Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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