Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WEKTWOHTH FHOM THE AIR No. I. Admrnltfration Building. Mess Hdl, Library and LabMvt iii N(h t Hrckmm Man. Hit,- 3. Gymnasrum, RecroaHon Room, Q ftsf ' masiar ' s Storo and Rtfla Gdiary. No. 4. Marine Hall. No. 5. ' B Ccrr piinv BaTacks, No. 6. Acado-tiy Hojpital. Me. 7. GMTiiiMndant ' i R«sid«iM No. 8. Akinmt Stadium: No. 10. S«:or d Drill and AtMatic Raid. No. 12. Direction of €oif CotirM No.l3i:T«nniiCMitls

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WEIVTWDHTHS PURPOSE If If the purpose of Wtntworth Milifary Academy to provide the best conditions pouible (or ffie ell ' round development of worthy boys and young men. To attain thii high purpose, the Acedemy places greatest emphasis upon thew four potnH: Firtt. it is the Academy ' i aim to assemble oriy the higheit types of students — deserving youths of good parentage — to assure wholesome associations and greater progreu. Every pre- Mution it taken to keep undesirable boys — aJI tf)OM that might prove detrimental to othert — out of fh» Acadetrty. Second, to employ only men of highest character and ability for its facuHy. U is not enough for a Wenty orth faculty member to be merely scholarly and a spiendid instructor. He must also possess a spirit of friendliness and a sincere desire to qtve kindly help whenever necessary. He must thoroughly understand the Innermoit problems of boys — be patient with them — and be ' eedy to serve each boy o the bett of his ability. Thi ' d. to provide the very best equipment throughout every departmerrt to the end that every boy will have all those things necessary to his health and happiness and that none shall want fof anything that will help htm to make progress. Fourth, to provide a program for each day that will best serve the interests of every student

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Wn(«rH« Ittt. U ) ««»r of CkiMVa. A.I. if IT, Mi! tmt KtfqM IVI»I SifiM »t hla HM Ki Major U. S. MwliM RoMrai ItlT- )«l ObMofridio4 Sonic Crwi Now Ci«m: S» «r Stan Ni»h Hoarf] Craii-da.euam: Fut Prnldan) al « iiao«it«tba at MRMfy C«lla«a m Sebaoli s4 tha Unltad Statu; OfReat It CnW UiMl AmmJ nmM I-- — U ul Fram Hm beginning fh« (««b Pnddmf Silert sur reurtdad hlmsslf with tlie ayett- foci ava3« — strbfiiQ lefl of proved qualities and ChrirKan character. Under Ims wise and forward-looiting direction. Went- worth has grown sfaadiiy. Each year has shown marked Impravement over the preceding year, Today Wert- worth standi at one of the truly great educatioRal institutions of our coontty — second to none in the op- portunities it offers boys and vounq men for thorough preparation for professional studies, business and for CMmmI L B. Wil» H, AJ,. S.B. m Ed !iii Ci: EIGUILLA ElUUTV One ' he cMef reasons why Wonrwcn i-.pen able to achieve its lofty purpose lies in the fact that the Academy has been under one continuous edminiitra[Kon i!rie Hi founding. For nearly three-scene yaer » Colonel Sandford S le(t WAS president of Wentworth. He en iiyw) OM of the most enviable records in the history ol American education. Tho Academy was fcundod by Stephen G. Wentworth, scion of a distinguished English family and a prominent Lexington baniier, in 18 , at a memonel to kit deceased ton, Wifliem Wentworth. Mr. Wentworth immediately vested control of the institution in the hands of a board of trustees composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Lexington, end e president. Colonel Sellers was called to the new school in its first year end remained as its active head until I91P Mr. V onhtnfrtkMmt i|M!P ,lintil hi dejth in 1897. It was the firm conviction of the founder, his board of trustees and f resident Sellers that a military boordiag school provides the most effec- tive poeiible means for giving young men the thorough mental, moral and physical training necessary to develop In them the highest traits of manhood. Thus. Wentworth became the firit military sd) in the Mis- Uahwrftr «« Mfawrl, A.t. S.I.SiiGi, v»4aMm nrii. Unl- •a.i;t of Clileafoi larmaf D ttn ' c4 varaaf ll»(or|r Mamatwoal. 193a, fni ' im-i of MHnjw ' i Si. - C-.mbo. o CoMMarca. Ca a to Wa«t««cHi at caack m IfIS aad tet tinea tatrorf i»