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Northwestern Military Academy (founded 1888) was a high school in Linn, Wisconsin which was founded by Harlan Page Davidson. Originally located in Highland Park, Illinois, the school was relocated to the town of Linn, Wisconsin on the south shore of Geneva Lake near the city of Lake Geneva in 1915 and was renamed Northwestern ...
5 de nov. de 2020 · Pieces of concrete and brick of Davidson Hall, the former school building of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, which was demolished in 2000 to make room for the South Shore Club development in the Town of Linn. The pieces and other historical items are located in an exhibit of the academy in the Geneva Lake Museum in Lake ...
- A Campus Like No Other
- A Community More Like Family
- A Day in The Life at NMNA
- Leisure Time and Extra-Curriculars
- A Place with A Rich History
- Famous Connections and Treasured Memories
NMNA’s 42-acre campus featured a wide and long lawn — a parade ground, as the military would term it — that spread out between old-growth trees in front of Davidson Hall, a huge, neoclassical building that served as the epicenter of the institution. Looking not unlike the historic section of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, or an entrance ...
Among the cadets, instructors and administrators of NMNA, the word “family” is a common alumni description for the atmosphere on campus, despite the rigors of military discipline enforced there. “We were one big family,” says Lee Liddy, Jr., of the class of 1989, who rose to the top spot of Battalion Commander. He had found his place in that family...
A typical day for a Northwestern cadet started in a way familiar to anyone who has served in the military: the bugling of “Reveille.” “Six a.m. on the dot every morning,” recalls Liddy. “You’d go and get showered, come back, get dressed for formation and inspection.” Assuming all passed muster, the battalion of cadets would then march to breakfast ...
After classes ended at 3:30 p.m., the footwear changed from shined boots and laced Oxfords to cleats and tennis shoes. The ample lawn served as a football field for both practice and games, and the grounds also contained four tennis courts. Competing under their mascot, the Falcons, the NMNA baseball, football, track and tennis teams proved formida...
The academy was originally founded as Northwestern Military Academy in Highland Park, Illinois, in 1888. After suffering two devastating fires in its original location, the institution moved to the Geneva Lake site in 1915. The school’s mission, as described in the 1919 catalogue: “To graduate young men who, with sturdy physique, sound scholarship,...
From the first half of the 20th century to the school’s merger with the Delafield academy (the newly formed school was renamed St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy) the boys-only school was not entirely deprived of social activity or female attention. The administration would arrange to bus in girls from high schools throughout Walworth County ...
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SJNA (St. John's Northwestern Academies) is a coed independent boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades 6–12. St. John's Northwestern Summer Academy offers Little Lancers Day Camp, Summer Academy Plus, and ESL courses.
20 de set. de 2009 · Educational reformer Harlan Page Davidson founded Northwestern Military Academy in Highland Park, Illinois in 1888. For years many of the cadets came from northern Illinois, but enrollment broadened when the academy moved to the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in 1915.
10 de ago. de 2014 · For many years sailing and boating were important parts of the cadet life, signified by the addition of “Naval” to the academy’s original “Military” title. In 1944, the Academy’s operation passed to the Episcopal Church. Financial constraints led to the sale of surplus academy property in the early 1970s. In 1995, the ...
7 de out. de 2013 · Northwestern Military Academy opened on Sept. 19, 1888. Moral and religious training was considered an important aspect of creating successful individuals. There were “daily devotional...
