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L E X I N G T ON , MISSOURI Mjiku Wcntworth iki PM of tlie National Guard In 1889 the Academy wuk made a Post of the Nattona] Guard of Misaotiri. By thip ket» provisions were made for an annual HuqMCtion by State Officers and for granting: comnuMona, by the Governor of the State, to all officers and aduates of the Academy. Exeeptintr the matter of appropriationK, thif eatnblishe. the same relations bi-tween tlu- Academy and the State an cxietl tjetween tlie West PoifitMiBiiiaa ' AiiaiiiKi States. War Department Details Army Officer to In the War DepaHraenfcflflhKilHitMl ' ' States, recognizing the work done by tMe Academy in its mlHtar ' tniininK.de- tailed an otVioer from the Ueguiar Army as Proferaor of Military Science and Tactics and supplied it with ordnance and ord nancestot«8.Thi8 de tail has eontinued to the present time.and supplies have been increased until the school is now pro vided witii every-z en iunk BtnuiNa Mont or Mam BAidurKa infantry, mounted artiUery.«nd dmiby drills. Scholastic Work H u o g iitie d The literary work has kept pace with the military, as sh. ' iwn l»y thf fui ' t that its studenu are received, without examination, by all the leading univer- sities fif the country which admit Fresh- men on certificates. Wentwortb is on the Kstof schools folly aeered ited by the University of Missouri and Wash- inxton University. It i.- a nu ' nilier, i m . of the North Central Afspeiation of iichools and GolleiB . Aim of the School It is the purpose of the management of Weiitwortli .Militar ' Academy to u.-ie thn.-je methods which develop most succe-safully the INTELIBCTUAL. MOBAL. AND PHYSICAL powers i)f tht ' shulenls. To in.sure the best mental tr;iit iii r. niinc hut men of liberal und thor- i.(lucation anil of succes. iful fxpi ' tience in teaching are emplpye L Liberal expend!
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lO WENTVVUHTH M I 1. J 1 A K A .Al)i:.MV The History of Wentworth OldMt tUi ' U liurgest Military Ac tlerny Ijci the Middle WMt (Nfter-Th«r« arm older basp ' »chooU in thm territory, but Wentwortli «»■ Uw Unit to WENTWOHTH i» a wdl-ktiuwn Eiijr- lish name and many prominent men of Eur( i ( and America have b«en its proud poixsessors. The uiift- ' stors 111 tliH liiiiniJcr nf this schiMil, Stej-HKN (i. VVtNTWORTH. carae from Engr- land, aettiinK in the United States in the early part of the Eisrhteenth century. Mr. Wentworth. himself, coming Ve«t when a boy. aettled iti Mi.sHouri. He was a prosper- ouB buainesa man and concluded hia long and succeaafu) busfnew career as President of the Morris n-W tmN;Krth Anil ton, Missouri. The Manaxcmcnl IN the year 1880 Jic nMindfil thp Went- worth Male Academy in honor i)f hi» deceased eon, William Wentworth. During the necond year of its history the military ftatiife wa-. ail ' If ' il. the nanif was chanjrpd to tin- Ut ' iit wurlJi Miiitar.v Academy, and Ihua wa.s bf fun the jjiunwr milltaty school of the Middle West. B. L. Uobson now Professor of Apologetics in McCormick Theological Seminary. ;is - vl. oted ga the first Principal, with Sandford ellers as his associate. At the end of the first year Mr. Hobaon retired, and. with the xceptton of one year, Coloo S.uulfnrd Seller! has « ccupied the postUon • it i:|i, ' ! tiifriili.-nl ever since. In VJiKi. Col. W. M. lioge. for many years connected with Kemper Military School, re- s ' Bfned lii ' J position iis Inspector of .Accred- ited SihotjLs for the I ' niversity of Misiwuri, ami was chosen as .An-sot iatt ' SupertBtaildint and I ' rincipnl of the Academy. In 1905, C«pt E. A. Hickman, 1st Cav- alry. II S. Army, a gradu.ite of this .Acad- ein , of the Virginia MiliLur ' Institute, and of tht Government School for Army Oincers at Ft. Lea -enworth, wan detailed by the War Department as MilltAry Instructor. In 1907 he purchn;4cd an intei-ot in the Academy and became an t |ual partner with Colonel Sellerii and Colonel Hoge. Hla otitiriilK eMt«y. cci d Judgment, and interest in boys, together witii his experience as an officer in the United Statts .Army, were a most potent factor in placing the Academy in the very front rank of the military schools of the United States. La.st Miirih. f ' apt. S. Sellers. .Jr.. Ji , on of the Superinlei-.dcnt. ptircliasei the interest of Captain llicidiian. n« inK a vrradiiate of Wentworth and of the University of Chicago, he is abundantly equipped to maintain tiut hi(irh Krade . f work which hU f W tlsriitfri ' the Academy in the past,
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K N 1 V O H in MIL! I A U A C A JK.M V liabits oC |MiifiB ,BM|l nt «H un i piinctuulily. The cardcM are veQoired an i taught how to Btndy, and the ambitious «re encouraged to Fn8T V ' KAn Manual Toainino Claw anu Souk uf In Work turps have oeen mane in socunnK the wsi medunicnl aidti for instruction, such aa ebemieal and physical apparatus, maps. hittWiiiili: Afiociatton Betw«i«|| T m ifM, and Pupils All pupils from a distance, and the teach- er», board and li»dj?e in the Aciidemy in order that the influence and supcrviiiiun of the ipi r may be conBtantly aod most success- one Inrjre family, in hii h card ti-a her kccu- pies the place of a parent ur an elder brother to the students. Lexin on an Unusually Approprfal SfUHt for a Military School Iti Ii»(ington was fought one of the im- CaRHicuu. LAaoRAToav between pupil and teacher that part of the Wentworth Militaty Academy Htnnils tu-ur youth ' s eduiati ' iM wliieh in outside of the the scene of Conflict. The town has about text-book can l)e.st he accomplished. He if (i.QOO inhabitants, and has waterworka, gMg shielded from evil infiuenfies and taught | electric iight, and otharawdnrntMOVOileDClNC
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