Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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he entered your school. Thii boy was wiifilrv. in aitbl cs and military work through hifi entire course and graduat- CfJ nt Ihe liend of th riass. body is very manifeAl in their improv tat BmcT or WCNTWoaTn Tradoxq Till pletitra »how Cadet P. H. Vore in 1907 and in 1M8. Cadet Von did hb Grwrnniur School and Prv- paratory work in Wetitwortfa. Laat year be b«td the n ncr of Ciult ' t rat tain and Quiu-termMter, played on th« foutbsll i4Mtn. wun tb« medal for Out beat track Student Wentworth Military Academy has taken the ifail in ciirrt ' ctir.p the evil in athletics as conducted in many .schools. ThiB is the con- centration of interest in one winning team (if fitothall nr baHcbnll, resulting in over- I ' KiM-ticiii 1)11 the piirt iif that team and neg- !»• ■! n( t M ' n ' . r HI trio part nf the students not in the team, titeir part being £tnipi ' that of applauding spectators. The syrteni of athleticH at Wentworth rocognizt ' .x the impi-i - tance of athleticx in achuols, ijut ia »o mnu- aged as to get all the titudents interested. Teachers are selected who are in complete sympathy with boys and who get out and Ijike part with them in their -iports. Tlu ' advantage of this plan im been thorouglUy demoiutrated, and tiie effect on the staduit The ( lymiiasiimi at Wentworth is always open for uae, and the fascinating daily mili- tar ' drill is as r larly required aa recita- tions, affording one of betjk l!Ml i for physical de ' clopment. To the Militarv 1 ' •■partmeiU have been added artillery, engineering, signaling auid hospital work. These features have proved very siu ' i ' i ' ssful. and not only add greatly t the intereiit in the school life, helping keep restle H boys occnpied and satisfied, but by varied exercises and expedients explained elsewhere tend to make a boy ' s education t actical and pvttfi iiimltiBf mi ■ I ' .oi ' es of life The Lower School (or Boys of 11 to 14 Yean Thirty-three years spent in Ijourding school work coiix inced the management of Wentworth Military Academy that the methods l e8t calculated to deralop and edu- cate ynunj; mm nf fn m fourteen to twenty yearn of age do not always bring best results with younger boys, nor is It best that they be thrown too doady together. Wentworth maintains a complete !«eparate department for l)oys of tile avc ' - f eleven to foiirtecri years. The young boy.s are in close touch with the spirit of the older school, and are quickly imbued with the prin«||il«B of hoaarr truthfulness and manliness.

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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

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L E X I N G T O y . Ife S Q U R I 1| These boyn live a distinctly home life, hav- i in department, the Mhool parlors and guest inK thoir own barracks nnd quarters adjoin- moms. Tho department fnr maW boy. ad- iuK Iht! fuiiiily a|mrtmcnlH of the Superin- loiiis the family apjirtments of the Supor- tendent of the Academy. In general, the inteiident. On h. f nd and third doors (Sgulations regarding their eondaet and i are the cadets ' tuu-racks and the faculty and daties JKK tin aame as trovem the upper ' officers ' qaartera. ■I, with such modifications as the age and tempenunent of tiie younger lads may require. They wear uniforrrm at all times, living a muditlcd military life, conducted with ulrkt- est regard to punctuality, thoroughnei and I of person and habits. The new barrack huilding includes a ] ment and three full stories. The b«tiiiiUigu| contains an amuseraoit hall for dances and . ' ciiil features, i evcn rwi ' iition rooms de- voted exclusively t ) class wcrk, tbr iiIivmIcs The Bufldngs The buildinga, except the Drill Hall, are all constructed of brick and stone, and were tfrceted especially for their present uae. The Drill ilall Itt a spacious building. 60x80 feet, in which drills and other exer- dses take place in inclement weather. Together with the grounds, the buildings at W ' ntuorth Military Acndoniy represent a large expenditure of money, and the eqiup- ment Is constantly being added to. On the first floor of the main building are the offices of the Superintendent and his famib ' apart- ment.s, the Athlci ic Manager ' . ' office, tho Officer of the Day ' s post, the Mess Hall, Idtditti and pantries, the Chapel and study iMGt|i» tt gbioakal lab«r«tM!y. niniMl ttain- A rou.Roii Party laboratory ' and the office of the surgeon of the Academy. On the second and third floors arc raiiels (jUarlers and also those of the uUicer . ' i ' hiji building is modeled after the ord«r of Wtot Point barracks, and is con-