Middle Grove High School 1855

“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.