Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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MANDOLIN CLUB.

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«s r«golariy required as recitations, affordii one o( the best exercises known for physical develop- ment. All pupils (rem a dictance and most of the teachers boar l mid lixtge in the school, in order thnt the mtlufiir.:- ami sii[)fTvi i ' ii ..f tlic lenrhrr nn - ! ■• rrmstantK unl most siircessfiilly ex(Tn ;c 1. Uy tilth intimate ;is!k cialiuii between jiupil and I ' jaclu i. tti it pjit ul a youth ' s ciiucalion which is out- side of the text book can best be attended to. They are shielded from evil influences and taoKht h.dtits of i;entility. neatness and paoctnality. The carcic-; ' are required and tniight bow to study, and the ambitious are encouraged to greater endeavor. The school is. as it were, one laiis fenSy, in which each teacher occupies the place of a parent or an elder brother to the boys. LOCATION. Lexington, Missouri, is a town of five thousand inhabitants, about forty mites frurn Kansas City, :xnd i ? accfftsiMc by the Missmiri Pacilic the Wabash, and the Santa Te railrtnut ' ; While it has water works. fia i. electric liRlit-;. and iitutiy other modern conveniences, ii is not an active business place, but is really an eddy amul hooniinK Western towns, where students may pursue ihcir studies in onintcrrupted quiet. Situated un the southern bluffs of the Missouri river, it is unsurpassed in health- fulness by any point in the State. L exington is well known in the West as an educational center, having in nddilicn t Wc ntwi.rth Military Acadoniy. three Ims o and flourishing colleges f r young ladies, and an excellent liusini.fw college. The t- iiicatiotial aihanlages have attracted and retained a refined and cultivated class of people; and. bfinw ( nt i4 (he oldest and mo«t settleil towns in the State, all things conspire to direct the minds of the students, who assemble here from alt parts of the West, to habits of study. This congregation of schools gives to each many advandages which no one, or even two srhooK alone, would possess. They unite in Herurin;; LcctOfe Qmnes and eciai tcadwn of Muiiic, Elocution, Art. etc , and thereby obtain the best lulenl. In Lexington was fought one of the important littles of the late Civil War, and the Acadijlp iy Stands qnite near the scene of conflict. This (act renders the pLce exceedtq y appmpriate lor a military school.