Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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of ])e()ple, aud bt ing une of tliu oldest and most set- tled towns in tlit ' state, all thiii . ' « conspire to direct the minds of students who assemble hma ham all parts of tbe WesI to habits of study. We have three courses of study as given below. The olassical ooorse is intended for those iHio aie eaq eeting to take a okmioal ooorse at ooU ge and is in the line of the A. B. degree. The Oleeiive oonrse may be amd as a preparation for a Latin or scientific ronrse in college with the 1 S. d ' -giec in it w : and it jiKs » ofFei-.s, to those uho have not time for ii eolle N ' ate course, a good prep.iial i««n for );nv or mediual studies. The bnsiness course is intended to give a good Eng- lish business edncation. Special attention will be given to leading, wiitiog, spelling, arithmetiG and English eompoaition. One of the ooursee must be taken for graduation; but, if graduation is not expected, a wider election may be made, consisting of sueh studies as may be cliosea, and as do not con- liict Willi eacli otUer.