Marion Military Institute

6 十月 2025
申请人数
605
录取人数
358
入读人数
173
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
500
SAT EBRW 75%
630
SAT Math 25th %
510
SAT Math 75th %
610
ACT Composite 25th %
17
ACT Composite 50th %
19
ACT Composite 75th %
23
介绍+详细信息
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was made to move Howard College (now Samford University) to Birmingham. The then President of Howard College, Colonel J. T. Murfee, LL.D., and a handful of faculty and students decided to remain in Marion, Alabama and immediately reorganized and founded Marion Military Institute, a military preparatory high school and college. It was modeled after Murfee's alma mater - Virginia Military Institute. Although built as a military college, H. O. Murfee, MMI's second president, believed that Marion was destined to become the "American Eton". Under his leadership, MMI achieved national recognition. President William Howard Taft served as President of the board of trustees. Then president of Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson was the guest speaker at the convocation for the class of 1905. However, the plan to pattern the school after Eton College was interrupted by World War I. The military nature of MMI was again emphasized due to the outbreak of the war. In 1916, United States Army ROTC program was first offered …

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