Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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♦ WENTWORTH MJLITARY ACADEMY AOemm Music The school ofrers exceptional opportunities lu boys who have mtuical talent in its band, orchestra, and glee dab. Frequently during: tMlst years Academy Band ha? becti called upon to furnish music in ]iarude.s in Kansas City and nearby cities, and in ex- ecution and appearanro it did not suffer in eompariaon with the large prafessional bandx appearing on the same occasions. The orchestra plays for chiq , reoqitions and dances. Froni time to time taih nnmbera are givon Hti tatm lavtOBf to cork monity .• in inp. Personalities Developed While the discipline at Wetilworth is firm, It h not at all harsh. Very little punishment of any kind is neceaaary. Tlic punishment that is assigned is always of a military nature and not the kind which will in any way humiliate a bc . Students who cannot be han II« l witlwat pbyideal conqMdoB .«M sent home. The aim of the disdplia«tyy lB|Mrtii • iMI iieal of respotisibiUty rests on the stuflcnts thoniselvcs. Many cai rs nf disci- plino arc handled by the 8tudentj and the conduct of the student body is the crystalixsr tion of popular sentiment rather than of M i pjM-os.sivi ' gyslem of reptilation.s. In short the plan of Wentworlh has as its object the developing of American citi- zens — men who are mentally alert, phys- ical] niil. uTid courafreous enough to take prominent parts in the educational, relii ous, cominereial and physieai life of tinir com TUS UUML 01 Pof Fi tetn

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♦ WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY TIm Competitive Sports FHx to ten football tpania are devoloped and tnmi. ii !) vjirious rii«?ml ers of the faculty. In basketball, besides the school teams which compete with other schools, each com- pany has two teams and n tournament is held for the company championship. Track ath- letics, baseball, swimming, aoceer, Ixudng, viT ' 8tlin?, tiimbUiv and tfwtfft «n ttniai. uul along the same lines. Teams In tumblinf aro developed tinder an expert insf riictdr jiiul g ivc occ,nf innaI exhibi tioqa at baskett all games or at home tajent Mirrtary DriHt There is no better means of physical ex- ercise than that afforded by the military drill. It teaches solf-conti ' t)l and gran-fulness of carriage, it develops those; muscles which are most needed throughout life. One hour of each school day is dcvotefl to dr 11. and there are other military formations uf short duration which the cadet attends daily. At all formations he is taught to hold 1iis should- ers back, his chest out, his head up. and his face squardy to the front. Th« form oi physical exercise used hy our army camps in :4avdoping soldiers is used almost every day at Wehtworth. No effort is made to turn cadets to the army or war. While each cadet is trained to ! ♦. ' an officer if he so desires, the miliiar ' work primarily fumish«i the beat basis known tiwntiil and diflf pilbie. Worl( In the Gymnasium During bad weatiier, when it is impossible to have outdoor drill, niurh nf (he drill period is devoted to g ' mnasium work. This work is very interesting and highly beneficial for physical devdoiment The gymnasium is open at all tiniiBi«9d during recreation hoora many of the cadets find profitable pleasure in boxing, wrasUin and working on tha gymnaiium ■ Apparatui. Social Ufa The .social life of the Academy is aluiiid- antly adequate to give the students the recreation, culture, and ease of mttuier uhirM nroperly iro with a j?( (k1 wlucation. Parties and entertainments are given at intervals at such thnes as not to interfnv with tlic regular work. The spirit of chiv- alry naturally accompanies ndlHary training and the bearing of tilt cadeta in social ooo tact i.s aiwajni. la stti i)9r, fair U ifiaS it, comment.

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♦ WENTWORTH MIHTARY ACADEMY HISTORICAL Wi rEJSTWORTH tt • wdl known English ruun« and many prominent men of Europe and America have been it« pimul |X)sse.Hsor8. The ancestors of Uie founder of Wentworth Military Msuh my. STEPHEN C. WENTWOKTH, came from Enfiand early in the teenth century, settling in Mr. Wentwinlh came West iriien a boy and settled in Missouri. lie was prosperous in business and concluded bis ionar and aueoeMfoI career as President of the Moniiiw4Nr«i iroflh BttdEcWiliindi MissourL llr. Wentworth wM4dw«ys a liberal con- New Eiighind. tributor to educational and bmevolent causes, and in 1880 he conceived the idea of founding, in honor of hb deeeased son, Wil- liam Wentworth, a school for the Christian education of boys and young men. Suitable irrounds and buildings were secured and the first aeasion opened bi September, 1880, with B. L. Hobson and Sandford RolIeiFi ns nsao- ciate principals. At the end of that session Mr. HobAon retired, since which time Col. . pIIoim has remained the heji l of fhe Acad« emy, and in active management of ita affairs. A charter was secured in April, 1881, and the name Wentworth Male Academy, aadn ' which the school egnn its existence, Waa chanjred 1 U.iitworth Militarv Academy. Thus was started the first miiitary Mhool in the Biiseoari River VaBtgri Om «8b Mwecew. UtM Pag»Si umit