Editing Humphreys, Missouri (section)

=== Education ===
[[Image:HumphreysCollege.JPG|thumb|upright|Humphreys College & Business Institute as sketched in 1887.]]
The children of Humphreys were educated in a typical one-room rural schoolhouse, located about three-fourths of a mile northwest of the community until 1885. At that time, the elementary and secondary education were combined with and housed in the building containing the Humphreys College and Business Institute. The College was established in 1884 on four acres of land donated by James M. Stringer. A large two-story brick structure was constructed between June and September 1884, with the first class admission beginning on September 29 of the aforementioned year. Humphreys College was co-education and offered two course tracks of study—preparatory and collegiate, with a reported enrollment in 1887 of 157 students. No dormitories were constructed; however, ample housing was available in the town's hotels and private homes.<ref>Goodspeed's ''History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam...''</ref> Humphreys College and Business Institute was completely destroyed by fire on April 8, 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sullivancountymissouri.com/milanimages/fires.php#1893humphreys|title=Fires|publisher=Sullivan County Historical Society|accessdate=September 12, 2011}}</ref>