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Southwestern University is
one of the state's first
institutions of higher
learning. After consolidating
in 1875 from four Methodist
institutes dating from the
1840's, farmers and
merchants found
themselves moving over for
scholars and professors.
Today Southwestern has an
endowment of more than
$280 Million (one of the
largest per student in the
nation), a student population
of 1300 or so, and has
become one of the best
liberal arts colleges in the
country.
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