Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Competition With Boyi If the ifrade sheets showing the compar- «th» 8 tuidin|r of students in any co wxr in practically every case, that the girla lead in acholarxhip. It is not natural for a red- blooded hay to enjoy competition with gii ; at Wentirordi ,1m only boys for eonqMft- CUBMICAL LABOKATORy at tin LationtoriM at Wentwcxth iaditdM all appantM nteatmy $0 tiifiLllittMghly flOOMAb LaMMAMR

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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

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raVSICAL TRAINING It is the object of the school not to turn out crttck athletic teams and n few hiphly trained athletes, but to give evei7 boy in •ebool that physical Owing to the £act that the life at Wentworth is who is not the star mhlete, and that be is trained along athletic lines as wdl M (Iw BWtt wIm ii «U» to inakt the teaok AH Interested The athletic teuns are composed of vohm- leers, but every boy Is required to engage m: some form of uiiiiiMm ■0 regular and so conducive to the best phys- ieal dcvdopment, her teams are able to com- pate suceasfully with many of the a trongegt aoUffe teatna. It ia to be noted, h ow ev er, ilutt iIm ndwdvMiMr he w ebriht of the bor Competitive Several football teams are developed and trained l.y vunous members of the faculty. In baslcetball, besides the school team which competes with other schools, each class has » team, and a tournament is held for the class cbampionahip. Track athletics, baseball, and tflimlft tnt ftuliiJ titit fil g ih1 TWlT M