Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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9 tf yoa plaMs. It givat yoa a f«w rasBom to prow W wi w u i tH Ifau- TAMr Aciammr to be th a p tw te twid ycm inp. I. It fci ft aailitary school. It It is tbe OLDEST and best mSfttn Mbod In tiM Geotnl W«st, and hM hMa awtor Um •AMS MAKACRMENT from the very beKinnini; of itt history. lit The EXPENSES ARF. LOWER than at ftoy otb«r military aciiool in the West. IV. The location » town op scwkka, and tiris CDo g r if et ioo of •eboeit Meant matijr wivaa- tages that one alonr Mniild not possess. V. It is not nil individual ENTSRratSB, bat is incorponted and belongs to a board op TBCSTEEs. It has NO DRHT whatever. These facts insure permanence. VI. Situated oo tha bVdbt of the llisaoiid Rivar, with natural ' drafawfe. our mkutu nooRD IS UNRIVALLED. VII. Oar attendance during the last session, notwithstanding the financial depcessioa of the eooBtry. was the largest in the history of the school. Eveiy room waa. Ued, and oMMre ttadeiite ooald have been secored if we had had places for them. Vltl. Oor bnildings, excepting the dn ' ll«hall, are of brick and stone, were oonstradad lor their pra a ea t osea. are hbatbo by hot watxk. and era lighted by gas and BUECxaictTY. IX. We believe the first doty of a teacher of boys to be the dcvblopuknt op trus KAmooii and hn principal labor caARACTSR BcnLDiMG. and we work to thoes enda X. One yeer ago f4.ooo were expended on additions to oar grooads and buildioga. Since that time $7,000 worth of ordnance and ordnance stores has been famnAed m by the fovanmeot. XI. RsooGNtnoN BY U. S. GovBRNMBNT has been granted to m to the detail ol a RMQIAB AMiY oppiCER as oor g ra f eaa or of .MiBbMy Sdwioe and Tactia. •