Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WKNTWUUrU MILITAUY ACADKHV. Lecture Cour . Two yean ago the sohools of Lexmgton aaited in the establishment of a leotore course diioh should be enter- taining and at the same time instructive. The cost to students of a season ticket to five lectures ia one dollar. The course for 1893 baa not yet been made out, but it is our intention to make it equal if not superior to any we have yet given. The«e lectures have heretofore been given by such men as W. M. R. French, W. H. Sherwood, Frank Beard, H. Stanley Benton, Robert Nourse, Bobt. J. Burdette, Geo. B. Wendling, and others of equal merit. illiislc. ( )ii :n c(tuul of the miK iial talent lu ruiiiiihited litTt? hv our tUi ' vv -()lli ' ir( ' s for yoiinir laillc-;. uf ran (iflVi- to onr patrous iiiiusiial ailvaiil!ii;e in l« tli instninieuliil ami vorai music Inst ruction w ill he i ivcn in ociil ruiisir also on the violin, j|.uilUu:i uiaju Uyiiu and piauo, by accumpiibUed leacbtTfl, Elociftlon and Oratory. The Superintendeut believes he cannot pluce too much stress upon the importnufe of this very practical feature of education. No matter wliat career a boy may choose, this study cannot fail to be beneficial. It is designed to teach the subject, both as a science and an art, according to the elements and principles of expressiott as teveal to us in nature by the Divine Crea-

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WKKTWUKTII MILITAUV ACAltKUV. 1« Reading Course. TIm foUowing readiog course will Ix- t i|uirf(l of all stodeilts Booording to the veins nniiu ' d. and written exani- infttions vdW be given upou tlit- books uauicd H6 tucli id I ' ear. v lor Book ' ' „ JlaKthome, • L liild ti lli. iorj- of Kijgluud ' Dickeai, FB|iy Tsles ' „ .,.„ — .. xtorwii « TBles of fiUtftkMpettte .......... OSkoi. md JKuv £am6. 8«eomi Tear» ••.V )i» FttbleB .JHflft „...„ jy op. • ' Life or Franklin IVton. • ' Thf Roy ' s Kltjf; Arthur — ...m.. ...... . Lanter. StorlcM ol the OW Worid -«. - , CAimoA. •■I.:iil.v of tlic I.nkc -j , Jlpott. ••Skt ' fh HiH.k — .....wA ' VfNf. • Tw ii e Told Tttlea ' ™. . . . — Stvwthone. View of Wakefield — £foMsMftA. Fourth Jeor. •• Viirn n HastU .. . . - — - Maeaulaf, •Pfudi ' Duid .Mt.,;„.., . .. — Thacktrag »Llle of AJcfxander Hanllton 1Um1« mimiilmu Iv« ay on Lord Bacon ...,,, .w Chllde Harold ' s PUjpltDage „„ j roa. I II. .!l 1 1,- lr:.(!i»ar ' Geonif Eliot.

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WXMVWOSTH MILITAKT AOAMMT. 11 tor — not imitatively; to develop the speaking voice in all it pluses, especially vith a view of improving it (iiiuli- tio8: to eeoare ease in its ase in conversation as well as upon the phitfonn; to develop tlie artistic nnture, so as to ol tain harmony nnd practical power U ii-c knowledge and express ideas id oi Iters: i » correct had hahitii of speech, attitude and ;. ' L ' slure. and render the vnjce. countenance and Ixxiv lit aifents for the liiirhcj t e. pres,si iii df (Iiuiii:lii and feelin . and in irenerai to promulgate u correct knu vledL:e of tlie resoun ' cs of o ir laniiiiaLrc As un iiuxiiiury to this department we have a Literary and Debating: Society, By ineaos of which the students accustom themselves to public Dpeaking. In addition to their weekly meetings, the society gives, during the sos ioo, public eatertain- meats of a Uteraiy aad musioiil nature. t xanii nations and Reports. Frequent reviews are mftde on the subjeots studied, and twioe each session written exambatlons are held. At the end of every five weeks a report of the standing of students in scholarship, punctuality and deportment is sent to parents and guardians, also a printed report of the relative average standing of each, showing how he ranks with all other students of the school. This report is a great incentive, as every one wishes to get as near the top of this list UH possible.