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

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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

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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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With future scientists like Coulon, Battenhouse, Wiese, o Loud bangs meant that Cape Ca- naveral wasn’t the only place hav- ing difficulty in launching moon rockets . . . Harris couldn't be left alone—daily he tried to head for outer space with his rockets, and daily, the grounds resounded with loud ‘’booms’’, New textbooks in chemistry proved to the cadets that they must know every type of problem before going on to college. With biology, geology, chemistry, and physics, and Major Savedge, Col. McCue, Capt. Hanson, Capt. Kivlighan and Col. Duff as teach- ers, AMA was keeping up its high standards in science. MAN, HE’S COLD ... and also collapsible. Nadon and Dove learn how to arrange man’s organs in biology class. Major Savedge, skeptical, watches the progress. VOLCANOES, GLACIERS, AND EARTHQUAKES... Col. Duff explains to Lowe and Doxey the theory of volcanism. Upper left is a diagram of a dip and a strike. Geology is divided into three parts—dynamic, minerological, and historical.