Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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