Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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THE MILITARY Si ' llOOI. HAY adnntate dom Um nllHarjr icliool of- fiT in thf educnllon of the AiiMTii ' uii boy of to- day III diai-UMlnit thia (u uUoD epniititniUoR tvill b« ghren to tiw MiUbuy Private MfiardinK SchooL Mililary Trninlng — Much It I ' lini; i ' Uul ia Uie nuw» ii«a utul lu ' Wi jiupfrii alxnit Ihf Iniia ' TitH to boya from 1 4 to 20 yrar« uf agv of military training ■nd dlacipltaie. Tfaroagh tbM training tb«y learn re- spect Mui otMdiaaM to r htfnl aaUiority, tklnga moat metumty to cmmI oMaandi . In tha hitmaatinir nmtiiw af dhiHy dntiaa tiny wt raeaadM to a de- grM Q aeipUnc md amfcral Wd to tolarat hIms winn. Tba tMrat of this d«ily rontiiie in that it kaapa • boy bu» Thtm la llttla tlnw hcri ' for idlc- n«M, tha conditiuii thut lead a boy to vt e and mia- thint. All hourit of tbv day arc dividod up for »otD« profiuM and intarcating duty. With certain hours for itudy, otkan for fooM mllitanr esertiaBs and othera for athlatie aporta, Um day puoM rapidty, and at Ita eloaa tha bey ia atrongar la bo K and in ■alBd, and with th« hcahhAtl fatigM thai coaMm from properly directrd exrreim he ii ready for refraahing ■Icep. t. ' nder tliif bysttm a Ixiy irun stuJ.v Utter, and the r«jfuUr huura uf |i1i.vmci»I i ' mt. ' Uo prudiice a aymniBtrical development of nund und body. The aartial aplrit ajtpaala to every normal Iwy, and ikiMift it ha aotpiirca eourage, maallnesa, decision of chataetar And foretfotneaa of action. Hooeaty Bad tratkfkilnaaa mnatitato tho fonndatiaa of ailU taty traialnff. The erect carriage aid itraigbtfor mtfi lank am habita of the body that are eomrnital- «aM 1» tha diaractor. Priuatt Sd ioo U T ha pttvato school ia atincting ■iadi atteatioa and eenaUefatlaa wfll htgtm aaat to ito daima. Dt. David Starr Jordan aaya: Tboic la no vittM M an educational nyctem unlaM tha lyatom rawto the naadi of the individnal. A ndafit education la no education at nil. Thia ia why, in spile of the very graat devvJop- mant of tiM public school syatam, privato schools 4eiU fkwriah. wl tliair patrooaga ia itaadily in eijitaalng and why aen thaa half tha atnteto of I and mlifiiniHiia ai« (ma prlMito From itatlatica eollaetod by an eaatam aiqwrt «a Irarn thnt the enrollment of two thousand or more pnv.iti 11 hoolx hati liu r art-il TiK , whili ihnt uf thf hijfli sciiouls has ini-ii iirti il -W ■ , ih.if i of tbt stvdeDts of Princeton oomc from piiviiti ' r ihoola. while 70% of Yale ' s and U ' of Httrvards ' com from tha same aoorca. Crowded daaaaa. womon toaehtra and the little or no hidividiul atteatioa thai ia poaaihte ia tibo pnMie arhool arc cauning paMlll(|.«B:|tm ' 4l to the private tcbooL It is true that the iiyatem of the public aeliool ia eaedlent, its organisation of a high order, Ito activi- ties completely acialixed, but ttioM Very charaetor- iatiea eaoaa it to fail in the prime eaaential tadicctod hy Or. Jordan. For after aQ, the traiaiac of the youag ia a pil vatc fanrtiott anrrendered to the state only for p if poeea of oonventent-i ' oi I ' t-nnoniy. Att thia training has become socialpni iii tlir pulilu «vliiiul», ihrir furmx of inxtrvu-tion Hum K, ' . iihh nmrr iii-.il murr lii- stituUonalitod ni ' ! mi ihanii ' al. Ihcy roust of ne- eeaaity consider th-- ntn .f rather than the individnal- On the other hand, the private school looka in the oppMtito dlroctlam. U eonsidera the need of tlie {»• dividual. Beciiirs providing a trncher for each anuUl group uf studvntH—thv unual ratio is one to ten— it vigilaatly seeks out and develops special capaciiie in thosu ininiiitfil td ii. nue. U doca not aeek to redurt ' Iheftt- t ' ii|iacilit ' .i tu n oumflMH dMaUdMMOF 6F to deal with them l y wholeaale. Again the public acheola may fVimlah the very beet education, hut it affordi very little training. These two ttrni.- lire very rr« ' iui ntly confounded but nev- erthclcM thi-y hn - vry ili. iliu ' 1 meaninK und both are ncceasury dunrit- the f.ii m.itivc staire. Looked St from this onjflf, ihr ix-nt jiublic Ktliool, with its five-hour day, • ' unnul i ' oni|H-ti with I he private boarding scbool ' i! t ' onstant supervision day and ni| M| and its never ending training In habits of life. If the privato school be a Miliury Academy this tcaiaiag procaaa ia very highly devekqied. Hera tha boy paaaei the hafait-maldag period of hla Bfe cub iaet to a eoaataat meeeaaioB of (amative impniiee. At the public aehoel he may learn the habit of study. At the ricndcmy he tnu ' t ncv ' iri iri iidditniii hnlntii of obcdieni ' i ' . promptiicfa matursr, iniuimv niid Bclf-contiol. Thp his;h wh K l n ay dfvvl.)[ .hi ' ac- quisitive faculty of hia mind, but the Academy doe Bot atop Ifecra. tt builds ax well as stores. Vj|it boy does not lean merely how to be a eoidierr tw alee leam ,«eAy. Duty aad loyaHgr beeomo hla

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Lexington. Missouri

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wuU ' hwdrdH, lud besidf b«iii( pliy ic Uy lit for tlw trt ' iii ' heii, he U tillMli0 fitKt ' ' iit th bit- tlttoflirv. Contrmut hU w«ll ordered rxUhHicc frani ItevelUe t» Ttpft with • fivc-hottr it hool day umI tight or Uo Imta of irracpotudbili . iropurtunc futR-tion. It in tlie Ulwratory in whkh ■U thr theories of •ducatiOn llAvv Iwrti ilRVflop«d •ad tested. Th mndersutan, tlie higlier edoai tion «f lirli, UmimI Training, the Gymnwiuin, had it» origin ia ttw • fiaMMU lY xm oowpdimbmt as om or tub tri iJUDan MiuTAKv aeaoou m the uNrtBD states -3ft MMMl)f %ch xiln haviiiK (iovRrniMnt atptr | gmiiui.-. ami .i-hulastit ' Btunding. For the UhI f ur vitJoD ondento • th r iiich liiKim tion liy on Officer of I ■«■» Wentwortfa boo been dodgBjit» on HONOK tlM Army each .vioi The nchools Dr« thvn dnKMUnl SCHOOL, hl fimt mbttt i ' : ' )y ' jii. i flWiif tt - (fn tho bosio of oito, efficiency of woric done in the i pitilKrjr i l nN utj iw ui , «d«iHMy of ImiMiivii M l IMPORTANCE AND MEANING OP MEMKRSHIP IN THE NOKTH CENTKAL ASSOCIATION or COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS M ' n iirrtiii j. The mi ' mhcrshlp tho North l.Vn- tru: A -fj-: ill I ion of Colli ' L ' t ' i -. uil i .1 ly Schuu s ii oompoapil of thr li adintr I ' nII. frin ami pn ' paratory H •hool in Ihr- fol-uwiMv; KtJites: ( uliii ' iuiu, Illinois. Indiana, Io»h, Kuiiku-. Miohi tun, MimMOOtOt Mls- iMmri, Montana, N ' olirnnkii. Snnh I i»k to, i kHi ' QUa ' homo, Soutll iMkoU. unil Wiicoriuin. SUndard. The stondnnl svi by iht? A» ocittiluu isK the Secondary SfhouU i» that tht curriculum ilwtl Ik) brood enough and tlie lubjvct tboroutrhly ononsh toujrbt to amply prepare the eUident who irraduatea for tlio lieot colieceo and nniveraitieo in (hie coDntry, inelodinr the Oayonuaaat MtdrntM. W«ft ryfait MMi AiimpoHa. Inff. ' erlnrt. Tlie Aaaociation maintainF a Moan! of Inspivtors, the membera of which. Liy rnvnne of vm: li-ri ri ' fHirtii unri (x-rsonnl inspdtiiiM., kii-p in cinif liiuch witti thr «iii , 11! ' ai-h irhofil jiml miikc u n-jxirl iif iti.-ir niimTVtttionii to Ihf . ;■- ■nutinn ,ai h y- ur 11 ih ' ' .vurk of any eehool - : .• .p c ; i n ' ;iniiui-ii, (his school ia. of couriic, dropped from the A±i 04 ' iutlon. Thi fact that Wcntwortb ia a member of thio Amo riatlcin tk MTVf the patron that the scholoJitJc work done here ia of a high otondard and that the graduates of the institution will be received without «muninati«D hy all the Ughcr tnatttntlaoi ac- cept atadents en oertlAesta. THE IMPORTANCE AND MEANING If you wish year aon to ent«r a miiitary .4;:haol, it is important to choOlUi one ;Wiiid» is ditocUy auper- viM ' d by tho m m mmtMiamxmkm Covrmmi-ht. Such iiiililurs aiii niy mu l,, rnjoy, Irtt of tx)Kn t, the K-rvicca of a hivh-MluriiMi military officer. The money thus nved to the school Is, in Wentworth Military Academy, expended on addi- tional teadiers and snperior eq ipnent, Seboola under Goveronwnt •aperridon an alio ii i i il|H »e J with Govomment appantM WorQi 1h«B- C|ii4a o( iMIank. ThiootfatridtoplacMHMtaMMid. OF GOVERNMENT SUPOmSKNI To get at. ' l ii ' un iheoe adTontagce a certain high ctandani of worlc, and of e4|iiipmeiii.aad ' --aKaltaiy conditions, mast be maintained. 1hu!- ' . ' iiiiip ' wd and elliceii ' d. ' ' h ' -«tt ' ai 4lir ' i|DWR nu ' ni rtupi ' i vihion secure auih oiifi ' iii«atlon. dtictpltne and « ' (li i«nry a Ki win the re»ip« ' it iinil ciitirnU ' i-. ' T of their atudenls, and make work In all dopurlmenta bettor. To aeeuro theoe «nds the UHftOd 8Mm a«f«i» «ifat nuduf rigid Inapeetiono.