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

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Contents The Academy The Athletics Page 10 Page 126 The Activities Page 38 The Organizations Page 158 The Classes Page 64 The Corps The Advertisements Page 106 Page 202

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Foreword Reveille! Reveille! A shrill note of awareness! Skies, once uncluttered except with clouds, blossomed suddenly with Sput- niks, Vanguards, Atlas missiles, Luniks, and even Congressional investigations in ‘58-’59. Reveille! Wake UP! And that’s what’s happened to all of us this year. We've learned what it means to have a choice of schools, courses, friends, athletics and faith. No longer can there be any “’beatniks’’ in education. Reveille! It’s time to scratch beneath the surface —to learn more—to keep our country ahead. And that’s what’s been go- ing on at AMA-—a reawakening. This is how it’s been at Augusta

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COL. CHAS. S. ROLLER, JR. Virginia Military Institute WITH ANTICIPATION, the corps waits for the big news—who’s won first at Sunday Parade. Col. Roller Prepares to address ‘‘his boys’’. “Take it to the ‘Big Boy’ or the ‘Boss’ ’’! And that’s what thousands of boys have done for the past fifty-eight years at Augusta. They’ve taken their problems, their sorrows, joys and achievements to their beloved prin- cipal, Col. Chas. S. Roller, Jr., and to Mrs. Roller. This is a big year for Col. and Mrs. Roller. On September 8 they will celebrate fifty years of married life and the “‘Big Boy” will cele- brate his 80th birthday anniversary. During ‘58-'59, every cadet and faculty officer learned just what Col. Roller meant to them when he became ill in October. No longer were there the friendly talks before lunch— the announcements at parade—the excite- ment of the banquets—but through it all, Mrs. Roller carried on and made everyone to the “BIG BOY”... realize that it was a team which had built Augusta to the high place which it holds now. Strict, but fair, strong, but kind, Col. Roller has been a model for “his’’ boys in the class- room, on the athletic field, and in the military department. The Colonel’s classes have al- ways been strict, with the old-fashioned and needed drill system used to instill knowledge in his students. After graduation from V. M. I., Col. Roller returned to his school, which had long been associated with the Roller name. From that September in 1901 right up to the present, “Big Boy’’ has maintained close contact with his students—in the classroom with a min- imum of three classes a day—on the athletic field with impromptu visits to keep the boys on the ball—and on the drill field to issue