Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Bible is reati and studied daily. A fiymnasitim is always open (or Uset and the d.ii! military drill is as rcf uUrly required as recitations, affording; one of the best exercises ktiown (or pliyriical develop- ment All pupils from 4 distance and most o( the teachers jl oard and lodj e in the school, in urdcr that the influence and supervisiun of ihf; teacher mny be constantly and nri ' ist successfully exercised. By this intimate association between pupil and teacher, that part of a youth ' s education which is out- side of the Icxt-bui.ik best be attended to. The) ' are sliicl ! ' jil ft uvil iiitlui ' iiccs and taught habits of gcniility, neatness and punctuality. The careless arc requited ami taught how to study, and the ambitions are encouraged to greater endeavor. The school is, as it were, one famU]r. to wUch Mcb tcaehw oceopiei the fheit of a parent or an elder brotb«r to the boys. tOQATION. Lexington. Missouri, is a town of five thoasand inhabitants, about forty miles from Kansas City, and is accessible by the Missouri Pacific, the Wabash, and the Santa Fe railroads. While it has water works, f as. electric liuhts, .niid ni uiv niher mudern conveniences, it h nnt an active business place, but is really an ctidy .miid bu uninR Western to vn-i. v ' hcre students m iy pursue their stmlias in uninterrupted quiet Situated un the southern bluffs of the Missouri river, it is unsnrji I ia healthfulne s bv any point in the state. Lexington is well known in the West as an ediicaiirinal center, having in addition to Wentworth Military Academy, three large and flonriahiog colle{;e3 for youHK laiiies. 1 he educational advantagej hive .ittr.i -tc 1 and retained a refined an I cultiv iu-d class of people; aud, bcin one of the oldest and most settled towns in the state, all things conspire to direct the minds of thr St udi nts, who assemble here from all parts of the West, to habits of study. This congregation of scboi ls gives to each many advantages which no one, or even two schools alone, would possess They unite in securing Lecture Courses and special teachers of Music. Elocution. Art. ' etC. and thereby nbiuin llie best talent In Lexington was fought one o( the important battles of the late Civil War, and the Academy stands quite near the scene of cOoflkt, This tact readers the pUioe exceedingly appropriate for a military aebool. • 2i