Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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CALENDAR FOR 19301931 TunpAY, Seitkhbku U. 1930, 1 p. M.— Session begins ; MulricuiatlOttiiad Dliii!ffo;B6B of StodMrti. TUKSDAY. NovnopK v f nii iSmli . Cttmnos fit JJomI jEtepini ' Memorial, THlniOAY, NovBimBK 27— thaakai viiv Day Anmnl Homacomlng for 3AltJSD4V» BicKMBSR 2U Nou K— Jl)ristin«s Uoti4«ys beigin. llnnOJiY, Jamuaxy 6, l P. M.--Chri8tii»8 HoUd ra end. M QfMtB aunt ■W JM t ' wi ' tiniif fw. ffflitf w i i M fcii I . nf adMiQl unlL FBIOAY and SATUIEOAY, APUL 3 AND 4— W Club WBDNB8IUY, May 6 — Aimaal Sprtng (Mtag at Stuuhlne Laka. THUB80AY, JCaY SB — Militar; Exercises. Senior Keception and Ball.

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71 FQUNPGff Cr VENTffORTM 11 Boitdl of IkwMMi When Stephen iG. Wentworth founded the Wentworth BUIitary Academy in 1880 he vested the control of the institution witii its original buildings and grounds in the hands of a Board of Trustees which was lo Ik composed of a duly elected rcpreacntative of each of the Evangelical churclieu ol the city of Lexington, and a President Mr. Wentworth «erved as President of the Board from 1880 until ms death In 18d7, after trhi(A time he has bMH succeeded by Judge Richard Fidd. It Is the duty of thp Hoard to see that the tMinafement of the Arftdomy is entrusted to competent officers and that the standards Set tqrUr. Wentworth in Uie origitial charter are maintained. All members of the Faeultjr are voted on by the Beard and it is provided that such officers in edition to being duly qualified scholastically for the teaching re- quired, must be men or women of Christian character reffularly affiliated with some Evan- gelical church. The Board parses on all diplomii before they are lasued to graduates and «nthorb0i the President to dgn and issue thcmL The Academy owes no small part of its succees to the supervision and inspiration pmMudky ttw min who haveiO;v«dl ni the Boaid «( TMis|if lifM-

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Wki Fmidmt s Smmim to Parents, tSdllpr ' a Nitlv— A ' l ' iir M m w. .i, n I u ' ,ir.i M.ii. ' .n i„,i ilmU.lfrtlh lM rn atbnikUly for « lua a iK-rUMl lu Llnii«M an m ii.H.i priiK ' Hwl llvinic. Any MMMMilli fruin l)N, U ' t|MM( m Utt Uti -mm . finltumtty n iyiMn wl eKtwiMicCk, ' ' ' - jliLL parents are aware that the rearing of n boy i« probiiWIy the most complex prolilrni which they m iM I ' .ui They knciw that a hoy ' s character is forming while he is in high school and coliega. I le Ig chtngUtg from bogrhood U manhood. How will he «li v«]6pt ' U»5= ;; ' i =i- His achool environment to a large extent delci miiK-H the suc- 9 W 4tt Jit cess with which he posaea this trying | eriod. SoraelirneH we par- ents are late to realize some of the things transpiring before us, and all too frequently ;. si n k is requind )(» ( pm Oitr Im flj|ijOtM ically ask llieniiHiives: — Is our son doing as well as he should in his present school? Is he learning to tjikf on rcspDn.siliilities? Is he bi ' cofiiiiig inhust and ni.mlv ' ' Arc hi- asso- ciates of the beat? Do we thoroughly uuder Uuiii his prolili-nus aiid ueedH; du we have his confidence and know how he uses his leisure time? In school does ho .Mtiidy proppily? Is any control exercised ovor his sjiare tiino and his asso- cialeiiV Aie his teat-htr.- mi ' ii who understand boy nulun ' and sympathetically attM him in his fltudi( » and in aiiiustmont to Hchool life, or is hf under women who find it impottible tft undenstand him in iUa achool work?. Does h«. study in the evenings? If he is through with high school is he ready for the freedom of the large miivecsity? Will he be able to do his best in large classes without pei-sonsi at- tention and interest on the part of hia instructors? Is he suffidnitly matured tn accept thp. XpianBdlll veraity ? Here at Wentworth we have been endeavoring to answer such queries for hjilf a cpntiiry and a sch(xil nationally known for its work witli lio s and young men has developed. A parent hiis one boy ' s problems to meet while here we have thme of hundreds. The school is organized to anticipate a bojr ' s wiintM anil ntM ' ds and to direct him to tho ' -c things which will jfive tiini a well rounded i-. tinnal development enabling him to realize his Ixsst possibilities. The Went w nth plan recognizes interest and direction as the attperior tools with which to fashion a man, and you wUi find nothing of the driving harsh as- tern of authority often deemed synonymoos with military discipline. You wiQ find at Wentwurth a splendid K ' oup of democratically OlSatt ind t fORI 1Miib whom you will i e delighted to iiave your .sou associated. I tniat the following pages will be enlightening and of much interest eon? eonint wMt the flidtnqr: «ff«i« ypw bqg