Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WEMTWORTH XUJTARY ACADEMY 21 Leetarc Geurje. Three yean ago the scboob of Lexington united in the establiahment a lecture oonne iriiidi sboukl be enterUumi and at the same time instructive. The cost to students of a season tkket to five lectures is one dollar. The Gouf8eibri893 has not yet been made out, but it is our intention to makeit equal if not superior to any we have yet given. These lectures !i:ive !i(T( tofore been given by sin li men as V. M. R. French, W. H. Sher ' ood, Frank Beard. 11. Stanley [{i niDn, Robert Noursc, Robt, J. BurdettP, Geo. R. Weodling, Jas, Hedleyj Geo. W. Bain, Robt. Mclntyre, and others of equal merit. « On account of the niiisic il talent accunlulated here by our three colleges for yoiinR ladies, we can ofTer lo our {xilrons un- usual advaiitaijcs in both instrumental and voral music. In.stnic- tidu will be j iven in vocal music, alsn on the violin, guitar, numdolio and piano, by accomplished teachers. btoGutiow eiijci Orottorj. The .Snperinlendcnt believes he cannol plare loo much stre.vi up(»n the importance of this very prai tical feature of education. No matter what car a boy may choose, this study cannot fail to be bencAciaL

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20 WENTWOKTU MlLiTAKY ACADEMY. The following reading course will be rniiiin -1 ol .ill students acfordiiij to the vcars iianu ' d. and writtfii c. uiiuaatioD6 will be given upon ihe U uk: named a each is iinished. SECOND YEAR. Tcfinyson ' s Enoch Arden. Aut ' bio):|r.i[ihv it ' Benjamin FnmUtit. Si Pierre ' s I ' aul and Virgiuau Aroold ' s Life of HaanibaL THI DYCAR. Sc(itt 8 Lady of the Lake. Hawthorne ' s Tanglewood Tales. Johnson ' s Rassdas. Mow s Lalk Rookh. FOURTH YEAR. • Macaulay ' s Wnrron Hastings Thackeray ' s Pendennis. Shakspere ' s Merchant ol Venice. Mulocb ' b John Halifax, Gentleman. FIFTH YEAR. Macaulay ' s Essay on Lord Bacon. Byron ' s Childe Harold ' s Pilgrimage Geofge Eliot ' s Felix Holt, the Radical. Lamb ' s Essays of EUa.

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33 WERTWORTH KIUTARY ACA Elfy. It is dengned to teach the subject, both as a science and an art, according to the elements and principles of expression as rcvtak ' d to lis in nature by llic Divine Creator — not imitatively; to develop ihc speaking voice in all its |)ha.ses. espt cially with a view of iinpruviiii, ' its iinalities; to .secure ease in its use in con- versation as well as upon the plaltonii; ((» develop the artistic nature, so ;ls Id obtain liaraiuny and practical power to use knowledge and express ideas to others; to correct bad habits of speech, attitude and gesture, and render the voice, countenance and body fit agents for the h est txpnmon of thm t and feeling, and in general to promulgate a correct ]!UiowIe l e of the resources of oor language. As an atudKaiy lo this defNUtment we have a Literai jl and Defiatmg Soeifttj , By nNBiB oi ' iHlieb tie atodents accustom themselves to pobfic speaking. lo addition to their weeitly meetings, the society ves, during the session, p Mc entertainments of a literary and tnusical nature. Frequent reviews are made on the subjects studied, and twice each session written examinations are held At the end of every five weeks a report of the standing of students in scholar- ship, piinctualilv and deportment is sent to parents and guardians, also a printed rejiort of the relative average stan ling of each, showing how he ranges with all other students of the school. This report Ls a great incentive, ;is every one wishes to get as near the tq) of this list as poanble.