Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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WENTWORTH FROM THE AIR No. I. Administration Building, Mess Hall. Library and Laboratories. No. 2. HicVman Ha1!. No. 3. Gymnasium, Recreation Room, Quartermaster's Store and Rifle Gallery. No. 4. Marine Hall. No. 5. 8’ Company Barracks. No. 6. Academy Hospital. No. 7. Dean s Residonce. No. 8. Commandant's and Athletic Director's Residences. No. 9. Alumni Stadium. No. 10. Drill and Athletic Pie d No. 11. Second Drill and Athletic Field. No. 12. Tennis Courts. No. 13. Beginning of Golf Course.