Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WfAIXWOAIlt f JAOM Ifl£ AlB L Adir ni-,f ration Bujld ng, Men l btt, D Conipany BarracU. Mus»c Facilities. No. 2. Hickmon Hall, A Company Bartticki. No. 3. Gymnaiium, RecreaHon Room, QtMrfar maiter ' i Siora and Ri-fle Gallery, No. 4. Marine Hall. ' C Comp«iy BarfWcfctv No. S. B ' Conrtpany Barrociis. No. h. Academy Hospifel. No. 7. Commmdsnt ' s and Quartermaster ' } Residence. No. 8. Alumni Stadium. No. 9. DnH and Athletic HeU. No. lOi Second Drill and Athletic Field. N«; I L S«ilen- V!l(otf Schofasfie Builcfeig, ti b««ty and Laboratories. No. 12. Direction of Golf Course. No. 13. Tennis Cow Hfk K Sununer Camp SrpK. No. IS. Memorial Chapel. Na. 16. Sfta of Proposed Coilo i BuiidinQ. No. 17. Safvtce Building,

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WEIVTWDHTH ' S PURPOSE It if the poqjosfi oi Wentworth Mirrtory Academy to provide the best conditioni possible for the ofl ' round development of worthy boy and young men. To attain this high purpose, the Academy pieces greatest emphasis upon these four polntf : Rrtt, It it the Acodemy ' s aim to assemble only the highest types of students— deserving youths of good parentage — to assure wholesome associations and greater progress. Every pre- caution if taken to keep undesirable boys — all those that might prove detrirrwntal to otheri — out of the Academy. Second, to employ only men of highest character and ability for ih faculty. It Is f ot enough for a Wentworth facuHy member to be merely a scholar and » splendid instructor, He must also posseu a spirit of friendliness and e sincere desire tn give kindly help Mwhenever necessary. He must thoroughly understand the innermost problems of boys — be patient with them — end be ready to serve each boy to the best of his abilitv- Third, to provide the very best equipnr»nt throughout every department tc the end that every boy will have aH those things necessary to hit heaHh and happiness and that none thafl wont for anything that will help him to make progress. fourth, to provide a program for each day that will best serve the interests of every studerrt

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]1PV «C»lci i«J Mmn M. Scttsn, A. S„ SIAICC lilUUTEEAl £liiHT¥ One of tiw chief reatom why WenfwoHh has been aUe to achieve ift lofty purpose lies in the fact that the Academy hat been UActer one continuoui adminiytraticn ilnce h founding. For nearly throe-score yeart, Cblpfiel Sandford Sellers was president of Wentworth. He enjoyed one of the flio«f envSabia recotth iii the history of AirMricw educoition. The Academy was founded by Stephen G. Wentworth, scion of a distingpiithed Enqlith family and a prominent Lexington banlcer. in IB80, as a memorial to hts deceased son. WiHiam Weotworf . Mr. Wentwortti immediately vested control of the insiitution in the hands of a board o) tnjrtees composed of a duly dectad raprasefltatlve of each of the Evang cal churches of Lexington, and a pnnidwt. Colonel Sellers was called to the new school in its first year and remained as its active head until 1938. Mr. Wentworth served as president of the Board from IS80 It was the firm conviction of the founder, his board of trustaet and President Sellers that a military boarding schn.- l f rn ' n -- 4u most effec- tive possible means for giving young men the thorough mental, moral and physical training necessary to develop in Mwn fhe highest traits of .manhood. Thus. WttiAmi tM ttnfr iHa -fihi mHatfry ididbt h H m Mi»- ifoati River Vailiyi. Wn««w1k ttt}. (M»(nl»f •( CUtnt, AJ. IttT, fM M IUw« IfIS: StwM »; !• • 1M« Hi Mi4w U. S. bUrfm ll«Mrm Ifl7 IW: Oiirtii«viili 4 Sank Cnm: Htrf Cfaa: SIlMr Star) fWpb. Ha r4: Ovli-rf eiwmt PmMml al AMocitilM af MRINiy Coll«g t d Schoa of m iinilmi Suttti ru ini4 MaUir I 6.,r J M.,... ! „)q, o M ' lioiri, A. f. S A. I ' d ttt f ConiMniUi al ihi Gr n4 Cam imf l Mln uwl . Ftom the beginning the late President Sellers sv rounded himself witti tKe ablest feeulty available — strong men of proved qualitie- a-id Christian character. Under his wise and forward-looking dirocticn, Want- worth has grown steadily. Each year has shown marked inpravament over the preceding yMr. Today Want- iirorth stands as one of the truly great educational rfestifutions of our tourttry — second to nor ? in Hie op- portunities it offers boys and young men for ft orpugh prepttratidn for profetsienal studfei; bksinett and for « CekHMi L 1 WiMt. AX, S.B. iii Ed •Mfv «( CIiImi ! rati SfXtaar taSM ldM i K| fa » l , l«» Ptt Ttort Stal»g Mn l|i rt jto