.
57
2,384
1S67
Simpson College at Indianola. ...
M.E.
34
915
1894
Morningside College at Sioux City , .
M.E.
3-J
556
1857
Upper Iowa University at Fayette . .
M.E.
18
255
1848
Iowa College at Grinnell
Undenoni.
38
615
1857
Cornell College at Mount Vernon . .
M.E.
40
631
1844
Wesleyan Univ. at Mount Pleasant .
M.E.
20
375
1853
Penn College at Oskaloosa ....
Friends
15
247
1881
Coe College at Cedar Rapids ....
Presb.
20
348
There is at Ames a State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with 146 instructors and 2,631 students.
Besides almshouses and asylums for the insane, &c., Iowa has 41 hospitals (seven i)ublic, the rest private or ecclesiastical), 12 orphanages (one public), 24 homes (one public), two schools for the deaf and dumb (one public), besides two dispensaries and two day nurseries. Town- ship trustees have charge of the general relief of the poor, subject to regula- tions of the county board of supervisors. For cities this board may appoint an overseer. It may establish a poorhouse, and may let out the support of the poor, with the use of the poorhouse ; but poorhouses must be inspected monthly by a county supervisor. Legal settlement is gained by a year's residence, but this may be prevented by a ' warning to depart ' in the case of a person who is a county charge or likely to become such. Children are liable for support of parents and grandparents, and vice-versa.
Finance Defence.-
and expenditure were : —
-For the year ending January 1, 1913, the revenue