Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Y Y r .kv fpafriolism is no sham af Wenfworlh. Every cadef is faughf fhe real meaning of our flag. Each day, wilh appropriale ceremonies, lhe Slars and Sfripes are raised and lowered on +he lower- ing flag pole. The cadef whose lace shows under lhe curve ol fhe flag is now Ex4L+. Wm. Bafes, who flew a bomber in The European lheafer of opera- lionsz conlrolling lhe flag ropes is Kennelh Winlers, lale of lhe Navy, The buqler is Lieuf. Max Condron, a flier lrilled in The service, 1' This monumenf, erecfed on fhe campus by fhe Alumni Associafion, fo lhe memory of Wenf worlh cadels wh fypifies fhe loya o died an fhe World War No I l spirif of generahons of former Wenfworfh cadefs.

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4 The indoor rifle range where every cacleT learns small arms firing. ILIT!-KHY DEP HTME IUTARY Training aT WenTworTh has always been a sTrong TeaTure, buT iT is never permiTTed To inTerTere wiTh The scholasTic worlc oT The Academy. IT can be shown, moreover, ThaT miliTary discipline has a decidedly advanTageous eTTecT upon classroom work. ln recogniTion oT The superior miliTary worlc done aT WenT- worTh, in I889 The Academy became a posT oT The Missouri NaTional Guard. GraduaTes oT The Academy who resided in Mis- souri, became eligible Tor commissions in This organizaTion. WenTworTh has been under The direcT supervision oT The War DeparTmenT oT The UniTed STaTes GovernmenT since I895, when The TirsT acTive army oTTicer was deTailed To The Academy. This oTTicer, assisTed by acTive non-commissioned oTTicers oT The army, is in charge oT all miliTary worlc. In addiTion, The War DeparT- menT Turnishes around s5o,ooo worTh oT equipmenT To be used Tor insTrucTion purposes. WenTworTh is one oT The original l-lonor Schools oT The UniTed STaTes, The highesT raTing given by The War DeparTmenT. The Academy has been a uniT oT The Reserve OT- Ticers' Training Corps Trom The Time ThaT organizaTion was esTablished. Class in FirsT Aid. 'T-K lnsTrucTions and demonsTraTions in all The lnTanTry Wea pons. 2 i g i'f.'k'Y1x0 '- V p' We ii . fl' 4' ' A T f f, A A ' . Ay ' ' iii3?fm4' f x . 1 1 f .x -, A J T 4. s 5 xg ish I Q iii X 9 ,. Xi,,,l,N.vLi x 5 Sv , V ,. ph K 1 . ,,..-wi KV T 'ella Q' f ' - .. .. .P ' ' ' 5 'Fil 1 f ,ls Q . A A vi , N . l JM' T , ni if' 7 1 Q .-,Q 1 - 4- as - , c -0 a t lk ly., , ,, 'ivh M' ' jig Y V. if 'A 'tu-M ' ,ff SY, 'Ct M J ' ' fan. my -. 'U ' ' - ' ' ,.-5,-.7' 'X iisfg 5 v i .cg . T .1 fxx- if' ' , K,. -,aus-'. 'V' ,ix hi., ! ...vip .s H.. W-L .R ,, wg l- f.' Si. .4 s ' i 'w':kf-'3ff7 -

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AIIMINISTHATIIIIN BUILDING Wifliin VVenfvvorfh's Adminisfrafion Building are handsomely fure nished parlors, corridors and recepfion rooms. Among ifs furnish- ings and decorafions sfudenfs and guesfs alike find many arficles of inferesf and rare beaufy. lfs comforfable furnishings amid peaceful surroundings afford a homelilce afmosphere where fhe new cadef readily adapfs himself fo a wholesome, happy experience. l-lere in an afmosphere of guief dignify, every sfudenf is privileged fo enferfain his guesfs or fo spend his leisure momenfs as governed by his daily schedule. None of The comforfs of fhe modern home have been excluded in Wenfworfh's plan fo provide fhe finesf frain- ing and guarfers available. flRigh'fl This view parfially illusfrafes fhe homelike sur- roundings of fhe rccepfion rooms. i' ln fhis view of fhe main lobby of fhe Adminisfrafion building cadefs are shown admiring a replica of fhe Dec- larafion of Independence and Consfi- fufion donafed fo Wenfworfh by fhe lafe Mr. L. Fred Evans, Vice-Presidenf of Emery Bird Thayer of Kansas Cify. W lAbovel The corner of one of fhe af- fracfive parlors where cadefs receive fheir guesfs.