Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY

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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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Tt would be difficnlt to secure more com- petent men for looking after matter; pvr- tainiiiff to health than the United States offieerx detailed at Wentworth. They have had cxtt-ii-i ' i ])iri ' n - ' m the fuli! nml in ft)rei8rn tr ' ipic;!! i K;iilrit ' in conteiuiiiig with diwMise in all i irni , and this experience is put to practioil uiie in th«a« sdiools. All ers are men of collese and univeraity train ing, graduBten of leading in»titutions of our country and experienced in their respective departmenta. The average number of pupilA to each teacher is considerably leoa than that found in tht larjrc mr»j irity of thp high schoola, where frequently the pupil recit Cum m PsNMANnnp WaatDROCtb an Educational Inttitulkn as- W«U a Military School Wbile this is a military school and ranka amonir the highest elaas ot mAoeH recog- nized t ' Ihe War DHparl tni-nt. the academic work ici not sidetracked or treated aa of aec- ondai7 import The same number of hour an- li; ' ted to recitation and study as in the public and nrtvate a«hooU In which there is an entice v lNom of isQftiMg taM Ths tia EVERY rUJ ' lL SCiTKS KVKRY VBSapti EVTOtS DAY. In addition to thin daily work. fnim jhM to three hours of night study are raqtt£nd of all. under the direction and supervision of faculty officers. These conditions can be fully realized only in a boarding school, with rtiilitar. system and discipline, where the military and aihletic features, instead of being a hindrance, are a positive WHft. Sk ' securing good academic work. A Decent patron remadted: My bogf JMfmt tixdc «[qr iUlioReKt la Ji miiXt