Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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4V PrMlrfwif Wanlawlli IVIL Uniranity tl Clite«« , A.I. Ifl7, rhi Mli Xtp ItMl Si«m4 !•«• T)ntt Ki U»ru U. S. Marlio Utvim ItlT- mO; Dntwtw »t ' » J S«r»;t» Cnm; N«»ir Oent iil ' S ' lr; FaryU HMr : Cr»ti-d«-6u«rr«; fait Prmii Ml o4 AnocitMsn o1 MiHVtry CallifM K Utooli •( itit Utitod Stain: fu MmI» •! rin Cnn MtMKlt La •( Mhanitl, Kf.tK M., fad CranW CoImmI lb. Wfteft. SJl (n EdL, nnliy ol CMttf ! ttut »«« w »«t«nf |p tarimi»Ml, l»M: fta p..iid.M .1 Miiwrt4N»» C fc w i »w «( pnaMw. Cam aMtfAwoiiklf. SINCE EIBHTEEI EIBHTt One of Hie chtef reasons why Wentworfh has been able to achieve its lofty purpose lie in the fact that the Academy has been under one conHnuoui administratton since its found ing. for nearly three-Kore years. Colonel Sandford %fS was preiident cif ' .Vo-lwu ) He enjoyed one of the moil amiable record in the.hUioqriof . ifniric! Thet Academy was founded by Stephen G. Wenfwortti. kIoo of a distinguidied Ertgttsh family and a prenn ma nf Lflxtngton baninr. m 1880, as a memoriaf fo h« deceased son, William Wenlwoffh, Mr. Wentworth immediately vested j t, I f -i-... ; , — V -Ht. ands of a board of trustees composea of a duiy elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Lexington, and a president. Colonel Sellers was called to the new school irt its first year and remi ' ned .in it? active hflad Until 1938. Mr. Wentworth served as p ' esident of the Board from I8B0 until his death in 1897. It was the firni conviction of the founder, his board of trustees and President S« ' lefs that a military boarding school provides the rnost effective possible means for giving young men the thorough mental, moral and physical tra}ninf fi£(tMil liery tc de . p in them tho highest traits of manhood. Thus, Wentworth became ti}e first military fcHpol in the MisjSOori River Va r. From the beginning the late President Sellers surroMnded htmsalf with the ablest faculty avaitat — strong men of proved qualities and Christian eharaeter. Under his wise and fiSfward-loolting directio ' - Wontwort ' n hj: .r ■ •■-■--.■i;iv. Each year has shown marVed improvement over the p ' cceding year. Today Wentworth stands as one of the truly great educational institirtions of our country — second to nona iit tt e opportunities i offers bnys «nd yn;jna r en or thorough prapairation for professipnai studies, business and for life.

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WEIVTWOBIfl FflOM THE Alfl No, I. Admini»tr«fiofi Building, D Company Barracb, Mulfe Faciliflat and R;fie Range. No. 2. Hickman Hall. G Company Barrackt. No. 3. Gyntnasium, RacTMiien Room. Quarter- matfer ' t -Store. Ho. 4. MaHiwHall, B Company Barracls. Mo; 5. E sod F Company Barraclcs. No. A. Academy Hospital. No. 7. Faculty Residence. No. IB. Ahimni Stadium. No. 9. Drill and Athletic Freid — Site of New Aihiatii: F«ld House. NVk ' lil. econd Drill and AtMatic Bold. I jl. Sellefs-Wikoff ScMastc Bdfldiiijji. brety end Lafaoratorie . No. 12. Direction of Golf Courn-Country Clui No. 11. Tonnii Courts. No. 14. Stimimr Camp Cabin Ai fi.. No. 15. Mamorial Chapel. No. 16. New Colle9e Building, Dining Hell, A Company Barncbi No. 17. Service Building. McK. Lioni Club Lake.

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• TIm MiwMrl OU Swito F« Trali AN HISTORIC BACKGROUND Ti - ij -ui over half a century fha Wenfworth pu ' - fjt-i ' j -a; icmoined unchanged. The ideal which led to Acadetny ' s foundinq and which have carried it steadily forward, shine lust as brighHy tp ey as ever: the desire to giva each youth every oppor- tunity to develop fully his own Individual personality; Km dtm ikif every cadet shall acquire a Veen sense of duty and responsibility, both to himself anc tr w s-i ' others; that he shall have t)w mantBl and moral power ' to :,e ccu iia fa |ud9nwot byht eefl right and vjctioni. These high standards have dominated V ent worth -for generations. But to maintain them and assure their full end continuous apptlcaKon, li hat bean found necessary to limit the anrollmenf. Wentworlh hM itiy is a relatively small school— natiy times larger than in 1 680, to be sure, yet imall enough thaf every indi ktudent h given tiie private tAmmt WSfilfi tiel to hit all- ' round development. The surrounding country aftcydi a wea th his- torically important Civil War sites and the town of Islington itself retains much of the tradltioo of the old south. Here enthusiasm for the reminders of oflt country ' s glorious past is comb ' nad with ihe enthu- siasm for modem adventure to promote the rapid de- velopment of 1he boy V mitntal, ma «l and pihyuqil Tne modern, prosperous RtMe city of LflUBngr ton is 41 miles from Kansas Oty, The Heart, of America. This proximity makes avaiteble by train, motor car, bu$ and «lr all the desir- able cultural advantages of o lorgn) city without any of Its dItsdvantAget. Thm Hiiteric Old Court Hoom in Luinqton. NoHet tht cwnon b«fl natr th» tap ef tha first (ISII-IWT) (IB46-I93SI Ae«J»fry fr-jTi 1830 (o 1938-