Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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YESTERDAY Abov 5 P ' Ctvrsd Hit iinl conpeny sve: ai MmUad af Wsntworiii. Fr«m ihU Kiimbl be in- .King, tKe i ,c8d««iy Kn ni«rch«d forw«rd ovar Inta o( davatopment that hai plocad it in Hm mJ. iUUAY The Wentwofth Mitilary AcadMny of today is VAitly different from the Wentworth of 1880. From yew 1o year if has enlarged fts fsciritiM,r increased it$ enrdlrnerrt and changed its physical appearance until th« is littie to rsmind one of the early days. Nurnerous modem and attractive buikliflQi hav« bMo erected « they were needed Old buildings have beoQ torn away when tiiey were no longer useful. Spacious mSHary and :iatillttio Mdli have bean added. One of the finest gymnasiums in the country has been built. Every new method n teechittg that has been found definitely 5upe ' or to older rrethods has been adopted. Yet, some of the fundamental principles ihat guided the first company »re adherKJ is juit as iMetly today.

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A B««uty Spot on Ida AJV HISTORIC BACKGROUND Throughout over holf o unfury the Wentworth pur- pote hat remaHwd unchmgedt Ths ideali which led to fhe Ac«d«my ' s founding and which hav« canlitf ' if iri;iv forward, Saline jus as brightly today M ewer: the desire to give each youth evary oppor- tunity to davabp fully hit own Individual peraonarity: the aim that ev«ry cadet shall acquiie a kmn sense dufy and rgipcnslbll ' tv both to himielf and toward othert; that he shall have the mental and mofal power to malw accurate judgment betwew right and %rrong end the pKyiM P0M « thwijl hii xgK victlons. These high standards have dominated Wentworth for ganerations. But to maintain them and asiure their lull and continuous application, it has been found necessary to limit th? enrrJImpnt Wpntvvcrth today it a relatively small school — many times larger than in 1880, to be sure, yet smell enough Ihet every Indi- vidual student It gtven the pnvstviiHiMlfSiC ' iHi ' eliii H.-il tr his all- ' round development. The surrounding country affocds a wealth h ' ' . torically important Civil War sites and tha town ot Lexington itself retains much of the tradition of the old south. Here enthusiasm for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past is combined with the er thu- siasm for modem adventure to promote the rapid de- velopment of the boy ' s mwtal, morel end phyticel The modern, prosperous fitHe tify of Lexing- ton is 41 miles {rom Kanws City. The Heart of Ameriee. This proximity makes available by train, motor car, bus and air all the desir- able cultural advantages of a large city without any of its disadvantages. (IBII ■ IB?71 »fl|i«jlir of W.n«« Hh Asedemy. Ttw Histo TK Old Court HooM bl Lnhflwi. Notice th cannon b ll rmv tU top «f 4 J|Ml eehnM — firvd during th« Civil W r. I Mi. 193 ) of Wantworlh MUltaiy inm lUOto 1938

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«nd dfmoflttritioW.fo ' ill ' .Jh Irf ' n ' rv Wf( I- ■ t 1h» iarfeor HI Ma«i«i|iH» aiwy (aM Imim la Jawli lM ij, MILITARY DEP AHTMEMT MILltikRY ttaMim St W«ntworHi has aiw«ys faMit d ikaMQ fMtura, but ft Is iwvar psrmittsd to Intsrfere witfi the scholastk worli of th« Academy. It can be shown, moroovar. tftattnllitary discipline Has a decidedly advantageous effect upon In recognition of tho ' iuperior military no V done at Went- Mforth, in 1889 the Academy became a post of the MUsourf National Guard. Graduatss of the Academy who rasided in Mit itburi, became eitgible for eomtnitifou In tMs organisatioik Wmtworth has been under the direct superviaon of the War Departrnefit of the UnH-ed ' ' .t ' l- - Gouerrrrent since 1 895, when the f irtt active army offic«r wo» detdiiod to the Acddemy. Now J officers. 4 non-commissioned ofTicers and one civilian assistant are in charge of militory instruction. In addition, the War Deport- inent furnishes around $50,000 worth of equipment to be used fiof instruction purposes. Wentworth is one of the original Honor Schpdlf of the United States, the highest nsfing given by the War Department. The Academy hat be«n a unit of tha Reserve Qf- ftogct ' Tralaing Cprpt (rem. the time that prganhDyHon nwa stii itted. a«u in Fint AM.