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

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Presenting the Directors of Policy... GENERAL CHAS. S. ROLLER, JR. B.S., M.S. Virginia Military Institute; Principal; Mathe- matics, Science. “YOU HAVE BROUGHT US HONOR” .. . and for yourself, glory,” states Gen. Roller to John Canevet, who won First Place in the State, the East, and in the nation in the National Foreign Language contest in the French division. “Col. Gardner can be proud of you.” Closely knit organization functions smoothly under Gen. Roller Letters to the faculty, speeches to the corps, and constant conferences with the faculty and the ca- dets point to the fact that Gen. Roller has one of the closest knit schools anywhere. Each phase of scheduling and testing is handled by Col. Deane, who checks the records of each boy in order to help them prepare themselves for col- lege work. As the month ends, the General checks the performance of each cadet, and Col. Deane COL, H. D. DEANE B.S. wu University of Virginia; Headmaster; » Chairman, Academic Board; Head, English Department. MAJOR SAMUEL S. WALES Military Academy; Com- mandant; Academic Board. Augusta confers with the boys where any deficiency is noted. Here, again, is cooperation. Liaison between the cadets, especially the Officers of the Student Body, and the Principal is the Com- mandant, Major Wales. Reports, behavior, per- mits, and discipline combined with the rooming of each cadet provide a real task for him. The end result speaks for itself.

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On The Academics Every morning at 8:15, the curtain rises on the most important phase of our life at Augusta — the enervating task of gaining an education . . . of preparing ourselves for the future. In the classroom, the teachers take over as we become the audience. Yet, this is where our per- formance is judged most severely. Here we display the results of our study and preparation for the work at hand. As each year passes, the teachers adjust the cur- riculum to the needs of the present day students at Augusta. New courses are added; new textbooks replace those which do not have space age con- cepts in them; and still, time honored methods of teaching prove that Augusta’s conservative faculty never adopt radical changes and methods. College Boards, ACE tests, and nationwide con- test results reflect the effort we’ve put into our academic development. And this certainly reflects credit on our faculty, for we could only have im- proved by their effective direction. This is our aca- demic life at Augusta!

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HUNTING FOR ERRORS .. . Col. Deane, AMA’s leading hunter, checks theme work just as carefully as if he were spotting deer! Bill Huller and Dave Curl find amusement as Colonel points out obvious errors. Not By your English, Foundation for the “‘part’’! There can be no doubt that the basic need for any part that we have in our life at AMA or after we leave is a sound foundation in English. Realizing this absolute fact, the English teachers stress parts of speech and vocabulary building for the first two years, and theme writing, vocabulary training and literature during the last two years. Each teacher is known to have some pet phase of English: Col. Deane and vocabulary; Major Koogler and parts of speech; Capt. Saunders and literature; Capt. Allan and theme writing; Capt. Hanson and his abstract appreciations; and Capt. Holstein and Lt. Parrish and their workbook drill! Yet all of them manage to give a complete and clear picture of the necessity to learn every facet of the English courses, only does Col. Deane stress theme work, but he also is a taskmaster on vocabulary and artificial language training (bosop OP). It pays off on ACE tests and also on CEEB’s, and certainly in college. you will be judged! 21 COL. H. D. DEANE B.S. University of Virginia; Headmaster; Head, English Department; Academic Board; English.