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1918-1919 West Barracks Chapel ^ en }T^vo r i"L LEXINGTON, MO. DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS ONE OF THE TEN HONOR SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. • • ESTABLISHED 1880 M • Annual (Eatalngur 191M9ia Attttounrrmpnta 1918-1919 WEST BARRACKS CHAPEL WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY MAIN BUILDING ADMINISTRATION BUILDING GYMNASIUM AND MESS HALL LEXINGTON, MISSOURI THE MILITARY SCHOOL HAT advantages does From statistics collected by an eastern expert we the military school of­ learn that the enrollment of two thousand or more 1^^ i tk til A fer in the education of private schools has increased 58% while that of the the AmeTican boy of to­ high schools has increased 34'/r; that 80'/c of the day? students of Princeton come from private schools, jdi In discussing this while 70% of Yale's and 50% of Harvards' come question consideration from the same source. will be given to the Crowded classes, women teachers and the little or Military Private no individual attention that is possible in the public Boarding School. school are causing parents to turn more and more Military Training— to the private school. Much is being said in It is true that the system of the public school is the magazines and newspapers about the benefits to excellent, its organization of a high order, its activi­ boys from 14 to 20 years of age of military training ties completely socialized, but these very character­ and discipline. Through this training they learn re­ istics cause it to fail in the prime essential indicated spect and obedience to rightful authority, things by Dr. Jordan. most necessary to good citizenship. In the interesting For after all, the training of the young is a pri­ routine of daily duties they are reconciled to a de­ vate function surrendered to the state only for pur­ gree of discipline and control hard to tolerate else­ poses of convenience or economy. As this training where. The secret of this daily routine is that it has become socialized in the public schools, their keeps a boy busy. There is little time here for idle­ forms of instruction have become more and more in­ ness, the condition that leads a boy to vice and mis­ stitutionalized and mechanical. They must of ne­ chief. All hours of the day are divided up for some cessity consider the mass rather than the individual. profitable and interesting duty. With certain hours On the other hand, the private school looks in the for study, others for some military exercises and opposite direction. It considers the need of the in­ others for athletic sports, the day passes rapidly, dividual. Besides providing a teacher for each small and at its close the boy is stronger in body and in group of students—the usual ratio is one to ten—it mind, and with the healthful fatigue that comes from vigilantly seeks out and develops special capacities properly directed exercise he is ready for refreshing in those intrusted to its care. It does not seek to sleep. Under this system a boy can study better, reduce these capacities to a common denominator or and the regular hours of physical exercise produce to deal with them by wholesale. a symmetrical development of mind and body. The martial spirit appeals to every normal boy, and Again the public schools may furnish the very best through it he acquires courage, manliness, decision education, but it affords very little training. These of character and forcefulness of action. Honesty two terms are very frequently confounded but nev­ and truthfulness constitute the foundation of mili­ ertheless they have very distinct meanings and both tary training. The erect carriage and straightfor­ are necessary during the formative stage. Looked ward look are habits of the body that are communi­ at from this angle, the very best public school, with cated to the character. its five-hour day, cannot compete with the private boarding school's constant supervision day and night, Private Schools—The private school is attracting and its never ending training in habits of life. much attention and consideration will be given next If the private school be a Military Academy this to its claims. training process is very highly developed. Here the Dr. David Starr Jordan says: "There is no virtue boy passes the habit-making period of his life sub­ in an educational system unless the system meets ject to a constant succession of formative impulses. the needs of the individual. A misfit education is At the public school he may leam the habit of study. no education at all." At the academy he must acquire in addition habits This is why, in spite of the very great develop­ of obedience, promptness neatness, accuracy and ment of the public school system, private schools self-control. The high school may develop the ac­ still flourish, why their patronage is steadily in­ quisitive faculty of his mind, but the Academy does creasing and why more than half the students of not stop there. It builds as well as stores. The the older colleges and universities are from private boy does not learn merely how to be a soldier, he schools. also learns why. Duty and loyalty become his — 8 — watchwords, and besides being physically fit for the important function. It is the laboratory in which trenches, he is mentally and morally fit for the bat­ all the theories of education have been developed tle of life. and tested. The Kindergarten, the higher educa­ Contrast his well ordered existence from Reveille tion of girls. Manual Training, the Gymnasium, to Taps with a five-hour school day and eight or ten every educational departure had its origin in the hours of irresponsibility. private schools. SANDFORD SELLERS, Finally the private school has another and most Superintendent. DESIGNATED BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT AS ONE OF THE TEN LEADING MILITARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES The military schools having Government super­ grounds and scholastic standing. For the last four vision undergo a thorough inspection by an officer of years Wentworth has been designated an HONOR the Army each year. The schools are then classified SCHOOL, the highest rating given by the Govern­ on the basis of size, efficiency of work done in the ment. military department, adequacy of buildings and IMPORTANCE AND MEANING OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Membership. The membership of the North Cen­ Inspectors. The Association maintains a Board of tral Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Inspectors, the members of which, by means of writ­ is composed of the leading colleges and preparatory ten reports and personal inspections, keep in close schools in the following states: Colorado, Illinois, touch with the work of each school and make a report Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis­ of their observations to the Association each year. souri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla­ If the work of any school is not up to the required homa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. standard, this school is, of course, dropped from the Standard. The standard set by the Association Association. for the Secondary Schools is that the curriculum The fact that Wentworth is a member of this Asso­ shall be broad enough and the subjects thoroughly ciation assures the patron that the scholastic work enough taught to amply prepare the student who done here is of a high standard and that the graduates for the best colleges and universities in graduates of the institution will be received without this country, including the Government academies, examination by all the higher institutions which ac­ West Point and Annapolis. cept students on certificate. THE IMPORTANCE AND MEANING OF GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION If you wish your son to enter a military school, it To get and retain these advantages a certain high is important to choose one which is directly super­ standard of work, and of equipment and sanitary vised by the War Department of the United States conditions, must be maintained. Government. Such military schools, and only such, enjoy, free Thus equipped and officered, schools under Govern­ of expense, the services of a high-salaried military ment supervision secure such organization, discipline officer. The money thus saved to the school is, in and efficiency as to win the respect and confidence of Wentworth Military Academy, expended on addi­ their students, and make work in all departments tional teachers and superior equipment. better. Schools under Government supervision are also equipped with Government apparatus worth thou­ To secure these ends the United States Govern­ sands of dollars. This other schools cannot afford. ment makes rigid inspections. — 9- The design of the numerous illustrations printed matter of the catalogue. This ex­ found in this catalogue is to set before the plains the fact that the pictures are largely patrons of the school, both actual and pros­ taken up with illustrations of military and pective, the daily activities of the cadets in athletic events. the most real and im­ pressive manner possi­ ble. Comparatively few patrons find it pos­ sible to visit the Acad­ emy. These pictures, many of them snap­ shots, show the daily life and activities as they ARE, as far as it is possible thus to repre­ sent them. Necessarily, the work of the Academic Department must, in large part, be set forth in the CALENDAR Wednesday, September 18, 1918, 9 a. m.— Session begins. Matriculation and Classification of Cadets. Thursday, November 28—Thanksgiving Day, a holiday. Saturday, December 21, 1:15 p. m.— Christmas holidays begin. Thursday, January 2, 1919, 9 a. m—Christmas holidays end Wednesday, May 21—Saturday, May 24—Annual Encampment. Wednesday, May 28—Friday, May 30—Final Examinations.
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