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

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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

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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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Spring acts as a backdrop for different sports . . . TIGHT DRAMA .. . Bob Siman, hidden by W L’s No. Siman out of the hole. With seconds to go, W L upended 4, fights to gain possession of the ball which goalie Mike a tie score, and managed to eke out a 5—4 victory over the Basto has just stopped from giving W L another point. finest lacrosse team fielded by AMA in many years. Amendola (no. 21) and Crawford (no. 17) run in to help WAY UP NORTH... Star athlete Ed Trott really sails over the bar in the pole vault event against Greenbrier Military School. Hair-breadth finishes become the usual ending, for though AMA led 73—71 until the final event, GMS pulled a five point victory drive and edged the Blue Streaks by three points. DUSTY MAN ... Timko doesn’t mind the dust or the effort to help defeat Massanutten 6—4 in a baseball thriller on AMA’s home diamond, School spirit really counts at all times, and this was the year to top them all.