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 420 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ated at Caledonia and had a successful exist- ence. As public high schools, however, came to be common through this part of the state it was felt that the buildings and equipment at Caledonia were not sufficient to enable this school to compete with the high schools. There was an agitation for a change of loca- tion. It was felt that since Caledonia was not located on a railroad the school would always be handicapped on that account. Frederiektown offered a building to cost $25,000 and ten acres of land on condition that the school be established at that place. This offer was accepted in 1894 and in Sep- tember, 1895, the school was transferred to the new building at Frederiektown. Since that time the school has been successfully car- ried on. It is not organized as a college and confers no degrees, though it does do a cer- tain amount of college work. The president of the school now is Rev. C. M. Gray. The building is a substantial brick structure, well suited to the purposes for which it was erected, and in addition to this main structure there is a dormitory for girls. Carleton College This institution was founded by Miss E. A. Carleton in April, 1854, mider the name of Carleton Institute. From 1854 until 1878 it was conducted in the country eight miles north of Farniington. In 1859 the institution was incorporated by the general assembly under the title of Carleton Institute and was given authority to conduct a school and to grant degrees. The institution was successful from the beginning, Miss Carleton herself being a successful teacher and organizer. In 1878 the school was removed to Farmington and installed in its new building December 2nd. This building stands on an attractive site comprising about 16 acres lying just east of the town. The building itself is a four- story brick of about 30 rooms. It was suffi- cient to house the school until 1884, when an addition 57 feet long and four stories high was made to the main building, which is called the Henry Annex in honor of Henry Carleton, and contains a chapel, library, museum, laboratory and other rooms. Arcadlv College In 1849 a school was established at Ar- cadia and called the Arcadia high school. It soon acquired a reputation for good work and was well patronized. It was later char- tered by the legislatui-e as Arcadia college. In 1870 a large four-story brick building was erected and the school grew rapidly. It came under the control of the Methodist Episcopal church for a number of years, but was not self-supporting. An effort was made at one time to sell the buildings and plant to the state for the establishment of third normal school afterward located at Cape Girardeau. This attempt failed and the college was finally transferred to the Ursuline Sisters who have conducted it .since 1878 as the Ursuline acad- emy. It is pleasantly situated, has a good li- brary of about 1,200 volumes, and is a pros- perous institution. State Normal School The institution which more than any other has influenced education in Southeast Missouri is the Rlissouri State Normal school, third dis- trict, at Cape Girardeau. It was the third of the Normal schools established in the state Kirksville was established in 1869, Warrens- burg in 1871, and the act of the legislature which created the third Normal school was approved March 22, 1873. It may thus be