Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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W£l T WORTH MIMT At MCA mMi FiHST Year Asricultore or Mjinual Tniining ' Ancient History l.sl Kiitflish Scxx ND Yeas ;lffldiaeval and iiedern Histoid ' 2d Eiitrli-ih CIjuk ' Crt ' dmfitry l»t Spanish 1st Fnoicli, or I NOTES ON COURSE OF STUDfT , The -««r is divided into two terms of four I Und one-luiir months onch. Al the close of each term t-xaminationa ure given in all 8ub- Each cadet is required to luve four daily recitations, unless there Is a special reason for M« haviac « 1b« or • «viili«r wudbeiti A limn !• il- I ' ALlLTV O HCtiliJ -SlSIMniig: Snyder, Purditt, lilU«r, Slnaber. Gniotiwe. Third Ybak ItDgliidi and HiBfory 2d Algebra (Ist teirm) Solid Geometry (2d term) Stenography 2d Spanish 2d French, or 9A kammt FouKTU Yeas iiiiimorcial Geog- raphy (Ist term) Aniericau Govemmoit (2d term) 4th English Advanced ArithroitiiC Bookkeeping In that case pcrmisstal miMl ba. bbte Md from the Principal. Grades are made by letters. A means fxcelltint : B. good; ( ' . satisfactory ; D, inferior; E, poor. The grade of C is passing. Repent aw sent to {Mri itts «v«r7 ftve weeks. Students who are doing unsatfsfaetory work are required to stud in thi- chapel, nndex the supvrvi.sion of a teacher, during .thitr vacant periods in the day and frn = 7:10 to 8:40 in tha evvfiiai

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For Lhoitc who do not expect to gu lu cul- lege tbe Btminesft Course in offered. It b not a mt»re drill in purpl cotntnercial «ub- Jeet.s; it aims to make thu student cultured ADMISSION the requirements for admission to tbe BuMinew Course are identical with tboM itft the ColUpB Pitq aratorjr Coarse. SCSNS AT COMMMOSIMiMT EXUtCUHS . Dr. C It Mtabat of Ksbm Citgr MhMdat tN iiddran; and well iiifnrtin d. able to be at cprnfiiuiy of educated people. the Hum Cad«u waJk«d to tto biMMl, a dirtanca of tUr mllM. GRADUATION Upon the cnmpiftion of fifteen units of work, one of which is in History, three in English, om in Bookkeepinflr and two and one hiilf in Mathematics, a student is entitled to graduation; provided, (1) that in addi lion he ha.s completed the prescrilied year ' s courtte in Military Science, (2) that he haa proved himsdf proficient in public apeakinK, (3) that he has spent one full school year in residence at the Academy, (4} that he has CURRICULUM Any of the utiUs tFered in the Collejfib Preparatory Course will be credited in the Business Coarse. Tlie following arrange- ment of the four yeazs ' work is offered as wjBOidtsI ' :

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A cadet who receives only A ' for a period of five wee ' nji ulluwed freedom of HniitB «ver ' afternoun during tlie succeeding grade period and wean a silver bar stamped with the woni Scholar. Ono who receiver three A ' 8 jund one 11 is allowed freedom of limlta m Thimiattt. ait b m9 kM vbnmcetNur. I be accepted as eoanting for graduation. Every c«det is expeeteil to writt? to his I parents once a week and hii$ letterti are ex- I pected to show a gradual improvement. Ill casf hf fails to write r ' KiilMi ' l r i i . not , show the C ' xpeclcti improvenu ' iit liis liarL-nta should notify the Academy. Cadets who have «ieven units are filaasified •TKL ' MPCTtK STAfK Left to right: StiUinger, Hare, Stridiland (Muaging Editor). Hiil, Crenncll. lUiidalpii, In special case.s a student may Ik? credited for private worl (imie iiiuler a fin ulty offi- iftx, but not more ttian one unit m made will a» SeniofH; those who have eiKhl. as Juniors; those who have four, ns Sophomores; those wb have mm ttl n four,, as Freshmen.