Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WENT WORTH F H O M THE A 1 H No. I. Administration Building, D ' Company Barrack . Music Facilities and Rifle Range. No. 2. Hickman Hall. X Company Barracks. No. 3. Student Union. Recreation Room, Quar- termaster ' s Store. No. 4. Marine Hall. B Company Barracks. No. 5. E and F Compony Barracks. No. 6. Academy Student Health Center No. 7. Faculty Residence. No. 8. Alumni Stadium. No. 9. New Drill and Athletic Field — Site of New Athletic Fieid House. No. 10. Second Drill and Athletic Field. No. II. Sellers-WikoH Scnolastic Bu.tdng, b- brary and Laboratories. No. 12. Direction of Go ' f Course-Country C uo No. 13. Tannii Courts. No. 14. Summer Camp Cabin Aroa. No. 15. Memorial Chapel No. 16. New Co ' lege Building Dining Hal. A Company Barracks. No. 17. Service Building. No. 18. Lions Club Lake

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WENTWORTH ' S PURPOSE It is the purpose ot Werrtworth Military Academy tc provide the best conditions possible for the all ' rcund development of worthy Doys and young men. To attain tWt high purpose the Academy places greatest emphasis upon these four points ' First, ft is the Academy ' s aim to assemW only the highest types of students — deserving youths of good parentage — to assure wholesome associations and greater progress. Every pre caution is taken to seep undesirable boys — all those that might prove detrimental to others— out of the Academy. Second, to employ only men of highest character ana ability for its faculty. It is not enough for a Wentv orth faculty member to be merely a scholar and a splendid instructor. He must alto possess a spirit of friendliness and a sincere desire to give iindly he ; p whenever necessary. He must thoroughly understand the Innermost problems of boys — fc« patient with them — and be teadv ♦o serve each boy to the best of his ability. Third, to provide the very best eauipmont throughout everv department to the end that every boy will have all those things nocossary to his health and happiness and that none thai ' want for anything that will helo him tc make orogress. Fourth, to provide a program for each dav that will best scve ' he interests of every student

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Celorwt J«m«i M. PriiiaW W.nfrarth ItIL .t,..m .. c- CUu««. AJ. 1 17. CW hu K »«a Ittt; SSara. XI: Ut« nut. S| M.j» U, . . ••.. «...-.. ItJO, D,ltma i» . d S r ks Cna; N4 v C ' eu; S.t».r Star; H. rt; CrA.l-aVGu.rT.; Pair Prafrdan si Alioclaflo-t at MiCta y Coll. 4.1 k J S »»oli «f rka IJ. l.i St.f.i ai Grans ' M.ii.. «» Ik. Grind Ma.onic Ladas o ' Mluaurl, t F A. M »- d P«l J Csr» m 4.d.r st ... Grand Co—dar, .« M!».y,L CoUtl L B. WikoW. A.B., S.B. h. Ed., Superin+crdcnl and Secretary Uniwr, «| Mim.fl. A. I.. 4 I ;» E.I.. Iflfi r . ..t. -sr., U«i ■ •Ty o ' Chlc.o : P.ir 6»nxw B«.ry l«t.rnati»«al, HH: Pa«» Pr.ils.nt .( M«M»» Star. Ck.mbar »» Com «. Cm. « V .af» .. cm«. U 191 ... Km Am mttW l« i ' SINCE EIGHTEEN EIGHTY One of the chief reasons why Wentworth has been able to achieve its lofty purpose lies in the fact that the Academy has been under one continuous administration since its found- ing. For nearly three-score years. Colonel Sandford Sellers was president of Wentworth. Ho enjoyed one of the most enviable records in the history of American education. The Academy was founded by Stephen G. Wentworth scion of a distinguished English family and a prominent Leiington banker, in 1880. as a memorial to his deceased ion, William Wentworth. Mr. Wentworth immediately vested control of the institution in the hands of a board of trustees composed of a duly elected representative of each of the Evangelical churches of Lexington, and a p-esident. Colonel Se ' lers was called to the new school in its first year and remaned as its activH head until 1918. Mr. Wentworth served as president of the Board from 1880 until his deetn in 1897 It was the firm conviction of the founder, his board of trustees and President Sellers that a military boarding school provides the most effective possible means for giving young men the thorough mental, mo ' al and physical training neces- sary to develop in them the highest traits of manhood. Thus, Wentworth became the first military school in the Missouri River Valley. From the beginning the la e President Sellers surrounded himself with the ablest faculty available — strong men erf proved qualities and Christian character. Under his wise and forward-looling direction. Wentworth has grown steadily. Each year has shown marked improvement over the preceding year. Today Wentworth stands as one of the truly great educational institutions of our country — second to none In the opportunities it offers boys and young men for thorough preparation for professional studies, business and for We.