Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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♦ WENTWORTHtMILITARY ACADEMY A Cannon Bai l UAi. i uiui Imu ihe Fillaii or tillN0n N ' 8 FAMW8 COCKT HOUBB DttttNH tn CtflL Wail Look CUH Itte Still Tion BO that ail ihc military adioolB of firat class were compdTed to enlmrge their capacitifls. The attendani 0 af Wfi tv, .rtfi was doubled. Dut, while the war increased the attmdanoa and the enthasiaam of th« itndents, It workpd n hardship on the school liy iiikiiiK many from the Faculty as army officers. Sinee Weatworth iumished more than six WnHrrd nnd fifty soldiers, siiilors and ma- rines to the country, the days of fighting in Kirspe w«re dayaof aiudoty at Aeadmjr. This and other incidents of her history, however, havo nnlv sor (»d to rnrich the glor- ious traditionj] without wliich no school is worthy of the name. Through nearly half a centui-j- Wfntworth has huilded traditions of honor, patriotism and industrj ' which itrdi Justify her position among the leaders of the count ry. Th iv w ji;i ' ' i ni.s grounds and numerous buildings are but the cumula- tive results of years cf hooBat andeavor. Col. Dave Fuarr. the Fobt Commandant, Vtsira OOMNBL SBtxan Aptsr Fobty YcAas ' AsasNca. a si» li %il l w

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♦ WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY Post of the National Guard In 188 ' .» the Academy was inatle a Post of the National Guard of Mis- aouri. ami pi-ovision wjia made fur unnuui inspt-c- tiiWis by SUte Officers and for jrrantin)? commis- siona tu j raduatea wh«) were midents of the stato of Missouri. Kx- cepting the matter uf ap propriations the same re- lation WHS i ' Ktahli.shed t)i - tween the Academy and the State of Missouri as exists lie I u e n W o s t Point AliiiLary Academy and United States. Recognition by t(w Government IJi 1 the War De- iMiment of the United States, rvcogsiidng the work done by the Acad- emy in its militarjrtnun- iag, delaite i an officer trorii the RoKular Amy as Professor of Military Science and Taeties and snpplied it with ordnance and ordnance stores. This detail lias continued to the present time and supplies have been increased until the sdiool is now provided ths MtBsoimi ou Samta Pk tbau MARicm UjouiB tn Laxnenm Bacum or Its In 1906, Col. W. IL Hoge resigned his po- sition of Inspector of Accredited Schools for the Tniversity of Mis- suui ' i and was chosen As- sociate Superintendent and Principal i.f the Academy. He remained in this position for twelve years and had an iiniwr- tant influence m develop- ing the standiirds of the Academy. Col. E. A. iiickman, then a Captain in the Ist Cavalry. V. S. Amiy, an alumnus of Wtntworth, was detailed as Profes- sor of .Mihtary Science and Tactics. His untiring enerjo ' . good judgment and interest in Iwys, to- ifether with his experi- ence as an officer in the United States Army, were a most potent, fac- tor in placing the Acad- emy in the very front rank of militarv sciiools of the United States. Major R. K. Latham came tu the Academy as an instructor in 1914. As Assistant .Superintendent lie rend. i . . I i inch valuidite service during the difficult war period. The World War in 1917 stimulated the Interest iof the eoantiy In nrilttair tndidnti

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