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luw a Itmae u{ thirty yours ua the school, nud, kiiring conduuted it through the Blruggies of ila youth, iwls warmnted in ll eUevIng that tfao mme siioc«(» will •tteod it in the fntura w in the tMwt. Tlie oai-e«r of our school, showing its steadily increasing patronage, it« strengthening hold oo popnlir fiiYQir« its tii-uaiii ' iiing curriculum, hoth ucadetuic and military, liespenka thd merit nnit ?ri n«»ne8S of its work. Established act rui u finnuciul enterpriso, hut as a gratuitous mnnnmont from Ihc cducutiuiml iuipulsea of a worthy foander it Uvea to.day the ixai iko militast seHooi. in th» We«t, baring bntved dlffioaltiee wbieb our «omii«Hton» on dif- |j| |l tt baaee, buvi- liocn imaMf l r urniount. BepOjgnizing the virtuu of the work at Went worth Military Academy, tho merit of its perse veruuce, itsgenu- inenMB an mwoiaiOB or rbmro xkh, the CommoDwealth of the State of Minoori bos gained for the inatitntion nalhmal notloe reatdting in the detail of a Dnitad States Army officer who saperinteods our military routio« aeeoras for ns pquipintiits, nmi introdoooaaoeh featones aCfi( j[ahur Anay lifia u ntajf boi oonaidMMi advandlgaonn and feasible for a school for boys. In 1899 the Miaaoori Legiabdore poaoed an aol making this school a post of the National Unard. This aet provides for an .uinuii! iiispi-clion liy tlic State nnd for the uomtuiHsioning in the Niitional Guard of all the offioon and future graduates of the school. Excepting the mutter of upproprintions, this eelnblliihaa tho isame ndatioD between the Academy and the State as exists Imtwcon West P(»int and the United States. PLAN OF THE SCHOOL. rC is the puipo-iu of the present management of this aobool to use those methods wbli will develop most aoooessfQliy the iNTKi.i.Ktn iTAi moiui. and imiyhk ai. powt-rB of the studenta. To insuro the heet mental tniin- in ;. nono hut men of lilK?ral and tLoroiigli tilucaliKii ntxl if snocessfnl ex] erii nc «? in tiMching tirfi I ' tiiployed. Libet ' ul vxp !uditurcs hiivc been made in securing the l cHt mochanicul nids for instruotion, such as chemical and pbyaioal apporatoa, maps, churts, matliematioal iturtramenta, etc That conwt moral and religions instraction niiiy be given, the tesobers are Feqoited to bo CliriHtiun men, meuil ers in gotxl Htnndiii(;of someevangsUoal oborcb. The student MVimqaixwl to Attend some ohorch every Sandny in a body aooompaoied by • iMteher Ibe BUiln
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WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY. ' | HK Aoadcmy hsd its origin in tlie tlesira of Mb. Stbphkm O. WnmnrnTH to er«M:t a monument to th« ' • iiM niDiy r f his ilfccasoil son, Wii.i.iam Wkntworth. In iln ' yivir IfifiO n wiiitdlili ' I ' liiliiiii}. ' fui ii .lay uolioul wua purct)U8«(l, anil to Sc ' pleuibor of tlio same yaar Itio dooiii weru opunuU for stuiieuts. Dr. li. L. Hobaoa, ooir of ttw McODrmidi ThaologUial SMninary, w«a eboMB u Prindpal, and tlie prewot Superioteodeol ivn whotad as Ms associate. In April, 1881, m duvter whh secured, imd tlie scliool wus authorized to confer saok degrees and marks of iiHtiiiclion as are usually grsntotl Uy literary inatitntions. A lK ur(I of twven Imatees was appointed, con sting of members of the different Protestant ohnrchea of Lexington. At ttiu end of tt e first year Dr. Hohaon tttirad to eater the ministry, and the present SoperiatandeBt, who has ever since Ijeen at tha bead of the soIkmiI. wns left in olmrj f. During tlio wcond year tho military feature was addo !, making thin llip pioneer of military schools in the West. It was soon deemed advisable to make Uie aohool a iKMirding-scliooi ; and the Ubarality of the fcmnder at onoe prorided a soltable building. This bail iig soon prored iDadeqnata for the Iwireasiog imtnmage, and Mr. Wentworth donated tho present gnmnds and buildings thon t-limding. Througlj the fostering t -are of tlie fnundei ' iind the lihtirnlity of the citizens of Ix-xington ami Lnfuyette Ooanty, impruvemoots have lM en nmde us the nociU of ibu Bubooi hare demauUGd. Tho school has stcudily grown in piiblio favor, as its students have gone forth into puUio life or to distingubh theaiaelvea In amvetaitiea for wUsh It prefiared theni. Several universities in the East hirI in tlie West have recognized tho merit, of its work by offering raw aoHOLaitsHira to its graduates, and by receiving them without further examination. The Missouri Legislature has made it a post of the National Guard, and provides for the commiasioning of its graduates as aeoond lieutcnnnt and for an nnniiai inspeotion. The United States Government has selected it as one of the three Sfliools. incliulin ' the State University, iipportioncd (o MinKunri l)y Act of Congress entitling it to the detail of a Regular Army oflloor for military instruction and to ordnauce stores, free of ob8i]g«. Tho present management —ST—
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