Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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' Miiinuri Did Santa Fu fr l| A taauty Spat »n I he A iM HISTORIC BACKGROUND Throughout over halt ntury the We.nt worth pur- pose- na r mamed unchanged, He fdaa ' -i whith led t c the Acaefemv ' s Founding and which hnvg carried IS FToadlly forward, sVilne [ust 09 brSohtly today a aven tnc desiTe to Qi v-?i Erdch youth every oppor- tunity fo develop fully h« ov indiv)du a£ persona I iry rlw aim [hat every cadet shall acquire Q teen en a of duty end responsibility, bath to himself end fowero ;rhe that he shall have tha mental and moral power ■te mile agfcurate fudgment b twean right s«d wrong. rW tfce physical power to m a by his Can. vidians. Trwe htgri standards Hav demisted Want worth f r operations. But to maintain them and anurtr ike-ir fuH and continuous epp atforv, hes been found necessary to limit the enrollment Wsnrworth today a restively iniall school— many times arao-- than In 1980, o bo sure, yer small enough that every indi vJouaJ student is a?ven the private attention u esssn- fW to ft| nll-Vound development. The surrounding cqtiniry aFf orris a wealth of hii- ' orca ' ly important Civil War 51 to and the town of LeK-n-aton Itself retains much of the tr d ' .tlort t e 0;d south. Hera anthusrasrn for the reminders of our country ' s glorious past 1 combined with the enthu- siasm tor moderrvadvflfitufe 1r promote the rapid de- velopment of frta .boy ' s mental, meal and The HiL+oric Old Court Haut lir Lacingltrt. Metiu tlw unMn balE rw r r lep af Ihe Rfarl Tries modern, prosperous little tity of Lexing- ton 3 41 infos ' from Kansas City. The Heart of Amarica. This pKutEmrty TTiate available by train, motor car, bus and air all the desir- able- eumuraf advantages of a larg city without b ' ny of its disadvantage . Fo«dir«E w wm man (I Eta- 1931)

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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.

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YESTERDAY AbGvfr ! t plrtir d th first ccrnpflny s er n L «rbW at Wvtworfh Ft-pm ih j hpnal b r- Fnhi ?r dfvE :r n nl at h. olacta «t in the flan r«™ c r Annpfca ' i bost mFJita y tchcah. The Wentworrh AwJemy pf tcdoy .5 vastly different from fHi We nr worth 61 I B O. F cm year to year it has fltfarged its facilities increased ' H enrollment and changed «H physical appearance until th re Is- IrhHB ta remingi bne of the eor| s days. Njmflrous rnDd T: and arhrrat+ive buHdin tavE? baan erected as th y wira na dad. O ' d bmldrngs- ha- e bean torn away hen they were no Ifrioer i Fyi, Sp c-us miFi+ary and athistic fields h v heerr addtjd. One of the fine Field H uss in he country hai been buNt E ery ne meshed «n teaching that has been r?und definite 1 y lupariur fc o(d» T rrethc-di na baa adopted. Yftt some of the fun aanenrar princes that gyided +He first company --re =adHared tc fust afi stri;t4v today.