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II.—PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.

The condition of the Professional Schools is shown by the
following Table, taken from the same authority as the above.
From this it appears that at the South a larger proportion of
professional students are in the Law Schools than at the North.
Next in order in this respect in Medicine, and last, Theology.
Indeed, the Census Tables do not show where the great body
of the Southern clergy are educated, since but 747 are returned
from the colleges, and only 808 from the Theological
Schools.

It will be noticed that the number of Professional Schools
in the Slave States is 32, and in the Free States 65, or two
to one. The ratio of Professors is a little larger. The number
of Students in the former is 1,807, and in the latter 4,426.
The number of volumes in the libraries of the former is
30,796, and in those of the latter, 175,951; more than five to
one. The number graduated at the former, 3,812, and at the
latter, 23,513; over six to one.

TABLE XXXV.
Showing the Condition of the Professional Schools in the North and the South,
from the American Almanac for 1856.
SLAVE STATES

         
Professional Schools.  Number
of
Schools. 		 Number
of Professors. 		 Number
of Students,
1854–5. 		 Number
Educated. 		 Number
of Vols. in
Libraries. 
Law  9  19  231 
Medicine  13  75  1,307  3,004 
Theology  10  28  269  808  30,796 
Total  32  122  1,807  3,812  30,796 
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FREE STATES.

         
Professional Schools.  Number
of
Schools. 		 Number
of Professors. 		 Number
of Students,
1854–5. 		 Number
Educated. 		 Number
of Vols. in
Libraries. 
Law  9  19  240 
Medicine  22  152  3,095  15,950 
Theology  34  98  1,091  7,563  175,951 
Total  65  269  4,426  23,513  175,951 

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