PROPRIETOR AND PRESIDENT; Two years Professor of Mathematics, Howard College; seventeen years Superintendent Alabama Military Institute; six years Superintendent Missouri Military Academy; PROFESSOR OF MATKEMATICS.
MAJOR FREDERICK C. SHAW, A.B., A.M.,
PRINCIPAL OF THE ACADE!IUC DEPARTMENT; Graduate Trinity University, Canada; Graduate Ontario Normal College; Master of Trinity College School; [five years Professor of Ancient Languages, Missouri ?vlilitary Academy; PROFESSOR OF ANcn::NT LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE,
MAJOR CHAS. T. JENKINS, A.B., A.M., Graduate Miami University; Graduate Colorado University; Graduate Student Michigan University; tw 0 years Professor of English, Missouri Military Academy; PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND HISTORY.
MAJOR A.H. BELL, B.S., COMMANDANT; Graduate Virginia Military Institute; PROFESSOR OF Scn::NCES AND MODERN LANGUAGE~
MAJOR WILLIA.MS L. VICK, B.S., Graduate Bethel (Ky ) College; Professor of Science a nd Mathematics, Buchanan Collegiate Institute: PROFESSOR OF MATKE~IATICS
MAJOR E. w. DENNISON, , Miami University; PRINCIPAL PRSPARATORY DEPARTACENT.
CAPTAIN 0. HAROLD LEE, AsSISTANT PREPARATORY DEPARTllreNT
MAJOR N. R. Rom:s, PHYSICIAN AND SuRGSON; Graduate Westminster College; Graduate Missouri Medical College; six years Physician, Missouri Military Academy; PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE
FACULTY- C o ntinued .
COMMERCIAL DEPAI-tTl\fENT.
MAJOR F. c. SHAW, A.B., A.M., S UPERIN TENDENT; PROFESSOR OF BOOKKEEPING AND BANKING.
MAJOR E. W. DENNISON, TEACHER OF STENOGRAPHY AND 1'vPEWRlTJNG
COLONEL W. D. Fo:NVILLE, BUSINESS MANAGER.
MILITARY DEP.A.RT~1ENT.
COLONEL W. D. FONVILLE, PRESIDE NT
COLONEL F. C. SHAW, SUPERINT ENDENT.
MAJOR A. H. BELL, COMMANDANT
LIEUTENANT MARION Y. FONVILLE, QUARTERMASTER
MUSIC DEPART~fENT.
MAJOR P. V. OLKER, SUPERINTENDENT; }dJ71'JC Dnu.CTOR AND BAND MAST.ER ; PROFESSOR OF INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC.
MISS NEVILLE C. FONVILLE, TEACHER OF PIANO.
MAJOR w. L. VICK, LEADER OF GL EE CLUB
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.
COLONEL F. C. SHAW, MANAGER
CAPTAIN L E A MITCHELL WHITE, Westminster College and University of Colorado; FooT- BALL COACH.
CAPTAIN JAMES ST. VRAIN, National League, Chicago; Souther:n League, Memphis; American Association, Minneapolis ; Pacific Coast League , Tacoma; BASE-BAI.L COACH.
(To be supplied.) ' DnutCTOR 011 GYMNASIUM.
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ROSTER OF CADETS .
Arranged in the order of the a.vera.ge da.ily gra.des . A gra.de of 80 per cent is required to pa.ss. Below 90, the fractions have been discarded.
t "Credits": Credits are given for excellence in academic, military, athletic and home departments.
0 ''Demerits" : A, under 10; B, between 10 and 50; C, between 50 and 100· D between 100 and 200; E, above 200. Cadets in the "E" Class are promoted to 1•E.' D."
MEDALS .
The Chas, A . Buckner (Mexico) gold medal for the highest scholarship during the entire session, open to all cadets in the Academic Department, was a.warded to Wm . 0. Smith.
The R. D. Worrell gold medal for the most meritorious cadet was awarded to Shelby C . Gass.
The gold medal by Rev. A . W. Kokendoffer (Mexico) for the best drilled cadet was awarded to Mulkey Field .
The medal by s. & N. Phillip (Mexico) for the neatest room during the session was awarded to S. C . Gass.
The bronze medal by Colonel F. C. Shaw to the cadet that stands highest in courtesy, industry, a nd integrity was awarded to S . C. Gass.
The J . H . Sallee (Mexico) gold medal for excellence in oratory was awarded to M a rion Ionville .
Class of 1907.
Marion Yancey Fonville, Mexico, Mo.
0. Harold Lee, Oklahom a, Okla.
Robert Merritt Llewellyn, Mexico, Mo.
Leslie Cooper Gillette, Paul Floyd Hoss, Louis Olin
Frank Gibson Punton, Kansas City, Mo.
John Punton, Jr., Kansas City, Mo.
William Oscar Smith, Thompson, Mo.
Class of 1906.
El Paso, Tex. Ralston, Okla.
Albert Clarence Hunt, . Wagoner, I. T. Charles Ed ward King, . La Grange , IllKansas City, Mo
Class of 1905.
George Boddie, Jr., Lafayette, Ky.
Lewis Albert Ellis, So. McAlester, I. T. Arthur Clyde Fox, Oklahoma, Okla.
Percy B. James, Langdon R. Jones, Raymond Lavin, Stuart F. Logan, Lurin P. Macklin,
Claude W. Norton, George T. Robertson, Joseph R. Wilcoxson, Columbus, Kas. Mexico, Mo. . Fayette, Mo.
Class of 1904,
Kansas City, Mo. . . Kennett, Mo. Poplar Bluff, Mo. Abilene, Tex. St. Louis, Mo.
William Wallace Fry, Jr., William 0. Lotz, . Lowell R. Patton, Edmund A. Rodenberg,
David E . Olin, W. Earle Parker, Emil Roehry, Leonard M Stern, Reuben W. Taylor,
Class of 1903.
Kansas City, Mo. Wagoner, I. T. Ironton, Mo. Camden, Ark. Roa noke , Mo.
Class of 1902, Mexico, Missouri. Ironton, Missouri. Cla rksville, Missouri. . St. Louis, Missouri.
N. c. Fonville, Missouri Military Academy. Machir J. Dors ey, Columbia, Missouri. John 0. Fortune, Georgiana, Alabama. John A. Guthrie, Jr., Seattle, Washington . .Henry B. Miller, Billings, Montana.
The school was destroyed by fire in 1896 and did not resume until 1900.
A . E . Asbury, Jr.
G:eorge H Brinkerhoff. E. R Carpenter
J . A. Duncan. John R Dy e r
Charl es W. Harn don . Geor ge W. Jones. Charles Koetter.
A L UMNI- Continued . Class of 1894. H. C. Murphy. Wilson Murray. Edward Olvis.
J. G. Parkinson. H. C. Pegram.
Charles A. Ramsay. H. H Robinson. N. Paul Sisson
George P. Lingenfelter,Physician,Denver. H. G. Tureman, Kansas City, Missouri. Rolla Mc Intire, Teacher, Mexico, Missouri. E. E. Walker. H. H. Larimore.
R. P. C. Wilson.
C l a ss o f 1893 .
Frank M. Avery, Clinton, M•>·
Cecil M. Baskett, Editor, Mexico, Mo
John S. Farrington, Fayette, Mo
George S. Gill, Kansas City, Mo.
Wm.H. Hays, Mark J. Kilgore, H. Gordon Lamb, F M. Marshall,
Thos. S. Basket, Adolph Boeckler, Jr., . Wm. H. Dulany, Jr., Thomas C. Proctor, C lass o f 1892. Mexico, Mo. A . R. Hammett, St. Louis, Mo R. K. Jacks, Hannibal, Mo, Ben R . Naylor,
C la s s o f 1891.
Hannibal, Mo . Mexico, Mo. Fort Scott, Kas. Napton, Mo.
El Paso, Tex. Montgomery City, Mo. Clinton, Mo. Monroe City, Mo.
IVAN HALL, BERT McBRIDE, JNO, PONTON, HAROLD BURKS, W. 0. SMITH, .
MAJOR C. T. JENKINS, EAGLE EDITOR I AL S TAFF .
Editor-in-Chief Society Military Local Sporting Exchange Alumni Faculty Advisor
HISTORY TN BRIEF.
N NOVEMBER, 1889, the public-spirited citizens of Mexico, Missouri, under the leadership of the late Governor Charles H. Hardin, founder of Hardin College, donated sixteen thousand dollars and a beautiful campus of twenty acres of land for the purpose of establishing a military school. The enterprise was wisely intrusted to Colonel A. F. Fleet, now Superintendent of Culver Military Academy, who contributed largely of his o-wn means and erected, west of the city, buildings adapted to the special purposes of thorough mental and physical training.
SUCCESS .A.ND LOSS.
The school grew rapidly in public favor, placing upon its roIJs representatives from every Congressional District in the State of Missouri, and from twenty other States, until the fall of 1896, when the buildings were totally destroyed by fire.
Many excellent young men went out as graduates with the diploma and the good-will of their Alma Mater to engage in the great battle of life. They occupy useful and honorable positions everywhere, reaping success and commanding the highest respect in the various vocations of business and social life.
DECISION TO REBUILD .
In the spring of 1900, after a lapse of four years, the Business Men's Association of Mexico, desiring to take up the question of re-establishing the Academy, requested a conference with Colonel A. K. Yancey, who for twelve years had been the successful President of Hardin College, and Colonel W. D. Fonville, for seventeen years the Superintendent and proprietor of Alabama Military Institute This conference resulted in an agreement to rebuild the Academy on plans submitted by Colonels Yancey and Fonville, involving an immediate cost of fifty thousand dollars, to which additions should be made from time to time as the exigencies of the school should demand.
DONATIONS .A.ND CONSTRUCTION .
The citizens of Mexico donated ten thousand dollars to the new enterprise, thus manifesting a laudable public spirit as well as an inspiring confidence in the ability of the men in charge. President Yancey and Superintendent Fonville furnished the requisite money
to complete the fifty thousand dollars, purchased an elegant blue-grass campus of one hundred and ten acres in the eastern suburbs of the city of Mexico, and began the construction of the new Academy about the first of June, 1900.
THE OPENING .
The school began its new career with the good-will and cordial endorsement of the most distinguished educators, divines, and statesmen of the South and West.
On the 20th of September, 1900, the doors of the new Academy were thrown open for the reception of students. Providence smiled on the enterprise. The first session, 19001901, showed an attendance far beyond the expectations of the school's best friends. Boys and young men, representing the best people, came from Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia.
SUDDEN CALAMITY.
The second session, 1901-1902, began with an increased number of cadets and a decided gain in the number of friends for the institution. Suddenly a great shadow fell on us. Colonel Yancey, the venerable and beloved President, obedient to Heave n's decree, laid down the cross a nd took up the crown. When the last bugle-note of "Taps " was hushed and we turned in awful silence from the final resting-place of our friend, we felt as if the hopes of the Academy were buried there.
THE SH.Ano,v LIFTED.
The session of 1902-1903 opened with a larger and better class of cadets. Under the new administration more than twenty States, Territories, and Foreign Countries have been represented in the school by excellent young men from the best and most influential families. The advancement of the Academy in favor, merit, and usefulness has been steady and solid, assuring permanence and success.
MATERIAL ADV A "'N CEMENT.
On the 12th of February, 1903, Colonel Fonville became proprietor of the Academy by the purchase of Colonel Yancey's interest. To meet the demands, additional dormitories, elegant class-rooms, and chemical and physical laboratories have been provided, making the plant complete, convenient, and comfortable. Neither expense nor pains will be spared to keep the Academy in line with the best schools in the West.
THE LOCATION.
Mexico is a quiet little city, situated on the three grand trunk lines-the Wabash, the Chicago & Alton, and the Burlington-which run east and west through the State. The connections with other lines at St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Moberly, Jefferson City, and other points, are such as to make it easily accessible from all directions-north south east ' , ' and west. It is distinguished for beauty, healthfulness, educational facilities, church and social privileges as well as the culture and refinement of the people.
SOCIAL ADV.A.NT.AG E S .
The citizenship of Mexico is made up mainly of the old and wealthy influential families of Virginia , Kentucky, and other Southern States. They have beautiful homes, made more beautiful by the genuine friendship and cordial hospitality so characteristic of the Sunny Southland. Gentlemanly cadets are always received with a warm welcome. A young man will win esteem if he associates with those only who are estimable.
TII.E SCHOOL SITE.
The Academy is situated on Bellevue Place, in the eastern suburbs of the city of Mexico, on the summit of a bea1,1tiful elevation, descending gently in all directions. It is near enough to have the advantages of the city and, at the same time, far enough out to enjoy the freedom , pure air, and pure water of the country. From this point the surrounding country prese nts picturesqu e views of rolling hills, green fields, luxuriant meadows, embellish e d h e re and there with woodland, lake, and stream. The in-coming and out-going trains on the famous Wabash and Chicago & Alton lines can be seen miles and miles away, adding new beauty to an already perfect picture . Everything in nature and art combines to make this an ideal school-home
0.A.J)IPUS .A.ND BUILDINGS
The campus proper embraces an area of more than one hundred acres, being ample for all military displays, manly sports, and athletic contests. It affords also opportunity for fishing, hunting, swimming, boating, and skating.
The buildings are new and modem in plan and improvement, embodying beauty, convenience, and comfort. They are constructed of brick, covered with metal, heated by steam, and lighted by electricity. For safety, no buildings are higher than two stories above basements, and the outlets are large aud numerous.
HEALTHFULNESS
It is very important that the hygienic conditions of the town or community where the school is located should be good; but it is vastly more important, so far as the cadets are concerned, that the school-home itself should be free from disease germs.
In an experience of more than twenty-five years in teaching and managing boys the Superintendent reverts with gratitude to the fact that death has never entered to take away any of his charge, nor has there ever been a serious case of sickness. Students who come from malarial sections, incapacitated for both mental and physical effort, soon become healthy and vigorous, hopeful and successful. In addition to the ideal climate, nothing contributes more readily and effectually to this happy condition than the regular habits of studying, exercising, eating, sleeping, and bathing, to which each cadet is rigidly subjected.
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SCHOOL.
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THE FACULTY.
:-.: :-.: ::-er.,.'{ t he F nc nlt,· is a teacher of ability and succe ssful exp e ri e nce, engaged ~ :;:..; ,.-:.n· : 1. ciwrou gh ness in ·his department of work, wisdom in matte rs of discipline, ..:.::.:. 2'~= ; : .,;._--:,· 6 .: r.r c-ter as a leader of the young. All are college a nd unive rsity graduates.
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OUR CHOSEN WORK.
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THE TE.A.CHER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
-:: : ::-=-=: :.2 -ii u d immortal, to fit it for time and eternity, is a task that in importance -c: ....,?::--' • z::y other human effort. :;.;z-- :::-:...=...::. is Hi e responsibility. Happy the parent, happy the youth, who bas _.., ~ ~- ..:£-:~Al to the delicate task-a task too often assumed by tyros and simpletons----,,.· "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. "
RELIGIOUS .A.ND MORAL TRAINING.
:··--: ~\::.Z!. trv ,u4ht that tver entered the human mind is individual responsibility : //' : _, .:'~;1; 'f~ J.h•: t,rq, falSC: to the parent, false to God, is the teacher who fails to en:?s1:_~ • ·-:--. ;,-,..r.::!"<; 1.r, imr,r~ss upon the youthful mind the great duty of alle!!iance to God : ·.r:. f , -:.. : ·Y •~ , ;; ~: ·,:,',;rrl. :"tforality is the handmaid of Religion-a crown° of glory and :r,r.r,,,----:-. ~.,, :'".:--:• :. " -,ihwn fl, turn from the right is more difficult than to turn the sun from ,;l,~f ,#' .r,:.. -, :,~.... /1.c ~h- '?''~,,i•,i:•> t...-;~in _with Bihlc-rcading and prayer, and talks by the Superin~/J- ,. '' f< ' • ~-f~ !. • u f ,.,., • " < I I t I · · • .,,. •,-~,. ,...,: A,1ma <:c urcs ,ym1mstersfromthecity.
CITY CHURCHES.
Mexico has two Baptist Churches, one Catholic, one Christian, one EpiscopaJ, one Lutheran, one Methodist, one Presbyterian, and one Church of Christ, Scientist. The cadets attend the Churches of their choice in squads under officers.
THE RIGHT KIND OF EDUCATION.
"Mens sana in corpore sano"-"A sound mind in a sound body"-has been rightly called "Tlze Golden R11.le of Education." The ideal of true manhood may be attained only by a careful nurture and discipline of body, mind, and soul. It requires regular and systematic instruction in proper athletics, mental and moral exercise.
This kind of education must come from the daily experiences in the school, from personal contact with the cultured and religious, and from the character and manners of those in control. Every pupil should be inspired with the feeling that the truest and noblest type of manliness is found in the scholar, the soldier, the citizen, whose hope is in God, whose pattern is Christ.
THOROUGHNESS THE AI~I.
Superficial instruction is dangerous and expensive. "Something for nothing"-yes, worse than nothing-is the condition. The patrons of this school may rest assured that honest work will be done here. Not a lesson and not a subject can the students pass without complete mastery.
We would respectfully submit just here that some parents make the mistake of wishing their sons rushed throitgh the course of studies to graduation, regardless of the consequences. The country is now full of men whose failures may be traced to this mistake. We must decline any such proposition, even at the risk of losing this patronage. We understand the business of developing strong men, and undertake to serve conscientiously those who deem us worthy of trust. We are not working for pastime nor for money merely, but for the real good of our boys, that they may be the best equipped in all the country, for time and for eternity.
THE KIND OF BOYS WANTED.
In education, more than elsewhere perhaps, blood asserts its power, its superiority. Heroes of heart and mind can be found in every walk of life, noble boys, waiting for the touch of a master hand to mould ·and polish them for the temple of glory. These are invited to the halls of learning, where the plastic mind and heart may receive the impress of power and success.
HAPPL.~ESS .A.ND PROTECTION.
It is our constant aim to render the cadets as comfortable and as happy as possible. Their hours for work, recreation, meals, sleeping, etc., are all regulated. Th ey are placed on honor as soon as they enter the Academy. We never spy upon their actions, but we keep faithful watch over them all the time-especially at night. It should never be said that any boy under our care, innocent and pure when he left the old homestead with a father's counsel and a mother's blessing, became while here a victim to vice because no friendly eye kept constant 1rigil while evil threatened the sacred citadel of chastity and honor.
PROPER ASSOCIATION.
The cadets at this school come mostly from the very best families. From "Reveille" in the morning to "Taps" at night the students are in touch with the teachers, a safeguard against evil influences and a guaranty of propriety. The Commandant and all instmctors live in the dormitories with the cadets, insuring proper decorum, gh-ing aid and encouragement in studies, protecting from evil within and temptation without. It is better to prevent trouble by constant vigilance than to correct it by punishment after the harm is done.
BED-ROOMS .A.ND SLEEPING.
The rooms are ample for two cadets, each having about 2 ,oo o cubic feet of space. With high ceiling, all nicely papered, large double windows exposed to direct sunlight, heated by steam, lighted by electricity, well ventilated-they are comfortable, delightful, and healthful. Everyt1?.ng is so regulated that cadets get eight full hours for sleeping. While two cadets occupy one room, each has his own bed and toilet articles.
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN.
As a special safeguard, the faithful Night Watchman goes on duty at 1 r :30 P. M., when the Officer-in-charge retires to his room. This man, always caring for the safety, comfort, health, and rest of the cadets, makes his regular tours to each room every twenty or thirty minutes during the night. He lays his faithful, loving baud on each quiet, peaceful figure in the bed to be sure that the harmless and innocent boy has not been transformed into an unfeeling dummy. Doubtless, the boys are thankful for this guardian angel, who not only
enjoys finding them sleeping so sweetly, but also wakes them just in time to take a necessary pill, or to save themselves and their belongings, if the building should be on fire. Don't you see?
. THE DINING - ROOM .
The Presid ent and bis family, a s well as the Faculty, take their meals with the cadets . A generous table and a variety will be provided-not dainties, but plenty of good, substa n tial food Each table is under the direct control of a teacher, assuring strict propriety and seeing th a t each cadet is supplied to entire satisfaction.
A SLIGHT HINT
Some boy s go to school mainly to sleep, to eat, and lo complai n. We wish to be excuse d from managing such. We have never known one of this class to amount to anything. While we give proper attention to the needs of the body, we are frank to admit that we are more concerned about the m ental and moral development.
GENERAL RECREATION.
When the school duti e s have been satisfactorily performed , each cadet can find here som e form of amusement and recreation suited to his taste. He has access by permission to th e gymnasium, athle tic field, golf links, tennis court, Jake, stream, woodland, field, parlors, library, r e ading-room .
All kinds of manly sports and contests are encouraged. Foot-ball, base-ball, basketball, lawn tennis, golf, and other games engage the attention of the cadets. They are not allowed to pla y f oot-ball or to leave the Academy f or any athletic -meet withrmt th e consent of p arents.
LIBRARY AND READING- ROOM.
Ev e ry effort is made to stimulate a taste for good reading . This must bt! done with a boy before he falls in lov e with " Diamond Dick. " The young and restless spirit is eager for knowledge and knowledge be will and must have, even if it is the worst kind . It is very essential then that the right hook should be place<l in his hands at the right time. It means safety to the boy, his family, and his country.
A large and comfort a ble room in the Administration Building has been fitted as the Library and Reading-room. \Yorks of reference, encyclopedias, histories, works of fiction, etc , are accessible under proper conditions. Daily papers, magazines, and college exchanges are largely read . New books are added every year .
We are ind e bted to ex-Senator Cockrell for 147 volumes of the official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies.
Dr. John Punton, the famous specialist of Kansas City, whose two sons were graduated in the class of 1907, graciously donated to the Academy Shakespeare's entire works consisting of 39 elega nt volumes. This is a gift highly appreciated coming as it does from one who on many other occasions has proved his abiding interest in the Academy.
i\1r. Geo. S. Miles, of Arkansas, who had two sons in the Academy during the past session showed his appreciation of our services by donating three hundred fifty dollars towards improvements to be made in the Gymnasium This is Mr. Miles' method of testimonial. It speaks for itself.
Our thanks are due to Miss Martha Frost, of Mexico, Missouri, for "He ro Tales of the American Soldiers and Sailors."
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
Cadets whose d eportment and scholarship are such as to plea s e the President may have, at proper times, privileges not enjoyed by d e linquents. W e place a premium on good conduct and high scholarship. These advantages are open to all.
ORDER AND PROPRIETY.
The cadets are subject to inspection at all times-m orning, noon , and night. Their toilet, manners, and language must be chaste . Their rooms must be k ept in order. Patrons are invited and expected to see everything. We have no secre ts. For this reason and others, neatness and decorum on the part of the cadets are e nforced at a ll tim e s .
FURLOUGHS.
No cadet is allowed to leave the cit y without the written permission of his p a rent or guardian, addressed to the President. This savor may be grante d, if it can be done without detriment to the Academy and the cadet himself. P arents are warned that absence from th e Academy n ever fails to lower a cadet's grade Th e request should neve r b e made, exce pt in extreme cases. Demoralization and despondency , d eclin e and d e spair , a bsolutely and naturally result from such interruptions
VISITS FRO~I PARENTS AND FRIENDS.
Permits will be granted to sons to be with their parents during their v isits in the city, not conflicting with academic or military duties. We are sure th a t parents do not desire any interruption of the work.
While the parlors are open to any special friends who call to see th e cadets during hours of recreation, requests to leave the Campus will be denied. If friendship is the real motive that prompts the visit , there is no better place than the Aca demy for the consummation of this pleasure.
This is where the mind, the real man, is developed. Here the boy comes into the closest contact with his instructor. Step by step he is led by a master hand into the wonderful and beautiful labyrinth of knowledge. Obstacles are surmou_nted, principles unfolded; living truths portrayed and instilled, until the young mind finally stands forth ready for life, or for higher work at college or university.
We have great satisfaction in the fact that boys and young men who were failures at home and at other schools have been led to take new courage after being here a little while; and they have made excellent records, both as students and cadet officers. There is something good in every boy. It is found and developed only by the conscientious and experienced teacher, whose knowledge of human nature goes deeper than the sl..-in, and who never loses hope of a boy.
'' Knowledge does not comprise all that is contained in the large term education. The feelings are to be disciplined, the passions are to be restrained, true and worthy motives are to be inspired, a profound religious feeling is to be instilled, and pure morality inculcated under all circumstances."-Webster.
~IETHODS OF INSTRUCTION.
Methods are as numerous and as successful as men. Few really succeed. "Learning by doing" seldom fails. We have practiced this method successfully for more than twenty years. The boy that does not succeed here, with everything iti his fa1Jor, would fail anywhere else in the world.
To pass from one subject to another, or from a lower to a higher class, each student must attain the required standard. If he should fall below this in the daily recitations on account of sickness, absence, or other good cause, he is allowed a reasonable time to make up the deficiency. Permits are not granted until this is done satisfactorily. His business here is to succeed.
THE COURSE OF STUDIES
Has been arranged to allow the student to select work that best suits his talent or purpose. The Principal of the Academic Department will aid him in doing this, complying, as far as possible, with the wishes of parents.
, . Ad vanced Arithmetic , Advanced Arithmetic , . Advanced Arithmetic . , . Advanced Arithmetic , . Advanced Arithmetic and and and and and Beginner's Algebra. [Begi nner's Algebra. - Beginner's Algebra . Beginner's Algebra. Beginner's Algebra . j 2. Advanced Grammar 2. Adv anced Grammar 2. Advanced Grammar 2. Advance d Grammar 2. Advanced Grammar u and and and and and :i: Composition. Composition. Composition. Composition . Composition.
S 3. Latin. 3. Lati n. 3. Latin. 3. Inductive Geometry. 3. United States History. 0 4. United States History. 4. Uni ted States History. 4. United States History . 4 . United Slates History. 4. Physical Geography. f%. 5. Physiology 5. Physiology 5. Physiology 5. Physiology and and and and Physiography. Physiography. Physiography. Physiography.
en r . Algebra . , Algebra . , Algebra. r. Algebra. , . Algebra to Quadrati cs. 2. Composition 2. Composition 2 Composition 2. Composition 2 Composition ,.J and and a nd and and Rhetoric. u Rhetoric . Rhetoric. ' Rhe t oric. Rhetoric . 3. Com'! Geography.
3. Latin . 3. Latin. 3. Latin. 3. Zo61ogy and Bota ny . 4. General History, or 1 :ii 4. Genera l History 4 . General His tory 4 . Gene ral His tory 4. Genera l His tory year's work in a E-< (Ancient) . (Ancient). (Ancient). (Ancient.) Foreign L anguage. · -- ·--
r. Plane Geometry. , . Plane Geometry. 1. Plane Geometry. , . Plane Geometry. , . Stenography. j 2. American Literature. 2. American Literature. 2. Ame ri can Literature . 2 . American Li terat ure . -2. Bookkeeping.
4 . Greek. 4 . French, German, 4 . French or Spanish. 4. French or Spanish . 4. Commercial o 5. English History. or 5. Physics. 5. Physics. Arithmetic. u Spanish. !:l en 5. English History.
1. English Literature . r. English Literature . , . English Literature. , . Engli sh Litera ture. r. Advanced • 2. General History 2. General History 2. Solid Geomet ry 2. Solid Geometry Stenography. (Me~evaland Modern). (Medieval and l\fodern) . and and 2. Commercial Book..J 3. Latm. 3. Latin. P lane Geornetry. Plane Trigonometry. keep ing (advanced U 4 Greek. 4 . French, German, 3. German. 3. German. co urse) or Bank ti 5. Advanced Course in or 4. French or Spanish. 4. French or Spanish. Bookkeeping. £ English Gramm ar. Spa nish. 5. Chem istry. 5. Chemistry . 3. Commercial Law. 5. Advanced Course in 4. Typew riting. English Grammar.
Courses for post-graduates wi ll be mapped out as the requirement s demand .
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TEXT BOOKS USED. ENGLISH.
Webster ' s English Grammar.
W e bster's Composition and Literature; Irving's "Sketch Book." Newcomer's '' American Literature"; Pearson's "Principles of Composition." Tapp a n's History of English Literature. For close study : English Classics.
MATHEMATICS.
Walsh ' s Arithm e tic; W e lls' Essentials of Algebra; Wells ' Essentials of Geometry; Wentworth ' s Pl a n e Trigonom e try.
ANCIENT LANGUAGES
Bennett's Founda tion of Latin.
B e nn e tt's Cresar. Faciles Fabulre.
K e lsey's Cicero.
Bennett's Grammar. Pearson's Latin Composition.
Miller ' s Virgil and Horace Gleason & Atherton's First Greek Book.
X e nophon ' s Anabasis with Prose Composition; and Goodwin's Greek Grammar.
MODERN LANGUAGES.
Lehrbuch d e r Deutschen Sprache. Easy Texts. Select Reading. Volkmann's Kle ine Geschichten; Tales from Hauff; Storm's Immensee; Freytag's Die J ournalisten.
Sym's First Year in French; Conversation; Easy Texts. La Cigale chez les Fourmis; La Tache du petit Pierre; Selected Letters of Madame de Sev igne.
THE SCIENCES.
Col ton's Physiology ; Tarr's Physiography; Carhart & Chute ' s Physics; Newell's Chemis try; Burne tt ' s Zoology; Bergen's Elements of Botany.
HISTORY.
Fiske's History of the United States; \.Vest's Ancient History; Lamed's English History; West ' s Modern History. Guerber's Mythology BUSINESS.
Twentieth Century Bookkeeping; Pitman & Howard's Manual of Phonography.
THE PREPARATORY WORK,
The most important work in education is in the preparation, or fouudation. It is too often the case that this is intrusted to the inexperienced teacher. The farmer knows that he must plant the best seed if he expects the best results . Parents should be equa lly wise in selecting teachers for their children. Much valuable time and a great d eal of money may be wasted, and the boy injured rather than benefited by indifferent teachers. The very best instruction by the best masters should be the foundation in education, if we expect the best r esu lts.
We have arranged a special fitting course for the younger and the backward students, who are not prepared to enter upon any of the regular academic courses . It is strictly foundation work, essential to the successfu l mastery of the studies leading to graduation here or to advanced work at any college or university.
A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE.
Classes are formed in all departments, as in other schools, at the beginning of the session. An ambitious student of ability will be allowed to a dvance. He will not be held back at all. If he can do so, he may complete the four-years course in one year. The slow student will pe required to do honest work, but he will not be dragged along with a class. He will be advanced as slowly or as rapidly as thoroughness will adm it. This rule works no embarrassment to any boy. All dep ends upon thoroughness.
POST-GRADUATE COURSE .
Cadets who have finished the regular course of study as laid down here, or young m e n who desire to take advanced work for better preparation for college and university, may take what is known as the Post-Graduate Course. Any studies may be sel ec ted.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, Lexi ngton, Virginia
Colonel W. D. Fonville, Mexico, Mo.:
FEBRUARY 20, 1905.
MY DEAR SIR, -I have the honor to inform you that this institution offers your school a scholarship fo~ !}ext ses~ion. The sch?larship is wort_h fifty dollars ($50), and ~xempts its holder from payment of tml1on fees m the Academic and Engmeeno&' Departments of the Umversity.
It is understood that the scholarship will be awarded to one of the best of your advanced students prepared to enter the University.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE H Ds1rnv, Preside11t.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, THE TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, New 01'/eans.
Colonel W. D. Fonville, Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo.:
APRIL 25, 1905.
MY D~AR SIR,-1 :im happy to offer a scholar ship in your institution to the cadet who graduates with the highest stand10g 10 his classes, becaus~ I know of the high standing of your Academy.
Not only am I happy to offer a scholarship, but I shall place your school upon our approved list of affiliated schools, if you so desire.
c;>ur _tuition fees are $100 a year; hence the scholarship will be worth that amount to the young man secunng 1t
Very truly yours, E. B. CRAIGHE:\D, President.
I MILITARY · DEPA~TMENT
Superi ntendent
COLONEL W D. FONVILLE President COLONEL F. C. SHAW
MAJOR A H. B ELL C01nma.1idant OFFICERS OF STAFF.
Captain and Post Adjutant
M ARION Y. FONVI LLE F irst Lieutena nt and Adjutant
SHE L BY C. G ASS F i rs t L ieutena,it and Qiiartermaster WI L LIA11'I 0. S M ITH S ergeant-Majar COMPANY OFFICERS.
D ON H U DSO N MATHEWS.
F irst L i eute-na n
F i rst S ergean
* Dis m isse d for h azing a n ew ca det, Ma rch 151 1907 *Sergeants and Corporals.
GOVER~IENT.
Military discipline and drill are found to be of prime importance in preserving good gov ernment , in holding the students' attention to study, and in sharpening the intellectual faculties Ma ny indifferent students, on passing from a common to a military school, s urprise their former teachers a nd friends by earnest application and brilliant results. R ank a?id office being the r eward , the student is impelled by a motive- power not existing elsewhere. Both as officer and priv ate, the cadet learns to attend carefully to matters of p e rsona l neatness and exemplary deportment.
THE BENEFITS OF :)!JLITARY INSTRUCTION.
Nowhere else can the young citizen learn so well the habit of obedience, love of law and order, and respect for the "powers that be." No one responds more promptly to the call
of duty or the defense of country than the man who has had military training. S e lf-control and self-reliance, reverence for . law, and love of country distinguish the loyal citizen ; and these are nowhere so surely developed as in a good military school. Health, endurance, and enjoyment result generally from the well-timed, regular, systematic physical exercises through which every cadet is taken every day. The regular hours for eating, sleeping, rising, study, exercise, and recreation will always aid Nature in making a weak boy strong and a strong boy stronger. Everyone knows the advantage a well-trained cadet has over his inexperienced comrade when the country calls for defenders H e draws a sword and a big salary and gets credit for heroism, while the other is poorly paid, does the fighting, suffers the hardships, and is never named on the scroll of fame.
CADET OFFICE.RS.
The officers are selected, after ample and severe trial, as a reward for schol a rship and military excellence. Unquestioned obedience must precede authority. He is not fit to command who has not learned . to obey. Authority bespeaks responsibility. Preferment in this line does not mean special privilege; it mea ns responsibility, hardiness, and honor.
THE PROPER DISCIPLINE.
Every boy needs careful and sympathetic leadership and systematic training, e specially that one who has not learned obedience or has grown heady a nd indifferent from neglect and bad associations. The proper place for such is a school where the men in a uthority have made boys a study-who can command their obedience and respect, and give them aid and sympathy of the right kind.
The best discipline is that which effects the best physical, mental , and moral results with the least friction and in the shortest time. It is the idea of the inexperienced that the harder the rules of school and the severer the punishments the better the discipline. This is simply puerile and dangerous. No harm, but great good, is a ccomplished if the weakness of boys can be corrected without severe methods. Respect, confidence, and the highest obedience may thus be inspired, while rough handling is often irritating to the proud spirit, and may drive to rebellion and desperation.
THE SCHOOL RULES .
We have just as few rules as possible. Strict observance of these does not mean hardship to any boy; but it does make our life happy and our work a pleasure. When a boy gets it into his head that he knows more about running the school than we do, he is "requested" to resign. Every boy is expected to obey the 1-ules and to attend to his own bu,Siness.
THE DEAD LINE .
''Thus far and no farther!" Cadets will certainly be subjected to the severest penalty if caught in hazing, drinking, gambling, lying, stealing, or other conduct forfeiting to them ihe society of gentlemen. Our work is education, not 1·eformation.
MOR.AL EXCELLENCE.
Truth is the foundation of every noble character. All excellence depends upon it. There is no confidence without it. We expect it from every cadet in every official or serious statement. His word is accepted as absofotely true, without proof to the contrary. There is nobility in a truthful boy, no matter how bad and mischievous he may be otherwise.
OUR CREDIT SYSTEM.
As a means of placing a premium on earnest efforts and good results, a credit system has been adopte d. It stimulates work in the four essential departments of school life-Horne, Academic, Athletic, and Military. Credits are given for excellent work in each of these departments; and every credit cancels a demerit, if the record shows such against the cadet . At the e nd of each week a balance is struck between the demerits and the credits. If the d e merits are in excess, extra duty is required of the delinquent; if the credits are in excess, they are recorded in favor of the cadet.
THE ~I OD~L CADET.
Under this syst e m opportunity and encouragement are given a boy either to clear a discreditable record or to win the honor of excellence. He is made to feel that his work and decorum count in a substantial way. The cadet whose record shows the greatest number of credits for the session wins the medal to be awarded on Commencement Day to the Model Cadet.
This Department is designed to fit for practical business life young men who do not expect to pursue a higher course at college or university. In addition to this exc e ll e nt training, they reap also the benefits of military discipline a nd physical culture , whic h the business colleges do not -afford .
CO~[MERCIAL ARITHl\iIETIC.
The importance of this study cannot be exaggerated It covers th e e ntire fi e ld of business thought and application. It is the sine qu.a non of the business m a n.
CO}:[1\'IERCIAL LAW .
In this branch of study the statute laws have been so combin ed with the common law as to be easily adapted for use in any State. The student is carefully instructed as to the points upon which he must consult the statutes of his own particular State. The topics treated are Law in General, Contracts, N egotiable Paper, Gua ra nt y a nd Sure tyship, Interest and Usury, Sales of Personal Property, Bailments of Personal Property, Innkee pers, Common Carriers, Shipping, Agency, Partn ership, Joint Stock C()mpan.ies , Corporations, Fire Insurance, Life Insurance, Marine Insurance, Patents, Trade-marks, and Copyrights, Real Property, R ea l Estate Conveyances, Landlord and Tenant, Court Pleadin g s and Practice. All the ordinary legal and business forms are studied, lea v ing no unc e rta inty in the mind of the student.
BOOKKEEPING COURSE.
FIRST YBAR.
The student is taught first the simple theory of accounts. Every principle is fully explained. Particular attention is given to journalizing, posting, taking trial balances, making financial statements, and closing the ledger. Af~er the pupil has mastered the elements of bookkeeping, he is required to make his records from vouchers representing business transactions. These come to the pupil in substantially the same way as do similar documents to the bookkeeper in the business office.
SECOND YEAR.
Is devoted to a thorough treatment of special lines of business, illustrating commission, wholesaling, retailing, and manufacturing, and employing modem and approved forms of
books of accounts, together with the card ledger, the loose-leaf ledger, and the voucher system.
The above course is designed to teach bookkeeping as it is practiced by the best business houses. Many innovations in methods are introduced. The time has come when it is necessary to use practical business methods, even though they supplant long-cherished school forms and practices.
BANKING.
Students who so desire may substitute for the second year's work in Bookkeeping Modem Banking and Bank Accounting.
The Check Sheet Method (Block System) of Banking is fully explained. It is used and endorsed by the leading banks of America, and is conceded by experts to embody the true principles of ideal Bank Accounting. It affords an absolute proof of the correctness of every department. In case of error this method will indicate where the mistake has been made. It enables a bookkeeper to compile a complete statement of the receipts and disbursements; losses and gains, and resources and liabilities of the bank in a few minutes after the close of the business day.
Students who take Bank Bookkeeping are required to do the bankiug work and to take turns in transacting the banking for the students who are doing the Business Bookkeeping.
STENOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING .
In both of these studies much stress is laid upon a thorough grounding in the rudiments before dictation work is taken up; but, when once a ready knowledge is attained, exercises are given looking toward a development of speed suitable for office, court, or journalistic work.
In Typewriting the object is to place before the learner a complete course of progressive work leading to a thorough knowledge of the operation. The student learns to finger the Universal keyboard accurately and rapidly.
Students who take Typewriting lessons will be expected to use their own machines, which can be brought from home, or rented here at $3.00 per month.
Jl6,"- If students are sufl'iciently advanced and do not wish to take the fiill business course, they may take the la.st two years of the Business Course, which contains purely commercial branches. On the completion of this, they will be granted a certificate.
Cadets who finish the Commercial Course are not considered Post-graduates if they return to school another year.
It would be out of place and certainly untimely to discuss now a thing so universally recognized as the value of music in a school like this. The fact is, it is indi s p ensab le. The students are shut in, as it we re, from the usual pleasures of society, to prepare for the sterner realities of life. \Vhen worn in body and mind, music comes to offer refreshment , contentment, enjoyment, mental activity, and moral advancement. It engages the noble r part of a boy at a time when seducing spirits would run riot in the soul.
INSTRUMENT.AL.
Individual lessons are given on any orchestral or band instruments and piano.
Class instruction is given in Band, Orchestra, Chorns, and Glee Clubs
The charge for lessons on a ny instrument is five doll a rs per month in advance. As soon as a student is capable of reading music at sight, h e is assigned a place in the Cadet Band or the Missouri Military Academy Orchestra.
The charge per year for use of piano is ten dollars Those studying other than piano will furnish their own instruments.
VOC.A.L.
Individual and class lessons may be had by the cadets under a specialist at the usual rates charged for such instruction.
THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL CULTURE.
If you would keep a boy healthy and happy, make him strong by th e gradual developme nt of his physical powers. The fact is freely conceded now that much truth is concealed in the Japanese proverb, "A noble soul dwells in a strong bod y." The development of mental and moral faculties depends largely upon a sound an d vigorous body.
Every cadet is required to take a thorough course in physical culture. He will be so placed as to receive the training for which he is prepared.
The course of instruction will cover essentially the following:
I. Military Drill.
2. Butte's Manual of Physical Drill.
3. Out-door Sports, including foot-ball, base-ball, basket-ball, tennis, golf, skating, swimming, running, e tc.
All athletic games will be under the direct control of the Superintendent and Faculty of the Academy. Each cadet will necessarily be a member of the Athletic Association.
4 3 5
( 1) J us t be for e s tarlin g oul for a wee k' s e ncampment.
(2) R est in g o n lh e way a nd co o li ng ti red fee l.
(3) Camp ·' P o lk ," n ea r Fu lt o n , i\lo .
(-1) Eac h t ak in g hi s turn for " h as h. "
(5) · ' IL 's goo d , what there is o f it, and th e re ' s a pl e nt y of it , such as it is.'' -Cap! . K/1/g .
The fee for the entire session is $10.00. This admits to all games and meets with visiting teams during the school year.
THE SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS LIFE.
'' He is perfectly educated who is taught all the will of God concerning him and enabled through life to execute it."
The text-book used in this department is the Bible. The purpose of this instruction is not the impartation of historical or literary knowledge merely, but the implanting of the seeds of virtue and true religion in the soul; not the criticism of the tenets of any religious sect, but the study of the precepts inculcated in the Bible respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man.
The President feels the great responsibility of winning cadets to the higher and better life. It is a grand work, intrusted to the faithful, Christian teacher-that of preparing the mind and heart of the young for the arduous duties of this life and the joys of the life to come.
POINTS P .ARTICULAR.
x. The session begins on the third Wednesday in September and closes the last Wednesday in May.
2. Cadets enter for the entire scholastic year, or from time of entrance to close of session.
3. When a pupil is entered, it is understood that his parent or guardian agrees to our terms. This is absolutely essential.
4. Cadets will not be assigned to classes until financial arrangements have been made.
5. Cash advances will not be made to cadets, except from deposits for this purpose and at rates named by parents. Fifty cents per week is ample.
6. Cadets are not allowed to make accounts in Mexico without the knowledge and consent of parents. Parents are not legally bound for accounts made without their consent, or the consent of the Academy; and they are strongly advised not to pay them.
7. To receive prompt attention, patrons must send all requests, instructions, etc., to the President in writing. The reason for this is clear.
8. Parents are advised that we cannot grant furloughs to cadets, except in extreme cases. Absence for even a day or two gives us additional trouble, unfits the boy for study, and surely lowers his class-standing.
9. Boys ten years old and over will be received. Gentlemen only are retained. Boys expelled from other schools will be declined.
10. Before leaving the school, each cadet must return all Academy property in his charge in good condition, allowance being made for reasonable use. Patrons must repair all damages and replace or pay for all articles destroyed or lost by their boys.
11. General damages, which have not been reported, will be assessed upon the entire cadet corps.
12. Willful and malicious damage will be severely punished on first offense, and suspension from school on second offense.
13. Reports are issued at the end of each month.
14. Any patron may be requested to withdraw his boy when it is evident that the boy is deriving no benefit himself and his influence over others is considered bad.
15. The Academy offers a home of refinement and culture, the best instruction, care, and attention, and promises the happiest results to all concerned.
16. Hazing is not tolerated. If violent hands are laid on any boy or boys, the guilty parties will he immediately dismissed. Innocent fun is not noticed unless injury results.
SKIR;'.llS IIERS.
CHARGES.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Tuition, entire session, not refundable
Board, furnished room, heat, light, etc., payable September 18th
Board, furnished room, heat, light, etc., payable January 15th.....
If, for any providential reason, a cadet has to be withdrawn from school, the loss on board, etc., will be equally shared with th e patron. If he is suspended, dismissed, or request ed to resign, he has injured the school ; and, therefore, nothing will be refunded. Paymerils must be made promptly at the time stipula ted.
INCIDENTALS .
Service
and cap
Cadets graduating will pay $7.50 for Diploma; those studying Physics or Chemistry will p a y a fee of $ 5.00 in each study to cover material used and breakage.
A deposit must be made at the beginning of the session to cover the incident.al expenses. A strict account of this fund will be kept and rendered regularly to patrons. The unexpended balance, if any, will be refunded at the close of the session.
It must be understood that when a boy enters this school his parent or guardian understands and accepts the terms of the Academy. Patrons are expected to sign a written contract, to be used simply as a record of the agreement, to prevent anymis understanding. In making application, use blank in back of this book.
NECESSARY OUTFIT .
Each cadet will provide himself with these articles, plainly marked with his name: r pair blankets, 2 white spreads, r comfortable, r pillow, 4 pillow-cases, 4 sheets (for single bed), 6 table napkins, 6 towels, 1 clothes-brush, 1 blacking outfit, r tooth-brush, 2 bags for soiled clothes, r hair-brush and comb, Usual linen and underwear, r teaspoon, Toilet soap. I rug,
A WORD TO PATRONS B-Y • H.E PRESIDENT
You will find here, in all probability, just what you have been looking for- the man and the school that may determine your son's character for time and eternity. ''To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom."-Milton.
In all business dealings nothing is more important than a clear understanding at the outset. You are looking for a man and a school where you may with safety place your son for proper instruction, symmetrical development, discipline , and protection. When , in your judgment,'.tbis man is found, you ask him to assume a grave responsibility. The conscientious teacher recognizes the full weight of this, and is willing to assume it under certain conditions to which yott mu.st ass ent in placing your son m:d e r his care.
FULL CONFIDENCE .
First of all, your unreserved confidence is expected. In all the relations of life you have given this to someone. In legal affairs, you trust your attorney; when traveling, you place your life in the bands of the engineer; when sick, you rely upon your physician; you enjoy without fear the food prepared by your cook; for spiritual guidance, you open your heart to your pastor. The soul-interests of your son are immortal and demand the deepest concern while his character is still plastic and waiting for the h a nd of destiny. The instructor who is charged with the responsibility of moulding bis life for time and for eternity should receive from you a confidence as full as the r esponsibility and a sympathy as broad as Nature.
SUPRE~IE AUTHORITY .
For the period during which he is connected with the school, your boy should recognize the head of the school as an authority from whom there can be no direct a ppeal. It is highly probable that he will, now and then, be subject to unusual discipline. This will doubtless cause him to murmur, and to worry you. Do not lose sight of the fact that all hope of good will be lost if he knows that bis complaints will receive a sympathetic hearing at home. Here impartial justice applies the remedy for broken law, tempers it with mercy, and withdraws it entirely when the boy' s stubborn will yields a cheerful obedience· to lawful authority-the aim and end of all discipline.
SINCERE .FRIENDSHIP .
Having trusted your boy to the school authorities,-having placed him beyond the touch of home and bis former associates to rub against the world,-i£ you would lighten the· teacher's burden and make his service to your boy a labor of love and success, let·him feel that you are bis friend under all circumstances. He must tell the plain truth about your child, not merely to find fault when he goes wrong, but to inform you of his life and development at school. If conscientious and careful to asceftain the facts, he will probably detect in your son's composition features that have escaped your notice, certain peculiarities of dispositiim and temperament that will color his w~ole life. When your attention is directed to his defects, it is expected that your loyalty will be as strong as when excellence in the boy is commended.
INJUSTICE .
In placing your son in a school, you are apt to make the mistake of thinking that a marvelous change for the better will be produced in him in a very short time. This is highly improbable. In all of these years under your direction and influence, have you done anything marvelous with him?
When too much is expected, great injustice is done to the boy and to the school. You cannot eliminate time from culture.
HEREDITY .
Observation and experience confirm the opinion that physical and psychical peculiarities are handed down from father to son. It often happens these do not please. With blind reason, we charge these to the boy himself, to his teacher, or to his associates, while they are an inherent part of his nature and can never be totally eradicated. His education cannot wisely be ordered unless this fact is recognized.
THE BEST TJJ\,IE TO BEGIN.
A boy's character is plastic. It may be made ''a thing of beauty and a joy forever," or it may shock us by its deformity, according as the hand that moulds it is true or false. Many make the mistake of keeping their boys at home too long. The fathers have no time to look after the boys and the mothers soon Iese control over them. Irregular and dangerous habits are formed, dissipation begins,-to be followed surely by mental and moral decay. Your business may prosper, but your son may be lost. Place your son as early as possible in a good military school, and keep hi1n there until the danger period of the boy's life is passed.
THE VALUE OF MONEY.
The practice of spending money freely without accountability is usually associated with lewd companionships beyond your knowledge. It fills the mind of your boy with utter contempt for honorable standing in his studies. Some of the most valuable lessons inculcated pertain to the proper value and use of money. Teach him these principles when he is a child, and you will not have reason to accuse him of being a spendthrift when he becomes older.
" 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent the tree 1s inclined."-Pope.
A DELICATE SUBJECT .
Boys receive from their parents little or no instruction on sexual physiology, the origin of life, intimate habits of personal purity, the mistakes of ignorance, or the sacredness of the relations designed by Infinite Wisdom to exist between the sexes. Proper and innocent questions are usually met by evasion. The questioner is made to feel guilty for thinking or speaking of such things. Turning from the proper authority, the young and unsatisfied
mind seeks information outside from fountains of ignorance and corruption. The best friends of boys seem to be in league with the powers of darkness to hide the truth. Right knowledge dispels impurity of thought, word, and deed. Properly presented, the entire subject grows in beauty and interest, inclining the student to delicacy and purity and lending inspiration to a higher and nobler life. Tell the boys always the plaint 1" 1tth on all questions pertaining to life-its or·igin, design, and destiny.
''Truth is outraged by falsehood; and it may be equally outraged by silence."-A nmiian.
THE SELECTION OF A SCHOOL.
Many parents estimate the immortal interests of their sons in dollars and cents. The question of education is promptly decided by the answer to the very first inquiry, "How much does it cost 9"
Wise parents who really love their sons consider the MERIT of the school-how much good it may accomplish. It is questionable wisdom that saves at~ dollars to the father, ln,t robs the son of the best education and life's fairest, richest, noblest gift-character. It is passing strange that a loving father, who would die for his son, will; for the sake of a few dollars, sign away his child's birthright! If he is about to die, you want the best physician without regard to cost. Under the same inspiration, may the hand of your good angel direct you to select the man and the school that may determine the character of your sonfair in Time, fair in Eternity!
AFTER ALL.
You must be the judge whether a school offers advantages such as you want for your sons and for which you are willing to pay a reasonable price.
Compared with the advantages, the cost for a year's attendance here is a mere trifle. If you decide to place your boy in the Academy as a pupil, rest assured that he will not be neglected in any manner.
Yours respectfully, WM. D. FONVILLE, President.
REQUEST.
If you can conscientiously recommend our school, please band this catalogue to some friend who may be interested in this kind of education, and write for another copy. Your cooperation will be appreciated.
COURTESY.
aFit is customary among gentlemen to recognize and acknowledge a favor. If we send a catalogue at the request of anyone who makes any claim to this distinction, we are satisfied that an early mail will bring a courteous acknowledgment. It often happens, however, that we send costly booklets and other literature at considerable expense of postage at the request of persons whose ideas of propriety and gentility never move them above the plane of selfishness. We are willing to serve others and to pay
for the service ourselves, asking nothing more than the civility that is due to every gentleman. An acknowledgment of our services does not place anyone under obligation to patronize the school.
TESTil\iONI..A.LS .
Parents and guardians, who are strangers to us and the Academy, are respectfully requested to read the testimonials from our patrons and friends, in the back of this book. Right here , please allow the observation that our enemies make us out a little too bad, and our friends make us out a little too good. The truth will be found just between these two extremes.
LOSS OF FRIENDS.
We are very sorry to announce that we made, during the past session, some strong enemies of those who had been our good friends by dismissing a large number of cadets for engaging in the innocent ( !) amusement of "hazing" a new cadet. Now, when we told parents that we would protect their sons, we meant it in good faith. It seems that this idea had not exactly soaked through the craniums of the boys. Besides, they protested that t hey did it "for the good of the kid " ! and that it is passing strange that the President and the unfortunate victim could not appreciate their extreme kindness!! We are bound to admit that these boys are good fellows in their way and very smart; but the trouble is, we had not called on them for any night-clad exhibitions of their courage and goodness. Some of them were Seniors and highest officers in the cadet corps, brimful of wisdom and power; and they just had to "show off" a little bit. They went away threatening dire calamity to the Academy in the lavish use of "fr ee advertising." Too bad!! Our only consolation rests in the hope that the "hazing" and consequent punishment may serve as an everlasting warning to future cadets.
LETTERS .
" FRONT RANK OF OUR NATIO N ' S M ILITARY AC AD E M IES ."
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF MISSOURI, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 1, 1900.
Col. R. M. White, Mexico, Mo.:
DEAR Sra,-I enclose herewith a letter recently received from Col. J. T. Murfee, Superintendent of the Marion Military Institute, of Marion, Ala., which may be of interest to the patrons and promoters of the Military Academy so soon to be established in your city. No doubt these distinguished and able educators will, by their skill, competency, industry, and reputation, place your institution in the' front rank of our Nation's military academies.
Very respectfully, • (Signed) LoN V. STEPHENS, G011ernor.
" POWER ·or THE VERY HIGHEST OR D ER ." MARION, ALA., April 17, 1900.
To H1".s Excellency, Governor Lon V. Stephens, Jefferson City, Mo.:
MY DEAR Sra,-Allow me to congratulate you and the people of your great State upon the rebuilding and reorganization of the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico, Mo. Knowing very intimately the President, A. K. Yancey, and his associate, Col. W. D. Fonville, and seeing the names of the great American and European Universities from which the other members of the Faculty have graduated, I am confident that this academic staff possesses teaching and disciplinary power of the very highest order. These men will make your Military Academy an institution of rare excellence. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, (Signed) (CoL.) J. T. MURFEE, LL.D., Su,perintendent Marion Military Institute, (Ex-Member Board of V-isitors, U.S. Nl.ilitary Academy.)
" A S AFE GU ARANTEE THAT THE ACADEMY IS TO BE FIRST - CLASS ."
From Hon. Alexander M. Dockery, ex-Member of Congress, ex-Governor of Missouri. GALLATIN, Mo., May 23, 1900.
DEAR Sm,-I notice with much pleasure the zeal of your people in the cause of education. The rebuilding and equipment of your Military Academy under the management of educators so well and favorably known confirms the claims of your city as an educational center of great value. The Faculty, representing the leading colleges and universities of our country, is a safe guarantee that the Academy is to be first class in every respect.
Yours sincerely, AL:ex. M. Docx:ERY,
LETTERS-Continued.
" AN AMPLE GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS ."
UNIT:ED STATES S:eNATE, _ WASHINGTON, D. C., May II, 1900.
Mv DEAR SIR,-! am exceedingly gratified to learn that you are so successfully and efficiently reorganizing Missouri Military Academy with an academic staff of so able, accomplished, and experienced educators. Certainly this is an ample guarantee of success and that your Academy will take high rank and will give its pupils the very best training. I congratulate you and wish for your Academy a future of great usefulness in our great State.
Yours sincerely,
F. M. COCK.RELL.
"NO SCHOOL WORK IS A SUCCESS UNLESS IT HAS APPEALED TO THE VERY BEST THAT IS IN A BOY ."
BoNHJUI, Tux.
Having been intimately associated with the President of the Missouri Military Academy, Col. W. D . Fonville, during several years of our early teaching, and having noticed in the succeeding years his plans and their results, and having an acquaintance with many successful young men who have once been under his training, it is from personal experience and observation that I write of his worth as an educator of youth.
His education and training for school work were the very best. Besides his knowledge of books, he has a knowledge of men and affairs, and possesses in a remarkable degree what many teachers lack--common sense. He bas an influence over boys which cannot be described, but which you and I recognize when we see its effects-an influence that is the essence of a strong personality. With Col. Fonville no school work is a success unless it has appealed to the very best that is in a boy and has aroused him to his innermost depths. I believe that no boy ever took a course at Col. Fonville's school without being made better, more manly, more useful, by the training he received and by the daily association with Mr. Fonville and his excellent family.
SUMNER B. FOSTER, Superintendent of Public Schools.
" IF I HAD FORTY BOYS ."
IRONTON, Mo.
DEAR CoL. FoNVILLE,-I am well pleased with my son's progress. The mental and moral training he has received is highly satisfactory to me. I thank you for the special interest you have taken in him. If I had forty boys, I would send them all to the Missouri Military Academy to be educated.
Yours truly, JoHN LoTz.
" A GOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ."
SIOUX CITY J IA.
Mv DEAR SIR,-! can say for your school that I am well pleased with it; and I do not think I could have sent <?ur grandson, Charles Blabon, to a better one in all this country. I can highly recommend 1t to all as a good Christian school.
Yours truly, MRS. D. A. SELKIRK:.
LETTl!RS-Contlnued.
" SOMETHING FAR BETTER- A TRUE HOME . "
CAMpEN' ARK. Col. W. D. Fonville, Mexico, Mo.:
DEAR Sra,-Your school is not only an excellent academy, bu_t it is somet~ing f~r better-a true home for boys. I shall, therefore, t a k e great pleasure m ~ecornmendin~ th1s Academy to any who have sons and wards to educate. \Ve love our children, and wish to trust them to the care of those only who are kind and wise in management.
Yours very truly , MOSES STERN.
" UNWAVERING IN MY PFiEFERENCE ."
CLARKSVILLE, TENN.
Cm;. FONVILLE,-The best advertisement a school can have is the boy. That Ge?rge has improved mentally and physically, all see and admit. I have two more fine httle fellows I intend sending to Mo. -WI. A. so soon as they are old enough to leave home. In thanking you, Col. Fonville, for the interest you have shown, I feel that I but speak the sentiment of all mothers concerned.
Sincerely, MRS. LOUISE LANIER BODDIE-
" YOURS THE BEST IN THE STATE ."
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Mv DEAR CoLONEL,-I am not only pleased, but d e lighted at the progress and great ~mprovement of my son; and I cannot too strongly express my pleasure and confidence m your methods of instruction in all departments. I especially desire to commend you and your able assistants in the fact that you win the esteem and confide nce of your students and then place them on their honor and merit. I consider your school the best in the State• Wishing you the utmost success,
Yours very sincerely, FRANKL. MILLER-
" WE ARE VERY MUCH PLEASED ."
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 17, 1906.
DEAR CoL_ONEL,-I am glad to note that you are making preparations for a still greater ~mprovement m your sc~ool. I assure you that we appreciate very much the personal ~terest you have taken m Harry. If there is anything that I can do at any time or say m behalf ?f your ~chool, I _ shall only be too glad to do so. If you have any inquiries from Kansas City, you,are at liberty to refer to me· and I shall certainly give your school the highest recommendation. '
With kindest personal regards, I remain,
Sincerely your friend, C. E. MITCHELL. Mitchell Dry Goods Co.
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LETTERS-Continued.
"YOUR SCHOOL IS A GRAND GOOD ONE ."
RALSTON, OKLA., June 4, 1906. Col. W. D. Fonville, Mexico, Mo.:
MY DEAR FRIEND,-Please accept my thanks for what you have done for me in the well directing and training of my son. I feel that he has received at your school just what he so much n eeded; and he seems to be ripening into a man of sterling qualities. Your school is a grand good one, and I will do all I can to make it grow.
Again thanking you for the good care of Floyd and wishing you every success, I am, Gratefully yours, C. M. Hoss.
"THE SPECIAL ATTENTION IS PRICELESS ."
LUTESVILLE, Mo.
DEAR COLONEL,-! desire to extend my thanks to you and your Faculty for the excellent work that your school is doing. The boy that. attends your school will be made better, more manly in his bearing, and in every respect better prepared for the duties of life . The special attention given a boy at your school is priceless. Willie is enjoying home, and Glen anxious for the time to come -when he can attend Mo. M.A.
Yours very truly, W.W. SAMPLE.
"NO TROUBLE IN GETTING HIM TO RETURN ."
MUSCATINE, IA., May 16, 1907.
Col. W. D. Fonville, Mexico, Mo.:
MY DEAR Srn,-We are very much pleased with the progress Walter is making, and, from the tone of his letters, I think there '11 be no trouble in getting him to return to the school this fall.
I trust you may be given health and strength for many years to round out your lifework; and I know you will continue to enjoy the confidence and approval of the friends of Mo. M.A.
With best wishes for yourself and family and the prosperity of the school, Yours very truly, CHAs. RUTHENBERG.
" CERTAINLY MORE THAN PLEASED ."
PEORIA, ILL., May 14, 1907.
Col. W. D. Fonville, Esq., Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo.:
MY DEAR Sm,-We must say that Fred looks fine and very much improved in every respect. We are certainly more than pleased with the work done by your school and shall send Fred back again in September. '
We sh~ll also try to interest other Peoria boys in your Academy.
Thanking you an~ the other members of the Faculty very much for the interest you all have taken m Fred_ s education and welfare, we beg to remain, dear Colonel,
Yours very sincerely, DR. and MRS. FRANZ GERZEMA.
LETTERS-Continued.
"
OFFERED THE BEST ADVANTAGES ."
KANSAS CrTY, Mo., May 6, 1907. Col. W. D. Fon-ville, President 1vlissouri Military Academy, Mexico, 1\llo.:
DEAR Sm,-The selection of a military school in which to educate my two sons was a task of some difficulty. After thoroughly canvassing the relative merits of several, I decided upon the Missouri Military Academy, believing it offered the best advantages; and, in justice to you, will say that I am more than pleased with my choice , as their progress has been very satisfactory. I do not, therefore, hesitate to recommend your school to any who may desire to enter a reliable educational military institution. ' 3001 Lydia Avenue. JOHN PuNTON, M. n.
" THE BEST MILITARY SCHOOL ON EARTH TO-DAY. "
HEBRON, NEB., May 15, 1907.
DEAR CoLONEL,-Your treatment of my son and the advancement he has made have more than pleased me. I think the Mo. M. A. is a top-notcher when it comes to training boys, and the best military school on the earth to-day.
My thanks for favors past, and hoping you may do as nearly right in discipline next year as you have done in the past, I remain,
Your friend, L. A. Pow.ELL.
We appreciate these free and unsolicited expressions of confidence and good..:will. PRESIDENT.
S:s;AP- S H O TS BY CADET
Twe lve Reason s Why Hardin Gollege is a Success.
E x -Gov . C. H. HARDIN, A.M., LL. D., JOHN W. MILLION, A .M .,
1. Endowed ; students ' money secure!- immediate advantages . Founder. President.
2. Literary cours e in charge of the Alumni of the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, University of Berlin, University of Zurich, Bryn Mawr, William Jewell, Northwestern University, Cornell University, Columbian University, Har vard University, etc.
3. Literary course approved by the University of Chicago with 18 majors credit on the A.B. courses of the Uni v ersity.
4. German-American Conservatory; Course in Music arranged and taught by students and graduates of the larger German and American conservatories, Berlin, Leipzig Stuttgart, American Conservatory, etc.
5. Art and Elocution , Cooking and Business Courses.
6. A growing school.
7. A live and progressive administration.
8. The administration keeps in constant touch with patrons .
9 Home department efficiently administered.
10. Discipline mild and gentle, but positive ; persuasive, not arbitrary.
11. Climate healthful ; mild for Northern people, temperate for Southern.
12. Easy of access : Three trunk lines-Wabash, Chicago & Alton, and Burlington; three hours from St. Louis, four hours from Kansas City, ten hours from Chicago, twelve bours from Omaha; no change of cars.
For Catalogue, address,
APPLICATION BLANK .
'l"o the President of Missouri Military Academy , Mexico, Mo.
My dear Sir:-I desire to enter my as a cadet in the Missouri Military Academy during the session of 1907.8 subject to the conditions of your printed catalogue and the regulations of the Academy
My .... ............................is a boy of good moral character and habits and has never been expelled from any school. I understand your terms ; and I will cheerfully comply with the same .
Full name of boy
Residence, with street number..
Business address of parent or guardian ,
Age Last birthday
Height.
Weight
School last attended Grade
To be prepared for.
Course of study desired
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If my.... ... . ...... . ... .. .......is accepted, this application s hall constitute a contract between myself and the Missouri Military Academy.
