Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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WKiTWCHlTH MILITARY kCUmn. Spelling. Reading. Languafi e I Arithmetic. mMCAh ODUBK. Gflognplqr. Science Primer . PflnmaMhipi Uouilii));. (:lDgluh Qnmatg, BtMo. BSOUNU VI. M ' .. Zuolugy . BoUujy . Penmanship. Ar mekfo. Pt yiMQecfrapb . Algefani Kiswiat. FOURTH YRAB. JBagUwli C )mpniHI||i iw|i itii4y ' Creek. of autbon. • EogliMh FfiKtory. Alppbra. Physios (optionaf). tieouielry. I ' hvKioIogy foptkmal). l M ia- oMar, SalliLsi anil f ' riH Uomjraeition. FIFTH YKAE. Ithvtoric. Greek— Anahniw, Homer and Trigonometry. PtaMObmpoaiUon. Roriew of Algebn. Gtatnl BSitoiy. ItliB— VIrgU. Cicero md Fiqh Ob aitttf {oftkmX . 06olqsf(oflloQai).