Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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study. Besides these two periods, evdry ity of WiWtlWdrtti life, lihe tytltem of discip- Cadet is roquired to di-votp two hours of each line and in fact all the school acti itics are evening to hi acholasUc worli. Outside of so i lanDed «a to bring about the beat poe- tiMse periods, the eedet has hia rKnwtkm ifljie randta in tiie sefaoUstie work. Appro- hours of which he may ili i i|l ;jyijj|j(||(||jl| ia priate prizes and privileges are ofTerild ilO) •a be deairea to his Studies. • itudents attaining apaoial distinction. Spelling and Penmuuhip for iMMryotW We teaUae thai evsry hoy needa a great amount of drilling in apdllng and peamaa- ship. The lack of this in stndettta eombv.to u.t ha-i often Itindered them IMKImMI] tliroughout ttieir entire course. In additioB to Vh» fuO coarse of study, all cadctd will Im ri ' iuired to take pcnmsnA and speliioK during the entire year. The Whole Sfslam OrieehteJ to Gat BesI Scholartic Resolts Jt is to t)e noted further that Uie regular- Reports of the aelMbillit wovk are sent hoire at the end «( t ' ach iK liiK ' WffftiKlllbL ' iraelu ' grade (N odji. Neariy forty years ' experience with boys haa taogfat us that they frequently neglect their home correspondence. Wottworth haa adopted a .system whereby every boy is r quired to write home at least once a week.

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MORAL AND REUGJOUS INSTRUCTKW Any ftystem of educfttion that does not pfaice the moral element diead of the mental •ad phyakal is sbOrthra, and Wentworth ikriviff to fapplf i Ma itt Btadent with the im- The design of the founder of the Academy was that 11;f school should be positively Christian in cliaracter. but not sectarian. The Board of Tnitteea Is eomposed of rep- rf-i ' iitfttivert of all tho loading Protostnnt. churches of Lexington, and ail the regular and anything tliat tends tip ym fBR tiw powers of mlad snd body.- In the daily contact between teacher and papil that exlRts at Wentworth, ths teacher bss great opportunity for matciiif Ufdonx taprMSions by his suntple S9 wdl ss bar his rsqiuired to attend church once each Sunday, in a bodbr, takiiur the diflfenrnt ones in order, and a Sunday School is conductod in bar- racks by the regular instructors of the Academy. Everything that is inclined to impress the mind with the tenets of any oot church, to the exdoskMi of others, b car% fin GMiiN AT WiH Tw uem Ake Well Ser Ur. They AsbCihsmiISHHi Sr ttcajp