Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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tm dROUMDS The grounds, ooiutistinv of gixteen Mm, an elevated, well dniined and covered with (ijridi growth of Uue grass, and are adorned Wl Qi shade trsee. the f adlitieB for develop ing the various forms of athletics carried on nt the school arr excollpnt, the irrnunds being ample und well suited t practice of all branehei of athletiea and military drills. The Loauty and approiiri;itc-no- s of the grounds can be t be appreciated by a study of the ilkptraiiane. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT An the bntldlnsB of the Academy are eon structed of brick and stone, with the excep- tion ui the old Drill Hall, which is a vrooden structore used for drills and various indoor athletic agxirts. The buildings have all been designed for their present use and they arr iiiiiV ' iiiv ' hly adeciuate and excci)tionnlly well auited for uses to which they are put.; Th are hotted fay steam and hot water. Catlaii Hwailsf The rooms are designed for two boys each. They are large and well ventilated, and in eveiv case there is at least one Uurge outside wfndow- wlddi iewiuIb e be auUIui vittw Vmseana:» Rssmanar: across some portion of the campus. Each- room is provided with a spaeioos wardrobe, H comfortable iron double-deck bed, t Mt cbairSt a table with the beat student stand eleetrie light, and a mirror. Of course, the rugs and any deforatirm- an fiimishcd by the cadet. Each room ia well heated by dther hot water or steam. The rooms ani eomfortnl It ' find attrartivo, Wu.sli baains, whiL-li are l ' urni«hed with hot and cold running water at all timea, are located on every floor, making them very convenient to each room. The toilets are also cMMvetiient to t ' very room and they are of the moat modem voA sanitary dwigii.