Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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r. E X I N C; T O N MISSOURI Hailr a l and is loraled in the heart of a strip (»f country .s, (y niiK - »rid 250 miles lojQjr. embraciiur the wiiidings of the Missouri River scross the State of Missouri, and in whkh is to bo found ptM-hnp ; thr innM ro- markuhle aKgregatioti oi educational institu- puch musical organizations as Harmony Con- rsM t Company and the ChicaRo Glee Cliib. Wentworth Military Academy, and in fact the entire community of Lexinfrton, Misitouri. oiijoys a most remarkable hoalth rooorrl. Situated on tbe southern blutf uf the Mia- iapiti Mye » 810 fe«t alwi tlte ifMit»r teM, In addition to Wentworth Military Acad- emy. Lexington has two lartce and flourish- in)? f()llegt ' s for young ladie,«. The educa- tional advantages have attracted atid re- tifiwid i refined and cultivated citizenship. Being one of the oldeHt and moat sottlod towns in the State, all things consp:rf to diroct to habits of study the niiiids of the students who atiserable here from ail partH of the South and West. This collection of acfaoolagivPH to pach many advantages which one or even two schools would tiot possess. They unite iti sfcurinj! IxH-tur ! Coui-.scm aiiii special teachers of Muaic, £locution, Art, etc, and thereby obtain the best talent. The Redpath Lyceum Lecture course ban iiwn secured for next winter. This incIuUeci a llcries of entertainments coming through the fall and winter season so arranged that the benefits arc accorded to all the cadets at Wentworth. Tht-. e lectures have t ' tiibraced siMh men as Dr. G. B. Moulton, S. il. Clark, ' Plt Thomas Green Opie Reed. Senator Dol- I ihmr. William Rainey Bennett, Dr. Stanley flali, De Witt Miller, i ' Yederidc Warde, and i UOJiATORV good drainage and air pure and free froQIv nrnbunal influences of all kinds, are secured. The rigid (Jovcmmeni in.spections of all niiliti r)- schools under (Tovernment siiper- Tiit iio.-l ' ITAI. In cnsti of eontagiouk or pnitrac:i (I ill[ie!i Loyanlb- plaeuil under lh i c»r« nf a niir» in ihi h ;i|iital. vision make it absolute ' imperative that such nchools oom y with all the laws of health in tiulr j ii Qiintniiintt imi nmutgt meot.

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12 Aim of the School youth ' s educaiion which ia uuUide uf the It i. the purpose of the m inatfement of text-book can be»t be aceomplished. He Wentworth Military Academy to h8« those ' ed from evil itillue.iLVK and laujthl huh- tMtbodtf which develop most successfully the it o£ gentility, neatness and punctualitj ' . MWWiLECTUAL, MoRALj AND FHYsicAL power | The oifeleas wre required and taught how to PUYSICAt, Laboratokv Tl e wioipaiviit of the Laboratories at Wentwortb iBdllil«a all ap)»fxtwi HM iUiy ta tMob tta Mttfehlir all bnuiehes laid oat in Ui» tMuiMi ef Ma4y« ♦WifWt ffg i I ' lit men of liberal Jiinl : v r- 04 g]i edueatiun uiid uf succetiiiful experience ' pi teaching are employed. Liberal expendl tlire huve iK-en made in seouring the best mechuiiiciil aids for instruction, guch aa- eheniii.al aii l phy. iic.il apparatus, taagt chartti, tiuith :iiiati«al instruments, etc. All pupils from a distnncf, and the teacb- ars, board and lodge in the Academy in order that the influence and auperrision of the teacher may be constantly and most succei s- Mly exerdaed. By this intimate a«»ociation | etwe«n, papU and teacher tiiat part of the K ' reatcr i-mieavur. The sclioul is, as It were, one lari;e family, in which each teacher occu- pies the place of a parent or aa dder brother to the students. an Ummialiy Appropriatil SpM ' fnr • Military School 1t Lexington was fought one of the hn- portaiil liattli ' s of the late Civil War, iimi Weiilworth Military Academy Mutids near the ticenc of conflict. The town has about 6,000 inhabitant) , and has water works, gM,, electric light, and other modem conveni- ences, II i- ea ii;. an i ' ssihle from the great railroad centerx of Kansas City and SL Louis by two differmt linte of the Hfflttouri PiidfliB

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WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY