Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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T Hw Wfaol Syttwn C«lailat«d to Gat Bart scholanhlp. It is not natural for a red Scbolutic Result blooded boy to enjoy competition witii jrirls; It is to be noted further that the regular- at Wentworth he has only boys for competi- Hjr of Wentworth life, the ton of disd- tors. The gfood stadents. moreover, are not iflinie and in fact all tht school .■utivities aro of the anaemic typ - ii-ii;i!ly designated as ao planned as to bring about the best pos- grinds. The leaders in scholai-sship invar sible results in the adiolastic work. Appro- iably are leaders in other school activities priate prizes and privileges are offered to and hold. xc oiiaiUe ikh om in ttie stoAnit students attaining special distinction. body. ■rf p ' s{ iili ill 11 It It Aumm SoumitB ' Uemokul amo GnousniM— Sooni Eirnuiica Report Sent Home Every Three Week Reports of the scholastic work ai-e sent home at the end of each of the grade periods. ThiTf arc si nf those pcri ' ulrt rltiring thp yeai . Iniornial repoi ' ts also are sent at the «id of eMh tiiriee wedu daring the grade period. Thiis the parent may keep in close todich with tiie student ' s record and advise Compethiod With Boys If the ffiado siieets showing the compar- ative standing of students in tuiy co-educa- tional achool be examined, it will be found, in iwy i t i j i w l j r . mmM jfj 1 0 liM in Moral and Religiotit Inttniction Any system of education that does not place the moral element ahead of the mental and physical is abortive, and Wcnt vorth strives tu impress its student with the im- portance of right living, of avoiffiiBgr excesses and anything that tends igt ffijtjktfn powers of mind and body. In tiic daily contact between toacht i ;iiid pupil that exists at Wentworth, tl e teaclier has great opportMs ty for making Ufcdong impressions bgr «t m m IffSim precept. The design of the founder of the Agadafny was tiiat tte ' ifiihiMil iluNtld te wtttithMly

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OUfUKE OF PLiilN ms PURPOSE i;. T UKTiI lm.s as its primary i i i ' Ct the upbuilding of the in- tellectual, moral and physical powers of Its students. Hie faculty is coniposed only of men iave been thoroughly trained for the branches which they are to tead). The Academy rcftlizps that inlolh ' ct withuut fiound character is worth but little and, therefore, its Instnictors are chosen only fiom men of tlw lip=;t flinrartfr. The Char- ter Kqulrui tluit every meuibcr of the faculty I mH albi X Wfnait viranfelieid ehntdi. every day iti eairli ( la.s5, and his instructor can keep in close touch with hint ipid WUO$; see whia»iii he needs atte iod. Second, the instructors live fai barraekB with the ondfts. The cadet may therefctv easily receive much individual assistance outside the class room. The instructofs ntl have the welfare of the Iwy at heart, and they are always willing to render special as- PAsstira uc Wentworth lu lii vcs llial Vlie hishest ambi- tions of man cannot Ite attained without n sound bodXt and, therefore, has as anotiier great aittt fbs lliSyMHr vctoptn ol sii| le. Wentworth PoMeMe Spedal Advantage Wherein does Wentworth possess advan- tages of a purely pclioliistie nature over the afveta high school and nuiny private sehoob? Ffiil the classes arc compoaRkttrcly sm ill and the student gets much individual atten- tten. Every stadent must recite practically Bevdcw Length «f SatMrviaed Study Pwiocb Third, thf supervised study periods are of sufficient length for the proper preparation of lor ons. Each cadet is required to carry four .siii ' ii tt- and this means tliat he h;is two vacant periods of forty-five minutes, both of which he is required to devote to study. Besides these two periods, every cadet is required to devote two hours of each evening to his schohistic work. Outside of these periods, the c; i t iias liis recreation hours, of whidi he may devote aa much time aa e desiries to studieoL

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Christian in character, but not sectarian. The Board of Trustees is composed of rep- resentatives of all the leading Protestant churches of Lexinsrton. Tbi students are miuiml to attend church oncteidl Seild«7. The|}r attend Ute church i iphieh thejr bdonff ot of the Faculty and often by some cadet of (ho Sonior Dass. Proniiii v isitors arc tilteu invited U) a4dres8 t)m student body at iiiistime. Everything that is iiit ' liinxi In imjjress the niind with the tenets of any one church, to the oxcIu» sion of othei-8, ia care- fully aVaM which they prefer. At 8 o ' clock on the mom- InjfOf each regular sclmol day :irt ' hold chnpel exercises, at which byiiui me auag and a iiamage of scripture read. At this time in —10— Physical TnlniiHr It is the object of the school not to turn out crack athletic team? and a fow hiphly trjiined atlilet ; ' S, but to give ovciT l) y in school tlial phygicaJ training which he needs. Owing to the fact that the life at Wentworth is so reffuhti iri ' l M i.-oiiducive to the Inst pliyii- ical development, her teams are able to com- pete successfully with many of the strongest coIIetAt tBOMl. {» tj» b(s mUxi,, Imfmi