Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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'Colonel James M. Sellers, A. B., SuperinTendenT. Wenfworlh l9IZ, UniversiTy of Chicago, A. B. I9l7, Phi BeTa Kappa l9l6g Sigma Xig Befa Thefa Pi: Maior U. S. Marine Reserve I9l7- 9203 Disiinguished Service Cross: Navy Cross: Silver STar3 Purple Hearfg Croix-de-Guerreg PasT Presidenr of AssociaTion of MiliTary Colleges and Schools of The UniTed Siafes: Officer in Grand Lodge nd Grand Commanderies of Missouri. From The beginning The laTe PresidenT Sellers sur- rounded himselT wiTh The ablesT TaculTy available- sTrong men oT proved gualiTies and ChrisTian characTer. Under his wise and Torward-looking direcTion, WenT- worTh has grown sTeadily. Each year has shown marked improvemenT over The preceding year. Today WenT- worTh sTands as one oT The Truly greaT educaTional insTiTuTions oT our counTry-second To none in The op- porTuniTies iT oTTers boys and young men Tor Thorough preparaTion Tor proTessional sTudies, business and Tor liTe. 4' Colonel L. B. Wilroff, A.B., S.B. in Ed., Treasurer and Business Manager. UniversiTy of Missour A B S B Ed I9l5 g d versiTy of Chicago, Tormer DisTricT Governor RoTary lnTernaTional, l936: Presidenr of Missouri STaTe Cha b T C C To WenTworTh as coach in l9l5 and h s d capaciTies confinuously. SINCE EIEHTEEN EIGHTY One oT The chieT reasons why WenrworTh has been able To achieve iTs loTTy purpose lies in The TacT ThaT The Academy has been under one conTinuous adminisTraTion since iTs Tounding. For nearly Three-score years, Colonel Sandford Sellers was presidenT oT WenTworTh. l-le enjoyed one oT The mosT enviable records in The hisTory oT American educaTion. The Academy was Tounded by STephen G. WenTworTh, scion oT a disTinguished English Tamily and a prominenT LexingTon banker, in I88O, as a memorial To his deceased son, William WenTworTh. Mr. WenTworTh immediarely vesTed conTrol oT The insTiTuTion in The hands oT a board oT TrusTees composed OT a duly elecTed represenTaTive oT each oT The Evangelical churches oT LexingTon, and a presidenT. Colonel Sellers was called To The new school in iTs TirsT year and remained as iTs acTive head unTil I938. Mr. WenTworTh served as presidenT oT The Board Trom i880 unTil his deaTh in I897. lT was The Tirm convicTion oT The Tounder, his board oT TrusTees and presidenT Sellers ThaT a miliTary boarding school provides The mosT eTTece Tive possible means Tor giving young men The Thorough menTal, moral and physical Training necessary To develop in Them The highesT TraiTs oT manhood. Thus, WenTworTh became The TirsT miliTarv school in The Mis- souri River Valley.

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tTi19 Missouri Old Sanfa Fe Trail Marlrer in Lexingfon. i'A Beaufy Spof on fhe Wenfworfh Campus. ST.-IOSIPUI ll ING? N KANSAS CITY OCMUMIIA O SPRINGIIELD The modern, prosperous liffle cify of Lexing- fon is 41 miles from Kansas Cify, The l-learf of America. This proximify makes available by frain, mofor car, bus and air all fhe desir- able culfural advanfages of a large cify wifhouf any of ifs disadvanfages. HISTIJHIII BAIIHEHIIUN Throughouf over half a cenfury fhe Wenfworfh pur- pose has remained unchanged. The ideals which led fo fhe Academy's founding and which have carried if sfeadily forward, shine jusf as brighfly foday as ever: fhe desire fo give each youfh every oppor- funify fo develop fully his own individual personalifyg fhe aim fhaf every cadef shall acquire a lceen sense of dufy and responsibilify, bofh fo himself and foward ofhersg fhaf he shall have fhe menfal and moral power fo malce accurafe iudgmenfs befween righf and wrong and fhe physical power fo sfand by his con- vicfions. These high sfandards have dominafed Wenfworfh for generafions. Buf fo mainfain 'rhem and assure fheir full and confinuous applicafion, if has been found necessary fo limif fhe enrollmenf. Wenfworfh foday is a relafively small school-many fimes larger fhan in I88O, fo be sure, yef small enough fhaf every indi- vidual sfudenf is given fhe privafe affenfion so essen- fial fo his all-'round developmenf. The surrounding counfry affords a wealfh of his- forically imporfanf Civil War sifes and fhe fown of Lexingfon ifself refains much of fhe fradifion of fhe old soufh. l-lere enfhusiasm for fhe reminders of our counfry's glorious pasf is combined wifh The enfhu- siasm for modern advenfure fo promofe fhe rapid de- velopmenf of fhe boy's menfal, moral and physical resources. 'The Hisforic Old Courf House in Lexingfon. Nofice fhe cannon ball near fhe fop of fhe firsf column-fired during fhe Civil War. M sfmzaiav qua: I - I897l 4' Founder of Wenfworfh Milifary Academy. I - I 1- . A Y -n. ..xn... . lI846-I938l 'A' Presidenf of Wenfworfh Milifary Academy from l880 fo I938.