Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WENTWOHTH FROM THE A I II No. I. Administration Building, ivto Hall, library and Lflbgraturies. Mo. J. Kidman Hall, No, 3. Gymnasium, RacrsaMon Room. puarrar- master s Store and Rifle Gallery. No. 4. M riti Hall, No. S. 8 Company brack, No. o. Academy Hospital No. 7. Dean ' Rei ' danca No. B. Commander ' s and AtHeflC Director ' s Re si devices. No, 9, Alumni Stadium. NfclO. DriH andAtfcleHc: FiaLd. No. 11. Second p| and Atfilefic Fldd. No. 12. Lota Ho of the ngw Sellers WiJcoff Scholastic Building. No t 13. Bsgin-nina of Golf Co-une,

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WENTWORTHS PURPOSE I it tnrr pj po Weintwurth Military Academy Id provido th bat condition! possible for tint fllf round development of worthy boy nd voting men. To erteln Hi; high purtJOie, the Academy places greatest emphasis upon- triesw four poinls. First, it is. the AcodWr fc aim to aiwmblft only the h hast type rf stuefcnta dew: ruing- vpiith of good pbwihjgo— to assure wbobwrtim association and greater progress, Evflrypr . caution h tuW to legp undatable boyi — a|f ttiira that might prove detrimentA 1 to other — out of the Academy Second, tn amploy only men o highest ch-sradeT- and abilily for Ith fatuity Is not enough for a Werihtforth facility member to be merely nehglariy and a iptendd nsfmcfor. Hs must eluo poneEi a xp f of -friGndiinesn and a iiViCbn? cfnsJro 1r: mivo kindly help ivhen ver recesstfry Ho mvif thoroughly tindentend the irtrtarrrroit probfemi of boy — b« patign with ham — and i ■■ rn.-irfv ra rerve ecd? boy to Hie bent of ' i : ab-litv. TJiifd, to pro vide the very best oqu ipmeri + throughout every deoarrfngrrr to the end th-nt every boy will have all those things necessary to his health ond tappineos ynd fhat none shah

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SINCE EIGHTEEN EIGHTY One of ths eJiief reasons why Wentworth has bean able ho achiave its I of y purpose lies In the fact that the Acadamy has been under one continuous administration sints its founding. For n aHy mree-store years, Colonel Sandford Sellers waj P ra oW of Wentworlh. He en[oyed one of thfl most enviabFe record in th hittoty of American education The Academy was founded by Stephen , W ntwortTi, scion of 3 distinguished English family and a prominent Lexington banter, fa iBflfl, as 4 memorial to Uf deceased son, Wiftam Wentworth. Mr, Wsntworth immediately vested contra? of the institution In the kinds of a board of trustees composed of a only eloct d representative of R cli of the EvangaNcal churches of LeiiflO.k ' n, a d a prasid n?. CfAm l S-e H-S r 5 a.s called tg th n v schoo! !n its first year and remained as its active head until im Mr. Wentrorhh served as president of the Board from ISBO until his death In IS97. I was the firm conviction of me founder, hh board of trustees e d President Sellers that a mFlitary boarding school provides the most efffic poG5;bl j means for g vina young men the- thorough mental, moral and phyifcal training necesiary to develop in I ' hem the highesf tajilt of manhood Thus, Want worth became the first military school m the MIs- mm mm A - 0 - wun vw sy r 11 .S t j i. from the beginning the late President Sellers sur- rounded himself with the ablest faculty available — strong men of proved qualifies and Christian character. Under bis wise and forward looting diredion, Want- worth has giown steadily. Each year has shown marled improvement over the preceding year. Today toenf- worhS stands as one of the truty great educational haritutions of our country — second to none in the op pahuniircs It offers boys and young men for thorough preparation for professional studies, buiiness and for t Li, yttkeff, A.B., in Id.. TrpauJFcr and 0Ulin H htaraaija