Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-21
MALE ACADEMY.

WENTWORTH MALE ACADEMY.
Lexington, so long the commercia
center of western Missouri, has, OWN,
to Q combination Of circumstances
long since abdicsted her position o
supremacy in this regard in favor Q
her more fortunate and entsrprlsini
rivals, Kansas City and St. Joseph
and, in . single department, only, still
claims to hold . place Of which othel
and more prosperous localities vii
scarcely feel inclined to deprive her.
Situatsd in . healthy, beautiful and
fertile section Of the stats the female
seminariss Of Lexington have fol
years past been regarded q the best in
tie state, and indeed second to none in
ali The, great valley Of the Mississippi
The Baptist Esnals College, at present
under the management of Prof. Lam
neau, was established as early - 1850
The Z izabeth. .Aull Seminary, the
Presbyterian school, went into opera
ton in 1859, under Rev. Lewis G.
Barbour - principal, and Is 1t present
under Rev. J. A. Qnafies, D. D.; and
Central Female College, Of the Metho-
dist church, with Prot. Ksrdoln - its
n-..sa..t y.rv .oon .fter the tcIose of
q. csvii m AM the,e schools are
Hbsr.llv pstropis.d.su are too widely
.nd Arxor,blv Known to ueod any
eomms.d.tion her.. 'a.
W1th I'M n. er..t .av.nteves for f.
mai. education tho want Of Z first class
nal. school where thu Young men of
r. conntrv eonId shksin III f~ound.tion
- fho,o.vh 80 ,nhs4.nt;.l education
and pr.nars tbemselves successfully to
enter the first class colleges and uni
yersities, or obtain . thorough business
education. was felt n q great one. nor
vtaa that dimculty, obyiated and 4
briphtsr prosnect opened to those
whose hopea aud wishes had been 90
.~nx;ouaIv diractad tn hat sub,ect until
v;tb;n the last Sax vsar.' Mainly
.v,ng to thu libaralitv Of one of our
.,;r;t.d o;+;..r. h fou,a..;o, ~
an inst,tnt,on 40 ION. vishad for b..
~, .noo...a,lIv l.;5 and - n..as an.
the fo.terinr care and natron.ps of
an int.lp..rt n,hlc n NAB. T. IN
u;....,s no..;h,v ., uu.h .ho-4.r
,.-,oa th.n -. .nt,.;n.,. -h.. E.ton
md RUGBY A.. :. En.,.na o- vb.+
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Eng,.na
TL. ..hoo,. ~ .,a A,aov.,
-ho.. ho,,na.,on.w .r. la nv. than
i. hupar.d va,-. .oo tbronoh n. mn.
,,e..nt l;hs,.stv ~ s.mn.i .rd 1oh,
Pb;lI;ns bav. had n encounter ali the
and bindr.nces consequent
mon The macmillan surronnd.
n.c.,..,i,v .tt.na.n. nnon vb.,
Va than and Tor -oanerations contin-
ued TO b. tn. condition Of our country
nopulstion Of thrse millions. tbinlv
,e.ttered over the thirteen st.tes bank.
rupt and impoverished by the war of
Rsvolution ant If which ~. had
mat .meroad. the l.nouor and d;st.ste
Tor learning, and the great difficulties
attending ths ~auccas.fnl CARVING ont
NJ tho nh;I.nthronic and bsn.vo,ant
ae.ion, q thos. oood men all o-on.nired
10 rend,r tho growth of the,e academies
slow and p~recsrious. The same disad-
.rantsos. have extendsd tn all n in
,titnt;ons Of -,earninp during the last
century, and in many instances but for
heir endowment funds public patron
vou,d b.v. b.an ;n.deon.ta tn
,nnnort them Rnt for tn. individual,
fforta If tn. van.rah,a and trustad
wboaa zeal indnced william and
Marv tn tata a daen ,ntareat IN tho
,olleq. at Willi.msbnre- VIRGINS. that
..,t of ,.orn;no III. oz,,o
,,n,e, of four nr.s,aonta of +b. Tinted
ststes. oftbe Greatest chief iustice who
,ver .dornsd the bench and of iudoe.
and conore.sman too nnmeroos
o be countsd. would never have had
sx,.t.nc.- A ANAL academy At Char
ott,.v;ll.. de.;an.d NJ !. yi,laos scbool.
va, the nucleus around v hich. with
asaeer endowment from the state. aided
md sust.ined by the untirine efforts Of
|effer,ou. thu Unir.rsitv Of VIRGINS.
into its ,re.ent importance.
IF neca.sarv. instances m;,bt ba
where from feeble and mn
beginnings .rast i~n.t;tnt;ons
+ learning hsvs snrnnp into existence
vhos. fam. a. the ~fa.tsrino mother ~
,r..t nan, b.. aIl.d tb. vor,d .na
.b,cb If,e thu little ri,l. that sron IN.