Number of children receiving instruction in the Common Schools, 534,002, being 50 to 51 of the whole population.
Pennsylvania.—There had been difficulties about putting the act in operation; and no returns had been made in 1835.
Ohio.—"Our system of Common Schools has not advanced with the rapidity that was anticipated. It was at first unpopular with the people in some parts of the State; but it has gradually become more and more in favour with them. Its utility is now acknowledged."—Governor's Message, Dec. 6, 1834.
Nothing more done in the Slave States.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The Reports of the Sunday School Union up to May, 1835, show that there are, or have been, connected with it, (besides a large number of unassociated schools,) upwards of 16,000 schools, 115,000 teachers, and 799,000 pupils. The officers and managers are all laymen.
COLLEGES.
| Colleges in the United States | 79 |
| The number of students varying from 15 to 523. | |
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES.