Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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W £ T ,W O B T H M 1 1 T A B Y A € A.J) £ M Y SUNUAV MOKNIAQ IN CAMP llajbr VuBttlw praridtins «t « nligimf wn-vtec ' ■ ij as contttared with, fliat of the othcM. ihm comparative stAndinjr nhaet ttiimilites flO Wp o Uiio n for hij h grades. Competition With Boys If the grrado sheets showing the com- parative stiindinR of students in any co-cdu- c itiontil scIknO l t ' exiitiiini ' d, it will be found, in piactically everj ' case, that the girls lead in scholarship. It is not natural for a red- l)Innded boy to enjoy competition with girls. At Weiuwoiih llift «iid«fc mdy boys U com]! ' . ' ' V •! MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCnON Any s. sli ' m of educati( n that does not place the nwvai eietnenl aliead oi tlic mental and phyaical is abortive, and W ' ontwortii strives to impress its students with the im- portance of right living, of avodiiig ex- cesses, and anything that tendt tQ Wttd the powers of mind and body. In the daily contact between teacher and pupil that exists at Wentworth, the teacher has great opportunity for making lifelong impressions Igr hit fliWBplft4|t;«QriI M W. t)rec(»pt. yjUKlSWtS, AND SlWNOTU

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L B X 1 NGTON. lilSSOURl 18 AU. CLAH RMUU AMM WBIX VSNTILATID AMD WELL UflHTIO Kt SUlttBIMI Ever - student mutt rpdte pnictiinlly cvcr ' day in each class, and his instructor can kli p ill close touch with him Md MUtfljrMM wherein he needs attention Instructor Live at the Academy Second, the instructoi-?) live in l)arrack.s Hrfth the cadets. The cadet may theie- fere easily receive much individuaJ asaist- anee outside the class roonu The instruc- tors all have the welfare of the boy at heart, and they aue always wiOing to rendttr liMfBial it to tttedMi] ' ' LaBclh of SupwviMd Stiidf PMieds tbixdt thCtJIUpervised study iierlod. ' are of sufficient length for the proper preparation of letutons. Each cadet is required to carry four subjects and this means that he has two vacant periods of forty-five minutes, both of which he is required t devote to ftudy. Beaideji tticae two periods, «veiy cadet is required to devote two hours of each evening to hi » ntholastic work. Outside of these peritxi;?, the cadet has his recreation hours of which he nwy devote as much tfne- as he desim to his studtak The Wlwie Syatem OahAluJ to Gel Best Scholastic RmoIU It is to be noted further that the regular- ity of Wentworth life, the system of discip- line aiui in fact all iht- soIkm)! ai tiv iti-. ' .s are SO planned ha tu biitig about the best pos- sible resuhs in the scholastic work. Afdii medal and silver and intana sdkolarshlp bars are offered to tttadeats attaining special ReporU Sent Beports of the scholastic woric aM sent home at the end of each of the regular five weeks ' grade periods. Tlieie is includfi! in this repojrt the average standing o£ each

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LEXINGTON. MISSOURI 15 The design of the founder of tL. V. .,.ii niy was that the school should l e jH sitively ChrutfiuDi fn character, but not sectarian. The Bottrd of Trastecs i. : compased of rep- reamtativea of all the leading Prot( stant churchflB of I.i ' iiixt u, nnd nl! the ) ' ogulnr teaehetv are fhrUtian . The students are |! eguired to attend duurch onto oadi Sundfur, in a body, taking the different nnes in ordai;, and a Sunday School is conducted in bar racks by the regiilar instructors of OvB Academy. Everythii that is inclined to impre. . ' the mind with thp tenets of any one churdi, to Ute exclusion of others, is care folly avoided. PHYSICAL It is tJic ol.ject of the school not to turn out crack athletic teams and a few highly trained athletes, but to give every boy in school that physical training wliii.h lie needs. Owing to the fact thst the lite at Went- worth is so regular and so conducive to the best physical development, her athletic teanvi are al Ie to compete aucceasfully with «Mi eqAtave M ftii lMMtodf .N TRAINING e!Viq) |||pt the school never looses sight of the boy who is not the star athlete, and that lui is trained along athletic lines as well •• (fill wlu» aUe tQ make the teniq, MiliUry Drill For the purpose of developing the tioy into the proper kind of i iysical specimen