Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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LES 7 14 ect . . . A well worn path through the Front Arch to our refuge, our rooms in Main Barracks . . .

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. . . Or our counseling board .. . Our future was largely determined by the gentlemen of the Academic Board: Col. Gardner, Major Kramer, Major Lucus, Major Sizer, Col. McCrum, Capt. Savedge, Col. McCue, Vice Chairman, Col. Deane, Chairman and Headmaster, and Major Hoover, Secretary. GUIDED, COUNSELED, AND ADVISED by men of high caliber, the Seniors found friends at all times in the Academic Board of Augusta, the most important faculty organization at the Academy. The group, composed of nine members of the faculty, is constantly searching for new ideas and methods to improve Augusta and its effectiveness. By its efforts, College Entrance Examinations were instituted as a requirement for graduation. With the Principal, Col. Roller, and the Academic Board, all rules and standards are set for cadets to follow. The Academic Board does not limit its services to the members of the Senior Class, for every cadet soon learns that he can go to the Board for advice on what subjects to take, what college to attend, what scholarships are available, and all cadets find that no subject is too small or too large for the Board to solve. 23

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- oo ; . . . Or that intangible . . . the spiritual’. . . | 2 . and to Church each Sunday, we followed in the te footprints of all cadets who attend Augusta... . : “WHAT IS MAN; WHERE DO HIS FOOT- PRINTS: LEAD’ WITHOUT A BELIEF? .. .” And to strengthen each boy in his faith, every Sunday we attended church, the Protestants in formation at The Old Stone Church, the Catholics at St. Francis in Staunton, and the Jewish boys at the Syna- gogue. Spiritual development did not stop here, however, for every Sunday night, there was the Y. M. C. A., and every day the open- — r—“‘ ing of school with The Lord's Prayer and a 4 verse of “‘America.’’ Without the examples of every member of the faculty, however, Augusta cadets could not d evelop as they do, strong in their faith, deep in their honor, who, in turn, will be guideposts for future Augusta cadets. ‘ and heard the inspiring sermons of the Rev. James A. Allison, Jr., Chaplain at AMA, pastor of The Old Stone Church. 25