Theological Institution was established by the South Carolina Baptist Convention and incorporated in December 1825 in Edgefield. With 10 students, it held its first classes January 15, 1828; although another source says it opened in January 1827. Through 1850, average enrollment was 10 students, and it was at constant risk of insolvency. From 1829 to 1834, it operated in the High Hills of the Santee (now Stateburg, South Carolina). Furman closed from 1834 to 1837. When the school reopened, at the urging of the Reverend Jonathan Davis, chairman of the Board of Agents, the school moved to his native Fairfield County, near Winnsboro.
In 1850, the state legislature chartered Furman University. It was not until 1851 that South Carolina Baptists were able to raise the necessary funds for the removal of the school to Greenville, South Carolina.
The university closed from 1861 to 1866, when "most students and several faculty members enlisted in the Confederate forces."
The Furman Institution Faculty Residence serves …
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
650
SAT EBRW 75%
720
SAT Math 25th %
610
SAT Math 75th %
705
ACT Composite 25th %
28
ACT Composite 50th %
30
ACT Composite 75th %
32
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