Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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wwnwosn miutakt muobit. boy. Being noogniied as a part of the military difloipUno they are reoeived witihoat the ptoteeta that are frequently made against the penalties infiicMl tn school. ' , n . It cultivates the habit of immediate, implicit and uiKjuestioninij ohedieiic i to rigiitfiilly consti luted :iiitiiorit % also habitB of order, neatness, paaotuality and self-reliaiici!. 4th. The drill is fine physical exercise, espeeiaUy for boys who are in the plastio skate. Bent forms may be sttai tened, hoUow chests may be devseloped, an erect carriage and a manly address may beaoqnired mid health piomoted. ffth. The principle of self-government is (hi»r oughly broiiiilit diH. Offioersnri- snli-M ' teil IVoin iiiimuj the ulde8t, the most Htudioasand the most trualworlUy of the students, and these are of much service to the teachers in the management of the school and in oontrolUng the pohiie soitimeat of the stadents. ACTIO AL IJ HTM UQTION. I. School of the Soldier, n. School of the Company. HL aSHiishers. ly. School of the liattalioQ.

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VHVVUKUl MIUTARY ACAMEMY. requirements. For nine years we hvr bad tliia featoie in ibe school, and from it we have derived mosfc iB ti- fyinjor results. We liave inoorporatt d it not for the purpose of training; our pupils for military life, but on acconnt of the many advantages derived from it in sohooi gof ennaent, and on aoooant of the many bene- fits wbidi oiut-atedonts obtaia from febe system. It jooosnmes no time that woold otberwiss be devoted to stidy; as tiie boon oeed lor it would in o er sebools he given to recreation. We have three sizes of guns, sixty of which are Austrian cadet muskets. Twenty of these are lii,Mit ' iioii ' ;)i for hoys 1 ? years of age, forty of them are about two pounds heavier. In addition to these we have eighty Springfield riJieS) breech loading and of the latest pattern. To sum 1 a fbw of Ibe many leafloasfciradoptloig tiie military feature we l)elieve : . Ist That it eontrtbutes to diligence in stady. Tbe beet men in the drill as a rule are the beet in their stodies. 2nd. That it rontril)iites to yood behavior.. Tlie penalties are of a dignilied chai-acter; and while well graded according to the olfenae, and some of them sBT iei y m mot soeb m to emab the piiit of a

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WraTWOKTH MILITAKY ACADKlfT. QiiErd mounting, parades, isspeotbn aad reviews. Theoietioal instniction giyen embraces in addi- tion to this Evdotioiis of fthe Brigade, Bvolatioiis of a Division, Evolntions of a Cofpa, eta; in fine everything coutalned in Upton ' s U. S. A. Infantry Tactics. It is the present intfMirion and ex|)ectatiun to add artillery to the ouUtary department during our next aesP nB