Monographs on Education in the United States . ?Jof V\oV> ^ o^ w*v*. * 1 Q -S 3 s P4 ^_;- 0 \-r, rsl O 0) _o TJ o 1—1 o h-1 d <3 O 487] PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 23 In 1878 there were 125 schools with 4320 students. Thegrowth in students in 21 years has been Sy per cent. The seminaries have increased their requirements steadilyso that all the great divisions of theology are now repre-sented in their faculties. In 1899, 1 school had a course of7 years, 10 a course of 6 years, 6 a course of 5 years, 24 acourse of 4 years, 116 a course of 3 years, 7 a course of 2years and 1 a course of 1 year.
Monographs on Education in the United States . ?Jof V\oV> ^ o^ w*v*. * 1 Q -S 3 s P4 ^_;- 0 \-r, rsl O 0) _o TJ o 1—1 o h-1 d <3 O 487] PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 23 In 1878 there were 125 schools with 4320 students. Thegrowth in students in 21 years has been Sy per cent. The seminaries have increased their requirements steadilyso that all the great divisions of theology are now repre-sented in their faculties. In 1899, 1 school had a course of7 years, 10 a course of 6 years, 6 a course of 5 years, 24 acourse of 4 years, 116 a course of 3 years, 7 a course of 2years and 1 a course of 1 year. 73 grant degrees. Early theological training — The rise of independent semi-naries marked the second step in the development of theo-logical education in this country. A desire to educate can-didates for the ministry had influenced the founding ofcolleges at a much earlier period. In fact our first institu-tions for higher education owed their origin to this chief object in the founding of Harvard college (1636)for example was to provide an educated m
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