“The first session of this
Institution will commence on Monday, the 5th day of
March next, and continue for a term of five months. The
Trustees and Principal will spare no effort to render this
institution inferior to none in the country. A regular couse
taken at this institution by young men, will prepare them for
entering one of the highest classes of any college in the country.
The rates of tuition for
term of Five months will be:
For common English $7.50
(For) Higher English 10.00
(For) Classics, 15.00
M.W. MILLER, Principal.
Middlegrove, Mo., Feb. 27,
1855.”
Source: Advertisement in
the Paris Mercury dated February 27, 1855; provided by Don
Duvall.
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