Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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drebwtni In i:.k ' ht l. ' oYEH. Sell, MAcFAiii eN. Hakbix. Joiafm ,Mvinf Hitt M .K :i:. , Giu£m:. Capt. Cubhbns at Piano. Music l lie scliool offers exceptional opportunities to hoys who have musical talent in its band, orchestra, and glee dub. Frequently durinir the piast two years the Academy Band has been mlled upon to furnish music in parndes in Kansas City and nearby cities, and in ex- ecution and appearance it did not soffer in c-oniparixon witli tlic liir? ' prttfessionalll|9Hii appealing on Llic same occa ioiu. Tto orchestra plays for chapel, receptions and dances. From lime to time solo num- liers are iven and the COrps en atre-s in coni- muiiity singing. The singing of the cadets .«t , religions services has been a matter of «iiiment by many vii to] While the discipline at Wentworth is firm it is not at «Ii hanh. Very little punishment of «njr kind ii tnfttetid. The punishsMat Liiat is a signed i.s ahv.ny.s of n military na lure and not the kind whitli will in any way humiliate a hoy. StudentA who cannot be handled witliont |)liy.sical compulsion are sent home. The aim of the disciplinary department is the development of personalities. Hence a great deal of responsihility rests on the students themselves. Students ai-e allowed eonalderable freedom In regard to their per- : ona! conduct and there is no elaborate or rigid set of rules. Many case.s of disoi- liline ;tre hiUKlIcd liy the students them.solves and the conduct of the student body is the result of popular sentiment rather than of an oppressive .system of regulntioii.s. In short the plan of Wentworth ha.s as it object the developing of American citi- ZMw— men who are mentally .ilert, phys- ically sound, and courageous enough to taJce prominent parts ii the educatioittl, rdigious, commercial imd jhyakii. ttfo of fhste monitifls.

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W fl.tn M AStfiiTniii: Fi.vil i.shed. In the Mess Hall lu ' sits al a Lablc presided ovt ' r by a responsible student of- ficer and receives any attention he may need in the matter of table manners. Ladnstan itonMus riHmril i wt i.OBriMfibi luly lor social » njoymont. The ladies college l ves frequent ctitcitaiiimcnts, wliicli the cadets are permitted to attend. The best homes in the t«wn «xe often ' Opea to tho Htm IMMolays Top Itiiw, li l t te. lll N ' ol.l., ADK, C rr, CU:Mh NH, KaViiN. 2nd iCow: lAMmUSt, Hi-Ray, IIimh-ijk, AnAMS, WaifliiT, WoiDiNfl. Daniki., Waij.a(-c, Majitin J. D. 9ti K«w: WASWUr, Weicgl F., Nixnon R., Wbtocl L., Switow, BisHor. Ttmt Beiri MAtKBS, Hampton L., Boh»efgm . Fbrouson, Gkavbs, Rom Dotv. —11—

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LOCATION IIXINGTON hi the county seat of Ijiif. ' iyel tt ' ( ' ounly. It h;i.s ji population ut about h.Wi) and IS remarkably well equipped witii exoflltMit store buildinffH, public v(lltlcet , huiuisoiiie rt sideitces and broad brkk (streets. It has excellent sjratems of electric light, waterworks, gas and sewer- age. Some two hundred and ten feet above the river, a more lit iiiitifiil and hffHithfwi Ift cation Quuid .scan jf be foiupid.. jCHi Ott© of tfte ' Mtt -w river not fnr Lexington. Being a coanty seat and an edu cational center, Lexington draws to it muny woll-edui ' atfd. public and pnifessional | eople. The town is ju.st lorty-lwo miles from Kansas Gitjr and ia easily reached by twtt brarifhos o ' the Missfuni Pacifiefrojn hfBfOi Kansas City and tft. Liouis. The view across the broad Missouri Biver valley presents a mapnificcnt physiographic atudy and is one which is scarcely riyakd for scenie beauty; Thk Poiar irom where W ' entwortii Mflftiuy Academy stands was fought the battle of Lexington, which was an important liattli- nf th» latp Civil War. Lexinjrlon i.s an oUl town and its population inoludr.«5 many of the oldc ' t and most cultored families of the state. Tlie oadets are therefore thrown with cultured and refined people in their social life. Bandes Wentworth and the city high Mhool. there b «n moellot girls ' college in t1i« Climala Lexington Is located in central Missouri; The climate hrrc is idpal for a school, since it i.s cool enough to be invigorating and to offer the winter sports, such as skating and sleifl ng, and at the same time it is mild enough not to subject the studonLs to the rigors of a more northern local it % Tht cadets can be out of doors comfortably, tically all of the school year.