Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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The Whole Syilem Calculated to Get Beat It is to be noted fu it tier that the rejrular- iiy of Wentwortli lilo. the system of disci- pline and in fact all the school activities are 90 planned as to bring about the best pos- sible results in the scholastic work. Appro- priate prizes and ilugts are offered to students attamiug special distiQctipu. Hdioiar.sitip. It is not ii:itural for u red- blooded boy to enjoy competition with ffirls; at Wentworth he has only boys for competi torii. The good students, moreover are not of tlie anaemic type usually designated as inds. The leaders in scholarship invar- iably are leaders In oth r school aetivittoi and hold z«qm«riblf pos bNO in tin iMut Wentworth Battalhis, at rsiow Reports Saul Hone ETcrjr Three Weeks Reports of the scholastic work are sent home at the end of oach of tlio g-i-ndo periods. There are six of these fHMiod.s (luring the year. Informal reports also arc sent at the end of each three weeks during the grade period. Thus the parent may- ketp in close toucli with the student ' s record and advise r«|{arding any proposed change in clasnfiea Competition With Boys If the grade sheets showing the coropar- ;»0ve standing of students in any co-educa- tMialftchool be cxnmiiKHi, it will hp foipifl. in jCietlcaUy every case, that the girls lead in Station, American Legiun Reitnion Moral and R eH g i oas IiutnKlian Any system of education that does not placo thf moi-al fh. ' nu ' nt alu ' jid of the mental and physical is abortive, und Wentworth strives to impress its student with the im- portance of right living, of avoiding excesses and anythinpT that tends to weaken the powers of mind and body. In the doily contact between teacher and pupil that exists at Wentworth, the teacher has great opportunity for making lifelong impressiona by bis ND|inip,le well as by his precept. The design of Itio fnnnrler of the Academy was that the school sliould be positively

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S3cademy. O t TUKE OF PLAN P«J»PQ8E F.NTW ( iKTII hus as it.s primary object the upbuilding of the in- tellectual, moral snd physical iinwcrw nf il.s students. Tlit- gj latulty is com])o»ed only of men who have been thoroughly trained for the branches whicli ihey are to teach. The Academy milizi ' s that intellect without sound fliuracter is worth bat little and, therefore, its instructors are chosen only from men of the best character. Hie Char- tiT r»M|iiiri s that o m ' ' nv tn ' -.T of thi? faculty be a member of some evangelica] churclu ( vory lay in each class, and his instructor can keep in close touch with him.|UHi Mslljr SCO wherdn he needs attention. iBatroetari live at the Academy Second, the Instructors live in barradcii with the cadets. The tadei may therefore easily receive much individual a.s$i.stance outside the class room. The instructors all have the welfare of the boy at heart, and thoy are always witlinjf to rendei spedl m sjst cj whenever it ia nepessaiy. Wentworth believer that the highest ambi- tions of man cannot be attained without a sound Ixidy. and, thercfoie. has as another great aim the proper development of phy- Wentworlfa Pometics Special Advantages Wherein ilix s VVi ' tit worl )i ivdh.jch.i advan- of a purely sciiolaniic nature over the i kge hi h school and many private achoolB? Snail CHif First, the classed ara comparatively small and the student feta much individual atten- Length of Siipervi«ed Study Periods Third. Uie supervised study periods are of sufficient length for the proper preparation of lessons. Eacli cadet is required to carry four subjects and this meana that he has two vacant periods of forty flTO minutes, both of which he is required to devote to study. Besides these two periods. ever ' cadet is required to devote two hours of each evening to his schola-stic v i k i )utside of these periods, the cadet has his i-ecreation hours, of which he may devote as much time as he dsMnw to )ib..«tadK

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C ' hri.stian in character, but not sectariim. The Board of Trustees in composed of rcp- reHt-ntalivi ' s (■) ' all the leading Protest int churches of I ington. The students are required to attend church oncc «aeh Sunday. Thej ' attotid the church to which they beloqg or of the Faculty itiid ofien Iqr some cadet of the Senior Ctaie. Prominent viRltors are Oftftt itttdjljCS!! to nddi-o.ss the stiideiu h ' xiy at this time. Kwrythingthul il incliiit l tn impreai Vbte mind with tte teniE ts of any one church, to the exclu- sion of others. U caie- I ' ully avoided. which they prefer. At H o 1 i 1. the morn- ing of each regular school day are held chapel exercises, at which hymns are sung and a l ;ls, aJ • of scripture read. At this time in- lipuKtiQQaJ tiQu an saade by some mosber PMedlVdniRg It is the clijoct uf the school not to turn out crack athletic teams and a few highly trained atlileles, lisit to u ' vc cveiy hoy in schndl lliat physical training whitii lie needs. Owing to the fact that the life at Wentworth ia M regular and so conducive to the best pfaya- ical development, her teams are able to com- pete successfully with many of the strongest coUoge tewM. It is to be notadt howaver.