Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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FOURTH VI . R. VIltST TBKM. Algebra. Geometry. Latin— Virgil and Prose CompositiQn. Greek begun. Pliyiii ' illi saoommdi. Ancient Bistonr. Geometry. I atia— Virgil and Prose CtHnpodtioo. Greek— Ea5y Selectioo 6om XwipyiKWi. Drill Kcgulationa. FIl ' Tll 1 ' .AK. FUtST TKiUI. Rhetoric. Trigoiioineto ' - Latin— Cicero and PlOM CompoaittoD. Greek— Anabaais ai Praae Oomfwahioft. Ocsenl Hiitary. Geometry and Algebra Reviews and SciectiolUI Lalin— Cicero and Prose Composition. Greek— Hooter and Ptom Compoaitina. BHilc. Art of War (Oplional). ClifB i i tf y i