Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Christiun in ch TMlH .but not sectarian. The Board of Trustees Is eoraposed of x«p- reeentatives of all the leadinir Protestant churches of Lr-xinjj-ton. Tho sttudents are required to attend church once csach Sundiity. e time there are Sunday school is conducted in barracks by the regular tnstructora of the Academy. Everything that is inclined to impress the mind witii the tenets of any one church, to the exclusion of othars, 19 vmt conducted by the school chaplain or by some prominent minister. When there is no service at the Academy the Htudent« at- tend in ranks the churches i .vhirh they Iwlonc or which tlwir parents., designate. A out eridt aiKletic teams and a few h i , tiMM athletes, but to ive evorj- boy in i6hooI that physical training which he needs. Owing to the fact that the life jU Wenlworth is so regular and so conducive to the best phys- ical devdjopment, her teams are able to com- pete BuceeasfUlly with many of thp strongest GoUegsi tmnM. It is to be ootad. however.

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iObtt mwie Syttcm Calculated to dal 9mI ScfaoUitic RcMdte It Is to be noted further that the reiruUr- ity of Wentworth life, the system of dlBci- pline and in fact all the tichool activities are lio planned as to bringr •boot the best pos- - ible rasotta in the scholastic work. Appro- priate priaaa and privileges ars offunad to scholar.shi p. It is not natural lixr m red- blooded boy to enjoy competiUon with girls; at Wentworth he haa only boyv for competi- tors. The Rood Htiuient.-?, moreover are not of the anaemic tyjH UHually di ' mgnate ! aa grindfl. The leaders in fw holurship invar- iably are leaders in other school activities and hold responaibie positions in the student Every Two Waeln Reports of fhr scholastic work are sent home at the end of rach of the ip-ade periods. There arc aix of the periods during tte year. Informal reports alw) are sent at the end of each two weeks durini? the ktrAc period. Thus the parent may keep in close touch with the student ' s record and advise retarding any proposed change in dasKifica- Cewniatition WiUi Bays If the grade aheeta showing the compar- ative standing of Htudents in any co-crlucii tional school be examined, it will be found, in iMd i Any systi ' in of rdiication that d ' R ' s not place the moral element ahead of the mental and physical is abortive, and Wentworlli Rtrives to imprpHs its student with the im- portance of right livinjr. of avoiding excesses and anything; that tends to WWdMtt tlM: powers of mind and body. In the daily contact between teacher and pupil that exists at Wentworth. (he teacher has great opportunity for making lifelong hnpreadons by his example as well aa by hia prooppl. The design of the founder of the Academ -

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Xb»t the school never lose; yipht of the boy wbo u not the atar athlete, and that he ia trained alons athletic lines as wdl as i« Am aian tprtw is »1 I( ' to make the The athletic teanui are composed of vol- Udtwr.s, l»iir t ' vory Ihiv is re- quired to engrage in aome form of atUetics. It ia the aim of the school til prnvitic roiichra for as man ' teama aa can be The CumtitlMnt S oiU Ten footfian teams are devel- dtad and trained by various members of the faculty. In drill. It teaches st lf-contml and t raceful- netid of carria)j:t . It develupu thotw muscles which are rooet n eeded throughout life. 0 and one-half hourH of each whool day is devoted to 4kiU. and there are ten other ntlBtuy j the cadet attends daily. At all formation- he is taiijfht to hold his ahuulderH back, his chest out, his h«ad and his fsM squarely to the front. Tke form of baakethall. besides the •dMoI teama which QMRpete with other schools, company has a team, and a tdamament is held for the MOtqMliy championship. Track athletics, baseball, cajre ball, soccer and Mmtt in tanua oat alone the mom tines. MSHwy DriBs There is no better means of jdiysical ex- trdse than thai afforded by the military phy.Hiiul exerciHe used by our army campe in devel- oping soldiers is used avaqr day at Wentworth. The pictures on this page show some of the eal isthenic exerciws used at Wentworth. These exerdsea have 1! developed after years of thou| by the expert in charge of the fir ' mnasiuni work at West Point, and they are used by the entire United States Army. They are tiie most effective and complete set of calis