The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-05-30
WENTWORTH CONFINEMENT.
LITERARY, ATHLETIC, MILITARY AND SOCIAL
EVENTS OF THE CLOSING DAYS,
The Twenty-third Session a Prosperous One. A
Graduating Class of Twenty-Five

There is a sameness about the re-
cord of Wentwarth's prosperity. AT
the end Of each session the INTELLI-
GENcER is accustomed to say, "This
has been the most prosperous year in
the history of the school," And 1t is
true. With the exception of two years,
during the severesi of the hard times
Of the early '90s the growth of the
school has been continuous and unin-
terrnpted. In point Of patronage it has
grown from a little day school held In
q private residence to an institution
which carries on its rolls the names Of
students from as far east as Virginia
and New York, as far south as
Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona
and Old Mexico, as far north as Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Dakota
and Montana, and as far west as
California.
In point of equipment it has grown
from the bare walls Of a single rented
room to a splendid property occupying
an eligible and historic site, fitted out
with modern laboratories, museums,
and scientific apparatus.
AT first the Academy had the friend
ship and support of only the founder,
Mr.. Stephen G. Wentworth, and a few
public spirited citizens Of Lexington
Now it is one of the affiliated schools
OF the state university (and indeed of
many universities OF the middle west)
which inspects it annually or biennially
to see that its work is kept up to the
required standard; it is a post of
the national guard of the state of
Missouri, which commissions Its cadet
officers in the national guard of the
state and provides for the annual in
spection of the school it is one of the
approved schools of the national gov
eminent, which details to it an army
officer of the highest rank eligible to
such service, to give instructions daily
in military art and science, and sup
plies the institution with infantry and
cavalry arms, ordnance, ammunition
and all neediul apparatus for instruc-
ton in the science of war.
When the Academy was founded the
educational machinery of the state
consisted OF the public schools, sup
ported by wholly inadequate revenues,
local private schools, and "fresh
water'' colleges. In all of these the
courses of instructions were of the most
heterogeneous character. From the
first Wentworth Academy has stood
for college preparatory work, and as
far as possible has limited its i~nstruc-
ton within those lines. In this con.
sistent and undertaking policy Went
worth may justly claim the distinction
OF being a pioneer in the West. 1t has
promptly accommodated its courses to
the constantly charging and advancing
requirements of the best universities,
and it holds from these the highest
testimonials Of the respect in which
its work is held.
Another particular in which Went
worth Academy claims the distinction
OF being a PIONEER institution is that all
the student activiiies-literary, musi-
cal and athletic-are under the direct
supervision and stimulation of
specialists selected for the purpose,
who are coordinate members of the
faculty. Thus The students activities
are not a thing apart to run riot and
become a source of decentralization,
but are items in a complex scheme by
which it is sought to harness all the
enthusiasms of a boy and to direct