Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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and is open, under the supervision if qiuJi- I Th Laboratories ffed life savers, during nil recreation hours. The equipment of the labomtories at Went- WentwoHh students have the advantage of | worth Military AcadHniy has iofn carefully swit-rToiMt 1 ..-iliti.- ... ■ ■iMil I .• • ' • ili III, 1 I .■ ' ■.•r. ' Iir.. |i. I ' n '

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Ml tjSlhoid fevcf. two of the most prevalent .diaea PR in community life. It ifl inteioslinjr ;|o roi. viiice these requirements been met there has been no caw 0 eitJiei ' jdiaeMMt at (he Academy; IbsHiMpital Thelfospital in located one-half block from the Academy, a distance which is eonvtinient- ty close and ut tlie same lime fai ' enough fh ' most thoroughly oquijpfHBd bOjqpcitttla Of its size iu the state. The hii pit.il i- uiidi-r ttne OKBol ' two grad« unte nuriies who are employed by the Acad- emy and whose acn ' ices are always a ' ai]abto fpc ;U) |l9e who mity lu i d their attfOClkari;- Swimming Poob Adjuimng West liurruck» ia un outdcMir UoapiTAi nway to isolate completely any case of con- tiiKiotiti or iiifc ' tioiis (lisi ;i.so. It Is a nine- room building and is cumpielely equipped for the handKng of any case of illness which might arise. There iiro twenty-fivi? l eds in the hospital, eight ul them in the large ward and others in the smaller rooms. Contasriowl diseases arc promptly placed in isolation wards. The Wentworth hospital is one of swinDninK pool made of concrete. Thia pool is 20 i.y Till feet and has a deptii ranging from 8 to lU feet. At the deep end is a div- ing stand and siiring Inmrd. Cadets derive much pleasure and health lul exetlfd ff JbKUn. this pool in tiie fall and pri g. But the new indoor iiool is far more popa- lar. It is SO by 60 feet and has a depth ranging from 3 to 10 feel. 11 is kept heated

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need of hi- --i tiodl .uid includes all a|)i)aratus nepcnary lo tench tlio roughly the branches Udd out in the courses of study. Lfljrary and Reading Room A large, well ligltted and well vt ' iitilaled nladinfir room and library has hwn provided for the use of cadeb« at all times. Reference booics to be used in rL a(liiig»; assigned by instructors, and modern encyclopedias are alw.iv- ' ! ' Ic, Tlie lK- t works in English iiiontliH. It furiii.slifs (li ( ' rsified recreation fur the boy without making it necetiiiiary for him to sedc fltfKiiecreation out of doors at » tf iw « J %[Kia the weather is bad. A roR nsB or THB LnmART literatwr ' , iiiclu liiiK lb ' ' pruduL-tion ni the most popular nioHpni writors are in the cir- culating department. On the tables are to be found current numbers of the best maga- ii- ' -s .ind |)eriodicals. An atttiidant is in chaise during the rooming school hoiixii and at all reereattoi timea. New The gymnasium, 220 x B6 feet is a source great pleasure and pride to all cadets. Its DBi floor ha.H 10,000 square feet of playinc floorvhich gives ample space for two baski t- IMI games, gym claasefl, boxing and wrest- fingt to be going on at the same time. By drawing the slajre curtain dramatic iia.sse.« may also be in progress. On the groimd floor there i« a manual tralninsr room, the iiuartermfister ' s department, Y. M. C. A. room, swimming p Kil, 60 x 20 fe(?t, locker rooms and shower baths. This building is i almort omutant nw doclag the winter The swimming pool is particularly attract- ive. Every boy loves to Hwim. Here he can. without any danger of catching cold, engage in thi. t wholesome sport throughout the en- tire winter. The water in the pool i.s always warm, kept so by a special heating plant in- stalled for that purpose. A Ufa guard la present in the ]KM| |sO(itt 1|fl swimming. A Vam w AosMinc Oaoinaa —20—