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Students at the school did not live on campus, but instead boarded in nearby homes. However, they never studied at the homes, but instead in the individual school rooms under the supervision of one of the professors. The schools were nonsectarian; students could attend who had no relationship to a
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in 1861 severely crippled it. This is best represented by the departure of the principal of its grammar school, Hines, who left to found the
Buckner's Guides, a Confederate force. It was during this time that Rob Morris began running the school (1860). His home, the
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