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

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a} ‘ sean gaomerrgat COTTE Anxious moments are obvious, as the cadets wait for the busses Dance starts in Memorial Gymnasium. Bob Gebeaux and John from Stuart Hall and Fairfax Hall moments before the Pin-Up Queen Einstein wait with flowers for the girl of the hour. from academic procedures to dance-time settings. Mian ’ BU Deane’s Castle — that’s where Major Lucus, Col. Deane, Col. Gardner, and many other faculty officers hold forth with every subject from French to Business Law. John Corbin, Capt. Ralph, Capt. McDowell, and hundreds of cadets give and take concepts and mall mT attitudes and knowledge here. 17

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Every AMA building has its own personality . . . . 1 | Second period begins, but Mike Horan, Larry Bradbury, Dick Johns, Pau! Gunter, and Bob Laing take time for a brief bull session. “J” Barracks and the main Academic Building form a per- fect background for the Spring-like setting.

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The 63 trend is to the all-around faculty When this gentleman became a member of the AMA faculty in 1956, it didn’t take long for the cadets to re- alize that here was a man who was a real teacher, but more than that, here was a real friend. In class, he proved himself a teacher above the run-of- the mill. His students enjoyed the course, and they tried to do more than what was expected. As a military leader, he imbued his company with so 18 ee ws much enthusiasm that his boys have won the trophy or the cup five times in seven years! This still doesn’t reach the man who coaches football, who comes out at 6 a.m. to see that his company is in good physical condition, who talks to any boy who needs help . . . this is the man who is, indeed, a teacher, a leader, a coach, a friend . . . Master Sergeant John E. Thornton, United States Army.