Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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 The Miuourl Old Santa Fe Trail Marker, in Lexington. J+H HISTORIC BACKCHOUIVD Throughout -early sixty years the Wontworth purpose has remained unchanged. Tho ideals which led to the Academy's founding and which have carried it steadily forward, shino just as brightly today as ever. It is still the desire to give each youth every opportunity to develop his own individual persona1 ty to the fullest possible oxtont, just as it was in 1880. It is still the aim that ovary cadet shall loam to lead as well as to follow good leadership — that he shall acquire a keen sense of duty and responsibility, both to himself and toward others—that he shall possess o wholesome outlook upon lifo — that ho shall have the mental and moral powers necessary to make accurate judgments between right and wrong and the physical power necessary to stand by his convictions. Those and many others are the high standards that have dominatod Wentworth for generations. But to maintain them and assure their full and continuous application, it has been found necessary to limit the enrollment. Wentworth today is a ro’atively small school — many times larger than in 1880. to be sure, yot small enough that every individual student is given the private attention so essentia' to hi ah 'round development. That this system of individual development has been successful is evidenced overywhoro by the thousands of Wentworth graduates who have blazed trails of success in every walk of life end who crodit tholr achievements in large measure to their Wentworth training. A Beauty Spot on tho Wentworth Coro pm. (IBM. 1197) Founder of Wentworth Military Academy. (1846 1938) Preiident of Wentworth Military Academy From 1880 to 1931.

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SINCE EIGHTEEN EIGHT One of the chief reasons why Wentworth has been able to achieve its lofty purpose lies in the fact that the Academy has been under one continuous administration since its founding. For nearly throe-score years. Colon©! Sandford Sellers was pres;dont ol Wentworth. He enjoyed one of the most enviablo records in the history of Amorican education. The Academy was founded by Stephen G. Wentworth, scion of a distinguished English family and a prominent Lexington banker, in 1880. as a memorial to his deceased son, William Wentworth. Mr. Wentworth immediately vested contro' o ’ the institution in tho hands of a board of trustees composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Lexington and o president. Colonel Sellers wos called to tho now schoo in its first year and remained as its activo head until 1938. Mr. Wentworth served as president of the Board from 1880 until his death in 1897. It was the firm conviction of the founder, his board of trustoes ond President Sellers that a military boarding school provides the most effective possible moans for giving young men tho thorough mental, moral and physical training necessary to dovolop in them the highest traits of manhood. Thus. Wentworth became tho first military school in tho Missouri River Valley. •Colonel James M. Salle . A. B.. Superintendent. From the beginning the late President Sobers surrounded himself with the ablest faculty available — strong men of proved qualities and Christian character. Under his wise and forward-looking direction, Wentworth has grown steadily. Each year hos shown marked improvement over the preceding yoar. Today Wentworth stands as one of the truly great educational institutions of our country—second to none in tho opportunities it offers boys and voung men for thorough preparation for professional studies, business and for life. • Colonel L B. Wikolf, A.B., S.B. in Ed, Treasurer and Businas Manager.

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YESTERDAY Above it pictured tho fmt company over ot-iomblea el Won‘worth. From thh hurobto begin-ninq. trio Acodo ”y ha mnrehod forward ovor n tToil of development that hot placed it n tho front rant of Amedeo's bort military fdtacU. and TllD YY Tho Wentworth Military Academy of today is vastly different from the Wentworth of 1880. From year to year it has onlorqod its facilities, increased its enrollment and changed its physical appearance until there is little to romind one of tho early days. Numerous modern and attractive buildings havo been erected as they woro needed. 0!d buildings hove been torn away when they were no longer useful. Spacious military and afh'etic fie'dr. have been added. One of the finest gymnasiums in the country has been built. Every now method in teaching that hos boen found definitely superior tc older methods hos been adopted. Yet. some of the fundamental principles that guided the first company are adhered to Just os strictly today. Officer Front and Center