Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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ALISTHENICS pUy an import«nt rola In (he physkal education of Cadet Harlon. No affert b nwcb to indnigt in fhw or wy ether oxerciw in th« early inoni Ing hows rfien Hie body b et itt lowett ebb. All tocti eiertbet- am fabn by CHif tedet after « heerfy breakfast and momliiNi cIssmk. Th« axerases ars Intended ' fo ' promote tjraeeM rnovemeAt «s imII at better heaMi. The eaTntKenltt vmd hf ttw So long es the weether permits, the calitHienic era held In open, but they «(• taUn m fhe gyimathim, where an entl battainn may take part at the iMM time, when r k oricoid Is In the ' air.

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f .HtW H«4«.Mw.tM«.«ia9 •c:«n«me. M khm iqwlp— li.fawWwH» AT 8 O ' CLOCK in ihe morning, daiHtt convm. Hat- ian mal(«s his wav to a small dftts on hi scKaduls wK«r« personal atlonfion s his at any tirre it if; needed. Our cadet is carefully instructed in tha hand ing of deli- cate scientific equipment. He is not forced lo grcpe blindly far information. Ttiaf which it true of the science Mfontorief it equaHy true in all other dastroomi. Tln»e passes rapidly in the classroom or laboratory because the wori: is interesting. The scholastic day is tdiyided mio two equal parts, with four dasse In ffa« fnormrq •rwl fwo in «ft«mooiR.

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s vAfy forntdl tfUur, H Imn ' Hw drill fItU iHat H rlcn Itifpi much of courtaty olttciplbic «id ertiw$«. He, wiHi his wtira baHoljon, is therwjqhly schoabdin good dHHttriMp, tmtjht jtw proper mpKf fpf iMptriQC and tnilnad In iNdenh . Lvornlng -b driB a iquad ii ttw firsi train ' mg in laadftrdHp. Throughout the year iquad drill and competi+ton is a part of the regular military routine. Tiie squad is the smallest miRtary unit and con- sistt of nine to twelve men, two of whom aro Mrgeanfs. All in rucfipn Is. conducted by cadsts.uodw the personal suporviiron of rrembers of the rrilifary faculty. Although military worit takes but one hour each day, the training Is intensve and much mom thorough than that found in larger unHs. Penonal attention b gijlwn the individual eadat on the ' fiiBitary fWd as wall at in the datvoom, and aach cadet fiai an equal chance to advance to import- ant poations in Wentworth ' s milltar niabn. In the army, the navy and the marine corps Wantv(orth is glorified by its alumni who have received their commioiDntcaBd.aM dkKnguidilng thenneiver In official cep dtiet of these respective branches of service.