Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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LAKt IMTA. WIIEIU: Si ' RINU ENCAMrMBN ' TS AMI tlMJAIXV HlOJl In IWft, Col, W. M. Hojre ri-xitnitcl hi« position aa Inspector of Accredited Schools for the University of MiMouri. and was chosen as ABsodate Superintendent and Principal of the Academy, ( ' oiilinuing in this position for twelve years he ha» )iad u most important influence in devdoping th« Academy to its presant standards. In 1905, Capt E. A. HklmiaD, 1st Cav- • my, of the Virsrinia Military wtttute, gaA of Uw (jovernmont School for j rmy Officers at Ft Leav ' enworth, was detailed by the War Department as Military Instntctor. His un- tlrinp enerjr ' , good jurlgmcnt, ntul interest in boys, tojrether with hi« experience as an oflieer In the United State: Army, wcr0 a most potent factor in placing the Academy in tlM very front ruUc of tlw militaiy schook W Kff tttr 49 1

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24 BATTUS or l.iixiM.TiiN, Missor bftttie. TbtUattMl States ilag (Ue . fiom ihi ' t nam ii und as on« o( tho bullduik ' t uf u-. of Wentworlh Military Acttdi-my it WENTWORTH ia a well- known English name and many prominent men of Europe and America have hfi-n its proud possessors. The ancestors of the foumier of this school, Stephen G. ' Wentwobth. came from Ens- kod. aettltng in the United States in tho early part of the etghtt ' iith centonr Mr. Wentworth, himsolf. TOming Weat trhen a hay, settled in Missouri. He was a prwper- oos business man an d concluded his long: and •peeeSSfal 1 ' i -ii;- --. ' :in fr iire :irii ' iil of thf j lOTtoon-Wentworlh Bunk, at Lexington, Mo. HI. .Sci ' TKMnrai I ' .i IR i1 H;ui . ui lull cxilr, u ' lxi ii:iitlr rhr r.lirt( ' hr. ' 4 during UM u-1 u ' t ):;i- U.I- ttii-ti the MulwiiDC C«ll«ge, inil I ' .li.L v for Women. Th«-tilS ' on till .?N;r. rr.e li fl of the picture. In thf year IShO lie lounded the Went! worth Mule Aciidemy in honor of Ills deceased son, William WentworOi. Dmeiiig the second year of its YMetf the Unitary feature va.s added and the name wa.n L-hnnged to the Wentworth Military Aeaderay. ThUB was b pm the pioneer military school of middle west. B. Ii. Ilobaon, now Professor of Apologetics in McCormieIc Theological Semimuy, was sdeeted as the first Principal, with Sand ford Sellers hi,s associ-Hte. PiX the end of the first year Mr. Uobson retired, and, with the exception of one year, ColoMi SaiKlf(i|-H Si Ilor? hi s occupied th poattf ii of Superintendent ever since.

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Lexington is loratfd in central Ifiaaouri. The climate here is IdmX for « ■ehool, since it is cool e n o u gr h to be .i invigor- ating and to offer tttie winter sports such as sVatinif and sleighing, and at the same time it is mild enough not to sub- . ject the students to the rigora of a more northern locditisr. The cii4eta can be oat