Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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L EJt 4 N G T a N , M I S O U R I 13 It it vulOf aclcdiMible from tiie greBt rail ' | road centers of Knnsas City and St. Louis by two different lines of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and in located in the heart of a ! trip of countr ' sixty miles wide and 250 milas long, embracing the windint s of the MiflSOttri River acroM. the state of Missouri, and in wfaidi is to be found perhaps the most iwqarkabie aggregation of educational insti- tatlom to fh» ' «niiiU. I schools gives to each many advantagen which on . OK even two schools wmild nnt jnmirmi . ' Tha Healthful LocatioB Wentworth Military Academy, and in fact the entire community of lv«- inirtnn. Mijssnuri, enjoys a most remarivaljle iieulth record. Situated on the southern bluff of the Mla- 8ouri River, 210 feet above the level, good drainage and air pma and free tnm whAkM iaBnmaasi elf HB: l aAi an aeemml. The Diniipmcni o Uie L liormt«riM at Wtntimth InctttdM ail apiuurataa SMUMury to ttMiMigMtf, all htawdiis laid eidt to the esMMs of tfto Hf. In addition to Wentworth MiliUir ' Acad- I The rigid government inspectiona of aO imy. fjoxington lins two large and flouri.vh- milltnry schools under fjDViTiutiHnt super- ing colleges for younjr ladies. The educa- vi.sion malte it absolutely imperative that tioml advonta cf- have attracted and such schools comply with all the latm of retained a refined and cultivated citizenship, health in their appointments and manage : ' Bdag one of the oldest and most settled ment. towns in the . ' -itatp, all thinps conspire tn II wmild lif ditlicult to securi ninrt ' cim- direi ' t to hubiUs of study the minds of the 1 petent men for looking aftier matterit per- students who assemble here from all parts taining to health than the United Statea of the Sooth and Watt. TUa tolkctiao of 1 oflkM dtt lad at Waot Tliqr

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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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WENTWUATU MILMAKV ACADEMY had extensive experience in the Aeld and in foreign tropical countries in contending with dinease in all forms, and this experience is put to practii ' iil iir-i ' III the- ' ' schixils. All drinkinK water nsi d at t w Acailcin.v is iioiled. Wfptliwarth an Educational InstitutieS l|a Well u Military School While this is a JtdBtary sdiool and ranks liM aiften«r than once or t««iK« ' m Htn CVEXY PUni. BECITEB XVEBT UOKOM EVOnr DAY. In iiddition to this daily work from tWo to three hount of night study are required of all, under the direction and soperviaion of f ' iU ' ulty orticeri . These conditions can be fully rt ' ulized unly in a ljoai ' linK ttchcxil. with military Bysteni and discipline, where the jaOitavy imifi «(|ikUe featon . twrteacl o I 4l PlMlUKllIir ChAm nized by the War Departnient» the academic work is II. •! Hidetmellt OT trMtod ' W Of j9econdar ' import. The flame number of hours are devoted to recitation and study us in the public and private Hchuolx in whicli there ia an entire abeenoeofthe military feature. TtetMdwri? nro men of coUejre and university ti ining. Kruduatcs uf leading institutions of our country and experienced in their respective departments. The average numhor of puptl« to each teaclier is considerably le,ss than that found in the large majority of the high Behoole, . wlure frequently the pupil reeitea being a hindrance, are a positive hdp in serurini: sf i ii| :ii;;ii ' t ' n ic wnrk. A recent pat run remarked: My boy never took any interest in school work until he entered your sfhunl. Thin Imy was active in athletic and military work through bis entire eownoi and graduated at tha head of hb dasa. A.9tiii« of Athletic Rt lift ' - ' liiiwify Student Weniworth Militarj- Academy baa talten the lead in correcting the evil in athletiee as oonduetcid In many echooto. Tlito ttw j