Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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MORAL AND REUCrOUS INSTRUCTION Any system of education thiit doen not pUiw iht ' moral element aht-ad f the mental •nd | )iy«ical is abmrtive, and Wentworth •trives to inQNecw its student with the iuh has great opportunity for ntakinff lifelonK impressions by his example as well as by Ms precept. The design of the founder of the Academy WMS that thft Khool should be pMittvely P6z|itiiai te .•f ttnt bttt bat sol Jlk Saw BATmt aru Hn thlntr that tends to pW|llipil ttw powers of mind and body. Id the daily contact between teacher and that eadsts at Waatwwth, the tiaeher resentatives of all the leading Protestant chnrdiee of Lexinsrton. and al! the reirnlar teachers arr riiri.s;iiin , TIip stndi ' nt;- arc required to attend churcii onu cuch Sunday, ht a body, taldng the different ones hi order, iir.il a Sunday Schoi- l is condiict»Hl in har- rucks by the regular iiisiniclors of ihv Academy. Everything ilini i Im-liiKHl to in press the mind with the lenets of any one church, to tiw excfauion of otiun, it earaimiy Skctiom or Mami Al. Tkaininu Shop — W —

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Lengtli of Snperviied Study Periods Third, the supervised study periods are of sufficient k-ngth for the proper prepantion of lessqiu. Kach cadet is requirad to carry fonr ablects and this me m that he baa two yw t periods of forty tninuti-.s, lioth of trakth he iii required to devote to utudy. Qe- aidaa fheiie two Jierioda, every A3et j» t9 IV ' VM 9y»em CalcuUtod to |Sii4|ii!i: SchoUftic Reiulta. It is to be noted further that the regular- ity of Wenhvorth life, the syKtem of disd- A nf am) in f;if1 all the schnoj activitii ' s aro HO planned aa to bring about the be«t poH- aflblc mtilta in fhe aehobifltlc work. Appro- AtLCLAKa Rooms are Wkll Vc.vtii., tcd and Wm. LicHTia) «v i nsuine quired to devote two hours of each evening til hin jioholastli- work. Out.sidL- of thc «e periods, the uidei has his recreation hours of which he may devot» ait muek tinte M be de- aireH to his studies. SpetUng and Penmaiuhip for Everyone Wentworth realiaea that every boy needa a (rreal amount of drilling in spelling and pen- manship. The luck of this in studOKts com- ing to us has often hindered them aaiterUIy throughout their entire course. In addition to the full course of study, aU cadot.s will hv riHiuin-d (o takii pcni and spelling during the entire year. prlate pittea and privileges ate otfezed to... .Kllaining apeeial diat inc tkiia. Report Sent Home KeportA of the scholastic work are sent home at the end of each of the graiteiimtlodlli There an 0i lit iim pulota jrear. IWadUy Lcttera Homa Nearly forty years ' t-.xperience with boys baa taught us that they frequently nei ect their home conrespimdence. Wentworth haa adopted a system whereby every hoy is re- i|uired to write home at least once a week.

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Competition With Boy» M the grade sheets ohowiog th« coinp«r attve standing of attidiiibl fai my co-tAwtr MHMd b mmSatii, tt lirffl be found. in practically ev«ry eaae, that the girta toad in scholarship. It is not natural for a red- blooded Vxiy to fiijoy competition witli pirls; at Wantivorth he baa oiiiy boys for competi- Crbhkuo. L Boa i«nr ,J tlw Laborstorlca at Wimtworth IndiidM «n it aMfrtM n i U p M ' iy ! fkorovihly all branches laid out in the cednM of ataajr Physical LABOBAToay -24 —