Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WEAITWUHTH F H n M THE AMI No. I. Administration Building, D Company Barracks, Music Facilities and Rifle Range. No. 2. Hickman Hall. C Company Barracks. No. 3. Student Union. Recreation Room, Quar- termaster ' s Store. No. 4. Marine Hall. B Company Barracks. No. 5. E and F Company Barracks, No. 6. Academy Studont Health Center. No. 7. Faculty Residence. No. 8. Alumni Stadium. No. 9. New Drill and Athletic Field— Site of New Athletic Field House. No. 10. Second Drill and Athletic Fie d. No. II. Sellers- Wikoff Scholastic Building, Li- orary and Laboratories. No. 12. Direction of Golf Course- Country Club. No. 13. Tennis Courts. No. 14. Summer Camp Cabin Area No. 15. Memorial Chapol. No. 16. New College Building. Dining Hall A Company Barrackl. No. 17. Service Building. No. 18. Lions Oub Lake

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E T URT H ' S PURPOSE If it the purpose ot Wentworth Military Academy to provide the best condition! possible lor the oil ' round development of worthy bovs and young men To attain this high purpose, the Academy olacet groates emphasis upon those four poirts Firtt. it ij the Academy ' i aim to assemble only the highest types of students — deserving youths of good parentage — to assu ' o wholesome associations and greater progress. Every pre caution ic taken to keep undesirable boys — all those that might prove detrimental to others — out of the Academy. Second, to employ only men of highest character and ability for its faculty. It is not enough for a Wentworth faculty member to be merely a scholar and a splendid instructor. He must also possess a spirit of friendliness and a sincere desire to give kindly help whenever necessary. He mus ' thoroughly understand the innermost problems of boys— be patient with them — and be ready to serve each boy to tde best o his ability. Third, to provide the very best equipment throughout every department to the end that every boy will have all those things necessary to hts health and happiness and that none shall want for anything that wifl help him to make progress. Fourth, to provide a program for each day that will best serve the interests of every student

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Colonel J«mei M. Sellers, A. 8 W...-ortfc 1 11, UoWilly .1 Ow o. AX Hi lata (a, M U : ;.)•• Xi; lata TWa t i: Mt[«r U. t. Marina Hum 1 17- 1 10: D. ' illnfulinad Sarvlca Croat; Na»y Crew; S.W Star: urp Cr-.ii ria Pti Prandanr f Alloci cn of Military Coliaojai 4 d Schoolt of na Unl ' ad S»a»»i Grand Mailar of «nn Oa«d Miw Udea of M-ww-J. A. F. 1 A. M, and Part Stand Cammtn4+t Hi Sr A i Comm if«d4rv tf Mluogrl ♦Cotonel I. B. WikoH, A.8, S.B. In Ed., ■■nM»n «f«iJiim» ,ul Wra4«ru jupormronoonT nc jucruTary 0 1 11 1 .1 MiHourl, A. B J. I. In Id. 1 11 ' graaWat. -art. Uni lonliy a Chlcaoo: emw »1anj InlwaKonal. 1 3 : fan Pratlda.t of Mi»,„,. S«a»a Cha.oar o ' Co«w..k« Cam. . Wan.. -.■■» m h 1 11 Kai alnca (a I SINEE EIGHTEEN EIGHTY One of the chief reasons why Wentworth has boon able to achieve its lofty purpose lies in rhe fact that the Academy has been under one continuous administration since its found- ing. For nearly three-score years, Colonel Sandford Seller was presidont of Wentworth. He enjoyed one of the most enviable records in the history of American education. The Academy was founded by Stephen S. Wentworth, scion of a distinguished English family and a prominent Lexington banker, in 1880, as a memorial to his deceased son. 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 president. Colonel Setlers was ce- ' led to the new school in its first year and remained as its active head until 1938. Mr. Wentworth served as president of the Board from 1880 until his death 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, moral 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 late President Sellers surrounded himself with the ablest faculty available — strong men of proved qualities and Christian character. Under hh wise and forward-looking direction. Wentworth has grown steadily. Each year has shown marked improvement over the preceding yea-. Today Wentworth stands as one of the truly great educational institutions of our country — second to none in the opportunities it offers boys and younq men for thorcuqh DisDaration for professional studies, business and for life.