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

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Painting pictures with words ... by themes, ACCUSED! . . . Business Law class, which may be taken as a senior elective or for post graduate credit, finds George Clark as the D.A., and Larry James doesn ' t like the way Judge McCrum seems to approve. Effective English must be used in every law case . . . and the cadets get a work out in briefing and analyzing case material. CLASS LIBRARY . . . Capt. Hanson points out for Dave Hen- dershot and John Dubreuil that the world is, indeed, theirs in books. Book reports required exacting use of the language. LAND OF EVANGELINE . . . Steve Collins and Roger Canevet prepare a visual representation of the Land of Evangeline for second year English. Henley Carter checks color slides of the area on a slide-sorter. BY HIS REVIEWS ... he is known! Major Koogler stresses review work, and Bill McIntosh, Al Berliere and Ted Quatman learn the definition of WORK.

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visual aids and colorful new texts. SETS AND SLIDE RULES . . . Trigonometry classes can depend on Col. McCue to pull through with instruction in the slide rule, so valuable for future math and science studies, and they also look forward to learning sets, some calculus and finally ana¬ lytical geometry! Pete Arellano is a willing and apt sudent in slide rule functions. Head for the classroom seems to be the motto for AMA mathematics teachers, for every one of them takes as many math courses as possible, not only in the summer, but also during the school year. New green boards in many classrooms, yellow slide for demonstrations, and new classrooms proved to be the externals . . . the important thing was that AMA was offering five mathematics courses, with the use of sets and calculus included in the senior classes. Inductive and deductive reasoning became integral parts of each course . . . development of logical conclusions forms the basis for higher math study and for science courses. Sets stressed. CAPT HOWARD HANSON B.A. Hampden Sydney College; YMCA; Junior Activities; Re¬ call; English; Mathematics. LT. COL. W. L. GARDNER B.A., M.Ed. The Citadel; University of Virginia; Academic Board; Guidance Chairman; Head, Foreign Languages,- Mathe¬ matics. SQUARES, TRIANGLES AND CIRCLES . . . Jerry Reph gets attention from Col. Gardner who explains that plane geometry is important in many phases of life. Once more visual aids come to the rescue. 19

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CAPT. LLOYD FLANIGAN B.S., B.A. Ohio University; English; German. essays! CEEB’s do indeed stress English usage. MAJOR GLENN KOOGLER B.A. Bridgewater College; Athlet¬ ic Director; Academic Board; English. VIVID USE OF ENGLISH . . . Capt. Saunders, whose vocabulary is noted by all who have him in class, helps Bob Ray on theme work for Capt. Flanigan. Research themes during the final semester reflect his desire to prepare the cadets well for college«wprk. vf lW- Y U tJ A From J d ’tb see U U rlV ' A wglkj g sdeneJ. aM$ry BafavWT JDrieg Flbored were sem. LT. DONALD A. WILLIAMSON B.A. Roanoke College; Tennis; English. w . . ' ore! usage and nipr who were ■naiXWeep hen jfe qpjdeared VT whea.fald ve 4fm 1 fg v ' T roTnH if e raru re try builder . Colo; vour English CAPT. HOWARD HANSON B.A. Hampden Sydney College; YMCA; Junior Activities,- Mathematics; English. B.A. Virginia Milftrrf Tnsfitute; Post Office,- English. 21