The school had its full number of scholars, which was thirty.

There were classes in the English, French, Italian, Armenian, Turkish, Ancient Greek, and Hebrew languages, and lectures on various branches of natural science, illustrated by apparatus.
In 1834, the Rev.Messrs.John B.Adger, Benjamin Schneider, and Thomas P.Johnston, and their wives, joined the mission; the first taking up his abode at Smyrna, the second at Broosa, and the third at Trebizond.

In the following year the Rev.Philander O.Powers joined Mr.Schneider, and the Rev.Henry A.Homes arrived at Constantinople.

Such was the beginning of missionary efforts among the Armenians of Asia Minor.

Broosa is situated in Bithynia, at the western base of Mount Olympus, and was the capital of the Turkish empire for one hundred and thirty years previous to the taking of Constantinople.