Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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The desisrn of the numerotis illuatratioai found in this catalopue is to set before th« I ' atrons of tho s ' hdn). Imth actual and prn - pective, the daily activities of the cadets in the moat real and itnpreasive nunnar pond ble. Comparatively few patrons find it pos- sible to visit the Academy. These pictures, many of them snapshots, show the daily life anri ndivitips as they AKt:, as far as it is iwssiblo thus to represent them. Necessarily, the work of the Academic Department must, in large part, be set forth ill the priiik ' d rnatti.T of the catalogue. This explains the fact that the pictures are largely taken op with iUiittratiiw inltttiu iaid iMili- C lBMldar 1917-1918 Wednesday. September 12, 1917, 0 a. m.— Sesnion ln ' k ' imfci Matriculation and Classification of New Cadets. Thursday, Seijtk-nit)er 13, 9 a. m. — Classification of Old Cadeta; ' Thursday, Nomnber sgu-TbAidta viiif Day. a holiday. Fklday. Deeamber 21, 1:15 p. — Christmas holidays htsfia. Thursday, January S, 1918, 9 a. nw— Christ m;i. holidays end. Wednesday. May 15 — Saturday. May IS — Ann;) d Ismviimpment. Wednesday, May 22 — Friday, May 24— l inai lixaininationa, Satorday, May 26 2 p. m Fidd Day EnrciBM. Sunday, May 28, 11 a. » — Baccalaureate Services. Monday, May 27 — Military Exercises, Senior Rt-cpption and BaB. Iteaday, May 28, 1Q:30 a. in.— CtMnmepcement Sxercises.

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MMWIIKliil Y THE U. S. GOVERNMENT AS ONE OF THE TEII I|UlllMG MILITARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNO tD ST ATES The military aehoob having Government department, ude iuac.v of buildings and supon. i sion undergo a thorough inspection jrnmiids. and iRholustic stundimr. l- ' or the by an nllicer of the Army each year. The [ last three yeai-a Wentworth has be«n dflWg schools are then classified on the basis of natt-d an HONOR SCHOOL, the I IPM suite, officieocy o£ work dom in the nuUtacy [ rating gj yen by the Goveminent. SGHOLArae WOMLVULLY AflOMflWIill BT HUSUOH. INSTl ' n riQIOk The flcholutie work at Wentworth ia thor - ou ly inspected every jrciur by the Ifiiaouri State University and tQT Weshington Unlver- I sity of St. Louis, and its gradnatea ate re . ceived without examination by aH higher in- stitutionH that accept atadenta on certificate. , If you wish your son to eollt- JtJDilitary idwol, it ia important to choow one which is dixeetly attperviaed by the War Depart- ment of the United States Government. Such military schools, and only mch, en joy, f ' -ri I ' f , iTy ' .ii.se, the services of a high- nlaried military ofReer. The money thus aaved to the school ia, in Wen twor th Military Academy, expended on ibl iteCs and superior equipment. Schools under Governnnent stipi-rx isioB We tiga Kuipiwd with .Government appeatns worth thou.sandl of jtoibm. tfyik ettcT schools cannot afford. To grct and retain these aiiv;int;i}fe.s a certain high atandard of work, and of equipment and «ttft»«y eoadittoat, mut b maintained. Thua equipped and oflkered, schools under Government supenrlsion sei ure such organi- zation, discipline and efflciem y as; to win the TCq)ectand conndcTU ' e of their students, Mkd. make work in idl di ' parlments li ' tter. To seeiiro theH cn i tin- I ' nited StKli Govfoaiaent makes rigid inspections.

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I. It is the oldest military schQ ,jbi the Middle West and has been imdM ' vA-Ji imB mnnagcTTirnt for rhirt)r 4is yean. II. Its location is a town of sdiooto, iq ttw hi| bInflRs of the Mlasmiri River, forty three miles ea»l of Kansas City, on Uie Mis- aouri Pacific Railroad and the Santa Fe TML III. It is dcslsmated by the War Popart- ment as one of the ten UONOB SCHOOLS oftteUititeAStetas. IV. Itls»imk«f Q» NitimdSwvdof WmouA V. WUla not denominational, it is a Christian iduwi and all tem fK rs arr rc- qpifad to b» a w B uhtST t of some evangelical i vCHiWHa VL It has a, new xymnasiara affofdtnff unsurpMnsd ftwfl HWw tot iihyiitel tns t ru o ' tion. VIL It hM nrnkOB of athlrtics which Nadiea every stttHiiai ' Vin. It is not nn individual enterprise, but is inoorporated and btfongi to a bowd ot triMeea. ItfaasnodriM. Thaw Acts inaowt pAnmmncs. IZ. It hdtevas the fittt duty of a teacher of b«9ra t9 b fli % id0| tt«kt (tf true man- hood. aadhkrsrtlriMldkar insr. X. Individual in«tn)c(ion for backward boys, manual training, a separate hospital with a tmined nurse, and a swimming pool are aooM ipadal f tarea of tha aehool.