Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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lasn l Hit .mdt mn m Willi tool No ■1f h- tkl ilmtiik»mr boy tumt h s at1:nl on » Moor tpotii. T ' RAINING ' or ' oadership is irr.p-ortant or. fne fooHjall field at w«Jl everywhere alio at Wen!worifi. More than fift) ' cadeu answer the varsity call each year and large tquAcb turn out for company teams. Ail players receive intensive frftining. both In the «rt of: iiti fMlM ' tttd h dVta ipbrfiniamhipk Football rank m the niimkwr one spoirt artd the Red Drospin advent arar bonMtsnt nen. The finetpirif Qf|A«pi»«n -flPP»« « w Ht Jbmng a 4H«n9 ■n every contest. In the winter months basketball comes into the spotlight. A in there are the variHy and company teams and a place for every cadet who desires to piay. t-lome games aed played in the spacious gymnastum where there are two courts and ample space for spectators. Wentworth ti a memt»r of the Junior College Interstate conferennt) an ethletic asso- ciation numbering six schools as members. The Wentworth High School teams are mam bers of the Pony Express Conference of Western Missouri. Almost every me|or and minor tportt are on the Wentworth pfogr wn — al l f ywl under comptotent epdchve— and Mrf cadbtit rMluirfd ' lp porficipah .

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(Above) Hi- lo»-hol HarUn tnd hit friendt tune in « r di« pregrtm during fh« r»cr««tl«n p«fta4 ' JtiM bisbw H twMMig ' Mvd - ' fiMi ' I« favisnto kmt-m ttnv for Cad«t HaHan and other radio. davota«s. Parmit- (ion fo have a radio in tiie room is rs- gaitied a privilege, the ebuse of wjhidi cwMM Uttihidenf 1o iflie Miii After th!rty-f(ve minutes of recreation fpMfilMrinf the supp«r our. evening i vdly ' f bMiun at 7 o ' cbcii. Each cadet retlret ro Kis Own room for a two our period of quiet. There ■$ no stuffy, noisy hall in which cadets are confined. Instead, indi- vidual y tiative it encoimigect. Faculty of- cah an»tn constant attendance through- out the period, giving advice where if it needed and encouragemeflt at all tinnai. both f« m»inbaftef; ' Hip qroup and th sar|W, «(B«eew) pravall in theMMt •tudy eendifiew- I reeffi,(tM« f « e