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

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ce Ke WG Ase ty ko WY? LATIN WILL NEVER DIE! Capt. LaPlaca is never more thrilled than when the word “Latin’’ is mentioned! Don Barrante helps complete an intricate replica of a wealthy Roman’s home c.40 B.C. Latest science and language equipment intrigues cadets. Not only was the equipment new at Augusta in ’63- 64, but the courses were also new. Introduced in biology were two versions of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. Those cadets who were taking the Blue version discovered the molecular approach to biology and those in the Green version were in- volved in the ecological approach. Chemistry students discovered the candle! That could mean only one thing—the Chemical Education Materials Study had been introduced at Augusta. PSSC Physics, general science, and ea rth science gave AMA’s science department a completely updated ap- pearance; it’s WOW in every way. Mathematics courses, updated in 1963, continued on with the SMSG program, and in English a world literature course was added to strengthen the cur- riculum. More will come in ’65. In the process of change was the Social Studies Department, which marked time with the introduc- tion of World History as the sole new course, but with indications portending a new direction for the fall of °64. The finest change was the extension of class periods from 45 to 55 minutes. AMA is on the move! Expansion can’t be stopped! TESTING FOR SURE ... Col. Gardner, superintendent of AMA, keeps a constant check on students and equipment. Proud of the $10,000 language laboratory, Col. Gardner found every cadet in languages anxious to use the lab full time.