Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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Th Miissuri Old 5 n3 j F 5 ImJI AN HISTDHI L BACKGHDUND Thrauojhouf ovar half 3 century the Wentwor rh pur- pose has remained unchanged. The Ideals which lad to the Academy ' s founding and which have carried if steadily forward, shine fust as brightly today as even the desire to give aach youth every oppor iunity to develop fully h own individual personality: tho aim Thai every cadet sha l acquire a keen sense of duty and responsibifity, both to himself and toward crher ; that h shall haye the mentai and moral power 0 make accurate- ju d gmenh between right and wrong and the physical power to starjd by his con- vidians. These high standards have dominated Wantworth for generations. But ta maintain them and assute ibeir full and continuous appJication, it has been found nocfi5 ary to limit the enrolment, Wan worth today h a relabel y small school— many times larger than + A Beauty Spar ih e Wurtwgrtf, Campus fr I BAG, to be iur , ytt smaJl enough thai every indi- vidual student is given the private attention no es en- tia 1 ro tils, oil - ' round development, The surrounding country affords a wealth of h«- torlcallv irr portent C vii We f sites and he town of Lexington iliolf retains much of the tj-adftiori of Hia old south r Hera, enthusfasm tot rhe reminders of our qqunfry ' s glorious pait is qombined with Hi enthu- siasm for modern adventure to promote the rapid de velopment of the boy ' s menra ' , moraJ and physical resources. Tkf H ' storrc Old Court House in Lining Ic-rt, Na+ke t-ie « n na-n ball nea thn tap fl f Hie tint c lumr— firsd during rh Civil VW The modern i prosperous little city of Lexfng- ta is 41 miles from Kansas City, ' The hW of America, This profcimity mak»s. available by train, motor car, bus and air a. ' l the de-sir- ahie cultural edvan age of a large city without ariy D f ft disadvantages. 1 1 £ 1 1 - [»T| Founds S f Warrrwrfl, M trv A«d my. 1 1846.1938) P iSdVnt of We ft two r Hi Military Ae d r»y Fr 0 rp | HtO to I9?6.