Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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OiirC«dil goei through • ceures of MMwfiic 4e AIMwcmMi VWwH m WW picHira warn in thfi ArTicd S«r»c TKn •Mond (rom the Uft, Liautmant Tom HandiMII, ■.itM hi iti I for ALISTHENICS play ai r-iportaT ro ' e ir the phyS ' Cal •ducfltion of Cadet Hari«n, No eHort !s made to indu ' gi. r ••i ur any ether exerc ' se In ' h« early mom- hg hOiin wtitn the: body h i1 its lowotr ebb. All such exercws are taken by our c»dat affer o hMrty brMiiW tnorning cla«4Mi. Ttw worcoat ««« !nhind« l fo p alno a gr eful mbvwnant as waH at bai r ha i Tha talisHianlci usad by tha tinned: SiigAW toHy.:«Ni-l eadit nSfitm So long ds the wailtiar parrtiHj, Mw iolisthenlcs ore held m the op«n. but are taiean m the large gyrrmosium. where on entire bottalion may tafce port af ilto turuk. fima wlwn rain or cold is In 4ha a r. Th tan aactl- iiler;

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«ll Uberttory Mdu AT 8 O ' CLOCK in the morning, classoi convene. Har- lan makei his way to a small class on his schedule wliore personal attention is his at any s needed. Our eadaf h caraifully instructed in the ha-a ng of deH- iC»t K «nt{fic equipnwnt, He » not hrnd to grep» blindly for infermatien. That wliieh It truti of tha iciafnc l( borat rw( « oquotly true In ad othar danroorhs, ttme pastes rapidy in the clas room or lataoratorv becduia tiw vvorli h tnt resttng. The Khplattic day ti, divided into two equal parts, wttfi Htrea clftoei in e memlnifi aitti thi In itm aftiirntfpfl.

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r RILL ts a v«ry fom«l affair. It at on tha drW fiald Hiat Harlan laams much of eourtaty, ciifdptvia and alertrwst. Hat frith his entire battaTion, is HtorQu t boQjpd in 9Rp(M%l tlKle« twal the proper respect for superiors and trained in leadership. Leamirig to en! . . ..uad !» tfw first training in leadership. Throughout the year squad drill and competition is a port u the regular military routine. The squad is the smaRest military unit and con- Itsh of nine men. one of whom it a corporal and another a first dass private. Ail instruction is con- ducted by cadets under the perianal supervision of members of tW ' fid ry faculty. AN Pugh military work takes but one hour each day, the trsrmng is intenpv and much moee thorough than that found in larqer units. Personal attention it gtven the individual cadet on th inilitary field as well os in Hie .d HFOonii and each cadet has an equal chance to advance to Impoi! imf | 0sit)0ns in Wenhworth ' s military reohn. In the army, the navy and the marine corps Wentworthis glorified by its alumni who have received their commlssioris ancl are distinguiAin thefnielvi9»» In, qfficfpl capacities of these respecthte branches ol service.