Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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very beat edut ' JitimL, hut j1 ai fr.mi very liUJ .trainjuf TheaM let ' ms ary very fr ?- liary during 1-he fnrmnti ' ijr ' - t I ' lks- ' d ififith lbs ffW h »i]r ttla t sM with the privnti bhardiiif thoors t oiisUnl iiiiper- visiuti liny H id ni ht, and its nv.v€T Ending training in habile of life. If tfadB {iTivate achool bo a MiJitiiry Acad- ifgrnF trBinin proftess very hij hJy de- l ped. Here the boy pai s the habit itiiBlclilf period of hi§ life subject to a con- stent siiG esEtitin of fM Stth impul s. At itudr Ch« iid my lit: fnusl auiiulrg Ui Si ' houl ifiiLy dt■ ■L 3u|J LJk: Li4!quiail:ivt fuc iiLhy of hLa miJSi] but tht Acadeo djoe? not 3ti?jp there. It buildfi aia wfidl afi stares Th boy doea not leOTi merdrkow to:b« aac idier. he iilso lcarj]fl ir JL?y- Duty and k(j ty beeonn his watch- wQrdfi, and bcidijlit? i hypjj y fit fdr the trenchWp fc it n efltaltr iiiii mornlly fit for the baiUe lit CoMtr at hla well ordered iteeilce from R wille to Taps with a fjv«-itdDl |bSt and einrht or ten li ' iurM fif irrt ' SfKmsibiUty. PlnjiUy the privato schtjcil ha!=. anotl er and most .tmpottant fuiLetiorL 11 th? ItiiAfl tow WllMl :dlL % have bec d 4«i Apd tii T i clerjrarten. the hijfher education nf sitig . Mfinuiil TrainifiK, th Gymiiiiaiiiiiw eveiy eiiSiitiDiid d partnrc had it lariAi tp

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T i. rfcr in the- y luimtmn of bodayT In discnsf in thm nni ' sjitjO ' i Cdnesit]er - 1 1 Mil wilt be giwn td Uk Military Private Ht}ariiiii SchooL .• Mttpd]. ia b ip iifrid in. tba mQigfi ilea Uld iliM the tei eliti to boya fmn 14 tn 20 years of iige of military trainiii End disctplm Tlii ' ou h Lhi« traitiiE] tii y leam f Dapwt and ob«di«neiif r sbtttil m- tiiority things liM n ceB ary to g fi citi- wnaKt p. In ffi Inteiwtliifif routme of kfly duti63 they are rcr sncili?d to a d gi ol djecipUne anil qi ni:rai hard to tolo tQ dae- whtirt. Thj sec r t of this ally routlnet ti that it keepa a boy buuy, Thert littlf. timk ' here for idlt iib , the coDdJtioii thai ieatl a boy to vice and miichiaf. All tac urs of the day aire divided up. J tiOin« praf ttaUfi iml Intoresting duty. Wftii cerUin houra lor stady, UfT ?7ijnu? niilits ry L ' SL ri-; ] rtnd jpp lor thJetie aporta» the day paa j fl in body snrt in mind, nnd with tht ht itkh- f ljI f aiJifue that c mifa from proper! ' direct ed xertise he ia rudy for refreshing sleep, ynjter this, ayatem a boy can atudy b«tter|, afid ' Us regular hours of physical exec a . Itrcj lui-i: i ymm r d 3VL4 ipIn : ' r t of mhid and boj ? Tb poartiaJ spirit appeal to It he acqmres i-ourafife. nnanlinc ' SFi,, dc ciaton of cb ra tfc r riiid iorcefulneaa of aetign. Honesty and tr jLb- fiWW itmiUlote fdi ndation of nniMtary trafntiiK. Thft «rtdet carrfase .wd atraiiriit- i43 w faok arfl habitB irf Iwa iy that are jC muELicat d to the qimFftcter. Pf f Seftoote — . ii ipte a faoo! la t- Dr. David Btarr Jar«tot ai ; Thej¥h» 1 0 v!rtuB in an educattoQil «yrt i A Lbn: sysieni meets the needa of the iiidividtiii - A It4$fit iidtic Qii no education at alL iSiis ia wlo?, in epitt of the Very gimt vtlopms ' iit nf ihi? publid athool sy itGiii, priv- ate sehoolis itill flouriah why their patn nuse J9 ifteftdily Jnmaatog and why more than half ftft. ffcpAfite ' - rf thi ; oldiMf oUctgaa md From fitatiatics collected by an eaataru Wis port kara that tl a iuroJUin «f i ; thouftand or moi prl ta eeht b itt-- creased r ' B ; wlitte thnt of the hi fh iutn ' jls ha3 lAE ieased 34 7 th t 80 St of the aLtidtiita of Pttobitoa CMoa from ifl sti ecbwfas while 709 of Yafe awid 60 ' fl« come from tli« ioiiie ocmrtie; Crowded claBE fl, wom tSt lnM and tha little or n indLvidual istimtion that iu pi aai- bla In the public hool are causinfif p imnU to turn moffe and ma tm to iha pilwtg adiooL It is true that the stern of th public Bcho J is excellent, ita oi ajumtiuri a lU h :.«(tdef| itft a-ctivslie. completely acKialis dp bnt tbesQ ' very chai ct riattes e«f«f 1| to fail in the prime. H$aeiittal indif ted Ibgf {jv Jordan. For, after tha trahifav of J nmt te i jpfiyate function surrandfirad to ffaaattAi otiiy ior purpose of coni i a or ecowonsy. As thifi Irahung hna bei-anic iTioc ' inllzed in the puJblic ffchooLa, their forms of ItiabfUctiOO iMN jNi tuore and mm Va di iiS i and meeharticalr Tlioy musit of nccrpsBlty COi!ieider the maas rather than the individuaL On the oth heddt the private schod leii in the oppoHjti lin?rth ii. ron id -ri tb« need of the individual. iSe defi providing a teacher for each small group of itudeEit. — the uauai ratio ia one to ten — it vigilantly seeks out and develops special capacities In thoee intru tt!d Ui ii i art?. It doeis not geek to reduce these capacities to a common de- Mmiiirior or to di th tii«m by wfebsale, A ttlit Ilia .iiflMie ' Seliiii 100 4 Rrn ttfA l ilrti —If-

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JilLiT.UiY AND 8CiiOLASTlG The miliUry aizhwls htivipift Guvenims nt Jt.ujpf!rvlaiD£L uf dergu a Lhoruugh ijupectioii iff ' w atlo T t f the Army each ycflFt Th fjihCMbi ore then taeaifjed w the ba u nf aSifeei cfficicTicy of work done in the militaiy depAFtmertt, adequacy of buildiB and Crcnw :. :lK ]Aa(tia For tbia laii d HONOR SCHOOL, the- h jft jift.rat- tmjS ' OrtBDce and Meuiinf laf Memberftliip in Iht North Cefitrnl AuadKtian of Cchllfif Mfmhrr hi . The aiembt rtLhip l: f the N orlii Central Af suciAtlon of Callei a and S iewdaiy Schook kcomptiA cf the ie din ; cott efi and preparatory 3«hot lH in the fol li.Mn .r ::i;lT.sl ( il.i™io, THinoiy, ll■s iftn l Bourl, conaii] Atjjgliijfan Minnesota Sfamfavy . Thu standard fi t b y thfs As u- cJjitlon for the S«coftSifiiry Scliocilt jis tbut tiio ctarricutuffi shall be br d €Mti| and 1 - LOilbjeetA thornu hly fnoiiffh tauifht amply to |pri(pa] ' i- [fu- ■ ' .KlL=■lL wfn y rsiiluiiteii ilc]r ihv ' the ' Gavian j f $.l tt! AmiApoiis. jk l M;! The Ajasociatbn maintain 5 !L fewrS fwpectora. the members of which, by meang of written rapprte and perwnftJ inspection, keep in cl a t©j«ipfe i)i e»cb Afhool and t ahA rvatibn to the A adcj tion caeh If the work of any school is not up to the reqiiizecl staadwdf tbip drotvi fmdi ' lhE JtR|0 iM| T w. liwl thftt Wentworth is a memlier of i i3tet litewrheTO Stf itf rfl rinil l h:U jiiriiiii antes of th ?! institution wiJI he reaeived wiUiocit: ewmin twi i J the III sdsii LLEj Lhe niuat des irable niiliUry i hooJt it La import t to choose one wb iB diifct] BUfHrvlied bj the War Bejp itf Sufih military hools, a jd nnly if rk, joy, r fl 0 pjpeiwc, tho services of a hi h-sulor- ftid military officer. The money thus saved to tbe ool 11 in W9n;f:wprth Pr1ir-ii l? MfiifTf r {Invemment HuyM rvis::i-r iirij iixi equipped wltii Govammtint apparalua woTtli £imi dG of d S schools ciLnnot nrfnriL retain tbe ftdyimtagea a cer tain . Thna eqdppfid AtiA officered, achoob under Government supervi iim i-i-uTi-- nr.-li orj Tin- tiatlon ditfdptoe. and ell ici jicf (iij Lii win the T« »ect and «4Md]dfiOQ« 6t fbitli and make vpnrk in all dii r men better. jftpure theae ends tft United St d Go liiliWi t Aiiikea rigid inspectioiia.