Theological Theological Female Seminaries. Classes. Boarding-schools. WESTERN TURKEY. Marsovan. 26 - 38 Cesarea. - 5 - Broosa. - 13 - Sivas. - 2 - CENTRAL TURKEY. Aintab. - - 20 Marash. 35 - - EASTERN TURKEY. Harpoot. 17 25[1] 34 Mardin. 5 - 5 Bitlis. - 9 20 Erzroom. - 6 8 ----- ----- ----- Total. 83 60 125 [1] More properly called a "Normal school." Thus the number in training for the gospel ministry, in 1871, was one hundred and forty-three, and the number in the female boarding-schools was one hundred and twenty-five. The Marsovan Seminary commenced with eight pupils, and the number was increased in two years to twenty-four. Classes were organized at the stations, to prepare candidates for admission to the seminary, and to train such helpers as were not to take the full course of study. The plan of instruction in the seminary has recently been enlarged so as to include the training of native agents for the Greek-speaking races of southwestern Asia Minor. Eight young men, who graduated in 1869, received licenses to preach from the "Central Evangelical Union," and were in great demand. Thirteen were thus commissioned in 1870, in which year a convenient seminary building was finished.[1] [1] See Chap. xxiv. p. 17; Report of the Board for 1870, p. 21; and _Missionary Herald_ for 1869, pp. 87, 122, 257; and for 1871, p. 109. Mr. Wheeler has given a full and interesting description of the theological and female Seminaries at Harpoot, in his valuable work, entitled "Ten Years on the Euphrates," and to that the reader is referred.[1] Eighteen pupils graduated in 1863, seven in 1865, and eleven in 1867; of whom thirty-two became pastors, preachers, or helpers. [1] _Ten Years on the Euphrates_, pp. 162-221.