Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Daily lite reflects military The military approach to education reaches into each aspect of the laHft ' s life The daily ruutme is ughily budget- ed and numy complamts are heard that there is not enough time to do everything. Before eating lunch, there is daily inspection. To prepare f or inspection, the cadets must polish their brass from the hat btaM to tba btlt buekbi IM uniforms must be dean and shoes must shine. The same care is expected of the cadets in the barracics. Each item in the room has an assigned spot and cadets are expected to see thai it is there when the room is inspected. Reportedly cadets have even slept on the floor just to lieep the bed ready for room inspec Of course, not every cadet manages to follow each expec- tation to the full extent. This year a new approach was in- corporated. Tours have been added li )i« fgnMlpm doBk erits. T usB is • military form dP punishment. One tour is 65 minutes of marching with a weapon on tlie quadrangle. One eiamplft of tourt given as punishment is for class ab- sence. Missing one class with- out an excuse results in 12 demerits and 12 tours. The nimiber of class absences is dom dmuXkiSfy thii yme. A . .l . ' V rUAlMWC takers a f:ri.il ih-.il lit I ' ll ' .T! .IS .inr iiinior c il- IcHf i idf ' .f- dis,-tn f! under the dirtK-- ti.njf. r M Hvvcr and D. Grubh. mv CADETS. D. StormetmatlA ReM aiu nceive the M»eArUtm Awards at Sunday drrss parade. HONOR GUARD membeta: B. KMsaa. T. GUbeH, I MeK$lmy, and R. Quarhergrae wabattrveHmmfnim W

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-A GOOD FOOD »t low prict wa» a B»»f ItASSKMBUNC. HTiAPOSS high point for n, Orubh »ttd B. GrwM w uf one chalhnjitr .W. Bun-h met in on 4 .%tS trip la U ' Mteaun Air Fnivr Rangrr cnmpclition. Instructors retire from Army Trom the service and left theii teaching at WMA. Sgt. Majo! Bdhbie McDaniels and Sgt Ernie Vigil have retired fron the Army. McDaniels departed fron campus in Januar -. He ha( served in the Army for 28 year». He taught in the SROTC program at WMA for four years. After Severn! years at WMA and after 15 years in the Army, Vigil retired in March moving ini-k ti) Colorado. His lea nng al»o meant a change of coache tor the golf team. Replacing McDaniels ai WMA ij« Sgt. Major Mikt Kyan. Due to the few weeks re- maining in the school year. Vigir» position was not filled immediately. ♦ THl ' RSDA Y DRILL pro idff LW I Baix And thv li Slb itirpt: an oppor- tunity to honor Sgt Mn ior Mcl ijtnifl. uith » .s m-iul piiradp. It FILLISd THE (Iliad urrp cmh ' t» who mnrrht l tivir.s jiji piiniahment lor breaking the rulm and nyulatioiu. U Dii(ji.lfaM(,OMatiy The men leading the cadets in their military training are enlisted in the U.S. Army. They are assigned duty with a JRO PC or a SKOTC program and are stationed at that cam- pus. During the course of the year, two instructon retired

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Attejition, Cadets, BCI today! The Biemtial Cuimuand In- medSotl BCI. grades the ca- det emrps a tainst other mili- tary schools and high school JROTC departments in this fegion. BCI WHS h( ' l i 1)11 April ' ?. giving the .IROK depart ment almost all year to prepare for the arrival of the inspection team. The inspntion team con Sisted of Mnj. E.R. Washing- ton. Cpt. Jenkins, S Sgl. Miller, and Rick Webster, the only civilian on the team. The team is responniblo for checking the JKUTC depart- ment ' s records to make sure they are current and correct. The team also coniUuts a stand-by room inspectionan( ..an in-ranks inspection. The men also watch the cadet corps Even though a school is in- spected every other year, the school keeps that rating for two years. Schools with espe- cially high standards and dis- cipline receive Honor Unit with Destiiiction which i the goal. WM.A last rect-ived this in 197H-79. Although the team only takes one day to do the inspec- tinii, the entire cadet corps s|jend» weeks in tinal prepara- tion for that day. The average cadet will spend 15 hours preparing his room for the stand-by inspec- tion and li ' nr hc.nr [)r ' p,irin;; his viniform foir the in-rankai infipection. The corps practices 10 hours during Thursday drill and spc cial practices preparing for the review. The -fUDTC department spent their summer and school year preparing the cadets and themselves for the inspection. The department made snre that everything sv, - [h rfi ■ even down to typing; and (ihuf; the daily lesson plans. Maj. Washington s;iid, You did more than pa s, much mem ' ' 1 r :.4,V I ( IJ DHD wen -or l er ( l t ' Ui h hiirr.ii k iM-n liir Ihf jMnuyr hiyh •.tiidcnlA ( ' Hylxr . t • ' ' ;n;s. Hull, iind P. Halevini ii llimifili ihvs art- noi in .moiv ' . rrEH (lltEKT INCS, the impeeiioti inini rtrrivifl it foniiul hrift ' inn from the .IIUyFC Imlal- liiMi yiiilT iin luding c Ll. H, Manaziw. ■kHlOH SCHOOL lUmg rs M. Weath C. DlUmrd, B. Staaatfu A Wimmer. tad J. Haines nemm bmtiUtitiao ieow I» Liu(y, Ibinuf. Cuuntry