Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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.,6 of West Point barrackK, and in eon- stnieted in four sections, each hn inp its ' iwn Mtrancc and Rppftrate hull, tht-rfby prevent- ing a largf miniKpr of cadets lonirre jitintr in any one hallway. The cad t quarters are of • aniform aise and farniahed viith sani- tary U ' ds. talil e, chairs, toilet i-nnvenieme. and radiator. The buildings ure .mpplied with hot and cold water on every tloer end meet every sanitary requirement. All the buildings are heated by ritiier aleun or hot water and are pro fii yillOt sanitary plumbing and scwpmiri . depth rangrinir from three to nine feet A rlivintr stand and nprinpr lumrd nrc at thp dppp end. The stuclcntt receive much pleaj urc and iMlttrfllli (HtWNiiMrM New Gymnaaiani Beiny Bufll Significant improvements are under way this huinnier. The mwt ini|M;rUtnt i« a new (;ymna.siom, a briclc batldinir 60x100 feet, which will provide ample faeilittee for basketball, handball, calisthenics, indocn 1iu.- el)all, some forms of drill, and entertain- tiient.s nf various kind?. It ia cxpe?ted that NfW GVMNA.-llM The grounds, consisting fif lUtt n acres, are elevated, well drained and covered with a rich growth of blue-graas, and are adorned with shade trees. The raeilittes for develop- ing the various forms of athletica carried on in th« school are excellent, the grounds e- ing ample and well nuited to practice of football, baseball, track and tenni.s work, as well as the militaiy drills. West of the New Barrack » in an outdoor swimming pool, which is open tn the fall the Gymnasium will be ready for use next seaston. Library and Readmg Room New quarterft will We provided for the library and n adinj; nxirn. Reference Ixxiks. to be nsed in reading assigned by the in- Httuctors. and modem encyclopedias will be availttlile to all students, The Ijo.st works in English literature, including the products of the mo.st popular mixlerti writers, will be in the circulating department. On the tables will be kept current numbers of the country ' s

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eiiltnition of interest in one winning team of footlinll iir liii eball, rcAulting in over- exertion on the part of that team an«l neg- lect of exercise on the part of the stii !fiits not in tiie team, their part beinv «impiy that of api kodlnK apeetaitora. Tfle flystMB pf atbiMto at Wentworth recognizes the impur- ftiaiBi ' of athletics in ochoolx, but Is ao man- aged as to set all the students interested. Tcftchern are selected who are In complete symputhy with hoys mid who tct. duI anil take part with them in their sports. The advaxitage of this plan has been tbormtiMy tfnamMtiitt tte tli on tti itelittt body is very manifest in th0t ' ' p0 i : WOiUry Faatwrw The (iymnasiuni fit Wentworth is always open for use, and the fuscinalin daily mili- tary drill is as regularly required an recita- tions, anrordinir one of ttif bait wnam for phyaical dcvolopment. To till.- Miiil,ii I ' [niflmfiit li:i c lii ' cii added artillery, engineering, signaling and hospital work. These featores have proved v ' Ty miccf. ' isriil. tint arid trreatly to til. ' iiitiTOHt in the .svhoul liiV. helping to keep rtHtlu .- boys occupied and satisfied, but by varied exercises and expedients explained, elsewhere tend to make a, boy ' s educatfoo l ntrti ' iil iind pnJtftt i pM idiencies of life. The BuUdins The buildings, except the Drill Hall are: all constructed of brick and stone, and were I ' rerted especially for thfir present une. The Drill HidI is a spacious building, tXhaO feet, in which drOla and otMiv «Mfe - cfaMBS take place in inclement weather. Together with the gmunds, the buildings ,-it Wentworth Milit!u Academy reprf + ' iit a lur expenditure of money, and the equip- ment Is constantly being added to. On the first flour of the niHin biiihlitik ' ;irf ttn- offices of the Superintendent ;inn the family apart- njent.-;. thi- Athletii- M ;i 1 . .L ' t r ' s ofRce, the OtTicer of the Day ' s post, the Mess UaO. kitchen and pantries, ttie Chapel and stndjr hallH, the rheniical lHlH)rator ' , mnniiiil ttnin- ■ng dcpurtiiieiil. the school parlors and g ueat rtjoms. On the second and third floors are the cadets ' barracks and the faculty and offlrers quarters. The new barnicl building includes a l).ist . ment and three full stories. The building contain.s an amusement hall for dances and social features, seven recitation rooms de- voted exclusively to clasa work, the physics laboratory and the ofliee of the surgreon of the Academy. On the second and third floors are cadets ' quarters and also tboae of the

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« X|N !B T O N. M l S SOU R I 17 THE SANTA FE TRAIL the Location of 1 t ' yini;lnn, Miuouri, and Wrntworth Military Academy In a strip of country sixty miles wide and 260 miles long. embradnR the windings of tho Missouri River ;iiros!» the State of Missouri, i» tn iv fimrid pLrhapi the mn»t re- inukalile aggregation of educationul Institu tioDB in tile world. It follows the old Santa Pe Trafl and has been aptly termed ••The College Route. The reason la not fur to iseak. During the Ant half of the last century the Hisaouri River was the great arterj ' of cMnimcrce and travel from St. Loom westward. Steamboats rarrird f ' re ' ght and passongerB and deposited them at various landings along ita turbid course. Thence transportation by wagon and by stjiKP co.-ii li was niiide Inland to coanty capitaU: uiuI nthfi- tnwns in contfgu- iHaa territory. V ' ry natmiilly the.so towns became the seats of denominational college and of the state ' s edocattonal and ekwmoq Most of the towns had their beginninga before the daya of steamboats. They were along the pioneer trails tending w«.stward from the Miasiasippi. They grew with the passing years. When the building of rail- ways came these towns refn- f I to have the iron road because the slave-owning popular tions thoufrht the railroad would offer eaiqr means for their iu ' jfr(« ' v tn run aiway. There- fore many of these towns ore oiT the trunk lines of railway and have long suffered bt convenicnce«i because of the blind policy of the forefathers. It is I ' tnitiftUly appropriate that the old trails — the Daniel Boone and the Santa Fe— uM be n juvcnated and tiiadt ' inld one vreaf ami c i!iti?iiiiiiis highway acro.s.s tl e .ttate, and thai tliese pioneer cen- ters of civilisiitlon be tinM tc cether by that UxIngtMi is ittie a r «nilar landing for the. m w lint of MiaWOll ' ' Riv«r rtwimhMits.