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

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...as every cadet shows progress on achievement tests. DON’T TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM LEARNING... . Paul Brown, Bill Mayne and Bob Smoyer find that Major Hoover’s course during the summer at the University of Virginia gave him all sorts of new ideas. It’s ‘Plane’’ that he’s getting the point over to the class. Boys taking N.R.O.T.C. exams, merit scholarships, service academy exams and college boards have found that they MUST know math. With the improvement in textbook selection, the students have found that there is a degree of diffi- culty not experienced be- fore, but this will just help to prepare them better for college. Added to the faculty in late January was Lt. Frank Thorne, B.S. from the University of Mary- land and M.S. from N. C. State, Lt. Thorne majored in mathematics. OBVIOUSLY, IT’S BECOMING CLEAR . . . Jim Crawford doesn’t hesitate to ask Col. McCue for help and he finds that he has a willing teacher. Col. McCue helped out when’ Col. Roller was absent for two months.

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New texts, new problems elevate AMA’s Math courses... INCREDIBLE . . . but it’s true . . . Col. Roller won’t allow himself to stay home and rest! Oh, no! He has to see his college algebra class and run over the rules and methods of solving trinomials. Snell is as surprised at Col. Roller’s constant interest as he is in how to do the work. SHOWING OFF THE NEW TEXT? .. . Col. Mc- Crum gives speed problems to his cadets in al- gebra Il. Some of the boys don’t like the nu- merous new word problems, but they'll be happy about their background when they move on to college. FrnONOD BOARD WORK AND DRILL... Major Kramer doesn’t allow anyone a chance to fall behind. Every day, there’s either work at the board or seat drill. Catlette has his work corrected and Hunter tries to finish on time.

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Basic to our learning is English...and no greater s A SHORT FELLOW reads Longfellow . . . Herb Widener reads aloud in Major Koogler’s class. No other teacher is as known for his lengthy reviews as is Major Koogler. ye” There is just no escape! But who would want to, if he really desires a college background? Every year at AMA, there must be an English course on the cadet’s schedule, and the ACE’s prove that this requirement is effec- tive. Coming back to AMA in January was Capt. Saunders, who also was a part of the history department. Capt. Hanson, Capt. Knight and Capt. Kiv- lighan round out the English faculty. Scientific, mathematic, ‘and lan- guage vocabularies are included as a part of each cadet’s grade for the first time this year. There certainly has been advancement in ‘59! HIPPITY HOP HOPPE... Lt. Weir can’t conceal his amusement over Hoppe’s long theme. Lt. Weir’s classes have become renowned for the original work required and for the constant drill in parts of speech.