UPPER S C H O O L AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPIA The Prindpia, today, comprises The Principia Lower School, nursery school and eight grades; The Prindpia Upper School, high or college preparatory school; and The Prindpia College of Liberal Arts which grants the B. A. and B. S. degrees. The same trustees and officers of administration serve The Prindpia as a whole, but each education unit has its own faculty. There are two Principia campuses. The Lower School, the Upper School, and the central administrative offices for the entire institution occupy a fourteen acre campus at 5539 Page Boulevard, in St. Louis. Taylor Field, about ten minutes from the Upper School campus, provides additional fadlities for Upper School boys’ athletics. Since 1935 the College has occupied its own 2200-acre campus, on the high bluffs of the Mississippi, forty miles from St. Louis near the village of Elsah, Illinois. Acreage in St. Louis County was acquired in 1945 in the expectation that a new campus will be developed there as soon as practicable. A statement with regard to the proposed campus will be found on page 83. The Principia was established in 1898 by Mrs. Mary Kimball Morgan as an elementary day school designed to meet the needs of a small group of children whose parents were pioneers in the Christian Science movement in St. Louis. The Principia immediately won the respect of its own community and before long was attracting students from Christian Science homes in other cities. The total enrollment in the three departments is now nearly a thousand-students who come to The Principia from every state and from various other countries. Principia’s stated and continuing purpose is “to serve the Cause of Christian Science” by providing elementary and secondary schools and a college of high aca­ demic standing for the sons and daughters of Christian Scientists in an atmosphere which will encourage their understanding of and loyalty to Christian Science. All members of the faculty and staff are Christian Scientists and enrollment in all departments of The Principia is open only to young people from Christian Science homes. Principia is, however, not one of the activities undertaken by The Mother Church, and does not teach Christian Science or interpret classroom subjects in the light of religious convictions. The Principia therefore should be described as a school (or college) for the sons and daughters of Christian Scientists and not as a Christian Science school or college. Page Three.