Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Aliev h ptehired ths firit company war . ' «•■ Mmbled at Wantwortk. From thb humUv hmfit Mim, th Acadamy hai marched fsrwiBrd ovar • trail ol devcfaD ria t ihsi has placed it in the Ir-T- n-i ' A-. , , , miniaiy. ichaab. TODAY . The Wettworfh Miliary Acaderiy of today is vastly different from the Weirtworth of 1 880. Frcwn year to year it has enlarged its fecilitie . merMnd Hi wwoltnwnt end chartged iH phyiicd appeMsnc until Kmc . is little to rwnind one of the eerly days. Numereius modem end attractiv buildVq; Ka ft heen erected at they ware needed. Old buildings have been ' orn nvtay when they were no longer uteful. Spacious mi ' it Tv and athletic fields fmve been added. One of the finest gymnasiums in the OQuntry hot- baan built. Every naw method tn taaehing that hat bean fou nd defimtirfy superior to older mathqdi has baar adoptad. Yat. some of the fundamental principta )iat-gaMad: -fioft xntnpany «rBt adiiaiad juatfa rtnt t d . tprtlcin Raul, mi-Cmlm -

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AAI HlSTOfilC BACKGROUND Throughout over ha ' f a century the Wentworth pur pose has remoined unchanged. The ideals which led to the Acadwny ' i feundinq and which heve carried if steadily forward, ihine jutf as brightly today at ever: the desire to give each youth every oppor- tunity to develop fully his own individual personality: -lha aim that every cadet shall acquire aJtiaii ' iMMNBt dttty and re5f on ' ; ' b ' ' i v h-Vi l-irr o ' f nc Reward (fiHiars; that ha shall hayo the mentai and moral power to mal .aipcwrate judgmenfe betwaan right tftd wrong aBd: fe: .pfc i p i h d l ' p8w»ff.. a i »md : .lifo tpn? viction . These high standards have dominated Wentworth for ganarationt. But to maintain them and assure their full and continuous application, It has been found nacassary to ' irt i( the enrollment. Wontwor ' d fodfly is a relatively srnall school — many times larger lhan in 1880, to be sure, yet smafl enough that aypry incfi vidual student is given the private flHrnilign aOMian- tial to his aH- ' round development. Th surrounding country affords a wealth of his- torically important Civil War sites and the town of LaxSngton Hsalf retains much of iha tradition of tha old south. Han enthusiasm for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past is combirwd. with the enthu- siann for modam advontura to prooiota-tha.Mpid da- valopmant ' of lliia ' ' boy Attiiliti . ' i fctftf ' ttttf jptl ifafel The iTKidern. prosperous little city of Le«in9»; ton is 41 miles from Kansas G ' ty, The Heart of America. This proilmtty makes avaii ila by train moicr car bus and air all the desir- able culturol advantages of o large city without arry of Hs dbadvantagM. V TU Hittarle Old Court Hohm bi Udii««oe. NaUce tW CMMwa Ul new tin «! lihe Jn» 1 MllHif lllA -OMt ' IMm Cfiiioitn) fllrilfHaNt of WtMwertk Ummf Aeadeiiiy from 1880 fo 1938.

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MILITIA I DEP Aai MEiVi I MILITARY froining ai Wentworfh has dJwayt bsen a tirong. feature, but it is never permitted to Jnterfere with •eholastic work of he Academy. It can be shown, mofeover, that m;°;fary discipTuiO .lHft.:« ' d|wb In recognition of the superior military work done at worfh. tn 1869 AcacWmy becams a po«f ol Hie MUtouri National Guard. GradiMinrif ' HM Acadeirv ho ' osidad n Milfi ■■ MNiri, baeama aligibia for commissions in this organization. Wetitworth has been under the direct supervision of the War Departoient of the United States Govemnwnt since 1895. when the firsf activa arniy officer was detailed tt tfe Acadeiny. Now 3 officars, 4 nofi-cpmnnissioned officers and one civilian assistant are in charge of military instruction. In addition, fha War Depart- rrtent furnishes around $50,000 worth of equipment to be used for instruction purposes. Wentwortli is one of the original Honor Schools of the United States, the highest rating given by the War Department. The Academy has bwn a unit of the Reserve Of- ficin ' Training Cg i from H a time that organtzat on was