Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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General Scholastic Plan. Small ClaHc The best seholasttc results cannot be ob- tsiiMd in large classes where t)i- iir-mi. fnr ii overloaded and cannot give a poiaiuti of his time each day to the progress and wel- f:iie of every student. It is the plan at WfiitwHiih to keep all classes larjre pnoujrh to create a jjood class spirit but small enough for the instructor to maintain «■ contact with all of his students; iiutmciOTS Um at Hw The instructMa live In bamdcs with the boys and have moeh contact with the stu- dents oiitsido the class room. They are In position to render assistance during study hours as well as in the class room. A true sjnrit nf friendship exists between tcachiTR and students and this Cje tionship is of great vahNi. S a p si v bed Study The siipi ' rvi.Med Study piTiods are tif Kuf- ficient length for the proper preparation of lessons. Besides the vacant periods of the day, two hours eadi evening, from seven to nine, are devested to study and thfise who de- wyi Fnr lioys of preparatury ami junior Col- lege age it is believed that men teadifini who

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Outline of Plan and Purpose. TA KNTWORTH MILITARY ACADEHT was i-Htahlished for the purpOM of ollering the best in education to yomg men weAing thorooffh foundation for profenk nal Ktudy or for l)U»incs8 life. It was the con- viction of ' the roiiiKkT. lephen G. Went- worth. his boanl t u!?tee», and the pros: dent of the Academy that a military Iward- ing school offers tho most effective possible means of jriving lioys and young men a scho- lastic, physical, and moral training which win develop bi them the highest tniits of No WMt« Time Ttic work of Uie Academy ib bo organized that there is no time wasted in idleness. of the day is utiliied ia aoane form of ia

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we proffssioniilly trained and who iinder- ■taad boy nature can get the best reaulta. A normal red-blooded American boy is also in- clined to cnjiiv compotiliun and Bfftffrfftfft ' WiUl Otlier bovN in cliLs.s waik. Report! Sent Home Scliula tic reports and peraonal letters are aent home at frequent intervals in order that fmrt ' nts niny bo kept in rioso tdiich with the proi reiiH and standing of the .student and j aay oo-operaie with Academy uulliorttua In i qU iiK thiB boy to hia beat efforts. Hand and Bft H f T w laslnNliaii It is the constant aim of Wentwoi-th to create u wholesome moral :ind religious vn- vironment for the students, nnd to impress upon their minds the ideal of clean living and dean thinking. A correct moral atmos- phere por ' nde3 nil schtwl activities and IKQhoQl life. Ilixoush a balanced day of wii k. play a nd lib t tl C.ffllM»)lg of ttoowq is always high. Inasmuch as the student comes into dose contact with his teachers, this dose associa- tion tends toward an upbuilding of ideals and a strengthening of morals. The honor system of discipline in a featurf of Went- worth life. The placing of each individual r