Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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lIuU (. ' I ' li- ' i-: ' lilt.!! uii l rt ' liiiio ' is ins ' .m : ■ itv be J WQ. the tejirhpi-s aie iviimie ! to be ClirisUau mni. liniuUis in ROOd staadiuK oi hoimq L ' tote taut church. The stndeQts tat required to irttBdd ebandi and SoDdiy seboot emjt Suaday in « body, aocoa- IMUiM b; a teaeber A g} mtiasiuui is nitvayi open for use and the daily military drill ia ws re iil.it ly mitiircl hh r( :ita(ions. affoniiBgooe of the beat azercim ' s kii ' ' .Mi f ' r | !i : !c;il ilfvplopinpnt. All mini iiuiij a lii.siaucti auii aW the teacherj board and haiae bitbefldiooI.lR order Uiat the iuOiienoe aud tupenrlsioQ of the teacher may be constantly and must successfully exercised. By tbb) intimate iissociatitMi ttetween pupt! itml te tdier that purl of a v ' Mi ' li ' ji e lm ' aUui) wliioh is outsi(V ' if tln ' l .ik ran be best at tt ' iiUeU to. Tlif y are shiflile i {mm evil inlltu-iu-es ami Utey aretaugitt habits of geoulity . ueatoess and punctuality . The careiesa are re- qoind and taagbt bow to atudy aud thd ambitious are eneouraffed t) greater endeavor. Tlie sohool is. as it werr.. noe large family in wiiich carh teacher oeeupiBB tiM i aee of a parent or an alder brother to tbe boys. Location. laamfoms, Miasoimt. is a town bf fire thousand inhabitants, aboot forty miles east of Kansas City, and i» nm ' sisihic l y tlif Mis- wvirl river lunl liy t!u MlH-imiri P.icillL ' . tin A ' .iii is ' i iinil Uii; Sjinta F(« milroiiils. Ii lius w,vii»r. (iiks, ' ,is mid ,i sUvl i lilwav SilUii- ted uu the sDiUlieni bltitl.s ut the li w;iri rivei. it is uiisuiv iA»od iu healthfaloeaa by any point in the atate Only one death baa oeeor- red aooDg ear boarding popUs since th9 aehotd ofganfaEBtioii. Lexington is welt-tcuown in the West ns an edocattonat canter, having, in addition to Wentworth lOtitary Academy, three Urge and flourishiiic coI1ps;ps for yonnu ladies The eincational advantages have atlrai ' tt und reUined a reiiued aud cultivateii cisM of people, and being one of tbe oldest and mi»t aettted towns in tbe atate, all things coiisplrB to Uiect the minds of students who wemble here fniiatt parts of the Weet to habits of stady. Military Department. We believe tliiit this is rlie (Mmt Military S -IkniI in tlie state. The military idoa wrtuiiily j,T )« inir and miuiy wIimdIs juc ailopt- ing the feuture. iUt full bma ' liu huwever caunot 1 realixed ui au v

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taA deportmcDt during the y«ar of bis gnduatton. Tlitpeeuntary ▼iloeof this priie, ifaould the wlniMr ttM tliit iottttotioajs •boat ITS. Graduation. Thnsp who po ' iiplftp {flUisl ' a ' l ' iiily tiny onr« nf flif» omswof sHidy. anil wlio- ' (li-purtnieiil iiiiiuK counectioti with the school hits Uien gixMl, ii|n)n tlieiavmeutof IhegndutttiOQ lee of live dollars. Win be amrded • diptomt . Military -AcoderpLi. Origin. WtXTWORTH MtLITAftT ACADEMY bid ttS OViglll In « Mitt Mr. Stepbeu (1 VVentwortti to erect a monument to tbe memory uf bied. ' CHiiseil snn. William Weiitworth. In the year 1H80 a suilnble b uldiiiK wa- imrrhase !. atiJ. in S«»ptember of Uie same year, the sohiHil ( | i ' iiril, III April, is-ii. :t charter was secure 1 utui tli school insaulhi ri .eil loconftr such decrees and marks of distinction as an omally gnuited by literary ioatttntioos. A boatd of tmeteea wae appointed, consisting of members of tbe difflereot Protestant cbnicbesof LexiiiiJt ' Mi Vum yp r t yp; r. as the neeiis of th( school have deuiaiiili ' il. M;-. Wi ' iilwiirlli has wmlrlbuted new faclli- ties, untii lie Itus more than tr«bIeU iiia uriKinai donation. The elUzens of Lexington and Lafayette county have not withheld their anpport, hot have lent eneooragement by liberal patronage and by ( ni money toaid iutheereotion of mw buildings. The Acadony has been in openition ten yms, ami (liirin;? tliat time has steadily (TTowu. ThH cxpri liiiPiital years of its history are now passed, and itsl ' ouudaUouissi ' curciy lanl. Plan of the School. It is ttie purpose of the pceeent maoagementof tltisidioblto awtlioaemetliods which wlU develop mosi eoeeaaifiiUy tteintil toStual, moral aud physical powers of its students. To insure the l)est mental traininir. none but men of libenil and Oorough education and of succe isf ui experience in teacUiuK wUl be employed. — 17— Wenk« optf)

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I ' lit a twmrtliiii hcImmiI. where tlie students ar all tii r ' -tlifr and whew Iheir risifiu. R ' tiiuir. as.siuiiltltiiif for mmls. nwl lui stmli . tln ' lr care for their rootuii and fur Uinir dress, uiid in (acl ull llititt iliiily duUett •» ngalited by tbe ndlitarj requtremeDts. For nine yttirs we have h«dtbis feature in thesobool. nnd from it we liare derived tnost ftnitifyini; results. We hare iticvtrpo- i;it»«i| it III ' ) for tlie piirpoHf f tniinlni our pupils for mllilarj ' life, bill oil uci ' Diiiil of llie iiiHiiy iiilvaiitiiffcs derivwl finin it in sclinol Koveritmeut, nnd ou ucco ' iiil of tUe muny beneiiu wliicli our Btudeatii obtHin rroot tbe system. It eoosnme oo time that would otbttWiee be devoted to atndy. as the hours used (or It would in OttBtJOlitt lis It ' to ri ' mvitlou . V( Ihvp Ihres sizjs of guns, abrty of wimli are Ansiriiiii ' ;iif ' l iii ' .iskK ' . Twenty of tlitfse •Kligiiteuuugli tor n y l2 years of forty ot tiicmMreaiM)itt two pounds hetvier. To addition to thew we bave eimjr Spring- IMd dflfli, breeeh-loading and of tbe toteet pattern . To turn up a few of the auny raaiona for adoptjajc the ittttlluy fBatntv wf lielievp; iBt. Thai it contributes i dilljteooe in Study. Tlielieit RMa ta the drill as a rate are the best in tfisir stn . Snd. That it contribtttes to good behavior. Tae penalties are ofadiRnlfledebaraeter:and while Well graded aoconlioir to the offt•ll ' «. iiiid Htudf of Vinfm tliev aif ml sncli as to onisli the fynii lit ' a . Itfiiis; riwcnizi ' il iis a p;irt of tlip military di!S ' ii)line ttiey arc received vviiliuut llic prolenia UtaL are frequently made i ttst tbe penalties indieted in sefaool. 3rd. ItettIttYatesthehabitorinun3dUte.implleitandttnqite» tioning obedience to rbthtfully constituted authority, aho habits of order, ne:Uiie ;. pimcti) ility aud ielt rttUauQe. Whatatemoniwoee sary tlian th » ' ni i-ivil !:fe ' - 4iu. i ' lte. anil IS au .- utiysicai exercise, espedaUy for boys who are in tbe ptestie state. Bent limns may be straightened. hoUow chests may be developed, an erect eaniage and a manly addraas nay be aeqnired and health promoted. 5th. Tlie principlt» of st lf-irovfiiiiii( ' ;ii tli.n.n tilv bryiik ' ht out OtBcers are uelecled iroui mhma ilie oldeHi, lin ' mosi studious andthemosttrnstwortbyof the students, and theee areofmneh service to the teachers in the management of the i! iool and in eolh trolling the pabUc sentinent of tiie students. — 19—