Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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to reed and ttodtod daily. A gynuuurium ta atwaya opao tin vm, and tlie didljr military drill ia as r folarly reqnixed aa reoitationK, uffordiitg out- of th« Iw t vxeroitm koomi for physical development. All pupils fn»m a diatiinrci nm mnM of tho UmchcrH hofirt! iiml ladirt i tho sr-liool. in ordi-r that tho intliieiico and HUjwrvision of the taacber may Ik) conslMnlly aud moat mccvimiuiiy exercutv.!. U} ' tliin iutimutv ikstk ciaiion l elwoeu pupil and taaebar, thai part of a yonth ' s edncatida which ia ooti de of tb« text-book ean haat be attended to. They are siiipKlt- ' d from evil in(lnon ' o« and tnnj;ht hnbitn of gentility, nPiitm ss uml jMinctiinlity. Tlio -iiixdcs9 are required nod taugbl buw t atudy, niid the auibitioiu are eooounifMi to greater eadeavor. The scIiihA ia, aa it werai oao Brgt family, in which eaob taapber ooeajUea Uw pUce of a paruit or an aider brother to the boya. LOCATION. T EXlNGTON, Mir H itiri, i; ii town of five tliou imd inlndiitiint. ntxMit forty miloa from Kansaa City, and It: ncccBsililf (ly fli« Missouri l tioitic, llifi Wiilmsh ntul llio S!iiit;i Ki railroiuk. VVliilo it lias water- works, ufstH, elnctrio lights, and luuiiy utUur uioderu conveuiunoeii, it Ih iiul an tu;livc liintiDesM place, but is really an e ldy amid boomiog Weatam towin, where atodenta nuy paraoe their atadiee io oointerrapted qaiet. Sttoated od the aoothem blaflb of the Miaaoari SiTer, it is uu«urpaaaed in bvalthfulneaa by any point in the State. Lixiugton ia wall known in the Weet aa an educational center, haTiog, in addition to Wentwortb Military Academy, two bu ge and flouriaiung oollegea fur young ladiea. The eduvulionul lulTanlagea have attracted and i-etained a refined and coltivated oilixen- ahip. Being one of the oldeat and most sottled towns in the State, nil thinga connpire to direct to habita Of study till ' minds of tlic Htndcnts who ussenihU ' lii-n ' from nil purt of iln ' Soiitii und Wi ' hI. Tlii- riin;. ' ri r;utton of s hool« gives to cuch many iidvautagea wbicb uu one, or even two «cboolb ulono, would poaseau. Tbey unite in auvuring Laotare Conraaa luid epedal teaehera of Moaio, Eloootion, Art, oto., and tiieraby obtain the beat talent. In Lexington was fougiu one of the Importaiit battlea vl the late Civil War, and the Acad(;ray itvikto 1pdlt9 wwr Um «MM oi ooofiiot. Thia fact leodara tti jdnon «KO0«di8i appcDpriateiar a. militaijjr afltaooL —an—