Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Tlip KIpctivt ' ciiitrsp lo.-ivcs ntii ilip comiuercial hnuiclies. include! auDii! liiiiawu e ami is iu a liu wiUi Ihe U. S. dt- tiw In c illfBe8, The Classical cmirsri is itittMuitHl fi)r tbose pr pariug l!tir oolieKe and havinirtn view ilio a. b. dp jiee. Our tm:hera are hII men of liberal ediicaliuii and Imve htan, with very few exceptions, uradaates of bn g institations in Uie SMt; Mid vliHe we biive had to give greater promlnenoe than we woald prefer to ooaunerciHi branclit ' .s in order to meet the wanta of tlie mHjurity of our patioDS, v( i1 .ill we cim to create wUbin the mloda of our pupils a desire for the lii iicr ediicaliun. Special atteution will be Riven to Beading, Writiog, SpeUing, Adthowtieaad Eogluli (V)ini i)sitlon. Lecture Course. Armn finf ' iits li:m l»ofn tniuli ' for tin ' ' loliven-. iliiiini» t!ie ses- sion, of eigliior teti IhcIuil ' s liefore tlio scluml. Tl)tt i nl jt ctii presen- ted WlQ be Bible, Literature, Bistoiy. Sdenoe and Art Tbe lec- tmetawiUbemen of eminence and will praaeatthemea In audit oaaiwraa t» affiMnl tin blgbeat aitertiintteDt and iuatmetkNi. Music. On aeeount of tbe inastoal talent aoeiimnlated here thnmgh our tlirn ' ooliegps fur yoini ' ladies we ean offer to our pjAConaOBttitiat advunlazes in instriiiniMilal and vonil nnisic. .Mis.s Kalie Hollis. one id ' ili ' iii si siiccesiifiii teaeliers ever in LexiugtAJU, will teach vocal luusic aud will also give lesaouaou Ute piano. Pnt. Edonard Blits,of fbrdgu birth and edocation and an ope- ratkootQpoeerof repatatioo, vffl gim tarn Qb ttefio iaDd ottMritiiflg laatntiMtttB. Elocution. Unstial advaiiUses aiv Milrivd to our stndpnts for the study rf this very imporuuit branch, Frof. C. C I ' arlier who is tltieU by natniefbrttdawock, vHm) baa rtodied Qw anbjeot under tbe best teaobers ot the coonby and who baa devoted Ua Bfa to flia iatanee, will have eharge of tbia department. It is needless to speak of the iBp ortMWO of tlila stady In tbe oomplete aducation of a boy.

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Text Books. EsoLisHi-MeGnflcy ' s Spelter; WebHter ' s HIrIi Sclmol i)ic- tiomuy; MiuirT ft Gtogn rtiiet; Bced and KellogK s Englisb Gnm- nar ; Otanto for ChUdrvn : Sirinlgii ' l Anabrsis ; OhiUentei ' s Oo«h porition : KeUogR ' t Rhetoric. llATnEMATia:— Bay ' s Elemontan- Arithmetic; Wiiitc ' s Com- plete ArilluHelic: Barnes ' Advanced Arithmetic; Wentworlh ' a Al ehra. (jeoiuetry and TriginiuiiieLry ; Diivies ' Surveying. LAiturt-flarkottB ' latrodoetory Latin Book, Granuiiar, Read- er. Compoiitkin. and Ooone in Cassar. lMIniitandCieero;OhtM and Stoart ' s Olassieal Seriea; Ilarper ' a Lexiooo. (iKEBK.— u ' hlte ' d Firet Le aom In Gnwk ; CKiodwin ' s Gcanunar nnd AnabikHis .f ooea ' ComposiUoai Bolie ' a Homar; UddaUaad Scott ' s Lexicon. Gbbvam:— Cook ' s Otto ' o Gnimmar; Womiau ' s Series of Beadeta. FeBXCB:«KaeteriGiifauBarud Re»tar,IaaMttine. Vdlteli andHuRo. SPAN ' isif-Mnn ' iiiiitn iitiil l.nnenelller, LeiwoLectoiftKo. S, Li Famlliiuie Aiv(M ' i|. . linlt ' iK ' ndciictu. ilimMU — (juKiiicli ' ti ilitilor) of lliK Wniid ; Sciidderii HtatMy of the United States ; Thalhein)ear a BngUah and Andent Historiea. ScnnrcK:— Honston ' s Natural Philoaophv; Steete ' aCbeoUstiy; Hutchinsiin ' s PbyaloloKy; Maorr ' a Fhjaloat Qeognphr; Btu Science Printer. CoxiiRHt iAi.:-lvoclifHter Knsiiicss Cnlvcniil Book-Kwyiox; Clinton ' s CouniUTciai La» ; DaiiifH ' Anttiinetk; Remarks upon the Course of Study. Three eoorsf ' s of stmJy liuve liwn armiik ' ' ! flif ( ' Usi ic ;il. tlif Elective and tlie IJiifiiiess The llrnt two are iis l in pn-paratiou loi culieKe. the last fur busiiiejsi life. In hII d«irarliuenUi tlioroitgh- ncea rather than scope will be oor aim. The currieoltmihaa been biMtRbtatiietly vithbi academic ranReandnoaubjeotwUllM paiied overnntil mastered. A Innrc timii ' vitv nf mir |iiii !! ) take the Baal- neas ( ' iiiiN« ' and in onlcr to meet llii- winii.s of tills class special attention will W u ' iven to PenmauBbii), Jiook-Ke ing, Cuounercial Ariiiiiuctic and Couimercial Law.

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• iUtansiizillaiytottifedepaitiiwntireiMrc A Literary and Debating SocietVi vUeb tutt bwo in mr snceeatf ul operatkm for serenl y«tn«sd t nwaosof wtudi Nir8tadettte«i»«Heiii« toaoooitimtticiB- I VM to public speaking. Officers of Dialectic Society. Robert Atkinson, of Kantts, President; W. A. McCaiui, tf IiKjiaiiii. Viro-I ' resident; Lee Mc(;ill. i f Kansas, rritic: W. G. Kdlv. It! K;iiis.i . s«x«rhiary: II. K. HIaokweli. of MlHaourt, Treas- urer, Juiiu t ulkijixm, of Mistiomi, Sprj euut al Aimd. Library. In oomiectiiin wati tlie skiciety Hiiii ilie Y. .M. C. A. there will be opeued to our students » mdiox room where tbey will hav« aecMe to t nomber of books, pampb) Md prriodieals whIA have been selected espeeiallv for boys of the age of those attending the school . Ooeof Uieteaeb«fs will advte the atodenti in their oouoMiof Examinations. Frequent reviews are made on the sabieeta studied and twice cadi wmloa rigid wdtteo wamfa a tlon s aw held. Reports At the end of ev«ry0Te weeks a report of the standing of erery popll In adiblanbip, poncstnalify and deportment will be sent to his parents or guardian, aiwl also a pritit il ri ' i ' xt uf tiin nMntlve standing as comjwrrti with tliiit of all otlior pupils of tlie This printed re|Kirl i.s a KTi t liiceulive to our «tudeat«, ever uue strivuig to get as uear the top of tiM list as he csa. Prizes. .Several j;uld uiedalH are offered at the Dpenin of eacli sesaiun Ibr exodlen 7 in diffineot studies and in the military drill, and (or pimeknaUtf and deportownt. Wasliington and Lee Scholarship The Washington and Lee University at JL exingtQn,y«.,ha8 dfered a scholarship of free tuition for one year to that member of ourgndunting ohns who sbtfl attain the highest cank-b eedliQhlp