Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WEIVTWOHTH FROM THE Mh No. I. AdminUtration Buildinq, Mms Hafli 0 Company Barracb, MtdicF IHini (Ubrary ond Laboratories J No. 2. Hidraian Holt,, ' ' A ' Q!Oini?a u- i ' Jecrea+ion Room. QuoHwr master ' s itcre and Rifia Gallery. No. A Marine Hall, C CompMy BarrKb. Noi ilk i li04 ny H liio. 7. Commandant ' s and Quarter mas t«r ' s No. Bt Alumni Stadium. No. 9. Drill and AtHetfc Rdd. No. 10. Second Drill nrd tWatlc Field. No. II, 9llert-W!koff SclvolesticBuadinQ. No. 12. |l»d ■ «!lm. Not l3 ' tam)b;Cp(uiis.

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WENTWDRTHS PURPOSE If t» fhe purpose of Wenfwortfi Millfary Academy to provid th« b«t condWoos powlblo for tfie all ' round devslopment of worthy boys and young man. To attain thij high purpose, the Academy placet greatest emphasis upon these four pofrits: first, it Is the Academy ' s aim to ossemble only the highest type of students — deserving youths of good parentage — to assure v olesome associations and greater progress. Every pre- caution is taken to lieep undesirable boys — all those that might prove dotrimentel to others — out of the Academy. Second, to employ only men of highest character and ability for its faculty. It i» not enough for a Wentworth faculty member to be merely a scholar and a splendid instructor. He must also possess a spirit of friendliness and a sincere desire to give kindly help whenever necessary. He must thoroughly understand the innermost problems of boys — be patient with them — and bo ready to serve each boy to the best of his ability. Third, to provfdo the very best equipment throughout every departmerrf to the end that every boy wif have all those things necessary to his health and happiness and the none sha ' t ant for anything that will help him to make progress. Fourth, to provide a program for each day that will best serve ♦he interests of every student

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W« rtli 1 12. Ualnriltf •! Ottf, A.I. ItlT. Mil ••)• K«»P« SfM IGi • « IWt R: M w U. i. Mtrim U-nm Itlt. I«0| OiillH«hM SM«lm Cm: Navy Omu Shn U»n Nrpb Hurt: Ci«Mi «Mmi tM PtaMnt e( Amldin •( Mntiff CeB.«« Mrf SckMb • «W U«M Sl«»M: rnt «r«ii4 Mwlw tl A Gr.nd MoMle Udf t» MhMwI. A. F. i A. M. mi ful Omi - r tilt «|Ma4 QMWM b(y d MInwii From th« iwginntnq lW late Protident Sflilm Mir reundid Mms«if wHh th« last faculty avaitable» strong men of proved quafities end Christian character. Under bis wise end forword- ' ooliina direcl ' on. Wenf worth has grown steadily. Each year has shown marked tmprovamant ovor the preceding year. Today Went worth ftandt as one of the truly great educational intMtulion of our country ecood to none in the op- portuntttas it offert boys end yovng men for thorough |Mi4Mr«H0ri for jjcaltisipnei shtdieii butiniMS and for SINCE EIGHtl£lll EIGHTIf One of the chTef reasons why Wentworth has been ao e to achieve its lofty purpose lies in the fact that the Academy has been under one : - ' ij ' ut administration since its foundirtg. For needy three-score years, Colons ' Sandford Sftlen was president of Wentworth. He enjoyed one of the most enviable reeordi in the history of Amertcan education. The Academy was founded by Stephen G. Wentworth, scion of a distinguished English family and a prominent Lexington banker, in 1 880. .1! 4 nemcirial - n decea ' od ton Wiliam Wentworth, Mr. Wentworth rnmediately veste d control of ttie institution In the hands of a board of trustees composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Lexington, and a president. Colonel Sellers was cal ' ed to the new school in its first yeer and remained as its active head until 1938. Mr. Wentworth teryed.as president of the Board from 1880 until h1» deoth In I8?7. It was the firm conviction of the founder, his board of trustees and President Sellers that a miTrtary boarding school provides the most effec tive possible neans for giving young men the thorough mental, moral and physical training necessary to develop in them the highest traits ol manhood. Thus, Wentwqrth became thb ftrsftnilrfary sdiOol in the Mis- • Cotoml L B. Wikoff, AJs S.B. In Ed., »t ehr»ii ; yy «MMMr «al rv I wwMm I, 1 14) fm hM— ml Mtwm) SM« CUrnkt at Cm iu mm . Cmm I Wm . ■•iKi a (Mtk I nU —4 few lliiei nn 4 h viii ' M t pi w i llw i