Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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W E N T W O R T H MILITARY A C A D IS M Y HiBtoilcal l; TTi.r. «)»• |j:xi.vnn).N M: n ;i m iTKMmni H Mt WUi i 4twrt| hcd froriv un oil i inntinp by F I ' rrmir.Ko. n ilim tniian rxile, who made ht t1(«trhi-t during th t tetUcL The Unlteil sinir. ' . n. i.: Hihf Uniw tht- n uf i,( ulml waa thm hr Miisimir ( ' ollng , ]iak now ifl im«d M one of the Uutldinga of lb« ConUiU CaU«t|« for Woman. Tha slUr ♦ WENTWORTH is a weU- known EngrKsh name and many prominent men of Kurope ami America have b«4;n its prutul jxtssessora. The ancestors of the founder of this ftchool, Stephen G. Wentworth. came from Eng- land, RPttlinpr in the t ' nited States in the enrly part of the eighteenth century. Mr. Wentworth, himself, coming West when a toy, settled in Misaouri. He was a pros- nerous butfinens man and (oiu liKied his Ioiik and successful business career President of the ICorrison-Went- wor ,fiiNlt,. at I«xfogtoii, Mo. In the jrear 1880 he founded ihe Wenl worth Ai-;ult ' iiiy in honor of his deceubed sou, Wilhani Wentwortlt. During the second years of its history the military feature wa« added, the iiatnc was chanfod ta. the Wentwoi-tli Military Aoadc-mv. and thus was liegun the pioneer miUtar - school of the middle west ' B. L. Hofaeon, now Profeesor of Apologetics in McCormick Theological Seminary, was selected «s the first Principal, with Sandford Sellers as his associate. At the eml of the first year Mr. Hohson retired, and, with the exception of one year, Colond Sandford Sellers has occupied the posftiflat of Sttpenntendent evtt aiiMie,

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HARuefa AOKT ihUBVaa bt Wmrmmv Guae Cum Tho schiMjl (ifters exceptional opportunities «w City, at the opening of the new Union to boya who have musical talent in its baod« Stetion, heading the Kansiw City Athletie orchestra and dee Club. In October, IftlS Club and it bad the honor of bdnar the 0nt -Aii»aadei band nUared ift Vi n ' Vt irwl Ihat- iMiiylb ' ■ili riBi ha l wawiHlnwrfi ttiiniHiWi GUB Cure avi«r meiu liAxiiiiuiid M«ru WaMl, C L«d6r« Sittna Kallir SCMm

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± LEXINGTON, HISSOUBI In 190S. CoL W. M. Hoge resigned hia position an Inspector of Accredited Schools for the University of Missouri, and WM «h«s««n fls Associate Superintendent and Principal of tlie Academy. Continuing in thia position for twelve yean I10 bas had a mnst imixirtant influcno ' in Academy to its pre. ent .staiidardi. In 1906, Capt. E. A. Hickman, lat Cav- alry, U. S. Army, a graduate of tliia Acad- craiy, of the Virginia Military Institute, and of the Governmfnl Si-hrinl for Army Officers at Ft Leavenworth, was detailed by the War Departmant as Military Instructor. His un- tiritjg energy, good judgment, and interest to bogrs, together with hIa experience as an dBeer in the United States Army, were a moflt pi)t4 tit factor in placjteg the Academy in the very front rank (if the nfittuy jdMote of the United States. Wentworth a Po»t of the Natioaal Guard In the Academy waa made a PoMt of Oie Natfonitl Guard df MlMOuri. Qjf ttds act, provisions were made for an annual inspection by State Officers and for sTunt- ing commissions, by the Governor of the State, to nil offii-erH and graduates of the Academy. Excepting the matter of appro- priations, this establishes the same relations betwrcn the Academy and th. St.itc us exist between the WMt Military Academy War Departmsot D«taila Army Ofiear to In 1896 the War Department of til United States, recognising the work done by ti» Acadony in its militar ' training, detailed an officer from the Retrutar Army us pro- feasor of Military Science and Tactics and sapplle l it with unlnance and ordnance stores. This detail has continued to the present time, and supplies have been in- (■reA! ed until tho nfhool is now provided with everything necessary for infantry and artil- leiry dtflls. Faar Am immvcnoN