Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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n WIMTWOKrU MILITABY AOAXMUfr. Prizes and Scholarships. Several gold medals are offered each year for excel- lenojr in aoholarship and in the militaiy drill, and lor punctuality and deportment. Washington and Lee UnivenHtj, of Virginia, and Central University, of Kentucky, have each offered a scholarship of free tuition for one session to that member of our graduating olasa who shall attain the highest rank in scholarship and deportment during the year of his graduation. The pecuniary value of this prize, should the winner attend either of those in s tlt tt t i o ns , is about |75. Graduation. Whoever completes satisfactorily anv one of the courses of study, and who v deportment ha i l een good (luring his connection with the school, will receive a diploma. Those whose proficiency will warrant it may receive from the Superintendent a letter recommending that they be received by any college or university to which they may apply, vdthout further examination upon the branches embraced in the course whieh they have taken. Recognition by Higher Institutions. So successful have we been in preparing students for colleorcg and universities, that several prominent institu- tions have agreed to receive our students without examin- ing them in the studies Ihey havi ' lakt n with us. Among these may be meatianed the State Univeraity of Missouri,