 William Pape took over after Dr. Wright.Pape died in 1943 and his family turned control of the school over to the non-profit corporation, the UMS Alumni and Parents Association, Inc. UMS moved to its current location on North Mobile Street in 1956 to accommodate the growing enrollment in the school.Thirty years after the opening of University Military School (an all male school) Julius T Wright opened Girls Preparatory School in 1923 to provide a similar education to the young women of the Mobile community.