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After graduating from the Normal School at Danville, Indiana, he immediately began the for mation of plans for the organization of a similar school in Virginia. The strong opposition which at that time existed throughout the South to the principles of Norma-lism and coeducation made this a bold step. But it was With no weak and faltering purpose that the task was undertaken.
The place chosen for the experiment was Mid dletown, a historic spot, located on the Valley Pike, about twelve miles from Winchester. Here, in the fall of 1883, was organized the Shenandoah Normal College. But it was only a few years till this child of genius had outgrown its swaddling clothes; and finding it impossible to secure suitable accommodations here, the school was moved to Harrisonburg, in Rocking ham county. Here, in 1887, the school opened with a good enrollment. The rooms which had been secured here were far more commodious, yet poorly adapted for school purposes.
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