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Although St. Louis Country Day School, as a standalone boys' secondary school, vanished in the 1992 merger with Mary Institute, many reminders of Country Day can be found today across the MICDS campus.
Missouri State Library: Rights: All images are in the public domain: Language: English: County: Saint Louis County (Mo.) Coverage: Missouri -- Saint Louis County: Contributing Institution: Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). John M. Olin Library: Copy Request: Contact Olin Library at (314) 935-5410 or ref@wumail.wustl.edu
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We can't wait to meet you! Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School is a private JK-12 nonprofit, independent, day school offering a non-sectarian education. At MICDS, we challenge students to become their best selves and nurture excellence in and out of the classroom.
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William Greenleaf Eliot, minister and recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, arrives in St. Louis (pop. 7,000) to found a Unitarian congregation. It is his first trip west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Concerned with the lack of educational institutions in St. Louis, state Senator Wayman Crow prepares a charter for “Eliot Seminary.”
At Eliot’s request, the incorporators of Eliot Seminary change the name to Washington Institute (later Washington University).
Mary Rhodes Eliot, 16, first-born daughter of William Greenleaf Eliot, dies after a sudden illness. In his grief, Eliot pens a collection of sermons, The Discipline of Sorrow.
Eliot and other trustees establish an “Academic Department” to prepare younger boys for eventual enrollment at Washington University. In 1879, it is given the name “Smith Academy” after one of its principal benefactors.
Eliot and others on the Board of Trustees prompt Washington University to found a “Female Department” to prepare local girls for university. In honor of Eliot’s critical early leadership, the University insists that it be named for his daughter. September 20: Mary Institute opens on Lucas Place with six teachers. Curriculum includes English, physio...
Margaret Dawes Eliot, mother of William Greenleaf Eliot, donates $1,000 to the new school bearing her granddaughter’s name. She stipulates that “the scholars” henceforth be given an annual holiday “on or near the 11th of May for a May Festival.” Known since as M. D. Eliot “Grandmother’s” Day, it continues to be enjoyed by MICDS students and is the ...
Calvin Pennell, nephew and former ward of educator and statesman Horace Mann, is named Principal. Pennell infuses the School with groundbreaking “whole child” educational theories developed by his uncle.
Eliot is named the third Chancellor of Washington University, a post he holds until his death in 1887. In his 50 years in Missouri, Eliot is instrumental in founding several notable institutions, including the St. Louis Art Museum, Western Sanitary Commission, and the Colored Orphans and Civil War Soldiers’ Orphans Homes.
Harvard graduate Edmund Sears is named Mary Institute’s fourth Principal. Under his quiet, gentlemanly leadership, the School moves away from an exclusive focus on scholarship and embraces virtues of a “full, well-rounded life” for young women, including “entertainments, exhibitions, festivities, recreations, and pastimes.” Sears also introduces th...
In the spring of 1881 his home in Brotherton was swept away by the high waters of the Missouri, causing him to move to St. Charles. Captain Owens' wife was, before marriage, Miss Adaline Couzins-a sister of Miss Phoebe Couzins, a woman who has a national fame for original intellectu- ality.
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Apr 2, 2018 · After the Civil War, in 1866, the district opened three schools for African American students. The St. Louis Public Schools also opened the first public high school for black students west of the Mississippi, Sumner High School, in 1875.
