Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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,

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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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— Uiat tho s(li(M)l lu vtr loses sight of a boy who is not the alar athlete, and that he is trained alonir athletic lineg as well at ia. tfaa MA tiriioii able to make the teaoi. All IntwMtod The athletic teams are composed of vol- unteers, I ' vciy boy is re- quired to engage in Bmne fom of athletics. It is the aim of Ihc school to pi t ide coaches for as many team as can be C Ten fooOiall teams are devel oped and trained fay various sienben «f fSmittar. In drill. It teaches self-control and graceful Jiess of carriage. It develops those miisclcii which are most needed throughout lift . One tsd a quai-ter liours of each school day iire dpvoted to drill, and there are t Ti other military formations of short duration which athU ' tir.s. Itnseball, cage ball, hoccit .nnd tennis are carried out alon r the same lines. MOkary DrilU There is no l)ettei means of physical ox- erdee thm that afforded by the miUtaiy physical i xercise used by our Hiniy camps in devel- opin]? soldiers is uaed tiMKir day at Wentworlh. The pictares on this page show some of the cal- isthenic exercises used at Wentworth. These exerciiiM have been developed after years of Vmh I liy the exjH ' H in cliurjje nf the K ' mnaalillii work at Wes t Pomt, and they are used by the entire I ' liited States Anqy. They are the sMit afCeetive and eomRtoto jMrti«( i iiSif