Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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InttnictbM ' t ' Tlw i irf ay iM . MMg» wfc r» Mwy smM (mcw.«wiI anw IMiig. M I L 1 I A Y n£PilBXM£JX MILITARY -framing af W«ntwoHh hat always been a strong feature, buf it h never permttted mierfere with fha icholastic wfk of the Academy. It can be shdwn, mortwvBr, datsroom worl. In rBcogn;tion of the superior military wort done at Went- worth, in 1889 the Academy became a po$t of the Mi»ouri Nafional Guard. Graduates of tfw Academy who faslded In Mis- Wentworth has been under fhe dlltaci Jupervision of the War Department of the United Stattei Soverriment since 1895. when the first active army officer wat detailed to the Academy. This officer, auitted by active non-commisiioned officers of the army. W 5n charqc- cf sl ' ml ' l sry worlr In addition, th© War Depart- rtient fumishei around $SO,000 worth of equipment to be used for instruction purposes. Weifitworth is oae of the original Honor Schools of rhe United Slates,.t 6 ht W rsirng gmm by the War Department. The Academy has been n unit of the Reserve Of- ficefs ' Training Corps from the time that organiation was as li nieittretiMt. bi «ll the

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Abov It pIcHmd th« fmt company mar m Miyibtud WanlwcM Hi, ptoitt iHn Kucib -baQtii- iting, AewWy hu rnaicliMl torutrd ovar a Ml of davaoprrcfit that hai placed m Hia ' irt -nn ' i - A-nnr-i ' ; b«tt milif«ry tchoois. W TODAY The Wenfyforth Military Acadwny ofiotfaiy h viitly difforertt from th« W«ntworth of 1 88Q. From yaar to year it Iku mlar Hs fadKfiM, Sncroflwd it -«nrallriitont and chang d ttf piiyiical apptanne until -Hww is Rttla to rwnind one of the early day . Numerous rrwdem and ettracfivs buildings have been erected as they wtfo eeded. Old buildings have been om away when they wefe no longw usefu ' . Spacious mJlitor and attiletic fiolds itave been added. Ooe of the finest gymnasiums in tha country hu bean budt, Every naw method hi taschtng that hat biMri ' Found definitely supertor to older metinxk has been adopted. Yat, some of the fundamental principiat fhiat 9dd0 Hh ' Mt cemfMfiiy «M: acfiwred to ' iuct at strictly tteday. L

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