Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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EXlNr.TON is the county s«at of La- fayette County. It has a population of about 6.000 and is i ' t ' niark!ilil. v i- ! 1 equipped with cx- edlent store baild- Ings, public e d i- r i (• 0 fi. )iniui.4ome r» .s i (i e n (■ es and bnwd brick street . It ha» excellent Wystema of dectrie lights, waterworks, gas, •Bd aewerajre. Some two hundred and ten fttt above the river, a more beautiful and On one ol the blufT.- of the river nnt far from where Wentworth Military Academy stands was foo t the battle of liexingtoil, which was an important battle of the late Civn War. Lexington is an old town and il.s population includes many f the oldest and most cultured families of the state. The cadets are therefore thrown with euttuml iad refini ' ti people in their social life. Biesldes WentwDith and the city hl school, there is un excellent vrirls ' college I in Lexington. Being a county seat and aa educational center. Laxington draws to it many w i gjjjgllX, iwhtte people. The town is |tt| fiKty-two miles from I K ]M9a Qity and ft «iriUy Tmboi by tWQ Till ' ii w utToss the broad llftMHnnl Biver valley pre sents u magniAcentpliyii- (Rign ihic study and is OM wfaieh is tieuoiif rivaiad lor tMiiie bMMty. branches of tlio Missouri Padllc fnirii l oth Kansas City and .Si. L iuis. Boinir ii ti ' e istorie Santn Fe Truil. there :ite si !en(lid ' i-k roads for tourists leading into Lexingr n.