Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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MittaQDisT Cm RCH POfllOinCB CATBOUC Cm KCII Uaptist Cmubch f ' llRlSTIAN ClII ' Kni PRESB ' i njilA.V ClllRCH SOME CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN LEXINGTON

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need of thi iftWl and includes all apiKn attis necessary to tench thoroughly the bvAHches laid out in the courses of study. Library and Reading Room A large, well lighttid and well ventilated reading room and librai-y has been provided for the une of cadets ;(t a tinu ' s. Ri tN ix rio ' books to be used iii readings assigned by instructors, and modeni encyclopedias arc ji tiinitirs siydlablc The best works in iBngliBh • I The new gy 1na |.iuln, 220 by 56 feet, is built of preMod birick witii ttone trimn f. A CORMK Ol Tilt Llr.llAHV literature, including the productions of the jntlBt popiilai ' niodeni writers ai« ' in tin- cii - CBlating deparlnu-nt. ( n the labloa are to l)c found current numbers of the beeX maga- sines and periodicals. An attendant is in ehaiye during the morning school hours and 4it «M iTieBwiiBn Ham. It tiaa proved a most valuable adjunct to the wnrk as itfjM jM, v|$CUtirf of iflgl corps. Below the main floor on one side there is a larg«, well-lighted room ratirely above gronnd devoted to the manual traiain£ work THi ' BlVt:ii AT l.MXOMItOif ' —20—

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r TEACHERS Aa • rtaak if the generally low wdwiiK p id to icbaal iMdMrs mod the eonaaqoeat CBWlai teadMn from adtool work to mora rmmmen o cco pi l ioM Amm mAbt in AoMrfe iodajr • itiirtlmg slate of affairs regarding the training of fhc cotnini; (generation. Mr. Arthur E. Holder, %rrkin« in the New York TRIBUNE and quoted in tlie UTERARY DIGEST, May 1, 1920. pointed ool the fwt tfMi llw dumiBg ahortegv of ImmIm ■chooli, whila in 41,900 vdwob the teaching of nqtreauonable yaonf nofaida b intrwtecl to can be had. HmAy enry coaammAy hm Man m mum fom tfw lowering of th« quality of itt pabUc •dMol work during the part two year mai Am dwmMt of aormal adieol students from 00 lo 80 per cent since 1917 show that there is no immodilte pt o yc t fli baltar condiliona. Feeling the demand for mora affidant taaching ttnui Hie ordinary pubBc achool can give lumvt Wantworlk Imb kiareuad nlber than lowwrad the slandnrd of tta taM Mr . It pays its .iNieMni Ihring salaries and thereby it ean aoewBt man who have ooMMidiot qoalilieoiiaM. All thr rpioilar teachers at Wentworth an MEN. Women teach only special subJoeH such as music, public peaking and stenography, and they have nothing to do with the dnct- pbft Ravmg a boy OMlcr men teadMrs is generally destraUe especidly if these men ara the kind to tbo boy. Tho peseentage of men Irwrftsfs In mMl feaboeir Ibr y«M hm htm now it is rapidly dropping further. Ibo nmn on the Wentworth facoUy have college degrees; they are chorch mambors; they JBia to taswk Most of Ifaam ara adiva, yoww men. More than baJf of Ibam mt to service dmIbqr ' dto ' Wttb. In