Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Tho MiMouri Old Swta H Tral A BMvfy Spot Oft tKo AN HISIOUIC HACfiGHDUIttD Throughout over half n century the Wen ' wirth pur- pose has remained unchanged. The ideals which led to th« Academy ' s Ending and which havt carried ' A steadily forward, ih ' me [utt at brightly today at ever the desire to give each youth every oppor- tumty to devekjp fully his own individual personality; the airn that evary cadet shall acquire a keen tenia of dj?, and responsibility, both to himself and toward others; that he shall have tt« mental and morei powar to makie accurate (udgmantt. balwaan right and •tMti9 and Mm pliyrietfi ' jpiittr litil victibnt. These hifjh standards have dominated Wentworth for generations. But to maintain them and assure their fuH and continuous application, it hat baan found necessary to limit the enrollment. Wentworth today is e reiativ«ly smell school — many times larger than in 1 6S0, to be sure, yet smell enough that avary vidual student is given the private alianiteil lib ' iMNV to his all- ' round development. The surrounding country affords a wealth of his- toricelly important Civil War litat and the town of Lexington itsalf retaint much of the tradition of the old south. Here enthusiasm for the rerninders of our country ' s gloriout past it combined with the enthu- «atm for modem odvwiture to promote Mm rapid de velopffient «f bo i iwoiflai,, rttoifd aAd;|%iail Miourcaiik; «T1m ttMerie OM Ceurt Howe in Udngtaa l lNiw tlie gmmh Ml near the tap el tlie Ant w ti ile nni 4triM the CM War. The modem, proiperout little city of Lexing ton is 41 miles from Kantes City, The Heart of America. Tlils pmlmlty makes available Hy train, motor car, bus and air ail the detir ble cultural advantogas of a large city without any «l H| ( (1811 • 1197) « Foimdw of Wantworih (I(46-I93 ) hiMm« ef Wentwerth MIKaty: ItMtoma.

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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»

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YESTERDAY AfaoM h picttirad Ihe f ' rit company tf tr «- MOiUmI 4( WaMworth. Fnan thii humiit iMgIn ' idnfli 4h« AcadeiT y has mgrch»d forvard ovsr a (nil of dMbpment Hw hm placad it In tha Ths WaniworHi Mil ' itary Acfldamy ( f foday it varily diffiMnt from the Wentworih of 1 680. From year to year if has enlarged ih faciiiHe% increased its enrollment and changed its physical aopearance until t+ie ' o it little to remind one of Hw early days. Numeroui modem and attroctiva facitldingt have been erected es they were needed. Old buildings have been torn away when Hiey were no longer useful. Speeioio niJIrtary end athletk fields havet be«yi edded. One of the finest gymnatiunr)s in the country has been built. Every new method In teaching that has been found definitely superior to older methods has been adopted. Yet. some of the fundamental principles that guided the first company are odheMd to {uct as itii(;tly May.