Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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xoouosnr. r KXINOTON. MISSOtJM, fa a town of fiv« tbonsand inhabitants, about fnrty miles from Ij Kansas Chy, mad is accessible by ttie Missouri Pacific, tbc WaUsh, and th« danta F6 Railraada. It has watn works. gas, and otber aaodeni conveniences. Sitaatad oo the southern blnffii of the Uissoari River, it is unsurpassed in healthftilnc» by :(iiy [ oim iu the State. Lesiogtoa Is wdl known in the West as an educational center, having, in addition to Wentworth MUitBry Academy, three large and flonriahing colleges foryoung ladies. The educa- tional advantages have attract, d ;in.I itiaiiK.l a refined and cultivated class of |nn]iU- ; aint. !)cing one of the oldest and most settled towns in the State, all thing conspire to direct the minds of students, who assemble here firom all parts of the West, to habit of study. This cong r eg a tion of scliuolii Rives to each many advantages which no one. or even two schools, alone, would ixiNsess They unite in securing I ectnre Courses and Special Teadiera of Music, Blocntioo, Art, etc. and thereby obtain the t est talent In Lexington was fought one of the important battles of the late Civil Wur. and the Academy stands quite near the aoene of conflict. This bet renders the piaoe exceedingly ap|»D- priate for a military schooL

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The school has steadily grown in public favor, as its students have gone forth luto public life or to distinguish themselves in universities for which it prepared them. Several universities in the Tvast and in the West have recognized the merit of its work by offering free acliolfltalllps to its graduates, and to receive them without further examination. The present management Imb aleaae of thirty-five yean on the school, and having conducted it through the struggles of its fodtti. faA iw u r aii t d ItthdiCTiag that the aamesacceas will attend it is the lotwe as in the {fssi. VLAIt OT TUB SCHOOL It is the p Bl poee of the pr e sen t managemcut of tbiA schuul to uiic Iboiic niutbodii which will develop moat socceiMfaUy the tatftltect— 1, mond, and physical powers of the students. To insure the best mental iraiiiiiii;, ihjih- Init men of liberal and thorough education and of SOC- cessful experience in teaching urc cmpluycd. No expense has been spared iu securing the hcst meohaideal aids for ioatruction, sndi as chemical and physical apparatns, maps, charts, mathc. awtical instruments, etc Tli.a correct nifjral and relijjiouf. instnu tion may ye given, the teachers are required to bo Clinsiin.i men, membcrii iu good standing of some Protestant church. The stadestsarc requited to attend church and Snnday-achool every Sunday in ahody, aooompeaied by a teacher. The Uiblc is read and studied daily. A gymnasium is always open for use, and the daily military drill is as regularly rciiuired as recitations, affording one of the best exercises known for physical development. All pupils from a distance and all the teachers board and lodge in the school, in order that the intbience and .•iuperv isioti of the teacher may be constantly aud most successfully exercised, liy thi! intimate associatiou beiwe«u pupil aud teacher, that part of a yoeth ' s edneatiua which is ontaide of the text-book can best be attended to. They are shielded from evil itinuence .ind taught hiibit. ' i f ;rntility. neatuesa, and punctuality. The cardcSB are required and taught hnw to stndy, aud the ambitions ate encouraged to greater endeavor. The school is, as it were, uue of a paMttt or aa dder brother to the boys.

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Three courses of study, Ihc CUumcai, the JilccUvc, and ihc Uusiness, are uflcr :d below, one of wWcb nraak be t ken by tbose wbo expect to graduate. A select coune. differing bom the at)nvc, ai ri ri1ii)K to ttu- vt lu ' f4 of p r«at% 8n l luit (.tnbntcing branches coiilicttng with 9tA other, may be pursued, and ccrtificslM will be awarded in the branches completed. ▲ BoMt-Oradnate Coune of on« your Is also gHrea to tiuiK wiw ivMi to rmia « oa loofw than Mm fifUi ytu, CLABBICAIi COUnsS. FIRST YEAR. SpelUng. Reading. Geography, language Lessons, Arillniu-tic. Penmanship. SSCOSB TMSBM SpeHiog. Reading. Dictation and hdtHX ' Vf tsllmf, Arithmetic. Science Prinur. Story of the Bible. PaoBMnah SECOND YliAK. naavtisBM. Bnglish Oraouaar. Selling. Reading. Arithmetic. Latin bcj;un. United States Biatory. WnOMD WtM. Bngliah Otantmar. Lctter-Wrfthiff. Reading. Arithmetic. Algebra. Latin. THIRD YEAR. VISCT ntuL English Readily wUh Crilkil Interpretatioo. Arithmetic. Algebra. I ttn — Cseaar and Froaa Oon o sitfoo. Shyaieal Ocograplqr. 8B0IMIP TXBll. English Reaffing, with Critical InterpretatfoD. Algebra. , Geometry. Latin —Caeaar and PNM aaipo sitioo. Fhyaiology.