1874 Oct. 410/2 At Oshkosh, 181 normals and 183 grammar, intermediate and primary pupils, together with a ‘special sub-preparatory class’ of 22, make a grand total of 386.
2005 R. Chapman ii. 30 (caption) There were 70 students at Rollins that year, the majority of them taking preparatory and sub-preparatory courses.