Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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24 WKNTWOaXU UILITAKY ACADEMV. hdw nu witk all c bet staftBats M tiie adiooL Tbis report is a great iiioe tl?e, as evmry oaa wishes to get as uear the top of this list as possible. PniZEfi AND SQHOLAmUlPa, Smial igM. medals aie oflBsred aaoh year lor faaa OHBuof ia adiolaiihip and in the miUtary drill, and to panctnaUty and deportoieat Washington and Lee Univerdty, of Yirginia, and Central University, of Kentucky, have each offered a scliolarship of free tuitioa for one session t-o that, member of our graduating chiss wlio sliall attain tiie highest rank in scholarship and deportment during the year of his graduation. The pecuniary value of fthia priie, should the winner attend tiier ol those institatioiis, is abont 198. ORADUATIOK Whoever completes sjitisfacturily any one of the courses of study, and whose deportment has been good during his connection with the school will ssosive a diploma. Those whose pro neney will waaani it will reoeife from the SnpsdateodeDt a Irttar fseommeadiag t they he ivetffed, by any

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WUBVOim MltlTAlY AOABOIT. otifcan ; to cofieot bad liablti of apeeoh, attitode and gwtaie, and lender the j m, oonntenanoe and body fit agents for the highest expres n of thought and feeling, and, in general, to promulgate a coneot knowhnl M, ' of (ho resourcos of our laiij uage. M an auj Uiary to dei)artment we have a irTKfURT Aim DSBATHrO 80CIB1T, by means of whirli the students accnstoin thciiisplvos to public speaking. In addition to tlioir wtriily meetings the society gives, during the session, public entertainmeiits of a literary and musical natarei OFKK Kll OF TllK WKNTWORTH 80(J1KTV. J. c. Foiilks, Preflidcut. Qaf Holinet, SaoretMy and ScM - B. 0. Siiiitli. Vi President. tirer. J. A. IMArmaod, Oitie. N. H. fUkanoo. Sng ' UI-AnM. SXAUiHATlom AMD EFOHT Fie([ut ' ut nn ' ir vs are made on th ' subjects stii li(M!, and twicf »ia(!h ses sion wriU ' ni fxaiiiiiuitioiis are held. • At the end of every five weeks a report of the stand- ing of students in scholarship, punctuality and deport ment is sent to parsntB and gnardians, also a printed rsport tf tlioielatife avenige standiagof eteh, shovring

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WniTWOBTB mUTAST AOADBIT. ooil6gtt or Qnirenitjr to vliioh thej nay ajf fi witii- ont farther examination apofi tho braachflfr«iiibfSO0i in the course wliich they have taken. HEUOUJSITIUN BY HlGllEH INSTITUTIONS, So raooeBsfal iuive we been in pnpiihig odeatB f or OoU t d iriiivttMfls Ito promiiieiit InatitQlioiis have Agreed to leo Te oar Btodeiito idtlio examining them in thestndtes they ha?e taken with us. Among these may l)e mentioned the State (Uni- versity of Missouri, the State I ' niversity of Kiinsas, and Central University of Kentucky. Washington and liee University of Virginia has recognized as by oieviog the sidioiankip mentioned etoewliOre. MILITARY DSPASmmr, Weboli »ve that this is the oldest military school in the siiiie. The luilitary iilea is ' M-owini: and many schools are adoptitiji tho feabire. Its full henertta, how. ever, cannot be realized in any bat a boarding scliool, . where the stndentB are all together and where their ndnft retiring, assemUiog for meals, and for stady tiieir oare for tiieir rooms and for tiieir dresa and in fftol all their daily dnties are regulated by tbe ndKtary