Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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AUSTHB«li( ptoy «n mpprtanf rota tfi th pMc«l •diH C«d«t Harlan, ' No tHorf it made to iticMg m tli or any ofhar •xonclsa tn tiia early mom- oadat after a hearty breaiifast and dasMC flw exercitM are intended to premptB gMoeM movement as wall at bettsr hasifh. Ilie calittheniec Mjifid ftjo; ' Uii SteMi ' •re 1 r«t«ledl7ysa(wr«odefoffi!Bel«.. !So ' kM9 M 4he weattier peHhiti. ttie calitthenics are held in tlie open, but thiiy ere taken in itn lerge gymnasiuni, wheris «f ontfre bAttaiioti may fal patt st Hw fiAg hours when Itte body Is at Hi bWect ebk Ail web eiterdiei ere taken by otir

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« Hm HwtM iW«w lata iMngt Ktaaiffle. Medwii VfifimM h pavMad for AT S O iOCIt In Mmmt ann eonvans. Hdr- l Hi makes his way to a small dass on hii schadul whare partonal attarttibn Is hb af any time if Is naaded. Our cader is corefully initrucfed In the handling of cUi- cate sc enfific equioment. He :s not forced to grope bl ' rdV ior infor.Tiation. That which is true of the sc en€8 labcr.iiorlej i» aqually true in all other classrooms. Tima passas raoidly !n the dassroom or laboraleiv because the wort; is inferosfmg. The scholastic day IS divided inro I mo equal parts, with four classes in the inoming and two in the afternoon.

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r P : ' . I 1= a very formal affair. It « ofl the drill f ld that Harlan taom much of courtesy, diicipHne J J i.f ' uyy,. Ho, with his enlin? batfa lor is thoroughJy ichooied in jgood citixanship, tau the io: t ' i rc-.cjcci for juperlors and h-aineo in leadership. Learning to drill a squad is the first training in leadership. Throughout the year squad drill and eomiMtition it a part of the regular military routine. The squad is the smallest militar unit ftiti of nine to twelve m n, twp of whom are i«rg»ents. AB instrucHon is conducted by cadeHajnder Although military work takes but one hour each day, the birring Is httiMifive And much more liiorough then that found in larger units. Personal attention !s ivtn the individual cadet cm tfw.. military field as well as in the classroom, and each cadet has on eaual chance to advance to import ant position in Wentworth ' s military realm. In the army, the navy end themarlne corps Werrtworffc it gloiified by its alumni who have received their commissions and Mi ifeiiilQiiMiing themselves in official :«ap4|dt)«i.af tfii ai rnpi rtivA branchft of | rWcii