Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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♦ WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY r I PM PMnAP COD 1011 1011 TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1931, 1 P. M. — Session begins; Matriculation and Classification of Students FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6 — Annual Homecoming for Old Cadets. Wentworth- Warronspurg rootbAil v ame WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1 1 — Armistice Day. Ceremony at Alumni Soldiers Memorial THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26 — Thanksgiving Day. Entire Corps to Boonville to attend Wentworth Kemper football game Saturday, December 19. Noon— Christmas Holidays begin. TUESDAY. JANUARY 5. | P. M. — Christmas Holidays end. All Cadets must report on time lor continuation oi sinooi worK. Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2— W Club Fete WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1 — Field Day Exercises. Band Concert. THURSDAY. JUNE 2— Military Exercises. Senior Reception and Ball FRIDAY. JUNE — Graduation Exercises t. Font Stvm

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♦WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY THE rOUNOCB OF WENTWOCTH The Board of Trustees Kdwaru Auu. Jl ' DCK JllKN tJl ' KIHK B. M. lATTUT. IlENKV LlKHRMAK When Stephen (J. Wentworth founded the Wentworth Military Academy in 1880 he vented the control of the institution with its original buildings and grounds in the bands of a Board of Trustees which was to be composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of the city of Lexington, and a President. Mr. Wentworth served as President of the Board from 1880 until his death in 1897. at which time he was succeeded by Judge Richard Field. It is the duty of the Board to see that the management of the Academy is entrusted to competent officers and that the standards set by Mr. Wentworth in the original charter are maintained. All members of the Faculty are voted on by the Board and it is provided that such officers in addition to being duly qualified scholastically for the teaching re- quired, must, be men or women of Christian character regularly affiliated with some Evan- gelical church. The Board passes on all diplomas before they are issued to graduates and authorizes the President to sign and i -ue them. The Academy owes no smnll part of its success to the supervision and inspiration furnished by the men who have served on the Itoard of Trustees for the past fifty-one years. JltUCK Rli ' HAKO PlKI.li, Prrnitlrttt J. G. Crenshaw, .s ' .rrWmy Hl)OH V. KilCKHS. Tna ,nr, fug Six

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♦ WENTWORTH MI LITARYtACAD E MY The President ' s Statement to Parents. KilMur ' a Ni.t«— A« Prralilcin nf W-i,t w..i Hi fol Mft -•■■ •• yriit. t ' ol gfll»ra bu il«.»H v» I • •• Uor liilliiiul. lv f..r n Iiikk » IH-M.nl u« annual any anhoul iirinrltwl llvin«. .Sny aiaK-mrni from lilm l» u«. ' il M thl« lurm unit ..mlnrnH.v ■uir. ' ..«fiil rx|MTtriiri- | LL parents are aware that the rearing of a boy is probably the gj most complex problem which they must face. They know that a |: boy ' s character is forming while he is in high school and college. Si He is changing from boyhood to manhood. How will he develop? IffiiSnjEpMSsUj HiH school environment t a large extent determines the suc- cess with which he pusses this trying period. Sometimes we par- ents are late to realize some of the things transpiring l efore us, and all too frequently a shook is required to open our eyes. Wise parents should period- ically ask themselves: — Is our son doing as well as he should in his present school? Is he learning to take on responsibilities? Is he becoming robust and munly? Are his asso- ciates of the best ? Do we thoroughly understand his problems and needs; do we have his confidence and know how he uses his leisure time? In school does he study properly? Is any control exercised over his spare time and his asso- ciates? Are his teachers men who understand boy nature and sympathetically assist him in hia studies and in adjustment to school life, or is he under women who find it impossible to understand him in his school work? Does he study in the evenings? If he is through with high school is he ready for the freedom of the large university? Will he be able to do his best in large classes without personal at- tention and interest on the part of his instructors? Is he nufficienlly matured to accept the responsibility of organizing his t ime and interests in a great uni- versity? Here at Wentworth we have been endeavoring to answer such queries for half a century and u school nationally known for its work with boys and young men has developed. A parent has one boy ' s problems to meet while here we have those of hundreds. The school is organized to anticipate a boy ' s wants and needs and to direct him to those things which will give him a well rounded rational development enabling him to realize his best possibilities. The Wentworth plan recognizes interest and direction as the superior tools with which to fashion a man. and you will find nothing of the driving, harsh sys- tem of authority often deemed synonymous with military discipline. You will find at Wentworth a splendid group of democratically organized boys with whom you will l e delighted to have your son associated. I trust the following pages will be enlightening and of much interest con- cerning what the Academy offers your boy. 5. SELLERS.