Kemper Military School - Yearbook (Boonville, MO)

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SYKRMVPERVYVMILITARY Tsciilooff aw- -- M - UI. lfflliifllil Its graduates are admitted without examination to all colleges and universi- ties in the United States that admit on certificate. It meets the requirements of the University of Missouri as a junior college and its work is accepted by colleges and universities without examination. The school possesses superior facilities for looking after the health and physical development of its pupils. A sound body is necessary for successful training and scholarship. These facts should serve to assure prospective patrons that their boys will have the benefit of methods and influences that have stood the test of time and won the approbation of a long succession of previous patrons. Military school methods are not designed primarily to make soldiers, but the training proves invaluable in meeting an emergency like the recent one. The social environment of the school is good. The cadet honor system and strict discipline quickly eliminate the unsuitable boy. Military training is used as a formative process, which attends better than any other method to all details of habit and personality and insures adequate and proper devel- opment of every power instead of leaving much of the process to chance with resultant failure and damage. ' The material equipment of the School is excellent and complete, its pat- ronage is from the best families of the Middle West, the charges are moder- ate for the advantages offered. Full particularsare given in the following pages. You are invited to visit the School and learn its merits at first hand. It is hoped that you Will become interested and entrust your boy to us. . Very respectfully, .7 . on the following subjects: Hoe Out Your Row The Cleansing of the Way The Rewards of Wisdom A The Strange Woman The Whimperer The Example of a Great Life Tobacco and Youth The Virtue of Obedience The Gambler Lincoln Fidelity in Little Matters The Unlicked Cub The Polished Front Profanity Honor Thy Father u Superintendent. Among the most helpful influences at Kemper in forming a boy's character are the daily chapel talks given by the super- intendent. These talks are short and cover all the problems that confront the boy. Some of the most effective talks are Rumors Treasures of the Bible Peace With Thy Neighbors Thrift Puppy Love The Glutton The Truest Honor Paying for a Whistle Wheat and Chaff The Circumspect Walk The Cliff Driver The Quitter The Reservationist Arrested Development Rocks in the Machinery P S

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'IPI-1153 SCZIECDCDIJ HISTORY Kemper is by far the oldest boys' school in the West. It was founded by Frederick T. Kemper of Virginia in June, 1844, and has been in continuous existence since that time, a period of ei ghty-one years. It is one of the pioneer institutions of the West, coming down through the years, rich in tradition and full of achievement. Its history and development have been contemporaneous With the history and development of the West. Its standards have been the best standards of the time. Its graduates have achieved distinction in business, professional and political life for three generations. , They have responded to their training and answered their country's call in time of need from Monterey to the Marne, in peace and in war. , Q Its fixed purposes and its steady growth have been due in no small measure to the fact that it, like other successful schools, has had few changes of ad- ministration. The founder conducted the school for thirty-seven years till his death in 1881. Colonel T. A. Johnston, the present head, has conducted it since that time. He entered the school as a student in 1867, graduated in 1869, and except for the time he spent at the University of Missouri, was . associated with Professor Kemper as a teacher until 1881 when he became superintendent. EQUIPMENT With the completion of the new fire-proof barracks in 1918, the new gym- nasium in 1924, and the swimming pool in 1925, Kemper is one of the best equipped private military schools in America. It has ample. accommodation for 400 cadets. There are four large barracks, a gymnasium, a power house, armory and other buildings. The buildings have been erected with a special view to their use, and are commodious and well adapted to the needs of the students. The first floors of the barracks buildings are used for class room and oflices, and the upper floors for cadets and teachers. The cadet rooms are of even size, and are furnished with a double-deck bed, table, chairs, wardrobe, toilet conveniences, etc. A fac- ulty officer lives on each hall. Each floor is provided with toilets and shower- baths. The buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity from the school power house. . l THE BUILDINGS On the following pages are pictures recently made of the buildings that make up the Kemper School properties. There are live main buildings be- sides an armory and power house. These are used continuously and contain the necessary living and class rooms, mess hall, auditorium and gymnasium, with ample room without crowding for every boy student. A view of each of these buildings will at once indicate that the school equipment is substantial and affords ample accommodations. The effort is made to provide for the boys every, necessary comfort without the luxuries that are unessential. Page Nine