Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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YESIMBM Abwi it p tur«d »Ke fint eempmy tKm ov Minblail af WmtweHh. From IliU htimbb twgtn- n ' mq, the Aeadeniy h«i marched forward ewr • •fi, ; .,f ievolopfven tf nai n ' ace ' • in the ' ! . ' t9it fTti|it»ry ichoolt. OH TODAY The Weritwofth Mi ' itary Academy of today ii vojfly d.ttereriT Irom the Wenfwarfh of 1880. from yeer to year if h«t entarged its fadlitittb incraoMMi ih «flrolliTw«if and changed H$ jshycicfli appearanea until tMiti k lift la to rami ' nd one of the early days. Numerous modatn and attractive bufldi ' nigs have been erected as tfiey were needed. Old Iwildings have bean torn away when they were no longer useful. Spacious military and atlitefie fietds have been added. One of the finest gymnasiunti !n ftw country has been builf. Every. nffW; iwflKxi In teaching fhaf has been found defiratety wpwior to older methods has been adopted. Yef, voriie cf the fundamental princyt fhat 9(i(M tfw iU , coifpimf «n» adhered to |u(t as strictty fedoy.

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A ilc««rty Spei m lh« IN HISTORIC BACliBABIi AI D Throughout ©v«r half a cantury ffie Wentwortli pur poM has remained unchanged. Ths idaak whicti led to fhe Academy ' s bounding and which hove carried H- ciaadily forward, thine jusi as brightly today as aver: the datira to give aadi youth every oppor- tunity to develop fully hts own individual personality; tfte aim that every cadet shall acquire a keen tenia of duty arid responsibility, both to hiirn and toward others; that he shall have the mental and moral pofittr to rrrite accurate iudgments batween right and wrong and the physical power to itafML by hit con- victioni. These high sfandards have dominated Wantworth Ibr genefationt. But to maintain them and assure their full and continuous application, it has been found necessary to limit the enrollrr«nt. Wentworth today it a relatively small $choel— iriany times larger than in IfiflO, bo Mir ' j. ' Tia ' ! onpLigh tfio+ every indi- vidual student is given the private attention so essen- tial to his aH- ' rowtd deveieptneitf. The. surrounding country aflordi a wealth of Kit- (orically important Civil War tiles and the town of bnftigton itself retains much of the traction of the old south. Here enthusiasm far the reminders of oUr country ' s gbrious past is combined with the enthu- siasm fcr rnodern adventu ' e to promote the rapid de- velopment of th|L.l90y ' s mental, morai and phy jsl i4o«ca Old Cetirt Home in MntliMW M new the top ef th» The modem, prosperous little city of Le?Ing- • n .5 41 miles from Kansas Cty, The Heart f America. Th?s proximrty rnakes available V train, motor car, bus and a!r all the desir- able culruia ' advantagesof a lwit .tltHtBtlt my of its disadvantage. (18111897) - SA eiiii mlL |IB46-I934q fmMm« ef Wtntwarth MIMary

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1 1 1 1 A fl 1 ]]£PAHrM£AiI MILITARY training at Wentworth has always baon a ttioog feafure, bu it never permitted to intwfere with tSo (cholastic wort of th« Academy. It can ba sho«im, moraovor, Hut military dlsctpih cldSjtfoom work. In recognition of fha tuparior military work done at Went- worth, Tn 1899 tiw Academy became a post of the Mittouri Notional Guard. Graduates of the Academy who resided !n Mtv Wantworth has. baeo under the direcl supervljior. of the Wor Oepartmont of the United State Government since 1695. when tfia first active army officer was detailed to the Academy. This officer, assistiNJ by active non-commissioned officers of the army. Is in chargo of all military w-n. V addition, the War Depart- ment furnishes amund $SO,OCX) worth of equipment to be Wed ifer Inilruction pj ooses. Wentworth ii one of tlie origlnei Honor Schools of tr . Uri tod States, the highest ratinq given by tt»e War Department, T i A: ideny has been a unit of the Reserve Of- cers ' Traininij Corps from the time that organization was established. ' Glnii.:ii ' Air - ' Alii,