The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-20
Our Colleges.

them:
CENTRAL FEMALE COLLEGE,
OF Lexington, is n of the leading
female colleges of the state, and the
young ladies who take the course pre-
scribed by the curriculum of this college
will come mi possessed of an education
that will amply equip them for the
battle of life. 1t is under the direction
of Professor Archibald A. Jones, and
the faculty consists of eighteen able in
structOrs. Professor Carl Busch, of
Kansas City. has been connected with
the musical department of the institu-
ton for several years.
The growth of this institution has
been rapid and marked. The school
year just closed has taxed all its facil-
tiles to the utmost and a new S5O,OOO
building will be erected during the next
year. At a recent meeting the board OF
curators adopted resolutions in which
they said
The standard of scholarship has been
raised and the requirements for gradua-
ton increased until we feel able to
claim that our work is superior to that
of most colleges for young women in the
south and west and we challenge com
parison with any other institution of
like equipment in the west. We feel
under obligations to say that the re-
markable advancement in the character
of the work done is due in principal
measure to the energy and wisdom OF
President A. A. Jones, whose high ideal
of the nature of college work has made
this a school home not to be excelled by
any institution of like p%retentiOns in
Il country.
WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY
(lf Iayinutnn Mo 10 an institution
of an entirely different character. 1t is
the oldest military school in the Mis-
souri, valley and offers inducements for
the education and training of young
men second to o in the country. 1t
is amply equipped and is without a dol
lar of Indebtedness. Students are pre-
pared for West Point, for the eastern
universities, or for practical life.
Wentworth Military academy is
located in Lexington, the school town
par excellence of this state. 1t is not a
private enterprise, but is incorporated
and is under the control of a board of
trustees. 1t has been under the same
management from the beginning of its
history and its growth has been rapid
and increasing. 1t is an ideal place to
Major Sanford Sellers, stands in the
front rank of educators in his line.
Major Sellers will enter upon the
sixteenth year of his management of
this school this fall. and it bids fair to
be the most prosperous year in the his
tory of the institution. In his prospectus
he strikes the keynote of the policy of
the school, when he says: We believe
the first duty of the teacher of boys to be
the development of true manhood, and
his principal labor character building,
and we work to those ends
ELIZABETH AULL FEMALE COLLEGE
OF Lexington, Mo-, is another splen-
did institution for the education of
young ladies', and it occupies high rank
In the list Of excellent Institutions in
which the state abOunds. 1t was
founded by Elizabeth Aull, from whom
it takes its name, and is under the con-
troll of the Presbyterian church, being
one of the leading institutions of that
denomination in the state. Its location
is ideal and it is removed from all inHu-
ences and surroundings which would be
detrimental to a female college.
Special attention is given in all these
female colleges to the effort to supply
the place of a home, SO far as this a
be done. This school Is no exception to
the rule, and all the surroundings are
such as will form the best possible sub
stitute to the comforts of home. Presi-
dent II. PeytOn Walton is assisted by his
estimable wife and a corps of twenty
able instructors. Elizabeth Aull college
is an ideal home school for young ladies.
The board OF directors, at its last meet
ing, decided to raise 100000 for i'm
provements and IN addition to the
building, in order to accommodate the
increased attendance.
THE BAPTIST FEMALE COLLEGE
At Lexington has been in successful
and continuous operation for nearly
half a century, it being the Oldest, or
one of the oldest, female colleges west
of the Mississippi. Its graduates num-
Der many of the leading ladies of the
state today, and its long and honorable
history is one in which ITS patrons take
the greatest pride. The past year has
been the most successful in its history
and it takes up another years work
under the most favorable auspices.
The faculty comprises fourteen able
educators, and no better place could
be found to send a young lady to get q
thorough education than this college
Professor w. A. Wilson is the presi-
dent of the college, and he IS assisted
by a faculty thoroughly In harmony
with his methods. As its name sug-
gests, it is a UNCONVENTIONAL school,
being conducted under the auspices of
the Baptist denomination.