Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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L It is the oUlevt and hrgett Military Schoo) in the Mfddl« West, and hu been under the .iii;;if muinnji incut frcim Iho ven, ' beginning of iUi history — u period uf Uiirty- TI. It has the services of an aetive U. S, Army officer, detailed by the War l eparl- mcnt. ns Professor of Military Science and TaclicB. It i5 rated by the Witlt DffMUlinent iB ciMs V tipe em «f vmxtg Sefiodis. liJ. It ts n post oi the Kctfawml Gmrd Oif Missouri. iV. The «iep«Rte« un U ' U con.sidcring the y. The location i« in a taipn nf achoobt, and this collection of scIi m.Is siH-ures many advantages that one alone doen not possess, li ts only forty-three miles from Kansas City. VI. It in not an imlividual t utt rin iM:, but IneorporaM and belmqpt ttt a doerd of trutteea. It has fMi whatever. Tbeaa facts insure jftnimxmuiL VII. Situated on the blulTs of the Mia- itouri Ri -er, with natural AmilMCag i)t }m - fj)h)iiV f lirnlth record. V I I I. It bdieves the first duty of a teacher of boys to be the d«v«t»pmeat 0 true moa- ing. IX. It prepares for the leading colleges and universities, for th« Hational Academies, X. It maintains a depurate department for small boys I rom 11 to 14 years of age. JCIf A momlK?r of the facult} ' de ' otef« five nights every week in tutpring backward stu- dents Xn. rt has a unique system of athletics, rcK-hin!; f-ry pupil ii school. In athletics it iiurpi«M .e.s ail utlter preparatory schools and aisnjr eolleges of the Middle WttL Cadkts ax Wmrwosni ar Ujtt

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4 WjiKTW()RTH MILITARY m$Mft Saturday, September 20, 8 p. m. — Old Boys ' Etrp. Friday, October 31, 8 p. m. — Hallowe ' en Reception. ' ihctiay, December 19— Christmas holiduvs imgiti. .Frii i, i:«liusry Z, 1914 — Christmas holidays end. Hondty, ll| tfH i » GUIciMkitt ' s ChOtm Dance. VfiutoeBday, itay 20 tar da] t Ifajr i) M!ii«l Exuniiuitenit Sunday, May 24, 11 a. in.— Baccalaureate Services. Hlonday. May 2o-Tuesday, May 26 — Military and Athletic ExereiaWK

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Wentworth a ' hn A School Recoffnind 1 orjor of tfie U. S. War Department. An officer of thi ' AfBB ' ijitlil flfii IH Jttw Academy by order of the PruidenL 9IWUAI. Urpicw, Wasiiinqton, Jnniiary II, X9Xi Kft; K Extrni-t,) 5. Hv (liii-i tuin i.r thi President, Fii -i Lifutennnt John Cocke, Fift»viith Cuvulry, is deLaiUti ua prufe sor of military ttierux und Uctics al Weniwortli Military Academy, UKh itti m , Mo,, and will procMd to LcxInKton, snii t vtt In pmm to tbt wpcriolmil ' a af the AoMtomy for dnty acconUnglv, The ttswl dimtad is w wc a MT y n ttc Mlfiaay atrvlMi (ttSSpOl D-A. C. O.) By Onia or tub SstmiAiiy or Wm. OBcfali MttftT ' OnumbCf aHinKr K McCain, U S. Aimgr Regulation under which Army Officers are al WMtiraK and the Counea of Instruction regulated. OKNKRAI. )1« E»8, WAll DKI ' AKTMENT. Ni Wamii.si.-ton. May 9, 1010. fjii-uKniph i ' tit. Army lt(-inilnl.lon!i. an umi ' iidpil by G«niT«l Or(ter», No. 1M| Wit Pcpartnwiit, Junp 2H, lliii ) ' . fv.rlh ' T mtn nili il In rt ' ;ii| ii fullnwn: 453. The military cdui-atiutml iiy: lvtn uf thv Unilcil States compriwii; . Ijis Miliury Academy at Wca| I int for tiw education lif cadekc • •••••• ' 1 ' he Milimry departnwiit ot rfirttlinflWtena at which offlem of the Army art dotaiJcii uiiiJor Lhe nrcrvijiions.of law. Tfa« detail of aniMn at th«M iMtilatlona ts annonnwdi and tha rMnilations gemmt iiif the Murw of itrntructions therein an ianMd, in onfahi from tha War Piiiaitnmit. By Osnn or ths Sfomm or W K. Taskkr H. Ri.iss, Ottcia]: BrifuUirr Grnrrui, AcHny Chi f « Sioff. ctiaMnr ■(«Caix. Aif Htanf Oenwmt a Post of the Missouri Militia. General Order STATE OF MISSOURI. GcN uiAL ( )iii nHi, moi iojtn ' AtiT anraRAL ' s omcK. (Brttaet from An. Vll. See, S9.) Any milltury i rhool ur rcillcgv williin the Ktnttt, whotio oriranixation is essentially iniii(,iiy, all ijf whtwr «luU«ntji are hal ' itiiully ii |ijitt ' l li Ik ' in uniform, in whi.li did- I :| lirii- la rnnntanlly maintained, and «w whoh li-iiilintr nl ' jccts i« the ili v liiiiun;i)i .if (Student iiy military drill and li)- fs-.iluluif; hi liiiily tundurt liy tin- firimiplea mT iiniMiry discipline, and at which in-liuiii ' xi .m miThit or iitTiivri! of thr REirutar . ' Viiny iif the United StnleK ore detjiileii lis uv War l t ' | nrtmt ' nl, vlllipr us •up«rin tcndcnt, I ' uinmandunt or prufrh-ntr of Military Sovnci- and Tucllrx, upon appllcatiaii te th Uovi ' rnor, nfl ' r im in p« ' tlnn hy xhp ArijulJint r; ' nrral of tht ' StatVt idiaBr OpWtJqS .tMBauMndaUoa, k p..« iiMtit«t«d a p Mt of ih« Militia of th« .pta , • ••• a STATE or MISSOURI. rU8 AINIUTANT «lENHtAL t omCK. I ' ' ■ 1 . Smmmtf Cnnr, iana-TUi, iiM. Tb« Su|iurinli-nii :nt. Wantworth Military Acadcooy Laxin(tott. Mo. 8m:— I will aecvpt tk biapectfon report, herawitb nrtomad. and will aspms jrMr appQcatiofi for raeORaltion undar the tanna of Section ot tha IndQainl bilL F. M. Ri ' MRoui, Adpttatt G n«nL