Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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friees. S« vpml polil meUuIri arc f)lTew1 nt ihi- n|if ' i;iiit: of cnrli so isiiui foi eAwUfcucy in dlircreul stmUeu ai U iu the tuiUlW) drill. auU tor panettttUty and deportment. Washingtpn-I ee Scholarship. Tbe Vu»luiigton aud Ijee I ' uivcrsily lltLt•xiI glotl.Va..ha8ulIer- ed• fldiolanblp of free tattJon for one year to ttut nunnber of our graduating class vho tduOI attaiu the tiighest rank In flohotarabtp iiikI ileiHirtiiiciit iliiiiiii; tlic year liis i nuliMtiou. The pecuniary v.itiHMif Uiispiiie, sliouid the winner attead that iiiBtl itii}n« is ( atdteiation. Tboae who complete tatiefactorily any one of tbe courses of study, and whose deportment daring connection with the school has lii ' -M K(M «1. upon the payment of tlie gnMlnatioa fee of five doDais, will be awarded a dipUtaut. Origin. WKNTttrm rn Mam=: Acat kmy liml its nivjiu in a ilc in ' (»f r. s t«|)lK. ' ii (.«. vveuiwuitb to erecL u UHtiiuiueiii to the memory of bhi deceased son. tillhun Wentworth. In tbe yesr 1880 a snitaUte building was porchased. and, in September of the same year, the lichool opened, lii v ; i ii iss) , iinrter ra» .umI tbe school wns nuthorizH tn ( ..ni- i mhIi .icuurs and marks of (li9linction.aa axe utiUttliy );ruiiU-d by lUenuy iii.siitiitiuns. A buurU ui ' Uiistees was appointed, eonsistinff of members of tbe dunaront protestant ofaurehes of Lexington. From year to year, as the needs of tbe school hAve demanded. Mr. WeiitwurUi lia-s cnitribtitnl new h v ] - tit ' s, until li( h»fl moiv thiui IrcMcd hi- ' •li ' iiial rlmmtion Tin- citiztus of Lt ' iiiiKlou Hiid l. ifayelle coutily hiive not willdu ' ld tlitni support, but have lent eneounMreoMnt by liberal patWHuwe and br giving nxmey to aid in theerectioii of uew buildings. The Academy lias 1k ' »mi ill (ijMT.iliitii i)iiH ' ywirs. and diiritip timt time has stwulily grown. The exiieriinc tit;il yeara of its iUstory are now passeU, and its foondation is securely laid. I oeailion. LcxiNu roN, Miss4 c lu. is a town of five thousatd InfaaVitants. about forty mllea eairt of Knoaas Gty, on Che Missouri Paeiflc rail- road. It tins waterworlia. gas and a street railway. Sitiial l on t sotttbem blofb of the Mtaioari river, it hi tmsorpMSSid in hfialthful '

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gloeation. We hftveidwaysgivcn oonsiderabUiaUetiii ' II i.. tins bmiicUof ' itodjr, MwebeOevt voice oultnra to be an imporUnt part of ui edacAtlott : md soompeteot tMobersbaUbeBeoarad. As to Aoxilfny to this depftttaent we bSTe A I itcrary and lDs.bating goeiety by mBRna of which uiir studcuts are euouuni il U accuHtom lUcuu- selves to piiUie speaklDs. A JCibrary. of several huudred cuivfulh selected books uiul paiupUieU Las been •oettttidatad andfreeiueof Itlqr thestndenls teenooatsced. Jxamindtions. Kre |tieiit revifw aiv tu i le na the subjects studied and twice eacU soAAioti rigid nritu !! exa(niimtion. » tire Iteld. (Reports. At the f lul of every Hvp weeks a report of tlu stnndlnjf of every pupil ill suhulanhip. puuotuality aud depariiu jut will be seul Lu bis , paientB or goardkn. and also a printed report of his relatiye standing as compared with that of all other papUs of the BcbooL This printed report is a great bioentive to our students, aveqr one Btrlvinf; to jfet hs noiir the top of Hip laflkr m lie can. Sj»«i;il nttfiition will I , ' ivi ' ii to SiHilling. Rl1i ' Jill {, Wriiiim. Arilhiuoliu and Kiiulisli ( uLuposilmu, n» we believe tliat too uiiicit ftttaition cannot he given to Uum mdiments. On account ol tlit uiuslcul tideut iiccumiiltiio ] tu re tliruugli our three young bidy colleges we can oflSer to our patrons unusual ad vantagea in both inslaruinntal and vocal mnsic Mm KatiH Hoiiis. Dtifof tbemosr : i nfal teachers ev i in l xinjttmi, will teach vocal mosic aud wUl io give lessons on the (ilUUO. Prof. £donard Blitz, of fore bbrth and edveatioo and an ope- ratic composer of reputation, wiU give lessons oa the violin and other string instmnients. Tln cssict terms, whirh an» similar to those utiuall} ' diaiged for eucli iiisU ' Uuliuii, will be givi ii oti uiJiilu ' aliuii. 11

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besa by any point in the sttte. Only one death lias ooeurred in Uie Academy since ita orgsnlntkm. Lexington is well-known tn the west as an educational ontter, havlnn. in addition to Wentworth Mate Academy, tlim; large and flinirishinir ' n« ' ? ' ' H for you njf ladies. The • diK utioiml advautHRen have attrat ' twl hihI n ' tniiiwl a relink! aiulTultivaled pIilss of jK- ' opIe. and beiuK one Uie otdebl and uiosl selUed towns in llie state, all things oonapfre to direct the minds of students who assemMe ben from all jMots of tiM West to babitB of study. Ailitary DGpairtment. Kur ' ' iirlif y ni-s we have liad (liiM {t ' utmv in tlu- v1hm I, .lud ftoiu it we liiive derived mu»t gratilyinj. ' rrsnlt . W v liiive iii onn - rated it not for tlie puqMne of IraiiduK uui i upiU fur militan ' life, but on account of the rainy advantageB derived from ft in school c ' vei ' iiuieiit. and on accitiint of the many benefits wliicli our Btiult ' iils obtmii from llicsvsleui It foiiHiiuit no tinip lliiit woiiM Otbei wute Iw devuieil tu nliuly, an the liounn utHMl for il vvoidd iu other schools be given to reoceation. We have tbrea sises of guns, sixty of which ara the Austrian cadet mnsket. Twmty of these are light enough fbr a boy m ye.ii s or jige. foiiy r i ii ' -m are about two pounds lieavior. In a lditloii tn tliesi ' we h i e eighty Spring Oeld tiilf , bict ' cli-lniiiliii r and of the liiit st |)ulteni. To snni iip a few uf the many reasous lur adopting the military feature we Iwlinve; 1st. TliJit it coiitrihiitMs to dilim ' nre in study. The beat men fn the drill as a nile an- the ln ' -t in their sliniips, 2nd. Tlial il ooulill)ute to K toU Iwluivmr. The iK-naliieiJ are of a dignified eharaeter ; and while well graded aeocnidUig to the offense, and some of Ihem severe, they are not iiiich as to cruttli llio spirit of a boy. ]ii ' ini! rf ' . ' oi:ni7ed a part of tliHiuililHry ilisciplino the :iT - ri ' ccivfd Nitliotit tlic prote. ' i.s that are fruqunully uiai e aguuisl llie jwoallies iiitli(. ' tt d in M-honl. Ard. il cullivHlta the hubit of iiumediale, iuiplK ii uii4iit.-a tioning obedlenoe to rigbtfoUy opns nted mtbority. also haUts of order, neatness, puntnatity and adf-ftflanee. What aie more neoeeaary than these in eivfl life f 4tb. The drill i floe physlrii! ckerri e. e- pwially for Itoys who are in the plastlQ state. Bent forms may be slraightnted. hollow