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

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... lo our teacher of the year... ... aman of discernment A teacher of tremendous personal magnetism, force and ability . . . one who influences the lives of each of his students without his knowledge . . . a man respected by every cadet at AMA . . . looked up to by the people of the community . . . sought after by his fellow church members . . . admired by his fellow teachers. Constantly does he have his eye on the future, fo- cused on the true values of life, yet tuned to the times. The RECALL happily dedicates its 1960 edition to Colonel John Cyrus McCue, Jr., alumnus of AMA, member of Ad Astra Per Aspera, graduate of the University of Virginia, head of the mathematics de- partment . . . a real teacher . . . a true scholar . a gentleman of honor, wisdom, and 20 20 fore- sight! LOOKING to ‘66! . . . Cadet John C. McCue, III, third generation of McCues to attend AMA, registers of classes in the sixth grade. Col. McCue has his eye on Cadet McCue’s future, as he does for DISCERNMENT . . . DISCRIMINATION COL. J. CYRUS McCUE, JR. Cadet Linton and Cadet Harris. Every boy knows he can depend on Col. McCue.

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PRINCIPAL OF AMA Brig. Gen. Chas. S. Roller, Jr. B.S., M.S., Virginia Military Institute FIFTY GOLDEN YEARS .. . General and Mrs. Chas. S. Roller, Jr. take time out from duties which they love to go over a scrap book of memories. Having celebrated fifty years of marriage and sixty years of teaching, Gen. Roller states, ‘It’s the future that is important. Look backwards to learn, but forward for hope.” Mrs. Roller echoes the General’s sentiments! .. With insight and foresight, they lead! “V1 always take tomorrow as my best day!” ex- claims General Roller, and for sixty years as Prin- cipal of Augusta, he has maintained this rule as his watchword. “Boys, you must always look to the future for your goal. Only those who fail look backwards and say ‘those were the good old days.’” With gusto, Mrs. Roller, as much a part of AMA as her husband, shows in every way that she always has a goal also. After celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, General and Mrs. Roller didn’t stop; they kept right on with plans to improve their school . ways in which they may have their boys even more suc- cessful while at AMA and then, in later life. “We're in a space age now, and AMA is going to have astronomy,” proclaimed General Roller. Having taught science for fifty years, General Roller has maintained an interest in the development of the sciences at AMA. Biology, geology, and astronomy have been added to the curriculum because General foresaw the importance of these courses. And Mrs. Roller is just as interested in “her boys” now, the Mess Hall is air-conditioned, for Mrs. Roller wanted the cadets to be comfortable during meals. During ‘60, the corps has had visiting lecturers, a magician, and educational films, because the Prin- cipal wanted his boys to improve their scope — to enlarge their field of vision. Augusta has, indeed, a Principal of foresight!

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... Glances at the many moods of barracks. CLEAN CUT MOOD .. . When snow fell, which was seldom in 60, barracks had a clean, crisp look, and all of the corps stepped more lively. There’s nothing like a good snow to clean the cobwebs out of the system! a portrait of Big Barracks in cycle. From September to June, the Main Barracks is home to over 400 boys. Here, indeed, is their center of activity. From season to season, the building presents a varied picture. In early September the campus is alive with green. As October rushes in, color takes over. Then comes the brown of winter, softened only when an infrequent snow cleans the atmosphere. Imperceptibly, light greens begin to appear in late March, and by June the campus has returned to the same picture it presented nine months earlier. AUTUMN LEAVES . . . Barracks “catches fire’ when the Virginia creeper turns a brilliant red. Then the whole campus comes to life in fall raiment. “Soupy” is the call which means FOOD! But ” here, the formation is for drill, drill, drill! ats 4g CT TAG A i : SHADOWS CREEP .. . and lights come on all over barracks. i Showers have to be taken; studying has to be done, and the ew cents ata 9 meres Dick Clark Show finds favor with the boys who get away from a aeer: it all for a while. +