Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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to receive them without further examination The present management has ti lesne of thirty years on thr ' ;rlitH l. ami, Iciviiii, ' condut ed it through the sttii|4t. ' U ' 5 of 1 ytMtbt WMpQMllQ 4 thai the same succc: t will attend it in the future as in the p.ist. The career of our school, showing it» steadily increasing patroiMge, Jto StfvaittlMnti r bold on popular favor, its broaileniii;; c iirriculam, both acadttRtie and military, bespeaks the merit and serious npss of its work. l- ' stalilislu-ii not a? n fiiinnriril onterprisr, bnt as a jjrattiitoiis mnniimcnt from the educational impulses ol ii worthy fijuiidur, it livos tud iy the t.KADiNG military school in tliu West, having braved difficulties which our competitors., on different bases, have been unable to surmouot. Recognizinf; the virtue of thf- woik :)t Wentwottli Milir,,r A xkrny. the morlt o( Us persever- auce, its K :uuineness as au educator uf youno men, the (.mniuunwcalth of the State of Missouri has piined tor the institution national notice, resulting in the detail of a U. 5. Cavalry ofhcerL who super- intends onr military roittine, secures for ns equipments and introduces sneh feeti ii- ' tejiolar army Uf l MOUty -lMMtaM :incl U ' - ' M ' ' .r ' liool iot b(i PLAN OF THe 3CH00C It !» the purpose of the present inanagement of this school to use those methods which wiQ develop most successfully the iNTELLECTfAL, mokal and physical powers of the studeifts. To insure tbe best mental training, none but men r ( ]it i ' i ;tl and thorough education and of siircc :sful enpcrirnce in tttaehtng are employed. Liberal expciuiitnres have been niade in securing the best mechanical iidit for instrtiction. such as chemical and physical apparatus, mapi, charts, mathematical instru- Itoent ' . rtr Tlint correct moral und reliRious inatniction may l»i- i ' . tht- tcat hi-rs .in- rciiuinv! l be Chrisliun men, members in good standing of some Evangelical church. The students arc rcf uircd to attend some charcb and S inday school every Sunday in a body accompanied by a teacher. The Kbie Is imkI a«d ttndied 4r% Ai fSP mainm iitit} and the .wQifeuy drift is

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WEHTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY. HISTORY The Academy bad its orif n in the desire u( Mk. Si kphbn G. Wkn i wok i h to erect a monument to the memory of hit deceaaed son. William Whntwokth. In the year 1880 a suitable building for a day school was pnrchaMd, and in September of the same year the doors were opened for stadeota. B. L. Hnii ;os, now of the McCormick Theoloijira! Si-ininarv. was chosen as Principal, and the present Superintendent was selected as his associate. In April, t88i. a charte r was secured, and the achoot was aotborised to cooSer aach def rees and marks of distinction as are uoalty gTaoted bf literary institutions. A board of seven trustees was appointed, consist mi; of members of the different Protestant churclx-s of Lt-xiiif tan. At the end of the first year MB- Hobsojc retired, to enter the ministry, and the present Suporintcndcnt, who has ever since been at the head of the school, was left in diai e, Dorini the aeeood year the military featture was added, making this the pioneer of military 5rh ' M.! in the West. It was sooo dccmol n !vi-t. ble to make the school a boardiog school, and the liberality of the founder at once provided a suitable boildiog. This bailding aooo fnoved inadeqoate for the increaainK patronage, and M . Wentworth donated the present Kronnds and botldings, then ttanding. Through the fostering care of th - fiMitwh-r .iiuJ the liberality f the citizens of Lexinffton and Lafayette county, improvements have been made as the needs oi the school have demanded. The school has steadily grown in public favor, »a its students have Rone forth into pnblic life or to disHn- guisb themselves in oniversitics fur which it prcp.iriMl ttii III. Several universities in the East and in tlw West have recqpiised the merit of its work by offering fkbk scHOLARSiura to its graduates, and

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