Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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I 1. x i x c; J ox. mis 5 o u B I The History of Wentworth, Oldest and Largest IVMitary Academy in the Middle West (Ni.tr. Thiw ure ..Wit . »• •chiml in this territory, Irut Wentworth was the firet to adopt the military ffaturv. ) Uattlx of Lex SrrTtMBfR l»-2l. lH.il I ' tmtKirrai ' h ! fnwn mn . l i-»intim In frtim tlw r tuf tif wKil hi. llu K Ouminki ■ thn Hm.hi « H-ir. e%ll who nutol the i«rtrhe» duni.ir ln« twIUo. Th IFnrUwt »tltm flair f • r Jlc bjt ntiMT l» ii M I m mit t.f ts» lutlitin of tHe I ' mtml ( otliarp for Wnnrn. Thr wtr ..f Wmtwiwth M-I.lnrv Acmlrmr - KNTWORTH is u well known Er k- lish name and man) prominent ■ ,. W mt ' ti of Bntopt and America b»vc been its proud pi ; The ancestors of the founder of this school, Stei ' Hf.n (i. Wentworth, came from Eng- land, settling in the Inited States in the early part of the 18th century. Mr. Went- worth, himself, coming West when u boy, settled in Missouri. He wus a prosperous business man and concluded his long and successful business career us F ' resident of the Morrison-Went worth Bank, at Lexing- ton. Missouri. or. thi- » tt ' rni wf 1|m (ik ' turti. In the year 1880 he founded the Went- worth Mule Academy in honor of his de- ceased Hon, William Wentworth. During the second year of its history the military fea- ture was added, the name was changed to the Wentworth Military Academy, and thus was liegun the pioneer military school of the Middle West. B. L. HoLson, now Professor of Apologetics in McCormick Theological Seminary, was selected as the first Principal, with Sandford Sellers as his associate. At the end of the firnt year Mr. Hobson retired, ind, with the exception of one year. Col.

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24 WENT WORTH M I I.I 1 AH AC A DEMI Sandford Sellers has occupied the posit ion of Superintendent ever since. In 1903, Col. W. SI. Hoge. for many years connected with Kemper Military School, re- signed his position as Inspector of Accred- ited Schools for the University of Missouri, and was chosen as Associate Superintendent and Principal of the Academy. In 1905, Capt. E. A. Hickman, 1st Cav- alry. U. S. Army, a graduate of this Acad- emy, of the Virginia Military Institute, and of the Government School for Army Officers at Ft. Leavenworth, was detailed l y the War Department as Military Instructor. In 190 he purchased an interest in the Academy and became an equal partner with Cols. Sellers and Hoge. His untiring energy, good judg- ment, and interest in boys, together with his experience as an officer in the United States Army, have l een a most potent factor in placing the Academy in the very front rank of the military schools of the United States. Missouri Militia Makes Wentworth a Post of the National Guard In 1889 the Academy was made a Post of the National Guard of Missouri. By this act, provisions were made for an annual in- spection by State Officers for granting com- missions, by the Governor of the State, to all officers and graduates of the Academy. Excepting the matter of appropriations, this establishes the same relations between the Academy and the State as exist between the West Point Military Academy and the United States. Secretary of War Designates Wentworth Mili- tary Academy as a Distinguished Institution In 1895 the War Department of the United States, recognizing the work done by the Academy in its military training, detmle I an officer from the Regular Army as mili- tary instructor, and supplied it with ord- nance and ordnance stores. This detail has continued to the present time, and supplies have been increased until the school in nov» provided with everything necessary for in- fantry, mounted artillery, and cavalry drills. The literary work has kept pact with the military, as shown by the fact that its stu- dents are received, without examination, by- all the leading universities of the country which admit Freshmen on certifk.Ue.s. It Is the purpose of the management of Wentworth Military Academy to use those methods which develop most successfully the INTBttKtTl ' At, Molt At. AND I ' HYSICAt powers of the students. To insure the test mental training, none but men of liberal and thor- ough education and of successful experience in teaching are employed. Liberal expendi- tures have been made ing the best mechaai for instruction, such cal and physical appa » maps, charts, mathe instruments, etc. in secur- cal aids asehemi- r a t u a, matical KSCIHtT ■» THE Count.