Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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♦ WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY COMMBNCBMBNT ViSWS

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♦ WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY At Wentworth tlic disciplinary flepartment is organized nut lor thv purpose of cxcrci«iiig rctttntot and corbins the spirits of the stu dent?:. Ini ' for (he [iiirfKise of dirt ' cting the spinU oi liie .studtnl.- in the proper chan- nels. Thus a oy who is reported for an in- fraction of the rules ha. a talk with the com- mandant or the asKi»tant commandant. His c.-i-sc then is handled individwBjr as: his JMUV Ucular need may appear. The diftcipline is strict without britiK batsh. The boys are under careful superviii- ion and are required to perform their reRulir duties, which keep tltem abundantly busy. Dut they are not driven to their tasks by fear or made sullen by continuous puniah- ments. A real individual with a sense of re- sponsibility is the result at this system. The students thensc3«Brll«m«laz|e aiuu in the diaclpliae. WiiNTwomil R O. T. ( ' . ( A.vir SCKNiS AT KT. LlAVCKWCMTH.

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♦ WENTWORTM MILITARY ACADEMY SCHOLASTIC AND MIUTARY R COeNlTlON Importance and Meaning of Membership In th» North Central Association of Cehftt and Steondary Seheeli Utmhtnhip. The membenOiip of tht North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools is composed of the leadinji states. SUMdard. The standard set by the Asao- eiation for the Secondary Sehoda is that (he curriculum shall broad enough and the subjects thoroughly enough taught amply to prepare the student who graduates for the best colleges and universities in tliis (•o intry. including the Govemminit academies. West t ebA and Annapolis. Inspectors. The Association maintains a Board of Inspectors, the members of which, by means of written reports and personal inspection, keep in dose touch with llie work of each school and make a report of their obaenration to tiie Association each year. If the work nf any school is not up to the required standard, this school is, of course, UnipfptA fMn the Association Rceoiinitioii: Both the High School and the Junior College have been aesrsdited hy this association and the work in both is fully approved. Botii organizations are likewise approved by the University of Mi-- iii i. It would not be possible for the institution to secure higher approval than that famished by 1h( rocojrnition of these agencies. Such approval makes it poaaiUe for graduates of either departmoit to enter any institotton in this c unlr - which receives students by cer- tification. Under the standards set by these oiganixationB the work of the school is so designed as bei t to prepare every student iqr ! advanced courses that he is to ieOovf The Importance and Meaning of Govern- RMiif Supervision — Honor School Wentworth is directly supervised hy the War Department of the United States Gov- ernment. An active army officer, assisted by an active army non-cenunisaioaed ofllMir» is in charjfc of the miHfnr ' {nstnicticm. Fifty thousand dollars ' worth of equipment is furnished the Academy by the War DtH partment for instruction purposes. For sev- eral years Wentworth has been designated Honor School, the hUfimllimiUtBf 0itK ' W the War Dqprtmant.