Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Colonel Sandford Sellers, A.M., LLO. Pwildent Weirtworth Military Academy C«nH ' e Collage, D«nviile. Ky. Westminite ' Colltqe. Fulto !. Mo. Insfructcr in McAfee Ky„ High Schod one year. Profejwr of Hlifory, Ausfin College Atntin. Te«., twc yearv Pf«id«n Wnofworth Militor Academy, fifly.fhree yeeri.

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FROA T H E PRESIDENT All parent ' s are aware that the rearing of a boy is probably the most complex problem which they must face. They know that a boy ' s character is forming while he is in high jchool and college. He is changing from boyhood to manhood. How will he develop? His school environment to a large extent determines the success with which he passes this trying period. Sometimes we parents are late to realize some of the things transpiring before us. and a • -luently a shock is required to open our eyes. Wise parents should periodically asl ■ .os: — Is your son doing as well as he should in his present school? Is he learning to take on I btlltics? Is h- ling robust and manlv? Are his associates of tfte best? Do we 1 (Illy understaii , : oblems and needs; do we have his confidence and know how he uses his leisure tim©? In school does he study properly? Is any control exercised over his spare time and his associates? Are His teachers men who understand boy nature and sympathetically assist him in his studies and in adjustment to school life, or is he under women who find it impossible to understand him in his school work? Does ho study in the evenings? If he is through with high sctiool is he ready for the freedom of the large university? Will he be abio to do hit best in largo classes without personal attention and interest on the part of his instructors? Is he • - tly matured to accept the responsibility of organ- izing his time and interests in a gi- vLTsity? Here at Wentworth we have been endeavoring to answer such queries for half a century nnd a school nationally known for its work with boys and young men has developed. A purini h in nnr hn ' , •. tjroblems to moot 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 develooment 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 system of authority often deemed synonymous with rni ' ltary discipline. You will find at Wentworth a splendid group of democratically organized boys with whom you will be delighted to have your son associated. I trust the follow- ing pages will be enlightening and of much interest concerning what the Academy offers your boy.

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THE FOUNDER OF WENTWORTH 1811 — 1897 When Stephen G. Wentworth founded the Wentworth Military Academy in 1880 he vested ■Ihe conUol of the institution with its original buildings and groundi in the hands of a Board of Trustees which was lo be composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of the city of Lexington, and a President. Mr. Wentwar+h 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 t o 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 thfl teaching rsquirgd, must be men or women of Christian character regularly affiliated with some Evangelical church. The Board passes on all diplomas before they are issued to graduates and authorizes the President to sign a nd issue them. The Academy owes no small part of its success to the supervision and inspiration furnished by the men who have served on the Board of Trustees for the past fifty- three years. BOARD of TRUSTEES JUDGE RICHARD Ptrtfi J. S. CRENSHAV. HUGH C. ROGERS PrMldant Sacrfttary TrMMjror Edward AuH B. M. Little Judge John Bu din Henry Luehrmao