Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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t -: T O M l»8QV R I ift The SuiU F« Trafl In a strip of country sixty inilt N wiiJe and 2-50 miles long; embracing the windings of the Uimouri River iierom the SUte of His- Mouri, is to be found perhaps the m fst re- markable aggregation of oducational in.stifu- tiniis ill the world. It follows the old SHnta Fe Trail and has been aptly termed The College Route. Thf ri!H.-sr)ri i. not far to sefk, r iiring the first half of the last centur} ' the MiMiouri Biver was the great artery of commerce and travel from St. Louia westward. Steamboat carried freight and paiaaengers and deposited them at various landings along its turbid eounte. Thence transportation by wagon and by stage coach was made inland to county capitalK and ()l)ii r Mwns in (Mmtitru- ou.s territor ' . ' cr - naturally these towns became the seat,H of denominational college and of the state ' s eduaitional and eleemn - nary establishnuints. Most of the towns had their beginning fcefoEe the days of steamboats. They war alonr the pioneer trails tending westward from the Mississippi. Tin y ;r ' w with tlie passing years. When the building of rail- way s came these towns refnaed to have tb» iron road )ecanse the alaveKiwning popula- tions thought the railroad would offer easy means for their negroes to run away. There- fore many of these towns are off the trunk linsfl of rulway and have long suffered in- eonveoieneea because of the blind policy of the forefathers. It is eminently apprdpriate that tlie old trails — the Daniel Boone and the Santa l- ' e — should be rejuvenated and made into one great and continuooa highway across the state, and that thesi ' plun.cr cen- ters of civiliwtion be linked together by that highway.

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entrance and separate haSt, thereby prevent- itij? a large numluT of aclets congregating in any on« hallway. The cadet quarters are of » ttoiform size and fumiahed with sani tiury |l)e table, iduMhi, toUst conveniences sanitary plumbing and sewerage. The grciinfls are elevated, well drained and covered with « rich growth of bluegra«a, and ariB adorned with ahade trees. The facilities for developtnf the varidua and radlato f; jjiiw- fjotiiiatigii km a lied with hot and cold water on eyeiy floor and meet every sanitary retiuiriement. All tho liuildinps are heatod hy either Mtl ' -illl !■!• ' , ' .,i ' i ' V .■. ' •I ' t ' T ' lviiiwi with forms of atlil ' . ' tics carried on ui Ihu schoul are excellent, the grounds being ample and wen suited to practice of football, baaebaH. IniL-k and itmii; WjOO t 0 1((i«ll; ' as mtlt- tar drills.

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20 WEKTWORTM HIIMTARY Ac: A DEMY THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL RvquiremenU for Adtniuion Civan an Page S3 The dL partment offers instruction in En- ffiish ir.uiijnaf ;iuii Klcmcnlary ratniK ' - il i ' ln, Penmarii hip, I ' racUcul and Cuniinvrcial Arithmetic, Phyriolo y, Descriptive Geoff- rupliy, Ituii ' Iingr, Spdling. Unilofl Sffitca His- tory, and Introductory Algebra. Tlie work extends as far as the Eighth (rrade. On the completion of it ■ boy meives praBotion to the Academy proper; THE ACADEMY PROPER Most of the studeul» at Weulwurlh are reparii V themiMtve tor eeXkgo etttrwtee. ft U STMCKLANn Winner of the University Srholitr»hip, irranted to tke tttf mber of ttvo |[nuluating cluss with the higiwCt av«rag«t. M. W. Connn waa seconii conttaitMit ' ?o the curriculum is arranged witil special attention to the requirements for admlwion i» tlw Iwdin« miiTersitiea. GnuhiMii «f Wentworth are prepared to enter wittioilt examination any college or university which accept- iM !- ' ' i -:in ' from prcpiirator ' schools. Last ytar there were graduates of Wentworth in the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Oklahoma, the t ' niversity (if Cliirajt . ' he University of Col- uradu, Jolins llopkina University, the Uni- versity of Virginia, Columbia University Westminster College, Washington and Lee University, and the United States MiBtaxy Acadetagr i Weat Point ADMISSION Any Imy »f gnod character who has com- pleted a Grammar School course or its eqaiv- alent will be admittBd to the CoDeKe Prqwr-