Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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GouiNEL Sandf uiui Sbuuats .ah p f r| ! |lM i »« UAJoa R. K. Laxbam IVENTWOKTll UL1TAKY ACAJJli MT Judge Kicharo Field Mb. Walt£S B. Waodell Mm. J. G. Cbensh AW DrngSUt, Lejuiiffton, Mo. Ml. Amu E. RURDRN Mb. cbablbb a. Keith Mb. L. D. LsnrsDE

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I bravy wd RMding Room A ktef well Ughted and well ventilated tMdiiV nKun and library han been provided fMrHie use of cndets at (ill mo9.. Reference books to be used in rtadiriK ' ii.s.si{fned by instructors, and modern encyclopedias are alwaya available. The best works in English Btefniiire, in udlns the prodoctions of the New Gsmuiuium The new gj mnasiuni, 220 by 55 feet, ia boUt of pressed brick with stone triniiniiis,v. It lias |H|9««d. ' iM|| . |M!nil ,4|| A CtMINEK or TUK LUMABY most popufair modem writers are in the cir- fiiliitinn department. On the tahli-: arc Ui bo found current numbers of the best magazines and periodicab. An attendant la in charge during the momi2ic:i|i HN jtatatt atld 9k til recreation limes. work as well as the pleasure of the entire corps. Below the main floor on one side there ia a large, well-lighted room entirely aim ground devoted » tiie iiHuuial tnii aric of the schooL Thc Kiver at Lkumoton

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At a mult of the gencrnlly low sjilnrici paid to school tcnchcri and the MaMquent exodtu oi t«acher» from ichool work to more remunerative oc- ciipaliaiH thwc axiato in Amarica today a ttardiny itate of affaka l«| tfAii|r ' the training of the ooouniB; Rvnemtion. Mr. Arthur £. Holder, writing in the New York TRIBUNE and quoted in the LITERARY DIGEST, May 1, 1920, points out the fact that the alarming shortage of teacher baa rarallad hi tm- cloMBC of 18 79 adioola, whOc in 41.900 adiooU Hm tcMJunc of i i UM nli w •ble yooag mfaida h Iwtrin twi to l—iaheri wlm are bdow Am •tandaida W training and some timet id Amrmditiet, hacawe no others can be had. Nearly evary «i o miwni ty hn Men in aeoM fonn tbe loweriog of the iaality of it pid achool worii during the pait two yam and tka daawaaa of normal school itudcnls from 50 to 80 per cent thwwt Hil? AoWjl .ll (tihjWt»- i no inunediate prospect of better conditioas. Faalinc the damanii for more efiidant taacUng than Oa onfiMHry palUfe «rhool ran Drive today, Wcntworth has increased rather than lowered the standard of its Icachcri. It payi its teachers living salaries and thereby it can aecnre men who have oulstandinff qualifications. All tbe regular taachar at Went worth are MEN. Women teach only special aabieda mcb at nnuie, public speaking and ttenography, and iStmf have nothing to do with the discipline. Ilavint; a bov und r men teachort b generally deMrable, eapedally if these men are the kind to inspire tbe boy. the percentage of man taadben in most aaitMb for yaan liM baan low aad Jiiltinow it is rapidly dropping further. The men on the Wcntworth faculty have college degrcea; they are church member ; they Wk» to teach. Most of them are acUve jrowig iiib More ihnn half of tliem wfre in nrrvire durin • t)i. v,-.r FACULTY STAHntKC: r»i-Ts, Mu ' U, r ' Rrsi ' iTT. TaYI iR, RotWtlMONT. WitOOaC, tiASKKW, PoE, HESS UCT, I . JoNKH. i ' A)T . Kt.rr. Slui.ioN. w vMtiM.i., SMnu. Lt. Knowlton, Cait. Wbaley, Maj. Camtbeu. StTnNQ: Carrs. Bam;, Laux. Wikoff. Cuafuum SKLuaB, Uaj. Cumxhb, Cols. HtTcMKiA, SWifiWBI HXia. Umuu, tBMBt, tezaHi, Ja., Day, J. M. Sstuu, Catt. BmNM