Wentworth Military Academy and College
boarding school and college in Lexington, Missouri
Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri. Wentworth was one of five military junior colleges in the United States. The institution was founded in 1880 and closed in 2017.
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edit- As this record is brought to a close it may be said in all sincerity that Wentworth's best days lie ahead. The working relationship between the Board of Trustees and the Wentworth Military Scientific and Educational Company is highly favorable to success and the administration under Colonels Sellers and Wikoff possessed of ample ability and experience to insure it. Her intrinsic worth, high standing with the United States Government, popularity with the public, and loyalty of her widely scattered alumni and friends will underwrite her future.
- Raymond W. Settle, The Story of Wentworth (1950), p. 115-116
- Dear Colonel Wikoff,
I am indeed glad to learn that Wentworth is about to publish a history of the school. It is a long and honorable history- one with which I am personally fairly well acquainted. Publication of this story of a fine Missouri institution will be a genuine service to both the school and to the community. With my warm regards to Colonel Sellers and yourself and all the members of your staff, I am
Very sincerely yours,
Harry S. Truman- Harry S. Truman in a 10 July 1950 letter to Colonel Lester B. Wikoff, 5th Superintendent of Wentworth Military Academy from 1960 to 1971, as quoted by Raymond W. Settle in The Story of Wentworth (1950), p. III
