Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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TWUHTH1'-5 P HPU5 IT is The purpose of WenTworTh MiliTary Academy To provide The besT condiTions possible Tor The all 'round developmenT oT worThy boys and young men. To aTTain This high purpose, The Academy places greaTesT emphasis upon These Tour poinTs: FirsT, iT is The Academy's aim To assemble only The highesT Types of sTudenTs-deserving youThs oT good parenTage--To assure wholesome associaTions and greaTer progress. Every pre- cauTion is Talcen To keep undesirable boys-all Those ThaT mighT prove deTrimenTal To oThers- ouT of The Academy. Second, To employ only men oT highesT characTer and abiliTy Tor iTs TaculTy. lT is noT enough Tor a WenTworTh TaculTy member To be merely scholarly and a splendid insTrucTor. l-le musT also possess a spiriT of 'friendliness and a sincere desire To give lcindly help whenever necessary. l-le musT Thoroughly undersTand The innermosT problems of boys-be paTienT wiTh Them-and be ready To serve each boy To The besT oi his abiliTy. Third, To provide The very besT equipmenT ThroughouT every deparTmenT To The end ThaT every boy will have all Those Things necessary To his healTh and happiness and ThaT none shall wanT Tor anyThing ThaT will help him To malce progress. FourTh, To provide a program Tor each day ThaT will besT serve The inTeresTs of every sTudenT. ' 2 llIiliMXi1 Fm L, UT' l nanny uhm: lingli l Q U x,,,,a,,-I

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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.