Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Jt It li pmpoM of fte p w wai aMHuigenHWt of iMs 90110(4 to M tkoee metliods whioli will defVidop most successfully the iotelieokoal, moral ftnd pfaysietl [K)werH of its sti](1enta. To insnre the l)e.st mentul tr. ' iiiiini:. none l»ul men of liberal and llioroii h edu- cation and of successful exfierience in teaching will be employed. No expense has been sirred in secur- ing tbe best alefduuiloid aids lor imtne km, raeb as ohemioBl sad phyaioal appanint, mapSi diarts» mathenatioal fa a traroenta, eto. That oorreot mond and religimis inatraotkm may be given, the feeaehen are required to be Christian men, memberein good sfnndin : uf vnu ' rrot stant rhiirch. The stndent-s are required to attend church and Sunday sehrxd every Sunday in a body, ncconii):niied by a teacher. The Bible is rend and studied daily. A gymnasium is always open for ase and the daily military drill is as NgnhuAy required as reoitatlons, affording one of the beet exerd es known for physioal developmsDt. All pupils from a distanoe and all the telphers board and lodge in the school, in order that the intln- ence and su[Kir ision of the teacher may be conntantly and most aacceaslaliy exercitied. By this mtiuiate

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hk Qilgmikm e)e?eD yean, and daring that time lias grown from a tmall day mhool of twenty-five or thirty [)upi]B to one with an enrollment of one hundred and twelve. The territory from wliich we have drawn extf ndti fioiu K» iitucky on the east to California on the west, and from 2iebraslva and Iowa on tlie north to Texas on the south. Oar emollment might have been even larger had not onr eapaoity been limited ; for 8HU|y have been tamed away for want of room. The adhod baa steadily grown in attendanoe and in i ut)Iie favor aa onr students have gone forth into jinhlic life or to distinguish tliemselves in universities for wiiicli v» ' h;ivi ' j»ivj aiv l ihfin. Such ha s he(Mi our work in jn-eitarinir youn ; men lor a lUiiverNity course, that we have been recognized hy several insti tations in tlie West and in the East by offers of free aoholarships to the beet member of the gradnating eiaatssandto fsosive onr gndnatea wfthoat farther eiamination. • With these facts to look back upon and with new buildinfi s an ' l improved facilities to work witli in the future, we feel assured tliat eoutiuued j)rosperity and siirrt ss will attend th Garuei ' pi Wentwotth Military

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14 WEMTWOttTU MIUTAUY AUADiiMY. association betwo i papil and teadier that part of a joBtb ' s ednoatloR iHddi Ismtrideof the text book ean be best attended to. Ttiey are sbielded from evil intliuMiccs and Ihcv are Laii ht habits of gentility, Ufatiit s ami puiiclualil y. The cuivles.s ar rtMiuired and taught) bow to 8ludy and the ambitious are eneonnged to greater endeavor. The school lsi as it wn, im laige IsbI Ui which each teadier Mcnite Ibtplaoaof a pageat oraa ne ii sr b«olheg to tha boy» LUVATION. Lexington, Missonri, is a town of five thonsand inhabitants, abont forty miles east of Kansas City, and is accessible by the Missouri river and by tlie Missouri racilic, the Wahasli and the Santa Ke mil- roads. It has wali ' TWiirks, .i,m.s and a stnji ' t raiiwa.y. t it uted on the southeru bhilTa of the Missouri river, it is uiisarpassed in healthfolness by any point in the state. Only one death has occnned among our board- ing pnpils since the schoors organisation. Lexing- ton is well-known in the West as an edncatioisal center, having, in addition to Wentworth Military Academy, three hirge and I ' mirishiug colleges for yoiinii: ladioM. Tlie cdncational advantages have atlrutited and retained a cehaed and ooitivated class