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We have found a portrait we think from the 1930s with a boy from the WMA military school. Several military schools used initials on their caps or collars which helps identify the school. We think this is either the Western or Wentworth Military Academy. The boy is unidentified, but was apparentkly from Massachusetts. we can probably eventually identify the school from the uniform. There may be other possibilities. The boy was apparently from Massachusetts, but we can not yet find a WMA military academy there.
We have found a portrait we think from the 1930s with a boy from the WMA military school. Several military schools used initials on their caps or collars which helps identify the school. We think this is either the Western or Wentworth Military Academy. The boy is unidentified, but was apparentkly from Massachusetts. The portrait has veen artfully colorized.
Wentworth Military Academy is a private, co-educational, full board military high school and college with a 130 year history of success. Founded in 1880, WMA is the oldest military academy west of the Mississippi River and the only Military College in the Midwest. The unique learning environment of our military structure encourages our students to develop the life principles of self-discipline, self-respect, respect for others, integrity, and personal responsibility both inside and outside of the classroom. Each student is given daily instruction and opportunity to attain these important life skills. Through both our superior academics and teaching principles, our students are able to achieve the pride and confidence that sets them apart as Wentworth cadets.
Edward Wyman LL.D., a leading St. Louis educator, opened a home school for boys under the name of Wyman Institute (1879). Wyman died in 1888, one of his assistants, Albert M. Jackson, took over. The school was transformed into a military academy in 1892. Col. Jackson and Maj. Eaton assumed ownership in 1896. Many of the surviving military academy high schools were established around this time. The school was apparently moved to Alton, Illinois. The school closed in 1971.
THe school has the WMA initials, but not until 1971. So this would not be the school. The schools which formned WMA have interesting histories, but they were not military academies. Wilbraham & Monson Academy was established by the merger of two early-19th century academies: Monson Academy, founded in 1804, in Monson, Massachusetts, and Wesleyan Academy, founded in 1817 in New Market, New Hampshire. Wesleyan Academy moved to Wilbraham in 1825, and became Wilbraham Academy in 1912. Wilbraham Academy and Monson Academy merged in 1971. A tradition of acceptance and diversity dates back to the founding of the two academies. Wesleyan Academy was the first coeducational boarding school in the country, and in 1847 Monson Academy became the first American school to enroll Chinese students. Soon afterward, students from Thailand began to attend Wilbraham Academy. Alumni Memorial Chapel was part of the Underground Railroad and the Academy has enrolled students of color since before the Civil War.
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