Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-16

WENTWORTH MALE ACADEMY.
This institution began its corporal
existence in 1881 and has just complet
ed the third year of its history. Ths
these have been three years Of CRAFTY
ing success is shown not only by tn
fact that there Is q growing sentimen
in the community that this Is now
well established and permanent institu
ton Of Lexington, but also by the fac
that it is, every day, becoming bette
and more fsvorsbly known abroad
The number Of pupils enrolled during
the session just closed IL 81, being al
increase over tho previous session b!
more than so per cent. OF this mum
Der about IS were from . distance
many of whom were from other coun.
ties and some from other states.
The military drill and discipline has
been continued during the session un.
der the judicious management Of Prof.
Fleet, and has served every purpose fol
which it was inaugurated. It has
never been intended to give this fea.
ture such prominence in the school a
to get the interest of the pupils up to q
point that would make them regard it o
of greater Importance than their Studies
and from which there would eventually
be areaction rendering 1t distastefnl and
Intellectual for further good.
During the year . literary society
has been organized which, is conducted
by the boys themselves and supervised
by Prof. Sellers. In connection with this
q library has been started and from the
contributions Of the members Of the So
ciety Chamber Revised Cyclopedis has
been purchased as q beginning. It is
the intention next session to add many
valuable books to this, and to subscribe
for seveal of the best periodicals, and
establish for the use of the students
. reading room. Money has already
been donated for that purpose.
The wisdom of securing a boarding
department where the pupils from q
distance will always be under the SUI
pervision of the teachers has been
Thoroughly tested, and all that have boys
under this discipline, or who know
anything about its management, will
give their verdict in favor of the plan.
In college towns boys may intimidate
the police and alarm the citizens with
their night raids, but it will never be
done N Lexington by the boarding pu-.
pills of the academy.
There is.a widely diffused and very
idea in the West that, every
school which is to take any rank as. an
factor must be called q
college; that grammar schools and
are of little importance.
There is or was q few years ago in
Texas a so-called university in which
one man. constituted Chancellor aud
and at the same time filed
all the chairs in the theological, law,
medical and. academic departments.
We suppose that institution is now
smong the things of the
past, for we do not see how that man
could long survive.
The question Is frequently asked, !
or not our academy will
'oon grow into a college. Inanswer to
his we will say that it is not the desire
'fthe founder that it ever become any
hing but an academy. If anyone
kinks that this desire restricts tito too
mail 9 sphere let him learn something
# Phillips Academy and Quincy Acad-
my in Massachusetts,; or of Phillips
Exeter in New Hampshire; or the
Bingham School in North Carolina, and
host of others in the East,to say moth
ng of Rugby and Eaton in Great Brit
in. Manv o four western colleges up
N which we look with pride may
louble their enrollments and treble
heir endowments without reaching
hese. Text books are used in our
which are written by teach
rs in these academies.
No; let us not have q one-horse
when we can have an academy
whose pretensious shall be consistent
With the work accomplished.
Prof. Sellers is making a thorough
tudy of the plan upon which the lead
ng academies in the East are conduct
d, and he intends so far as he can to
make use Of the suggestions made by
his study. Ifhe succeeds to the extent of
the peoples attention called to
he importance of this department
# education q great work will have
'een accomplished.
We trust that it is in the hearts OF. all
'ur people to appreciate the beneficence
Mr.. Wentworth in setting on foot an
which shall be a monument
o his b~enevclence, and viii Oh if PROP
rly managed has a future before t,and
will prove an instrument Of good to
yet unborn. No more
cultured, gentlemanly man
ould be at the head of it than Prof.
and he is as certain to bring it
o success and honor o. that his life is
pared a very few years. |,
Railroads are proverbially extortion-
te in their freight charges. 1t is
asserted that the river is no
onger a benefit as a medium for the
hipment of goods We do not know, |:
S we have not inquired, how others
re affected, but we will give a case of
ur own. Having 3 lot of paper to
hip to this place from St. Louis this
7eek, we ascertained that the best rate
70 could ohfoin hu roi1 -o. OK .~