Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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16 WKNTWOKTll MljUlTARY ACADEMY itazy drill, it teaches self-ionlrol, grace- fulness of I ' arriHK ' - ' . iiii l fk ' V(: ' l ii)H those muscles which are most needed thioii imut life. One and one-half hours of each school day i« devoted to drill, and there are ten other iiiiliiary furmutions of short duration which the cadet attends daily. At all fomaations he is taught to hold his flh(Milrlt rs liack. his chest out. his head u|j, and to look 8qi; ' to the front The object of the drills is not to eiiin the cadet for the Army but Ifive him that iihysical dovcl- opmenl and discipline which is The Swiinnung Pool During the warm weeks of the fall and the springs the 8wimmins pool is open and the cadets have (jodfl (ipp irtiiiiity for fejini- ing to handle thcmseivca in watci ' . .-ithlotir teams are comixi. c-d of volunteers, but much Ih done to inter- est all the boys poinible in them. Several foot- . hall teani»Cr»d«!nlBpeA ' . most beneficial in every walk of life. GymnMimn Work Doffngbad w t ' fithcr when it i.s Impossible U have outdoor drill, much of the drill periml ia devoted to gymnasium work. This worjj 10 It Viery fotefistinjr and highly beneficial fdr physical development. The gymnasium la open at all times and during recreation hours many of tlie cadets find profitable pleasure in boxing, wrestling, and workiQ on tbi» varigni jprmnaaium liudiftt . and trained by varkwiB members i f rh. fncnlty. In l a.-.kell)iill, in-side-s the school team which com- petes with other achoola, each class has a teem, and .1 tournament is held for the class champion- ship. Track athletics, baseball, and tennis are carried out along the same linea, Th ' pictiuos on this page show some of the caliathenic exercises used at Wentworth. These ecsi dies bave heen dsy o{ied. aftisr