Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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WENTWORTH FROM THE AIR No. J. Adminisr ivn gilding, D Company Bjrratks, Music Facilities and Rl% an HalJ t C Company Bjirrtfk . No 3. Nti w Smitem Union, AecrflctMrjn Rooms, Guansi-rrnasHar s Slurp Np H 4. Marine Hell,. K, B Company BarracliH, Nr?, 5+ E and F Company Barraeki. No, 6. Academy Student HeaHh Ciitc-n No. 7, Feculty Residence, G. fl Alumni S+acffumv N-o. 9 Nftw l ili and Amle ' tie Fieid No. 10 Qlymp Sjza Summing Pool No. 1 2 Second Drill and Achleeic Fifiid Mo. 1 3 Seller s-WucDn 1 Scholaglic Building, Li- brary and Laboratories No. 14. DiTeclmnof Got! CouiM-CoumryClub No. IS. Tennis Courts in Area No. 18 Ne Col I eye Bu iJd-ng , Dmmg Hal I. A Ctimoany Barracks. No 19 Sefvjpe Building No 20 Lion C ' idi Lulu

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WENTWORTH ' S PURPOSE It ii the purpose of We fworth Military- Academy fo provide the best condition 1 possible for rhe a II ' touod development of or y boyn and youno n en. To attain tfifo high purpose the Academy places greatest emphasis up-an tb w four points. Pint, it 15 iba Academy ' s aim to Mumble only the highest typ s of student — desery in c youth- of good parentage — to Assure wholesome associations and greater progress. Every pre- caution Is taken to keep undaiirabla boys— oh those Trior might prove dE-trimnn-Tal to othera— out o$ the Academy. Second, to employ only man of higher character and ahi?ity for ill fatuity, |p I not enough for a WamVorth faculty member to be merely a scholar and a- iplendid instructor. He munt alio passe is a spirit friendliness and o ifncctro doiirc qive kindly help whenever Necessary. Ha muit thoroughly understand the innermost problems of boys— be patient with them — and be feady to serve- s ch boy to the bEst of h?£ ability, Third, to provide th? vary best equipment throughout e ery dapflrtment to the end that every boy w1 a 1 have all tho» ihing naceasary to hre K ftith and happiness and the none ihall cinr -for anything haf will help Km t malt prog rail. Fourth, to DfOvide a program For each day that will b t wrsa the interest of evaty ttudanf

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C 1ane! Jmai U, Setters, A, B„ Wbn iUlh | lj, Unlrii-fcihy nt Cfciii Q, M. 191?, Phf | H K p r J C : j fe a iiM Hi 1j PI i Mtjor U. 5. M.»=!-p Kihirvi f|4tj PHOf Oliirnf ylihfd Uokt Cfhw-i H n fS nkM KNir Slur Purn-U H..H; CrDii.d -Gu B rr.; P iH Pnihdni tjl Afznn.m n r, I M,;lih-r V Gallic Sehttli ef Mil Unilid M S rtd M h.r «E 4i+ MiinnlE Ud, ri Mfeurl, ft f, A. «.J l u | £ r .n CdImeI L., 0. WikflW. A.IL, S-B. in Ed., SupG-nnrtncTfrnt and Sscs+Ary lj-.t..vl V ul Mi„ n r ft. |. 5,1,1, Ed. 1 1 1; andvl rL, UrJ Fi»biJ iil riF Mikkuuri Jlftli CliA -Lir d Cilll ■ C f» + If SIMK ElliU TEEN EIIMI I V One of the chief why Wentworth has been ab e ro achieve ]fo lof y purpose Kes in Hie fact the J the Academy has been under one continuous administration since ih found- ing For nearly three -score yea ?, Cobnel Sand ford SflUers was president of Wentworth. He enfoyed on of rhe mosf :«iv;abla records in rhe history ef American education, The Academy was founded by Stephen G. We-nlworth. = scion pf a distinguished English family cmd a prominent leairiq ton banker in I 83-0 as a memorial to his deceased son, William Wen worth, Mr. WftntwOrhh immediately vested centr ol of the institution In the hand of a board of trustee competed- oF a duly elected r presentafive of each of the Evangelical churches of Le rrgton, and a president. Calami! Sellers was called tci the new school in iIf fori year acid r mauTed 05 it active heed until 1938. Mr. W nrworHi. served as present of the Board from ISBQ until his death in 1397, It was the firm conviction of the founder, hk board □( rruitsE? and President Sellers that a military boarding, sch-oo! provides the most effective possible means For giving young men the thorough mental, moral and physical training neces- sary to develop in rhern the highest traits of manhood. Thus, WenUortk become the fir it military school in the Missouri Rive Valley. From Hie fceginn the late President Sel-ers surrounded himseff with thv ablest facufty a va ila bFs — strong men of proved qualities and Cnf is+ an character. Under his wise and farwarcUqofcSng director. Wenrwcrth has .gro n steadily. Each year he ihown merlced Improvement over th precedmg year. Today Wsntv orth -stands as one of the truly great educational institutions of our country — second to none in the opportunities It offers boys and young men far thorough oreporation far professional studies, business and far life.