Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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J ' TlM,lBiloof fifli mtpv wl)if9 vcty cvdit iMnw mpmI nii firli9||i: MILL I 1 A Y DEPAHTMEJVI MILITARY fraininq at WenfwoHfi has always been a strong feafure, but if Is never permiited to Interfere with the scholastic woHc of ihe Academy. It can be shown, moraovsr. that military dsclplnio h « d« i(|ec $dW«M«gaPM « classroom work. In recognition of the superior military work done Went- worH), in 1889 the Academy became a pod of the Missouri National Guard. Graduates of tfia Acadamy who mtdtd In Mi «iBUfi, became eligibia ' for o mStribmt Iii ihts orgaidntton. Wentworth has been under the direct supervision cf t ic Wt P partment of the United States Government »nce 1895, when lie first active army offiar was deteiled to the Academy. This ofRcer, assrstad by active norHMinMtitiened offleiilsisf the army, is in charge of all mSifary Wori. In addit nr the War Depart- ment furnishes around $50,000 wortii of equipment to be used for instruction purposes. Wentworth is one of the original Honor Schnr: of fhe United Statn, the highest rating given by the War Cilipartment. The Academy has been a unit of the Reserve Of- ficmi Training Corps from th» tirm that orgaflization was