Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Buildingf AU the buildings of the Academy aro con- structed of brfck and stone, with the excep- li ' ii ' •{ Marine Hall. The biiihlintrM lia ' nil been designated for their present u»e and fbejr flir thrawtgiihr adeqimte and tveU suited rooni, and bH fttindet rooms. A moat mod- ern and tluihiat .:eau f|{iid buaineas de- partsnenlt itslao kii ftf l lntfldiiw. The jfrounds, consinting of forty-fi% ' e acres, are elevated, well drained, covered with a rich growth of blue gnu», and adorned with 8csm Day for uses to Mhich they are piit. Thejr Me heated by ateam and hot water. Marine Hall is a fine new building con- i tructed nlonif the lines of the cantonment buildings with such added refinements as are best aulted to its use here. It has hard- ytoqA fhKHM throoi nt. a fine reowiittoik ComuiniufT RssnacNOi shade trees. The tract contains two sti homes with beautiful lawns and trees. This irivea Wcntworth space for two fine athletic fields and facilities for carrying on all branches of athletics with students of all ages. It also gives ample rooin for tb» lAlft Wun Kkd or ths GyMjNASiUM

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oLj( LdCATIOX EXINOTON is the county aeat of Lafayette lOounty. It haa a popu- lation of about 5,000 and is re- markably well equipped with exoeDent store Imildings, pub- lic edifiiHs, hHmlsome resi- dences and liruad brick sLreets, It hm excellent systems of electric light, waterworks, gas and sewage. Some two hundred and ten feet nbove the river, a more beautiful and healthful loCU ' ' i r-nrlH ■■arr. ' h- • school, there is an excellent girls ' college in Lexington. Being a county Heat and an edu- catfonal center, Lexington draws to it many well-edueated, public and professional people. The town is just forty-two miles from Kannati City and is easily reached by two branches of the Missouri Padfie from both Kansas City and St. Louis. The view across the broad Misaoori River valley presents a magnifioBnt physiograiriiic study and is one wMcbJkf ««rafi K tor Ob one of the bluffs of the not far fmn where Wentworth Military Academy stands wus foutrht the battle of Lcxingtan which was an important buttle 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. The cit ' lets are therefwe thrown with cultured and refined people in their social life. BeddM Wentworth «iid Oe eily hl| TbeCKmale Lmdngton is located in central Missouri. The climate here is ifh ' al for a school, .since it is cool enough to be invigorating and tu offer the winter sports, such as skating and aleighing. and at the same time it is mild enough not to subject the students to the rigors of u more northern li)i;ih ' 1 . The cadets can be out of doors comfortably prac- tiealljr aU of the school year. -41-

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Tlie dining roam is • bwtitif ul large room decorated In white. An addition haa recently hern huilt to nrconnnodate the enlargfed en- ro!In ' . pl T] v I, il.hfn has also been fulargt-d evtay OMW ' filere is at least one large out.side window, fiaeh room ia provided with a 8p» . clous wardrobe, a comfortable Iron doable . ilf i-k h ' (l, two rhairp a table with thi h«st ' tuileiit Htaiid elet-lric litfht, and a mirror. and many needed conveniences added so that it ia now one at the best equipped school idtcKeaa in the coanti7. ' The rii ' irn« iiri- (lfsi rnL ' d for two hoys each. They are large and well ventilated, an d in Of course, the rugs and any decorations are furnished by the cadet. Each room is well heated by either hot water or steam. Waah basbiB. which are furnished with hot and cold runninK water nt all times, are located on uvery floor, making them ver;y; convenient tq