Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Ite IPVIole Synlem Calculated to C«t BmI Scholilic RhoUs It is to be noted further that the regttlar- Ity of Wentworth life, the system of disci- pline and in fact all the school activities are M planned aa to brinir about the beat poe- sililt results in w HrholiiHtic work. Apprn- priate prizes and privileges arc oXXered lo Undents attiii ipedal dtetiiietkut. scholurahip. It is not natural for a red- blooded boy to enjoy competition with srirls; at Wentworth ho has only boys for competi- tors. Thi- good slu(l ' iit.-;, rDurpover an not of the anaemic type usually designated as grinds. The leaders in scholarship invap iiilily an. ' lenders in other schfKil activities and hold rusponaible position in the student um Boom. CoMMWBUt. Xtanumaeitr. KAanin Bau. R«|MMrU Scat HoaM Ev«ry Two Wcaks Reports of the scholastic worlc are sent home at the end of each of the jprade iieriods. There are six of these periods dui-ing the year. Informal it-|iorts iilso aro sent at the end of each two weeks during the grade period. Thus the parent may keep in close touch with the student ' s record and advise regarding an ' proposed change in classifica- Competitian WM BofS If the grade sheets showing the compar- ative standing of students in any co-educa- tional . i hoiil i t ' examined, it will be found, in pra ;ticall every case, th«t thft girljt lead in Moral and Rcligioiw Iiutrnction Any system of education that does not phice the nmral element ahead of the nxental and physical is abortive, and Wentworth strives to impress its student with the im- portanci of right living, of avoiding excesses and anything that tends to weaken the powers of mind and body. In the daily contact between loai-lier and pupil that exisln at Wentworth, the teacher has grt-at o| |ioi ' lunily for making lifelong impressions by hia exan le as wdl as fagr Ida precept. TliL ' design of the founder of the Academy was that the Mlioot should be positivelgr 7—

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OITLJNJE Oi ' I ' LAN AND PC K1 USJ2 (F.NTWOKTU has as its primal ' } ' ob- ject th« apbuildinK of the intellectual, mnnil and ph fiical powers or its students. The faculty is therefore composed only of men who have been thoroughly trainod for the branrho-s which the} ' are to teach. The Acadenoy realizes, however, that intellect without sound char- acter to worUi twt little. ' jaMi»(n«, tf bi- tion. Kvcn- stiuipiit must rocitf |irmtically every day in each class, and his instructor can keep in C[lo«e touch with fafiDi Mbl 1 M : Me wlMitjto he iMe(te. «|i!tiiit Second, the instructors live in barracks with till ' 1 afiets. Tho cadet nwiy therefore easily receive much individual assistance ootskie the class room. The instraetora aU atructors are chosen only from men of the best character. The Charter requires that ever} ' niinnlier of the faculty l-e :i mcmbfr of ebme evangelical chuix li. Wfiitworth i e- Ueves that the highest ambitions of man can- not be attained without a sound body, and, therefore, lias as another great aim the jtroper developmoit of phyaique. Wentworth PaepiSiM Special Advantage Wherein does Wentworth (lossess advan- tages of a purely scholastic nature over the avcruKe igh ii iOjB|i «Bd many Private schools? First, tlic I lasses are rnmparatively . ii iill and the studjent gets, much individiial attenr they are alwaya willing to render special as- sistance whenever it is necessary; l ngtfi of sway rvioas Third, the supervised study p» ' riodR are of sufficient length for the proper pre|)aration of lesfions. Each cadet is required to carry four subjects and this means that he has two vacant periods of forty minutes, both of which hi ' is re(iuii»- i tn (k-valt- to study. Besides tliese two periods, every cadet is required to devote two hours of each evening to his scholastic work. Outside of these periods, the cadet has his recreation hours, of which he may devote ai nndi time aa hft desires to his studies..

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Christian in chanrtlinv Init not sectarian. The Board of Trustees is eomposed of rep resentativ«8 of all the leading Protestant churches of I t ' xington. Tin- :,tuilL ' nt.s ait? requii ' ed to attend church once e« cb Sunday. Part of the time there Bible s.( ' Ikmi| is conducted in barracks by the regular nutructora Of the Academy, Everything that is inclined to impreHs the D d with the tpwts of any one church, to the exQiasioQ of others, is itiuQafolfy avji Uid; PIveieal It is Ihf objoft of the ftchool not to turn nufci ' w, conducted by the eefabol chaplain or fay some prominent minister. When there is no service at the Academy the students at- tend in rallies t ' nr .hiinhcs to which they i png or which their parents desi|m te. A out cradc athletic teams and a few higlily trained athletes, but to give evoiy boy in school that physical training which ho iioeds. Owing to the taet tliat the life at Wetuworth is so regular and so conducive to the best phys- ical development, her teams are able to com- pete successfully with many of th ' - .sln nj;est college tvams. It is to be noted, however,