Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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CALENDAR FOR 1923-11924 Tbioat, May 25, 1928— Annual Club Banquet SlAnoBbAV. May 26— Final Examinations, Field Day. Band Coneert Sunday, May 27— Baeoalaut te Sermon, Dedication and Unvei g of Alumni Sdldiei ' MemoriiiU MoNDAv. iAr aSr-Jioior Bamui C EicercajM F«a.«iyell PatMUr, Bfl 3eii|H m and liiill. TirEsnAY, May 2H — romni ii .?ni iit lOM-iriMcs. MaV :; ) — Slii ' TEMBKK 10— SiiiDiiwr VjKalioii. TtJiSDAV, SbiTEMBEK U — 5) A. M. — St!j».sioii Begiiii.; Matntulationand Claj iliciitioii of Stu WmmntSPt Oomm si— Hallowe ' en Reception. ItlfHlHnAY, MttMBttPaft— Thanfagtving Day, a Holidaar ATQBDAY, HBGBUumi 22, 1 :15 P. M.- ChrbtoMw Holidays Begin. tuBBDiAY. jANUMCY 2. 1924. 9 :30 A. M.— Christmas Holidays end FliiDAY. Mabch 23, AND iSATUiiOAY. Maboh 29— W Clttb Feie. Satubday, May 24— Final Examinatlotu. Fidi Jl ieVd StniDAY, May 25 Bacealaitreate Servicers. Monday, May 26— Final Exsminationx, Militaiy ||x«r c eih TViR80AX»M ' )( 27— COOC Bh«I» CMpt Btftnr, Sattu. Baan Coisnnt. Ywmn Bnaii,,AMM$ Haboi; IMoaina

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WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY LEXINGTON, MISS l|ftl Motto; Mais Sum. in Corporc Sam hOAKD OF tHySTEES JUDGE WCHARD FIELD, PifwideiB MR. EDWARD AULL MR. WALTER B. WADE U aet(R7 MR. J. C. CRENSHAW Annual Catalogue 1922 1923 ilimouncemcnu 1923 ' 1924

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. ft TO PAl E TS j|llE SELECTION of a school for your boy is no small matter, Hu is the center of your hopes and .-itnbitions. Hb failure or succckh in life uili mean your sorrow or happinefls; and his career in the wxtrld MiU depend largely upon his career in school. So you are probably exercising all posnilde care and diligence in choofling an institution to develop the l e! t thing ' s in him. In spite of all you can do, your ohoici 11 In hu Rdy u matter o I ' chance. You have i)rnliul)ly written for a nunilrt-r ul caialniruer : out of thest- you will select two or tiiri ' e uiiich . seem to wet I ' orlh tlie n ' qiiirenu ' nts that you w.iiit Then some pii ' tiire or iihrawe in a CJitalo e muy he llie cautie uf your dei ' iHiori. tiut you should eliminate a nciirly as possible the element of chance. Before sdectinir the school for your boy you should first be sure that the conditions Kt forth in the catalogrue represent the conditions that you will find at the school. There are fake catalogues of selindLs just as there are fake circular ' s about mines and ifai estate, ' oii slioiild, if possible, Ret in touch with sotiioone who has had relations ;is ;i j.arerit, stvident, or U ' jicher in the school which you are cuiuiidering and fiiui out, wheLlier it ia all that itH ciRtaloKue represnttSi it to be. | You should next examine the histor - of the school. Hu it been estab- lished ItJTijr eiiouifli lo l e past the experimental .stage? Is it an educational institution or a scheme for making money ' . ' A new stliool or one vhich has just changed its management ma ' promitie wondcrlul things, hul the wise purent will choose one tiiat ie assured of permanency. You should learn, too, whether the school can interest your boy and build up his body. If he i.s allowed to lie listles.sly around his room, he will be lionii sick and indifferent to his work, lie should be IWP! ' MN! athletics and to develop pride in his phy.sic-al being. 4| Finally, you should be sure that the scholastie work is given the moit fu- ttortant place in the program of the institution. If your boy is amused and made strong at the expense of his education, your investment will be a poor one. Make sure that the school you select does thorough, conscientious aca- demic work and that the coui-ses it offers are recognized by the loading univeisitios and colleges. The Wentworth Military Academy is essentially an educational institution, chief aim is to produce men of culture, ability, and character. When it was established forty-three years ago it took as its motto. Menii »a m in corport saiio — a sound mind in a sound bocly. Its system of athletics, its mllitaiy. org;«nization. it soeial life, its course Of ita — ail have the object of acoool- plighing the syninietrieal development Of Its students. That it has beeh abundantly successful is shown by the niiiiiber ! ' it piadunlis who have hccomo prominent as scholars, pi-ofe.ssionaJ men. and business men. I£ a boy has capabilities and is honest, VVentworth lMilitAr ' ■ 1 ffrff()f atffanM- ffimt. f» excellent opportunity for developing his be»t qualities, Q If your boy hn.s i o.ssil ilitip.s, if you want those possibilitie-s realized, the histoiy of Wentworth. the charaf ' ter of its students and teachers, its high stand- ing with the United States CovoniTn. nt and with the best universitie. ' of the rtMuili y. its purpose and aims should appeal to you. Then, if y Mi send him to NV ' entwortli. tlie highest desire of the school authorities will be the develop- DMHt ' tf tht body fib«aiiii the «hMniet :fl jroor bogr;