Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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U W E N T W O R T H MILITARY ACADEMY

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AU. CtM« ROMC ARB WnX VKXTtLATIS AND WlIX LtORTn 9t SVimKVn houn of which he nuiy rlevtN»ga| lOill u be desires to his studies. uiu ' i- imtside tlu- class ro ' un. Tlu- instriic- tor» all liuvf Ihe weLfHrt- of Ihe i oy at heart, wid h(fy are ahwayii willing to render spedid Bssistanrr whenever it is nn Tssar ' . Lmcth ol SopanrMed Study Periods Third, the super ' i!!ed study periods are of .-iilTii irtii leiijr ' tli (I ' f t)ii ' prDi ' iir preparation oi ' lessoHK. Each c;i it ' i is rcHjuirod to carry fonr subjects nn l thij- nu-unn that he has two vacant periods of forty-Ave minutes, both of which he is required to devote to Htud.v r esirles these two peri ' nis. every cadet in retjuired to devote two hours of each Avening to his aehofautie work. Outside of ibmist pMrfodi, the cadet haa his recreation The Whole 5r lcm Calcnlated to Get Best Scholaitk Reralti It is to b« noted further that the regular- ity of Wcntworth life, the system of diadp line and in fact all the school activities are ' so planned as to bring ' about the best pos- siMe resiiltt ill tlu sohohistic work. Appro- priate prizes and privileges are offered to students attainlor apedal distinction. Report Sent Hocn« Reportjj of the scholastic work are sent home at the end of each of the resuhir five weeks ' grade periods. BnUKO THE LlNBL

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% 1 1 1 N G T O N , M I S S 0 n R I JiPIMdL AND REUCIOUS INSTRUCTItm | : uy sv- terii of fUn-atiDfi {h (i ' K ' s mmI pluce the moral element uheud oi the mental and physical Is nbortive. and Wentworth strives to imprpss its tll !cnt with the im- portance of right living, ot ' avpiding ex | The tleaiifn of the founder of the Academy was that the school should be positively Christian In character, but not sectarian. The Board of Trustees i» composed of rep- resentatives of all the leadinjr Protestant c ' h irpht ' S of Lpxiiii-rtiiM, und all thi- rejrular teachera are Chriatiana. The student are Saiwi: Iikiii. oesaeg, and anything that tends to woaltm ttie powers of mind ajid body. In the daily contact between teacher and pupil that fxists at Wi ' ntunrth. the tt-acher has great opportunity lor making lifelong iroprewioiu by bis example as well as by bis I nxiuirad to attend church once each Sunday, in a body, taking the different ones in ordar, ' and a Sunday School ii roiidui ti ' d in bar- racks by the regular instructors of the Academy. Everything that is inclined to impress tlie mind with the tenets of any one church, to the exclusion of otiiers, is care ; iiUy wrafAMI ' Tax C«e«ia A9r Wsmworm aw wkm. |tamtta». Tbey Jm Csauiammm wr shat .