Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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.

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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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9fOttp Mid thv o(pi» (Below) Perfect ttudy conditio™ prevail in Hsrlgn ' i room. [Hoia Hm M tt typ c t. w j iii i 9,jijB|i4 Jusf beiors tfie evening sfudy psriod it tfw fdvorire rune-in f.me for Ok! ! Harlan and oHiar radio davcytaat. Panrn ' lion to hava a radio in fhe r »m it ra- gardad « pnvllaqa, llw «jbwsa of whtcb tMAM fha «fudant to low thit favor. After ♦htrfy-fiyj miAufcjs of racreafior following tho supper hour, evaning studv is begun at 7 o ' dock. Each cadet retires to Im oivn room for a two-hour period of quiief. Jhunt Is no ihiffy. noisy hall in which cadefs are confined. Instaad, indi- vidual Itittiatlve is enrcimaed. Fapjl of- ficers are n constant attendance through- out the period, giving advice where it is naadad and ancouragamant at aN times.