Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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L £ X 1 i G J U N . M 1 b S O LJ U 1 »7 S-l:i • s i Vi;aii Four k oo)i» iif r»!»ij»r will be read iiliint; with A ciircful rvvicw «t Ihf itrammur. Thf rt|iiiv. ' ili ' n; .if orvt rt ; itHti ' tri n wi-r-k wi I Ittj ilcvnt ) to cviinpiMilKin Trxl: (■unnU ' ii and llarley ' Voemtr ' t (Uillir War. Third Ymk. The rvjidinK t Ciceru ' a four nra- Ikuu Mgsiittt CalUina, th« uratiun for th« Manilian Ijat, ami tih». MVtkm for iho poel Arfhiu. Th compoaitiao work of tlM pMMdiac gmue will Im em 1. The Bitbct or Wcntwoktii Training i9i4 ' Vur ? dM hill UminiiiAr 84.-li iol t rt. ' i«iir- ttmhf Work In tVcniwurIb tUa Uat ' «ar ha h»lil tli ( OnilPt Captnln and UUar« nnaaltr. iilayed on Hatajf ltttM umm, woo tit laHKUU Mr Mm baat trark ■iUMi aWA-wtiui cmOiulidA tinued. TcxU: Unrkitrsii, Klrlland. Williama fiiT - , Nm OraHonit: Benni-tfa l.nlin r.u ' ..i. i-.ffi ir FuliKTH Ygab. Tha reading of five books of Vir- gin AmmM ud of ■ thousand linea of Ovid ' a Meta- moriiibmcc. TKe amnsion of the Liitin h»»«nirter Will b Uoxht. Tvxia: C4WiatMk ' « VirftTti Attteiil: OImmiiVa Tmt 9f Mi, The rnuDw in (Ira lMSrUi aim iiimilar to that «f the iin - m Ijitin ft i ffivcn unly whrn u aufTklenl numbrr •( .ilinlrdti- lipply for il. KlKST YgA . White ' a fint Gr, ' ek Hook wtll I ' , ntudied with a view to acciuirini; an accurate |i ' DuncMt o, ■ ciwr Qnak bainl, •nd tha wioitiala i.f v K-aliulary, inlWtion, und iq ltM 1 |bw| kiolE n ' the Analia.iiin will be read, Skoinu Vrar The conpletlon of fotir iMMto ' Of ihv Anabunii with Hpcriul nttention to ConpotMaB ' and sifEht readinc. Ti xt ■ Harper ' s and Waltaci X»nopli«H ' a AtMk»m»; PtmvuM ' it Gntk Pr»M C« p» KlRsrr YCMk ThSb Marso includeti. la) (. ' arrful itrjil upiin the elnmentl of grammar, prnnunclatiun, iri ' l. I ' ii.ri ,iihI !i)iil«ix; (b Uir m |iiisition by abun- iliuil [Miirthi if] cnmpo iitinn I ' f ii rlrur Orrnmn hiiTHi; I ' ' v ' irrn inr.iiL ' ' f coil««tuinl uini ; Ikk- miilii ' phr;i! H; iH( the niiilinc of fnirn In |5U pape- it{ t ' n-.v ii?rm;in. Dm nr, ' h ' ir-ii ) eOf dtrniati; (luerher ' d Marfktn und Knahlnngm. Sbconii Yeak. Thia ruum indudea the readinit of about 4O0 p«Ktif vf German and a rontinuatiwi of the cotnpoaltlon anil Kiammar work of the priK cedinir year. TeXte: Whitnajr ' a 0«t«uiif Grammt y HUtem ' s BAlUr 9U (Mr Kirekt) BeowUx ' thr SPANISH The work in Sp«niih Is pintienliufy vahuible to riiuiit ' titf from the Southwest and ia taken nuuv I ' uniluluU for the BuJiineM Couree diplom u witt B» by thoee who expect to enter college. Fntsr Ykak, The fceginner ' a eoaree htcluilee a tharouKfa dritl In prominctation, the m tstcr of th« raminar, the writniK of Spanish compositiona, and the readtng of 100 pages of easy prose. Testa: Marian y De Garennea ' Inlrodueion a la Ltngua CaitltUana; RMtaqy ' s KlitHumlttry .S M»itA Rrailrr. SacoND Year. In the icrond ycnr Ihcrr if a con- tinuation of thi- vc rk in fompci.siltun ;ind the read- inirof 400 papit of nivJirn pru e. I lxi- .Mnr.uM ' .-- Bl Capita n IVnt nf u. . lnl7.ki ' S m ui li KxhIt; u l«m ' a ' Cvytttntliidvr MtnUoiui lUiny ' c SiMHuih NiTURAL saoteB In nit t|ie coul it in Xnturul SdiTOi ' four pLTiiHi a w-eek are sprnt in ihe Inhoratnrv ' . I» • p -rlll(l of lah-trHlDry ttiTk i fing the pquivalcnt nf om- nf rcci- taidin (.iil}(iia!ury mnnuaU «n? kept iidil f i-t ix |ji li rill rit perfiimurd rtsrordtMl in Hftiiil Tin Wit. ' . Miirih Uliiiraturii » in Phynlci and ( ' ht-nii iti ' y art ' amonKr the l «l in the KtJlte, KiRfT KAIL Physical CeoKraphy. The course will include th« Mtudy of UnthennUeal Geocmphy, the AtmrMtphci-e. the Land, Volcanoes and Volcanic Phfniimfnn, thr Orean, the Earth, and Man. The r --tation will l.-e varied with laboratory work «nd .11 trip!-. ropoBraphical conditions in and around I l exi n gtoB nffpffd alNindmt 9$forbmitf tv. tlw ab

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2b WEN 1 VVOR IH M11-1TA11Y ACADEMY wi.ith ' ' . r .n, , » ' jSMjk( ' 4fi«MMirv;MtSaiiiity Went- worth iinH Smith. THIRti VCVK. I Kirat ' Hlllflf Ali bra t ' ompletfil. Tlii« courxc fontemplateii a dcteilcd study of Qtuid- nitka, the Binomial Thmrnm for poattive Integral •xponmta, ktgarithim, ratio and proportion. Urapha iriU b« uaed cxtenaively in th« solution of equationa. Toxt: Wentwortli ' a Blentenlary Algebra. (Second RalO Solid G«)nm«try. Thla Includea both the aolid ami the ipherieal geomitry. Text: Wtotwarthti PfaiM aitrf Solid (7««M«lrf. MviiM hf W«ttt«!ortli and Smith, FoVKtU Vmjou ( Pint Bait) Trijp»namelry. Tbii ymk iocludftji logarithnu, the fiinrtiori ' - f uru:li-». •ad the solution uf right triani;li. ' 9 unil uLiliquc in- JUiC!ea. Ti-xt: Wentworth ' s rimir Triy.ih«»ielry. (Second Halfi Arlvanred Arithmetic. The emphaula In thill t ' liurM? will l e jilni ' iHl nn tht «ignlflcance and vrntentanding of the main proc« a«« In Acitlimetie. Et www i f l y Alccfcn and Plamt GtiMiMtry an pn- HBTORY Tlw work In Etateiy will deal not merely with occtimiien and dates, but with tihe interpretation ttauM or Smnr SMomidM be rB(iUir«i ■••i ii i ■nuilele culiliook und fri-- (|Upntiv ;o iliuw H I I h. le wjjl bf reiiuiml niso iL.ri.-.iilriuUe cullnlfrijl leinjinir from bookii in the ichoul library. Iiirirnf fitnry. Oriental Hi«t r ' will be tudicd m an introdurtion, ami thvn (ireek and Roman Hia- toqr. Tlw atadant . wJm iatamls to atntdy Latin anl (tr««k should latse thia work in his (irnt ye t. .Ciocfet Myrrs ' Aiirirnt Hinlnry, Revisfd ICilition. Miiliari;il uml Miiil,r, llifUnj - 1 iiii idurw ex trmis thn.ii ;|-, llir- vcur uri.l irt,ii- nf Iht- ilissolution ■ if itii- KiiMuin Kni|iii ' jtiil ' 111- ill vilnpmi ' iit of the Buruptan nations. Text; Myeti ' H diaty«l and Ttt TiNKis Cmms EugtUh UUtmrn. Thia coaiae la TCD doriog tba lint half ef the y«ar. Text: Mot iKa im gy ' a gw»W» tfiatery. ilnwrton Uittorf. Tbii foUowi Bngiiah Hlatoqr and deata largely with the political, aodal, and liu tutlonal development of the United SUlea ainee lTi|. Tvxi: Hart ' a Sttntiali of Amrriran Gwmrm nL Civil rToi ' frameat. The itodant is made to under- Ntand the lucal gnvernment, the atute irnvemmeiiti, and thvn tho National fovemment. The class win vlalt the ehy hall of Lexfn«ton and tho court hottae of Lafayette County. It will atudy the fnnctions of the varlouK muniripoil and routily ofTirem. There will lie run idcmLI rallntorni rviidinir. Thia courae come during the llrat half of lh - year American llistciry is prervqoiaita, T« ' xt: IlinKdiile ' ii .InvrtroM Ci nivrr,- -rl i;vi} ' jriii hy. In thi» courw it ia aimed to lii ' coviM ' thi ' t .TriUiriiil diatrilmtion of industries iind i ' T t)i ' Idi ationt riF lini ' n nf iiimmunirHlinn and 1 1 . ij. ]..,! iiiLi.iii Tht; I ' tiitrd SUil - anil the nutlyin|[ poiseuiiona aiB givan apecial attention. Thia eoiuM LATIN The inatruction in Latin i« dengned to enable the cludvnt to read the best works of the language with intvrt-nt nnJ facUitr. He la trained to read Latin aloud and to do composition work baaed on the text. KiBDT Year. D ' ookc ' b Latin for Btgmnm will be studied wKb a view to m a atering the synt«x of the language and the fbrmntion of a yood woiklnc «M«hahuT

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Mrvrntion of g olo ral phanom«iut. The Missouri River and Mveral ainall tributuitt an f odid cxamplri of different kinda of n MltAt WMdrarjr and Alwood ' a texU will b« ucmI Second Yiaii. Pttjraiea. The elm makes a com- plete aiudy of elementary Pbysiea and partamu in th Wboxatory forty experimentib In additiim Vkt inatnictor performs numenms experimenU In itte lecture room, Textai Cadiart Md CItiite ' a Viret Pnnrl,,!,, of Pk gfiuii)fHmilt.§l Notr floi ' k Shrrln. „ yi ' .ir III i ' i- iia ' .Hiii niiil laboratory worh. Tn addition t.p thi ' TiK ' ili rvillal |iin» thi iluie vihi ' • Ihc liK ' al ice plant and Wiirk. ' Thf cii ' iiniiil th.-i ' iy of niixturei, ionizutinn, a ' i(L ' , )ia»i-: , uU: ' . i-ml loiii- onda iaatudied. Te»U: McPhcraon and H nd«r- OOMMiRCB BooKKKcnNa. The couriie in bookkevpinic itt enr- ried on entirely by the iHbnrafory nu ' thoj. The ntudenl may ubtiiin a unit in It by taking two periods a dajr «r ««| .f .m. ltjr-.fm ' -lm years. rriiiKl iM-iimunrliip, neatnniK. a| |rtfe, iipjMM)fclP«cy are devrlopcil In iIim 4 ' iiui ' w the Rtudent lieconuHi familiar with ull busir.osh forniK i.-iUili .l cHi-vKh, BOtaa, aijrht draft-o in,.! I,y ih.- ni.l .,f tn, ,■ b able to kcf|) u ..f :-ir.g ' !f iT.trv »: ••til ! book . The Willinm;, und Kogsm iMunv i» ui ed. amNOGKArav. The o iu ' Mlaitiiapf?«ph]r lw» periods a day — one d«v«M to ihftrthand and tin othar to typrwritins. Tlw woirk la by lha lab- oratory method. At the and of the coarse the stu- dent should be atle to take down ordinary buainan dictation and transcribe it rapidly on the typewriter. In the typewriting department are iWe ReminKtoni ■ml two Smith Premi«rs, affordins instruction on •iUicr the single or Mm double keybonrd. The cart it ttw mttUm U tMflla «3«k« otpuatiMb MANUAL TRAINING The uiiik in thf N ' :iini.i1 Tiuininjt |)( ' |ian n«nt is entiroiy t;, tin lnli.ininn iml lii ii. A unit may be jurured m two im-mi.!-, .1 (nr unt- year or one iwriod a day fur tun yi-urn. The fnllawing outline I for the former pinn : Fnar Vuul Shop Work. This course eovani the Maentiata of woodworking. Each atndent is assigned to a work bench fully provided with toob. The stmple problems are flrst worked out and (ben the •tadml prBigiiHiitiB to elemenUiy cabinet mtUng. JltMiy naafol: jartieles, of fitmitiut are dsirignad. cen- ' ' trtwIal. ' Mid tlni hi-d i y tlie elua, TesiXt HMOS Kiunlifabi of Woodteorkhit, Sbconu Ysar. Mechanical Dmwing. This course is primarily for studonts preparing for technical institutians. It beglna with the drawing of straii t lines and circles and proceeds to the drawing of dsaigns for fumttur and machine part . Plane Geometry and Woodwork are prmquhdte., Toctt Bennett ' sL-I Unis tn llt«ehitiiumt PnMeing. MUSIC Though there la no rsftilar nraaic class, nude to a featnxe in almost every lehool exereiae. Variona musical organlxatians — tlie quartette, the ordtastntt and the band— appear in public at frequent Intervals. Private instmction from exporit ' nc d teachers la given in piano, voiee, violin, mnndolin, guitar, and d) bmd instramentii ll ha etwt li r «? ta jte is -fSO per year. PUBUC SPEAKING The DtqwHrnvnt , f Piil.Uc etil adVantapcF lo th .. -4 ' wh . dc-iri ' irsining which will ftt thcT. ' .n ••.iMi nil ilivil f.-. ' t— think and talk. Correct (4.i .r.nni .iii ;i-.li-. i.rtaM.iiiK, ami iresture xirt ijivi ' iJ pii ft iMiLt I niUinli.iri Hui ' l ' . - tiiittfit Is lifvi ' I.iiHul ill 11 M r!i , . ii- Ills: suittil 111 luh itidivid- .1 .iii.n ' iiy ;.n(i ir. iii. ihn nunw linu .ti ' Vi ' lnpvd in ;u v;i.i i ' and ' ;i r wlilrli uill •nilliU ' hiril In nu ' vl thuM! KT.i -iiir.H whi ' i he if nillcd on for i-xtompon ' spiirh. rtii- wurk is Individual cxci ' pt fur tho Sfnitir diLMH in nratory — and ' ht- nivds nf each ntu- drnt can thii l:r li fst ntuiliii ! iinil ' i .ippli -d The f«! for inilu iiliiiil iiHl nil Linn i ?r,i pi r vnr The St niorft reri-iv, ' invi.ni mn 111 ria -v fri»- nj ih.ii ' KV. The winn.T nf the .li ' il.iiiriti.in mrairit it I ' otn- mencement will receive a gold mediU, awarded by JudKe Kichard Field, ( eaitfeni ' 1 ttl| BtMfd of BOUTARY SOENdS rractital ii tary Instmettoa ts, of to every cadet In school and he k required U nwin- ortm the (lenMl Ordert for Guard Duty. The theoretical course is given three days a week for a year and hi tetiullwd. In addition to the H teen units, of all gradtiatefti Students are advised to take it, if possible, before the Senior year. The text books are tiie Infantry liriU Rtgutatimin, JVai( ual 9 Guard J Mly, FUU 5erW«e i7«gu(aN»ii« and Firing R«fiihttiOti» of the United Stales Amiy aad n ;h ether booka rs the Inatruclor thinks ad«la«Ut,.