Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Tn GnmMnni DMOMnD m OomoMomirr Bor SOOALUPE T}u ' ;ihi]ity to meet eullured people and to b« at ease in cottpuiy ia • valuable aawt. So eadtto at Wcntworth are cnoonncttd in such tpchl activitii ' s as: win -;«| •tr schuul work. Evety studMt is required to ke«p his per- SOD dean and neat, t(i have his hair cut pni(ierly, and to see that hia ahueti are pol- ished. In tlw Um Hall b« sits at a table presided over !) • a fticnihpr nf iho t ' rii ' ulty and receives unv ullL-nUon lit.- may nevd in the matter of table manners. IjWrfl lttnm furnishes abiat(bait P rt unity for wM ' ial enjoyment. The ladies ' (•i)lU ' }ft gives frequent entertainments, which the cadets aaw pprmitted to attend. The best hames bi itb tttwa tti bftim opMt to tbe ate- denta. MUSIC The school offers exceptional opportunities to hoys who have itiu.sical tnlviit in its band, urche itra and Glee Club. In OctQber. 1915. the cadet band played in the parade at Kan- sas City, at the opening of the new Union Station, heading the Kaniuia City Athletic Ghibk «iMt tt iMd tile honor of bldn|r tt» first band to play in that magnillcint iNdUfinir.

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HISTORICAL inlMl.tati, New AiflaiicL pftoil [lamtjiiKby F Donanico. « Mungsrian exile, wko BUlda tlla ikctohi s durii Mi ' United Sutrn rin)( rilfi from ths roof of whkt wu tbra til Muonic CollagB, but !■ naad M one of the l uiMiii)f« of tlic Central CollcKe for Women. The sitMi of Wentwurth Mi!il«ry Acmli my la un the extrame left of th« pkturr. WliNTWORTH to a weU known EnsrKah name and m a n pr -rpincnt men of KuiiiiX ' jiiul America have been its proud pcwsessora. The anoeston of the founder of Wentworth Military A c ii (j m y. STEPHEN G. W ENTWORTH. came from Endand eariy In the eii t- emth tentiuy, aettUng in Mr. Wentwortti came Weat when a boy and settled in Missouri. He waa proeperous In buaineas and concluded his lorii; and successful caiMT aa Praaident of tlie Morrisun-Wenlworth Bank at Lexintrton, MiiiHouri. Mr. Wentwortn was always a liberal con- tributor to educational and benevolent iViUs .H. iitid ill 1880 he conceived tlic idea uf founding, in honor of bis deceased son, Wil- liam Wentworth, a aehod for the Christian educ;i?i i!i nf hnys and young mpn. Sui::ii.lr grounds and buildinga «U« secured and Uiv —91 —