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

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LT. COL. J. CYRUS McCUE, JR. B.S.; M.S. University of Virginia; Head, Mathe- matics Department; Mathematics, Science; Academic Board. SLIDE RULE TECHNIQUE... Ed Mazzei explains for the benefit of Col. McCue’s trigonometry class the proper use of the slide rule. Dave Popovich uses his own rule to check Ed’s accuracy. ‘“Sets,’’ visual aids, and calculus widen the stage .. . SIMPLIFYING THE MOST DIFFICULT . . . Gen. Roller can bring any illusive explanation right down to the basic concepts. Never does he hesitate to help his students, nor does he fail to stop in order to clarify any question which arises, Chris Horsey and Jim Crawford pay close attention as he helps them with basic calculus rules. Algebra is his specialty, but his general knowledge is boundless,

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... and now we're history in the RECALL. NX oa rf i ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA . . . and that’s the way the Greek alphabet reads. Capt. Andrews has his whole class enthused about learning of the importance of Greek cul- ture. Sandy Sanderson drills to perfection. CAPT. G. W. RALPH CAPT. PAUL G. B.A. ANDREWS Virginia Military In- B.A.; M.Ed. stitute; Head Coach; Pennsylvania State Col- Football; History; Civics. lege; Uniforms; History. YOU ARE THERE ... Capt. Ralph explains Jackson’s Val- ley Campaign to top student Tom Marlow, and indeed, we are in the center of Civil War history, for Jackson’s men fre- quently watered at Willow Spout, right on AMA property. Luther Long, Dick Isherwood, John Austin, Dick Connor, and Dick Jefferies find that this is the greatest period to study. LAOS PROVIDES DEBATE MATERIAL .. . Al Berliere, our lad born in France, argues the China-Matsu-Laos question in Major Davis’ class. Darrell Puckett takes notes for his re- buttal against using troops except on Formosa. Major Davis always likes the lecture-debate method of teaching history.

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LT. DANIEL PARRISH BS. Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute; Mathematics; Eng- lish. Giving basic LT. COL. PAUL V. HOOVER B.A., M.A., M.Ed. Franklin and Marsh- all College; Univer- sity of Virginia; Uni- versity of Maryland; Academic Board; Ath- letics; Mathematics; Remedial Reading. MAJOR J. D. KRAMER B.A. Bridgewater College; Academic Board; Ath- letic Director; Mathemat- 1cs. concepts, modern mathematics POINTING THE WAY . . . Col. Hoover, who spe- cializes in taking every modern mathematics course of- fered by local universities, uses his visual aids in plane geometry to explain angular configuration to Lawson, Tiller, Bradbury and Keller. ON YOUR TOES... and that’s what you have to be in Major Kramer’s class, for he has board work each and every day. Clay Willcox transforms a trigonometric function into a graph. | |