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

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paint new sights in foreign languages. LANGUAGE LABORATORY . . . Dick Craig, Dave Meyer, Capt. Suarez, and Bob Monahan listen to Spanish tapes, and later, Craig records for class criticism. Spoken Spanish gets a real work-out in the Doctor ' s class. VISUAL INTEREST . . . Capt. Flanigan shows his German class slides of life in Germany. Stationed in Germany with the Army, Capt. Flanigan increased his use of the language by living with German families while overseas. Horizons widen as students take foreign languages . . . AUDIO AID . . . Bill Cassidy goes over linguaphone records in French with Col. Gardner. AMA ' s record of winning students in the French division of the Modern Foreign Language Tourna¬ ment is remarkable. Audio aids help.

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Teachers from Cuba, German, and Mexico i HAPPY TALK . . . Latin may be dead, according to some people, but NOT to Lt. LaPlaca ' s class. John Dyer, Herb Kolodsick, John Daugherty, Al Escoda, and Benny Lack finds amusement in Ted Quatman ' s slow but correct translation from Caesar. An Italian background and a love of the classics give Lt. LaPlaca a tremendous source of information for adding spice to his classes. Language students find that besides a wide choice of language study there is a wide variety of back¬ grounds among the faculty. Lt..Mendelsohn, a native Berliner, and Capt. Flanigan who lived in Germany furnish the cadets with stories and cultural parallels which help the German students understand their subject better. Capt. Suarez, who hails from Cuba, and Capt. Briggs who lived in Mexico, enrich the Spanish students with their information, and Col. Gardner, an expert in French, always produces win¬ ners in the Modern Language Tournament. EAST AND WEST MEET! . . . Lt. Mendelsohn from Berlin and Cadet Ken Holt from California find that the twain can meet. Lt. Mendelsohn has no trouble in relating his experiences in Germany and in providing interest in his courses. LT. ANTHONY J. LaPLACA B.A., M.A. University of Rochester; Johns Hopkins University; Latin,- French. CAPT. JOHN A. BRADFORD B.A. Randolph Macon College; Science; Latin.

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SHOCK TREATMENT . . . realistic movies MORTAR BOARD . . . Warrant Officer Hutton gives outdoor instruction in January on assembly and use of the mortar. Ralph Butts, Bill Brooks, and Rob Overly help, while Norm Strehle, Les Andrew, Julio Diaz, Bill Wagner and George Wintringer watch the proceedings. No department makes greater use of audio-visual aids than does the Military Department. From BAR ' S to mortars, from movies on leadership to first aid, from map reading to over head projector use, the men of the military detachment create interest by visual aids. Leadership ability, field training, and chemical warfare provide cadets with a variety of course con¬ tent. Sunday after Sunday members of the PMS are present at parades to judge the companies. Weekly there are inspections and points awarded for best officer, best NCO, and best private. Top notch Army personnel turn out top students, and AMA gains an Honor School rating, due in part to the enthusiasm of the men of the Military Detach¬ ment. CAPT. J. C. G. RENNIE U.S. Army Training Officer,- Military 2; Roller Rifles. W.O. M. M. HUTTON U.S.A.R. Military 3; Armory. MAJOR JOE G. MEARS U. S. Army Professor of Military Science,- Military 4. Cadet interest is high in military. CHECKING SCORES . . . Tom Cannon listens as Major Mears criticizes Ted Quatman ' s firepower. Part of the Rifle Team ' s suc¬ cess was due to Major Mears ' intense interest.