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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 —
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flmt ae«8ion opened in September 18M with B. L. Uobson and Sandford Sellm at asso- ciate principals. At th« end of that sesalon Mr. Hnlis ' iii ri ' tirofi, and with the fx.;f[iti ' )n of one year ' s k-ave t ' ol. .Selltin hui betn Soperfntendent ever since. A charter was secured in April, 1881. and the name Wentwurth Male Academy, under which the school liejiiiii its .existence, was Ghanireil u Wentworth Milittury Acadfmy. y«nd thus was startAd the Brat mlfi|MT «eiU6ot In Port of (die NmIIdmI Guard In 1889 the Academy was made u Past of the National Guard of Missouri, and pro- vision was made far aonual inspections by State OfBcers and for granting commissions to graduates who were residents of the sti of Mi. Ni ' iiri. Kxcci-tinp ' in rho matter of ap- propriuliomi the same reluiion was estah- Uahed between the Attdemy and the State of MisMouri H t exists between West Point Mili tary Ac.- dt ' my and the United States. Recognition by the Government In 1895 Uic War DeparLmcnt of Ihc- United States, recoKnizinsr the work done l y the Academy in its militaiy training, detailed an offlcer from the Bcsular Amy as Pnieeaaf 9f UfUiaff. ieilmmw m4 cnmMI it with ordnance and ordnance stores. This detail has continued to the presMit time, and supplies have been increased until the school is now provided with everything llfimMpiy for infantr} ' and artillery drills. As «q laliwd on anolha page, Attti emy haa been nitoll fay the Guvemroent as one of the ten HONOR SCHOOLS ef tfa« UnitMl States. For a numlier of years the Academy has been a member of the North Central Asso- ciation of Schools and Colleue.s. This mem- bership aasuxes reeognition of the Uteruy wwk at tiw Aeadmy by all higher inctftii
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