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

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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.

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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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stress is placed on any subject at Augusta. LATE ADDITION to the department . . . Lt. Mowbry Allan, B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, joined the faculty in January. Pitching in to help right away, Lt. Allen aids Mazzei, Wortman, Bley and Trimble, D. Lt. Allan was assigned one period of English and four of Latin. Sydney. Allan also has a B.S. from Hampden- “VM STILL CORRECTING YOU!” . . . Capt. Saunders, who arrived back home in January, finds that Kruppen- bacher still turns to him for help in English. Right now, he’s not convinced that those grammar stress sessions for which he is famous helped much. SIMILES, METAPHORS AND PARAPHRASES . . . Col. Deane’s Senior English class claims that one thing is certain—you’ll build up a vocabulary here or you'll never be able to even understand directions! That’s what will help on college boards. ty mv o,f nly UA | UMN Ue