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

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See RIGID WORKOUT . . . Major Koogler gives Dave Savers a cally and academically, finds that Major Koogler puts a great rugged session with quatrains and couplets. Dave, tops athleti- deal of emphasis on college entrance material. ... developing his abilities of self expression. artificial English does have its uses as Col. Deane closely super- vises him. Jack Steele does some drill work also, Every one of Col, Deane’s students gets a thorough session in vocabulary building. COL. H. D. DEANE B.S. University of Virginia; Head- master; Chairman, English De- partment; Academic Board, Eng- lish. 17

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English enhances each cadet’s insight | As speech is the common method of communica- tions, basic English must be well learned in order to increase one’s ability to express his ideas to others. Certainly this is also a means of selling one’s self in every walk of life. Every cadet at AMA has an English course every year. Intensified as the course progresses, English in the junior and senior years stresses vocabulary, theme writing, oral work, and artificial language i training. — ee “THAT'S COMMUNICATIONS?” . . . Capt. Saunders finds Eddie Trott’s answers a bit on the wry side. Annesley Jackson and Harry Rowe find the situation amusing also. Capt. Saunders has quite a rep- utation with his students for his facial expressions . . . quite lucid, quite effective! “wih we Wt READING RITES . .. Lt. Allan stresses to Dick Jennings and Dave Popovich the necessity to have oral and silent reading as a part of their total education. Versatile Lt. Allan teaches a variety of subjects and is proficient in all of them. RAGTOP TOPOL MAGRUP . . . Col. Deane stresses artificial language training to his classes as a means towards reason- CAPT. ROBERT T. SAUNDERS ing improvement, aid in learning foreign languages, and in B.A. preparation for College Boards. Tom Brothers discovers that Virginia Military Institute; English. MAJOR GLENN W. KOOGLER LT. MOWBRY ALLAN B.A. B.A., B.S. Bridgewater College; Ath- Hampden-Sydney — College; letic Director; © Academic Swimming, Laundry Room; Board, English. English, Latin, French.

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Emphasis on science subjects continues Practically every cadet at AMA is taking a science course. This will definitely give each one of them a firmer foundation for life in the outer space era, even though only a small number will eventually pur- sue science as a vocation. Added to Augusta’s science curriculum in 1959-60 was astronomy, a science which will become increas- ingly important ‘during the coming decade. Fresh- man students have a choice between astronomy and geology, a subject which has interested so many ca- INTENSE INTEREST lonization of gases experiment pro- genuine attention from the entire physics class. Bob Morefield, J. H. Morris, Tom Cotton, Pete Vallone, duces Steve Durst, Sonny Crockett and Herb Widener wait for Col. McCue to dem- dets that AMA now has at least one alumnus who graduates in that field from college each June. Biology, a sophomore subject, has produced win- ners in the first and second place category every year in which AMA has entered the state contest. Chemistry and physics, junior and senior sciences emphasize theory and problem work, with labora- tory work in qualitative, nuclear studies, and elec- tronics. With such a varied science program, AMA cadets have a sound foundation for college work. onstrate the effect of a magnet on a stream of electrons. Tubes with vari ous gases produce different colors, each typical of the element used. Physics stresses classroom demonstrations.