Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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1» WEN T W Q H T 11 M I L I T A R Y ACAD E M Y BATTLE OF IXXINCTOK, MX«80rKI, .SKfT ;MBKR M . Pbatagnkphad from m ail painting by F. Domioko, a Uungarion exile, wlio made the rtplitiii -ftlitiit iii iMittlfli. The Uniteii States flog Ulea from the roof of what waa then the Masonk CciO ' m uem te-WMld aa mw ot the bundinga of the Central College for Women. Tlui dtak ' it WibUkw i U i- Military Aciuicniy is on the extrema kft of Um picture. In the year 1880 he founded the Went- wortli Male Aciidpniy in lu)tn r of his deceased sou, William Wentwoilh. During the second yean of its history the military feature was ;id(K ' l, the nanie WiLs clui!iue l to the Wentworth Military Academy , and thus was begun the pioneer mititary school of the riilildle west. B. L. Holison, now Professor of ApologatieB in McCormiok Theological Seminary, was«elect«d aatiie first Prindpal. with Saiidford Sellers as his a.v.scK-iate. At the end of the first year Mr. Hobson retired, and, with the exception of one year Colonel Sandford Sellern hsis occupied tiM: IMSttlQa of SuiwriotendeDt eyer .aiofis,. WENTWORTH is a wdl- Imown English name and many prominent men of Europe and America have been its proud possessors. The ancestors of the founder of tbia sehool. Stephen G. Wentworth. came from Eng- land, settlini? in the United States in the early part of the eighteenth century. Mr. Wentwortli, himself, coming West when a boy. settled in Missouri. He was a pros- peroiis liiiriinrss man and rnncluded his loiijif and successful businesii curler i » i ' lx ' ident of the Morrison WimMDittk 8iii ;«t Imt ' ingtOD HiasouxL

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B ;i I N u T 0 N . M r a s 0 u R I 17 years of thouirht by th » expert In charge of the gymnasium work at Vnsl Point, and they 9n used by the entire United States Army. iOviv tn most eff«ettT« and eamptetc set I of caliHthcnic drills ever developed. They reach every muscle of the body, jrivinif that mascalar roaodneas. erectness, and gracefulnesB of carriage which only such exercises can give. An officer of the United States Army who has recently had two hoys in Wentworth said: One nf the greatest benefits has l een in the physical improve- ment. The military training and atheletie exercises have straightened tlie bo ' badw and given them a carriage that I d|9 ' lMt.lNni for them to acquire in one year. ' SOCIAL UFE The ability to meet cultured people and to be at eafie in company is a valuable asset. So ta let.s at WentWOKh are eiicdiiratfwi iti sudi social activities as will nut interfere vMtli their adiool work. Kveiy student is required to Iteep his per- .M)ti clean and neat, to have his hair cut prot){ ' rl , an l to see that hi.s shoes are pol- ished. In the Mess liall he sits at a table presided over by a member of the facti and receives any attention he ln .« |iiiifc iil the matter of table manners. Lexington furnishes aluindant oi por- tunity for social enjoyment. The ladies ' col- leges give frequent entertainments, which the cadets are | ermitted to attend. The besi homes in the town arc often open to the iNSTSUCTJON IN iNTAMTRY DHU4. CLOBSLT FOLMWS TBAT UIVSN IN THK RSUULAK a£KVMll

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t B X I N T O N . MISSOURI 19 Dnm PiMun In I ' J ' i:;, Col. V. M. Hoge, for many years connc t«l wall Kemper Mititar ' School, Kiflrncd hia position as Inspector of Accroil- iied Schoote for the University of Missouri, ■mnd was chosen as Associate l perintendent ' imd Principal of the Academy. In 1905. Capt. E. A. Hickman. Isl Cav- •Ity, U. S. Army, a graduate of this Acad- emy, of the Virginia Military Institute, and of the Gov-cmment School for Army Officers at I t l.(. ' ;ucn vorlli. as (k ' tailfd l y tho War Department as Mtlitaiy Insti-uctor. His un- tiring energy, good judgment, and interest in boys, together with his experience as an officer in the I ' nitod States Army, have been a most potciu I ' .n t ' ir m ph u-inK the Academy in the very front ranic of the military schools, of the United Stctea. ' Went worth a PasC of the NatioMl Gmi In 1889 the Acsdemy was made a Post of act, inciviMonis were made for an annual inspctiori bv State Officers and for grant- ing commiHsions, by the Uovernor of the State, to all officers and graduates of the Academy. Excepting the matter of appro- priation?, this establishes the same relations between the Academy and the State as exist between the West PoiiAM!BSSMIItsJU0itKJ and llie I ' nited States. Ww Department Details Army Officer to Wentworth In 1895 the War Dei»rtment of the United States, recognizing the work done by the Academy in its military traininjr. detailed an olficcr Irom the Regular Army aa Pro- fessor of Military Science and Taclii. and eiipplied it with ordnance and ordnance etores. This detail has continued to the present time, and supplies have been in- creaKe i until tlte school is now provided with everythhig neeeeuiy O iiiBit tstA mM- koty 4riUe Tm fiMsiT Cpars or Cmuos at Wkntwortb, Usa