Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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that the school never loera sight of a Ixqr i who is not the stnr nthleto, nnd that he is trained along athletic lines as well as is the boy who ts able to make the teutu AB bterated The alhk-tic teams ai( composed of vol- | unteers, but i!ver - Iwy is re- quired to engage in sonie form of athletics. It is the aim of the school to provide coache; for 2 5 maiqr taana as. am b organized. The Competitive Sports From six to ten f xithall tunm-. are developed and trained by va- rious nii-mlH-ris of the faculty. In drill. It teaches self-control and graceful- ness of carriage. It develops those muscles which lire most needed throufrhout life. One iumr of eacl) school day is devoted to drill, and there are ten other niilitar ' formations of short duration which the cadet altonds daily. At nil fnrmations hv i.s tausrhl to hold hiS Hhoulders back, hin chest out, his head up, and his face uareiy to the front. The ftnan tf t ijssieia cser basketball, besides the school teams which compete with other schools, each company has two teams and a tournament i« held for the company championship. Track SfTrT v 7 athletics, baiseball, swimming, soccer and tflBBte ' «m .eaxried mit along tine woM linBB. ilBhary Drill There is no better means of i sical ex- ercise tiuin that iKffwded by the niUtiry else used by our army ijiiiips in drveloping sol- diers i used every day at Wentworth. Calisthenics The pictures on tbjs. page show some of the eal isthenic cxeni.sf.s used at Wentworth. These exercises have been developed after years of thou ght by the expert in charge of the gymnasium work at West Point, and they arc used hy the entire United States Army. They are the moat effective and fomplete set of calls-