Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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LEXINGTON, MISSOURI Summary of Advantegm Ottend Iqr WiiitivwOi MUttaiy Acttdamsr I. It is the oldest niilitao ' srhoiil in the I Middle West and has been under the same i BHUUIgiiBCDt for thirty-aix yours. II. tti location is « town of schools, upon tiw high bluffs of the Misaoari River, forty- j Ufet ' nil Iff ' fast of Kauris City, on the Mis- Mltri Paciitc Kailroad and the Santa Fe trnlL m. H is rl Hi}fniite l liy Ihe War Depart- ment ik one of the ten HONOR SCHOOLS oftbe United States. IV It in apCMicrf ti|l»N«aMljal .l of Missouri. V. While not denominational, it ia a Christian school and all teachers are re- quired to be members of some evangelical church. VI. It is a member of the North Central Aaaodatkn of CoUegea and Secondary SchooK and its t?ra !iialfM Htv admitted tO hiKher inatitutiona without examination. VII. It hB-s a new sn -mntisium affording unsurimssed fadlit ie a for physical instnie» tion. VIII. it has a Hv.stem of idldatteS irftldL reaches every student. IX. It is not an individual enterprise, but in incorporated and belongs to a hoard of trustees. It has no debt. These facts insure permanence, X. It believes the first duty of a teai her of boys to be the development of true man- hood, and hitkiMrincipa] ujior diaradw build- ing. XI. Individual instruction for backward boy8, manual training, a separate hospital with a trained nazae, and a awimmins pool

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4 W E N T W O R T H MILITARY ACADEMY Wednesday, September 13, 1916, 9 a. m. — Session begins. Mittriiulafion and Classificiition of New Cadets. Thumlay, seiuvniber 14, 9 h. m. — Cla t»iIkHtion of Old Cadets. iDhundBsr, November 30— Thanksgiving D y, a holiday. ISinrilhy, S«bmlM 1:15 p. m.---Chrititma8 hoHdaya bogin. Wednesday, January S, 1917, 9 a. m.— Christmas holidays end. Wednesday, May 1») — Saturday. May 19 — Annual Encampment. Wednesday. May ' 2 ' . ' , — Fri(i;iy. May 2o — Final K.vaniiniUiona, Saturday, Muy 20, 2 p. m. — Field Duy Exercises. Sunday. Miy 27 11 a. m.— Baoealaureate Serv CHEii. Monday, May 28— Military Exercises, Senior Reception and Ball. The deali!m of tfte numerous illustrations found in tlii.-! cataloinic is to sot t ef(irc the patruns ul ' tiie scliuol, buth actual and pru:!.- pective, the daily adtivities of the cadets in the nost real and impressive manner possi- ble. Comparatively few patrons ilnd tt po» sible to vi.-«ft the Academy. Tiu-si- pirture.s, many of thenijMlwhote, show the daily life and activities as they ARE, as far as it is pDi ' .sllilc thus Id ri ' pri ' Hpnt thcin. Necessarily, the work of the Academic Department muHt, in large part, b« set forth in the printed matter of the catalogue. This explains the fajct that the pictures are largdy taken up with llb tBpddl i infiS letic events.

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W E N T W O R T H M I L 1 T A U V A C A D K M Y Wcnftworth An Honor School. Recognized by order of the U. S. War tt. An officer of the Army deliuled to the Academy by ordier WAK UKPARTMKNT. HmHiUL Qmak, VfAsmrnvnit. i)«|iUmilMr 4, 1914 No. 209, (Ettrnrt.i • •« •• 4. By directkm of the Pr««kl Mit, Fir«t l.ieut. R«aolve P. Palmer, Twentv-second Infutry. w detailed u profesMr of mditary »ci6nci and tactics at Wentvror ' .h Miliiary Aead niy LM ton, Ho., to take effect Septi inln r IK, 1914. UeuL PalitK i will juo CMjd on ttiat date or as itwii tkanwlbnr m sra :ti«aMe to l winytna ud riqiort In peraon Aead niy Lest tan, Ho., to take effect Septi inln r IK, 1914. UeuL PalitK i will juo CMjd on ttiat date or a« itwii tlwnNilbnr «• sracti«aMe to | wtinytnB ud raport In parapn to ttefttperintendcnt of the iBhiMftiy .fa tey Ilii ' tnijlKil mmH mntrmiHlii ill ttt military aervlcc. (2202125 A-A. G. O.) • ••••• By OiotB or im SBGBBiABV or War.. W VV. W.rrUK UiKcjal: Mnjw arutraJ. CMtt ' i , ilffr P. If cCAiir» Thr AdjulniH Grnrra}. U. S. Army ReruUttocu under which Army Officer are detailed at Went- «Mth and tiM CoiaiiM «jf Intnwtkm QiNBaAi. Oxnon. NO.M. WAKiiiNfiTas, )tey ». U»A. Paracraph 463, Arrasr Refsulutionis. as ampnded by Cvnoral Urdenh No 128, War Dtvartment, .Tunc 2A. IlKK . i further univndod to read ith follows: •153. Thi; militury •••iuciUional sy.-tti-tii ui ii.. I iui. t StateN comprises: I. The Military Xcadoiny at West Point for lh« t:ducation of cadets. • »•••• fi. The Military Department of rfvfl htstKntiow at wbieh offlctni of the Army are detailed undei the proviKioiui of Inu- The dt-Luil iif itll ' i ii at these iriMiiutimirt j uiumunced, and tbt regulutionfi i in inK the courses of iiMtmctknu therein are issued, in oraen from e War l epartmenl, Br €MM»,ov ' Ta».8Mmtt«n( 0 W Mi ' TasKOI H. ULua, OflMd: JNliildjitr GmmMt Afilit IlJtKBV f. MrC ' AIN, Wcntworth « Port tt Am: mm tA W %M(rjil OriM- :; i l l |i f l l f :liai:f)tffc»,ANl.M.x.r the School ' s StatiH. iNsrBCXIMi STATK or MIS.SOURl. TUB ADJUTAKT OEMESAL ' s OFFICK. No. in. JtmawoN (Jrrv. May 20, wn. {Ertvnrt from Art. VU, Sn: • • «•• Any iiiiliiniv « li Mil ii collier wiililii the state, whose organizatian i r-iBUy niilltary, till of uhoho ritudi nt.-i arc liiiliit uiiily required to be ill nBlfortn, ii ■Ui ' cipline in ronat nUy maintained, and iiii - of whote leading objects is the i|i-vr|i | nient of the attldant bv military drill and bv retsulatlnir Itui daily conduct by the principles of milttary discipline, and at whirh imrtitutinn an officer or ofRcera of the Regular Army of Iho UniltHl .Stiiir-a .nr |.i;n1r.i 1 Wm 1 Ujiarttncnl. oilhi-r uk superlH ' - Govarnor, after an in«pM ' ti n ljy the Adjutuni. tivnerai of the State, sluui, upon Ida » y. d lwt w MMM h» gM ■ povt af JUitia of the 9t|it . . OTATE OF inssocrRi. rrmm AwuraNT teNBtaL ' a ormm, 479L tlie Snverintendant, Jwn i fuif CW, jfrnw IWWl ' Wentworth HOlliuv Academy, bcxiniitan. He. 8m: — I ' wtll ae t the Uiapection report, herewith tctumed, and will approve your «BylfattiMi fbr ra w g idt fa n makt the terniKor Section S9 «( tiu indooed bOl. Vwef rcqieietfnlly, T. H. JIumiiuu , A mnttt aeiurai.