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

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lifts the curtain for science study. When the seniors of 60 wrote back this fall, they all gave thanks for AMA’s math teachers who had gone into “sets” with them. The result was that this year, more stress than ever was placed on ab- stract reasoning and inductive thinking. Emphasis on the use of slide rules increased the speed of answering questions in mathematics, and prepared the boys who were anxious to go into engineering in college. A new textbook in trigo- nometry placed importance upon reasoning and the development of formulae rather than the mere memorization of them. Proof that our teachers wanted us to keep right up to date was the fact that so many of them were taking extension courses in mathematics. They deserve a bow! LT. COL. H. B. LT. COL. W. L. McCRUM GARDNER LL.B. B.A., M.Ed. West Virginia Univer- The Citadel; University sity; Academic Board; of Virginia; Academic Mathematics ; Business Board; Guidance Chair- Law. man;Foreign Languages; Mathematics. BINOMIAL EXPLANATION .. . Col. McCrum assists Reg Berry in second year algebra. Col. McCrum is another teacher who demands accurate board work, and who gladly gives individual help to all of the boys. “YOU PEANUT”... Col. Gardner employs his favorite expletive on Mickey Johnson, as he demonstrates how to prove alternate interior angles are equal. CAPT. OTTO HOLSTEIN B.S. Virginia Military Institute; Laundry Room; English; Mathematics.

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New Experiments Captivate Science Students. LT. COL. J. CYRUS McCUE, JR. B.S., M.S. University of Virginia; Ac- ademic Board, Science ; Mathematics. When Capt. Bradford returned from a summer science institute cour se, it was only natural that the latest experiments would be offered to the sci- ence classes. Chemistry and physics students were particularly interested in the studies of radio- active disintegration of isotopes which the AEC sent us. New equipment for astronomy added to the equipment purchased last year provided the cadets COUNTING ISOTOPE DISINTEGRATION MAJOR C. E. SAVEDGE A.B. Washington and Lee University; Ac- ademic Board; Catalog; “Life at Au- gusta’; RECALL; Dances; Final Ball; Head, Science Department; Chemistry. with a chance to identify stars and planets, and to do some experimentation at night. In each course, however, the problems, equa- tions, drawings, and diagrams which are necessary to know before entering college received the lions’ share of emphasis. Brought back to the curriculum this year was physical geography, thus giving the cadets a wider range of electives in science than ever. to plot a perfect curve. Cam Lewis, John Gray, Clay Willcox, Ed Mazzei, Jim Crawford, Bob Hundley and Dave Wetty watch as the experiment begins. Capt. Bradford and Col. McCue set up a geiger counter to check the half life of radio-active phosphorus. With eight samples sent from the AEC, the classes were able