Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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IB W £ N T W O R T. H MILITARY ACADEMY C—pwi t M on Wkk Bojrt fn practically every case, that the Kirts lead in sfliriI;irHhi|i. It is not iiiitunil for h red . If the Krade sheets showin? the oomiwr- hlotnlnd boy ti» wnjuy itmiMition with giria ative standing of fttudents in any co-ed nca- At Wentworth the cadet baa onjy i jii 1 ' tional school fa« iniariacd, it will b« foQU o wi tp flto- rilib. PavaiOAL Laboratory VM uipment of th« fiiMMnriMi at Wantttwtii includes all uppaniUia Mtmnuy to taaeh thoraivlily-

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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 .

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LSZINGTON. MISSOURI IT PHYSICAL TRAHQNG It b the object of the schoul nul to turn eilit crack athletic teanui and a few highly trained athletes, but to srive every boy in school that phymcal trnininK which he need i. Owing to the fact that the life at Went- worth ki, ao regular and so conducive to the iNt jihjriieil doyahqmwat,, Ipr alcMetie teams are able to compete successfully with many college t«wnw. It la to be noted, how- ever, that the school never loses sight of the boy who is not the star athlete, and that Vie is trained along athletic lines as well as the nwa frtiQ fi| tUM to tuitn team. Hie The athletic tcjirtis arc compound of vrihin- teers, hut mix-h n done to inttTf.st all the boys possible in then!. Several fuotlmll teams are developed and trained by various members of the fitnitty. In bwketbaO. be Sports ••iidf ' s thi- : i ' hoi l vHn which conipetaa. wiDt other schools, auch clasri ha.v a t.f:vm, and ft ' tournament is held for the cliins chsmpiott- ship. Track athletica, baseball, and teniua are oarvicd out along the same Utm