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

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Academic explosion incites cadets to project work é é | é % r PROUD LADS. Col. Livick congratulates Doug Brown on a project for chemistry which occupied many of his hours, as well as those of Don Springer, John Bullock, and Jan Kaar. Contour map, miles of wire, and help from the states made this into a prize winning project. Fifty stamps and a ream of paper, trips to the library, practice by the day ... all of these were welded by the inventive cadets into superior project work. Bill Gleisner typified the project happy student who found a willing assist from Mrs. Hagemann in AMA’s rapidly expanding library. Capt. Suarez’ classroom mushroomed with contour maps of the Latin Amer- ican Countries. Bob Harnsberger, Tom Upton, Phil Liverman, Tom Leitch, Randy Mitchell, Dick Connelly, and Bob DeRemer helped make the Spanish classroom one of the most attractive at Augusta ... and no one will forget the Roman house of Capt. LaPlaca, an epic work which gave Don Barrante a real outlet for his artistic talents. Parents discovered renewed pride in the boys at Finals, as exhibits were held in the library, and the cadets declaimed and debated at the Ciceronian Literary Society meeting. John Campbell deserved his debator’s medal, for he put every thing into his speech. Dave Huffman enjoys the spotlight at finals. 4