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

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to increase each cadet’s horizon... COL, J, ‘C, MeCUE, JR. B.S., M.S. University of Virginia; Academic Board; Science, Mathematics. MAJOR C. E. SAVEDGE B.A. Washington and Lee Univer- sity; Chairman, Science De- partment; Academic Board, Dances, Final Ball, Catalog, RECALL, Chemistry. OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS . . . Randy Preston dis- covers that chemistry is a large part of photography. Using the stockroom as a dark room, Randy checks the O-R difference in development time. 19

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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.

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fe p CAPT. MICHAEL KIVLIGHAN CAPT. HOWARD HANSON B.S., LL.B. B.A. Georgetown University, Uni- Hampden-Sydney College; versity of Virginia; Bayonet, Bayonet, Junior Activities, Book Room, Biology, English. English, Geology, Mathe- a“ matics. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY . . . Dick Juby points out to Capt. Kivlighan and the members of his biology class the similarity of bones in the skull of a cow as compared to those in the human skull. ... State Geological Surveys contribute CLICK, CLICK, CLICK . . . A sound which has become increas- Vecellio, and Mike Lobalzo find this one of the most interesting ingly important! Major Savedge checks the radioactivity of and vital parts of chemistry today. uranium specimens. Jim Crawford, Al Cook, Herb Widener, Mike 20