Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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T(w Mnor riti Mug whara «wfy ««M iMnwamll «|in» firing. MILITARY D E P A R T M E i T MILITARY training oi WentwortK Kas alway, f 96n a ttrong feature, but it it oever parnnticKj tu intmieie with th . scholotflc work of ttw AcodBmy. It can b» ihown, mor«ov«r» that military ditciplte»1«it» to thrfly «i| on. elai iic ctff woffc. In recoqni ' -ior ' tKi- !.upe ' ' ' or military work done at Went- worth, in 1889 the Academy b«cama a post of the iuouri National Guard. Groduatn of tha Acadamy who ruided tn Mw- tqv i beicama aiCgibIa for sonHTUcrionf m thh organsatlon. Wantwprtt) hat bean under the direct suparvltion of the War Oepartmant of tha Unifad States Government lirtce 1895, when the first active army officer was dataSlad to tha Academy. Now 3 officers, 4 non-commissioned officers end orte civilian ossistsnt are in cliarqc of r- litary Instruction. In addit ' or ' lu- War Depart Riaht furnisries around $50,000 worth of equiprr ent to be used for imtniction purposes. Wantvyorth is one of the origiinal Honor Schools of the United States, the highest rating given by the War Department, The Academy has been a unit of tha Rasarve Of- ficers ' Training Corps from the time that or anizatSoa wM

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In fWn vl« ol h« main lobby o ' fha Adminntrtlien building c« (aK an Ko«rn admirmq • r«pl c4 o ' D«c- UratlDO of ImUpandanc «nd Comtl- tutien don«H d fe W ntwor h by ih UU Mr. L Fr»d Evam, Vica-PrMldW a Frnwy Bird Thayer of KanxM City. J 0 nMI!VISTH4TID BUILHIKG lArtHirn Wen v»orth ' i Adminlitrotion fluHding or« hsniivsm fur- niihtd park rt, corridorf and recoption rocxnt. Amonq its fumigh- ing and deorationi f ud«its and gumh olils find many articles of intaresf and raro beauty. Ih comforfable fumijhingt amid peacaful turroundings afford a homolilio simoiphers where the now cadst readily adapH h!mMl( to a vhol«tome, Kappy aaparionce. Here in an afmoiphore of quiet dignity, evary itudant it priviJeqed to entortain hi» guaitt or to jpend h ' n letiura momentt at govamad by hii daily schedule. None of the comfort of the modem home hawe been enduded in Wentworth ' t pJan Kj provide the fineit trafflc inq and quartert available. [Abov ) IK com«r ot on« of th« it- htct ' m p«rlof« wkafa c«dah racaiva fhcir gwath.