Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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6i iM .ii im m-li tliciiiselves in univerfylies fur whu li it )«u tK(U cl ilii-m. Several iimvLTsuit-s in the I ' ln- t .mil in Uit- W ' t-st Imve rtcoKiiiztil tin- mt rit ni its wurk !( offering freu schulat ships lu iVi gr.iiiiiaic--.. nml t » rcoi-ive lliciii witlmiil lurlluT oXiiriiiiijUim. The preMritt management has n lealie ol ttiiity five enr- on the s hnol. .iiiii having coiuhioted it thri nj(h the StntgglcM of its yoatii, ieels wairantMi in belifiiii that the sanip sncrcMi will attend it in t) e ttttlM as in tlie ' fMiltt. PI AM or TB 8CHOOI,. ft is the |iur|Mjse of the prcwnt inanagetnent nf this sclitx I tn itsc those methods which will (leveli)]) most sncccssrully the intellectual, moral, and phy. iical ixiwers of the sludent.s. To itIMirc tlie l f.- l mental troiniiij;. none but men of liberal and thorough education irad of success- fill eicperien re in leaching are employed. No expense has been spared ir. sjeonrtng the btat mechanical aids fur itiHtnirtion, .such at chemical and physical ftpparatii i. maps, charts, mathe- BUktieal instruments, etr That correct mora] arul religions iiisinirium may be given, the te.K-herv are required to be Christian men. members in ; « ll inn(lmn oi some Protestant church. The tmlcnt are re(juire l to .ittend church and Sumlay -it li..ol ev ery Suiula} hi a body, accom- panied l y a teacher Tiie KsliSe is read and studied daily A gyranosium i always open (nr use. and the tai1y inihtary dnll i as regularly required as recituticms, affording one of the best excrcis(e.s known lor physical development. All pupils from a liistance and all tbe teachers boMrdand lodge in the scliool, in order that the influence and stipervision of the teacher ma )k ' constantly and most succesiil ' ully exercised Uy this intimate .-isstHMation between pupil and teacher that jjart ol n youth ' s edncalion which is out!«ide of the icxi-lxH)k can best Ite attended to. TliLV ;irc shielded iioin i uiiliu.iiri. ami taught habita of gentili , neatneaSi and ptmct- ualitv. The careless ore required and taught how to study, and the ambitious are encouraged to greater eudeavor. The school is. a« it were, one large family, in which each .teacher occupies the ' ylqtl cif.n ItfceatorsaeM , , i ' v y