Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Classes are held Monday through Friday In the Sellers- UUoff Scholastic Building starting at 7tS0 in the mom- Ing. Then? are six periods a day, where a variety of C9urte$ an offered, many of Vbldi aev reared. The first four pt riods are In thp nv)m1r.p, rhp last two in the afternoon. The Homing classes are sepa- rated fr«.ir afrcrnopn classes by lunch f better known as DRC, and noon tnspectlon. Cadets march In formation to the Quadrangle with their cocnpany ' y sounding off their mottos and ehaats. When they reach the Quad- rangle, Battalion Staff calls up the Corps snd gives Q»m order to Pr«p «re for Ihi iieeo ttOQ.. Noon in ectloqB cfip- vict of brass, Shlned shoas appearance, unlfom, hygtma and knowledge of Fact Sheets . After Inspection cadets aareh to the dma fUtiSt ' into thf mpss hall. After lunclt comes tht: b«st part of the day f r aest eadsts. Stop I Rii Ihetvl Xhis is not a Wentworch belt buckle. Zelaya, are you in trouble ogaln?

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Ihe Sellers-Wlkoff Uvtlc Building, bulit in Vami ia: «tlll tnmlits twt well educ«e«l e»det«, the re- sult of tM ceaseless efforts Of iome of the test etfuestors In thf roach Ir e flctd. The building houses cwo depart- Mnc« hli school, a four year prepsrstory course, snd Junior college, two years of liberal arts and sciences. Both are Cully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Adjoining the scholastic building Is Wentworth ' a beau- tiful Henorial Chapel. Not only is I ' l ' (Impel .1 plnce for cadets to periodically Join together in worship, but It is also the place where assem- bliea are held. Assemblies consist of infomatlooal top- ics, honors, avards and ehter- fatiwaPt Wonder what dits esaenbly is about? Glad that ' a overl

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Throughout v .t-r half a ccniury the Wencvorth purpose has ri-nalned unchangvd. The IdcJiU wfilch to tho Acflde- Biy ' s founding and which have carried It steadily forward, •hlne JuKt as brightly t. as «ver: the desire to . each youth every opportm ' to d«velop fully his own tndl vidua! pc ' y; the aia that evci . ihall acquire a keen sense of duty and re- sponclblllty, both to hlmsel and toward others; that he nhall have the ■rntal and nor at power to mike accurate judgnent between right and wrong and the physical power ro at and by his convictions. These high •toiidiinlfl have dominated Wentwurth lor gener atlons. But to maintain then and assure their full and con- tinuous application, it has been found necessary to Halt the enrollment. Wentvortb today ts a relatively small school -many tlima larger Chan ' .n IRBO, CO t« turn, yet mmU enough that every Individual student Is given the prlvat - attention so essential to hla all ' round development. The surrounding country affords a wealth of histori- cally Important Civil War slteti and the town of Lexing- ton Itself retains such of the tradition of Che old couth. Here enthusiasm for the re- ■Inders of our country ' s glo- rious paat is conbtned with the enthuslama for siodem ad- venture to promote the rapid development of the boy ' s men- tal, Moral and physical re- sources. 8