Kemper Military School - Yearbook (Boonville, MO)

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Y , Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. - EMizRsoN. pKI.MPERMMILIVTARYUKSCLTOOLYA requirements of the University of Missouri and the North Central Association 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 dlelvelopment of its pupils. A sound body is necessary for successful training and scholar' s p. 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 development 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 completeg its patronage is from the best families of the Middle Westg the charges are moderate for the advantages offered. Full particulars are given in the following pages. You are invited to visit the School and learn its merits at first hand. I hope that you will become interested and entrust your boy to us. Ready for a Chapel Address Very respectfully, President. 6 Among the most helpful influences at Kemper in forming a boy's character are the weekly chapel talks by the President. These talks are short and cover all the problems that confront the boy. Some of the most effective talks are on the following subjects: Hoe Out Your Row The Cleansing of the Way The Rewards of Wisdom The Strange Woman . The Whimperer The Example of a Great Life The Virtue of Obedience The Gambler Rumors Treasures of the Bible Peace With Thy Neighbors Thrift Puppy Love The Glutton The Truest Honor Paying for a Whistle Lincoln Wheat and Chaif Fidelity in Little Matters The Cireumspeet Walk The Unlicked Cub The Cuff Driver The Polished Front The Quitter P1'0fHUitY The Reservationist Honor Thy Father George Washington I7l Arrested Development Rocks in the Machinery

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Rc ' O Character - the foundation of successful businessf TI-1112 SCEEICDCDIJ History EMPER 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 eightyfflve 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 develop' ment 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. 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 administration. The founder conducted the school for thirtyfseven 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 be' came superintendent. Equipment With the completion of the new gymnasium and the swimming pool, Kemper is now one of the best equipped private military schools in America. It has ample accommodaf tion for 365 cadets. There are four large barracks, a gymnasium, a power house, an 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 cadets. The first floors of the barracks buildings are used for class rooms and oflices, and the upper floors for living quarters of cadets and teachers. The cadet rooms are of even size, and are furnished with a doublefdeck bed, table, chairs, wardrobe, toilet conveniences, etc. A faculty officer lives on each hall. Each floor is provided with toilets and showerfbaths. The buildings are heated by steam and lighted by electricity from the school power house. The Buildings On the following pages are pictures recently made of thebuildings that make up the Kemper School properties. There are live main buildings besides an armory and a power house. These contain the necessary administrative, living and class rooms, mess hall, auditorium and gymnasium, with ample room for every cadet without crowding. 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. CSee insert of panoramic views in back of this book.D I9l