Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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LOCATION RXINGTONisthe county seat of Lft- lavfttf County. It hiis n population of ;ibotit (t.OOO and is rt ' mark ably well ccjuipjwd with excel- lent store buildings, public ediftcei, band- aome reaidenees and broad brick Htreeta. It hag excellent sya- tenu of electric lifrht, waterworks, gas. and sewerage. Some two Hundred and t«i feet above the tivec, a more beautiful ta4.hltiii0ta befouiuL On one of the bluffs of the river not far from where Wentworth Militaiy Academy stands was fought the battle of Lexington, which was an important battle of the late Civil War. Lexington Is an old town and its population includes many of the oldest and most cultured families of the state. cadets are therefore thrown with txHSHUiik and refined people in their ftocial life. BesidoH Wentworth and the city high school, there is an exceDent girls ' college in Lexington. Being a county seat and an educational ct ter. Lexington draws to it many well educated, public and professional DOdiMAi The town is just forbr-two miles fttnA Kansas City and 18 easily reached by tiro Tux UUfiOUU KlVEB AT Lkxinoixin Tbe view icms the broad Vkutmd Wwt i tthiaches of the Missouri Pacific from both vdtoy preeents a magnificent pbysi- . Kansas City and St Louis. Being on th ograiibic study and is one which is ahi historic .Santa Fe Trail, there are splendid aoiSMlr ilviM lor iseiiB Utniy. JMff ci( mkto for ttmU .hmSimM Imbtg '

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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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THE GROUND The jrrounda, comistinr of forty-thm acres, are devated, well drained ud (Eovered with a rich growth of blue fnpm ' li adorned with shade treen. Durinir the past year Wentworth has added ahoiit twenty-five acres to Ha irrounds, The tract contains twti stately homts with ilfCaatiful Iawtw and tree» . This trivet Wcnt- worth space for two fine athletic fields and facilities for ciirr ' ing on all bnuiehes of ath- letics with .sludenlH of all ages. It also «-i t room for the military worl and camp- BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT All the buildings of the Academy «re con- structed of brick and stone, with the excep- tion of the old DriD Hall, which » a wooden |triictttt« used for drills and various indoor liltteliie siH The balUHiici l ve aQ bMD TM ' WMilMtiW p f Tw WW designed for VMbt fimaA use and they are thoroughly adequate and exceptionally well snltal for uses to which they u« put. Th«y •ir» lMM|t40 Iqr stmia and bot tMitinr. Hlltli ' 8- Fyic Viaw OF Portion or Botto- AKD The rooms are designed for two Ijoys each. They are large and well ventilated, and in every case there is at least one large outside window. Each room is provided with spacious ward rolie, a comfortahle iron double-deck bed, two chairs, a tabic with the best student stand electric light, and a mirror. Of wurse, the rugs and any decorations are fur- nished by the cadet. Eadi room is well heated by eitho- hot water orateam. The nxmiaare comfortable and attnwtiye