Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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lit .ywiM w an — r. bay tam Mt aNMliM t» htda M-mi iltm T ' RAINING for Iwidanhip it important on ih» fooH aO fidd at well at avarywhara aha »f Wentworth. Mora tiiM fifty cadats antwar tha va sHy call aadi V««r and iarg squads turn out for company taaim. Al pIdyiK ra liK in(p««iw» ti!fliiii » bioth In Hi art of the game and in ctaan sportMnanshtp. Football ranis as t ie number one sport and the Rad Dragc e ' eveni afo Lon -stent win- ners. The iine spirit of pteyere end imrps. i» C )aditad:yith being e strong detarmimrig tactw ni every contest. In the winter monthi betiuMMll eofiici-mto tfHi tpotRg tftira are the vartity and eompony taamt and a place for avary cadet who detlret to play. Hofna gannes are. played in Urn tpikaoM qftmiiiim- ttph ' iitf i«o -ccMvt and aiiipb ' l| ae« : Ai!lMhMBrth it a mennlMf of tlkr!«itmfa)r l olbgat Interstate conference, an atitjetlc atiQ ciotion nijrnbering s ' li schools as tnentbers. The Wentworth Hfijh School teams are n»6m- bers of she Pony Express Conference of Western Missouri. Almost every major end minor sports are on the WentiMorth progra m — all played under competent coaches — and every ciat ' « required to participate.

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«Wha « nuioHlY «! Mw (acuity mtntban Bva hi 4W barrtcb wHh cadah, wmi Kv bi raihtoMM weK m Mm 0k» OMt MOtivM pcTKMMl •ttcntlpn from t fseuHy mwiibw in th Ebfiry. Ia tM« |mt«T«, tk4 Tac ic Off . Jam«i Simmoni, At Ml al WfDioortli. a »• • LUuf. Col in Hm Wi ' M Vt«»n Anm. H f«rtioip«f«d in Hw caplura •I AK« K M NMt 1 Mm, UMpMiif Onnan, ft ln9fm, «lw fni OeRSONAL aH«ntion is npf confned to the ' clKOOpm nor to tha mning study pertodi. Hwfam and many otHer cadets seek assistanca in the spacious Academy library. The faculty oHi- car in chsrga it alwayt raady and willing to help any studant, no mattar what hit problam. What- ever «he subject, the faculty Oj MT ' n Cf flXiM tc give the quidance needed. Wonfwo ' fh ' s llb ' ary Is one the most import- «nf piacat on Hm campui. It contains more than 8,000 boolui on itpadly every subiect one could rmegine. Rafaranca booVs induda the famous Ot- ford English Dictionary and many sets of ancycio-

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TIm yymnMMiB it 220 xS5 ft«t. It centdm two n dm baitot bii «Mrt% • Urgt •tt9S, « tivliMiiliig post lOjttO THE sporkJing, cryjstol-clMr water of ih« swimming pod is Invifing ' 4p cadets the year ' round. The pool is of i gulatjon tize {20«60), aad !i the seeing of fiequent water sports and aquatic meets. It is the i rfMBie to teach every cadet to twim well. The weter t warmed to a heelttifut leenpemtwe epd iefrt puie by efftcwit filtration end cfaem-. icaJ treatment.