Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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r 1 FROAA THE P R E I li E N T All piir srtfi a ' e ow re fhist the rt arfrig of a boy i . probiibly the moFit con p ei problefti vhich ihfsy muii fa s. T iery bow +fia+ boy ' t charac+er is forming white is in Kigh schwf -and cottbqe. He % clienging friom bovhood to rriflnhj d Hoi will he devtsiop? H« schcicil ©nvrronm nf te a targe. - Jt+ent de ©rmSne$ the success; wrtli which he passes thii trymg perigd. SQmelimes we parenti ar U+p o reelSja- some of ttis things franspfririg before us. and all to freque it!y a skoet ts requirsd to open Qur 0 6 . Wasa parent? sh-oyio periodfcally ask theiriselv s — 1§ ydur of ' dotng at wdl as he should in his preseni- hcd? 1 5 he learrufig q talt on f tpOfisib!li HS ? Is ho- b hcoming mbui t manly? Ar 5iie a soci3l ' s the b ?ft? Do we tboroii ghly understand his problems and m edsrcjo we have- his confidence and know ho he u s hii lei Jijre time? fn sehpol does h l-udy prgp Hy? Is any control . erciisd mm his spare ■fime and hia associates? Ar his teachers meTi wh understand boy natyf and syrripafheticalfy assiit ham in hli studies and in adjustment to school life, or % h under woni who find it impbssibte to und r stand him in his ichool ork? Doai ha stutfy in th« erveinirig ? If he is through with high school % ha mady for the fneedom the brg uni versify? ' Will he be able to do hi be t irr bnge clas j withgut pe-riorral a ftenti on and bterest on the part of his initructors? k he sufficiently matured to accept the reippniibiiity gf grga - iKing his tarr,e end interest in a great ynSv rs ' t ? Har-fi at W ntworfh we ha wo been efFd avOfihq to arisw ir siJth qutrtai lof half a century and a school r atiorvatly Inown for i+s worl: wHh and yourtq imiSn haii devebpad. h par nt hs? one bgy ' s probferRt to meet while hen we h ve those of hundreds- The School iS ofga Hired to sntJcip te a boy ' s wants and ri eds and t dir d: him ft? i-ho5B thirtgt which will gi ' FO him a wett rounded r Honal dev topmenif errabling him o fialiie his best possibilities. The Wsntworth plan f cognl2e interast and dire ifjon ai the superior tools- with whicfi q faifiE on a mat , and you will find nothing of ths ' dfFving. k f lyjrtsm of authority often de ma f lyn-OnyJiKiu with mflitary disclipllrn r You will find at Wffntwortli sipl ndtd gr jupof demoCTfltkally orgenbc bsys wrth whom you will be deSighfed to have ywr ion cH saciated. i trust the f fl low- ing p g will be enlightening and of muclt Jntiereit cofsf ern 1 n-g whiat +h Acadamy

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ENTWQftTH limy h mO K Institirticifi its nds in the hands al w« to be cernpas d tativ© of Mch of the If Wian+war+h arv«d as h time he y fa uccoaded at manage m en t- of the diirds sfet by Mr, W niy urfh Faotlty lire vafed on by tta ng diify q Mollified cholai+lMllV ChrisfiflfT character r gularly -s i?n ail dij3torn05 before they qns of 1+5 success to the auper-zi n smd inspiration f unwished by rite mm who have ssrved on file fioard □f Trustees fof the paj+ frfty- BOARD of TRUSTEES