Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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IB WENTWORTH MILITARY AGA] BMY Tht re are no Isftter tiR ' an» ol physical ex- ercise than that ttlTorded by the military drill. It teaches self-control, gracefulness of caJTiagle, and thn- i- mu- i-les which. •TP most needed thn ughuul life. One and one-half hours of each -school day is devoted to drill and there arc ten other militai fonnation.-« of short duratloti which the tudet attends daily At all f ormationn he is taught ti • hold hiti shoulders buck, his iChest out. his head up. and to lM)Mi«iiWKl|t tol jfippnt. The The pictures on this pane sliow .some of the calJsthenic exeittuiea used at Wentwortlu These exei-cises have been developed aftn y«M« of tli by the «c|H i» dHtcge of the gymnasium work at West Point, and they are uscii In- ty-.e t ' fitirf United Slates Army. They are the most effective and complete - t of caliathenio drills ever 1 1 (-V eloped. They reach ohfect of the drills is not to train the cadet for tho Army, hut In give him that phy.sicni licvcliip- ment utid (li.scipline which is mostbenedcial in every walk of The Swimmtnii Pool Dnrint, ' th«- warm wi ' cks of the fall and tin ' Mpriiiji Ihe swimniinj? pool i.s open and the cadets have good opportunity for leam- iBg to handle theiii elves in watier. i-v rv tr.ii.scic of the IkmIv. u ' ! ' . MK tMut muscular round- ness, iructncB . and grace- fulness of carriage which enly Sneh exereiaes can give. An ofTa-er of the United States Army v ho lias recent- ly had two iKjys in Wentworth said: One of the greateit benefit. ' ' htLs been in the physical improvfr- nuMit. Thv military training and athletic cxcrci.vi ' s have straightened the boys ' baclcs and given them a carriage that I did not hope for them to acqoire in one year.?