Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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4 •▼5m. TMi monumant. «red»d on the campia by ttia iUUnriri Anaciatiofl, to tha RMmory «f WmiI intotk e dth Ont lit WaiU War N». I, (yplRd the loyal tpMr «f t d ( It • y9kt h» ' tal mMilInq «f our flaq. £«c i doy, with •ppr«pri t earamenloi, Iho S(«(« .imrf SMpw «n Mfd jowtiwt on Mm toww

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flw new if 4Mr rM9« taliar ovary c«d«4 le«nn a« wnw firing. MILITARY DtP lHTMENT MlUTAR-f Iratnirjg at Wentwortfi has been a-ihwig feature »NM 1895 when the first active army officer wat detailed to Hie Academy but has never betnptmMti to.intorfsre with scholastic work. Today tf» Re»ry» Officer Training Corps progrom 1 T at Wentwortf) is admmtjtered by Regular Army per«5r nel, cyn itilttng of three cofmissiooftd offieart and ■five non onwnii| j t officer , who are in cHarq- nl instruction. Cadets are taught the theoretical atpecfi of the basic (ttlHteiry subjects through formal classroom type instruction. Each Wod»e»- day afte -iocn during the raqulaf drill period t e : ..j. ••. HtCse fundamerrtais teamed. During the fah and ip- r.g .. c- u n school year the cadet corps participates in a field traininq pro gram during the drill period. Initially, stress is plorod or pro- ficiency of the individual in such subjects as fifit eid. pnyiieal fitneis and ir div dua combat training. Later through instruction in contbat formation, battle drill, patrolling and bivouac training; During the spring this training ii culminated when tbeudet corps participatas in a tfM txmn$»» whidb {(wMm a .ind tmrch and overnight bivouac. Through participation in the ROTC six year Military Schools protjram, a cadet receives all necessary ROTC trnining tn 1 ' , for a Reserve Army Commitsion once he has attained a bacca- laureate degree. Wentworth is proud to be one of ♦ti-- n- (- if or Schools of the United Statat. the highest ' atlng - . ' .r, L tnc Dapartnu nt of ftMiAnny. A Fint Aid Dt«noratr«tlaii WEATONS INSTRlCnON MyiScatiCeMtMt P f al t o h e cy T««l

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• In th ' n ntw of th« mcin lobby of tho AdniimttrcHofl buUinq c«d h ar ihown •dmi i«i9 rcpliu of (he Dbc Urafion of Ind pond ncc and Con rt Mion donated to W«nt««rth by tfi Ui« Mr. L Frod Ev«n». V)c«-I ' re« d«nt of Emary Bird Thayar of Kaniat Criy. iDiviii isTn vrinK uliluikg WiHiin Wenfworth ' i Adminuffotiwi Building «ra hanchomefy fur- nished perlora, corridors and rtctptbn roonn. Amoru] its fvmish ingi ond decorafioni fudonti and guesti allle find many articles of Inleresr «nd rsrv Mauty. Itt comfoHoblo fumithings amid psacaful turround ng afford o homeltlte otmowfwm where fhft new cadet readily odaph himtoff o a wholowma, happy Btperioncs. Here in an alrr Mpheto of qmet d g ' Y. ©very itudwit i$ priviloQcd fo ontBr+airt hii quertt O ' to »p«fld hii laiture moironh at qoverr od by hli daily ehedule. Nona of ttie comford of fhe modorn home have bo«ri o»clodod in Werrtworth i plon to provide tha fin«t twin, log arid quartern availably. •|Abo«a) T) conar of ona of fha »1 tractive parteri whara cadati racaiva thair fuath.