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

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Cultural barriers disappear with “QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST?” . . . Col. Gardner puts the question squarely to Cadet Hoppe. C. Hall, Hudnall, Nicholson, J. Cane- vet, and Burchette are amused at the question. Col. Gardner, who is also a mathematics teacher, produces many winners in the Modern Language Tournament. LT. COL. W. L. GARDNER | BOTA DE VINO... Bob White is obviously tickled as he ex- B.A., M.Ed. | plains the use that this famous ‘skin’ receives in Spain. Lt. The Citadel, University of Virginia; Aca- Rickman shares Bob‘s emotions. demic Board, Guidance Chairman, Foreign Languages. DR. A. L. WILBER LT. GEORGE CURTIN B.S., M.D. B.A. Columbia University, Tulane University College of Dublin; University; German, French, Latin, Mathematics. Biology. 22

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mc FASCINATED GEOLOGISTS . . . Jim Reichard and of Virginia. Each of Capt. Hanson’s students con- Randy Gibbs check minerals of Virginia. Capt. tacted the State Geological Agencies. Hanson points to the mineral locale on the map specimens to A. M. A.’s mineral exhibit. PALEONTOLOGISTS AGREE . . . Col. Duff points out to budding paleontology students, Bernie McAleese and Bob Bernert, the impressions of trilobites left in ordivician rock from the Mas- sanutten Range. COL. R. G. DUFF B.S., M.S. Virginia Military Institute, Ameri- can University; Athletics, Eng- lish, Geology, Mathematics. CAPT. JOHN BRADFORD B.A. Randolph-Macon College; Astron- omy, English, Mathematics, 21

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Cultural barriers in the Jet Age must be broken down to a common level. And at AMA, every one of the language teachers does his utmost to see that the cultural aspects of the country are integrated into the course. Thence comes understanding, and with this, friendship. German was added to the curriculum in ‘60, and no group was more anxious to learn a language than the boys taking German. Laboratory equipment which aids in learning the spoken word was put into wider use. New records in German helped the apt students to speak the lan- guage fluently enough for an oral examination in December. Also teaching languages was Lt. Allan, who had classes in Latin and French. Lt. Curtin, a European scholar of Latin, added a flavor all of his own to the teaching of his favorite subject. understanding gained CONCENTRATION IN DEUTSCH . . . Capt. Kreisler’s German class pays rapt attention to the latest acquisition in laboratory LT. GEORGE E. RICKMAN CAPT. MANUEL KREISLER B.A. B.A. Hampden-Sydney College; Universidad Central Madrid; Athletics, Spanish. Coordinator, Spanish, Ger- man. from foreign languages equipment. Besanceney, Gevrekian, James, Calvert, and Speciale follow the text. 23