Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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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

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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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TK» MiiMwi Oki S«nt. F Trail A BMuty Spot on the W«al«orth C«inptM. N HISTORIC B ACKBHDUliD Throughdwf ifiivgi ' hilf « century th« Wwtwofth pur- poM hat rwnaiiwd unchftng«(i 1W « iMl whiek lii i ' to the Academy ' s fountllng and whldi have carried if sfeacHly forward, thine jutt at brightly today a ev«r: the desire to give each youth eveiy opp6r fatXfy to develop fully his own individual personality; the aim that every cadet shall acquire a lieen sense of duty and fAsppntCbiiRtY. both to himself and toward others: that h« all hove the mental 9nA moral powsr to make accurate judgrr enb iMiKvben right aod wrong and the phytiosl powtt to ttaid by hit . con victions. These high standards have dominated Wentworth for gflnerations. But to maintain ttiem and assure thair full and continuous appticotran, it has been found necessary to limit the enrollment. Wentworth today is o relatively small school — mony times larger than 09 [880. to be sure, yet snull enough that every indi vidua! student it given the private eMiniji n |o.t|HIM ' r fia! to his all- ' round development. The surrounding country affords a wealth of hit- toricaIFy important Cvil War cHat and the town of Lexington itself retamt much of the tradition of the old south. Here enthusiasm for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past is combined wfth the anttiu- tiasm for modaiti adventure to promote the rapid d» velopment of iMnM nocfri ti ■ ph gttitd) r soureac I he rr.nde ' n. proipe ' cus litfi ' e city of Lexing- ton is 41 miles (rom Kansas City, The Heart of America. Thtt proximity makes availabtir by train, motor car, but and air all tfte dafir able euHuoi advantogecef a l e dty without (itii.iirTi Tlie Historic OM CotiH Ho lil in Lexington liMe Hm «MnM M n—r th« lop of iini ih0imk-: WentweHli MUttary XcM My from IMO to I S.