Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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9MI through caRttKefiic to pfOfnolA ' tnt Mi . All the ulim ihown in rtt picture were i AUSTt-IBHllCS play on ImportAnt rol« in fhs physical eduealion of Cad Harian. No •fforf » made to. imJulga in fh« or any crftwr aarctM jn Iha ««rfy morrw 1n« h(MM9 «rfwa the body of (ft afab. AH weti exerc «(• telMm by our tadM 4|fi « haarfy bMakfast and morn! datm. Tha aiiaittiliti «IS ' ttMidad promoia qraeaU ntovwtianf at a» baffar haaltlt. Tha califfhenics tnid. by lW So Jom; as tfa waathar parmifs. Hie catisriianicf are heM fii tha open, buf llwy atra ta Ettn h tha la ga gymndslum. wtwra w antira battaD may. tab part at •anMi tltne. whan rtln or eM ' n h tha eir. !! • ten oicat-

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«%M H|Kte WMW Modern tqiffmitk k. .di Ubonilery wodu AT B O ' CIjOCK In tha morning, cImsm convene. Har- lan mat:«s his way to a »nall class on hit schedulfl where personal attention is his at any time it Is needed. Our cadet is carefully in» ructed in the handling of del- ical scientific equipment. Ha Is not forced to grope fcDndty for hformefion. That vyKick it true of the sdence laboratories it equally true in all otfier dasmonnt. Tfme passes rapidly in the classroom or laboratory because ffie wor is bitafasfnig. The scholastic day is dfyiMad into two equal parts, with f iir in the n lngmd two in the efterngon. » J i

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f lt«n. »««M««iW «i m Mnr In Um lai m AMm. H R1U. is a very formal affair. It it on fhe drill field that Harlan learns much of courfesy, disciplin and alertness. He, wiHi Vn entire battaiion. is thoroughly tcheded in. gdod cttiimiMpt toi« proper resoec? far superiors and trained in leadership. Learning to drill a squad ii the ■firsr training in leadership. Throughouf fhe squad drill and eompetitiofl is a part of the regular military routine. The squad is the smallest military unit and con- sfsts of nine to, twelve men. two of whom are sefgeants. AH mstmctlpn k conducted by cadets under 4hB penigi ttipefiitllanHB Although military work taltes but one hour each day. the training is intensive end much mote thorough than that found in larger units. Peisonat attention is given the individual cadet on the mi ' itfl ' Y field as wi»ll 05 in the dass ocn and each cadet has an equal chance to advance to import- ant positions in Wentworth ' s military ealm. In the anny. the navy and the marine corps Wentworth is glorified by its alumni who have received their commissions and are distinguishing thamielves in official eepacities of fheif rfipeetiyt branches of service.