Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Sup«rinlcnd«n4, 1916 S.fmt »; bia rhi4 r.: Mijii U. S. M f ' . « Rnwv. 1917 I12SI OiDln nM SwnM Cw; N r| Crau: Vi.ar S a-i ar U H»rl Cu l lllfc wi w i FtwdwH a) AuMlatix a I MiMiiy I •! IW IMtW X lM| OHin» la Crw From the beginning tho lale President Sellers uu- (pundod hSmialf wHh aial«$f fftcuify aywlable itiriOAQ iMn of proved qwRHH and Chnttian characiar. Under his wise and fcrward loolcing dirsction, Went- worfh has arown s addily. Each year has shown marled improvement over the preceding year. Today Wa«it- werfh s andt a» ona of fh tmiy great eduesKonel imlftufion of our cOontiy—iMond to now in op- porfunifm It offen boys and young men for thorou preparation fer iprofwciOAdl dtMdbti buvaut aaihr lifa. CelaM) i- 1. Wnwff, AA. $A in El, Tn Orte of th« chief reasons wny Wenrworm has bean able to achieve Iti lofty purpose I ' es in t ' le fad ' hat the Acadumy ti ' . cee-i u-ider one continuous administratipn since itv touoding. For Ma y three-icora yaars, ColorMl Sandlfbd Salierr wa»i wident of Wantworth Ha «o{ey«(l-:«a» ' The Academy was founded by Staphen 6. Wantworth, scion of a distinguished English family and a pnjmlnent Lexington banker. In IRBO. ai a mamoria) to his deceased son, William Wentworth. Mr, WentwortK Tmniadiataly vested control of th« institution in the Itends of a board of trustees composed ol a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Laiington. and a president. Colonel Sellers was called to the ntmr school in iti first ytiar and remained as its active head until I93S. Mr. Wantworth ij|Br«i| il j $Mrd fifom C tt ;twli| NlidMtli :| 97. - It was the firm convictior) of ttlft fbundar. Im. board of trustees and President Sellers that a military boandTng school provides the most effec- tive pouible mearts for giving young men the thorough menial, moral and physical training necessary to develop in them the hi jhasf traits of manhc. ' d. Thuv Wentwforlh b rcanw tfw first m !h-th«:Mi -. fpuiri River Vajlay. imtHv al CkM«««i (■ ' mi ObMal- fiwwMt Rvtair M wa l i wil. WMl Cm • WaKW m mi ii MS llt i tm m ii t

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WEi TWaflIll f HQM THE Alfl No. I. Administration Building, Hms. HaU. U)rary and Uboratoriet. No. 2. HiamanHalL Noi. 3. Gymnaiium, Rvcrsation Roomi Qaortttr ' niaitar ' s StoW ll|Mf ,|lfli.e Ho. 4w Marin HdL llW- it lAr ■iitji—r ' ' ' - — No. B. Alumni Stadium. No. 9. Drill and AtWttic Raid No. iO. Sacofld OriH and Athltlie R di No. 1 1. Sallart.Wikoff Scholastic Budding. N«.I 2. Direction of Golf Coorw. No. 13, Taniiit Coints

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Tke MiHouriOUSMtaFaltii A t»My Spat e i tl» AM HISTORIC BAGliBHO VND ThrougKout over Mi a century fha WonKrarfh pur- ptm ha% romained undianged. The ideals which led to the Acaderrry ' t founding anrJ ».i-i-f- nave carried it steadDy forward, shine just as brightiy today as •vbt: Mm desire to give each youth every epper tunity to develop fkrfly his own individual personality: the aim thaf every cadet shall acquire a keen sense of duty and raipensibility, both to himself and toward others; that he shaN have fhe mental and moral power tc mare accurate udgmanfi befween right and wrong and the physical ppwfr to sterai by his con- yfctlon . These high ctendardt have dominated WenWorfh for generations. But to maintain them and assure their full and co itinuous application, it has been found necessary to limit the enrollrMnt. Wentworth today b a relatively small school — many iimes larger then In 1 880, to be sure, yet small enough that every indi- vlduol student is given the private attenticn sc ajsen f il to htt el- ' round davelopment. Urn surrounding country affords b weaHtt of his- torically important Civil War sites and the town of Lexington itself retains much of the tradition of the old south. Her enthiitiasm for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past is combined with the enthu- siasm for modem adventure to promote the rapid de- velopment of ihe boy ' s nwntali morel and pH ysicel rwKwrce . Vm Klitoric OM C«w« HmiM le NetiM the ommm UU hmt tiw top of Urn Vrit The modem, prosperous little city of Le« ng- i- 41 f ' :rn f. inos ' 5 C of America. This proximity makes flvai.oble by train, motor car, bus and air all the desir- able cultural advantages of a taiq cHy w tilW any of Its disadvantages. |I«II-IS97] 11846-19311 flrirt4iiii| ,ef WeMworth Mltaty