Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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COURSE ♦ OP ♦ STUDY. 1. S. 4. Lasoi. PiMrDnritHUi.. flpelUac CXuoixMltioa. iBCoro Dnruioii Bpelilnr. Grammiir. Gcogmpliy. CompoKitlQn. Arltitmetlo. r Tbibo Oivjuov.. 8p«lliug. Rciiillnir. GiHiuuiiir. CoMpoaltioa. OMhUMUfOBi Mar. OOBipoiMon. Algvbni. Goomelijr. Cipsrir. PlOM ODBpcMidua M ram mar. RoKder. Bhetorie. Coaipoddon. OHkimI Omtlaa. Trignnoraetry. 8unr«ylttg. vinrti. t ' lwrw. Pruw QMBpnltlan. Tewunifiit. ProM. 1 LltontiirR. Art of AaalTtMil 0«Qn«tr7. UVT. Hortoe. Prose rnrn{M«ltiaa. Homilotuj. MetnuimbttiA Conip MiltlDn. TiiK ( Ai. ( ' oiTKtiRwibnMMColumuB 1,S, 8,4. 7, 8anda Tos £bscnvK CouiisB itmtotoM ccdiuniui 1.5 7 8, » p«it of T9BUI Bvaaivss Coujtu eoilmow ooltuDW 1, 2, 7, 8 and •

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onoi 8. Mo lul8 were Av -orded at ifi»- rloHC nf sension I8S6 87, asfoHowft: l unciimlity AOdDepocttiMBt, V. J. WUtett; seoondoOBtflStttt, W. T. Wernwag. tUMmMp, E, T. Miller ; aeoond oontastant, F. 6. Sa orUn. Wkvtworth Malk Acadext had its origin in a daimaf Mr. Stephen G. Wenlwortli to erect motiument to the memory of his (iH-easHl son, William W» nt v« iHi In tin? year l S ) u suitable building wail purcluuMxi, aiid, iu i»upt4-iiiber of the same year, tlie aohool opened. In April, 1881 , a chutor was aeciucd and the school was atithorindto n- uV-v - ik-U il .;n and marks of distinrttnn as are vwuiQy granted by literary iiitttitiitkMU. A boeni of tnuftees «M appointed, eonststtng of members of the different protestaat ellttrolies of Lt xliik;t ' ii. From year to year, as the needs Of tbe school have demanded, Mr. Weutworth has cootribt newfuQl- ties utitll he has more than trebled his original deootion. Tbe dtiiens of Lexington and Lafayette county bMWMl vitbbeld th support, but linvc lent encourap meid hy libemt patronage and by glviutf mone.v to aid in the erection oi new buildings, Tbe Af demy l liaB been in operation seven yean, and doting tbat time has steadily gnnvii. The experimental yean ef tts Ustoiy an MV |MM » «l4 f ouudatiou is securely laid. Lbxixotox . MI8SOT7BI, It a town of about Qve thousand inhab- itants, about forty niiVs eant of Kansas Cit)-. on tlic Mhisoari Padiio laiiruad. it lum waterworks, gas and a Hinrt railway. Sitoated on tlie southern btofls of the Missouri river, it is unsur- passed In healthfultiess by any point in the State. Cta f MM detUl baa ooetucred in the Academy since its organlxatlon. Lexington la weQ-known in ti)e west as a aehool town,haidflg, in addition to Wentwortli Male Academy, three Urge and iloarish- Ing eoUegee for young ladies. Tbe educatiooal advantages have attraeftefland ntaioed a refined and cultivated class of people, and being one of the oldest and most settled towns in the State, aD thin; conspire to direct the minds of studenta Vbo aaMBblateM frogi ttU parU of liie West to h ts of Study. 0

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COURSE ♦ OP ♦ STUDY. 1. f. 1. Oauus. DHWOB. HttN«f. MotaaoB. Biitorforihf BwMag. • Dmwtaf. Ununnuir. Qimmomr. HIatoiy. ChomiitiT. Fivatoioar- Bodk-Ki ' rplnx. Elovutioo. Qmatm. Frr-Dch. Ancltat Ooosnpliy. C ' lniiiKTi ' Iiil Ijiw. Civil Goti rniuunU Klix ' Utlon. TacOm. 88S- Ommmn. ClMplol OiMiloi» Gcoionr. Mioarmlocr- itart of ». , aod » choice between a, 4, 5 and 6. piartcfft.