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a ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE CADET CORPS AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY FORT DEFIANCE, VIRGINIA , 2 |
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HISTORY:.OF THE SCHOOL In 1865, when the war-torn Valley of Virginia had prac- ally no educational facilities, the Augusta Military Academy s founded by a young Confederate soldier, recently dis- charged from General Lee’s army, to provide high school ed- ation for other young soldiers whose schooling had been | interrupted by the war, and for those who had been too young to fight. The young soldier was Charles S. Roller, father of the present principals, and he called the school the Augusta Male Academy. Originally a day school, its success was so immediate and its reputation so widespread that it began accepting boarding students and became the Augusta Mi litary Academy. In 1907 the founder retired because of ill health and his two sons, Colonel Thomas J. Roller, and Major Charles S. Roller, Jr., assumed active control. Under their manage- ment the Academy has grown to its present size and nationwide reputation for successful education for the. young man. A partnership that had existed for half a century was unfortunately terminated on March 10, 1946, when Colonel Roller, after an extended illness, died while visiting his son in Coral Gables, Florida. As-a result, Major Roller assum- ed the entire management of the school. The school has an enviable record for education and the making of men. Its graduates have gone to prac- tically every college and university in the United States, including the service academies, and have acquitted them- selves with distinction. In the following few pages, we have endeavored to illustrate with the available pictures the history of Augusta Military Academy from its conception to present date.
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