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Prep schools of the 1800s were modelled to some extent on the English so-called "public" schools like Eton and Harrow. Many of them had strong religious affiliations, usually Protestant, and tended to feed in to the schools now known as the Ivy League. One group of venerable Episcopalian prep schools is irreverently known as "St. Grottlesex:" St. Paul's School, St. Mark's School, St. George's School, Groton School, Middlesex School.

Prep schools of the 1800s were modelled to some extent on the English so-called "public" schools like Eton and Harrow. Many of them had strong religious affiliations, usually Protestant, and tended to feed in to the schools now known as the Ivy League. One group of venerable Episcopalian prep schools is irreverently known as "St. Grottlesex:" St. Paul's School, St. Mark's School, St. George's School, Groton School, Middlesex School.

Following the Civil War and the passage of the Morrill Act, there was an explosion of public state universities. At the same time, many of the private universities, notably Harvard under Charles W. Eliot, sought to diversity their student body and admit more students from public schools. The relevance of Latin and Greek declined, in part because the great private universities' were becoming more secularized. Gradually, the requirements of Latin and Greek were dropped, and the curricula of public and prep schools converged.

Following the Civil War and the passage of the Morrill Act, there was an explosion of public state universities. At the same time, many of the private universities, notably Harvard under Charles W. Eliot, sought to diversity their student body and admit more students from public schools. The importance of knowledge of Latin and Greek declined, in part because the great private universities' were becoming more secularized. Gradually, the requirements of Latin and Greek were dropped, and the curricula of public and prep schools converged.