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

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Snow changes the color of the scenery . . . Eta bgt EARLY SLIDES . . . December snow gives Jordan’s hill the necessary covering for the scene of activity to shift across U.S. 11. Sleigh riding, snowball fights, and ice everywhere gave AMA a real Christmas setting. WORTH THE STRUGGLE .. . Even in snow, the cadets find that it’s worth it to go uphill to hear Mr. Hildebrandt’s sermons at the Old Stone Church, A white Christmas was early, but welcome.

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eee my VOTE CONSERVATIVE! reason why Mac Coiner insisted that the only party was the Conservative Party — his father was running on the And there was good ticket as Presidential nominee. AMA was certainly the only school which could boast of having the son of a candidate enrolled! FINGER POPPIN’ TIME... Bill Keller tries to impress Becky Thompson with his latest dance steps. He and Chris Horsey knew how to ‘‘Madison,”’ ‘Twist,’ and even “‘Slop”’ — all acquired from their summer time frolics. WITH SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE . Jim Crawford salutes with feeling the plaque which lists the names of AMA cadets who died in World War II. Few services carry more meaning than Augusta’s, which begin at 11 a.m. on the 11th of November.

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Excitement mounts as Christmas intermission nears. | Merry Christmas Post Card View BUT WHERE ARE THE CADETS? . .. That’s easy to were breaks — and that’s when Jordan’s Hill and Lily answer! As exams neared the cadets found that the snow Valley filled with cadets anxious to let off steam. Decem- helped them to remain inside a warm barracks, and that ber’s snow lasted right on into mid-January before Old Sol helped give them more time on the books! Of course, there melted the remains. 11