The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

institute was: "A boy must be a gentle man before he can become scholar" How we'll the institute is succeeding in the realization of this ideal is attested by the young men sent out each session. Manly and courteous consideration is given the cadets in all their relations with the school, and a cordial letter re- ceived by the superintendent recently from a patron of the school tells its own story: 1T should have known he was a Marion man if I had met him in mid ocean; he is a perfect gentleman"
 That Marion has combined these ideals with the highest type of scholarship is also attested by the successful records of graduates and students Marion grad uates are found in leading universities and schools of technology in practically every section of the country-Auburn Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Washington and Lee, Alabama, Michigan, Pennsylvania, WIS consin, Illinois, Chicago, Ames, ana many others have received as students young men whose foundation was laid at Marion. The institute has sent perhaps more students to the great universities and technical schools than has any other southern school. The students are win ming honors, too. At the recent com mencement of one of the leading universl- ties two Marion men won Phi Beta Kappa honors In September one Of the recent graduates entered Oxford, having won the Rhodes scholarship from Alabama. Not only are the Marion men found as advanced students, but they have won positions on the faculties of Harvard Yale, Princeton, University of Virginia Chicago Rice institute, and others. The Army and Navy college is equally as sue cessftl: in g class of 200 at West Polnt a Marion man ranked second. on the en- trance mental examinations to the gov ernment academies, Marion men have not only made perfect marks on the most difficult mathematical suDJects put ai have repeatedly passed.
 TUTORIAL SYSTTM
 Dr. J. T. Murfee tried with great sue cess tbe English monitorial system. The t,1torial system, which had it's origin Tn Balliol college, Oxford, Eng, and was introduced in American university educa- ton at Princeton university, has long been distinguishing mark in the 1nstl- tute Students whose rate of progress is not uniform, students who are not up to the standard in any subject are assigned work with an instructor or spe- cial tutor. The greatest result of this system is not merely calling the boy to account for sighting duties, and the lm- posing of additional tasks to have the assurance of overcoming his dehclency' but in the stimulation to original investl- ga ton that this private and personal work with the instructor occasions.
 Marion regards the developing of red blooded men equally as essential in the realization of her ideal as is the training of quick discrimination of intellectual val ues to develop a sound mind in a sound body. The military regulations place all students on an equal footing, and no ca det is barred from any activity on ac- count of his classification. While one group of students is on one athletic field football, baseball, basketball, tennis SOC cer. etc.-another is at the swimming pool, the rifle ranges. In the last decade Marion teams have fought their way to prominence and respect until they are now recognized as one of the strongest opponents of clean healthy sports in the south. They have had college cham pionship teams for a long term of years. Marion graduates and students who have had their interest and power developed at the institute, have had remarkably brilliant careers as athletes at other in stitutions-at the universities, at West Point and Annapolis. Participation in some form of athletics is not only encour- aged, but is compulsory. Young men from the north, east and west are par ticularly~ enthusiastic over the mild eli mate which permits outdoor sports the year round; the outdoor Spalding gym nasium is in constant use. s~s
 From the convocation reception of the Y. M. c. A. to the senior balls at finals a round of social functions are offered by the Y. M. c. A., the institute homes, the ladies of the institute, the Marion Hop association, and the corps of cadets. Ev- cry latent talent among the cadets is