Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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: ' , Qin- r if Harlan a fyplcal Wenfworfh cadei' ERE is l-larlan, a fypical Wenfworfh cadef-a fine young Amer ican-manly, scholarly and uprighf. l-lis respecf for dufy and responsibilify has won for him The rank of sergeanf. l-le may have come from a large cify or a very small fown-fhaf makes no difference fo fhe democrafic spirif 'rhal' prevails af Wenfworfh. l-le may be from a wealfhy family or a family in meager circumsfances-mosf of his classmafes would never lcnow, nor even be curious, unless he chose fo fell fhem. Buf he fypifies all fhe fine qualifies of a deserving and ambifious youfh as he goes fhrough 'rhe fried and age-proved Wenf worfh process of becoming a real man, a real assef fo himself, his family and friends, and sociefy as a whole. l-larlan, like all fhe ofhers, parficipafes in many acfivifies besides fhose shown. Buf lef's follow him Through a Typical day. 1 if af Harlan Bufcl1 Heffelfinger, who gradualed in 'lhe class of I937 and posed as the model cadef in fhe view book, served as a Major in lhe last war. His brofher, Hugo, anofher Wenfworfh alumnus, also a Maior, and served wifh disiincfion wifh fhe Rangers. Arfie Heffelfinger served wilh fhe Navy Air Corps as an Ensign.

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TWE TWUHTH O TWO days al Wenlworlh are guile 'rhe same, lor a widely varied program ol schol- aslic, mililary, alhlelic and olher aclivilies is used lo lceep lhe inleresl ol lhe cadels al high pilch and lheir appeliles for learning well whelled. Furlhermore, no lwo sludenls have guile lhe same dulies lo perform lhroughoul any given day. There is, however, a delinile rouline 'rhal all cadels lollow each day. ll is used 'ro inslill perlecl regularily and promplness in allendance upon all dulies prescribed lor one and all cadels alilce. While il reguires some adiuslmenls for new sludenls lo become accuslomed lo lhis rou- line, any slighl hinl ol monolony is soon losl in lhe lcaleidoscopic whirl ol lhe school year. To give parenls and olhers a beller insighl, lhe following pages have been used +o se? forlh, piclorially, 'rhe day's aclivilies from Reveille 'ro Taps, ol a lypical Wenlworlh boy whom we will designale as Cadel l-larlan. The piclures in lhis seclion were faken len years ago. However. since fhey illusfrafe life al Wenfworfh of foday, fhey are slill fimely. They are relained because so many of fhe cadefs shown served in fhe Armed Forces of fheir counfry and so well illusfrafe the value of miliiary lraining as received while al Wen+wor+h. Since the imporfence of mililary preparedness is becoming increas- ingly evidenf by ihe changing world sifuafion, fhe fraining illustrated in lhis piclure seclion has a special significance. There have been some uniform changes as may be seen by referring lo lhe secfion on Wenfworih uniforms. 4 ir 'A' 'A' 4 'A'

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,V A I Q' CANT GET 'EM UP, blows The bugler, buf he does, and al 6:35 o'clo-ck anofher day is under way. Cadel' l-larlan goes firs+ fo 'rhe sanilary lavafory on his floor. A good washup is parl of lhe roufine, for a Cade? is expecfed 'ro keep him- self clean af all limes. A+ 6:50 he goes 'ro a well-prepared breakfast Affer breakfast rooms musf be cleaned. One of fhe basic aims of our sysfem is To form personal habiis of order. Each morning l-larlan makes his own bed, puls his clo+hes in order and helps his roommafe clean fhe room. 'l 'Harlan makes up his own bed. l . as has s . fi i gif ii' A ,na if 1 'mp' Q af 2. ' A 3, K' O ,J .Sk 5 an ,,.....--