Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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G ADUAXJSS. mi ' O. B. Silvermair. tm W. r-V Alu. iiv r. 1! StricklLT. T. B Cr«nshaw. h ' . G. SuLhcrliu. .B Ottvall. V.J.W . tC. C. Voung. I88U. J. K. li(lnii tid» . L. Harper. 1»N . 4891, J. B. Autlrew. W. S. Allcti. R ' llhrrt Atkiiihon H. K. Ulackwcll. B. H. Brown. gtOMm Cnlkins. Martin ( .;iM niti W. R. Mc . ' :iim. G. Russell. C. C. Wurtliiaijlon. B. T. Cattleman. J. C. Foulks. i(ijttEtiilctt Cordon. S, S r.unlack. Ctuy Ht tnet.. R. B. RtuBeU. S. B. ThotntoBk 1809. J . H Boude. J. A. Dt; Armoiitl. 8» A. Hickman. N I . Jackson. W. G. Kelly. Ctaite MeCoe. M. Rntikht. K. O. Cruveiw. R. H. HalU 1ft. Kwptley. J . . nik-rson. C. V. Hlackwell. C. L. Dameron. A. I . f alloon. JSf . Fitzhugh. H. M. Moenb M. J. O MaUesT ' Ray Frazier. I etnttel HickUn. W. W. IniMd. Jdscph Laurie Charles Mayer-

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HOMOK8. At the c3ieiiHi )»riieiisk»n 1895-94. |itfaH» W i »! | (ja»| 4I» follfuv- UnivcrHil ' Scliularslitp u JoSUWi Lai Kii; Second Contestant C . P. BlJICKWHi.t« ' Gcaerat SchotatiiUip Medal to - L I MoFFitrr. Second Cont ttsitt: F. Ci ' SllifilPia. Individual MiltUr} ' DiiU Prize— a Sword -to Secoinl Ci ' iiit- ' . .n- » ' . S Tucker Company iJnli Coulcst. won by CoumKv B— J. A. AMWtUOV, dipt. Artillery Dr{n Cootest won 1 GOttVAKY A-— Gl . R. E. PAVIM DlttACB«l NT. -11-

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WliNTWO TH MII,ITA Y ACADEMY. HB Acfldemy bad iu origiii in the deidre of Mk. STKruKN U. Wkntworth to erect a immuraent to the memory of his deceased son. Wiluam Wmny w iKTii In the year iKKi i mi liable building for a dav vrhool va pni Wiift and ill Septemlxa ol ' the taune year the doors were opened for students B. L. HomoM, now of the McCormick tbeoloKical Seminary, was chosen as Princi- pal, and the present Siiperintcndi. ' nt was selected .is hi.s associiite. In April. 1 88 1, a cUarter was secured, and the .school wa» authorized to confer such decrees and marks of (UntinctiQli as are nsnatty granted by literary institntions. A: board of 1 iievvn trnstCCSWas appointed. con.si tiug uf members ! the difTetent I ' r )te-.i;nit I churches of I exingtoo. At the end of the first ) ' ear .VIk- Hobson retircii, tu • enter the ministry, and the present Superintendent, who has ever since been at the head of the school, was left in rhar e. I hiring the sei ond eflr the military feature was added, making this the pioneer of miUtary schools in tin: Missouri River Valley. It was s deemed advisable to make the school a boarding-school, and the liberality of the fonndei ul once provided a suitable building. This building wxin proved inadequate for the increasitig patron , and M . Wkntworth donated the present grounds and buQdings. then sttnding. Tbrongb the fostering lare of the foiunler and the Iibei:i!il of the cili .eiis of Lexington and Xfafityette Coonty. improvements have been made as the needs of the school have demanded. Tbe aoboQl lt» stevdily grown In poMic fitvor, as its.itodcats lH w gone forth into public life