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Saint Catharine's College

a college of Cambridge University, founded in 1473. It is one of the smaller Cambridge colleges, having about 30 scholars. ST. CHARLES, a city and county-seat of St. Charles co., Mo.; on the Misrouri river, the Wabash, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroads; 22 miles W. of St. Louis. It contains Lindenwood Female College, St. Charles College (M. E. S.), the Convent of the Sacred Heart, electric lights, St. Charles Borromeo and St. Charles Libraries, National and savings banks, and a number of daily and weekly newspapers. An iron railroad and highway bridge, built at a cost of $1,750,000, crosses the river here. In the vicinity are several quarries of limestone. The city has a woolen factory, a large bridge-building plant, flour mills, manufactures of railroad cars, etc. Pop. (1910) 9,437; (1920) 8,503.

ST. CHRISTOPHER. See KITT'S, ST.