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St. Lawrence University

1856 establishments in New York (state)Liberal arts colleges in New York (state)Private universities and colleges in New York (state)St. Lawrence UniversityUniversities and colleges established in 1856
Universities and colleges in St. Lawrence County, New YorkVague or ambiguous time from September 2024

St. Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college in the village of Canton in St. Lawrence County, New York. It has roughly 2,100 undergraduate and 100 graduate students. Though St. Lawrence today is nonsectarian, it was founded in 1856 by leaders of the Universalist Church, who were seeking to establish a seminary west of New England and were enthusiastically courted by the citizens of Canton. The church almost did not place the school in Canton, however, as they felt students might be exposed to too much "excitement" within the village limits in 1856. The denomination, which has since merged with the Unitarian faith, was part of the liberal wing of Protestantism, championing such ideas as critical thinking and sex equality — attributes that surfaced in the new Theological School of St. Lawrence University, which was progressive in its teaching philosophy and coeducational from the beginning.

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Romoda Drive 23
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