Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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« SUMMARY OF ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADBICY I. [t is the oldest and largest Military School in the Middla West, and llM llfMi jK|l|d(n ' in nflgf ' f from the very beginniog of its history, a period o t» ' coty-five years. II. It is the only one ia this section having an active army officer detailed bjr the War Department. ttlt The nynntt are low. coasldering the adT«Bta(;es oAued. IV. The location ia a town of sdwols, and this congt tieB of adioela Motues maaj advintatea that ipvt aloae does not possess V It is not an individual enterprise, bat is incot|ionittsd and bdoBgi to a boacd oC feniUXi. It has no debt whatever. These facts insure permaaenee. Ytr tttaated oa the Mnfli of Uie M fiaoari River, with aatttral draiaage, our health reoord is unziraled. VII. Oar bnildlags, eieeptiog Oe anaorjr hall, are of brick and stone, vera eoeitnteted fbr their present uses, are heated by hot water, and are lighted by gas and electricity. VIII. We believe the first duty of a teacher of boys to be the devdflipinstlt Of tfue BUMhOOd»aad his principal labor, character-building, and we wtork to these ends. IX. This is one of the one hundred sdiools which, according u act of Coagma, are supplied by the V. 8. Government, without espense to Uie schoolft i km l n U k Xfi Ami gttmtm fattnction and with onlnancc and ordnance stores. X. By an act of the Missouri Legislature, this school was nadc a post of the National Guard, an aaanal iaapeetioB by State eflSccn was ordered, and all gra duat es of the Aeadeaqr ttHM ci»iiiiil i l oB| it Meond lieuteoants In the National Chuutl. xr. It prepares for the leading Colleges and Universities, for the National Academies, or for lUs. XU. It haa a department in Manual Training that has been a success from the beginning. XIU. New buildings, costing about |lto,ooo, arc in process of construction and will bs ready for use at opening of school la Septettlber. 4:

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fSiiCiAi. )iu)K«Sj. WAR DEPARTMENT. No. 307. IkUwumctdk, Dttember 31, I9(H ■■»•••.•• 3. Ify dtreeUoa of the Pmidem. Itt lientcnsat £ifa«N . ' 4. Hiekman, Ut Ctvalry. i» detailed u professor of military »cicncr ami tactirft at VVmtwonh Military Aotdany. Lexinc- lon. Missouri, in t;ilcc rffcrt Jktiuary 1, 1905, and irill proceed til that pliicr ;in l rc[ ort tti pcfion to the stlpcrmlendcnt of tbc ftcadeiny for duty accordingly. The travel cnjaincd is tifletaMfy for the public sanriee. mm w TUX Skxrast or Wab: A DMA R CHAFFEE. LiVii ' iiaii Gemeral, Ckitf of Sloff. Oma ii. : F. C AINSWORTH, Tk4 MUtttry MrMsfji. CaSiair UwrrtWAKT A. W. UttUh