Missouri Military Academy - Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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wa' sl' EIINSTANT SIIPEHVISIIIN HIH EVEHY HIIY Your boy will enjoy a truly delightful, home-like environment in the Junior School, with every provision made for his comfort, health, and happiness, and with men and women of sterling character and proved ability to supervise his every activity. He'll have a large, outside room in the modern, fully equipped barracks, showin at right, amid the most congenial surroundings. He'll be served with plenty of good, nourishing food, prepared under the direction of expert dieticians. He'll take keen delight in the wide variety of healthful, body-building sports, which are conducted by expert coaches. And he'll find it really fun to learn in small classes, such as the one shown below, where close personal supervision will enable him to thoroughly master every lesson. ' 5i4'5f?'M'f Q Clhghtl The Junior football team gives an exhibition nt the University of Missouri in nearby Columbia. -vggm, Small classes give each boy the benefit of personal guidance and close supervision in each study. A number of organlzatlons, such as the band, left, give every cadet an opportunity to discover and develop his musical talents and appreciation. QU' 1 vi , There's fun galore in the clean, crystal-clear water of the indoor swimming pool. Here, every boy learns to swim well, and is instructed in life sav- ing methods. The water is hcalthfully heated.

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V I I 1 I Q t X i 1 Y w l I I I 'W' x, 'QM ..... 0- , - . 'iff' Q I C fl,cftl Major C. David Bailey, Connnandant of the junior School, is exceptionally wcll qualified for his important position through more than twenty years of special training and unusually successful experience in edu- cating young boys. AMIIIIIFIEII PIHIEHAM The Junior School is modeled after the High School Department, but is an entirely separate organization with a program carefully modified to suit younger boys. It offers pre-high school boys, from the age of 10 through 14, a program designed to give them the best possible development from the fourth through the eighth grades. In its constant supervision and its progressive program of work and play, the Junior School at Missouri Military Academy is second to none in the entire nation. .A ' :E an u - in -, l '55 K 0 x 1.00 ,. 4 D 5.2 'fb' 1 - ., Q5 ,5 'UN-..i awggsfl F p plgp Special emphasis is placed upon the cultivation of cor- rect eating habits and particu- lar attention is paid to the use of proper table manners. X 0- p Life s '--4 ' ' Jr af' MA ' 't...t.v, fu? 3' sf 3 --Q...-

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R Q - - f,5:? . , . -,mtv--want' f., ' s ., 5 I' W SUPEHVISEII PLAY.. LA-we The recreation room, above, and the hobby shop, right, provide many happy hours for relaxation and creative activities. Every boy is encouraged to develop one or more worthwhile hobbies which will bring benefit and pleasure to him the rest of his life. He is taught to work with woods, metals, clays, and other materials, in fashioning all types of model airplanes, kites, radio sets, etc. With modern life pro- viding more and more leisure time, the value of such training be- comes more and more apparent. 1 F' K 1 Plenty of play time is on the program every day. The Juniors have their own teams in football, baseball, basket-ball, track, and indoor baseball, and participate in a schedule of intramural competition. Each team is selected according to the weight, height, and age of the boy, and each is carefully supervised by a coach. Other athletic activities include boxing, wrestling, tennis, golf, horseback riding, ping pong, swimming, football, basket ball, and ice and roller skating. H-irq lx