Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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• Tlw Miuoivi CM Sant F Tr«jl AAi HISTOHiC DACEGnOllXD Throughout over half a century the Wentworth pur- poM has ramoinad unchdn9ecl. Tho ideals which led to the Academy ' s foundmc) and which have carried it ' iteadily forward, shine iurt as brightly today as over: the detire to give each youth ovary opper- tuntty to develop fully ho own indlvklMl persona the aim that every cadet shall acquire a keen sense of duty and responsibility, both to hirrtsalf and toward others; that he shall have the mental and moral power to mailie accurate jiidgmant betwaan righf and wrorg and tlw phyiieal powif t) iitjnM ' by.hiitvCfM Inese high standards have dominated Wentworth for generafiofit. But to maintain tham and assure ttieir full and contmuoos application, ff liis been tound necessary to limft the enroflment. WentwOHdritadNiy is a relatively smad school any times larigar 1 in 1880. to be tune, yet small endiigh tii«t «v«ry ' Ml| ' i vidual student is given the private attafffaffja wiiw tial to his all- ' round development. The surrounding country affords a wealth of his- toricafly important Civil War titet and the town of Lexington itself retains much of ttie tradition of the old (outh. Hce enf ' husiasrr for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past is combined with the enthu- tiatm for modem adyentun fo promofe {tier rapid de- velopment fil ilw. ' kny -«wcrt ' 4 imil a ratouc The modem, prosperous littie city of LaxSncj- ton It 41 miles from Kansas City, The Heart of America. This pro ximity makes available by train, motor car, but and air all the daftr able cultural advantegesof a lar a city wHhoot any {|»;d !sA«M agMt [IBII ■ 1847] Foyndw of Wmtawtb Mffi Ola Court H.:.i-.i n Ipii b M KMC tb top at th |i»46-inat f Kd »e l «f WfRtw rtk KMRv

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Above ir pctursd lha tint company war m {•mbitd ct Wantworth. From ttiH huoiUa baqiai ninq, (ha Academy hai marchad lofward ovar a twB of devel-rn-e ' t - at Koi pl icad i h Hm ff .r rnnV rt An.ir.rii b»rl Biilitaiy icboell. TODAY Tho Wentwofth Military Academy of today is vastly different from the Wsntworth of ISiBO, From ysar to year i has efllargad Its fadlifiMi inereaied Stt enreflm nf and chati Hi phydcal appiaarane»;imtil tlwrt M» to mn?nd one of tha mrly days. Nunwrous modem ond ottrecHv bul ' dingt have been erected as they were needed. Old buildings h ve been torn away when they were no longer useful. Spacious military and atMatlcfialds have been added. On« of the finest gyrrmaiiunu in tha country has been built. Evary new method in fvactilnq that has bean found defihitaly superior to older methods has been adopted. Yal. soma of the fundamental principiM %l,9l4! 9 atflwrwl to iuft at sttietly today.